SamanthaF

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**Assignment #1 My Hero**
toc According to Joseph Campell, a hero is someone who gives their life for something bigger than himself. A perfect example of hero, according to this definition, is Miep Gies. During the Holocaust, Miep hid the Frank family from the Nazis. Miep worked for Otto Frank and was extremely good friends with the Frank family. When World War II started, the Frank family needed to go into hiding to make sure they were not sent to concentration camp. Miep risked her own life to make sure the Franks were safe despite of the consequences there were for hiding Jews. Everyday, Miep, along with Bep Voskuijl, did grocery shopping for the Franks. She also brought library books every week and any positive or neutral news she could find. Personally, I do not think only Miep's actions that make her a hero, it's the fact that she had courage to do it. Miep was not forced to do anything, she did just out of the goodness of her heart and because she wanted to. On August 4, 1944, German officers came in and forced everyone out of the Secret Annex. Miep, who was allowed to stay, went upstairs to the Annex and took a look around. All the furniture was flipped over and there were items everywhere. She looked around and left everything untouched, except a small diary Anne had been keeping the whole time. Miep took the papers and put them in her desk for safe keeping. When Otto Frank returned from concentration camp, Miep returned his daughters diary to him. He took it and published it into a book so the whole world could know what it was like to be in hididng, and to let his daughter's dream of being a writer live, even though she could not live to see it. Even though the Frank's were eventually found, Miep did an amazing job keeping them safe for two whole years. She is truly a hero, for risking her life like that to keep her friends safe.




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Assignment #2 The Golden Age
My perfect world is somewhere far away on a tropical island beach. Everyday is warm and sunny with a slight breeze. All of my friends and family would be there with me to enjoy the paradise. Everyday we would stay out on the beach all day and just enjoy the soft sand, the fresh air, and the sound of the ocean. In this world, there would be no worries and no stress, so everyone could just relax. There would be a beach volleyball court to play on with hot pink and lime green volleyballs to play with. Also, at the end of each day, we could go and eat at a little beachside cafe, and for dessert there would be an ice cream shop that only served Bruster's cotton candy ice cream. In my world, I want there to be no arguing and no fighting, and everyone will always be in a good mood. Even though this world may not exist anywhere, I like to imagine that it does.

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Assignment #3 The God Teacher
Last year, I received a laptop as one of my birthday presents. I had been wanting a Macbook for so long. As soon as I got, I became instantly attached to it. My laptop is something that I use everyday. I use it for schoolwork, to look something up, and also just for fun. My laptop is helpful in so many ways. Even though it is helpful, it can also distract me from doing my work. Everyday when I get home, I go straight to my laptop. As I'm doing my homework, I like to give myself little breaks. I say the break will be about five minutes, but before I know it, thirty minutes have passed and I realize that I still haven't gotten back to my work. Even though my laptop can sometimes be a negative thing, it also can be very helpful. Almost all of my school work, is done on my laptop. Whether it is typing up essays for English, or posting a blog post for Social Studies, I always use my laptop.



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Assignment #4 End of Childhood/Part I
 A recent time in my life that represents a loss of innocence or end of childhood, would be the adjustment from Woodward North the Woodward Middle School, academically and socially. At Woodward North, the grades were very small in numbers so you knew everyone very well. Also, since I was in elementary school, the classes and the work level were much easier. I was so used to not having to study very hard and always getting straight As. When I came to the Middle School, everything was much different. I no longer knew everyone in the grade, and for the first half of the seventh grade I barely knew half the people. Also, the work got much harder. I went from not having to study much and getting As, to studying really hard and only getting Bs. This change was very difficult at first, but i eventually got used to it. All throughout the transition from Woodward North to the Middle School, I was slowly getting used to it. At first I was always getting lost going to each of my classes. and was a little overwhelmed by all of the people that there were. Now, being in the second semester of eighth grade, a whole year later, I am now fully adjusted. At first, I was a little sad to be leaving Woodward North, since I had been there for eight years, but now I am enjoying the new adventure that has started. http://www.topworkplaces.com/images/companies/woodward-academy-inc/logo/woodward-academy-inc_profile.png
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Assigment #4 End of Childhood/Part II
** Ring around the rosy ** ** AKA as Ring a ring o' rosies ** ** Ring around the rosy **  ** A pocketful of posies **  ** "Ashes, Ashes" ** ** We all fall down! **

"Ring around the Rosy" is a nursery rhyme that everyone knows. Little kids always enjoy doing the little dance that goes with it. But the origin of this rhyme, is not exactly a happy thing. The origin of this rhyme comes from English history back in 1665, during the Great Plague of London. When the rhyme says, “ring around a rosy,” it is referring to the symptom of a rosy red rash in the shape of ring that you would get. “Pockets full of posy,” referes to the pouches people carried around with sweet smelling herbs. This was done because people believed that the disease was transmitted in bad smells. After you died from the Plague, your body was usually cremated into ashes. That’s where the line “ashes ashes” comes from. Lastly, the line “we all fall down,” referes to all the people dying when they became ill with the plague. When you look at the origin of this rhyme, you find it hard to believe that little children dance and sing happily to this song, when it is about the plague that killed thousands of people back in history.


