English Final Exam~ Analyze what Crook, Lennie, and Candy's dog have in common and what role they play in the farm society?

Of Mice And Men
By: John Steinbeck
Beyond The Line Question

In the book each of the three characters Crook, Lennie, and Candy’s dog are considered lower than everyone else, the handicap of the society and old, tired and dying or soon to die of much pain or little to none at all. Crook, being a black man (nigger) the naturalization of all criminals was the lower class, and was worth no more than the whites. Lennie, a little slow representing the handicapped that cannot speak for themselves whom half of the time no had no idea what exactly are they doing. Lastly Candy’s dog, did al; that it could do with working and in it’s older years they have no place in the farms society because they have no way to help out. You would be surprised how much all three symbols have in common.

In the 1900’s a black man like Crook was considered far less than a white man, belittled by the whites, and considered a criminal. Living in a bunkhouse where he communicated with no one but his educating books that he owned. It’s really depressing when you have no one, family, nor friends. That was Crooks situation. “Why ain’t you wanted?” Lennie asked. “Cause I’m black. They play cards in there, but I cant play because im black. They say I stink. Well I tell you, you all stink to me.” Lennie and Crook having a deep conversation on how the white men feel about Crooks presence.

Lennie being the least dynamic in the story, underwent no significant changes, growth or development. He represents all handicapped and pretty smart. Because you wouldn’t consider a handicapped person possessing incredible physical strength like Lennie did. “No, he ain’t, he sure a hell of a good worker. Strong as a bull.” George explaining to the boss how much of a good worker Lennie could be. He can do the work of two men all by himself.

Just an old dog that was dying slowly and painfully Candy’s dog represents the old zero in the society. Wasn’t able to herd the sheep, just an old buddy to Candy. Dying represented much more than an old aged dog being put to death, but. Candy looked about unhappily.” No,” he said softly. “No, I couldn’ do that. I had ‘im to long.” “He don’t have no fun,” Carlson insisted. “I’ll shoot him for you. Then it wont be you that does it.” Carlson, a worker on the farm, trying to talk Candy into putting the dog to rest because he’s no good anymore .

Analyzing these three characters theirs lots of negative roles each character represent. Human or animal, Crook, Lennie, and Candy’s dog, were struggling kinda survivors that fail in a way. Being black, and looked upon as a criminal. Just partially handicapped your thought to be incapable to do but prove you can then your life fails suddenly, Lennie. Lastly Candy’s dog, you get of age u should be killed? How horrible! AS a matter of a fact Lennie and Candy’s dog has so much in common they are both killed with the same weapon. As the reader you analyze what roles these three characters represent? Stay tuned!

English Final Exam~ How does Curley's wife represent all the women of the 1920's?

Of Mice And Men
By: John Steinbeck
Between The Line Question


Women with dreams and not much to pursue it, end up with nothing else to do but marry the man she meets along the way and later finds out she doesn’t love him. Women were troublemakers who bring ruin on men and drive them mad. Tramp, tart and bitch that threaten to destroy male happiness. “Wait’ll you see Curley’s wife? Yeah purty… but--- “George studied his cards, “but what?” “Well--- she got the eye? I seen her give Slim the eye. But ya know what I think?” Well I think Curley’s married… a tart.” In this scene Candy’s explaining to George and Lennie to keep away from Curley’s wife because she’s not allowed to associate with any man other than Curley. She tries repeatedly, she starts trouble because she’s lonely, wants a friend and has powderpuff eyes? How ironic! The men on the farm take that as a come on. Yet it be the men crushing on her. I leave you the reader thinking who's the real flirt in the farm?

English Final Exam~ Why doesn't Curley's wife have a name?

Of Mice And Men
By: John Steinbeck
Between The Line Question

I believe Curley’s wife doesn’t have a name because she represented all woman in the 1900’s. The only female in the area miles and miles away from any other female model. In the middle of a hundred men. Has big dreams and when they are crushed they have no choice but to marry and live life as is. “I lived right in Salinas,” she said. “Come there when I was a kid. Well, a show come through, an’ I met one of the actors. He says I could go with that show. But my ol’ lady wouldn’t let me. She says because I was only fifteen. But the guy says I coulda. If I’d went, I wouldn’t be living like this, you bet. Nother time I met a guy, an’ he was in pitchers. Went out to Riverside Dance Palace with him. He says he was gonna put me in the movies. Says I was a natural. Soon’s he got back to Hollywood he was gonna write to me about it. I never got that letter, “she said. “I always though my ol’ lady stole it. Well, I wasn’t gonna stay no place where I couldn’t get nowhere or make something of myself, an’ where they stole your letters. I ask her if she stole it, too, an’ she says no. So I married Curly. Met him out to the Riverside Dance Palace that same night.”

