Giving Weapons to Taiwan is not the right way to go

(My other good paper)


The U.S. should not sell weapons to Taiwan. Instead the U.S. should limit our imports that we receive from China.

Limiting the amounts of imports we receive from China, will show them that the U.S. are in control and that we are not backing down. Currently the top three imports from China are electrical machinery & equipment, power generation equipment, and toys and games. The act itself of reducing the amount of these imports will show China we mean business. This would also be a good thing for the U.S. because instead of depending on China to make a majority of those goods will allow the U.S. to create more jobs by producing them here.

By reducing the top three imports the U.S receives from China will make China take notice and the U.S will not need to involve innocent countries, such as Taiwan and Tibet. The U.S is China’s number one consumer of their products. China depends on the U.S. to buy their goods to make them the number one export country. The U.S. dollar is worth more in China and this is one of the reasons why China’s economy is up. So you see this is exactly what we want to happen, to prove to China that we are in control. This will make them rethink their position on the climate change agreement and the new Security Council sanction against Iran.

Many people believe that selling the weapons to Taiwan is a good move to get China’s attention, but it isn’t. Selling weapons to Taiwan will put China in control as this will allow China the power to make the next move. By giving them the control this will make them not want to agree on the Climate Change and the new Security Council sanction against Iran. If the selling of arms happens this could cause major conflicts between Taiwan and China. So by limiting the top 3 imports from China rather than selling weapons to Taiwan would be a better choice.

The Big fish

(my good paper)

Edward Bloom becomes immortal by becoming the big fish because his stories are passed down after him.

Edward’s family kept his stories alive after he passes by Will telling his children the stories that Edward told him. In the movie, Will Bloom said “a man tells so many stories, that he becomes the stories. They live on after him, and in that way he becomes immortal.” Edward had a story for everything that happened in his life. When Will was a child Edward would tell Will these stories. Once Will was older he realized that the only way his father communicated with him was through stories. When Will had children I realized the only way of telling his children about their grandfather was through Edwards stories. Will’s children loved the stories just like Will did when he was a child, and Will’s children loved them so much they would tell their friends the stories. Will passes these stories of his father’s life down to his children and by passing them down Edward Bloom never dies, he becomes immortal.

Edward’s family wasn’t the only ones you kept his stories alive, his friend also did too. When Will was at his father’s funeral he noticed all of the people that were there were the same people mentioned in his fathers stories. At the end of the funeral ceremony Will hears Norther Winslow telling the stories that Edward has told, but when Will looks around he sees that everyone is telling the stories of Edward Bloom. You might think that Edward Bloom turns into the big fish because it completes his life, but he turns into the big fish because his friends and family never forget his stories that he has told them.

Animal Bracelets

Is this situation of banning these Animal Bracelets or Silly Bandz getting a little silly? Schools are banning these bracelets because they are a distraction in class, like schools in Texas and in New York. For those of you that don’t know what animal bracelets are, they are these colorful bracelets that are in the shape of an animal, shapes, automobiles, and many other designs. Some even glow in the dark, but do you think these bracelets should be banned at school? I think banning these bracelets is silly. I was at a basketball tournament thins weekend, and me my basketball team decided to go to the mall to waste time before our next game. When we got there, there was stand that was just selling these animal bracelets. Most of my team went nuts, but I and a couple others said to our selves “are you kidding me!” I didn’t even now that these little bracelets were such a big thing and now they are getting banned because they are a distraction during class. I would understand banning them in elementary school because the little kids would probly be playing with them during class, but banning them in middle schools and high schools is ridiculous. I honestly don’t understand why people like them so much, it’s not like you can see the design when it’s on your wrist. When it’s on your wrist it just looks like a regular bracelet. I have a friend that is obsessed with these Animal Bracelets, and she was on my basketball team when we went to the mall. She was the one that crazy. There must have been a thousand of these bracelets that were all scattered everywhere. So my friend asked how much they were individual, and the lady told her that she can just take two for free. I couldn't believe how excited she was, and after she took two we had to go back there before we left so she could get some more. Maybe after seeing how obsessed my friend was, I could see why they would ban these Animal Bracelets, but I still think it’s silly.

Friends!

What is your favorite tv show? My favorite tv show ever is Friends. There is no other tv show that can top it. It had so many hilarious people in it, and some of the best actors and actresses. I have seen every episode that was made and I love them all, and I have four out of ten seasons.

My favorite characters are Phoebe and Joey. I love Phebbe becasue she is so out there and says what ever comes to her. Shes always doing something that makes me crack up every time. Their is not a episode that I have seen that she does not say something hilarious. As for Joey he is the dunbest one out of the whole gang and never knows what they are talking about. Like when Ross would use air quotes, Joey had no idea what air quotes ment. So for everything he would say, he would use air quotes. Like one line was he said SORRY with air quotes. there was this one episode when Joey bought one encylapedia to try and make himself smarter but that didn't work out so well.

