Dear President Obama,
I wish to address you about your American Foreign policy, in the Middle East and in North Africa. In the Middle East we attempted to use the Marshall which obviously failed not only among part of our alliance in the middle east but also among our people since the Marshall plan was never fully carried out. Many things might have been different if we had cared all the way through, like the rebellion of Osama Bin Laden. When carrying out a policy like the Marshall Plan we must see it through or face the consequences. I hope that learning from our mistakes we can better our future and prevent further mistakes from happening. I thank you for your time that you gave up to read this.
Sincerely,
A Student Of America
Friday, April 29, 2011
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Semester 2 Blog 11
If you were President, how would you confront the multiple issues surrounding the Geneva Conventions that we have discussed in class over the past week?
If I was president I would make it so that parts of the convention like the topic of what to do with Guantamino Bay. I would keep it in Cuba because one it would be a waste of our good American dollars, and two the UN should decide because the problems we get are almost all international. There is also a lot of money troubles that I could fix too but I have to focus on this topic.
If I was president I would make it so that parts of the convention like the topic of what to do with Guantamino Bay. I would keep it in Cuba because one it would be a waste of our good American dollars, and two the UN should decide because the problems we get are almost all international. There is also a lot of money troubles that I could fix too but I have to focus on this topic.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Honors Blog
June 14, 1940
Dear Rachel,
How are you fairing in San Diego? Are Marcus and Abigail doing well? Have you heard any news from James? I am doing well, the new house here in Buffalo, New York is very beautiful. Matthew is a wonderful man and I can't wait for him to come back home. I have a very special surprise for him! I am expecting! I didn't find out until a week after he had left. I am currently on leave from the Red Cross. I wish I could help but the other women are such hard workers I don't worry too much. There are 17 other girls also pregnant, and some of the older women are calling it a Baby Boom. I think it's funny that they are calling these coincidental pregnancy's the Baby Boom, but I am excited about it. I am writing to you to ask for support while my husband Matthew isn't here. He probably won't be here for the birth so I want you here. About work, I was hearing that you have been working on your own victory garden when you aren't doing your paper and aluminum drives. My neighbor Stacy is also making one and she wanted to send some squash seeds over for your garden. I hope that you can come over soon I am missing my best friend more and more every day.
Sincerely,
Katie Reede
Dear Rachel,
How are you fairing in San Diego? Are Marcus and Abigail doing well? Have you heard any news from James? I am doing well, the new house here in Buffalo, New York is very beautiful. Matthew is a wonderful man and I can't wait for him to come back home. I have a very special surprise for him! I am expecting! I didn't find out until a week after he had left. I am currently on leave from the Red Cross. I wish I could help but the other women are such hard workers I don't worry too much. There are 17 other girls also pregnant, and some of the older women are calling it a Baby Boom. I think it's funny that they are calling these coincidental pregnancy's the Baby Boom, but I am excited about it. I am writing to you to ask for support while my husband Matthew isn't here. He probably won't be here for the birth so I want you here. About work, I was hearing that you have been working on your own victory garden when you aren't doing your paper and aluminum drives. My neighbor Stacy is also making one and she wanted to send some squash seeds over for your garden. I hope that you can come over soon I am missing my best friend more and more every day.
Sincerely,
Katie Reede
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Semester 2 Blog 10
1. Great Grandma Steyer (Margaret Steyer)Married to a German imagrant. Married to the enemy.
2. farmers, soldiers of the home frontiers- how my family fought to feed america.
3. paper drive- Shirley Woolett
victory garden- Betty Steyer
Half way across the world
2. farmers, soldiers of the home frontiers- how my family fought to feed america.
3. paper drive- Shirley Woolett
victory garden- Betty Steyer
Half way across the world
Thursday, April 14, 2011
World War two Imagery
WW2 propaganda
2.This is an early war poster posted to inspire americans to keep the battle over seas instead of having it be brought to where our families were. I was one of the many that inspired out soldiers to fight.
3. I was creeped out to see this because it portrays how dangerous the war was and that they could invade and harm our children at any time.
WW2 war photography
2. This photo was taken in September of 1944, though the exact date is unknown. Parachuter's shadows are coming from the sky's as waves of paratroops land in Holland during operations by the 1st Allied Airborne Army.
