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agree with johnnys quote

 .An example of this would be a en year old boy who plays sport games such as NBA2k10 and Madden NFL.That ten year old boy is not likely to do something bad because that's not what the video game is doing. He is more likely to go to the park and shoot hoops or play catch with a football. No if you take that same ten year old boy and let him play a game like "grand theft auto" he is more likely to want to kill , hurt and steal things from people. that's what he saw in the game and it was OK then so why would it not be OK for him to do in the real world.

i agree with the thingx that john talk about. If the kis is playin violent video games,, he will be more likely to do simethign dangerous, But a kid playing sports, most likel would like to either play that sport and be intersetd in it, So i do think that video games have a huge effect on kids lives in many ways. Jhn explains how kids are more likely to do what they enjoy to do. Such as playing madden and 2k will make thme most likely  want to play basketball or throw a foot ball around. In some ways it wants kids to go out nd get better, so one day they can be controlled my a controller also. If they play COD or GTA im not saying they are going to go on a shooting spre, but they will more likey not go play sports , and be the ones to steal, or later in life MAYB be the ones infulenced by what they played

book post#2

Reading the second part of Enders Game was one of the most interesting parts.It is th emainpart to where he is officially in the school, and he is engaging in the action.  He is one of the best commanders at his age, and leads his rank, and soon gets moved up to the next rank.  This boostup his confidence, but it soon gets put down, because the older kids"get" to hym,because he is thee youngest, and tries to come in being a boss. He is trying to be in the middle, because iin a way , he doesnot want to lead, but he dosent want to fall tothe bottom. He wants to stay in the middle to be able not be noticed as much, and also picked on. Another interseting thing that happned in the middle section, is that while playing the "stimulated" game, where it gives you real life situations, Ender saw his brother, saw his brother. He was first scared, because how did the computer know who his family was, and that was his brother,. Was the game trying to tell him something. in a hidden message? Ender got very freaked about what happned, and wondered, since he had played the game so much, has the game"studied" him, and now knew his wekaness, and streghtns of his every day life.

I think this book has a lot of meanings, and messages within the text. Things like morals and main ideas lay in the book. Like a huge part of the book is jealousy. The jealousy that enders older brother has for him, because he did not make the combat school and ender did, the jealousy the older kids have because ender is so good at what he does, and also is smart enought to beat them, and i think lastly the jealousy of how peter dosent have the relation ship that Ender and valentine have. I think that has a huge effect on the mood of the book, because it is able to give an edge on both sides of the story, and gives it another look, that wasnt interpreted in the beggining,

response post

While reading through google docs, i stumbled on john hamiltons post about our recent feild trip to the farmers market. To be truthful, when i got there, i thought it was going to be a lot bigger, but once walking around and seeing the items, it got interesting. as john said in his post,

" when we had got to the farmers market every thing changed. once i saw all the stands filled with veggies and fruit i was truly amazed. i had only been to the farmers market once before and that was in middle school. this time it was a little different because i had to ask the farmers questions. now i did not really want to do so but i did and i heard about some fruits that never came up in my mind. i saw veggies that i never see at the super market. its a lot better tasting food at the farmers market and i would like to go back. i am just glad we got to go on a Field trip there. it was really cool."

I agree with jonhs post. When we first arived i thought it was only like one street long, and it didnt look as if they had a lot of stands, but little did i know that there was a corner to turn, with a lot more stands, and other different types of vegtables. I have never been to this particular farmers market, but i have been to plenty before. My grandma used to go every saturday, in hercules and i used to tag along, and help pick out the best fruit. I would get to piuck one of my own, and she would pick one, and we would share with eachohter often. So this feild trip did bring some memories from child hood. I think it was fun to walk around with my freinds and peers, to examine the farmers and ask questions. I had some answers that i expected, and some i really didnt . Some people traveled hours just to get to the farmers market to sell their crops. Some said tht some weeks that can ,make lots of money, while others, they can make close to none. They said it matters exactley what is in "season" and if it is not, they will not get a good sell on what they are trying to get a profit on. I think it went well how we did an essay on our diets, and we went to a farmers market to closly observe it. I think it was good timing, and i like how she planned it. I really thought about changing my diet, but on the same day, i still ate burgerking, so i wasnt that happy with my "future" diet. Hopefully, llater in my life i can change my unl=healthy lifestyle, but for now, im jst living life

book post

In the second part of the book  the garcia girls start to loose their accents whille they start to get more exposed to the outer world.. They start to get more exposed as they get older and more out the world.. They start to each get their innocent and accent takin away by their new lifes in america.. Sistes as yoy and fifi start to do things that they wouldnt do in thier adult hood, (since the book is backwards)they show how what hapned later in their life was a result of what hapned earlier in their lifes. They show how things that they are doing now is an affect of things that past happend to them. This shows how they each have a different veiw in their american life.

I think that in each  of the small vignettes that each sister is forced to obey and is disrespected by a man. Things sucj as being pressured in to having sex, even though they are not ready to. They are pressured to do things that they dont know exactley what they are doing, or what it will lead into. Also a sister is pressured into having a relationship in which she dosetn want to engage in.

