Thank You Ma'am-From her mind

Author's Note: This is a piece showing what the women was thinking during "Thank You Ma'am", by Langston Hughes. From her mind....

I worked late tonight just ready to get home and eat some dinner. What's that. Hey, my pocketbook! The thief fell down. Good thing it's heavier than this boy. I kick him "right square in his blue-jeaned sitter." He probably not more than 14. I pick him up and now am face to face with this boy. All I am thinking what is wrong with this boy. I am so angry at this boy, people are watching and I don't care. Maybe I should change the way this boy thinks. Yeah, I will take him back to my place right now.

In this piece the lady didn't seem like the victim. She didn't seem scared of the boy. She also didn't the cops, all she did was kick him and turned him into the victim. At most she was angry. Once she started dragging the boy I think that Roger most likely regretted ever take the chance of stealing the pocketbook.

Sopa & Pipa

Author's Note: This piece is to tell you that this not a good bill and we should do whatever we can to rebel against it. I am working on Sentence Fluency. Please leave comments below to tell me what you think should with Sopa & Pipa.

Have you heard of the Sopa & Pipa bill that the government is trying to pass. Basically they are trying to censor the internet.  There are so many reasons that we should deny this bill. This is why the Sopa & Pipa should not be passed.

Sopa and Pipa are acts that are trying to censor the internet. Sopa stands for Stop Online Piracy Act and Pipa stands for Protect IP act. They want control over websites and will shut down any website with illegal videos, music, and etc. on them. It might seem good but the government will most likely go to far and end up shutting down most of the Internet.

The Internet is huge source of information, but if this bill passes big websites like Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube will be shutdown. For example if someone were to post a video on Youtube that breaks any piracy laws, that means movie clips, songs, and video games, the government will shut down all of Youtube and blame it as Youtube's problem. Even if this bill does pass it will not stop websites from overseas, so it could end up failing anyways.

Overall, the Internet is a giant source for information and if they shut it down they country will takes a major step back in technology. They are not good bills and will end up failing anyways. So when you have a chance to help rebel this bill, do your part and save the Internet.

Dead-Man's Path

Author's Note: I am writing a Cause & Effect piece for "Dead-man's path". Feedback would be great.

26 year-old, Michael Obi, just became the new headmaster of Ndume Central School in the story "Dead-Man's Path." He wants to make the school more modern. All the village people have this superstition of Dead-man's path and it's right in front of the school. For thousands of years people have been walking across this path. He didn't think that should happen so he blocked it off. This event was the climax of the story.

Why did Michael Obi feel the need to block the path? Well, he thinks that he is the smart one and the village people are dumb for believing in this superstition.

 There were harsh consequences for blocking the path.  The priest came to say that he still has a chance to remove the fence. He refused and  kept it up. Someone died right after he refused to take it down. The next day the villagers trashed the school. Everything that happened wouldn't have ever happen as long as he didn't put up the fence.

SS Comparison Essay

Author's Note: I just read The Fighting Ground and watched “The Patriot”. I am comparing Jonathan (Main character in The Fighting Ground) and Gabriel (One of the main characters of “The Patriot”). 

What would it be like to live in the time of the Revolutionary War? Would you want to fight for freedom or just sit back and wait till the war was over? Well, Jonathan and Gabriel were tired of waiting and wanted to get into the war. They disobeyed their fathers and joined the continental army. In a way these two are very much alike.

There were many similarities between The Patriot and The Fighting Ground. Just like Jonathan, Gabriel went to war even though his father didn’t want him to. Both of their fathers had been in war so they knew what it was like and didn't want their son to go through that; both of the fathers had been heroes in the French & Indian war. Also Jonathan and Gabriel both ended up getting captured; Jonathan by Hessians, Gabriel by the Red Coats. These two seem very similar, but have some differences too. 

There were many differences between the two, like luckily for Gabriel when he was captured his father came to save him unlike Jonathan who had to escape himself. Jonathan's father had a leg problem so he couldn't do anything about it. Gabriel was older than Jonathan; he was trained to ride a horse and was able to reload a musket quickly. Unlike Jonathan who was 14 and couldn't even carry the gun on his back.

Back in that time every boy want to help out in the continental army mostly likely because they don't know it will be like. There were some tough times back then, and it think Jonathan and Gabriel found out the hard way. Though Gabriel died in the end, if he had of lived, it would have something they would never forget.  

Moments during Winter Break

Author's Note: I am explain a funny time during my winter break.

During winter break I was playing Kinect Sports 2 with my friend. We were playing football and he was ready to punt it away. He kicks but while he does that his other leg flies up to and he falls on his back. It looked liked a cartoon character slipping on a banana peel. It was a perfect punt.