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" A Thousand Splendid Suns" for a thousand splendid readers. The book i am reading is called "A Thousand Splendid Suns." It takes place in the middle east and from what i have read so far it is interesting. On a scale of 1-10 i give this book about a 7.5 its pretty good but not the best. I am reading this book because my cousin recommended it to me and i read a little bit and got hooked. Other teens may want to read it because its not a boring book that will put you to sleep it is somewhat entertaining even if you don't like to read like me. The main character Mariam has lots of thoughts that she shares though the book and some are very interesting. The best part of the book i think is when Mariam's mother expresses her feeling about Mariam's father who had Mariam and then left them. I don't want to tell you too much about the book so if you want to know more you will just have to read it.

10 facts about O.Henry

·         born on September 11, 1862, in Greensboro, North Carolina

·         His mother died of tuberculosis when he was 3

·         He started working in his uncles drug store in 1881

·         He was a licensed pharmacist at the age of 19

·         Athol gave birth to their son in 1888

·         In 1889 she gave birth to Margret their daughter

·         O. henry’s wife Athol Estes Porter died on July 25, 1897 from tuberculosis

·         He drank heavily

·         His second wife left him in 1909

·         He died on June 5, 1910 of cirrhosis of the liver

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Why So orange Poe?

Why so Orange Poe?

In Edgar Allen Poes masque of the red death the orange room came fourth in the sequence of the rooms. Edgar Allen Poe Put this here because Orange follows Blue Purple and Green in life but comes before White Violet and Black. Orange represents the ages of 21 to about 50. It is the fall or autumn stage of life and as you approach the older stages of life you begin to look at the luster that life really is.

In life you go through stages before you arrive at death. You start out being born then you move in to the toddler stage then you move to adolescence, then you start to become an adult and reach your midlife crisis where you want to do all kinds of crazy things to experience life to the fullest. Then we move on to the older stage when you are pretty much at your wisest and most intelligent state. You have a head full of knowledge. As we continue on we reach the dreary violet stage where you look back on life thinking of all the good times and knowing that death will be coming soon. You feel more depressed in this state usually and you don’t really want to do much because you know death will soon be upon you and you don’t want to depart your loved ones and the thought is killing you. Finally, death comes in and you wind up dead. Black cold stone and you will be missed by all those that loved you.

Orange is really the stage where you try to live life to the fullest and get the most out of this life that is yours for the time being. It occurs during this stage in yours and mine and everyone else’s life time because it is right in the middle you’re not too young and you’re not too old. You’re the perfect age to try anything that you have ever wanted and every will and anything you ever will want to do because once you pass this stage you get older and its harder to do the things that you want to do. Now for me I haven’t reached this stage of life yet. I’m still in the adolescence stage and will be for a few more years and I don’t mind that but even though I haven’t reached this age yet I can still apply this stage to my stage. Even though I’m not between the ages of twenty one and fifty I still can try to live life to the fullest. I won’ be able to do everything because I’m still young but there are many things I can do. I already live life to the fullest by playing sports and doing extracurricular activities. It may not seem like that is but the thrill I get from playing soccer and basketball sure is life fulfilling. Orange may still be a ways away but I don’ see a problem with getting started early.

Edgar Alan Poe Web quest

    1.He was born 1809 died 1849 and he was born in Boston Massachusetts.

2.       2.Virginia clemm she wasn’t even 14 yet

3.       3.1845 the raven is published

4.   4.I think poe marriage is gross. Virginia was only 13 and was also poes cousin im pretty sure that’s illegal now too.

5.   the tall tale heart was published in 1843 and the black cat was published in 1843 

6. guest book

7. "ultima thule" looks the most like the vision of poe when i see him while reading.

8. Poe got kicked out of West point Military School.

9. The poe toaster is a person who we do not know the official name of that every year visits poes grave maker and puts three roses and a half bottle of cognate 

10. The childhood events that influenced his writing are his mother died of tuberculosis and his first love that he was going to marry was engaged to someone else after returning from school.

Edgar Alan Poe

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He Died in 1849. The ravens mascot is named after him. I dont know very much about him as you can tell.

WELCOME BACK READERS!!!!!!!!!

Well first quarter is out of the way now its time to tackle second quarter.We are going to explore the literature of the past that still is enjoyed in the present. Such as Shakespeare and Edgar Alan Poe. Edgar Alan Poe is a kind of scary author but i look forward to reading his stories. Shakespeare to be honest i don't look forward to at all but who knows books are full of surprises. I am going to come out with a lot of fire this quarter so stay tunned to see what exciting things i have to write about this quarter it might get a little SPOOKY!!!!!!!!

Position paper

                                                                          Racism/Hate crimes position paper

            “In a three and a half years span of time 22,000 vandalisms were committed and are thought to be motivated by bias and hate.”(Harlow) This is normal to some families of different race in America. Yet some people don’t even think racism exists. Some white people even think that racism should be legal for whites but other people cannot be racist back. How are whites any better than anyone else? People are being beaten and robbed because of the way they look or what they believe or even what they do. Those types of crimes are known as hate crimes. Laws against racism and punishment for offenders need to be stricter because people are being abused and violence is breaking out.

