-Informal explanation-
For school we have been working on a Nation History Project that deals with rights and responsibilities My topic is how China's one child policy affects people in China. I found the the government forces families to kill the babies and pay large fines. After a few decades there are not enough children to take care of the elderly and not enough working adults to increase the economy because of the one child policy. The founder of the policy is Deng Xiaoping and the policy was created to decrease population growth in China. I am interested in this topic because it kills a lot of children and makes girls unwanted in China.
-Formal-
I chose the effects of the one child policy in China. It was created in 1979 by Deng Xiaoping, a Chinese leader, to limit population growth in China. I want to examine how the one child policy forces families to only have one child by using harsh treatments such as fines, undocumented children and forced abortions, and how the policy negatively affects the elderly, economy, and the value of girls in China. More recently China's government has decided to change the one child policy into a two children policy.
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Monday, January 27, 2014
Weekly Log 1/27/14
1/21- Notecards- 30 min.
1/23- Detailed Outline- 60 min.
1/25- Detailed Outline- 90 min.
Total: 180 min.
1/23- Detailed Outline- 60 min.
1/25- Detailed Outline- 90 min.
Total: 180 min.
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Weekly Log 1/21/14
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part- Time Indian
By Sherman Alexie
By Sherman Alexie
1/14- 60 min.
1/15- 60 min.
1/16- 60 min.
1/17- 30 min.
1/16- 60 min.
1/17- 30 min.
Pages 152- 230
Total: 210 min.
Monday, January 13, 2014
Research
2. Research, research, research. Explain your topic, why should we care about it, and what specifically is on your research to-do list this week?
For my national history day project my topic is the effects of the one- child policy in china. The policy was created in 1979 By Deng Xiaoping, a Chinese leader, to limit population growth in China. It specifically affects the Han Chinese that live in rural areas. Those who are not Han Chinese or live in urban areas have exceptions to the policy. Recently however there has been talk on loosening the policy to a two child limit. One should care about the policy because it can led to forced abortion, unrecorded children, large fines, and other severe punishments.
This week I hope to re- evaluate certain sources and revise the author's credibility, source, and the purpose of the article in my bibliography. I will create notecards sources to help plan the steps for the paper. In the notecards I will paraphrase and state the important aspects and quotes of each article, and comment on how I will use the in my research paper.
Reading Log
The Absolutely True Diary of A Part- Time Indian
pp 1-152
1/10- 60min
1/11- 60 min
Bibliography
1/9- 30 min
Total- 150 min.
152 pages
For my national history day project my topic is the effects of the one- child policy in china. The policy was created in 1979 By Deng Xiaoping, a Chinese leader, to limit population growth in China. It specifically affects the Han Chinese that live in rural areas. Those who are not Han Chinese or live in urban areas have exceptions to the policy. Recently however there has been talk on loosening the policy to a two child limit. One should care about the policy because it can led to forced abortion, unrecorded children, large fines, and other severe punishments.
This week I hope to re- evaluate certain sources and revise the author's credibility, source, and the purpose of the article in my bibliography. I will create notecards sources to help plan the steps for the paper. In the notecards I will paraphrase and state the important aspects and quotes of each article, and comment on how I will use the in my research paper.
Reading Log
The Absolutely True Diary of A Part- Time Indian
pp 1-152
1/10- 60min
1/11- 60 min
Bibliography
1/9- 30 min
Total- 150 min.
152 pages
A World Where Children Can Choose to Go to School
What would happen in a world where it was the child's choice to go to school? Would you go to school?
A world where school is optional would be a disaster. Many adults wouldn't be correctly educated to fill job slots, since the majority of them probably didn't go to school when they were little or dropped out. Highly trained jobs like doctors, dentists, and etc. would be filled with fast food workers. Not many people would be educated so it would be highly unlikely to find people who fit the requirements for sophisticated jobs. Children would be crazy and parents would drag them around town to run errands, because they have nothing better to do. Teachers wouldn't be trained and might not even bother to show up to school due to the lack of kids.
I would go to school, because I think that it would be easier to get a job later if I was fully educated. If I didn't want to go, my parents would probably force me to go anyway. If I went to school, I would put less effort into the work because there would be less competition to beat if the other kids didn't show. If it was easy to be the best, not many people would work hard to achieve higher goals and become smarter. I would most likely be one of the slacking people, because there would not be a big enough reason to overachieve.
A world where school is optional would be a disaster. Many adults wouldn't be correctly educated to fill job slots, since the majority of them probably didn't go to school when they were little or dropped out. Highly trained jobs like doctors, dentists, and etc. would be filled with fast food workers. Not many people would be educated so it would be highly unlikely to find people who fit the requirements for sophisticated jobs. Children would be crazy and parents would drag them around town to run errands, because they have nothing better to do. Teachers wouldn't be trained and might not even bother to show up to school due to the lack of kids.