 Laslty i think that the middle of the book is the "meat" of the book. I think that it was the main part of the book because it shows the reasons why they did things in the future, and also things that led them to do what they did. With out the middle the book will not be able to correctley flow as it should. I think that the miidle if anything should be in the front of the book because it shows the middle of each of their lifes, and how it would show what they would do much later in the book, and show how they would later respond to it

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  I haveto say that the ending of How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez was a bit of a disappointment. I thought that the book would end on an interesting note or something like that.sarcastically, but that is a very dramatic ending for a book that was branded "confusing". The ending does not essentially explain anything.
In the vignette, An American Surprise, Carla, Sandi, and Yolanda are each given a mechanical bank. Initially, they are all excited about their new toy and goes around showing it off to classmates and peers. Eventually the banks become neglected until one day a maid asks to purchase the Virgin Mary bank from Carla. Carla then decides to give it as a present to Gladys, the maid. Mami finds out about the incident and reprimands both Carla and Gladys, where Gladys eventually leaves. In the end, the Virgin Mary figure is caught halfway up and halfway down. Since Virgin Mary is a symbol of innocence, being caught in between can symbolize how the girls will be caught in between 'sin' and 'innocence' later on in their lives. Innocence represents their experience in the Dominican Republic while sin represents the exposure of American culture to the girls. Therefore, this can also be interpreted as a struggle being caught in between two cultures.
ike did she really change when went to America or was she already like that? Lots of people in class have there own opinions on what they think about the book. The kitten part in the story gave me a real shock too. I knew exactly that the Kitten could represent Yolanda and her sisters. Like saying that The kitten are sent away from there mothers like Yolanda and her sisters were sent away from there mothers to go to America. There lives changed because comparing the Dominican Republic is really different from America. They probably have an unexpected feeling because she was sent to America so unexpectedly. She was probably shocked and did not know what to feel. I am Guessing that since the tittle is "How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents" Maybe they did not really loose there accents, They actually mean they lost there innocence. I do not think that she lost her innocence from just experiencing the world more.

i woulld like to comment on venessa's blog about "teens these days"

Another example is the way our styles have changed over the years. You can say that our way of dressing has evolved so much from the past generations. Nowadays, for the females, its all about the skinny jeans and tank tops. For the guys, you will also see some rockin’ the skinny jeans or baggy jeans. For some unexplainable reason, adults do not like this. For the girls, they always say that “They shouldn’t be dressing like that,” and for the guys, it’s mostly always, “They should pull their pants up.” They will always have something to say about this and I don’t even know the reason behind their judgment.

I agree with Vennasa on everything she said in this paragraph. I often say " kids these days" because kids these days are just O P. Like what are you doing with your life. Noone wants to see "ass" craxck. Or what color undies u got on. Like come on son,, show some respect. And for girls : tsk tsk, seeing all this skin,, is shameful. See back in my day you couldnt tell the difference between girls and boys, because they all wore loose jeans and big sweat shirts , Nowa days young teens are pretty mush 75 % naked. Whe back in my day they were about 3.3 % only showin hands, and face. See thats just sad. I think that people should only show their faces, no other acces skin. Kay young children,  all you guys neeed to read this post, and listen okay. And what about them raiders? can we say they won as ,much games this year than the last decade jus saying . SMH

basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules. Basketball is one of the most popular and widely viewed sports in the world.^[1]
A regulation basketball hoop consists of a rim 18 inches (45.7 cm) in diameter and 10 feet (3.05 m) high mounted to a backboard. A team can score a field goal by shooting the ball through the hoop during regular play. A field goal scores two points for the shooting team if a player is touching or closer to the hoop than the three-point line, and three points (a "3 pointer") if the player is "outside" the three-point line. The team with more points at the end of the game wins, but additional time (overtime) may be issued when the game ends with a tie. The ball can be advanced on the court by bouncing it while walking or running (dribbling) or passing it to a teammate. It is a violation (traveling) to walk with the ball, carry it, or to double dribble (to hold the ball and then resume dribbling).
Various violations are generally called "fouls". Disruptive physical contact (a personal foul) is penalized, and a free throw is usually awarded to an offensive player if he is fouled while shooting the ball. A technical foul may also be issued when certain infractions occur, most commonly for unsportsmanlike conduct on the part of a player or coach. A technical foul gives the opposing team a free throw.
Basketball has evolved many commonly used techniques of shooting, passing, and dribbling, as well as specialized player positions and offensive and defensive structures (player positioning) and techniques. Typically, the tallest members of a team will play "center", "small forward", or "power forward" positions, while shorter players or those who possess the best ball handling skills and speed play "point guard" or "shooting guard".
While competitive basketball is carefully regulated, numerous variations of basketball have developed for casual play. Competitive basketball is primarily an indoor sport played on carefully marked and maintained basketball courts, but less regulated variations are often played outdoors in both inner city and rural areas.