English Final Exam~ Does Lennie show that he can be very forgetful? Explain.

Of Mice And Men
By: John Steinbeck
Between The Line Question

Obviously , Lennie shows that he is very forgetful. He has the mind of a child. Forming a bond with George, whom is his life line, which is the best thing to happen for him. Together they the two travel together, trying to find work. In their journey, Lennie is reminded time and time again.

On the way to finding work George explains to Lennie when they arrive to their destination he will speak to the boss and present their work tickets to him. Lennie looked puzzled and began to check everyone of his pockets not remembering that George had both of their tickets all along knowing that Lennie would lose his. How ironic! “Oh, sure, George. I remember that now.” His hands went quickly into his side coat pockets. He said gently, “George… I ain’t got mine. I musta lost it .” He looked down at the ground in despair. “You never had one, you crazy bastard. I got both of ’em here. Think I’d let you carry your own work card?” Lennie grinned with relief. “I…I thought I put it in my side pocket.”

Exactly after George wanted Lennie not to say a word when they arrived he stated, “but you ain’t gonna say a word. You jus’ stand there an don’t say nothing. If he finds out what a crazy bastard you are, we won’t get no job.” You say that over two, three times, so you won’t forget it. It’s a fact that Lennie can be forgetful, George states it. In this scene once the two friends arrive to the farm and began to speak with the boss, George wants Lennie to keep quiet, afraid of what Lennie might say. He asks him to repeat to keep his mouth shut over and over again so he wouldn’t forget! I leave you with this question readers, are you Lennie, forgetful?!?

A MAJORITY OF CONSTITUTION HIGH OR “CON HIGH” STUDENTS HAS A WEBPAGE MYSPACE, FACEBOOK OR SO ON. IS CYBER THE COMMUNITY?

A large amount of Constitution High school or “Con High” Students have a webpage myspace, facebook or so on. The large topic out there is cyber the new community or is just being a way to be known? For teens it’s all about technology, 93 percent of teens say they prefer the Internet to television, of the teens wells polled online. So are teens known through their school and their profiles? On myspace and facebook our school network is know as constitution high. Most students myspace shows con high somewhere on their page or profile. “I def got con high as my name on the space everybody and their mom who go here has con high on their page” the coolest 11th grade mentor you could ever have Ratisha Summervile states. How did we get to the point where most students in both constitution or con high get known only by their profile but by their school.” I emailed, their was a lot of people from our school who emailed Tom butt and a few months later constitution was on myspace network” Asian invasion says with her chinky eyes!

Constitution high school opened the year of 2006, a fresh new start. September about 100 new 9th graders were admitted in to the school. Is constitution high school known professionally? “Well yes in fact were know all over the country and we have many partners whom speak well in our school” Dr. Davidson, school principle states, which is very true the school partners with the National Constitution center and Ballard Spar. Also has been one of the top most fortunate schools on the country. Dr. Davidson thinks that were know very professionally speaking on the behalf of all the students in constitution high ad most students thinks so to!

Myspace and facebook has constitution high but students has con high on their profiles interesting? In actuality only a few people around town know what our school is! Obviously it’s a school but what we stand for who we are! Yes it has been preferred as a charter school, central and sadly down the street from Chad! OMG! That’s ridiculous! So I leave it up to you readers! What do you think is our school name? Con high o constitution…

Ripeness...

