Assignment #17 Lone Ranger and Tonto



"He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass." ~George Herbert

The movie Smoke Signals is based on the book The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie. In this movie there are many lesson and teachings that come up. One that spoke to me was how Thomas teaches Victor to understand that his dad didn't mean to leave him.

Throughout the movie Thomas keeps asking Victor about his dad. He also keeps telling stories of the good times the had with Victors dad. Thomas tells the sory of when he went to Denny's with Victors dad, and how he was this really nice and good guy. When Victor hear these stories he gets mad at Thomas because he doesn't think that Thomas relly knew his dad.

As they go through the trip Victor realizes that Thomas is right and that his dad didn't mean to leave him. His dad didn't leave because of Victor. His dad was planning to eventually come back to Victor.

I really liked this teacing because it shows you a lot of different things. It shows you that before you blame yourself for something you have to really looked at the situation. You might be blaming yourself for a problem that really isn't anyones fault. When the boys get back home after the trip Thomas asks Victor one last time why his dad left, Victor replies "He didn't mean to."

Assignment #15 Multiple Intelligences Essay

Way up in the mountains, at the very top is where little Jesse lives. He has all of the nicest things,  but he always wants more and more. His parents always give him everything (and I mean everything!) he wants and they do anything and everything for him. He is 12 years old and he loves playing in the woods. His parents tell him not to go too far, today he decided to go a little farther than usual. He took a path that he had never seen before.

This path lead him to a little village on the other side of the mountain. He had never passed the boundaries of his village, so he was completely lost. He was turning in circles trying to find the way home. When it started to get dark his parents noticed he hadn't come home yet. They went looking all over for him, they didn't think to go deep into the woods because they figured that Jesse usually follows the rules.

While Jesse was on the other side of the mountain he didn't have any of his nice new things, but he did see that others kids weren't as lucky as him and they didn't have all of the latest toys. Finally Jesse found his way home he was so happy to be home. He decided to give his toys that he didn't play with to the kids on the other side of the mountain. This taught Jesse to be thankful of what he had and to always follow the rules.

Assignment #16 The Journey

Every morning I wake up in my big bed. My room has wood floors and it has a fire place on the other side of the room. Once I get out of bed I walk down the stairs to the living room. I pass the living room couches and I walk into my big kitchen. In the kitchen I have my stove in the middle of the kitchen, I have my pots and pans hanging from a shelf over the stove. My sink and the counters are against the wall, over my sink there is a big window overlooking the front porch and the front yard. My living room has big couches. On the far wall of the room I have a big fireplace, above the fireplace you can see the television. As you leave the living room you walk through the coat room, and you see the front door. 

As I walk out the front door I walk onto a big porch with chairs, this porch goes all the way around the house. I continue walking out onto the porch and dow the stairs, when I get to the bottom of the stairs I walk into a big meadow. This meadow is full of soft green grass. There are a few big trees growing in different places very far from each other. As you are walking through the meadow you can hear birds chirping as they fly over your head. You can see sunflowers growing all around you. In the meadow you can smell sunflowers and fresh air. As you pass the sunflowers you come to the base of a large mountain.

I start to climb the mountain. As I am climbing the mountain I can see many pine trees. While I am climbing I see squirrels and chipmunks running through the trees. You can hear their little feet on the trees and you can also hear the acorns falling from the trees. While I am climbing I hear all the leaves on the branches moving in the wind. I hear the crackle of rocks under my shoes. The leaves in the trees are dark green and the trunk of the tree is dark brown. 

Assignment #14 Uniforms

Uniforms in High School?

Some schools do have uniforms, but most public schools don’t. Most of the schools that do have uniforms are mostly all private schools. There are some reasons that uniforms are a good idea in schools for example uniforms are better because kids don’t have to “compete” against each other’s clothing, another reason is that it is easier for families to buy school uniforms for kids, there are many other reasons that uniforms are good but there are also reasons uniforms are not such a good idea in higher level grade school.

Uniforms are a good idea in schools for a few reasons. One being that it would make the school look neater. If everyone is wearing the same thing the school might look more “together”. Uniforms are also good because it saves money for the families to only have to buy certain clothes. When you have to wear uniforms you only need one type of pants and mostly one type of shirt. This also will help kids from getting bullied. There are many reasons why children get bullied but one could be because of their clothing. If one kid doesn’t have as nice of clothes as another person that kid might get picked on.

Although many parents and administration would rather have uniforms in their schools, what do the students think of this? The majority of students would rather not be required to wear uniforms, but there also is the smaller group of students who might enjoy wearing uniforms. Students in high school want to be able to express themselves. Teens are always told to be themselves and to be different, but if they are told this they should be allowed to wear the clothing that they like. They should not be told to do something that they are not allowed to do.

I think that schools with younger kids (k-8) should wear uniforms, but I think that high school students should not have to. I think this because younger kids don’t really care about what they have to wear; they are just all about having fun. Teens on the other hand are in a different stage in life. Teen years are all about individuality, and discovering what you like and don’t like. Teens should be able to do this wearing what they choose to school, to a certain extent.

Uniforms are both good and bad. They serve some very good purposes, but there are also some negative points about uniforms. Students in high school should be allowed to express themselves through their clothing. I think this is a good learning experience. Plus if children wear uniforms to school through elementary and middle school, not having to wear them in high school is somewhat like a reward, or something for students to work toward.

"An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest." ~Author unknown, (commonly attributed to Benjamin Franklin)

Assignment #13 Halloween Haiku

Kids go down the street, Trick-or-Treat for Halloween We get sweet candy!

Scary masks we see, pumpkins sit as we go by, What's real? What's not?

Get lots of candy, be safe and have lots of fun, Happy Halloween! (:

Assignment #12 The Black Cat



In Edgar Allen Poe's short story The Black Cat he uses a lot of symbolism. For example a few pieces of symbolism are the first black cat, the second black cat, and the white spot on the cat, and not to mention so many others.

The first black cat in the story is very important. It symbolizes the main character and the way he really is. At first he is very caring and friendly. He cares vey much about others around him. The first black cat also symbolizes the character and the way he is changing and what his consequences are at the end of the story.

The second cat could symbolize the way that the character feels afte the changes (caused by alcohol) affect him. One feeling is that the character feels guilty because of what he has done. He became and alcoholic and he became moodier which led him to acting different. He became very irritable, which led to him killing the first cat. The second cat had a white spot on him which the first cat did not have, this is another piece of symbolism from the story.

The white spot symbolizes the growing character and how he is changing. He becomes an alcoholic which changes a lot of his personality traits. He becomes very irritable, this causes him to take on some of the actions he did. He also becomes very moody.