Friends is my favorite tv show and will always be my favorite. I could watch them over and over again and not get sick of them. I wish Freinds went on longer than it did because Monica and Chandler just got twin babies and Ross and Rachel were finally going to be together. If you never watched an episode of Friends i stongly encourage you to watch an episode and i promise you will love it.

SIMUN

I kept hearing that Simun was really fun, but when I it started I didn’t really like it that much. It could have been because my country had nothing to do with any of the discussions. I had Cuba as my country, it’s not allowed to having really any connections with other countries and its only ally was Venezuela and that country wasn’t in my group. So as you can see it was hard to figure out what my country would say about these issues.

Like I said before my country didn’t have anything to do with the discussion we had, so I don’t think I did very good. I gave a speech ones and I’m sure it was bad and I probly opened my mouth ten more times during those whole three days. I’m sure if I had a different country that was actually involved with the issues than I probly would have done and ok job. Whenever I was in a cactus I was left out of the discussion because my country had nothing to with the issue, so no one would ask me what I thought about the topic. It was hard for me to think of questions to ask the delegates and the things I was going to say were always said before I could say it.

I think I was really prepared for Simun. I knew all about the topics and it also helped that the topics we had were ones we talked about a lot in class. The only problem was that I didn’t know what my country would say about it. I think we should have done more practices in class for procedure and a practice issue. I got as much stuff on Cuba’s history but the info didn’t really help me.

Next year I hope I get a country that is actually involved with the issues. I will be able to participate more and able to ask questions, answer questions, and give speeches. Next time I will get as much information on my country as I can. Maybe next time I will be able to write a resolution if my country is involved. I might not have had the best experience with Simun this year but I hope I do next time I will.

Packistan

If the U.S. occupied Pakistan to secure nuclear materials we might not have to worry as much of getting attacked again. Pakistan is the most unstable and dangerous country in the world, and if we had control over their nuclear materials then the Al-Qaida couldn’t get a hold of these nuclear weapons. Right now the Al-Qaida is about 60 meters away from the nuclear base in Pakistan. So if we took control over that base we could chase the Al-Qaida away or even capture them. The nuclear material is secured, but the government isn’t. So if the U.S. did get control over their nuclear base there would be a better chance that the Al-Qaida won’t get a hold of it.

At any moment the Al-Qaida could somehow get a hold of those nuclear weapons by bribing the government or even taking it over. If they do get a hold of those nuclear weapons guess who their going to come after, the U.S. Since it is very rarely that the U.S. will get control over Pakistan’s nuclear base it might be easier in stopping the transportation of the material. If the Pakistani government is not strong enough then the U.S. should try and give them assists.

Does my Head Look Big in This?

Amal Mohamed Nasrullah Adel-Hakin is a Muslim teenager who has decided to become a full timer at wearing the hijab, but her parents are making her go to a private school. Her parents are worried about the principal not letting her wear it because of the different religion, but Amal’s religion isn’t really any different than the religion at the private school which is Catholic. So do you think that Amal should not be allowed to wear her traditional hijab that represents her faith?
Amal’s religion still believes in God and Jesus, they just don’t believe that Jesus was God or the son of God. They believe that Jesus was one of the mightiest prophets of God, and performed miracles with God’s permission. So if Amal still believes in the God and Jesus and the same miracles he made than why would this be such a big thing for a Muslim to come to this kind of private school? The Principal believes that Amal with create a huge controversy with the school board and the Catholic Church. It’s not like Amal is going to try and change the students mind about being a catholic, she just wants to practice her own religion.
When Amal first started at this new private school she was afraid that the students were going to be calling her names because she chose to wear the hijab, like towel head. Once Amal met a couple students and she became really good friends with them she didn’t care about what anybody else thought. In fact all the student were really curious to learn about Amal’s religion. Including Adam, the guy she has a huge crush on. Amal is a normal teenager, with regular teenager problem, the only thing that is different from her and other teenagers is that she chose to wear a hijab and she should have to be treated differently because of it.

My Sister's Wedding

It was July 25 and it was the day of my sisters wedding. I was a nervous wreck because I was the maid of honor. That night I couldn’t sleep at all because of how nervous I was. When the morning came I was hoping to see the sun shining, unfortunately it was gloomy, humid, and rainy. So that didn’t start off my morning well but it got worse. When the hair stylist was doing my hair I could tell my hair wasn’t corroperating. I looked in the mirror; my hair was a disaster (similar to Ursula’s from little mermaid). Thank god the other hair stylish fixed it up and it looked so much better. When my hair was done I looked outside and saw it was sunny, birds singing, and the temperature was just right.

