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Hello There! Welcome to my mythology page

Assignment #1 My Hero
A mythology expert named Joesph Campbell said as hero is "someone who gives themself to something greater than themselves." By that definition I can think of no better example than the Tuskegee Airmen. They fought not only the Nazis and Facists but they fought the deep-rooted tree that was American racism. They trainedat the Tuskegee Institute in April of 1943 in June the first African-American was deployed to Italy.Despite flying 1578 combat missions escorting heavy bombers they of lost 25 of them and 66 of their own while shooting down 261 enemy fighters. They won a victory not only for the USA but for the civil rights movement. In 1948 under the command of President Harry S. Truman the armed forces were desegreated. These men won one battle in the "war" for equality between whites and blacks.They fought through prejudice and racism and learned that they could do the things others said they couldn't.Also Hollywood is making their tale into a movie called "Red Tails." [] Lee Archer the only ace of the Tuskegee Airmen in his P51Mustang "INA The Macon Belle

Assignment #2 The Golden Age
My perfect world is a beach that is right beside a large open grass field. My family would live on the beach in different houses that are a short walk away. I would be the president of this world and there would be no opposite party to oppose my political agenda. All the video games I wanted would be in a closet where I could bring the game I wanted to me with the touch of a button and without entering the closet. There would also be a large hill and a wall about 300ft high, and it is about 5 meters from the hill and every Friday night would be "Screen on the Green Night" where we would use a projector to play a movie on the wall and we would lay down on a towel on the hill and watch it. Nobody is mean to anyone else and they possess an ability to contain their anger. Nobody would be a leach who would live on entitlement programs. Seniors would have plenty of money to retire with, but everyone under 65 has a job. There ia no crime and everyone is honest with you when even when the truth hurts. Hard work is the best way to advance in society. Everybody shares an attitude that is like a famous quote from John Kennedy "Ask not what your country can do for you,ask what you can do for your country." That selfless attitude would be at the core of my ideal society. Altough this ideal society does not exist, I can always dream.

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Assignment #3 The God Teacher/Gifts
I got a two-sided gift in the form of a video game called Battlefield 3. While I did have fun playing it, playing the game for longer and longer became my main objective when I came home. My grades suffered and the overall quality of my work suffered. The system began to control me and I no longer just lived within it. I began to not attend after school activities, but that is where my parents stepped in and when they took it away from me. I thought they wanted me to suffer but what they wanted was for me to understand that school comes first. With this in mind I came to an agreement with my parents. I had limits in place and with that I found the equilibrium I needed to achieve my goals. I found the middle between school and goofing off and now I use the game as motivation to get my homework done and to better in school, but more than it improved my overall work ethic. It is ironic I guess. I bid you farewell, I am off to play Battlefield 3 see you Monday!

Assignment #4 End of Childhood Experience
My end of childhood came last summer when I went to Israel.It wasn't just that I got bar mitzvahed there, it was more than that. I remember that I learned there are other people outside of my little confined,world. It really expanded my view of society. That and I witnessed the tough life of the Israelis living near the border of the Gaza Strip. They have been under rocket fire. I saw some of the rockets that were fired on Gaza. They have post-traumatic stress and they deal with the fact that they could suddenly die at any moment. I saw that I owe it to myself to take full advantage of the good fortune I was given. The me who went ot Israel was not the who came back. I learned how truely lucky I was. I now volunteer at various charities that help the Israeli citizens down there get the psychological help they need to recover from PTSD or post traumatic stress disorder. I learned that the world is not all good. There is evil in the world. I learned the world is not in the GOlden Age and so now I work bring the world closer to bring the world back to that Golden Age.

