What is Power?

What Is Power? For the purpose of this paper, power is in a person or thing that possesses or exercises authority or influence. Power can be expressed in many ways.

One attribute that a leader must have is to be powerful. If he is not powerful, is unlikely that anyone will listen to him. Now, power doesn’t mean that that person must be mean and strict and not listen to anyone’s ideas and be corrupt and. Being powerful just means being able to be firm, and having the ability to make a difference and having people listen to you. A good powerful leader focuses on education and fixing poverty, not planning wars and attacks. For example, in December 1989, Boris Yeltsin and Bill Clinton declared the Cold War to be officially over at a summit meeting in Malta.

Unfortunately, most of the leaders in the history we have learnt about this year, don’t display these characteristics. A trait that good leaders shouldn’t exhibit is making rules that benefit themselves. For example, Adolf Hitler, the German leader didn’t display these. He had lots of power, just the wrong ideas. He gained power for himself and used is irrationally. For example, the holocaust; it systematically killed up to ten million Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals, communists, and other non- Aryan people. He was a racist leader, because he wanted to kill all Jews. Another example is in the book, Animal Farm. Napoleon, he made rules that only benefitted the pigs. All the rest of the animals were treated like dirt. Another way to say this is that he didn’t care about the other animals, and what happened to them. A powerful leader must take into consideration what everybody needs and wants.

A lot of power can lead to control. An example of power that turned into control is in the Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins. The capitol has all the power, and basically controls all twelve districts. When the names are drawn for the games, the capitol has all control over them. They don’t have a say in what they wear, eat, or even talk!

As you can see, power is a characteristic that many people have, but don't use wisely. It can be used to control, or benefit some people. Power gives people the ability to make and enforce rules and make people obey them. Overall, power should be used wisely, otherwise it can be abused, as you can see .

The Hunger Games: Power or Control

In the book, The Hunger Games, the most prominent theme is control. There are many examples of control in this book. Firstly, I think control starts on the first page of chapter 3, page 34. This is because once Katniss and Peeta have entered the Hunger Games, they have no control over themselves. They can't control what they're going to wear to the interview or parade, they can't decide for themselves about what to say at the interview. Also, the theme control is shown at the end of the games when only Katniss, Peeta and Cato are left. The gamemakers control the arena, and made hungry, angry mutts come and tear Cato apart. The gamemakers also are in control the whole time, deciding the temperature, the location and everything that goes on in the games. Lastly, I think Haymitch also has a big role in the theme of control because he decides when and what to give the players, Katniss and Peeta. Basically, every gift sponsored by the viewers goes through him. He can decide if they live or not with the power he has. All these reasons contribute to why I think control is the main theme in the novel.

Net Effect of Globalization

According to the World Bank, "Globalization is the growing integration of economies and societies around the world," Globalization has both pros and cons to it. Firstly, with globalization, many new jobs were available to those who they weren't available to before. Also, globalization brings countries closer together, because they have something in common. In addition, globalization helps start up some countries' economy. To add to that, globalization brings many new products around the world and helps trade. For example, However, globalization also has some bad things about it as well. To start off with, globalization changes many countries' culture. For example, India. India is becoming more and more western that some of its' culture and religion is becoming forgotten.

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Feedback: May 4: PoP

During the process of working on the Population Project, I learnt many valuable lessons that will help me in the future. Here are just 3 of them.

1) Time Management- this is extremely important because when you have assignments you can't let them pile up, so you need to manage you time so you can do your things at the right time.
2) Ask questions- It is really important to ask questions when you don't understand, or you just want to clarify. It's better to get straight by asking a question, than not asking a question and get a bad grade on it.
3) When writing, make sure it makes sense, and always give supporting evidence.

Feedback April 20th

• What are the main visual elements?

The family sitting down together for a meal, and the parents questioning the child about his day.

• What issue is this cartoon about?

A boy sitting down at the dinner table with his parents and they are asking him how his day was, and he says that they should just check his blog instead of asking him.

• What is the cartoonist’s opinion on this issue?

I think they don't like technology

• What evidence in the cartoon supports your opinion on how the cartoonist feels?

Well, the artist is saying technology is bad because it reduces conversation between your family.

• Why is this cartoon ironic?

Because the boy looks very young to be having a blog and telling his parents to read it. A boy at this age usually talks to his parents about the day.

• How does this cartoon relate to our study of technology and the future?

That technology could become so developed that communication between each other, even parents is stopped.

• What other techniques could the cartoonist have used to make this cartoon more persuasive?

I don't think anything else is needed. The picture is already very p

Population Project Plan

This week in Humanities, we are getting time in class to work on our Population Project. This is a plan for what I aim to achieve for this week.