When everyone was done getting their hair done and getting ready, the photographer showed up. That was another hour or so and than the party bus showed up. The bus took us to St. John church. This church was huge, it had a balcony, an isle way the sizes of a main street, plus it was also a hotel. Before I new it, it was time for the ceremony to start. We all lined up outside the doors to the church, and walked in one by one. When it was my turn my knees were knocking, lips chattering all because of nerves. Once I made it down the isle I was perfectly fine, until my sister came walking down the isle way with my dad, then I lost it. I started cry when I saw my sister’s future husband crying. I final was able to pull my self together to help my sister fixed her dress and vale when she sat down. I was fine for the rest of the ceremony and able to take in this memory that I will never forget. I couldn’t believe that I didn’t want to be my sister’s maid of honor, but when that day finally came I was grateful for being a big party of her wedding. After the ceremony was done it was time for the reception and I knew that was going to be the best part of that day.

winter olympics

It’s 2010 and we all know that this is the year of another Olympic games. It’s a time when a group of countries come together in one city to compete in these wonderful games we like to call the Winter Olympics Games. So far the U.S. are in lead of medals awarded. We have 30 medals all together, 8 Gold, 10 Silver, and 12 Bronze. This year they are hosted in Vancouver, Canada. Everybody has their favorite sports to watch and mine are Snowboarding, Alpine Skiing, and Hockey.

Snowboarding is my favorite thing to do in the winter and to watch pro snowboarders compete is so cool to watch. For Snowboarding they have the the half pipe and down hill racing. Shaun White won another Gold Metal in the half pipe with his new move he invented called the "Tomahawk". So far the U.S. Snowboarding team has 2 golds, 1 silver, and 2 bronze.

Another interesting sport that I like to watch during the Olympics is Alpine Skiing. Lindsey Vann won a Gold Metal in the downhill race with a time of 1.44.19. and Julia Mancuso won the Silver with a time of 1.44.75. so far the U.S. Alpine team has 2 Golds, 3 Silver, and 3 Bronze.

Hockey is alway a big sport in the Winter Olympic games and since the games are in Canada it's even bigger. This year the U.S. beat the Canadians in one of their bracket games with a score of 5 to 3. This game was very intense Canada was controlling most of the 1st quarter but the U.S. pulled threw and played a tremendous game. All the U.S. has to do know is win one more game and they will than be playing for the Gold. it is mostly that the U.S. will be facing Canada Again in finals.

GO U.S.A!

http://www.nbcolympics.com/medals/index.html

A Day of Fun that Turned into A Tragedy

It was a Saturday afternoon and Allie and I were at Brenna’s house to go sledding. We were all pumped to go sledding, but we didn’t know that we would be risking our lives to save an innocent animal. When we got to the side of the house where the hill was, we saw how big of a drop it was going to be. When you’re standing at the top of the hill it looks like a normal drop but if you look a little further down you notice the drop that goes straight down. So we went down a couple times but the drop is what made it fun. Allie was going down at this point and she started to drift to the left of the hill, but where the drop usually was there was a bump that looked like a ramp. She was screaming her head and then we saw her go flying into the air, at least 4ft. she came down and landed in a huge pile of snow. You couldn’t even see he head, but all of a sudden we see her head pop up. She crawls out of the snow but she notice that she lost her glove, we searched and searched but we couldn’t find it. So while Allie goes back inside to get another pair of gloves I and Brenna decide to go in to the woods and hide.

Allie came out looking for us for at least five mins. And she had no idea where we were. So after she started to get frustrated we pop our head out from behind the 5ft log pile. Once she reaches us Brenna says we should walk down to the creek that was I the woods. We started to walk in the direction of the creek when we hear Brenna’s dog Gabby following us. She follows us all the way there but on our way there we had to cross over huge trees that had fallen and a bridge that was made by two 2by 4’s. Once we got to the other side of the creek I said we should get back to the other side by climbing across one of the trees that had fallen. We all thought it was going to be a fun thing to do, what we didn’t know was how dumb Gabby is.

We went across one by one. Allie slipped and had to catch herself before she fell into the water. She climbed back on and we all crossed over safely or so we thought. Allie and I had made it over and Brenna was almost to the side. Then we see Gabby run across the thin ice and our hearts dropped because we thought Gabby was going to fall in. she made it across thank god, but once she got to the other side she decides to do it again. Only this time she falls threw the ice. We all start to panic and rush to the side of the creek. We all try grabbing her but when Allie tries she falls. I grabbed Allie by her coat and pulled her out of 20 below water. Brenna tries to grab her by her collar, but the collar starts to slip off her head. So we grab the fat on her neck and pull her into safety. Right when Gabby gets out of the water her fur turns into icicles. We rush back to Brenna’s and put Gabby into the shower to get her warm. We all couldn’t believe that we almost lost Gabby that day and from now on we will never go back to the creek in the middle of the winter with Gabby following us.

