12/22/11 What is Mythology?

Mythology explains the culture of ancient Greece. It explains how humankind and the world came to be. The word myth is used to explain story traditions.

12/20/11 lawsuit

I think they have gone to far. Because people are now camping in national parks because of the lawsuit.

12/16/11 Forshadowing

He says that his neck is aching very horribly, his brain was on fire, and his heart was very faint. His flashed into his brain like he was doomed he said. So he was saying he was already dead before the story ended.

12/12/11 Maine turbines

I think it is a good idea to install turbines. It would help the offshore people with power.

12/8/11 What will happen?

What I think will happen is he will have to live there for a long time because he has no passport to come back to America.

12/6/11 Maine camp

I think it is a good thing that they are protesting. They need better ideas to help people in America. If they make the protesters leave it will never change.

12/2/11 Favorite winter activity

I like to help my family to put decorations in and outside of my house. And I like this cause its getting ready for the holiday and also I don't much in the snow.

11/30/11 word that describes me

My life is pretty exciting. Because I always have something to do when i'm bored and it keeps me happy. I am either on the computer, xbox, or hanging out with my friends.

11/28/11

This story is about a special item called the Monkeys Paw. The Monkey has the ability to grant three men three wishes each. The whites family wished for two hundred pounds. After they wished for two hundred pounds the family's son dies then they get there money they wished for. Ten days after there sons death Mrs.White wants Mr.White to wish there son back from the grave. Mr.White wished for there son to come back then he is afraid of what bad will come. He is afraid that the son will be a walking corpse. So at the last sec he uses the last wish to undo everything.

11/21/11 Culture Shock

I do agree with the advice given in the article. I think meeting new people and getting involved in things is some good advice. Also learning English.

11/8/11 American culture

The main family in the book has a hard time addapting to the language because they lived in Iran all there life.

11/4/11 Genocide

Genocide means killing of a large group of people. Adolf Hitler is an example of genocide. He killed 12,000,000 peoples during WWII.

11/2/11 Giants Garden

The story is about a garden that kids love to play in. But a Giant claims he owns the garden and doesn't want the kids to play in it. So the Giant made a wall around the garden to keep the kids out. But soon the Giant noticed that the birds arn't singing anymore and the trees don't blossom because the kids arn't in the garden playing. The kids made a hole in the wall and got in the garden. When the Giant saw them playing he noticed now that if the kids are playing in the garden the birds will sing and the trees will blossom. So he broke down the wall he made with his axe so that everyone could get in the garden to play.

10/31/11 Anger change

When I first got into high school I had to adjust my organization. Because in middle school I was less organized then I am right now.

10/27/11 Case of civic center

I think we should do the renovations cause we need the bathrooms,concession stands,and loading docks.

10/25/11 Firearms for children

I think we should let children hunt with firearms but only if the parent/guardian has teached him about hunting and how to use the rifle he is carrying.

10/21/11 favorite season

Summer is my favorite season. Because theres no school and its warm. And my birthday is in the middle of the summer. Also I get to hang out with friends more then I get to do during school.

10/19/11

The Hutchinsons won the lottery but everybody thought it was unfair how they won it. They didn't take a slip of paper. So they redid the everything. Tessie was the one that won the lottery. At the end Mr.Hutchinson was upset because it wasn't really fair for anybody.

10/13/11

I do agree with Georges statement. Its not more important then college but I think its just exactly important as college is.

10/11/11 Obama's Plan

I think we should rebuild the bridge and roads. Cause some people in the world are looking for a job and this could give them a chance to earn money.

10/6/11

I think there should be more rules before they start building more casinos. If there arn't enough rules some groups could take advantage. Its always good to think things over before doing them. especially when they are big projects.

10/4/11 Culture of Grovers Corner

People in grovers corner support old traditions. They all ate together at the same time for the family to stay close together and communicate with each other. Some familys in South Portland support that same tradition.

9/30/11 Culture of grovers corner

People get married right after high school ends for them. They all have simple lives. Alot of familys are very polite and follow some old traditions.

9/28/11 Fireworks

I think some towns should have the right to ban fireworks incase it comes out of hand. Because maybe some teenagers use them to damage peoples property.

9/26/11 Culture belief

Being around the people I'm close to effects and changes my behavior. And my religion influences my personal belief.

9/22/11 Time capsule

South portland high school sweatshirt to resemble our school. Yearbook of your last year of high school to resemble what year you graduated.

9/20/11 Boy meets girl

No I don't think we should implement this at South Portland High School. Because some students want to meet other people of the opposite gender. And they may never see there friend that is an opposite gender in school. This could lead to students being upset and being distracted to that fact that they never see anybody of the opposite gender in school.

9/14/11 American Culture

Most of the thing I just read I already knew. I already knew that Spanish was the second most spoken language in America.  I knew America is a nation of immigration. Some immigrants came to America to see people that are on TV.

9/8/11

The book I recently read was Kensukes Kingdom. This book was about a boy name Micheal getting knocked off the his boat in the middle of the ocean. He gets stranded on a island that is in the ocean. But there is a guy named Kensuke who was in the war and escaped the ship he was on that was under attack by the U.S. Kensuke is now the owner of the island and the island now has the name Kensukes Kingdom.