Monday: Priority - Outline
Check email to see if Dr. Sharma has returned interview with answers.
Start outline for Research paper
Go to site saved on USB (India Stat)
Make Graph for Data Analysis

Tuesday: Priority - Data Analysis
Finish anything left over form Monday
Look over outline once more. Edit
Start writing Data Analysis: Paragraph 1
Research Paper

Wednesday: Priority - Data Analysis
Data Analysis: Edit paragraph 1
" " : Paragraph 2
Research Paper

Thursday: Priority - Data Analysis and Research Paper
Finish Up Data Analysis
Research Paper

Friday: Priority - Data Analysis
Check over Data Analysis. Make final changes
Research Paper

Technology

• What is technology?

Technology is the use of creativity and electronics to help with daily life.

• What are the 5 most and 5 least important technologies used today?

I think the five most important technologies are:
Most Important - Ipod, Computer, Air Conditioner, Cell Phone, Cars
Least Important - Door bells, Automatic sliding doors, smart board, coffee maker, light up shoes,

• How do you feel about the amount of and use of technology at AES?

I think the amount of technology used at this school is a little less, because if we use more technology, we save more trees! For example, we could take notes in humanities on a laptop instead of writing them.

Vonnegut and Technology

According to Vonnegut, author of Welcome to the Monkey House, technology is newfangled contraptions. Contraptions like nuclear submarines armed with Poseidon missiles that have H-bombs in their warheads, and like computers that cheat you out of becoming.

Bill Gates says, “Wait till you can see what your computer can become.” But it’s you who should be doing the becoming. What you can become is the miracle you were born to work—not the damn fool computer.”

-Kurt Vonnegut

I think that this statement is partly true. True, because I think that technology is bad when it is involved in the making of nuclear bombs and weapons. However, technology is very useful and entertaining; especially when doing homework, computers come in handy, and when you're on a long car drive, iPods definitely are useful.

However, I agree with Vonnegut that we should become, and not our technology.

In third quarter my goals were:

• Doing my homework the day it is assigned
  
• Read every day for 15 minutes
  
• Put more detail into my writing and more effort into my projects.

I think that I did do my homework the day it was assigned which made it easier to keep up. I did read for 15 minutes every night. I think that I did put a lot of detail into my writing and projects especially the 43rd War Journal.
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This quarter I would like to meet these goals:

• Stay up to date with PoP (the Population Project) by doing a bit of research every night
  
• Do homework the day it is assigned so that it doesn't accumulate.
• Improve my geography. I can do this by doing better in "Weekly Geo" 2 minute tune ups.
  

Oxymoron: Holy War

The phrase "Holy War' is an oxymoron because holy is the opposite of war. The definition of holy according to dictionary.com is specially recognized as or declared sacred by religious use or authority, and the definition for war is a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation. They are different because holy is related with religion, and war is related with conflict. They both don't go together. Many conflicts in the world today are based upon religious differences, yet all major world religions condemn killing. This is because most religions want others to join their religion, so they think that war is an exception.

WWIII: Will It Happen?

I believe that there will not be a World War Three, for different reasons.
Firstly, countries are more sophisticated and informed and intelligent. They know that fighting is not a way to solve problems, and that there are better solutions to disagree with others. And even if there are people who don't think this, I think the majority does, so they will convince the others.

Also, there are many "peace" organizations, and many people have joined them, and there is even a peace day. School all over the world celebrate it, and are pro peace.
This is why I don't think there will be a world war III.

WWII Letter

September 3, 1939
Apt. 70 Baer Lane, 2092,
Berlin, Germany
Dearest Anne,

How are you? How are our children, George and Marianne? Has Marianne recovered from her cold you told me about in your last letter? Make sure to buy medicines for her, I will send you some money soon. I would hate to have another one of our children pass away, like what happened to Margaret. Things are fine here… I don’t want you to worry about me. I hope to be home soon.

Good News… We have successfully attacked Poland a couple of weeks ago! On the 1st of September, we marched into Poland and fought. We attacked Poland from 3 fronts. East Prussia (north), Germany (west), and Slovakia (south). There were 2 million men, most on horseback, but easy to defeat against with our tanks. In the beginning, we launched our blitzkrieg, which we hadn’t used for 3 years, since the Spanish Civil War!! It was scary, at first, but I fought for the pride of my country. Times are tough here, though. We barely have enough food to feed all the men, but we’re surviving. It was dusty and black, smoky, you couldn’t even breathe or see a thing. But I’m all right. I didn’t get badly injured, just my arm. It got shot, but don’t be disturbed, I will get better soon in the hospital…
It was real chaos! After we attacked Poland, which was the official start of the war, Russia joined in, and helped us fight. But today, France and Britain declared war on us. I believe that if we really fight with all our might, we will come out of this war as the winners!

I must go now; I have to deliver this to the noon mail call. I hope to see you within the month, if things go smoothly. God forbid I never see you again, I want you to know I love you very much, and tell our children that I cared for them greatly!

