Oil Spill

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/nation/interactive-oil-spill-map/

I looked at this interactive map on the link above of the oil spill spreading day by day.
More than 436,236 gallon of dispersant were sprayed in efforts to clean up the oil spill on the gulf of Mexico.

The Bread Project

4 things I learned from the hunger website were.........

1. Between 2007 and 2008, the number of children living in poverty grew by 744,000.

2. Children who are hungry may have impaired cognitive functioning and may have a diminished capacity to learn.

3.  Whole grains may lower the risk of heart disease, cancer, and diabetes.

4. Whole grains are a good source of fiber.

Ideas for projects and fundraisers

Cleaning a Park
Bowling party
Cook out

Adults and children

http://www.ted.com/talks/adora_svitak.html
The ted video has a young girl speaking about adults learning from children.

The organization I work with is called Youth Action. Youth Action is a community service program for young people between the ages of 14-23. We have adult allies to help us with fundraising and planning. This organization gives teens the chance to do volunteering for the community. The members of youth action come up with service projects that they are interested in, we then implement the service project, we go out and volunteer! My Organization is an example of adults leaning from children.

2010

This year has been going ok for me. I did ok on NHD. I received A's and B's on my report card. What I plan to accomplish this year is coming to school everyday and doing well in all my classes.

Lions, Tigers, and Bears By: Jazmine Sullivan

Lions, Tigers, and Bears seems to be a simple RnB song but it is actually very poetic.

Jazmine Sullivan is a RnB singer that came out in 2008. This song should be counted as a poem because of her amazing use of end rhymes, repetition, and personification. Also her vivid images of average fears people have like animals, heights, and stage fright. Lastly she uses a metaphor to give me new perspective on how scary love is. 

In her song she uses end rhymes like me and be,  in and  friend, and all and fall.

She uses repetition by repeating "I'm not scared of lions, tigers, and bears." She uses personification when she says "Why do we love love when love seems to hate us." All of these examples make great sound for this song .

This song created very vivid images in my mind. For example, when she said "I'm not scared of lions, tigers, and bears. " I imagine her in front of these animals unafraid of them.

Also, when she says "I'm not scared to perform at a sold out affair". this gives me an image of a big concert and her in front of the crowd. Lastly when she says "I can climb mountains."  This gives me an image of her climbing a tall mountain. All of these examples show good imagery.

This song gives me a new perspective on how scary love is.

Most likely I would have not though of love being as scary as lion or climbing mountains but she does. This song made me think of why love is so scary and why she compared it to fears most people have. It made me think of the heart ache that can out of love if it does not turn out right.

Lions, tigers, an bears seems like a regular RnB song but it is very deep. 

Her great use of repetition, end rhymes, and personification gave it a good sound. She creates good images of things most people are afraid of. Lastly, she gave me a new perspective on peoples fears of love. All these examples lead me to believe this is a great poem even though it is a song.

Is Lil Wayne The Best

On the question of Lil Wayne being the best rapper in the industry, there were very different responses from people I have interviewed. For example Antoine, Annie and myself do not like Lil Wayne. Antoine quoted that Lil Wayne is not the best and Young Jeezy is because he speaks the truth. Annie said ''he sucks''. I said that he makes no sense to me. But on the other hand there are people who feel he is the best rapper. For example Derron said '' Lil Wayne is hot he is fire''. Camille said '' yes i love him he is funny''. In conclusion there are people that love Lil Wayne and there are people that don't. From my evidence more people though he was not the best rapper in the industry.