On Tuesday, September 11, 2001 it started out like any other day in New York City, people were heading off to work, children were on their way to school, and people were just doing their everyday things. Then at 8:46 a.m. a loud Jet engine sounded all over New York and then a huge collision noise came from the World Trade Center, and as all the people looked up there was a huge cloud of black smoke pouring out of the North Tower. Most of the people thought the plane must have lost control, but they were wrong. That wasn’t the last attack on America there were more to come but our people didn’t know what was happening; there were 2 more, 2 on the World Trade Center and 1 on the Pentagon. September 11, 2001 was the day terror struck America and all its citizens.
Al-Qaeda (A well known Terrorist militia/organization) was the masterminds behind 9/11, they wanted to strike fear into all the citizens in our country as well as our government, and they wanted to show us Americans how strong they actually were. There leader and the mastermind behind the attack was the man named “Osama Bin Laden”, which our Navy Seal Team 6 already took care of him on May 2, 2011. The men who took over the planes were 19 members of Al-Qaeda, On Flight 11(North Tower) there were 5 Terrorists; Mohamed Atta, Waleed al-Shehri, Wail al-Shehri, Abdulaziz al-Omari, and Satam al-Suqami. On flight 175(South Tower) there were 5 Terrorists also; Marwan al-Shehhi, Fayez Banihammad, Mohand al-Shehri, Hamza al-Ghamdi, and Ahmed al-Ghamdi. On Flight 77(Pentagon) there were 5 Terrorists; Hani Hanjour, Khalid al-Mihdhar, Majed Moqed, Nawaf al-Hazmi, and Salem al-Hazmi. And on the last plane Flight 93(Crashed into a field in Virginia) there were 4 Terrorists; Ziad Jarrah, Ahmed al-Haznawi, Ahmed al-Nami, and Saeed al-Ghamdi.
Many people lost a friend, or a family member that day, and losing someone that quick can make people breakdown and feel like dying. There were exactly 2,977 (Plus 19 Hijacker) people who died that day and over 6,000 people were injured. All over the United States and also in some other countries there are memorials for the Twin Towers and all of the Innocent people who died for no reason at all. In New York City, New York at Ground Zero there is a memorial with lights that go into the skies at nighttime to resemble where the towers once stood. In Shanksville, Pennsylvania there is a memorial for flight 93, and in Arlington, Virginia there is a memorial at the Pentagon; Over 250,000 people visit all the Memorials a year.
There are many movies, books, videos, and other literature on 9/11’s events. One f the most known movies about 9/11 is “Flight 93”, it is movie about how the passengers try to take the plane back from the terrorists but they end up crashing into a felid in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. They have many non-fictional books on 9/11 for example “102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers” by the Authors Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn, and “Memory Remains: 9/11 Artifacts at Hangar 17” by the author Francesc Torres. Many of the movies and the books have one really god awards, such as Grammy awards, Oscar awards, and many of the books have won the Nobel prizes. There are also many known heroes that day that saved a tremendous amount of lives, not just our firemen and police officer, but innocent people put other people’s life in front of their own. One much known hero is the Man in the Red Bandanna he saved around 12 people by himself, but sadly he died as the South Tower Collapsed; There were many more 9/11 Heroes.
Many lives were lost that day, lives of innocent people who did nothing to deserve what they got, children will now grow up without a mother or a father, a grandma or grandpa, a uncle or aunt, all because of that one day. All the people who died that day will always be remembered in our hearts, and we will never forget them.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Am I proud of my country?
Yes I am proud of my country, because you have the freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and that we have the right to be what we want to be. Without the US, many people wouldn’t be here today and society would be completely different. Many other countries don’t allow any of those things, which make the United States of America the best country in the entire world.
The first reason why I am proud of my country is because we have the freedom of speech. Many countries in the world do not have the choice of freedom of speech, also in some countries if you try to speak your own opinion you can get killed. In America people are allowed to speak freely about any topic unless it’s about something bad for example killing someone. Many people like having the freedom of speech and some people move to the United States just so they can have that ability. Also there are some downsides to having freedom of speech, some people talk too much about things and actually can get people injured. Otherwise having the freedom of speech is a major plus, it’s just one of the things that makes our country extraordinary.