            Hate crimes are putting many races in danger and it needs to stop. A crime becomes a hate crime when the person chooses a target based on race or religion. 2/3 hate crimes are usually lone offenders. It is estimated that 3% of all violent crimes are hate crimes. “In about half of hate crimes, the victim was threatened verbally or assaulted without either a weapon or an injury being involved” (Harlow).

Racism leads to violence and prejudice and people are getting hurt which creates a problem for the environment of people around them. The Ku Klux Klan is an example of a racist group that went around harassing, beating and killing people that are not white this is an individual racism group. When there is racism in the work place this makes the environment for the co-workers around a little awkward and uncomfortable because they have to chose sides. Racism is cause and effect if one person is racist to this person that person is going to get it right back. “Most hate crimes described by victims accompanied violent crimes--a rape or other sexual assault, robbery, or assault (84%). The remaining 16% were associated with property crimes--burglary or theft.”(Harlow)

Migration creates more diverse populations and people need to learn to except these people and befriend them. Although back and whites are seen as the main opposing sides to racism it includes all races and non-dominating groups. Racism can be political and social towards entire ethnic groups. Some people support individual racism which is the racism towards entire groups of people because of their group’s norm. “The voluntary—and involuntary—migration and settlement of different ethnic groups meant that most societies were now made up of racially diverse populations.” (Gale student resource center)

The United States where founded and built on racism. Racism is the ideology that whites are superior to people of color, and the practices arising from that ideology--is as fundamental to the creation of the United States as are Enlightenment notions of liberty, such as religious freedom. Times have changed and treating people hatefully because of race isn’t right. The United States constitution says all men were created Equal.

Racism is important to the structure of the U.S. and isn’t just people hating races. “Racism, like race itself, is fundamental to the U.S. power structure and is an invention of culture, not simply of the law.” (Mankiller) Racism still is against the law. The Racial and Religious Tolerance Act is effective from January 1, 2002 and protects other races from racism.

Hate crimes are not legal nor are they proper in modern day’s society. People shouldn’t be discriminated against because they are different races. Sure the united states were founded on racism but we are a totally new country now then we were back then. Even though it’s an invention of culture it is a bad culture that should never have been created. People are protected by the la and we shouldn’t be mean to them anyway we are all equals. We should accept the other races that we have in America because we are a free country. Racist hate crimes are affecting entire communities and there need to be stricter laws to prevent the hostility between races, ethnic groups and religious groups.

Works Cited

Gerzina, Gretchen. “Racism” Encyclopedia Americana. 2010. Grolier online. Web. 19 Sept. 2010

Harlow, Caroline Wolf. "Hate Crime Reported by Victims and Police." BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS SPECIAL REPORT. Nov. 2005: 1-12. SIRS Government Reporter. Web. 03 Oct 2010.

Mankiller, Wilma and others “racism.”  The Readers companion to U.S. women’s History. Dec. 1 1998:

            n.p. SIRS researcher. Web. 24 Sep 2010.

“Racism.” Gale student resources in context. Detroit: Gale, 2010. Gale student resources in context.       Web. 19 sept. 2010

Article 3 notes

Gerzina, Gretchen. “Racism” Encyclopedia Americana. 2010. Grolier online. Web. 19 Sept. 2010

·         Racism a passive or active response to the specious belief that genetically transmitted traits are linked to social characteristics.

·         Racism is social and cultural

·         Individual racism is the belief that the entire race is the same and not as good as you

·         Societal or cultural racism is thinking bad about a race because of its “norm”

·         When someone doesn’t do what their races “norm” does they are considered exceptions to the stereotype

·         Institutional racism is when systems may or may not have intentional racisms built into them that contribute to their racism

·         Unintentional racisms can result from systems that are in theory race-neutral

·         Some people believe that white people should be allowed to be racist but other minorities can’t be racist back

·         Racism can exist between non-dominant groups

·         In the early 19^th century the terms race and class where interchangeable in western writing

article 2 notes

Mankiller, Wilma and others “racism.”  The Readers companion to U.S. women’s History. Dec. 1 1998:

                n.p. SIRS researcher. Web. 24 Sep 2010.

·         Racism is as important to the creation of America as religious freedom.

·         Racism is important to the U.S.’s system

·         Racism is an invention of culture

·         Personnel racism is found in the work place, schools and pretty much any where u can think of

·         Many white people don’t believe racism exist

·         Many people of different race face racism in there every day lives

·         Blacks and whites are seen as the main opposing sides to racism

·         Racism is not prejudice there is a difference

·         Prejudice + Power = Racism

·         People still face racism in the work place

First article notes

“Racism.” Gale student resources in context. Detroit: Gale, 2010. Gale student resources in context. Web. 19 sept. 2010

      Gathering info

·         Racism leads into hostility or prejudice to other races.