China Rejects U.S. Complaints on its Currency

The U.S. should stop pressuring China on raising the value of their currency

China is known for having low value in their currency, and that is why many countries depend on them in selling low price goods, including the United States. China’s currency is undervalued 25 to 40 percent compared to the dollar and currencies in other countries. By China keeping their currency value down they attract more customers, and by that their economy goes up. So fair China’s economy is doing way better than the U.S. and China isn’t going to give up being the number one exporting country for anything.

Obama keeps on pushing China to do the things he wants them to do, and they haven’t listened to him yet. So I think it’s time that Obama takes another approach or just forgets about how well China is doing and start working on how to get the U.S. economy back on its feet. If Obama hates how low China is selling their good for, than maybe he needs to stop buying those goods from them and maybe start making our own goods here in the U.S.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/world/asia/05diplo.html

The 1st semester

Global Ed English has improved my writing skills by so much from the time I wrote my first day Memoir to now. When I first wrote my memoir on the first day of high school, I just wrote down what went on that day. What I didn’t know was that an essay like that shouldn’t just be what happened in every class that day, but what is one interesting event that went on that first day. Also when we would read weekly articles and have to write a short essay on how we felt about it, it really helped me concentrated on what I wanted to say and get out my point. I never knew that a paper had to have a thesis, supports that would support your thesis, and a conclusion that would sum up the whole paper and tell where you stand on something.

We did a lot on Rwanda and the genocide that happened over there. I never knew how genocide could happen, but I learned that the genocide that happened was caused by many groups of people. Like the MRND who set up a radio broadcast that told all the Hutus to kill the Tutsi. I didn’t just learn who started it but who could have stopped it. Like the UN, they could have stopped it but once 10 of their men died they pulled themselves out. When we were going over Rwanda we had a debate and that really taught me that you can learn from other peoples point of view and what each organization did during the genocide. Also with “The Man in the Well”, you learned from other peoples opinions, but you would never know the right one.

I really liked the blogs we did in this class. The topics are what made it interesting. The one that I really liked was my “Winter Wonderland” because it was one of my best blog’s and it thought me that you can have a really good paper when you know what you’re talking about.

Over all I have learned a lot this year more than I can write but these are the key ones that really helped me become a better writer. This is just one semester and I’m looking forward to the next one. By the end of the year I am hoping to be an even better writing then I am now.

Where Would I Want to Live During Colonization

South Africa would be the best place to live during colonization.

As a native in South Africa they were in orders by the Dutch. The Dutch would make them work for food and other things they would need to survive. Yes they were slaves, but what they had to do back than is no different than what we do now. When you get older and no longer rely on your parent’s money for food and clothing. You have to find a job to earn that money to get those things. That’s what the natives had to do in South Africa back than. They might not have gotten money but they would get food for their labor.

The worst place to be a native during colonization is in Rwanda. Rwanda had many problems back than that would lead them up to genocide. Who would want to be a native when genocide was going on and people all around you are being killed? Not knowing if you are going to be alive the next day is something I do not want to experience.

My 15th Birthday

Why can’t Christmas break last forever? My Christmas Break was good, but now it’s time to get back to school. Even though Christmas Break is over I still have all the good memories that happened.
When Christmas time comes around it's my favorite time of the year. When you hear Christmas songs playing wherever you go and everyone is excited for the holiday cheer. Another reason why I love Christmas is because my birthday is five days before Christmas day and this year it was a pretty good birthday. It was the 19th of December and I was just relaxing at home with my family. We were watching the movie “Hangover” when all of a sudden I heard the door bell ring. My mom tells me to go answer the door with a smirk on her face and right then I knew something was going on. So I answered the door and standing at the door was my friend Liv. I still had no idea what was going on. I asked what was going on and they just laughed at me. A couple minutes later came walking in all my old friends from St. Mikes Allie, Morgan, Shelby, Kiley, Becca, Brenna, and Shannon. I was so surprise that I had no idea what to do. Whenever we all get together we always have a good time.
My mom brought down a bunch of food and pop for us. We all stared to catch-up with each other and talking about our experiences so far in high school. We laughed for hours and than me, Allie, Brenna, and Shelby went up to my room and played basketball on our knees. We did this every time they would come over my house.
My mom than called us to the kitchen for presents and cake. My mom handed me a present from my whole family, I was hoping it was an ITouch. When I opened it up it was I digital camera, it not an ITouch but it’s still a good present. The next present I opened was from Allie and Becca; they got me at really cute shirt. Everyone else got me gift cards and money. After opening present we had cake and the cake was from DQ. Which is the best place to get a cake; it was an ice cream cake so it had six different sections. One was snickers, another was M&M, the other was Butterfinger, and Heath, and Oreo, and the last one was Brownie. It was delious and after we ate our cake we went back down stairs and had the best time ever.