Kailangang natin nang ingles?

Puwede ba kaming magsulat nang pamatayan ingles? Kailangang natin nang ingles? Sa isip ko hindi natin kailangang. Sabe dao puwede tayo mag isip pag hindi natin alam paano mag usap. Kami ang pamamahagi sa lahat ng wika. Lahat nang tao merong filisofi. Hindi kailanang mag usap nang ingles. Kahit na merong ingles na libro sa eskuwela merong tagalog na libro rin. Lahat na libro na kailanging natin hidni Ingles. Pag meron tao atchkat nag iisip si la, merong filisofio.  Dati walang ingles. Yon libro na alam natin ay hindi ingles. Bago lang yon. Hindi kaialanging nang ingles pero mas ma hirap yon iba. Ang sa ingles ang gusali na ang pag iisip. Masma buti ang Taglog makipag usap na sa sulat. Ma hirap mag sulat na ma talino na filisofio sa Tagalog. Yong ingles mas ma buti sa mag sulat sa eskuwela. Atchacat mas ma galing and ingles sa mag usap na ma hirap na iisip. 

Writing in my standard tongue is actually quite weird and confusing. I grew up speaking Tagalog and continue to speak it at home everyday. Outside of home I don't really use Tagalog. I don't speak Tagalog to anyone besides my parents on a daily basis. So writing this was kind of weird for me. I've always spoken Tagalog. I can speak fluently, but this is my first time ever writing something in Tagalog. I was still able to communicate meaningful ideas but it was basic and much harder than Standard English. On the several trips I took to the Philippines, my Tagalog dramatically improved. Speaking it there was much different and easier than speaking here. I got a real sense of how my family lives over there by speaking it. We have normal conversations all the time but I've never had a deep philosophical conversation in Tagalog. I'm sure people have them, but over there most of my family spoke English too. They are required to take English in school. They learn how to speak and write fluently in English. I feel like English is much more easy to use to communicate. English has specific rules you have to follow so if you don't follow the pattern/structure, whatever you're saying doesn't make sense. In Tagalog, as well as other languages, this order doesn't matter. If you were to translate what I wrote in English the words would be all over the place and not in order. You would only understand if you spoke Tagalog. Also some of the words may not be able to be translated. There are over 70 different dialects of Tagalog. The one you use depends on where you live. Even though my parents are both from the Philippines, they grew up speaking a different language. This can be really confusing sometimes when one word means something else in a different dialect. Someone who speaks a different dialect could think I am trying to say a different word. This makes it hard/confusing to effectively communicate. There are many shortcuts and different ways to say one word. Although we don't need it, Standard English helps out a lot.

Samurai Jack

Back in my childhood I would wake up early on Saturday and Sunday morning to watch cartoons. I didn't have a phone or an alarm clock back then so sometimes I would wake up late. When this would happen I would rush to check the time and see if I missed some of my shows. I would have to wait a whole week to watch the show that I missed. One of these shows was Samurai Jack. Years later I've noticed things that would've never caught my eye as a child.

Samurai Jack is about a warrior who fights an evil wizard named Aku. This appears to be a short form of the word for Demon/Devil in Japanese, which is Akuma. Right before he defeats him in their first fight, Aku uses his magic to send Jack far into the future. The first episode starts with Jack being a young boy being taken care of by his dad. Jack's home looks like a Japanese temple surrounded by many other temples. It appears that he lives in somewhere in Asia (probably Japan) in times before technology. The people there are one shade tanner than pale.Everyone there has the same oval shaped black eyes and black hair. The men have slight differences in hair style, but all have a short ponytail sticking up. There is a resemblance between every male including young Jack. Jack is sent across the world to train to become a samurai and defeat Aku. Every time he travels to a new place there is a symbol of his true location in the real world.

Before Jack arrives at his one of the places to train, we see a giraffes indicating that he is in Africa. The first person who trains him is black. He is completely black except for his white beard and the whites for his eyes. He wears only shorts. Then we see the Egyptian temples and meet Jack's new teacher, an Egyptian scholar. In all the places Jack goes to, everyone looks the same besides him. There is no diversity. This resembles the past before different people lived together.

