Free Write....

School is coming to an abrupt end. It is an exciting as well as stressful time in my life. It is stressful because I know that reality and the real world is coming fast. It is exciting because its my last year to be in high school and I know I have plenty to look forward to. Some things I will miss and some things I won't. I will miss the every day going to school and being surrounded by my friends. I won't miss sitting in a classroom all day. I am on colorguard at Ea and I take pride in my school at its functions. I will miss performing in front of the big crowds and my family there to cheer me on for all of my events. The scariest part of leaving high school is the enviroment that you are leaving and going into. You won't have your parents to make all of your decisions for you and the same routine every day.I want so bad to be on my own now but I know when its all said in done I will wish to be back in high school once again. East Ascension has played a big role in my life as far as growing up and teaching me what I need to know in life.

Blog #8

Murder is the unlawfully killing of one human by another. Life is a precious gift and people do to have the power to take it away from others. Murder occurs around the world and nobody has conviction about it. Murder is wrong because it is not up to humans to decide who lives and dies. Everybody has the right to live.

It has confused many that the crime rate has decreased and the murder rate has increased in Louisiana alone. Baton Rouge is ranked the 328th safest city in America according to The Most Dangerous Cities in America rankings (Specht). This proves that murder just in our state is high and doesn’t stop. People that commit murders and take the lives of others do not feel bad about it. This is shown through the media and television. Serial killers that have been arrested do not feel bad about what they have done but that they got caught. An example of one would be Derrick Todd Lee. He was the Baton Rouge serial killer of 2002 that made big news coverage.

Murders that are committed are done every day by normal people. People commit murders like they have the power to do so. We have a higher power and that is God. God created the earth and everything that inhabits it. By taking the lives of others you are stating that you have the power to do so. That is over reigning the most powerful thing there is, God. He wrote The Ten Commandments for his people to abide by. The 6th commandment states thou shall not kill. By murdering you are breaking God’s law and sinning against him.

In conclusion, any persons who shall commit murder are not just breaking the Law, but are also breaking the rules of God. Everybody has their own opinions of murder and death but ultimately it is God’s decision.

Inaudible Melodies by Jack Johnson....

Inaudible Melodies by Jack Johnson presents an argument. The argument is that life is moving too fast and that people need to slow down. I agree with this viewpoint because when you are rushing life you dont have the time to enjoy it. Throughout the first verse the writer uses paradox to say," Well shortcuts can slow you down." When in fact shortcuts are supposed to speed things up in life but that is not a true fact statement. In life people take things so fast that a picture or a snapshot could not frame them in time. The writer is appealing to the audiences emotions using pathos to try and get a point across. The writers tone is serious but happy in a way saying that life is fun and needs to be enjoyed. Another literary device used is assonance. Assonance is a scheme and the writer says," Chopping like an axe and maybe Eisenstein should just relax." Saying this he is coming to a conclusion that is how you should go through life just relxing.

"Jeremy" by Pearl Jam

Critics say that the song "Jeremy" by Pearl Jam had a negative effect in the school systems of today. This song was taken off of MTV because is was said to encourage school shootings and suicidal thoughts. Pearl Jam is not condoning murder/suicide but actually saying not to do it. It does not change the world and wont be remembered. The speaker uses antecedent and consequence to say that because people made fun of him and his parent didnt care that pushed him over the edge. For example."Daddy didt give attention to the fact that mommy didnt care." He is trying to convince the audience to have sympathy for Jeremy. This song evaluates what goes on in the real world and things that can push people to break. The speaker says. "Clearly I remember pickin on the boy seemed a harmlessl little ****." This quote establishes credibility to the fact that people picking on Jeremy turned him against them.

Reflecting on V for Vendetta.....

My rhetorical analysis for V for Vendetta was very choppy. I wrote more on thoughts and did not revise them and I also repeated myself throughout the paper. I don't think I wrote as well as I should have. My weakness is that I think about things as they are and only on the surface. I do not dig into things because I guess I am to lazy or carefree about them. My strengths however are that I like to write certain types of papers and I think that I have an organized way of writing. I can improve on this by doing it repeatedly and by really thinking about what it is I am tring to find out.

How can I tell is someone is intellegent?....

I can tell if someone is intellegent by the way they talk and the way they present themself. Normally when a person is smart they talk and make sense and you usually don't know what the are talking about. They use alot of big words and they are dressed very profressional. Some cases that I see most in life are that they often times don't have alot to say but are very intellegent. When I picture a smart person i see someone wearing glasses a breifcase and a mustache that has a accent. Although I know that is just an image. Also I think that when you see a person reading a book all the time they are usually smart.

Knowledge Truth and Beliefs.....

The difference between knowledge truth and belief is all an opinion of your own. I think that knowledge you obtain from your teachers and your parents. Mostly the people you get your moral values from. Beliefs are all from knowledge that you get from different sources that you believe or not. Your beliefs are also an opinion of your own. People most of the time have different thoughts about what they believe. Truth is a proven fact. Whether you believe that fact or not is up to you. Truth is not always right and cannot always be proven. You really never know what really is the truth. Somtimes we do believe lies and we do believe truth but we do not know the difference.