Change for a Lifetime

This first marking period has been an adapting time. I am not used to using the computers so much in one class in the span of a couple of weeks. I do find this to be very helpful though because it allows me to use technology in my classes and I am a person who learns well with computers. I think that the idea of a blog was very fun, it had let us view other people's view point of the story. This was a huge help because it gave me a better understanding of what was happening in the story. I personally think that the story To Kill A Mockingbird was a really well written story. I loved the book and think that all 11th graders across the country should read the book due to its interesting topics covered and the view point of a kid in the 1930's. I think the first theme was alright, it was a little to lose for the first theme. I mean that it was such an open topic to cover, its hard to come into school with that openness. I think the second theme goes well with the curriculum and it helps a kid go deeper into a story. Overall I would say it has been a good first marking period, the only thing I would change is the first theme and I would move it farther back in the year. I think the pace works well and that the keynotes help with the quizes.

Where Is My Love?

The song "Where Is The Love?" by the Black Eyed Peas, is directly related to the book "To Kill a Mockingbird", in which Jem and Scout are asking at the end of the trial, where is the love for Tom Robinson and the African American community.

"Father, Father, Father help us
Send some guidance from above
'Cause people got me, got me questionin'
Where is the love (Love)"

This is right after the trial when they have lost all trust in the community and they thought that they would do the right thing and say Tom was innocent. But the community is racist and they do convict Tom, which upsets the kids greatly. This leads the kid to look up to their father though cause he had tried to make things right, with him defending Tom. At the end of the trial the black community had even given him a hand of the good work that he had done for the community.

"I feel the weight of the world on my shoulder
As I'm gettin' older, y'all, people gets colder"

This is very similar to Jem and how he is growing up to be more and more like gentleman. He is starting to notice how the world really is and since Scout hangs out with him she is seeing the same stuff. They are seeing that the country doesn't think about race, and that they only care about their own race generating hate.

GIRL POWER

The idea of women's rights, has just recently come into our society. The women used to always be treated in a lower lever, and they are starting to come up in society. This is seen in politics, such as when Hilary Clinton ran for Presidency, with just 50 years ago this would be completely unheard of and never would have gone to the stage it did. This does not mean though that men and women are equal completely yet, this is seen in the work force at times when men are more likely to get a job because of their gender. Or if the women and men have the same job, the men are more likely to be paid more, this is wrong and should not be allowed in society but it happens everyday. There is a change going on with high school sports though, with the passing of Title 9. This makes sure that the men and women teams are all getting the same funding and that there has to be the same amount of men’s sports teams as there is women's team. This may not always be enforced to the full extent but they are moving their way to equality. Things have made a big step from the way they were though. Women used to not be able to vote and they used to marry at a very young age and the husband used to always make more money then their wives. But all of this has changed and it has changed society greatly. The women are now able to vote which made a huge change in society and the fact that some women are making more then their husbands shows a huge jump in a very short time. I think that within the next 20 years there will be a women president, such as we just had our first black president in the history of the US. I think there are some huge steps still to be made though and they start in the working field. All women should be treated equally to the men and they should be able to work the same jobs and get paid the same amount. No one should be allowed to discriminate at all against anyone, and women should be able to work the same jobs as the men. There should be more women running businesses and they should be put in powerful positions because they are smart and not because of their gender.