Full bloom spring and breakthroughs into the summer. I wonder if a parent would give a child an incomplete name and wait till they grow up to complete it. When I say grow up I mean change seasons from spring, younger stage to summer, adults and maturity. In the story, “Marigolds” by Eugenia Collier, the narrator Lizabeth is in her spring season. Her personality, age 14 going on 15 and spends her days with younger children. Faithfully for her she just doesn’t understand exactly what her faith is and exactly what she believes. Lizabeth’s maturity was in a younger stage, symbolically she saw the spring flowers bloom and no other. Sure, everyone grows up one day. Once Lizabeth finally grows up maybe shell go by Elizabeth and I am just the same…
One reason I reckon Lizabeth and I are similar, in our spring is our personalities. Being able to hold a conversation with a nine year old and being interested, while in the story, Lizabeth is consider to be a ringleader of the younger children, yet she spends for them. “The truth was that we were becoming tired of the formlessness of our summer days.” The children just really followed her, not like a big sister but a classmate. They worked together like Alfalfa and his crew! “Tell you what, “said Joey finally, his eyes sparkling. “Let us go over to Miss Lotties.”
Every country person goes to church. (Just a stereotype). All the country folk pack up in the small church 3 miles down the dusty dirt road all seasons round. Faithfully I am in my younger stage, my spring. I have a religion, I’m a Christian but don’t absolutely know how the meaning and feeling connects to me. Any dark child in church with their parent just sits stares and sings along to gospel music! HALLELUAH! LIZABETH AGREES.
Hey how about you grow up! Just making progress is a hard thing for anybody and everybody. Some teens are easily progressing into their summer while Lizabeth and I have to debate with ourselves why we should grow up, shift to our summer season. We both just continue to plant flowers like theirs no hibernating seasons for them. “M- miss Lottie! I scrambled to my feet and just stood there and stared her, and that was the moment when childhood faded and womanhood began.” There will be an event when Lizabeth and I will grow up, Lizabeth realized life moves on and is to short. Time to put up the gardening gloves and shovel and bring out the water hose.
Ultimately everyone is brought into this world with seasons, spring, summer, fall, and winter. They progress and they grow. Lizabeth and I are in our spring, personality and being a child friendly type person. Faith questionable and wondering what to believe. Our maturity, symbolically the spring flowers bloom and soon needs water. At last, at last Miketia and Lizabeth has grown up. Leaving you the reader with this question, what season are you in? Is it your spring, or progressing summer?

My President Is An Italian Gangster?!

I make Con High pop,
Without the hubby and me it wouldn’t be Con High at all.
But now I’m a changed world,
10th grader and all.
Super duper V.P,
Vice prez, vice prez, vice prez.
V-I-C-E V-I-C-E OOOOOHHH!
Dances that make students who weren’t here wish they were!
The pictures so dark and students so bright.
Get em! Get em! Ooookkkkaayyy!
I dance, I dance,
I swear, I sweat,
Go to sleep,
Wake up and be a normal teen?!
What do you make?

"We Real Cool" By: Gwendolyn Brooks

Mother's bury their young children and their friends’ talk, " He or she went out cool" but their dying to soon! Why? "We real cool" has a quite cool guess and asks the same question. "We real cool" is a poem by Gwendolyn Brooks. The poem actually has numerous topics that stand out. Short and straight to the point, the poem is practically 24 words long. Drop to the beat, the rhythms like a rap/poem that should win a Grammy. Hear me out reader it's DEEP! You will love the thought of the poem.
One reason I kick with the poem, "we real cool" is the length. The whole poem, 24 words, three words every sentence. Main word...we. The shortness of the poem represents short life. "We real cool" and "we die soon".
Beat, bop, and bam: The rhythm of the poem, it rhymes like a 2008 rap/poem by Common (lyrics). The repetition of it is so teenage tavie like, we this, we that! "We sing sin. We thin gin. We jazz June." we....
Last but not least the meaning of, "we real cool". It’s a warning, a choice between dying young and full of life or dying elderly and blessed. To the reader I leave you to choose either of the two. "We real cool" "we die soon".
The length short but straight. Looking at the rhythm you want to beat box. Meaning, very powerful. Leaving you the reader with nice, small words and sentences but such powerful message!

OMG! MY BLACK A** DIDN'T GO ON?

WELL YES TODAY JANUARY, 26, 2009. MY SCHOOL ANNOUNCED THE STUDENTS WHO WENT ON IN THE NATIONAL HISTORY DAY COMPETITION, AND MY GROUP DIDN'T THAT'S BULL MY EXHIBIT BOARD ROCKED BUT ITS COOL.
THE THINGS THAT I DID WELL IN WAS EVERYTHING I PUT MUCH WORK INTO THE BOARD BUT ITS OKAY. I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND. BUT I DO CONGRADULATE THE BOARDS THAT MOVED ON TO CITIES.
IN THE PROCESS OF DOING MY BOARD WAS A LOT OF WORK BUT IT WAS WORTH IT AND MANY PEOPLE ENJOYED LOOKING AT MY BOARD SOOOOOOOOOO I LOVE MYSELF AND MY TEAMMATES AND I CONGRADULATE THEM FOR THEIR GREAT EFFORT!

