Poem response 3

Love by Justin Bandy 

Love is a flower 
it starts with the seed 
it grows stronger only if well nurished 
it must be fed with laughter 
and watered with tears 
winds come as they may 
can the flower stand its ground? 
\If the flower blows away in the wind 
its seeds still spread 
love is a flower in all its beauty.

I like the feel to this poem because it shows that love can't stand alone it hast to be worked on in order to grow and how it is like a flower and a flower needs a seed it is a metaphor because the seed and the flower can be people for example. 

Poetry response 2

Social Media

by Amaiso Nensy 

facebook is mother 
friendster is the ancestor 
other is twitter 

I like how Amaiso went with this haiku 

she is showing how poetry can be written 

about anything and turn it into something 

clever and good.

 

gamsterlishious

Oh ya oh ya

my name is Gem

and I can't rhyme because

I don't have the time

oh ya oh ya

I got rhymes that make money

and mad rhymes that don't stop

i'm the king of online

and dominate black ops

Oh ya oh ya

I'm like a dime  

but i can't say any more because I have run outta time

oh ya oh ya

Limericks

There was a man named joe

who stubbed his toe

he fell down in pain

in the middle of the game

yet he hopped around like a toad

There was a cat named cat

who got hit by a bat

and fell down and turned into a rat

then he stepped on a tack

then fell on a mat

There is a planet called Earth

one day it gave birth

to humans that start war

killing each other like bores

why did Earth give birth

I have seen....

I have seen large amounts of money coming poor people’s way

I have seen people lose large amounts of money in a gamble

I have seen stalk market crash and people going hungry

I have seen food given to poor countries

I have seen children kill each other in an Easter egg hunt

I have seen children work harder than the bee

I have seen people turning into vampires because of Hot Topic

Haiku hard work

 The bee works all day

To bring honey for their queen

Never takes a break

Children far away

Slave way harder than a bee

Barely getting paid

With two cents a day

Gas station jobs up ahead  

America ya  

Haiku on summer

Everything dries up

Season for swimming begins

Just lasts for four months 

Abstract stuff

Dreams are kitty cat grey jump suit parties on Jason day

Happiness is jiggle Jell-O orange biking in the clouds

Fear is hell red monster trucks flaming

Joy is bright yellow walking on sunshine fun day

Loneliness is bright white home alone

Success is baby blue money coming my way

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/20448

The poem I read was called Eating Poetry by Mark Strand.  I found it under poems for teen.  And this is the only one that stands out to me.  

I think this poem is from a dogs perspective because he is not acting as a human at all.  He starts by saying that there is ink running from my mouth and then he said he is super happy because he has been eating poetry.  At first  I thought he was trying to find a way to explain his love for poetry but when it get deeper, deeper, and deeper into he actually being a dog.   

V.s. Poem on humanity

Spain vs. England

                                    Hitler vs. Stalin

                                                                  Man vs. Woman

                                                                                                                            Malcolm X vs. Martin Luther King

                                                                   Black vs. White

                                     China vs. Tibet  

Disco vs. Punk Rock

                                                                 VHS vs. DVD

                                  Orson Scott Card vs. San Francisco

                          Bush vs. 9/11

                                                 Man vs. Wild

                                                                  Crips vs. Bloods

                                                                                        All boy bands vs. Guys

                                                                                                                        Connor vs. Conrad

                                                                                                                                             Gemini vs. Banana chips

School Poem

Mom wakes me up

have little breakfast

drive to school

wait five minutes

Language Arts begins

Lasts for hour and a half

ten minute break

Math for hour and a half

lunch break begins lasts an hour

Study Hall is upon us

but ends shortly

PE or History depends on the day

takes about an hour

then Physics of or Computers still depending on the day

then return to my sanctuary from whence I came

dinner

sleep

it starts all over until Saturday the best day of the week

the most unpredictable day of the week

After reading Ender's Game I had a lot of thought about my anticipation guide.  Now that I have a more open mind about this book I can answer them way better than I did before I read this book.  

