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.
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I want you to know that Booker T Washington was a great leader and role model. Also that he was mixed with black and white. We benefit today is more and more kids are wanting an education and are making something out of their lives and not letting anything get in there way. The main thing that impressed me was that even though he was a slave he didn’t let anything get in his way of learning and getting education even in the time of war nothing could stop this man from wanting to make something of his life.
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The thing that has most inspired me about this man is that he was living in one of the most horrible conditions but yet still wanted an education. I would love to be like this man and have a great education and make a school for kids to go and have kids look up to me as a great legacy for education. Also accomplish how many things he has like writing biographies and autobiographies.

Monday, January 7, 2008

Should Huckleberry Finn Be Taught In CHS

I think Huck Finn should be taught in CHS. Due to what I read it has a lot of things about history in it, like how meanly blacks were treated and how the government was not as advanced as it is today. One example of the government being ignorant is when Huck Finn killed a pig to fake his own death. If government was advanced as it is today they would have figured out it was animal blood and not human right away. On the other hand I feel we shouldn’t read it because I think it is inappropriate for them to be saying the n word as much as they do. Besides all the negativity the book is really good and educating about our history and how things were then and how they are now. It also makes me and others see how far we have come from them and how close blacks and whites are today.