Letter to the Principle

Dear Dr. Rhinehart,

Today I am writing to you to address my concern on whether history books used in school should be censored. History class is a very important class. It is also very informational. In the class we all learn about past events that have made our nation the nation it is today. We learn about mistakes Empires made that lead to their downfall. What books don't contain in them however is the horrendous things nations have gone through. Take for example, The Rape of Nanking. Where the Japanese invaded a Chinese city, Nanking, and ruined the beautiful city it once was. The Japanese would play games, games of death. They would compete to see who could decapitate the most people in the time given, Sixty seconds. Believe it or non, they would decapitate as many as 100 people in that time limit. They raped the women. Made children have sexual intercourse with there mother. Made the children watch the Japanese rape their mother. They had no respect for these people. While it may be a really bad thing to talk about, it is best if we learn about it. It is part of our history. Part of World War II. Believe it or not, there was so much more to it. There are moments where the United States have been the bad guys. Moments the United States has surrendered, but when do we ever hear about those times? Never.
 Now you may say, "these sort of events only happen in the past, since we were so ruthless." That however is incorrect. Currently in the world there are many situations where genocide is happening. For example, in Rwanda, women have been brutally raped, families have been entirely killed. People suspected of being Tutsi were killed. Just for suspicion, imagine how many non-tutsi have been killed.
Text books, in no shape or form should be censored. Texts books should include the truth. They should include all the times, the good and the bad. Not just from foreign nations, but from our own nation, the United States, as well.

 Thank you for your time,
               Sincerely,

                            Randy M. Gonzalez

Intervention between Countries in problem

I believe that if a country is having problems, such as problems with Genocide, a higher power should come to the help. The United States should be able to intervene because someone has to stop the fighting. The US has one of the largest and strongest Army/ Forces, and they would be able to stop the situations. With the Unites States aid, countries should be able to solve problems, while saving thousands, if not, millions of civilian lives.

Project of the Holocaust I made

Hello Mr. Meechin,
This is a project I had for Mrs. Model's class. The project was to make a picture pile on any subject we wanted. I chose the Holocaust as my subject. I submitted this project to the "Arts Alive" show, but sadly, they did not accept it as they thought it was too gruesome. "The title text by itself is just too overwhelming" is what the judges said to me. Well I don't want this to be counted as a blog grade, just thought this would be the easiest method to use to show you the project since it is relevant to what we are learning.(I'm Sorry if its hard to see, I think the images are pretty clear though)

Video of movie Critique (Cinderella Man)

Cinderella Man Outline

-Movie intro is Jimmy Braddock wining a fight
-Movie skips to September 1933, 4 years into the Great Depression.

• People show up in the mornings at loading sites for job opportunities.
• Jim's son talks to him about being sent away, and is scared to be sent away.
  
• Jim broke his fist while fighting (Hit the skull of a man)
• Jim gets a shift at the loading sites.
• Wife sends children off to her families
• Jim takes a boat to Madison Sq. Garden
• Goes to ask his boxing friends for money to recover his children, he needs about $19

-Kids around the neighborhood are sharing a birthday party.

• Jim gets offered to fight for a paycheck of $250

-At the fights

• June 14,1934
• Jim wins the fight against griffin
• Wins another fight against Louis
• Fights Lasky and wins

-Jim keeps building his Rep.
-He takes a trip to the Hoovervilles.
-He is put in the Heavy Weight category.

• Gets the chance to fight for the title of Heavy Weight Champion
  
• The fight is against Max Baer (Baer has killed several people in the ring in the movie, in reality he only killed one person in the ring). [I believe the video is the video of the ORIGINAL fight. not a mock video.]
  
• Jim wins the fight after a long 15 rounds and the judge's final say.

-With the money from the fight, Jim bought a house where they spent the rest of their life.

Sacco and Venzetti trial

The infamous rock...

Alcatraz, what many thought to be inescapable. Men could get around the gaurds, but once they got around them, they had to find a way to swim a mile or so to land. The problem? Well the island is surrounded by a cold body of water. If you try to swim through it, you would probably end up dead of hypothermia. Besides the water being cold, there is also currents in the water. If you get caught in one, off you go into the ocean. Gaurds were also the top-notch gaurds. If they saw you running, they shot on sight.