Wednesday, January 16, 2008

My final grade


The grade I think I should get is 100. I think I should get this grade for two reasons. The first reason is because I always do what I am told. Also I work my butt off to finish all my work and do it right.

I also just want to add that I hope I get a 100 because I did last report card. If I get any other grade I’ll be going down which I already have in every class, I really don’t want that since I am trying so hard and getting done everything ahead of time.

I can prove that I deserve that grade because I am always done my work and working on the next thing. Even if people ask me what to do I’ll help them if I can. Also I deserve a good grade because I think that I got all + for behavior, and I only talk when talked to or necessary. These are all the reasons I should get a really good grade.

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Booker Taliaferro Washington
(1856-1915)









By: Korin Lassiter
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Booker t Washington was born in 185 on a tobacco farm in Franklin County, he died Nov 14 1915. His mother was a house slave, and his father was a white man who may have been his master. His name was James Burroughs. His mom later married Washington Fergunson during war, in Malden West Virginia a education he taught himself and spent his evenings studying with a teacher from a local black schools. He attended school in Hampton Institute, established by the Virginia legislature for the education of blacks. He graduated in 1875 and returned to West Virginia briefly as a schoolteacher. He then became head administrator from Hampton Institute General Armstrong, invited him to create a new school for blacks in Tuskegee Mississippi. This is were he started to become known.
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Booker t Washington was non political. He took what he did very serious. Through out his life he was sharply criticized. He was a very smart man and the blacks loved him. Washington was an author of 20 books, including 2 autobiographies, a biography of Fredrick Douglas and umber of education text. He was very nice and was always trying to help the young black kids get an education. Washington was an influential voice among late 19th – and early 20th African American culture leader. He might not of known what he wanted to be when he was younger but indeed came a long way from being unknown and a slave.
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Booker T. Washington made a big contribution to blacks not only given them an education but by making another school for blacks and speaking up for them. His work made many young want an education and be like him. The effect he made was a pretty big one a lot of Africans wanted an education. His legacy a an educator continues to inform the mission of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, which in 1985 was granted university status and remains committed to the improvement of blacks life. It’s now known as Tuskegee University.
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Booker T. Washington made a big contribution to blacks not only given them an education but by making another school for blacks and speaking up for them. His work made many young want an education and be like him. The effect he made was a pretty big one a lot of Africans wanted an education. His legacy a an educator continues to inform the mission of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, which in 1985 was granted university status and remains committed to the improvement of blacks life. It’s now known as Tuskegee University.