MY THOUGHTS OF THIS MARKING PERIOD

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 I felt as though this marking period was great! In particular I loved the Emitt Till video, which related to TKAM. I also liked the themes that were assigned top us for an example the theme about Atticus. By doing the theme about Atticus gave me more useful information that I will need for test. But, the only thing that was hassle was the due dates. I felt like I could have did a better on blogs and papers if I had a little more time to complete them. The blogs that we get is fun from the standpoint of people commenting and contrasting off one another’s blogs.  The things I thought I did well this quarter were time management. Time management for this quarter was big because of almost everyday I came in this class something was due. What I could have done better for this quarter was reading. I didn’t read as much as I wanted to at some points because I felt the book took a long time to get interesting. Next quarter I will try to read more and comprehend the text. I think if I did that it would improve my test grades for the period. Also next quarter I hope to do better with my grade. For the second marking period I hope to get and A or B.  I also wish we could have watched more videos about the apartheid during that time. The only reason I say that because I am a better visual learner.

SONG RELATING TO BOOK

The seen I wanted to use in the book To Kill A Mocking is when characers started rumors about "Boo" Radley. There was constant rumors about him stabbing his father in the leg. Plus other negitive and nasty comments about him being in and out of jail. As a Result of these lies that are spread about "Boo" Radley, it has brought me to the conclusion of chosing a song called Rumors by Waka Flocka Flame. Waka Flocka is one of my favorite artists, the reason I like him is because of his energy through out his songs and he raps with his emotions. The reason I picked the song Rumors by Waka is because in that song he relates to "Boo" Radley in the stand point of someone constantly bagering his name, just like the characters do to "Boo". In the song Rumors he basicly tells the listener about someone talking about him, but his response and swagger is like you dont know me. That meaning of the song hit me because i agree the only person who can judge you is the man up stairs.

EMMET TILL

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The Emmet Till story was a sad story about racism once again. Emmet Till was 14 from Chicago was in a store in Mississippi were he saw a beautiful white girl. At that time for a mixed couple was rare and also frowned upon. Once the 14-year-old Emmet Till saw the beautiful white women he whistled at her. So the women told her husband and the husband got is brother to search and kill Emmet. Once they found Emmet the decapitated, destructed, and terminated him. He died a painful death. He was shot twice in the head, put threw a cotton gin and was dragged to the river in which he was found. One person was a witness to this, which was his “uncle mosses”. He was willing to testify against the white men. But it wouldn’t matter because the white men were proven not guilty. This relate to Tom Robinson’s case in To Kill A Mocking Bird. The Emmet Till and Tom Robison because in both, most people judged the victims unfair. In both cases they were judged by there skin color. In To Kill A Mocking Bird Tom was also fell victim to racsim he was accused of having relations with a white girl just like Emmet. The only differents was that in the book Tom is accused with rape. Another key event that was unfairly tried was the Rosa Parks case. This case was simular to Tom's and  Emmet's case because the odds were stacked up against the "black man". In the video about Emmet, Emmet's mother said when she lost "I didn't expect to win". That hit me beacuse if it was reversed, meaning to black men terminatng a 14 year old white boy, its a wrap lol. They got wheels for life.