The second reason why I am proud of my country is because we have the ability to have our own choice of religion. There are a few countries in the world that don’t let you have the religion you want, you have to have the religion that they tell you to have. In our country we have the choice of religion, and there are tons of different religions in the United States from Muslim to Christianity. If we didn’t have the freedom of religion, a great amount of people would not want to live in the United States. At least we do and many people love their country that they live in. That just keeps adding on to why I am proud of our beautiful country.
Lastly, the third reason why I am proud of our country is because we can choose what our occupation is. In china you can’t choose what you get to be unless you are extremely smart, most people just end up working in factories for the rest of their lives. But not in America, you can be whatever you choose to be. There are so many different possibilities of what you can be in America, from a Firefighter to a business man; there are no restrictions in the beautiful country of the good old United States of America. There is the last reason why I am majorly proud of my country.
There are so many reasons why people love living in the best country in the world, It has everything you need and all the laws are fair. Those are the reasons why I am proud of my country.
The first reason why I am proud of my country is because we have the freedom of speech. Many countries in the world do not have the choice of freedom of speech, also in some countries if you try to speak your own opinion you can get killed. In America people are allowed to speak freely about any topic unless it’s about something bad for example killing someone. Many people like having the freedom of speech and some people move to the United States just so they can have that ability. Also there are some downsides to having freedom of speech, some people talk too much about things and actually can get people injured. Otherwise having the freedom of speech is a major plus, it’s just one of the things that makes our country extraordinary.
The second reason why I am proud of my country is because we have the ability to have our own choice of religion. There are a few countries in the world that don’t let you have the religion you want, you have to have the religion that they tell you to have. In our country we have the choice of religion, and there are tons of different religions in the United States from Muslim to Christianity. If we didn’t have the freedom of religion, a great amount of people would not want to live in the United States. At least we do and many people love their country that they live in. That just keeps adding on to why I am proud of our beautiful country.
Lastly, the third reason why I am proud of our country is because we can choose what our occupation is. In china you can’t choose what you get to be unless you are extremely smart, most people just end up working in factories for the rest of their lives. But not in America, you can be whatever you choose to be. There are so many different possibilities of what you can be in America, from a Firefighter to a business man; there are no restrictions in the beautiful country of the good old United States of America. There is the last reason why I am majorly proud of my country.
There are so many reasons why people love living in the best country in the world, It has everything you need and all the laws are fair. Those are the reasons why I am proud of my country.
Friday, October 14, 2011
Is skateboarding a sport?
Chase Seliger
10/11/2011
“Skateboarding is a sport?”
“This is an essay that informs and persuades people into believing skateboarding is a sport”
Is skateboarding a sport some people may ask, some people say yes and some people say no? Well in fact it is, there are many reasons why it is considered a sport not just a hobby. Although many people do not consider skateboarding a sport I think it is a sport just as thousands of people in the world.
First of all, Skateboarding has teams just as any other professional sports team out in the world for example football, soccer, and basket ball. There are many skateboarding teams; actually too many to list, but here are some examples of skate teams; for example there is the team Baker, Plan B, Alien Workshop, and DC. Many people know a lot of these brands because they are popular in schools and just in the regular teenage society. Also teams go to skate parks and they have competitions for either money or other prizes, just like other sports like football where they compete against other teams. There is one of the reasons why skateboarding is considered a sport.
Second of all, Professional and Amateur or Am for short, skateboarders get paid exactly the same way as professional players, the better they are the more they get paid. If you’re sponsored by really good brands you will make around $120,000 a year but if you’re not sponsored by amazingly good brands you should make around $50 to $80,000 a year which is still pretty good. So if you invest in that money you can have $600,000 in about five years which is more money than some professional players make.
Lastly, you need to have tons of skills to be good you can’t just stand on a skateboard and be good unless you’re born with it; it takes a lot of hard work and time to become good. It takes about 3 years on the average person to get good at skateboarding plus a few broken bones, there are actually less injuries in skateboarding than baseball, and football. They have camps for skateboarding just like other camps for sports, there are hundreds of them. You can’t just go out on any field, rink, or court without practicing first; it’s the same with skateboarding, once you work on it, you’ll get better and better.
Many people always say skateboarding is not a sport when you know what it is, and thousands of people can agree with me also, it’s no different to any other sport in the world, well except you don’t have to wear all this gear and you don’t have to use a type of ball to use. Some people skateboard every day of their lives, and they always will they find skateboarding as their sport and their lifestyle. Skateboarding will always be a part of my life as one of my favorite sports.
