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MEDEA The ancient Greek play “Medea” by Euripides is a tragic love story with an unlikely hero. This play portrays the issues of marriage when a spouse is unfaithful. I feel like Medea is the hero and the victim. She demands justices at any cost even at the price of her two children lives. Medea’s love standards are very high. An out sider may disagree. For good judgment a woman that kills her children to get back at her husband seems a lot like a revengeful crazy woman. But I disagree. Medea was not influents with revenge to act the way she did but with the desire to have justices brought to her justices she deserved .To have your husband just kick you to the curb after you gave him everything even leave your home land also kill your own brother so he won’t kill your husband and give birth to two sons that seems to me like a caring woman that had her heart broken to, and all she wants is justice for being replaced by a younger women. The only crime Medea ever committed was loving and marring Jason. Jason was an ordinary man with ordinary flaws like lust and greed. One example of this was the fact that he broke a very important promise; to always love her till death do them part. Also the fact that he didn’t marry the second time for love, but for political statues is very greedy. As Madea was a high priestess and the daughter of a king her and her motives were not for greed, but for justice, justice SHE deserved. She was a strong and devoted women when she put her mind to it, but when wrong was done to her she was fierce. She was a victim that fought back against her unfaithful husband, this is what I believe is something a women now a days should do. To many women get walked all over now a days and they do nothing about it. All in all Madea shows bravery, strength, and all the characteristics of a hero. On the other hand Jason broke promises, cheated, was filled with greed… sounds to me like a villain. That’s the way that I see things and I feel that this case is served with a nice side dish of justice.

=**IN CLASS ESSAY** = =“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” Quote by Margret Meade. Margret’s words are true, because I believe that the world is constantly changing and people try to change the best that they can with it, but is change always good change or the best possible outcome for the world I believe in people always want the best outcome. = = = = Sometimes it may not seem like people want the best outcome. For instant on 9-11 a small group of 22 Al-Qaida committed to Osama Bin Laden committed suicides on September 11  by crashing two planes into the Twin Towers . This is definitely a negative Change you may say. 3000 killed there can’t be any good that comes out of a terrors attack. But this harebell crises united are nation New York  was united they looked out for each other like never be for and comfort stringers because the terrors we banned to gather as one people and that cusses change great change.In grave tragedy there’s grater hope. The Al-Qaida may have tried to destroy what we stand for and attempted to crush are spirit but instead they reminded us what it is to be an American and strengthen are nations spirit that seems to me like positive change. = = = = Testament to the American strength and spirit was Flight 93 they were hijacked like the 3 other plans that hit the Towers and the pentagon  but these Americans showed courage and stud up for their freedom. Yes theses heroes were a small group of people that changed the world for better. They sacrificed themselves for our country. Possibly saved 1000 of lives and are nation capital and beloved Whitehouse. They did not let the terror win over them. = = = =Something from my own life that supports this belief is change can always lead to good if you try. A small group of family and friends had an art studio we all share, but it was torn down to build A Fresh and essay super market in town. This was a tragedy for me to see my building be bulldozed and rolled over with the steam roller. This was sad almost devastating. I stopped painting not just because I did not feel like it but also I had nowhere to go to pant. this led me to seek change for the better. I started to go to my friends home down town and we constructed an art studio in their garage. This was 10 times better than in the past. I fund so much more inspiration there and I discovered many more friendships. This led to more opportunities than ever before. For instants this 4th of July I was in an art show down town. and not nearly as many people would have show up if we were at are old place. I think that’s some positive change. =

==The world constantly changes and so do we. As humans we try to control are surrounding and naturally we try to do our best to create security or goodness in the world. Even the terrorist security may be messed up and sick to others. but there world was changing and it may seem for the worst but it’s not over and people always do radical things when their world is being turned upside down. Grate things my come out of this tragedy I know it. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. ==

1. see all 7 wonders of the world
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2.go see coggeshall hall in England

3.owen a home by the sea 4.play in a professionals orchestra

5.see phantom of the opera on Broadway

6.go back in time and be at wood stock 7. have my own garden 8.swimm the pier like my mother did

9.go to a good college 10.buy a electric violin

11.see a phoenix

12.be in art show 13.be in an art show and win 14.start a charity 15.learn magic 16.reach nirvana

