Is America Dishonest??? C from fielder

America. When people hear that word, what has happened, to make the United States what it is right now. They think of Freedom, rights to individual, and a right to practice your own religion. But one word that isn’t mention, that should be mention, is dishonesty. America is dishonest about their history, by glossing it over or by rewriting it.

Some Americans, and people around the world, only know the dishonest part about America, or the “glossy” part. Take for example Christopher Columbus. He was a great sailor, he found the United States of America, and was known as a good person. The thing that some people don’t know is that he was a killer. He killed natives Indians. Also, another example is the United States believed that “The Sons of Liberty” was a great group, especially what they did for their country. But did they know, AKA “a gloss over,” that they were a terrorist group. It is a shame for those people to believe in that myth

There are parts when the United States glossed up, and where people believed in it. Also another good gloss up is when they took the American Japanese citizen and put them in camps because they believed that they were spies, when they were really scared. Also when the United States went into the war in Iraq, we went in because we thought that Iraq had nuclear weapons, but they didn’t. Then the government stated that we would stay there anyway just to stabilize it. Well… look at the United States now, it is in a war with Iraq.

Although America did had some honesty in the past, and also they do say that they will learn from their past and try not do it again. But let me ask you this...Does it make up for all the lies the United States made??? Does it make the United States one hundred percent honest??? Does it show America, and Americans that they are better than the rest of the world or does it show they are like other countries that they do make mistakes, and lie sometimes???

Big Fish!!!! B+ from Fielder

Edward uses his big fish stories to teach Will lessons.

The first evidence to show how Edward used his stories to teach Will lessons is that his stories had a common message. One of these lessons that Edward taught Will through his stories was the value of hard work. When Edward saw his wife, he had to get a job at the circus for three years to find out who she was. Another example of how Edward’s stories showed the value of hard work was when Edward was catching the big fish. A fish ate his wedding ring and he spent many days out fishing for that one specific fish just so he could get her ring back. After Will heard these stories for all his life and also learns from them, he begins to tell some of these stories.

The second evidence that demonstrated Edward using stories to teach Will lessons is how he transmitted the value of storytelling to Will. You couldn’t see the
transition but you can tell when it happens. The timing was when Edward was about to die, he asked Will to tell him a story about how he dies, “You mean what you saw in the Eye? I dunno that story, dad, you never told it to me.” And Will told his father an amazing story saying that he turned into the big fish at the end and then Edward died. Another example of how Edward story telling transfers to Will is after he died. After Edwards’s death and funeral, the movie shows Will’s son talking about his grandfather’s death story. “A man tells so many stories, that he becomes the stories. They will live on after him, and in a way he becomes immortal.”

Is Odysseus a Hero?? B- from fielder

Poseidon must have loved Odysseus; cursing him to never return home is a great way to show it. He is a hero in his eyes for sure. In the movie “Hercules” from Walt Disney, Zeus said to Hercules that he isn’t a true hero unless he gives up something he holds dear to his life. So what did Odysseus do to make Odysseus a hero? Sleeping with other women beside his wife. Killing his men. Or saying to the Poseidon that he won the Trojan War when really the gods did. It sounds like he does a lot of heroic things in his life…NOT. If you think he is a hero, you better pay close attention he isn't.

Odysseus sounds like a hero when hedoes courageous things; but what he does is mostly stupid. When Odysseus was at the Cyclops Island, he could have got the things he needed and leave. He didn’t. He stayed and lost half his men to the Cyclops. Stupid. Plain stupid. “Ah, how sound it was! Yet I refused. I wished to see the caveman, what he had to offer – not pretty sight, it turned out, for my friends.” Also even though it was courageous that he stayed there and beat the Cyclops by poking him in the eye, but it could have cost him his life. Odysseus should have kept on traveling trying to find a way home.

Also when Odysseus was traveling the earth to find a way home, he helped people which made him seem heroic. Circle changed all of his men into animals; he had to sleep with her. It was right thing to do- even though he didn’t want to do it. But no hero would have betrayed his wife. Another example of Odysseus helping people is when he tried to control his son temper. If he didn’t his son would have died. At the end they both killed the guest out of anger because they all wanted to marry Penelope, Odysseus wife. Hercules wouldn’t have done that. A hero wouldn’t have either.

Ughh...... News

I agree with President Obama that the Oil spill in the Gulf is a ‘Ridiculous Spectacle’.

The company BP, and also the Federal regulators, should have done more research on what to do if the Oil spill happened not including that it does exists, but also should have known that it is tp be too dangerous to go so close to the shoreline. In other parts of the world, including sections in the United States makes rules so it wouldn’t be so realistic. Also they didn’t know what to do when it happened. President Obama said this about their companies “End a cozy relationship that has existed between federal regulators and companies drilling offshore for oil and gas”. Another thing they should have in mind was how close they put it. BP and the Federal regulators should have thought what it would done for their business, other people business, and animals that effect their lives and hard efforts of people and animals would be effected in that region.

