Leah's blog

The Last Post….

leahm — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:04:55 +0000

This is probably going to be the last blog post I am ever going to publish. I had a great school year, and I’m leaving the blogging to Mr. Bogush’s new students of next year. Thank you for reading my posts and have a good summer.

So you want to be an Immigrant…

leahm — Tue, 25 May 2010 13:39:46 +0000

1. If I were in charge of the immigrants that came to America, what rules and requirements would I set for them?

If I were in charge of the new immigrants coming to America, I would tell them to learn about our culture, the laws, and our language before coming to America. If they don’t learn about our country, they might get very lost in our different ways of life. And of course, I would tell them to eventually register to become an American in order to permanently live here.

2. Should all immigrants learn to speak English?

Yes, all immigrants should learn how to speak English. English is the main language in America; but even if you speak Spanish or French, which are the secondary languages in America, learning basic English could take them very far in their new life.

Making history…literaly.

leahm — Fri, 21 May 2010 18:19:19 +0000

On Wednesday, the Library of Congress came to our school. But, you ask, why would a part of the national government come to OUR school?

I was a part of an archiving program the LOC was in charge of. Our job as teens of this generation was to collect websites we frequently visit and save them permanently on the archive site. We did this about 5 months ago. They came to film the intewview they were planning to do with some of the participants; out of the dozen schools that participaded all over the country they chose us!

The filming process was fun and exciting. The LOC students didn’t have to go to class. During the process, the LOC staff told us the movie will be saved forever and will be seen by unknown creatures and organisms in the far future. The bad news is that this movie will be one of the only picture or film in existence from our generation. All the pictures you are taking now will be gone in the future. But at least my face will be saved forever and ever!

An Update…Two Months Later…

leahm — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 02:06:41 +0000

Wow…I haven’t posted anything in two months! I’ve been very busy though with homework and sports. My dance recital is in 2 weeks, track tryouts officially start Monday, soft-ball practice every other day…I’m just so busy! Also our class isn’t posting anything until June. Oh well, It’s a good thing to be busy…sometimes. Happy early Easter. The Custom Header is from here.

Like Present, Like Past

leahm — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:41:52 +0000

Andrew Jackson was born on March 15, 1767. He was born without a father. Heonly had his mother and his 3 brothers. He became a soldier at a very young age. But, he was taken prissoner by a British prison ship. After his mom saved him she died a few months later along with his brothers who died in the war. He was all alone and decided to become a teacher. He then decided to study law. In 1791 he got married to Rachel Robards. Rachel was married but separated from her former husband Lewis Robards. Someone told hm that he would become a good president if he ran and that started his career. The first time he won for president he didn’t win. But, the second time he did win and became the seventh president.

I believe that he wouldn’t be a very good president because he was raised mostly by himself and when making decisions he would only think of himself and not the rest of the community. His first day in office he threw a huge party and invited everyone. The White House was a mess and he had to sleep somewhere else. These would most likely be common and not much work would be finished.

By: Kaitlyn and Leah

A Bad Action for a Good Intention?

leahm — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:11:28 +0000

I believe that we should focus on people’s actions rather than on their intentions. Actions, before they are done, can be thought over before you do it. The intentions may not be bad, but the action may cause negative consequences; that is if someone committed a crime to try to make a change for the better. For criminals, almost all the time, the action is what puts you behind bars. Even for people who don’t rob banks, all actions have an effect, even if you have a good reason with a good intention.

Freedom is a Big Word…

leahm — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:56:20 +0000

I asked 15 people I know: “What does the American flag symbolize to you?” I Wordled the answers. Freedom was the most popular answer.

All Songs have a Meaning…

leahm — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:46:51 +0000

There is a song that all Americans know, and when we sing it, we don’t think about where it came from or what it’s really about. That song is The Star Spangled Banner. The song was written by Francis Scott Keyafter the War of 1812 ended. To understand the meaning of the song more, I “translated” the first verse in my words for you. What I meant by first verse was that there are 4 verses to The Star Spangled Banner. We usually sing only the first verse.

Can you now see this morning
the proud flag at the battle last night?
With it’s red and white stripes and blue and white stars, in the middle of the dangerous brawl,
Over the ships we watched the bravery flowing in the air.
The rockets flying and the bombs exploding in midair,
But the flag survived the whole night of the battle.
the American Flag now waves in the air
Over the free country and coragous citizens.

Here is the real song and the rest of the verses. Lyrics

animation source

: francis scott key on a ship

pic source for above FSK

picture source for sunrise

Meele at Sea…

leahm — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:30:22 +0000

During the War of 1812, a ship called the U.S.S. Constitution was used during battle; at sea of course. On August 2ndof 1812, it left Boston with many sailors looking for a fight with the British. On August 18, they found a British ship called the HMS Guerriere. The European ship didn’t have any powerful ammo except the crew on the ship, who are known for the victories in ship-to-ship combat. When the British attacked the Americans, they didn’t take much damage, the Americans shot back with only a few guns and not much damage was received for the British either. The brawl went on for a day or 2, and then the Constitution fired their guns and hit the British with great accuracy. After taking the hits, the Guerriere gave up and sank. The European survivors were then turned into prisoners for the Americans. And that was the America’s first victory in the War of 1812.

I was supposed to use an image for this post, but the computer is not cooperating. So, the website I used for my research was this one. I was going to use the picture in the corner for this post, so pretend that it’s on here…if you want to…

American Flag = Symbol

leahm — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:22:17 +0000

Symbols play a very important part in our lives. There are many types of symbols we see today. Like street signs, logos for companies, the small pictures on a map. But sometimes, we don’t notice them or ever actually think about them when we see them. Why are they there anyway? I’ll tell you what I think. Since the beginning of time, humans use symbols to communicate based on how they’re feeling and what they see. Some of the symbols may have been passed on to our time period. Symbol are used for almost everything that exists. Some symbols are created to represent a person, place, or a thing.
One very important and valuable symbol I know of is the American flag. I think it is considered a symbol because it shows that we
are a successful country. It also represents the 50 states (50 stars) and the 13 colonies (13 stripes).