In my school, Constitution High, it us a daily routine for students to get their school bags check. But do they really check them?
Since the year 2008, Con high students have been getting their school bags check every morning to make sure that student are in a safe invirnment. For the last 5 months NTA staff member have been conducted the morning searches.
During my research I found that teachers do not participate in the morning searches. This could be a big debatable issue. Just because they are adults they are considered safe. Another was that the NTAs just feel the bag and then let you go. I wanted to know more about this problem and its results so I decided to conducted an experiment. So one morning I brought two sharp scissors and placed them on the bottom of my bag. I got in line and when it was my turn to get check they check my bag and just let me go. This put some questions in my mind, Do the NTA s really care if the students are safe or not. So I interviewed two students to see what theirs was about schools searches .
Shade Miller Q: what do you think about school searches?
A: I think it’s a waste of time they (teachers)don’t care if where safe or not. I can put a gun in my bag and nobody wont find out.
Dyneisha Dyson Q: what do you think about morning school searches?
A: I hate it. They don’t even check them properly. They should get reported and also I don’t like that teachers are excused from it. That’s not fair at all.
So I would like to conclude this issue with saying through out research it show that my school, Constitution high does not properly checks school bags.
Monday, March 23, 2009
the Civil War: Slavery
Shaquille Rankin
The Civil War: Slavery
“Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.” Frederick Douglass………The reason why I thought this would be a great quote to open my essay, because this quotes argues about the dehumanizing effects of slavery.
Nothing is more shameful in our country’s history than the systematic and cruel practice of slavery. From the 1600s-1800s, Africans were captured and shipped to the Americas. Those that survived the horrendous conditions were sold as field or house laborers on large Southern plantations. The slaves directly contributed to the American economy, giving far more in labor than they received in food or shelter. By 1830, the slave population was more than 2 million, and slaves were worth over a billion dollars.
Although many believe enslaving people was wrong, the majority of people thought that slavery was not only acceptable but a part of building the economy and that slavery was America’s future. Soon African Americans became servants in many different colonies during the 1700s. During the late 1700s, plantations owners colonies have grown so they needed more slaves to work the ends and out of picking cotton and working the farms. Slaves that worked on the fields was called “field hands”. Plantations owners usually picked the darkest slaves to work in the field. And the lighter was thought as clean was kept working in the “Big house” cleaning, cooking and serving plantations owners and their families. The Civil War had a great affect on African Americans on its cruelty acts on slavery.
“Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.” Frederick Douglass
In 1858 Abraham Lincoln wrote, "As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy (Mrs. Thompson found this on a website)." Despite Lincoln’s belief, he came to the presidency with slaves and masters still an integral part of the United States “democracy”. Soon after his election, the country was torn apart by civil war. The Civil War was a war that fought over the issue of enslaving people, between the north and south colonies. People in the north were against slavery than the south. African Americans in the north owned, operated, factories and worked at mills. Their were many different issues that provoked the war but the one that stood out was the issue of enslaving African Americans.
When Abraham Lincoln was elected in 1860, not a single southern states voted for him because of the fact that he was opposed to slavery and free laborers. He had a vision of stopping the expansion of slavery but not abolishing slavery (http://www.buzzle.com/articles/slavery-during-the-civil-war.html). In February 1861, Georgia, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, and Texas formed a nation that would soon be called the Confederate States of The United States. Soon after the joining of the Confederacy, other slaves states joined the Confederacy such as Virginia , and Tennessee. At a convention meeting in Montgomery, the seven Confederates states created the Confederate Constitution, “a document similar to the United States Constitution, but with greater stress on the autonomy of each state”(http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/tl1861.html). “Jefferson Davis was named provisional president of the Confederacy until elections could be held”(”(http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/tl1861.html). When the news got to the North, they were very upset. They didn’t believe that America should be spit into different part but should one. Meanwhile plantations owners increased the labor on slaves because the economy was rising.
Soon the north was called the Union with supportive states of Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri. “The main cause of secession for the White South was the right to preserve African American slavery within their borders. But in retrospect its decision to secede proved to be the worst possible choice it could have made in order to preserve that right. There was huge antislavery sentiment in the North, but such sentiment was also strongly anti-Black. White Northerners did not want slavery to expand into new areas of the nation, which they believed should be preserved for white non-slave-holding settlers.” The reason why I added this statement (From a historic website.) is because this statement was the essential issue between the Union and The Confederacy.