Soccer

Soccer is such a fun sport. Most people don’t like it because of all the running and the kicking, and other reasons why. BUT I LOVE IT!!!! If I had a choice between make chocolate chip cookies or to play soccer, it would defiantly be soccer. Soccer is my life.

There are many parts that you can play when you do soccer. There is goalie, midfielder, defense, offense (forward), stopper, and sweeper. I play defense. I find this the most challenging part of the sport besides midfield because you have to get the ball away from the other play which is running straight at you and also when your team loses the ball it is mostly up to the defense to recover it. But the other parts of the sports are important too.

Forward is in charge to control the ball and to get a goal. The goalie is mostly simple; they have to try not to let any goals into the goal, and also to command the team around. Stopper and sweeper are the last two defenders on the field before the goalie. Midfielders are when you run back and forth on the field and support all of the other players.

Even though I Love the sport, there is some negatives. You have to stay fit 247 so you can be faster than the other team, you are up against girls sometimes twice your size, you might get hit with the ball in the face (that happens always to my friend Mags on the team), and also you can’t quit once the game is started, you have to give it all you got. But even with all these negatives, I love the rush of the game, and also being brilliant during the game when the giants lose the ball.

Soccer is a sport that will stick with me throughout my life. All my family members does this sport (besides my mom, she drives us around). Also when I go to Germany to see my relatives, one of the first things we do is to play soccer. My family team is called Team USA; my relative’s team is called Team Germany. Also my family once verses a group of college soccer players with a few Chinese kids, we won. I f you don’t play this sport, try it out, you’ll maybe like it. If you don’t like it, too bad, you have to play it.

What a time!

SIMUN… what a fun activate. I remember my older sister talking to me about, but the experience was more fun than what she said to me!!!!! She told me that it is hard work but it pays off inside this game, she said that SIMUN is like a very entertaining and also funny. But I think it did so much more than that. I think that I want to play this game for two weeks! I am so PUMP about it. I like how you can met other globies, and also how we learn more on what is going on in the world and make a fake recommendation to solve it. Even if it doesn’t or won’t even happens. I also like the debate. It is like a war sometimes between two, or three countries, and other times it is just boring.

I think that I did okay during SIMUN. The first day I did try to get involved, and I did gave a few speak once or twice on the speaker list, and ask a few questions. The second say I was on fire!!!! Just ask Kelly, Melisa, or John. FIRE!!! China took one of my people and I was asking her questions why her country did that, even though China didn’t have the right to do that. Then I discovered she was torturing that person. She was in big trouble. On the third day I should have been better, I only ask questions (about 5). France (my country) was not in any of the situations. But all in all… I think I did great!!! (And so did the other delegates.).

If the new freshmen globies wants tips, or my other classmates, I would say look more research than you were assign. Seeing who’s your number one trading company/country, just in case if a problem came up if two of your allies are in a fight. That is one of the top reasons why I thought that I was so active in SIMUN. And also that I ask my friends and also delegate party to see what it was about, or to get deeper inside this situation.

If I had more time to prepare…. I would spend more time finding information on the situation. I did not spend as much time trying to finding the information and also I didn’t get what the situation is about. And also to find out information about the other countries so then you can destroy them(or beat them up till you feel strongly that you made them feel bad and that they need to do more research). Also I would write small speeches or statements so I could get involved more often. I am planning to do this for next year.

France question mark

I am the delegate of France. In my situation… I have been ask to take a side, or in other words, to join a side. My chooses are to join the united states and invade Pakistan to protect the nuclear weapons from the Taliban or to stand on the side –lines to see what is going to happen in the game.

France would agree to help the United States to protect the nuclear device in Pakistan. It is a wise decision for many reasons. And also it is the right thing to do for France. For example….

A: they are one of our top Allie

B: since they are our Allie, we would help them

C: if the Taliban get to the nuclear devices (which they maybe will since the government of Pakistan isn’t stable) France, Germany, the United States would defiantly be one of the targets to shoot theses big bombs.

D: if France stays aside… the Taliban would hurt more just us (France), they are a really nasty group that doesn’t care who gets in their way, they will just nuc them.

E: If France doesn’t help the United States we (France) could lose a trading and more important our Allie with them

France has pretty much always agrees with the United States. Just besides the Iraq war, which lead the Americans into a war with them and that there reason wasn’t proved; we agreed (France and the United States).

France would also encourage other countries to tag along with France and help the United States to protect the nuclear bombs. It would be the smart/right thing to do and it is also okay to think about this for a while, just do think for too long. Or it could be too late to change what could happen.