If I stop one life from ending,

I shall not live in pain,

If I could stop one bully from bullying,

My life would not be in vain,

Heal one heart from melting

Into a whole again,

I shall not be in regret.

I did this silent film with Maelee and Autumn. There are four types of conflict,  character vs. character, character vs. nature, character vs. self, character vs. society. We only used character vs. self and character vs. character. Maelee used character vs. self because, she had to decide to tell us to put the I-pad back or to let us get away with it, because after all she is our friend. Character vs. self is external conflict. We also used character vs. character because she is telling us to put the I-Pads back but we are kind of fighting over whether we should put them back. Character vs. character is internal conflict.

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I think that poverty does cause people to lose their integrity, because integrity means honesty, and truthful. You can be a kind, and giving person, but if you get caught being dishonest the integrity you have can just disappear.

People who are in poverty, sometimes lie or steal . They become dishonest, because they have less. Sometimes poor people need items but can’t get them because of lack of money. If they need something they just steal it, and that is dishonest.

Even the simplest lie, can lead to others no longer considering you as a person with integrity. People may not trust you anymore! If you tell a secret or be disonest with someone. You can lose integrity.

The other side of this story is that some people in poverty are honest. They accept the fact that they are less fortunate. Put it this way , would you rather be in poverty and be dishonest and untrustworthy, or be in poverty and have integrity. Maybe if you are in poverty, and you have integrity, if you were looking for a job the boss or manager would be able to trust you with the job.

Do you think that poverty causes lack of integrity? There are some people in poverty who lack integrity. There are some people who have more integrity than a rich person. Do you consider yourself to have integrity?

The first picture is our pinwheels for peace, the artist is me but I took a picture of everyones pinwheel but mine is the one of the rainbow.  This art was inspired by pinwheels for peace. On September 21, is peace day. I  first sketched my drawing and the drew over it with marker. I also used a pinwheel template.For the second one the artist name was Friedensreich Hundertwasser. I was inspired by his artwork We Live In Paradise. Hndertwasser was born on December 15, 1928. I used markers and paper.

I have mixed opinions for the topic should the U.S got to Cuba . I think there are benefits and also a couple disadvantages. At one time I think, well yeah I feel bad for them, but at the same time I don’t. Thats my opinion. What do you think?

Cuba is really struggling with their freedom. The Spanish people are treating the Cuban people badly.  If we do help the Cuban’s we needed help they would hel the U.S  That would e good Karma. Butcher Weyler is the hurting Cuban’s. He is capturing them in putting the Cuban’s in concentration camps.

The other part of my opinions that the Cubans burned our sugar cane fields. Thats a source of the U.S’s money. We fought for our independence once ,would be have to do it again to help the cubans?

If we go we would lose a lot money, soldiers and one or more of our allies. Spain could become more powerful. The U.S could lose the chance of having a port.

There are disadvantages and benefits, but considering they do need our help I think we should help out the Cuban’s. It would be a great thing to do. Even if we lose some soldiers, Cuba needs our help. Its better to lose some soldiers than to get a country free. We have to help them!

I tested some things on my circuit tester and the conductors lit up and the insulators didn’t. For my circuit tester i learned to strip wire and how to tell if it was an insulators or conductors. I also  learned how to connect the wires together.

11 out of 12 are metal on the conductor list.  I thought it was kind of weird how the salt water was a conductor but the regular bottled water was a insulator. I thought maybe that the salt in the water has tiny pieces of iron or metal in the salt. That’s just a guess. The conductors energy just flows and then lights up the circuit tester.

The insulators don’t have energy to flow freely.  None of the insulators were metal.

Morgan Johnston

Autumn McDonald

Jasmyn Paauwe

History Project #3: New York

After the industrial revolution, the United states was beginning to change…it was in need of laborers. With the country’s growing economy, came a growing population. Nearly 12 million immigrants had passed through the gates at Ellis Island between the years of 1842 and 1954.

New York City has a constant supply of fresh water.  This is one reason why it became a major city.  It is a place where the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean meet.  It is on the northeastern side of the United States.  New York Bay separates Manhattan and the Bronx from New Jersey.

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     Emptiness

The winter snow dances

around

like a whirlwind

as the snow falls

nothing at all

never ending

the strong wind

makes it impossbile to walk

just when you look up

it all stops

you freeze

waiting

in the darkness

living

loving

you drop to you knees

thanking god

for yet another

Beautiful Day!