THE BEGINNING AND ENDING:
The Union- whose soldiers were called The Federals. The Federals wore blue uniforms that was abbreviated USA. They were better at supplying their soldiers with food, clothes and etc. However they lacked strong leadership on the battlefield. What they did have was President Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S Grant as one of their most important leaders of the whole war. Ulysses S Grant was one the few chosen generals of the Civil War. Some people refer as him as one of the best general in the history of The United States. Ulysses S Grant was known for his love of whisky and rum. His soldiers thought of him as a very intelligent man.
The Confederacy- They where dressed in grey uniforms, and was referring to theirs selves as the CSA. The Confederates where lacking in food and different necessary supplies such as uniforms and etc…Another difference between the USA and the CSA was that the CSA had a lot of good leaders such as Robert E Lee and President Jefferson Davis. Robert Lee was the Confederate General . His soldiers thought of him as an icon for dedication and positive attitude in serving in the military. Robert E Lee was a man who endured the Constitution and even had an ancestor who signed the Declaration of Independence.(Now when I read that I was interested in knowing more about learning more about Robert E Lee ).The main reason other than the issue of slavery was that The United States government had too much power and The CSA would not let that happen.
The official date of The Civil War was April 12, 1862.( http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A32455hg43) One of the first battle that was apart of The Civil War was the battle of Antietam. The battle of Antietam- “For three hours, the battle lines swept back and forth across the land. More lives would be lost on September 17, 1862, than on any other day in the nation's history”( http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/civil/battle_1) “By mid-morning, General Robert E. Lee's Confederate troops were crouched behind the high banks of a country lane. They fired upon advancing Union troops, but the Union General, George B. McClellan, held a strategic advantage--a scout had discovered a copy of the Confederate army's battle plan”. When I read these two excerpts I thought of all the soldiers families who didn’t know if their family member was coming home or not.
By the end of The American Civil War, the Union government proceeded in wining the war after 4 hard long years of fighting for what they believed what was right. At the end slavery was abolished. In total their was 9,000,000 Confederates soldiers, and 20,000,000 Union soldiers who lost their life while serving in the war.The ties in all together with slavery because the Civil War wouldn’t have never occurred in the first place. The reason why I choose to talk about slavery as my topic is because, I could get across that slavery was an important issue that affected everyone in The United States. To me the topic of slavery was the foundation of the Civil War and its solution. So yes I believe that the American Civil War changed the history of the United States and its people.
The Civil War: Slavery
“Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.” Frederick Douglass………The reason why I thought this would be a great quote to open my essay, because this quotes argues about the dehumanizing effects of slavery.
Nothing is more shameful in our country’s history than the systematic and cruel practice of slavery. From the 1600s-1800s, Africans were captured and shipped to the Americas. Those that survived the horrendous conditions were sold as field or house laborers on large Southern plantations. The slaves directly contributed to the American economy, giving far more in labor than they received in food or shelter. By 1830, the slave population was more than 2 million, and slaves were worth over a billion dollars.
Although many believe enslaving people was wrong, the majority of people thought that slavery was not only acceptable but a part of building the economy and that slavery was America’s future. Soon African Americans became servants in many different colonies during the 1700s. During the late 1700s, plantations owners colonies have grown so they needed more slaves to work the ends and out of picking cotton and working the farms. Slaves that worked on the fields was called “field hands”. Plantations owners usually picked the darkest slaves to work in the field. And the lighter was thought as clean was kept working in the “Big house” cleaning, cooking and serving plantations owners and their families. The Civil War had a great affect on African Americans on its cruelty acts on slavery.
“Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.” Frederick Douglass
In 1858 Abraham Lincoln wrote, "As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy (Mrs. Thompson found this on a website)." Despite Lincoln’s belief, he came to the presidency with slaves and masters still an integral part of the United States “democracy”. Soon after his election, the country was torn apart by civil war. The Civil War was a war that fought over the issue of enslaving people, between the north and south colonies. People in the north were against slavery than the south. African Americans in the north owned, operated, factories and worked at mills. Their were many different issues that provoked the war but the one that stood out was the issue of enslaving African Americans.