I would go to school, because I think that it would be easier to get a job later if I was fully educated. If I didn't want to go, my parents would probably force me to go anyway. If I went to school, I would put less effort into the work because there would be less competition to beat if the other kids didn't show. If it was easy to be the best, not many people would work hard to achieve higher goals and become smarter. I would most likely be one of the slacking people, because there would not be a big enough reason to overachieve.
Monday, December 9, 2013
A Day in the Life
A Friday in the life of Amanda starts dark and early. Beep! Beep! Beep! Snooze. I lift off the covers and feel the cold air seeping through my skin, I turn over and stare at the clock. 4:45 am. I jump out of bed, brush my teeth and grab a t-shirt and some nikes. I slowly walk to the kitchen and fill my water bottle and grab a towel. I ask my mom what the weather is outside and if it is below 40, I grab some gloves and slip some leggings on. I sit waiting on our couch till two cars pull up our driveway around 5:15. I'm out the door to run with my mom's friends. We run about 5 miles around the neighborhood then grab our waters. We take a quick cool down by walking down the block, then I grab the newspaper and go back inside. It is around 6- 6:15. I throw the newspaper on the counter and turn on the griddle. I take two thin slices of bacon out of the refrigerator, pull of the noticeable fat and slice them into small tiny pieces. I grab a plastic measuring cup from the top cabinet and pour 1/3 cup of egg whites in the cup. I pour the cup on the griddle and sprinkle the bacon on top. After the omelet is done, I eat it at the table. I run to my room to take a shower, brush my teeth and get dressed before school. 7:15, Hurry up, Erin! I throw my school things in the trunk and climb into the passenger's seat of my sisters silver lexus. Then I go to school for about 8 hours and leave the hill around 3:30.
After school, my mom rushes me to my voice lesson, which is at 4. We never make it on time. After the 30 minute lesson a run to the car. I check google maps to see the best route to precision. I power change in the car into my cheer clothes and I'm dropped of at Precision around 4:55. The class starts at 5:00. We run 4 laps around the gym and warm- up. Then we stretch do two back- bends then take a quick water break. After the water break we start drills which usually include, handstands, back handsprings down the mat and etc. After we take another break and start running and standing tumbling, and then we have a 5 minute cool down. After Precision, my mom takes me home and I take another shower. Around 7 we have dinner and every other week my grandparents come over and eat with us. When they are gone, I lay out on the couch and watch all the shows I missed, like Modern Family, Glee, The Middle, Awkward, and more. Around 10 or 11 I turn off the TV and lights in the living room, brush my teeth and go to bed.
After school, my mom rushes me to my voice lesson, which is at 4. We never make it on time. After the 30 minute lesson a run to the car. I check google maps to see the best route to precision. I power change in the car into my cheer clothes and I'm dropped of at Precision around 4:55. The class starts at 5:00. We run 4 laps around the gym and warm- up. Then we stretch do two back- bends then take a quick water break. After the water break we start drills which usually include, handstands, back handsprings down the mat and etc. After we take another break and start running and standing tumbling, and then we have a 5 minute cool down. After Precision, my mom takes me home and I take another shower. Around 7 we have dinner and every other week my grandparents come over and eat with us. When they are gone, I lay out on the couch and watch all the shows I missed, like Modern Family, Glee, The Middle, Awkward, and more. Around 10 or 11 I turn off the TV and lights in the living room, brush my teeth and go to bed.
The Writing Center
Once I walked into the writing center the teacher told me to take a seat anywhere. I sat down and waited until my fellow had arrived. My writing fellow told me to read my paper out loud and make any changes I wanted to make. Reading out loud forced me to see some mistakes that I missed previously. While I was reading, my fellow took notes about what I could improve on my paper. Then we discussed my paper and I was left to edit my paper.
The writing center was a good experience that really helped improve my literacy analysis. I learned that I had a problem with connecting my quotations directly to the thesis. I ended up adding explanations on how the quotations related to my thesis, and it made my paper flow evenly. The writing center also helped improve my grammar errors by forcing me to read out loud. The writing center is a positive experience that helped enhance my paper. I would definitely go again and recommend it to my friends.
Reading Log
Allegiant By Veronica Roth: (pages 96-526)
12/03 - 120 min
12/05- 180 min
12/06 - 120 min
Lord of the Flies By William Golding: (pages 155-202)
12/04 - 120 min
Total - 540 min
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