Throughout all the episodes the theme is Jack fighting righteously against the evil. Jack learned from the best warriors from the world and has a talent for fighting. He always helped the weaker people even if he didn't benefit from it. In one fight, Jack gave up the chance of travelling back into his normal time back to his home in order to let a group of people escape Aku's forces freely. He frees a a species from slavery. Without him they would suffer until they became no more. Jack always uses his abilities to help those without the power to save himself. Although this show is a little bit violent, it builds the value of helping other into kids minds. It reinforces the idea of using your talents to help others who aren't as fortunate. This message will constantly pop up as you watch Samurai Jack defeat evil.

My Cousins Room

When you first walk in you'll see a neatly made bed with a polar bear in the middle of organized pillows. Once you're inside your eyes will be drawn to a display of lego action figures set up as in they were in the middle of a battle. Everything is in place. If you rotate 360 degrees around you'll see a room painted light blue complimented with an all white ceiling. It's almost as if you're looking into the sky. Inside this light blue room a dresser with hats organized by color on top, a mirror behind the dresser, a desk free of clutter, picture frames on top of the desk, a closet (with clothes sorted by color), a mini basketball hoop, a tv on a stand, a playstation and playstation games, 3 skateboards hung on his wall and a collection of at least 50 clean different pairs of shoes.

If you had no idea who my cousin was, you could learn a lot about him by just looking at his room. You could find out his interests and be able to tell what kind of person he is. Definitely not a messy one. I've never seen his room messy. Not once. Not even a little bit. Everything is always in place. Always clean and always organized. You would be able to tell that my cousin spends a lot of time cleaning and spent a lot of time setting up his room. You would learn that my cousin likes legos, basketball, skateboards, and plays video games. Sounds like a normal guy.

The visual argument of the room is that my cousin is a neat freak and values aesthetics. Every single part of the room was well planned out and organized. All his clothes and hats are color coded. It's pleasing to the eye. This shows that my cousin values the beauty of looking at things. You would be able to tell he color coordinates his outfits and cares how he and his room looks. The room is making an argument that he loves or enjoys cleaning and is unsatisfied if his room isn't clean. A clean beautiful room is the standard for him. Anything dirty isn't accepted.

Jays on my feet

This is ad for the signature Jordan Brand shoes produced by Nike. Micheal Jordan is considered the G.O.A.T. (Greatest of All Time) so it only makes sense that he has his own shoe model. Many aspire to be like Micheal Jordan. What other way is better than wearing the shoes and clothes that the GOAT himself wore? We know that just buying jordans won't give us the amazing ability to play at the same level as Micheal Jordan, so why do we buy it? It gives us a sense of false hope. It makes us think it will give us the ability to jump higher. Maybe not as high as Jordan, but higher than normal.

Currently, jordans are the hottest sneaker around. Everyone has to have them to be cool. The more pairs you have the cooler you can be. You can attract many peoples attention by breaking out a fresh pair of jays. Even celebrities wear Jordans. Everyone wants to "be like mike." Nike is advertising his shoes calling them "anti-gravity machines." These shoes apparently will defy the laws of physics and make you jump so high in the air it'll be like your flying.

People believe wearing jordans will make you play better. If you aren't very good at basketball, buy a pair of jordans and your game will become so much better. Anyone can buy them, anyone can be like mike.The truth is that the shoe has nothing to do with the player. Wearing his own shoe didn't make Micheal Jordan better or worse. He just always had the talent. Nike has done such a good job of advertising and selling Jordan, that it has become one of the top shoes today. Now Jordans are must haves. Even though we know they don't make us better, we continue to buy buy buy. There's always a new colorway, new model. there's always something new. Jordan shoes will continue to be popular as long as his great legacy continues. Everyone wants to be like Mike.

Rhetorical Analysis Outline of Malala Yousafzai's Speech to UN

Purpose: To inform people of the denial of education of young boys and girls and fear in those who receive one. She also aims to persuade people to join her cause.
Audience: The UN, Taliban, and people fighting for education.
Context: A 16 year old girl, Malala Yousafzai, speaks to the UN after being shot on the left side of her forehead. She was shot by the Taliban after advocating girl's right to education.