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Assignment #6 The End of Time
As He looked down upon Earth in humiliation,  He thinks what has gone wrong with his amazing creation. It used to be beautiful, happy, and free,  Until the day Eve took that apple from the tree. Then the world turned into a life of disaster,  The humans turned the world around for forever, and after. But one little child knew what was coming, He warned everyone that the world was plummeting. Everyone laughed and said he was wrong,  They knew that they would live a life that was long. Then one day the world just blew up in flames. Not even enough time for people to throw blames. Then He picked up his hand and blew out the match,  He had done something undoable that couldn’t be patched.

Samantha

I think I am like the Blue-Eyed Son because in my poem the little boy tried to warn everyone about what was coming. Also, after he warned everyone, he died with them as well. http://endtimesrevelations.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/earth_on_fire.jpg
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Assignment #7 Changes in the Stories
One story from //Man the Mythmaker// that really stands out to me as having a change or metamorphosis would be //The Four Ages.//This story begins with the Golden Age, a time where everything was happy and care free. There was no fighting, no weapons and the world was just a peaceful place. As the story goes on a change occurs. The Golden Age now becomes the Silver Age. This time was a litte worse than the Golden Age but not unbearable. Then comes the Bronze Age, followed by the Iron Age. Each new Age came with something worse than the one before. Before we know it, we are in the Iron Age, which is full of weapons and hatred. In this Age, everyone is greedy and war is beginning. Throughout the story, small changes are occurring that all add up to create one big change in the end. The happy, care-free Golden Age became the dark, greedy Iron Age. This change was a big punishment. The people brought the punishment upon themselves by their greediness. As each Age brought new discoveries, peoples actions began to change. These actions resulted in a world full of weapons and hatred.

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Assignment #8 Changes in our World[[image:iphone-4-apps.jpg width="211" height="199" align="right"]]
Change happens everyday. Sometimes its small and sometimes its large. Some changes are noticeable and others build up to one great big change. A big change that has happened in our world is definitely technology. Technology has let us make a giant leap forward. Its hard to think that just 60 years ago there weren't even cell phones or computers. Both of these things play a huge part in our world today. Everyone always has their cell phone. Where ever you go, you will always see people talking, texting, or just playing games on their phone. People basically live off of their phone and depend on it for everything. People also think of computer of necessities. When ever someone has a question people go directly to the internet. If there were no internet, many people would not know what to do. When you look at how big of a part cell phones, computers, and technology play in our lives; it's hard to believe that just 60 years ago this stuff did not even exist. http://www.letsgodigital.org/images/artikelen/64/iphone-4-apps.jpg
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Assignment #9 My Favorite Season
Summer is by far my favorite season of the year! I love the hot weather that makes you want to jump into the pool every time you go outside. Summer time is also very relaxing. You don't have to worry about waking up early and going to school. I love going to beach and spending the whole day outside. Its just so peaceful and care-free. One of the biggest reasons of why summer is my favorite season is because of camp. Every year I go to sleep away camp for a month. That month is by far the best month of the whole year. It's so much fun and I love everything about it. Summer is like the archetype of the Golden Age. The Golden Age was a care-free, peaceful time, just like summer. During the Golden Age everyone was happy and there was nothing to worry about. That is exactly how I feel during the summer.


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Assignment #10 What Have I Learned?
Throughout the //Man the Mythmaker// Unit, we read many different types of stories and poems. Each was about a different event or person in mythology. Even though each story was different, they all were still alike. Each story symbolized a different aspect in the cycle of man. Each different section in the book had an archetype that contributed to the bigger picture. There is the Golden Age, which was the beginning of man. During the Golden Age everything was happy and peaceful. Then came the God-teacher. God- teachers send a gift that can be used for good or evil. Usually, the god-teachers are trying to help the individual and teach them things they need to survive. Then came the end of childhood. This is when an event occurs that forces the you, or the character come to reality. You are no longer living in a fairytale world where you will always be protected from everything bad and evil. Then there was the cataracts of heaven, or the Flood. This is the destruction of everything. The Flood comes and destroys everything so there may be a rebirth. The rebirth portion is Changes. This is the change from something good to something worse, or something bad to something better. Generally this comes after the flood so that a whole new world may be created. When you look at each section out together as a whole, it comes together and forms the cycle of life.

The thing that was most significant to me in this unit was that we need to protect our world. In //The Four Ages//, man became very greedy, and their perfect Golden world turned into the Iron Age. If they had kept better care of the world and their actions, the world could have still been in the Golden Age. Something that I learned about myself is that I can try to warn people that if we do not take care of our world, than a flood type event could occur. If I could convince enough people that, than maybe our world could be safe from anything bad happening to it because of the bad things that we are doing to hurt the environment. http://grist.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/change-flickr-david-reece.jpg
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