Lying is ok if it is for the greater good.  I still strongly agree with this even after I read Ender's Game. The thing is that if Graff and Mazer didn't lie about the simulations than Ender well be more worried about losing his men on the ships and he might of lost the battle.  So that is my answer to that.

Sometimes violence is the only way to solve the problem.  My answer is yes and no.  I don't see how the humans go to the buggers planet and attack when they can be building up their defenses.  But the buggers are still a threat because they outnumber the humans.  Plus they have better communication technology.  They use telepathy so it is impossible to hack into their communication. But humanity has a chance if they sneak attack the buggers with their guard down.

I still think it is ok to kill in self defence.  The reason it if a person attacks you and you hurt them they go to jail.  But when they get out of jail they would be pissed and come after you when your guard is down.  Like when Ender fought Stilson in chapter one.  The reason when Ender beat Stilson and he was on the ground he kicked him a few more times so he couldn't hurt Ender again.  

In Enders game words do nothing to avoid the fight between Ender and Bonzo on chapter twelve.  It didn't work with Stilson too. But I think that words are useful to avoid complication.  If someone wanted to beat me up I have used words to get out out it.  

I do believe bullies hurt others because they have low self of steam after I read Ender's game.  On chapter twelve Ender beat Bonzo at the war game but Ender had no time to get ready and at the End of the war game you have to meet with your enemy army commander and shake hands.  But Ender was so mad that he left not even talking to Bonzo.  Well Bonzo was really mad because he knew that Ender is better than him and now he had a low self of steam.  So he gets other people to verbally bully Ender and then Bonzo attempts to kill Ender.

Only the best and brightest students should receive the best education to become a nation's leaders.  Yes I still agree with that because Ender was the best but I wouldn't say the brightest student in battle school.  But because of his training he made the best army.  Plus Bean was bright and the best and that is why Ender trusts him the most.

Revenge is never justified.  On chapter fourteen the human got their revenge on the buggers and I  think that it was never justified because what if the buggers were good and back then the had a bad dictator?  Then the buggers would have no choice then attack the humans.  So after a long time would you think that they changed their hearts.  

Crying is evidence of weakness.  I thought crying is evidence of weakness but after I read Ender's Game I have changed my mind.  On chapter fourteen after Ender beat up bonzo he was sad because he didn't want to hurt Bonzo and he cried.  But you can see for yourself that Ender is no weak at all infact he is the best army leader in the battle school.

Any action is acceptable in war.  I still don't think that any action is acceptable in war.  I haven't read anything about this in Enders game.  But I don't believe that in reality.  Like when america dropped a nuclear bomb in japan and its only victims were civilians and that could've been avoided.

Teenagers need discipline and rules because they can't control themselves.  Some do but not all of them.  On chapter fourteen Bonzo could have have some discipline and rules when he just tried to kill Ender.  

Only through personal sacrifice can someone create positive change.  Well the army people had to sacrifice Enders childhood to create a positive change(chapter one).  If it wasn't for Ender the buggers would still be alive and might attack again.

 Generating compassion for your enemies is the only way to create peace.  Yes I can see how it can create pease. If you can walk in your enemys shoes you can see from your enemies point of view and then you and your enemy can understand each other.  Then that will create peace.

Chapter 9 – Locke and Demosthenes
1. There is a real battle, internally and unspoken, between Peter and Valentine. Who is manipulating whom?  Who really has the power?  Peter has the power because he had it planned out from the beginning.
2.  Look up the names Locke and Demosthenes, how do these philosophers relate to the personas of Peter and Valentine?  Locke was an English philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers.  And Demosthenes was a prominent Greek statesman and orator of ancient Athens.
3. Why is Ender still angry?  Because he is turning out like Peter.