NHD 2008-2009 Introduction... Oh Shoot The Research Paper

"It was difficult at times to handle but i tried to ignore the injustice, because i knew people were wrong." Ryan White. Once Ryan White's disease had hit the media's attention but in an negative way. He was forced to attend school over the phone, and soon took that case to the courts. Spoke publicly many times to educate the public on Aids. All because of ignorance but he stayed confident to change the public's perception of Aids victims.

The Greatest Thesis Statement For The Greatest Research Paper!

Ryan white a very influential young man who tried to live a regular life with Aids, who was discriminated against, took his case to courts for the rights to attend school, spoke to the courts for the rights to attend school, spoke to the National Commission, caught the medias attention,and changed public perception of Aids victims which resulted into the Ryan White Care Act.


Revised Thesis Statement
By fighting for his right to attend school, Ryan White, thirteen-year-old Aids victim, changed the publics perception of Aids victims.

The Greatest Annotations NHD 2008-2009!!

- "Ryan's Story." http://www.ryanwhite.com/pages/story.html. 16 Oct 2008 .

The story of Ryan White, his actual website explains the conflicts and compromises that he went through while suffering with an unknown disease,and making history for the world ahead him. Ryan White was diagnosed with Aids at the age of 13 years in the year of 1984. Now you see HIV/Aids was known by very few people. At the time Aids was known as a "gay" disease. Once his disease hit the media Ryan had problems. He fought for his rights to attend school,he and his family took it to the courts,and the courts overruled that he return to school immediately. Many students were homes schooled prior to Ryan's return. Ryan suffered from harrassment and many threats but he stayed a strong young man, and act as a young normal man. Stay tuned for more!



- White, Ryan. "Ryan's Words." march,3,1988. 20 Oct 2008 .

The testimony of Ryan White before the National Commission on Aids. It is his actual words that he spoke before them, explaining his life and struggle he went through once he found out about his disease. His whole purpose of speaking to them is to get the disease known and he didn't care for discrimination he was worried about it getting known. He let them know about the fact that once his disease hit the media he was actually not able to attend school, he had to attend school over the phone. Once he took it back to the court it was ordered for him to actually go back to school but with limitation separate everything from everyone , it was such a shame but through it all ryan stayed a happy young man.


- White, Ryan. "Remarks to the National Education Association." 126th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana july,4, 1988 (1988): 1.

This annotation is the remarks Ryan White made to National Educational Association explaining to them his struggles of trying to attend school, becausehe was kicked out because of his barely known disease.
He felt that the school was discriminating against him because he felt that they were overreacting because the disease isn't contagious u cant get it from breathing in his air. He was fighting to be able to attend school again.


- "overview of the ryan white care act." overview of the ryan white care act. rya white care act. 30 Oct 2008 .

The overview of the Ryan White Care Act. The Ryan White CARE Act is structured to address the needs of the communities affected by HIV/AIDS.




- "1,500 Attend Funeral of Courageous AIDS Fighter." The New York Times April, 12, 1990: 1.

Ryan whites funeral,many people attended. It was a very big but little funeral, a private funeral. I learned that he had a big effect on the people back then it was very emotional.



-Diana, Hart. History ALive!. student Edition. palo alto: teachers curriculum institute, 2008.

From this citation I learned that Aids was a very unknown disease many of the first cases were among gay men which led to the mistaken belief that Aids was largely a "gay disease". The mid 1980's, Aids began to appear in patients who had received blood transfusions. Ryan white. Also in the 1980's statistics showed that over 8700 U.S deaths came from Aids and by 1984 Aids had grown over 46,000 U.S deaths. By 1988 Aids became public health enemy number one.

- Lamrock, Bonnie. "Taking Some Time To Remember Ryan White." Bonnie Lamrock/MJ-upbeat 1990 4 Dec 2008 .

Ryan white courageously fought AIDS-related discrimination and helped educate the Nation about his disease. He knew he had Aids and it wasn't contagious but the public didn't He states, "It was difficult at times, to handle: but i tried to ignore the injustice, because I knew the people were wrong.


-Poz, Mikey. "An Interview With Jeanne White-Ginder (The Full Interview)." blogger.com. 07-19-2006. 8 Dec 2008 .

This Source is an actual interview from a Aids victim that's interested in Ryan White also. Additionally this source helped me understand how Jeanne, Ryan's mother, her views of her sons disease and what he had been through. I even found some information about Ryan's father because through the events of Ryan's disease i realized that his father was never brought up in any of the press or documents i found, I learned that Ryan's father and mother were divorced before Ryan's diagnosis of Aids he paid child support but anted very little to do with Ryan.


