journal entry #9

#7
drinking and driving leads to death
drinking and driving leads to death because it impairs your judgment
when you drink and drive you risk your life

#4
men are obsessed with women
men are obsesses with women because of their beauty
when me see the beauty of women around them they are unaware of there surroundings

#1
when you turn 18 you can buy a gun but you cant drink a beer
when you turn 18 you can buy a gun but can not drink a beer because that is the law
i believe it is ridiculous how it is possible to buy a deadly weapon but not allowed to buy an alcoholic beverage

Questions pg. 371 and pg.385

pg. 371
1. Yes i believe that the technique gave me a very good idea of what the article is on, because the first paragraph introduced the article to me and the ending paragraph finished the main idea. The middle just summarized the details for me and put the picture all together.

2. It is important to know that Light man is a scientist because he has knowledge on this subject, If he was an any other job it would be based on opinion of that one person and would not have as many facts. The fact that he is a scientist is very important to the subject matter.

3. Light man is using a light tone. In the last paragraph he uses phrases to show that what he is saying is true and not forcing you to believe it but also to show a different perspective.

pg. 385
1. The fact that Gould used evolutionary fact to back up the belief in evolution. He states that the apple fell from the tree and explains it how newton did. Looking at the world gives us facts that we use now that can further us in science.

2. Some inferences that Gould uses is newton looking at an apple. Looking at this apple he thought of gravitation. With the thought of gravitation he defines it and comes up with he the laws of gravity.

3. When he starts the story i was lost and did not have a clue of what he was talking about. Only as i read on did i start to understand what he meant.

in the news

I think its rediculouse to allow kids that young to vote. They are way to young to even be worrieng about that. There is nop point of the "mock elections".
Most of the children between 8-13 dont even have a clue of wha they are talking about when it comes to politics. They base there ideas from there parents or even the television. If there parents tell them one thing and are always talking about a certain candidate then thats what they will follow as well. Just as if a child that watches television all day, sees nothing but messages of a candidate then they will want to follow that candidate.

entry #7

Orwell states that bad influences have caused the decline of the English language, including economic and political causes.
Since Orwell wrote this essay i believe the English language is in worst condition. In the past 60 years it has declined. One prime example of the misuse of the language is music, the music that is played on telivision and radio can sometimes change the pronunciation of word or the spelling.
What Orwell wrote to describe how to improve language is old and written a long time ago. It is hard to understand and would be better if it was rewritten as new. Maybe thats what Orwell meant, how if our understanding of the english language was still good this essay would be better understandable.

Where did we come from?

This is one of the most debatable questions ever. Forget about all other myths or beliefs because they do not compare to this one. If you ask this question to different people you will get a variety of answers. Most people have a religion that they believe in, while others believe in other things. Some even believe that evolution played the role in our creation. So where did we come from? Whatever the answer may be, most people have their belief and they stick by that belief no matter what. Those who follow a certain religion refuse to incorporate any other ideas into their belief.

It is extremely hard to name all religions that are out in the world today. Some have dated back centuries and others are new to us. But if there are so many different beliefs which one is right? This question is impossible to answer because if a person is asked this, they will always answer that their religion is the right one. Indeed there are many religions but some have similar views and beliefs. For example Christians, Catholics, Mormons, Muslims and Jews all believe in God. But Christians and Catholics believe that Jesus Christ was the greatest of all god prophets. However Christianity is different from Catholicism because they do not follow the bible the same as Catholics. Then you have the Mormons who follow the bible to the point. Muslims on the other hand believe Muhammad was the greatest prophet and Jews believe Moses was the greatest. There we have five different religions, yet they are somewhat similar. So if they are similar in some way why do people refuse to accept each other’s beliefs and that we all came from god?

Some people have come to believe that we have evolved over the years and that there is no god. The people that believe this theory are called evolutionist. For years they have done research and studies trying to prove that we have evolved from primates. They follow the belief that as the world evolved so did the creatures in it. Evolutionist research has shown that our DNA is almost identical to that of primates, as well as our features. They have even found fossils and well preserved remains of primates which has given evolutionist more evidence to there belief. The remains show that primates evolved and changed to adapt in the environment. So does this mean that we are are just well evolved primates?

Our beliefs have even played a role on society for centuries. Humans have been going to war with each other because of religion for as long as we can remember. From roman times, to the crusades, to the beginning of America. It seems as every time there is a dispute between beliefs there has to be a war to resolve it. The group that usually wins the war tends to dominate in society with there belief. Why cant each side just except the fact that thats what they believe? People are never going to believe in the same thing all the time, so there is no need to have people dying for an unintentional cause.

So where did we come from? Are we made in gods image, or evolved from primates? Who was the greater prophet, Jesus, Moses, or Mohamed? The evidence is to inconclusive to know the exact truth. As soon as one belief says they are the right one, another says that they are as well. We will never know which religion is true, or even if evolution is really where we came from. People will just have to believe in what they want to, and try to understand that others believe in different things.

in the news - trooper

Did the trooper hit the suspect on purpose? It is hard to know without looking at the evidence. But that is why they are reviewing everything in court. I cant say whether or not he did because then i would be stating something that could not be true and taking sides just because of color. It is true however that police get away with a lot of excessive force, i guess its because they are the police. I dont believe either side has an advantage in the trial because a lot of officers have been fired when found guilty of excessive force, but thats all up to the evidence. I believe there are few trials ever heard about when it comes to police authority because most of the time they have to take the course of action they are tried for. They put there lives on the line to help protect us, and are accused so much on brutality and excessive force that the courts dont even bother to take it to trial.

journal entry #6

the discussion is about the belief that humans evolved from apes. I interviewed Christian Vega and found out hid opinion on the subject. He is labeled as C and i am labeled as J.
J-Do you believe humans evolved from apes?
C-No i do not believe this to be true.
J-Where do u believe Humans came from?
C-God
J-Why is this the belief you follow?
C-I grew up believing this.
J-So do you think if you were not brought up like this your belief would be different?
C-No, because all other beliefs are not reasonable to me.
J-Explain.
C-I read the bible and that is what i believe.
J-So how do you feel about all the evolutionist?
C-I believe they are wrong in what they believe and they should read a bible.
J-Have u seen the fossils archaeologists have found underground of ancient apes?
C-Yes
J-What do you think of that?
C-That doesn't prove that humans have evolved from apes it just proves that the fossils were apes
J-How do you feel about the scientific test that proves there genes are closest to ours?
C-that does not prove anything either, a lot of animals have similar genes to ours.
J-thank you for your time
C-Thank you

Questions pg. 233

1. Sanders describes how he built the wall very vividly, in detail he explains step by step. Each step is clearly defined by him. Sanders feels he must describe things so clearly because, he says that there is a difference between tools and machines. Machines just make up for the skills of the person making it.
2. He uses tools as objects in different periods of time, and as he grows up threw life.
3. "dawn stones" are the earliest hammers made by our ancestors. They represent to Sanders a great leap in time from where we started but the design is still the same.