Chapter 10 – Dragon
1. What kind of leader was Ender?  Why was he this kind of leader?  Ender was a leader that was  tough and strong and used discipline and strategy to make his army the best of them all.
2. What did Ender do to Bean, and why?
3. What does the word Salaam mean?  What could this tell you about the power of religious identity?  Salaam means peace.  Well I guess that saying salaam is making the best of things.
4. What is important about the end of this chapter?  Was Ender’s reaction a mistake by the Battle School teachers, or was it the reaction they wanted?

Chapter 11 – Veni Vidi Vici
1. How does the computer know Ender so well?  Does it really?  THe computer remembers enders old moves and uses it against him.
2. Explain this quote: “Yes. That’s the worst that could happen. I can’t lose any games. Because if I lose any--” (page 198)  Then the world is at stake if ender can't defeat the buggers.
3. Why are the teachers pushing Ender so hard?  To see how far Ender can go.
4. Discuss the importance of the last two sentences of the chapter......?
5. “Veni vidi vici” means, “I came; I saw; I conquered.”  Why is this an appropriate chapter title?  We came we saw we conquered.

CEJ #5

14-foot shark kills man in rare attack off New Zealand beach

Fox News.com  

Off the coast of New Zealand hundreds of tourists witnessed a horrible shark attack.  What happened was the victim Adam Strange, a 46-year-old father of one, had been swimming more than 600 feet from shore.  This attack was one out of twelve shark attacks in the past 180 years.  

What happened was the shark mistaken the swimmer as a seal and charged toward the victim starting a feeding frenzy staining  the sparkling water into crimson.  The blood brought fore more sharks to the scene making it harder to rescue the 46-year old victim.  According to witnesses other sharks joined the attack making it more horrific than ever.

Then police firing shots from a lifeboat and a helicopter chased them off and recovered the dead man's body.  After that witnesses said that the other sharks started circling the victim take bites.  The shark was a great white and was about 14 feet long.  

Wow I thought the Jaws movie was funny. This makes me feel bad.  I can't believe that sharks will be so brutal.  After I read this article I not going into the ocean.  

Chapter 12 – Bonzo
1. How did Ender provoke Bonzo?  How did Bonzo respond?  Ender beat Bonzo is a training but the game wasn't fair for Ender because Graff gave Ender no time to prepare.  So Ender stormed off and Bonzo got more mad because he knew that Ender was better than him.  Then when Ender was in the shower Bonzo Came in and took off his clothes to make it fair and attempted to kill Ender.  But Ender just beats up Bonzo.
2. Who was Stilson? Why was Ender thinking of him?  Stilson was a boy that would bully Ender back on earth when he was a kid.  And he thought about him because he beat him up right before he left to battle school and he recently just beat up Ender.
3. Why does Ender still expect help from the teachers?  Because he knows that he is their only hope.
4. Did you know Stilson and Bonzo were dead? Find the specific clues in this chapter about the deaths.  I know that they're dead because freking Garrett told me.
5. Was Ender justified? Why did they not tell him of the deaths?  These  deaths were actions of self defense.  

Chapter 13 – Valentine
1. “Perhaps it is impossible to wear an identity without becoming what you pretend to be.” Explain what this quote means. State an example of this idea.
2. Is it a natural, “good” instinct for humans to be killers? (survival of the fittest)  I have no idea.
3. Discuss the conversation between Ender and Valentine on the raft. What does Ender reveal about himself and his enemies?  They were talking about if he should go to commander school.
4. Discuss Valentine’s conflicting thoughts about her brothers. How have Peter and Ender’s roles shifted? How does Valentine feel about each?  She means that ENder is turing in what Peter used to be.  Valentine is sad about this change.
5. Discuss Graff’s statements about why the war with the Buggers was inevitable.  The Buggers can communicate with their mind and there are more buggers than human soldiers.  