17.be famous for something good 18.be in a snow storm 19.convert at least one person that ghosts are real

20.go to the museum of tolerance 21.learn to surf 22.be a pirate for a day

23.marry my true love 24.go inside a volcano 25.learn to ride a motorcycle 26.learn too red minds 27.buy a turtle for a pet

28.tray every fruit known to man 29.be in a famous rock ban

30. live to be 30

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= =A TEACHER TEACHING MORALS=

Christine Pelton a teacher at a high school rightly failed 28 students for cheating on their work so Mrs. Pelton gave them all F for their final grade seems just and the school board agreed that this was a fare punishment. Until the students’ parents began to complain that this was too harsh of a punishment for their children these led the school board to demand Mrs. Pelton to give a lesser punishment for a proven case of chatting academic dishonesty and Mrs. Pelton protested by quitting. I think Mrs. Pelton did the right thing by standing up to her beliefs, and I hope this will be a testament to morals in school. Mrs. Pelton's strong statement will wake up parents to there over bearing belief that “the easier the better”.

Christine Pelton may have seemed to the students that she failed as a tyrant teacher if the parents let the punishment go through it could have been the most important lesson they ever learn and could contribute to everyday life. Honestly that’s what Mrs. Pelton was trying to do, teach them. Don’t you send your child to school to learn not just to read but to play nicely and share, learn right for wrong, right?

Some parents might argue that it’s our job to teach them morals and what’s right from wrong. But how if now a days not even taking just punishment is too harsh these parents are disabling the child to know when to far is too far. Without punishment there is no structure for right thinking, moral thinking? Not in the parents eyes their not helping their children by not letting them do the time or take the blame, this is the worst thing a parent can do shelter them, because some day they will have to go out in the real world and they will get caught with cheating either in college or on a spouse and you won’t be able to get them back in to college after their kicked out for cheating or taking responsibility for a chiled that reduced outside of the marriage bed.

So I purpose nip it in the butt when their young, save them from any future mistakes and problems. The best thing you should have done to save your child was to let Mrs. Pelton fail them. Failer equals success someday.Right and wrong is somthing your taught and we all have to learn this through life, so i strongly agree with the Mrs. Peltons teaching of morals by making them face the consiquences for there actions.

=MEDUSA AND THE SNAIL=

In the passage "The Medusa and the Snail" by biologist Lewis Thomas tells us he believes to make mistakes is the best possible thing that can happen in a laboratory. He believes that it is all part of the make up of humans, but most people try to ignore or forget there mistakes, but mistakes are a good thing to show a different path and shed light on thing that one maybe could not see before. So you should never hide or forget your mistakes because you learn from them.

There has been counts in history that mistakes can lead to a great discovery. Like the discovery of penicillin, discovered by Alexander Fleming. This antibiotic has saved countless lives, and is one of the most vital things in our medical discoveries, and this all happened by mistake. Alexander Fleming was try to find a way to stop bacteria, but he was a bit discouraged and not so clean with his petri dishes, thus causing mold to grow on them and this mold became the pill penicillin.media type="file" key="sky-yabadabars-summerschool-2011-cannibalism.flv" align="right" width="360" height="270"

My personal experiences with what seems like a mistake or disaster is my oldest brother going to jail. He is a good kid, but he mad the mistake of hanging with he wrong crowd. This caused him to smoke pot which soon led to the growing and selling of pot. It seemed like there was no real hope for him and all his mistakes buried him to deep. As it seemed like it couldn't get any worse he was thrown onto jail. I have been keeping contact with him and he let me know and realized that the mistake of getting arrested may have been the best mistake of his life. He told me only now he can reflect on the past mistakes and truly see his foolishness, and that may never have happened if he didn't go to jail. I replied this realization may never had happened to you and from now on you're capable of choosing the right path and I'm so proud of you.

An other great example, of life's mistakes, is in the book "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles. In the story Gene looks back at his school days and regrets the mistakes that he did. Those mistakes all have to do with his best friend Phineas, which he's jealous of and pushes him out of a tree and ruins his leg and life. Gene regrets this but Phineas his best friend forgives him and wants or rather makes him do all the sport that he cant do anymore because of his busted leg. This motivates Gene to be better and do to the best of his abilities.