Your caring husband,

Alfred F. Bürger

World War II Recipe Poem

World War II Recipe Poem:
Cook time: 1939 – 1945
Serves: 10 slices of fascism, cruelty, backstabbing and invasion.


Ingredients for an ineffective war:
1 body of Hitler
1 body of Stalin
1 body of Mussolini
1 failed League of Nations
1 useless Treaty of Versailles
1 German Aggression
1 Japanese Aggression
1 cup of walnuts
1 big bucket of fascism
1 Axis Power
1 Allie Power

Directions:
First, take a bowl and mix together Germany, Italy and Japan
And call it
Until the batter becomes hard and rough, and brutal.
Take the bucket of fascism
And pour it all over Germany and Italy.
Dig through the Germany batter
And take out Hitler,
And the Nazi Party.
Return the countries that have been invaded into a jar
And let them live in peace.
Ethiopia, Rhineland, Czech-Slovakia and Poland,
Let them free.
Put them in the fridge to cool down.
Then, pound the dough together,
Like you’re punching a boxing bag.
Then, take a separate bowl and mix together Stalin, take a pinch of America, France, and Russia, and call it the Allie Powers.
Whatever you do, do not mix the allies and axis mixtures together.
They don’t get along well,
Like oil and water.
Next, put the axis powers in the oven, and put the allies powers in the fridge.
When the axis powers are one second away from getting burnt,
Pour the allies powers all over them,
Like an icing going on a cake.
That makes the cake just right.
Now you have, you ingredients and directions to make your war-nut cake just the way its supposed to be!
Enjoy your defeat!!

Animal Farm Movie Critique

I think that the movie and the book of Animal farm have numerous amounts of similarities and differences. Firstly, the story line of the movie is more or less the same as the book, with minor changes.

However, the book and the movie had many differences. For example, in the movie Old Major dies during his speech, whereas in the book, he dies afterward. Also, in the book, during Napoleon's reign, only the pigs got education. But, in the movie, all the animals got educated with Napoleon. Adding to that, the seven commandments were different than the ones in the movie. Finally, in the book, Squealer is described as a pig that is persuasive and has a twitch in his tail. In the movie, Squealer has no twitch. There are many more events like thins. As you can see, the movie and the book of animal farm are similar and different in their own ways.

Feedback Feb 2

I think I most represent Boxer from Animal Farm. To start with, I am like Boxer on page 56 in Animal Farm. "Even Boxer, who seldom asked questions, was puzzled." I feel I am also like this because Boxer is well aware of what is happening, but not able to say anything about it, because he doesn't want to get executed. Also, I am similar to Boxer, because when I am given a task, especially when there is a ruler on top of you, I always try to support authority, because I don't want to get punished. In conclusion, I feel I am very similar to Boxer.

Check out this site for a picture of Boxer!!

Tyranny, Injustice, Self-Determination

Tyranny- the rule of someone else, like a bad government.
Injustice - the rights of someone else being violated by a person of authority.
Self-Determination - Motivating yourself to do something.

Tyranny, injustice, and self-determination are used in the book, Animal Farm. Self-determination is used by Old Major, because he's the one who told everyone that the humans are bad, and he motivated everyone to go against them. Tyranny is also there when Old Major was saying his speech about how the humans take things away from the animals that aren't his, and that he is not meant to have, for example milk and eggs. Injustice, because the animals have the right to live, and do what they want, not to live under someone, and live your life working for them. As you can see,
tyranny, injustice, and self-determination are all in the book.

WWI Poem

Shooting, screaming,

Gun at hand,

Nowhere is safe.

So scared, no one is fleeing;

War is in demand.

Damage, damage, so much to repair,

Chaos, panic everywhere,

Too much despair.

Deep, deep very deep, in trenches,

The guy next to you drenches,

Drenches in his own blood,

So soon, that it might just flood.

Here, there, everywhere,

Peek, sneak, not a glare.

Now who would call this fair?

It’s like a cage…

No way out

Now watch out!

A riffle, pistol, and gun

Nowhere to be seen, is fun.

Too scared to run.

Weapon in hand,

War in demand,

Countries that mix,

Are now in a big fix.

Here, there, everywhere,

Signs that you see,

Try to persuade,

For you to be,

Involved in the war.

Citations:

http://www.fastforwardblog.com/wp-content/photos/world_war_1_recruiting_poster.jpg

http://www2.army.mod.uk/img/ddli/ww1_lewis_machine_gun_team.jpg

http://ncowie.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/waterlogged_trench.jpg

http://www.militaryfactory.com/smallarms/imgs/m1garand.jpg

http://maps.unomaha.edu/Peterson/funda/MapLinks/EuropeOverview/kiv28.gif