When Abraham Lincoln was elected in 1860, not a single southern states voted for him because of the fact that he was opposed to slavery and free laborers. He had a vision of stopping the expansion of slavery but not abolishing slavery (http://www.buzzle.com/articles/slavery-during-the-civil-war.html). In February 1861, Georgia, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, and Texas formed a nation that would soon be called the Confederate States of The United States. Soon after the joining of the Confederacy, other slaves states joined the Confederacy such as Virginia , and Tennessee. At a convention meeting in Montgomery, the seven Confederates states created the Confederate Constitution, “a document similar to the United States Constitution, but with greater stress on the autonomy of each state”(http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/tl1861.html). “Jefferson Davis was named provisional president of the Confederacy until elections could be held”(”(http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/tl1861.html). When the news got to the North, they were very upset. They didn’t believe that America should be spit into different part but should one. Meanwhile plantations owners increased the labor on slaves because the economy was rising.
Soon the north was called the Union with supportive states of Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri. “The main cause of secession for the White South was the right to preserve African American slavery within their borders. But in retrospect its decision to secede proved to be the worst possible choice it could have made in order to preserve that right. There was huge antislavery sentiment in the North, but such sentiment was also strongly anti-Black. White Northerners did not want slavery to expand into new areas of the nation, which they believed should be preserved for white non-slave-holding settlers.” The reason why I added this statement (From a historic website.) is because this statement was the essential issue between the Union and The Confederacy.
THE BEGINNING AND ENDING:
The Union- whose soldiers were called The Federals. The Federals wore blue uniforms that was abbreviated USA. They were better at supplying their soldiers with food, clothes and etc. However they lacked strong leadership on the battlefield. What they did have was President Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S Grant as one of their most important leaders of the whole war. Ulysses S Grant was one the few chosen generals of the Civil War. Some people refer as him as one of the best general in the history of The United States. Ulysses S Grant was known for his love of whisky and rum. His soldiers thought of him as a very intelligent man.
The Confederacy- They where dressed in grey uniforms, and was referring to theirs selves as the CSA. The Confederates where lacking in food and different necessary supplies such as uniforms and etc…Another difference between the USA and the CSA was that the CSA had a lot of good leaders such as Robert E Lee and President Jefferson Davis. Robert Lee was the Confederate General . His soldiers thought of him as an icon for dedication and positive attitude in serving in the military. Robert E Lee was a man who endured the Constitution and even had an ancestor who signed the Declaration of Independence.(Now when I read that I was interested in knowing more about learning more about Robert E Lee ).The main reason other than the issue of slavery was that The United States government had too much power and The CSA would not let that happen.
The official date of The Civil War was April 12, 1862.( http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A32455hg43) One of the first battle that was apart of The Civil War was the battle of Antietam. The battle of Antietam- “For three hours, the battle lines swept back and forth across the land. More lives would be lost on September 17, 1862, than on any other day in the nation's history”( http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/civil/battle_1) “By mid-morning, General Robert E. Lee's Confederate troops were crouched behind the high banks of a country lane. They fired upon advancing Union troops, but the Union General, George B. McClellan, held a strategic advantage--a scout had discovered a copy of the Confederate army's battle plan”. When I read these two excerpts I thought of all the soldiers families who didn’t know if their family member was coming home or not.
By the end of The American Civil War, the Union government proceeded in wining the war after 4 hard long years of fighting for what they believed what was right. At the end slavery was abolished. In total their was 9,000,000 Confederates soldiers, and 20,000,000 Union soldiers who lost their life while serving in the war.The ties in all together with slavery because the Civil War wouldn’t have never occurred in the first place. The reason why I choose to talk about slavery as my topic is because, I could get across that slavery was an important issue that affected everyone in The United States. To me the topic of slavery was the foundation of the Civil War and its solution. So yes I believe that the American Civil War changed the history of the United States and its people.
Monday, January 26, 2009
nhd reflection
This year nhd was a very good experience in learning about Sandra Day O connor.i felt my group conducted an excellent documentary.It only took us to a month to finish the documentary and it turned out good. At the end we didnt move on to cities but we still recieved a good grade.
Friday, November 21, 2008
annotation 6
"Sandra Day O'Connor." U.S Supreme Court media Oyez. Wednesday, March 26, 1930 . 21 Nov 2008
"The isolated ranch made formal education difficult so O'Connor's parents sent her to live with her maternal grandmother in El Paso. Sandra attended the Radford School, a private academy for girls, from kindergarten through high school. Suffering from extreme homesickness, she withdrew and returned to Arizona for a year. Still, she graduated with good marks at the age of sixteen. O'Connor attributes much of her later success to her grandmother's influence. She credits her grandmother's confidence in her ability to succeed in any endeavor as her motivation for refusing to admit defeat."
This annotation will help me finding out who influence Sandra Day o connor.
