Alexa+Flesch

__**Assignment #1: My Hero**__ Eleanor Roosevelt was the First Lady of the White House when FDR was president, but she was better known for what she did as the First Lady. She redefined the  role from the traditional neutral position. During and after being in office, Eleanor fought for equal rights for African Americans and other discriminated minority  races. For example, Eleanor broke with the precedent beliefs by inviting hundreds of African American guests to the White House. In addition, the black singer Marian Anderson was denied the use of Washington's Constitution Hall in 1939 by the Daughters of the American Revolution. Eleanor responded by resigning the group in protest and helped arrange another concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Eleanor also lobbied behind the scenes for the 1934 Costigan-Wagner Bill to make lynching, or hanging because of race, a federal crime. Some things including arranging a meeting between Franklin and NAACP president Walter Francis White. Many people maligned her on her strong opinions, but she kept pushing for human rights and the things she believed in. She fits Campbell's definition of a hero because she devoted her life and used her influence as First Lady to push for changes in America towards equality for all.
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My perfect world would be a place that there was no evil or war, and everyone lived in peace. It would still have seasons, but they would be the perfect temperature and people wouldn't have to worry about growing food to survive. The warm, balmy summers of the south and the snowy winters of the north. Want would be extinct, and happiness could be easily achieved. We would still have the technology of today, but we would also be connected to nature and the animals.  Education would be highly valued by the community, and children would be excited to go to school. Disease and illness would not happen, perfect health was found, and medicine would not be needed. Individual rights like in America would be used, and the world would be united under one flag. The government would be little to non-existent as there would be no need for law. People would still be different races and religions, but everyone would be treated equally. The world would be perfect.

Assignment #3
Up until a few months ago, I didn't have a smart phone. I got one as a Christmas present, and I have fallen in love with it, but my smart phone is a two sided gift. I <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> have found that is is very useful, for things like listening to music, writing, and checking email. I didn't carry around my phone as often when it couldn't do as <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">much, but I normally carry this one around with me on the weekends and after school. I can also listen to it while I do my homework, and the music helps me <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">concentrate. One of the down sides of it is that I am more disconnected from my world around me, since I have my ear-buds in so often, and I sometimes don't <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">hear my parents calling me. Also, I am staying up later since I can write while in bed now, so I am not getting much sleep. i can do this because it has a slide out <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">keypad, so I can write quickly. Overall, it has been more good than bad, and that is the most important thing when taking in the pros and cons.

Assignment #4
One event in my life that brought the end of childhood, and the realization that time is not unlimited was when I was in sixth grade, and I was being treated badly by another student. Before then, I had always thought that my teachers could solve any problem I gave them, but after I had gotten bullied and had told the teacher, she didn't really care and said that there was nothing she could do. This made my time in sixth grade hard, and I felt like my teachers thought I deserved it. Even when I told my parents, the most they could to was say to let it roll off my back, and said they could try to get the student into the principal's office. I told them no, because I didn't want to seem like I was a baby. Even when they did do something, it didn't stop, and the person would tease me when I told him to stop, "What? Gonna send me to the counselor again?", showing that it had absolutely no effect. Sometimes I would cry myself to sleep, and feel like I was worthless. I think the worst part of this experience was that the whole time, my friends and other students didn't try to help me stand up to him, and some even laughed with him at me. They didn't see anything wrong. I held it in at school, trying to act like it was nothing, when it really was tearing me apart. I have, and always will have a scar in my heart, not only from the actual things they said, but also because no one did anything to help me. I learned that jerks and evil in the world, and they cannot change or be stopped. To this day, I see them, and, even though I have told them how much they have hurt me, know that they are not sorry for anything that they have done, and they tell me to get over it. I try, but the feeling of self-loathing will always linger when I see him or think about that year, and he will never be sorry.

Assignment #5
The End..?

Did we bring this upon ourselves Or are we not to blame Will we be given a second chance Or will we all be put to shame

Am I the only one that sees That our demise is coming Will the threat of the raging seas Be the end that is forthcoming

Are we to be purged of the evil that has plagued us for so long Will this be a good rebirth or will we just be gone

Assignment #6
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<span style="color: #4386ea; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">In the Greek myth "Baucis and Philemon”, the old couple are the only ones that treat the disguised gods kindly in the whole city, even though they are the poorest. They give them shelter, and make them dinner, and generously share their watered down wine. They are rewarded by getting their humble house turned into a beautiful temple for them to live in, and they ask the gods to let them watch over the temple and be their priests. Also, the only other thing they ask is that they can die together. For the rest of their lives they protect the temple, and as they are praying, they both get turned into trees. They get their wish and they are still together after they die. This change is a reward because it is what they wanted, as a result of the couple's kindness and piousness.

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 * <span style="color: #8a00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">One thing that has changed in modern society, especially in places like America, is the role of women. For a long time, even since women were given the right to vote, they have been given a specific role in life and in the household. This was to be a stay-at-home mother, while the husband went out to work. There were very few married women working jobs, and if they were, they didn't have all the same job opportunistic as men. A giant change as taken place in the past 50 years, or even in the past decade. Now, women have been given the chance to compete against men fairly for more powerful jobs, such as CEOs, whereas before they could only become secretaries.It is accepted for women, married or unmarried, to have a full-time job. Although the struggle for equality everywhere is still going on, it has improved greatly. **

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My favorite season of the year is fall, and this is mainly because the temperature is perfect since it's right after summer, which is too hot, and right before winter, which is too cold. Spring is a close second, in fact, it would be first if it didn't have pollen and made my allergies act up. Also, spring is the time of most of the flowers and basically the rebirth of the earth, but fall's beauty is tantamount. For example, the leaves in fall make a enchanting wheel of color as they fall down to the ground, with rich reds, yellows, and oranges. Fall is also the time of harvest, where all the flowers from the spring have turned into fruits of all sorts. In addition, I enjoy the holidays during fall such as Thanksgiving and Halloween. Thanksgiving is a time to stuff your belly with turkey, and piles of delicious food. During Halloween, the children get to dress up in fun costumes and go around getting candy from their neighbors or sometimes people they don't know. Halloween the one of the very few times where a person can be whoever or whatever they want, and not be discriminated for it, and thanksgiving is a time of gratefulness and thanks. I know that spring is normally considered the golden age, because everything is blooming, and in it's perfect stage, but I think that fall is the golden age, it's a time where society looks back on the year. Sure, the leaves fall, and all the plants are dying, but that's what so beautiful about it. It shows how nature turns death into this wonderful finale of colors, food and smell before it goes out. That is why I believe the fall is the golden age.

Assignment #9
<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">The archetypes and stories that I have learned in this unit has affected me greatly. As I look around my life, I see the patterns throughout literature, movies, TV shows, songs, and other aspects of my life. I have began to make these connections, and by doing so have a whole new perception of things that I hadn't seen before, and having a deeper understanding of almost everything day-to-day. For example, when we are reading things like Romeo and Juliet that contain allusions to mythology, I have a fuller understanding of these references. I also find that a lot of my TV shows made references to the Bible that I would not have gotten before I studied Genesis. I feel like I see more why things happen, history, and the modern world around me. I see how much of an impact small things can have on larger things, and how the way someone acts can be the difference between life and death. I think I understand now that everyone has a purpose, and it is not always what we think it is.