-Brown, George,"America. A Narrative History!",Emery, David. SHI

The Reagan administrstion showed little interest in Aids because it was initially viewed as a,"gay disease". Nearly 1 million americans were esimated to be carrying the deadly virus, and it had become the leading cause of death among men ages 25-44.


-Sutherland, Jean. "Ryan White." Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute. 2008. Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute. 11 Dec 2008 .

This annotation explains his relationships with his friends and family, and explains better understanding of his feelings. It also takes us into his teenage years after the family moves to Cicero. Meet his friends, explore his relationship with the many celebrities he met, see him become a spokesperson in the fight against AIDS, learn of his feelings toward girls, watch as his body continues to battle against tremendous odds, and, finally, mourn as he moves through to the years of physical and emotional pressures. It is made clear to us that he has “survived”. His endurance allowed him to live and share his story, a story that reaches far beyond his life.

My Coolest Topic Selection!!!

Hey hey hey i have my topic! As you know this years theme for NHD is "The Individual In History" and my individual is Ryan white. A young strong man who made aids a big topic and the world. You see at the time period of Ryan's just discovered sickness very few people knew about it and it was thought that Aids was a homosexual diseases which was not true. Ryan actually contracted this disease through a blood transfusion. He was a young man who was harassed bit still stayed strong and moved on. But if you are interested stay tuned cause it will b very interesting as it always has been.


-FRIEDMAN, JACK, and BILL SHAW. "AMAZING GRACE." PEOPLE 02, 30, 1988: 6.

IN THIS SOURCE IS AN INTERVIEW BETWEEN RYAN WHITE AND TEENS HIS AGE, HE FELT MORE COMFORTABLE TO TALK TO TEENAGERS THAN ADULTS. HE EXPLAINS HIS EMOTIONS ABOUT ALL THE TIMES HE WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL AND ALMOST DIED. THEN HE EXPLAINS HOW HIS LFE WAS IN KOKOMO, IDIANA, AND HE FINALLY EXPLAINS HOW HIS RELIGION EFFECTS HIS DISEASE, HOW IT HELPS HIM LIE ON AND STRONG.

ANOTHER DAY ANOTHER DOLLAR:)

11:30 A.M and my black chocolate complected self is at work when i needs my beauty sleep but anopther day another dollar! Yes i still work at the national constitution center on none of your business. But as soon as im off im outtie to home. But i gotta go cause i gotta work, time is money everbody!

Independent Service Reflection

Well i'll be damned. I completed all fifteen hour of my independent service learning hours for school

service learning <=May. 28. 2008=>

Today i finally completed my survey for the fellow citizens outside of the school. I want them to know what i learned, and what i learned was the dangers of lead. I never knew that it was that serious. I also found out what i am going to be placing on my groups business card. We are going to be placing a way wondering parents can make sure and get their homes checked for lead. Oh yeah guess what! Let me tell you how service learning was an hour and a half today because we didn't have service learning last week but it's okay, i'll survive............... Until next time!

service learning may 15th

Today my fellow partners and i went out in the streets to see what was going on outside. The hazards outside. I saw a baby chewing on it's stroller. I pointed it out to ms, morson, I found it cute but dangerous then we were looking for more hazards out side. Also we went to mcdonalds . Then ended the day.

CONSTITUTION HIGH'S SERVICE LEARNING DAY 2!

Well this blog is continued from last week as you know. I'm in mrs. morson's service learning group.
Last week what we did is we
CHILD SAFETY in the winter
FIRE SAFETY in the spring
SILENT KILLERS toward the end of the year
WELL I HOPE IT BE FUN BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE MS. MORSON HAS A LOT IN STORE FOR THE SAFETY OF EVERYONE AROUND US!

Constitution High Service Learning

Yeah, yeah , yeah service learning it's alright well i'm in morsons group. Pollution. we are discussing how we can uh get out to the community that pollution is not the way. This week i'm not sure what is gonna be discussed but i believe it's' the same basicaaly. Man i can't wait till the day i finish all of this

Classes I Am Not Doing To Well !!!

F*#k i'm doing sooo bad in my math class. I got an F........... yeah. Only because I was absent from school for a week. But i'm working on it. And all the work i'm trying to get in and help myself ain't helping me too damn bit. For everyone reading this, this it my blog and i say what i wanna say. hehehe. Sh*#! what am I gonna tell my dad if I don't bring this grade up. I won't be shopping on the week of April 14. But Me, Myself, and I all believe that we can bring that nut A*#! grade up. Until I pass i'll talk to you later!
PEACE!