Anecdote

     Everyone has that really funny story of your parent's sometime in you life. Either it's them messing up your name or in my case, trying to return trash to Target.

  It was a warm day in Wake Forest and my mom was in a rush to return some toys at our local Target. Now, everyone knows those mom's that have a trash bag in their car. Well, my mom is one of those mom's. Anyway,  she was searching for her bag with the toys in it and  found the first Target bag she could find. She quickly ran into Target and handed the lady her bag.

  Now for the funny part! The lady took her bag and started sifting through it. She looked very confused, but my mom thought nothing of it. The lady then looked at her puzzled and gave her the bag back. My mom was very perplexed! She did not get why she was getting the bag back. As she looked in the bag, she realized that she had given the lady her bag of trash!!!!! Mom apoligized and went back and got the RIGHT bag.

    The moral of this story is that even if you are in rush, slow down and make sure you have the right bag. Hopefully, my mother learned her lesson and will now always slow down can make sure she's returning her item instead of her trash!

Funny Comic Strips

THese are very humorous because they find simple everyday things and make them into a joke.

Funny Bumper Stickers

These are bumper stickers with very funny sayings on them. They can be humorous to drivers.

Monkey

This picture could be humorous because of the monkey's face and of the face I am making! 

Repartee

The Day in the Life of a Teenage Drama Queen

(Maddie(Teen) Gets in car from a long day at school)

Mom: Oh Hi honey! How was school?
Maddie: Fine!
Mom: Well, what did you do today?
Maddie: Nothing! (say's very quickly)
Mom: Well, Whats wrong?
Maddie: Wow mom your sooooo smart and you have great eyesight! (REPARTEE!)
Mom: Excuse me? I don't understand....
Maddie: Can't you see? My hair looks awful!
Mom: Oh! Well I think you look beautiful as always!
Maddie: MOM! Your always so negative, I mean why do you always look on the bad side of everything.
Mom: Ummm? I was actually very positive.
Maddie: I was joking mom. Haven't you ever heard of sarcasm?!?
Mom: Oh of course. Well I am not listening to your bad attitude anymore. This conversation is over.
Maddie: Whatever.

THE END

Stop Teen Pregnancy Now!

Please Visit my website and sign the petition to stop teen pregnancy!
http://stoptpnow.webs.com/

Wangari Maathai- Nobel Peace Prize

For this assignment I had to research the Nobel Peace Prize winner of 2010, Liu Xiaobo.


Name: Liu Xiaobo
Country: Changchun, Jilin
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for: Long and non- violent struggle for human rights
Work and specific contributions: Human Rights

Sources: www.Nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace
http://www.savetibet.org/action-center/action-alerts/take-action-support-liu-xiaobo
http://action.savetibet.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=2850
http://www.liuxiaobo.eu/


What issue(s) caused Liu to take action?:  The lack of Human rights in China.

Was the issue local or global? Explain: This issue is global but Liu mostly geared his intentions toward China.

How did the person take action?: Liu took action by making a voice for all Chinese people. Even though he did that, he was sentenced to 11 years in prison for trying to overthrow the government.

What media channels did he use to take action? How did he use each?: Lui used... Logos, and Ethos.
He used logos because he used statistics of how many people are in need of rights and used that to draw people in to supporting him. He used Ethos because he used real peoples stories about Human rights and used them to draw people in to support it.

How does this person inspire you?: Liu inspires me because he used his voice instead of him body to get human rights in China. This man is an inspiration to me and should be to many other kids in the world!! :)

This is Liu Xiaobo                          http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Liu_Xiaobo-300.jpg/200px-Liu_Xiaobo-300.jpg

Bullying Survey Conclusion

     Recently I have done a bullying survey.  I asked 5 simple questions; 1. I have been a victim of bullying at some time during this year. 2. I have bullied someone this school year. 3. I have witnessed someone else being bullied this year. 4.  What do witnesses or bystanders usually do when they see someone being bullied? 5. Bullying is a problem in our school.
   My survey results were as followed: (out of 90)

   1. Agree: 25
      Disagree: 64

  2. Agree: 12
     Disagree: 78

3. Agree: 43
   Disagree: 47

4. Most people said Nothing.

5. Agree: 48
    Disagree: 42

  These results were astonishing to me! Martin Luther King Jr. once said, " Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." This relates to my survey because for question number 4 almost everyone said nothing. People are choosing to be silent and to forget about it. If people choose to do this then bullying will keep doing it and many lives will be lost. I hope that after reading these astonishing results they will realize the importance of telling people to stop bullying and to make a difference!

One.org

Please sign this petition. It is for starving children in Africa. Please help and try to make a difference.

http://one.org/us/actnow/fword_splash.html?source=hungry_no_more_ussplash

Bullying survey

Please take the time to take my survey. It will only take a few seconds. It is about bullying.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/TD6F538

Why study the Holocaust?

     Many children, and some adults, don't understand the importance of learning about the Holocaust. I think it is very important to study it!
    "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." says George Santayana, philosopher and critic. This quote means that if you are choosing to not to learn or to not remember the past, especially the Holocaust, then you are going to repeat it. It is important to learn about the Holocaust because, according to this quote, it will happen again if we stop learning about it.
      This has happened in other countries. For example, in Congo they are having there own holocaust. It has been going on for more than 6 years! They are forcing little boys to fight in wars (AVG: 8-10 years old). Many of them and there families have died in this war. 4 million people have died in the last 6 years and it is still going on. This sad event is almost unknown to some teens.
     On the news now they are talking about the Micheal Jackson murder trial. I think that this event happening in Congo is WAY more important than that. I think that if this was on the news more often, teens and young adults would know more about it. They are the future in our world and we need to take advantage of that. If we know whats going on then we can help out in Congo and possibly change the world.
    I encourage you readers to ponder this all this week and think about ways you can help the world and why we should remember the Holocaust. Remember, 1 million starts with 1!

http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/00331/66935a.jpg

Kids in concentration camps

http://thejournal.eu/site/wp-content/plugins/rss-poster/cache/f762a_AP_CongoChildSoldier_28apr11.jpg    
              Little boy in Congo fighting in a war!