3. This picture gave me chills as I saw how many people were coming down it was sort of like a dark cloud accending into the skies, sending a plauged of uneasyness and fear everywhere.
The Axis powers
2. This picture is by Herbert A. Friedman, It is a picture of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Emperor Hirohito, who represent the Axis powers.
3. This picture tells us that these people are only good for killing hense the head under Germany's foot. Their scowls and the glares we recived gives us the sense that we might just be next on the lists of these killers.
This is a little something extra. It's from a japanese show with human versions of countries, who were involved in WW1 and WW2. The show it Axis Powers Hetalia. The photo is of Japan (left), Italy(middle), and Germany(right).
2.This is an early war poster posted to inspire americans to keep the battle over seas instead of having it be brought to where our families were. I was one of the many that inspired out soldiers to fight.
3. I was creeped out to see this because it portrays how dangerous the war was and that they could invade and harm our children at any time.
WW2 war photography
2. This photo was taken in September of 1944, though the exact date is unknown. Parachuter's shadows are coming from the sky's as waves of paratroops land in Holland during operations by the 1st Allied Airborne Army.
3. This picture gave me chills as I saw how many people were coming down it was sort of like a dark cloud accending into the skies, sending a plauged of uneasyness and fear everywhere.
The Axis powers
2. This picture is by Herbert A. Friedman, It is a picture of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Emperor Hirohito, who represent the Axis powers.
3. This picture tells us that these people are only good for killing hense the head under Germany's foot. Their scowls and the glares we recived gives us the sense that we might just be next on the lists of these killers.
This is a little something extra. It's from a japanese show with human versions of countries, who were involved in WW1 and WW2. The show it Axis Powers Hetalia. The photo is of Japan (left), Italy(middle), and Germany(right).
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Semester 2 Blog 8
1977 Paris Review interview with Kurt Vonnegut
1. What stands out about this interview is how Vonnegut throws in dark humor every once and while.
2. Vonnegut's experience of surviving the bombing of Dresden inspired him to write slaughter house 5.
3. Would you have ever written a war story if you had not experienced this.
Honors
Choice #3) In a well developed, thoughtful piece of writing that uses direct quotes, explain the use of symbols to develop a theme in your novel.
Vonnegut explains how no one really talks about what has happened after a battle. they are all quiet, but the bird sing with enthusiasm like nothings happened. "And what do the birds say? All there is to say about a massacre, things like "Poo-tee-weet"" pg 19. This could mean the media and Hollywood and other big money makers glorify war. The birds are those who don't understand the gravity of which war brings.
"And Lot's wife, of course, was told not to look back where all those people and their homes had been. But she did look back, and I love her for that, because it was so human...This one is a failure, and had to be, since it was written by a pillar of salt. It begins like this," pg 22. This shows that Vonnegut looks back on this war not to glorify it but to lay the truth down to us even if it fails at striking us deeply. He looks back not with guilt or remorse but because he is human an is drawn to what effects us most in our lives.
1. What stands out about this interview is how Vonnegut throws in dark humor every once and while.
2. Vonnegut's experience of surviving the bombing of Dresden inspired him to write slaughter house 5.
3. Would you have ever written a war story if you had not experienced this.
Honors
Choice #3) In a well developed, thoughtful piece of writing that uses direct quotes, explain the use of symbols to develop a theme in your novel.
Vonnegut explains how no one really talks about what has happened after a battle. they are all quiet, but the bird sing with enthusiasm like nothings happened. "And what do the birds say? All there is to say about a massacre, things like "Poo-tee-weet"" pg 19. This could mean the media and Hollywood and other big money makers glorify war. The birds are those who don't understand the gravity of which war brings.
"And Lot's wife, of course, was told not to look back where all those people and their homes had been. But she did look back, and I love her for that, because it was so human...This one is a failure, and had to be, since it was written by a pillar of salt. It begins like this," pg 22. This shows that Vonnegut looks back on this war not to glorify it but to lay the truth down to us even if it fails at striking us deeply. He looks back not with guilt or remorse but because he is human an is drawn to what effects us most in our lives.
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