·         Most racism started with the European slave trade.

·         Individual racism is a one on one bullying

·         Ant-Semitism is the hatred of Jews

·         Racism can also be social or political to intimidate an ethnic group

·         Racism is all cause and effect

·         The term race started in the 16^th century

·         The Ku Klux Clan is an example of individual racism

·         The voluntary and involuntary migration of people created ethnically diverse populations

·         Racism impacts entire communities as well as individuals

Summer reading questions

Brenden Hutton

Black and White: Paul Volponi

Two friends get caught in a bad situation and their friendship grows apart

                There where two main characters in my book Marcus and Eddie. Marcus is a black very athletic and agile person. Eddie is white and is kind of self centered but is also athletic and agile.

                In the beginning of the book we get to know the characters and the book foreshadows what the problem will be. Next, we introduce the problem where the boys get caught in a crime and Marcus takes the fall. Finally, Marcus confesses and the boys go back to being best friends.

                 The author is trying to say that in life you are going to make mistakes and you will have to take the consequences but you just have to keep moving forward. Also do the right thing and think about your actions and the impact they will have in the future.

                Marcus has to go to jail and he will probably have to forfeit his scholarship. Eddie will also probably have to forfeit his scholarship and go to jail. Marcus’s mother will have to deal with her son being in prison and that she won’t be able to actually be with him for a long time.

                Eddie didn’t want to have to go to jail and forfeit his scholarship so he didn’t want Marcus to snitch on him. Marcus got kicked off the basketball team and he let the team down because they weren’t as good without him. The author made the big issue immediate and personal by making it impact one character but most of them. The big issue also made two great friends grow apart which happens a lot in life.

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Questions for racism

How much racism is there in the media?
How does the government deal with racism?
Do racist movies affect racism in teens?

Brenden Hutton

I will be researching racism in the judicial court system.

7 search terms related to my topic are, minorities, racism, court, racism in the court, jails, racism cases, and teens in the judicial court system.

3 details I found out from my article are: Perhaps the most prominent and notable form of American racism (other than imperialism against Native Americans) began with the institution of slavery, From 1981 to 1997, the United States Department of Agriculture discriminated against tens of thousands of African American farmers, denying loans provided to white farmers in similar circumstances,

This picture depicts racism 

I found this information and picture   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism

I believe that racism is bad and we should treat everyone equal. I think that my article contained a lot of useful information. I agree with it came off supporting a non racist image.

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Bel Air, MD 21014

Dear Marcus,

I enjoyed reading about your experiences through the good and bad times with Eddie. My name is Benden and I go to John Carroll and like basketball. I live in Whitehall Maryland. I know your past few months have been very eventful and so have mine. I went on vacation three times. I went to Ocean City Maryland, Deep Creek Lake, and Myrtle Beach. I also went white water rafting.

I thought your experiences were unfortunate but u handled them well. I wouldn’t have been able to handle them as well as u did. Eddie was very self centered but you were still a good friend to him. I would have taken him to jail with me but you stayed cool and took the blame and let him off the hook. I admire you for that.

I thought the writing style that was used in your novel was very suspenseful. Also it was very realistic I felt like I was kind of a third leg to you and Eddie as you went through the book.

Every page made me want to read on to see what was on the next. The events and characters all felt real to me.

I have some questions for you that I was wondering the entire book. Why didn’t you turn in Eddie? Why didn’t you just confess what happened right away and get less jail time? When you had to leave the game and go to jail why didn’t you call for Eddie? Why didn’t you want him to come and save you? How did you feel being in jail? Were you scared?

Reading the novel makes me think of the criminal justice system as a bad place. I know that in your time and today there is sometimes racial discriminates in the criminal justice system and some minorities get the bottom hand just because you are not white. There are some unfair situations between black and white people and most readers will realize this and understand that we are equals.

I hope that when you receive this letter you have turned you life around for the better. I think that you would be better off just working for money and not pulling stick ups. You have real potential it sounds like you could even go pro but not if you keep doing stuff like this. I have a lot of hope for you

Your Friend,



Brenden

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My name is Brenden . I enjoy playing sports such as Soccer and basketball. I don’t like reading too much but I love listening to techno music by basshunter and derude. In my spare time I’m usually playing Soccer or basketball or hanging out with my cousins. MY favorite color is orange. MY favorite thing to eat is candy my favorites are Sweetish fish Sour patch kids or anything fruity. The most fun thing I have ever done is go to Cancun and riding four wheelers, and a catamaran. I went to North Harford Middle. I would like to be a part of soccer and basketball my first year of high school. I work at a Chic-Fil-A owned by my dad. I have 1 dog her name is Bayleigh. I have 2 brothers Alex and Andrew. I want to go to college however I don’t know what for yet.