For all the mistakes in you life theirs bound to be one good one and if you look at them as a bad thing they will be a bad thing so look toured the fucher and bo your best and you can accomplish any thing if you learn from your past and you cant carafe with out falling.

=TIGER MOTHER=

The hot topic lately has been tiger mothers or Chinese mothers and their superior parenting methods. You may already have heard or read Amy Chua’s “Why Chinese Mothers are superior”. You and many felt insulted or angry and frighten for her children’s we llbeing but I felt none of this. I did have a few disagreements. Things I may have approached differently but decided that I agreed on some things. I see a successful way of motivating children, and demanding them to be at their highest potential. I believe that’s what every good parent desires for their children.

There are many satistics and obvious negative points that prove Chinese parenting has flaws. For instants there is research that shows Asian females between 15 and 24 have the highest suicide rate. On the other hand more Asians test higher in math and science, and this results in higher exceptions into college. So western moms or other parents children will have to compete with that. On top of that most tiger mothers produce prodigy’s more than any other race. That to me is alarming! Yes because of the suicides, but mostly because of the alarming realization that there children are so ahead and our children will have to compete with well mastered students.

So when you think we don’t have any parenting flaws. Think again. It seems to me we gave up on are children. letting the TV raise them. We wonder why they don’t listen to us. I will tell you why. We are so lazy! Yes I used the “L” word. Western moms are far lazier. It seems to me Amy Chua’s may have been right when she said “western parenting is much lazier. I spend more time helping them study school work and music. Western parents don’t do nearly as much, maybe 30 minutes to one hour, and for me two or three hours”. So don’t say you have not given into a tantrum and let them go and play without finishing their homework. Or quit a sport because they say “I don’t want to any more”. Think if you made them go through with it. Where would they be now. So instead of just letting your children be in control, or giving up and letting the TV raise them. Maybe we need to raise our children more like Amy.

Some say Amy Chua is to strick and can’t love her children. Why do you say that? It takes love to be stern and strick with your children. It shows that if you won’t let them stop a sport or make them do their homework you care enough to not let them give up. You believe they can do those things and that takes dedication! Something we western parents need more of. Amy loves her girls so much that when her seven year old wanted to give up and leave when she got frustrated with a difficult piece of music. Amy stayed up all night sitting right next to her daughter until she got it, and she did. Amy’s crazy teaching and yelling got her daughter face to light up. Her daughter saw it was fun and found she could do it. Amy has some tough kids!

Amy may have raised some tough kids. I mean not letting her daughter go to the restroom until she got the music piece perfect. That’s harsh and I don’t agree with that. But you have to realize we were not there in the room and we don’t know her daughter. Maybe if she let her go she would of locked herself in the﻿ bathroom and throw an even bigger tantrum. So to say th﻿at’s chiled abuse is sort of jumping to conclusions. Another thing I have a problem with is the name calling and yelling. I believe you should never call your children stupid or fat or anything that may have a verbal scar. And yelling is no better! We all lose our paisents and yell. This just makes them yell back. One day they may yell louder than you and no one gets their point across. Now I say if you want your chiled to play a musical insterment and they don’t have a choice in the matter, make sure it’s a insterment they want to play. It dosent have to be piano or violin because if it’s the guitar there probley going to make more money with a guitar. And if it’s the trombone that’s cool! Not to many people can master that. Remember it’s not you playing its your chiled. The very last thing and most important thing I disagree with is the no sleep overs and no school plays and the lack of social activates. Children need to be exposed to others. To learn there math times tables and to read a 1000000 page book is hard but to know how to read a person is even harder. If you don’t learn those skills there is no point in going to Harvard because you won’t survive. People will take advantage of you and you need to learn how to tell when that’s happing and to recognize if you are in a good relationship. If you can’t date and it’s your first boy or girl friend those are always the hardest to dump. Children need to be socially involved so they can make good choices about relationships. So when they go to collage they might rebell because they are free and their parents are not their hounding them to do their work. Western parents teach there children to be more independent and prepared for the real world.

Sdoughts about Amy’s children’s well being am sure her girls love her and wood never trade her for any one else. That’s my thoughts and beliefs on parenting. So western parents and Amy Chua all have a lot to learn from each other.o my conclusion is there has to be a balance of these two worlds of parenting. So this is how you get the true superior parenting. And for those that still have their