"The isolated ranch made formal education difficult so O'Connor's parents sent her to live with her maternal grandmother in El Paso. Sandra attended the Radford School, a private academy for girls, from kindergarten through high school. Suffering from extreme homesickness, she withdrew and returned to Arizona for a year. Still, she graduated with good marks at the age of sixteen. O'Connor attributes much of her later success to her grandmother's influence. She credits her grandmother's confidence in her ability to succeed in any endeavor as her motivation for refusing to admit defeat."
This annotation will help me finding out who influence Sandra Day o connor.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
2ND ANNOTATION-SANDRA DAY O CONNOR
Hoch, Maureen. "Sandra Day O'Connor." Supreme Court Watch. The Online NewsHour. 16 Oct.2008
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This article is about Sandra Day O'Connor being born in Texas in 1930. She lived on a ranch in her early young years in Arizona and eventually moved with her grandmother in El Paso. She went to Stanford to study economics in 1950 and then later she studied law. It only took her two years to finish ccollage, which usually takes three years and she finished in third place of her class. When she came out of law school she was offered a job as a legal secretary. Instead she took a job as a deputy attorney general. In 1953 her husband which was a lawyer was drafted into the Judge Advocate General's Court. So that ment that they had to move to Frankfurt Gemany. she then served as a civilian attorney for the Quartermaster Market Center from 1954-1957. They then returned to Arizona an O'Connor could not find a private llaw firm to work at so she started her own practice. In 1965 she took the position as an assistant attorney general of Arizona and in three years she was appointed to Arizona's state senate. She was re-elected two more times as senate of Arizona. She became the first republican women to be a majority leader in the country in 1974. In the same year she was elected judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court where she served until 1979 then she was appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals. She was then nominated by President Reagon in 1981 to be in the supreme court.
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This article is about Sandra Day O'Connor being born in Texas in 1930. She lived on a ranch in her early young years in Arizona and eventually moved with her grandmother in El Paso. She went to Stanford to study economics in 1950 and then later she studied law. It only took her two years to finish ccollage, which usually takes three years and she finished in third place of her class. When she came out of law school she was offered a job as a legal secretary. Instead she took a job as a deputy attorney general. In 1953 her husband which was a lawyer was drafted into the Judge Advocate General's Court. So that ment that they had to move to Frankfurt Gemany. she then served as a civilian attorney for the Quartermaster Market Center from 1954-1957. They then returned to Arizona an O'Connor could not find a private llaw firm to work at so she started her own practice. In 1965 she took the position as an assistant attorney general of Arizona and in three years she was appointed to Arizona's state senate. She was re-elected two more times as senate of Arizona. She became the first republican women to be a majority leader in the country in 1974. In the same year she was elected judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court where she served until 1979 then she was appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals. She was then nominated by President Reagon in 1981 to be in the supreme court.
ANNOTATION-SANDRA DAY O CONNOR
Biskupic,Joan.Sandra Day O'Connor:How The First Women on Supreme Court Became its most Influential Justice. Oct 25,2005
This biography was one of many biographies on the life of Sandar Day O'Connor life. This biography gave me info on the life of Sandra, her struggles, and quotes she used to encourage young girls to follow in her postion.
O'Connor Day, Sandra, Day, H Alan. Lazy B.2002
This is a book written by Sandra herself. She tells about her young life growing up. This book helped me get a vision on what made Sandra want to become interested into the life of law.The book was also written by her husband. This gave me an outlook on their love life and how they work together to survive her husband Akleizmer disease.
This biography was one of many biographies on the life of Sandar Day O'Connor life. This biography gave me info on the life of Sandra, her struggles, and quotes she used to encourage young girls to follow in her postion.
O'Connor Day, Sandra, Day, H Alan. Lazy B.2002
This is a book written by Sandra herself. She tells about her young life growing up. This book helped me get a vision on what made Sandra want to become interested into the life of law.The book was also written by her husband. This gave me an outlook on their love life and how they work together to survive her husband Akleizmer disease.
Introduction-Sandra Day O'Connor
Despite the troubles in Sandra s life she was still able to achieve greatness.In 1974 Sandra Day O'Connor was elected to a position of trial judge for Maricopa County and 5 years later was appointed by then Governor Bruce Babbitt to the Court of Appeals. On July 7, 1981 President Reagan announced that Sandra Day O'Connor was his appointee to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court left by Associate Justice Potter Stewart's retirement.
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