Chapter 14 – Ender’s Teacher
1. What disturbs Ender about Eros? How does Ender figure out the truth about Eros?  ENder didn't feel right about Eros because it used to belong to the buggers.
2. Describe how Mazer is going to be the only teacher Ender has ever had?  Because Mazer has more experience than any one.
3. Why had Mazer been dishonest with Ender? Do you think Ender could have
handled the truth?  No.  It would have be easier because if Ender knew he wouldn't have risked the life of any of the ship leaders that he trained and was close to.
4. Have they pushed the children too far? Was it worth it?  It was if they hadent the buggers would still be alive.
5. Is genocide, or in the case of Ender's Game where an entire alien race is
annihilated, xenocide, ever justified? Was the xenocide of the Buggers inevitable? Why?  Buggers attack earth once humanity kills until there is no more to kill.

Ode to TV

Oh TV om TV

what would I do with out

you

when I turn

you on I feel

the static coming

from your screen

when I turn you off it’s like

you die and when I turn

you on I feel like

Frankenstein

oh TV om TV

what would I do without

you

Orson Scott Card Response

                                                     

I think that it is weird that Orson Scott is a gay hater and yet he has a lot of boy to boy contact in his book Enders Game.  I know someone who says that gay people belong to Satien.  And i really don't like that person for many other reasons.  So I can see how some people might hate Card for being a gay hater.  But why did he write Enders Game why it is going against his beliefs?  Is it for money?  Or to make more people like him?  I don’t know!  All that I know is what Mr. Vack tell me and the Class.  

But Just because Orson Scott Card is a gay hater doesn't mean we can't enjoy his work.  He will die soon like in the next ten years so Mr. vack can buy all the books he wants about Card.  And all the money will go to Orsons non gay children. 

  The movie Enders Game shouldn't be boycotted  because it has nothing against gays or gay marriage.  Plus the movie might be pirated so a new movie will make Card lose money than gain money.  And I know that because popular movies always get pirated  and the warning for piracy right before the move starts is ignored.   

Drone

Drones Can find people and save them if they're in danger.  They Can also find people and kill them and they wouldn't even know that it would hit them.  But when it comes to drones there are a bunch of what ifs.  

What if Obama was on a airplane and a  drone was guarding it.  If the drone malfunctioned and thought that the plain that obama was in was a target?  I'm not educated enough to judge drones and that is something I need to look into.

Gemini Carman

2/6/2013

My Addiction To Video Games

One of game i'm currently addicted to is called Borderlands 2. If there are genres for video games Borderlands 2 would be SiFi.  It takes place on a planet called Pandora and the point of the game is to shoot and loot plus kill Handsome Jack.  
Handsome Jack came to Pandora in search of a element that I forgot the the name of.  The one of the only people on Pandora are bandits that try to kill and rob you.  And threaten to eat your babies.  
The goal of the game is to find volts I already found one in a bandit camp.  My favorite thing about Borderlands 2 is the graphics.  It is like playing in a comic because everything has a black line around it.
Other than that I don't play much video games any more.  I've just been playing music and hanging out in town plus getting school work done. I feel that I can be doing better things than playing video games.

CEJ # 2

Gemini Carman                                        

Bus Passenger Describes Terror Before Crash

    In Tijuana, Mexico a bus full of tired tourists rolled slowly down a mountain road after a day playing in the show at a ski resort.  Playing in the snow sounds fun.  The ski resort is called Big Bear.  That is not a clever name for a ski resort.
    When the bus picked up speed the driver yelled someone call 911.
If I were there I would jump out the window and avoid the crash.  The breaks on the bus went out.  While people try to get cell phone signals others screaming.  
    A Ford Pickup truck was heading up the road when the bus was coming down.  The bus flipped on its side plowing into the Ford Pickup truck.  THe bus was tossing passengers out shattered windows.  Then the bus came to a sudden stop.  
    Seven people were killed and about three dozen were injured.  The bus crash was happened eighty miles east of Los Angeles.  On monday investigators searched for evidence and scrutinized the bus company’s safe history.  
    Wow that is crazy town.  This story reminds me when i was on a bus that broke down.  It was scary because it was in the middle of nowhere on the Oregon trail.