Section 1: Introduction
Purpose: To give thanks, introduce the subject and set the tone.
Appeals: Ethos and pathos
Technique: Throws attention off herself by saying she is just one out of many. "One girl among many." She speaks not for herself but for all children. She also uses repetition to emphasize "their right."
Effectiveness: It is very effective in making you feel united with everyone and the repetition gets the point across.

Section 2: Background:
Purpose: To tell the audience what happened and show she holds no grudge.
Appeals: Ethos and pathos
Technique: She continues to use dear brothers and sisters to make everyone feel united. She doesn't focus on the fact that she got shot and shows she stays true to her word of being peaceful and loving everyone. She uses illusions to bring up famous people that fought peacefully like MLK, Gandhi, Mandela and more.
Effectiveness: Shows she stays true to her word

Section 3: Push for Action
Purpose: To unite everyone with her ideals and push to action
Appeals: Logos: and Pathos
Technique: She uses illusions saying, "we realized the importance of light when we see darkness. We realize the importance of our voice when we are silenced." She compares this to realizing, "the importance of pens and books when we saw the guns." She also uses the quote, "The pen is mightier than sword" to say education is more important than violence and war.
Effectiveness: Calls people to arms and takes action

Section 4: Final Call to Action
Purpose: To finish the speech and move people to take action
Appeals: Pathos
Technique: Repeats dear brother and sisters and we call upon. She then brings the speech home with an anaphora.
Effectiveness: Only works for people who believe education first.

General Evaluation: Malala uses lots and lots of pathos but shows she is still a young speaker. Only people with same ideals will support her.

Thoreau vs Machiavelli

Machiavelli and Thoreau are both very influential men that discussed their views on how to govern. However each is writing to a different audience therefore their ideas clash. Thoreau writes as a person being governed while Machiavelli writing is aimed at the person ruling. 

Both focus on the relationship between the people and their leader. Machiavelli strongly believed in prudence and instilling fear. Machiavelli took the view of a prince and said that rule needed to focus on efficiency over morality. Thoreau believed in objecting anything we think is morally wrong. He wanted to take action against an unjust government. Thoreau says that free man is one who is imprisoned by an unjust government. That person isn't living the lies or following the rule. That person is fighting for what they think is right. Thoreau has faith in humanity. He believes some people will take a stand to fight against and fix the government. He thinks the action you take matters more than the result. He himself was thrown in jail for taking action against paying taxes. Machiavelli thinks a prince doesn't have to worry about taking action. They only need to maintain their rule whether or not it is morally correct as long as the people believe it is. 

Machiavelli sees the public as "ungrateful, false, fickle, and covetous." He believes people are bad and that you need to manipulate them rather than being manipulated. Machiavelli writes a guide on how to manipulate men. He represented the view of people in power while Thoreau represented the general public. This is why the two are polar opposites. Thoreau believes people should have more power because he believes in humanity and its ability to detect evil. But Machiavelli shows the view of the people of high power with complete control.

Dear Mrs.Koroshetz,

We are very fortunate to have library filled with books, computers, and a large area for studying purposes. However it is not being used to its full ability. Not everyone is allowed to use the library. Students aren't allowed to used the library and its resources during free periods such as study hall and lunch. We are only allowed to go if we are given a pass from a teacher during a regular class. Students should be able to access and use the resources of the library with ease.

The library would be a great place for students to study, do work, research, work on projects with groups or even just read. Without a specific pass, students can't do any of these things that boost their knowledge and grades. Not everyone has access to a computer and printer at home. Study halls provide a place to do work but they don't offer the same resources that the library does. Librarians and/or teachers should continue to enforce rules and give out consequences to those who abuse this privilege and misbehave. Even if we are granted this power, it shouldn't be abused.

The library is one of the biggest rooms in school. It shouldn't be wasted. We should maximize its capabilities and allow students to have access to it. It would be very beneficial to the school and its students.
Please think over this and allow students to use the library.

Thank you,
Chandler G