Thursday, January 13, 2011

Vocab

Observation- We did leave observation yesterday using a microscope
Emphasize- Sarah emphasize her eyes with mascara before the Winter Dance
Reactions- When my brother have a bad grade, his reactions was to lay down his bed and cry
Define- Mr Patrick asked us to define the vocabs by making sentences
Tersely- The clothes are folded tersely
Breach- When we went to the museum, I saw a guy breach an exhibit
Riveted-
Vigil-




Monday, January 10, 2011

Lit. Focus - # 6

I think that camp harmony can be considered both inappropriate because when people look at the word harmony, they would think about a melody right away. Harmony is something cool to people. A lot of people won't take a very long time to think about the title but they'll get straight right into the events. They won't take time to think about that does the author means when she named it "Camp Harmony". When I asked, right after they heard the word harmony, they suddenly think of a sweet melody. Even when I look up on online dictionaries, it says harmony is an agreeable sound property, agreement of opinions, a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties as of colors and sounds but is it?

There's a part in the story(page 520, paragraph 2, 2nd column), the author said. "What was I doing behind the fence, like a criminal? It doesn't sound like a harmony any more. Also that part, "May be I wasn't considered an American anymore. My citizenship wasn't real after all." and it doesn't sound equal like the meaning of the word harmony so I think that the name Harmony is not appropriate for this short story.

Mixed Economy Essay

Mindy Quach
Grade 8 period 2, Social Studies
Grade 8 period 4, Language Arts
December 14, 2010
ESSAY
How have economy affected you and your community? Well, if you live in a mixed economy, your country is likely to be success either right now or in the future. A mixed economy is control by both government and individual. Countries all over the world are moving rapidly to a mixed economy.In a mixed economy, the common good and individuals work together to control chaos and provide protection to its citizens.A mixed economy is the best for the people because it balances the power between the individual and the common good.
Chaos is cause by individuals.Usually, individuals do before they think, and that actions make the country falls into the deep, dark valley.The best example that proves my idea is the story “Wise Old Women” Written by Yoshiko Uchida. The government abandons all of the old people in the village. A young farmer doesn’t want to give his aged mom away, he then hide his mom.All of the problems would be solveif the government and individual work together cohesively. Government also has their own problems. They make you work hard and take your credits. They make stupid rules that only benefit themselves. They make you give up what is most important to you but mixed economy is different.Mixed economy gives us a chance to live in a peace world.
Individuals always make horrible decisions and then regret.Government is here to protect people from making wrong choices that lead them into a dark cave without a way out. For example, in the story “How Much Land Does a Man Need?” written by Tolstoy, it shows that man’s greed make people regret and disasters will just hit them without them notice.The man in the story isbeing greedy so the price he has to pay is that he has to give up his life. If the government involve, they would not let him do such a thing by give him his needs. Needs is different than greed but the government could provide you enough. When the land is free, you will have what you want and your greedy might disappear or gone for a while. Mixed economy is the best economy and it gets you out of hard solving situations. That’s the reason why mixed economy is present in this world.
A mixed economy is the best for the people because it balances the power between the individual and the common good.A mixed economy affects you and your community in positive ways. A mixed economy protects you and control chaos happen within your area. Mixed economy help you success because mixed economy is control by individuals and government. A mixed economy is the best for the people because it balances the power between the individual and the government. And those are the reasons why countries all over the world are moving forward to mixed economy.