Assignment #5 The End of Childhood Nursery Rhymes
** The moral of the story is that one must take the responibility of falling asleep or face the consequences. She gets advice from someone more expereinced and with that she is no longer inexpereinced. She learns she must deal with the consequences of her actions. **
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 * ** Little Bo peep has lost her sheep, And doesn't know where to find them.Leave them alone and they'll come home,Bringing their tails behind them.Little Bo peep fell fast asleepAnd dreamt she heard them bleating,But when she awoke, she found it a joke,For they were all still fleeting.Then up she took her little crook,Determined for to find them.She found them indeed, but it made her heart bleed,For they left their tails behind them.It happened one day, as Bo peep did strayInto a meadow hard by, There she espied their tails side by sideAll hung on a tree to dry.She heaved a sigh, and wiped her eye,And over the hillocks went rambling,And tried what she could,As a shepherdess should,To tack again each to its lambkin. **

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Assignment #6 The Flood Poem
God looked down upon the world with disgust, you would be to if you that amount of greed and lust, mankind had drifted into an abyss, God knew something had gone amiss,

he knew the end of the world was a must, he would need to wipe the slate clean and turn mankind into dust, I warned the people, the ones who agreed went to go pray at the steeple, I shout it, yet it falls upon a deaf ear, they all thought that was a little bit queer they won't be around to hear the "I told you so" They won't even ever know one man who had not fallen into the abyss said,"Stop they know,but don't care.Let them go because their ignorance is their bliss" with that I was off on my way to the steeple As the I float away on top of the steeple I wonder what was the fate of all those people

I like the Blue-Eyed Son try to warn the masses. This character reminds me of the story of Sodom and Goram(in the Old Testament),two cities that were destroyed by God. They were warned by Abraham and Sarah only Abraham's relatives, himself, and his wife survived. Like Deucalion,however I survive.



Assignment #7 Changes in Stories
In "The Four Ages" there is only one change, but that one change is cost everyone. In the beginning, there was no evil in the world, and everyone was good. The Golden Age was the "good old days," but that was to change. The end of the Golden Age and the beginning of the Age of Bronze was brought about by greed and self-interest. People were no longer looking to benefit the world or their society, they did things to better themselves. This would only intensify in the Age of Iron where we see things like war and many other bad things begin to make their way into the world and justice no longer existed.At which point Zeus(he is called Jove in this story) struck down people and giants who began to attack Heaven,then Mother Earth made pregnant by the blood gave birth to new life forms. With that we transitioned from one man kind to another. Zeus throwing a lightening bolt []

**Assignment #8 Changes in our World**
When I think back to the past and look for changes in our society I see one big change. Technology,after improving greatly has become central to the function of our society. Computers has transformed education as evidenced by this very blog/wiki. Now we communicate with cellphones calling and text messaging. A little while back all they had were rocks with messages written on them and slingshots(not really).People are now truly connected Think about all of the thinks you enjoy on your phone,the internet, and on television. All of this is possible because of technology. Plus, you cannot forget things like putting a man on the moon,radar. and missiles are all possible because of great leaps in technology. []

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Assignment #9 My Favorite Season of the Year
My favorite season is spring. I love spring not only because I am not allergic to pollen,but because I find it interesting that nature,which is often portrayed as nice and lovely brings life back to trees,flowers,and some animals only to kill it off again in the winter again and again. That being said I do love all the things I get to do in spring like swimming,outdoor sports, and I get to count down the days till the end of school. Like in many of the stories we have read I know we have come out of winter or the Age of Iron and that while we will get close to getting back to the Golden Age. I also like that I don't have to wear jackets all the time. I enjoy spending time outside. I love to just sit by the river and fish and watch all the birds and trees. I try to do this as much as possible because I know this little Golden Age will not last forever and that the Age of Bronze will come and wipe it away. It is sad I wish it would last forever. []

Assignment #10 What Have I Learned?
I have come to the realization it is time for me not just top make plans,but to make those plans happen. I am trying to transform myself from making a bunch of hypothetical ideas to doing research and making things happen. I want to do this because without a prototype all you have is an idea. It is time for me to make my "changes" and I will survive the flood of transferring schools next year and emerge to try to reclaim that olden Age I had while I was young and fulfilling expectations was easy. I have reached my end of childhood and have learned from my god teachers. I want to be president one day(in a perfect world) and lead this country through our Bronze Age and avoid an Age of Iron and the flood that follows. I want to become(and yes I know this is lofty but that is what I want to do) America's and the world's god teacher.

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