Theodore Roosevelt is known for having done many things such has being the 26th president of America. Once, while giving a speech, Roosevelt got shot in the chest, yet he still finished the speech. Here is more about Roosevelt’s life.

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was born on October 27, 1858, in Manhattan, New York. His mother was Martha Bulloch Roosevelt and his father was Theodore Roosevelt Sr. Roosevelt had three siblings, two sisters and one brother. There names were Corinne, Bamie, and Elliott.

Roosevelt’s first wife was Alice Roosevelt. His second was Edith Roosevelt. He had six children, four boys and two girls. There names were Alice, Kermit, Ethel, Archibald, Theodore, and Quentin.

Roosevelt was the Vice President to William McKinley. He was also 33ed Governor of New York. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906 and the Medal  of Honor.

On January sixth, 1919, Theodore died in Cove Neck, New York. He died in his sleep of a heart attack. Roosevelt lived a long, full, and complete life.

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Thomas Edison was a very famous inventor. He improved on some inventions like the light bulb and he invented things on his own like the movie camera. Without Edison, there would be so much we wouldn’t have.

Edison was born February 11, 1847. He didn’t start school until he was eight years old. Three months later, he was taken out of the school. His mother home schooled him for most of his education. Thomas all taught himself many things. He also had visits to the Cooper Union for education. Edison had hearing problems at an early age caused by scarlet fever. Edison’s family moved to Port Huron, Michigan, after the railroad bypassed Milan in 1854 and business declined. His mothers name was Nancy Matthews Elliott.

In his life, Edison had two wives, Mary Stilwell (They were married from 1871 – 1874) and Mina Miller (They were married from 1886 – 1931). He also had six children, Marion, Thomas, William, Madeleine, Charles, and Theodore. He had Marion, Thomas, and William with Mary and Madeleine, Charles, and Theodore with Mina.

When trying to improve on the light bulb, Edison tried around 1600 materials to make the filament. Even though he did not invent the light bulb, he is the one who made it work. Edison also in invented the phonograph, which is a machine that records and reproduces sound. Another invention was the telegrafo quadruplex, which is a type of electrical telegraph which allows a four separate signals to be transmitted and received on a single wire.

Edison died from diabetes on October 18th, 1931, in his home in West Orange, New Jersey. In the Henry Ford Museum, there is a test tube with Edison’s last breathe in it. His last word were “It’s very beautiful over there.”  Mina died years later in 1947.

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For my critical editorial, I chose to do ‘Maximum Ride’ by James Patterson. ‘Maximum Ride’ is about a fourteen-year-old girl named Maximum ‘Max’ Ride who has avian DNA grafted into her human DNA. Due to her avian DNA, she has wings, she can see farther and move faster and much stronger then a normal human, and she needs at least 3,000 calories a day. There are 5 others like her, Fang who is 14 like Max, Gazzy who is 8, Angel who is 6, Nudge who is 11, and Iggy who is also 14. Iggy is also blind. Angel has the ability to read minds and Gazzy can mimic any voice or sound. The DNA was grafted into them by the whitecoats, what they call scientists, at a place they call the School. Four years ago, they escaped the school with the help of a whitecoat named Jeb. Two years ago, Jeb disappeared.

In the beginning of the book, Angel is kidnapped by Erasers. Erasers are half-wolf and half-human. Nudge, Fang, and Max go off to fine Angel. On there trip to find her, Max sees a girl who’s in trouble and goes to help her after telling the others to meet her at a lake up ahead. Max helps the girl, Ella, but gets shot by the guys attacking her. The bullet grazes her wing so she can’t fly. She finds Ella again and, ironically, her mom is a vet. Her mom helps heal her, then Max leaves again. When Max finds the others, she finds that Iggy and Gazzy join them because the house was attacked by Erasers. The set off again to find Angel. On the way to the School, They get attacked by Erasers and are captured. At the School, Max sees Angel again. She tells them that she overheard some people thinking about an institute in New York that might have information on their parents. After finding Jeb again the School, they escape. They decide to try and find the institute.

In New York, Max begins to hear a voice in her head. With the help of the voice, Max finds the institute. She tries to get in, but there are Erasers everywhere. The next time she tries, she uses the sewer to get in. When inside, Nudge discovers she can figure out passwords. She hacks into the computer and prints out a bunch of page of information about them. They hear Erasers coming so the quickly try to escape. Right before they leave, Max bumps in to Ari, Jebs son who he abandoned to help them, who had been turned into an Eraser. They fight until Max accidentally kills him by breaking his neck. Angel takes a dog with her, a black scottie named Total. At the end of the book, they decide to fly to DC.

What I like about this book is that it has a strong female lead. I like the fact that it has kids that are so young, but can take care of themselves. I really like the creativity used in creating the characters backstories. I didn’t like how Ella and her moms part was very short, I think they deserve a larger introduction. I also disliked how Jeb helped the School.

The boom was overall a good read and since it is seven books long, it last quite a while. There are many new characters to come and many plot twists.This book leaves you on the edge of your seat with new abilities and plenty of cliffhangers. I strongly recommend this series or any book by James Patterson.

 Almost every person in the world has been bullied at least once in their lives. Some kids cannot hold on and feel as if giving up now would be better and easier. Most of the under 18 year olds that commit suicide did it because they were bullied. If there is a suicide every 40 seconds, how many of those do you think are caused by bullying? There are many adults that say bullying is “just part of being a kid,” but if not handled it can lead to suicide terrifyingly fast. Bullying needs to be taken seriously and stopped.

     Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in America. 41,149 suicides take place a year. There are about 100 causes of suicide ranging from divorce to abuse, but the most common cause for kids mainly is bullying. Most kids chose not to tell their parents or teachers about their bully even if it does get physical. Occasionally, if a kid does tell their parents, a few will say “Its just something all kids go through” or “Just deal with it, high school will be over soon.”  Loads of people say the way to help stop bullying is to speak up and tell your parents, but what’s the point if most kids think their parents will say to get over it?

Bullying and suicides effects kid and adults of all ages. Kids don’t realize how permanent death is, so typically if kids decide to kill themselves its for one or two reasons, sometimes more. Kids who are bullied feel alone, some parents who actually try to help send their kids to support groups, to show they are not alone, sometimes work and other times they don’t. Some parents move their kids from there school to another one, unless the kid is getting bullied from something s/he posted on the internet. All of these ways to help are useless if parents still think its just something kids do.

    What kills thousands upon thousands of kids a year? bullying. What makes kids feel like trash, like there is no one else with them? Bullying. What tears you down as soon as you get off the ground? Bullying. The only thing a bully victim can do that worse than suicide, is letting the bully have the power of making your self esteem so low that you don’t have the guts to do anything to make your live actually worth living. A lot of bully victims become very antisocial and bury themselves in things like music or books.

   If you ever consider saying something bad to someone, to there face or behind there back, remember that it will never, ever leave them. It will be their in the back of there heads, bringing back the pain when they feel too happy. If your friend is being bullied, tell their parents o the teach as soon as possible. You might just have saved a life.

My heritage is Portuguese. I am Portuguese on my mothers side. My mothers Portuguese heritage goes back about 5 generations. She was born on the island of Azores and moved to America at three months old with her two older sisters, Mary and Noelia, her brother, Mario, and her parents. She said that if she were to describe the Azores in three word, they would be beautiful, traditional, and religious. My Avõ and Avo, Portuguese grandma and grandpa, were born and raised in Portugal, they have lived in America for a little over 40 years. My Avõ does not speak English, but she does kind of understand it. My Avo speaks some English. Since they moved at such a young age, all three of the sisters and one brother speak fluent English and Portuguese.

Capitalism and socialism are pretty much opposites. They have far more differences, but they do have a few similarities. Here are the similarities and differences.

Some similarities are both they are both economic systems. Another reason is that they both determine prices of prices of goods and services. Lastly, They both require strong control over the general population.

Some differences are in capitalism the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, yet in socialism everyone has the same everything, food, clothes, money. In Capitalism, one person controls the trade for their own profit. In socialism, many people control it. Lastly, in capitalism people would do anything to keep there wealth and comfy lives, profit before people.

There are many differences and few similarities between the two. Socialism focused on sharing, well capitalism focused on profit. They both had things about them that worked.

Questions

1. Socialism differs from capitalism because capitalism wanted to be rich and socialism wanted to be equal.
2. I think socialism would work better because it does not make some people who were richer better.

Bibliography

http://www.diffen.com/difference/Capitalism_vs_Socialism

http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/glossary/capitalism-v-socialism/

Adam Smith, the author who wrote many books such as “The Wealth of Nations,” this book is his most well known book. In this book, it says that the market is lead by an ‘invisible hand.’ The ‘invisible hand’ is a term used by Smith to describe his belief that individuals seeking their economic self-interest actually benefit society more than they would if they tried to benefit society directly. Smith was a philosopher.

Smith was born is Scotland on June 16th 1723. He died 17 July 1790 (aged 67) Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain. He attended the Burgh School of Kirkcaldy from 1729 to 1737, he learned Latin, mathematics, history, and writing. Smith was close to his mother, Margaret, who probably encouraged him to pursue his scholarly ambitions. 

Smith began delivering public lectures in 1748 in University of Edinburgh, sponsored by the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh.  In 1750, Smith met the philosopher David Hume. In their writings covering history, politics, philosophy, economics, and religion, Smith and Hume shared closer intellectual and personal bonds. In 1762, the University of Glasgow conferred on Smith the title of Doctor of Laws.

At the end of 1763, he obtained an offer from Charles Townshend, who had been introduced to Smith by David Hume, to tutor his stepson, Henry Scott. Smith then resigned from his professorship to take the tutoring position. Smith’s tutoring job entailed touring Europe with Scott, during which time he educated Scott on a variety of subjects. In 1766, Henry Scott’s younger brother died in Paris, and Smith’s tour as a tutor ended soon after.

Questions

1. Smith laid the foundations of classical free market economic theory. The Wealth of Nations was a precursor to the modern academic discipline of economics.
2. Laissez-fare means abstention by governments from interfering in the workings of the free market. Division of labor means the assignment of different parts of a manufacturing process or task to different people in order to improve efficiency. Supply and Demand means  the amount of a commodity, product, or service available and the desire of buyers for it, considered as factors regulating its price.

bibliography

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Smith

http://www.biography.com/people/adam-smith-9486480

Many people say that the book “The Hunger Games” is just like the book “Divergent,”  but that is not entirely true. It is true that there are similarities, but there are far more differences. Her are some similarities and differences:

Some of the similarities are that both books have main characters that are heroines. “Divergent” main character was Tris and “The Hunger Games” was Katniss. They also take place in the future. Lastly, they both have divided society. “Divergent” factions and “The Hunger Games” Districts.

Some differences are, in “Divergent” the main character, Tris, dies. Another way they differ is Tris only had one love interest, Tobias. In “The Hunger Games” Katniss had two, Gale and Peeta. “Divergent” takes place in a actual place, Chicago. “The Hunger Games” happens in a fictional place, Panem. Finally, in “Divergent” you choose what faction you go to, yet in “The Hunger Games” you have to stay where you’re born.

The books do have similarities,but that does not make them exactly alike. They are both good books and if you’re looking for a new book to read, I would recommend either. If I had to choose one, though, I would say “Divergent.”