10/11/2011
“Skateboarding is a sport?”
“This is an essay that informs and persuades people into believing skateboarding is a sport”
Is skateboarding a sport some people may ask, some people say yes and some people say no? Well in fact it is, there are many reasons why it is considered a sport not just a hobby. Although many people do not consider skateboarding a sport I think it is a sport just as thousands of people in the world.
First of all, Skateboarding has teams just as any other professional sports team out in the world for example football, soccer, and basket ball. There are many skateboarding teams; actually too many to list, but here are some examples of skate teams; for example there is the team Baker, Plan B, Alien Workshop, and DC. Many people know a lot of these brands because they are popular in schools and just in the regular teenage society. Also teams go to skate parks and they have competitions for either money or other prizes, just like other sports like football where they compete against other teams. There is one of the reasons why skateboarding is considered a sport.
Second of all, Professional and Amateur or Am for short, skateboarders get paid exactly the same way as professional players, the better they are the more they get paid. If you’re sponsored by really good brands you will make around $120,000 a year but if you’re not sponsored by amazingly good brands you should make around $50 to $80,000 a year which is still pretty good. So if you invest in that money you can have $600,000 in about five years which is more money than some professional players make.
Lastly, you need to have tons of skills to be good you can’t just stand on a skateboard and be good unless you’re born with it; it takes a lot of hard work and time to become good. It takes about 3 years on the average person to get good at skateboarding plus a few broken bones, there are actually less injuries in skateboarding than baseball, and football. They have camps for skateboarding just like other camps for sports, there are hundreds of them. You can’t just go out on any field, rink, or court without practicing first; it’s the same with skateboarding, once you work on it, you’ll get better and better.
Many people always say skateboarding is not a sport when you know what it is, and thousands of people can agree with me also, it’s no different to any other sport in the world, well except you don’t have to wear all this gear and you don’t have to use a type of ball to use. Some people skateboard every day of their lives, and they always will they find skateboarding as their sport and their lifestyle. Skateboarding will always be a part of my life as one of my favorite sports.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Tom Sawyer
“Tom Sawyer”
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to get someone else to do your work? In the short story “The Glorious Whitewasher” by Mark Twain, a boy named Tom Sawyer tricks many kids into doing his work, because he’s too lazy to do it himself. Tom Sawyer is probably one of the laziest book characters of all time.
All over the world people trick other people into doing their work every day. Like in the book “Among the Enemy” by Margret Patterson they make children work in labor camps, so they are basically taking advantage of those children, just like what Tom did in the story. Otherwise there aren’t that many books I know of that are really similar to Tom Sawyer, but “Among the Enemy” came to my mind right away.
On Wednesday January 13 2011, Barack Obama had an important speech on the shootings in Tucson, Arizona. Barack had a quote “The loss of these wonderful people should make every one of us strive to be better in our private lives - to be better friends and neighbors, co-workers and parents”. Barack meant that we all need to become better people, because of this tragedy.
In Pakistan they make little children work in factories for NIKE to build shoes, and soccer balls. There are multiple stages of manipulation, for example there is physiological, crowd, data, parental, media, and market manipulation. They all have a different meaning, Tom Sawyer used physiological manipulation; Tom tricked the kids into doing his work.
I always try to get out of my work when my parents tell me to do stuff, for example take out the garbage, or to give my animal’s water/food. I usually don’t get my ways but sometimes I do get away with it. Also, I actually just do it, just so my parents don’t get mad at me.
Tom Sawyer made other children do his work, because he was too lazy to do it, but he was very smart. Tom really knew how to make people do his work. Manipulation happens all over the world to different people, even people you know and yourself. Tom Sawyer tricked many people in his time, so that makes Tom one of the trickiest book characters of all time.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to get someone else to do your work? In the short story “The Glorious Whitewasher” by Mark Twain, a boy named Tom Sawyer tricks many kids into doing his work, because he’s too lazy to do it himself. Tom Sawyer is probably one of the laziest book characters of all time.
All over the world people trick other people into doing their work every day. Like in the book “Among the Enemy” by Margret Patterson they make children work in labor camps, so they are basically taking advantage of those children, just like what Tom did in the story. Otherwise there aren’t that many books I know of that are really similar to Tom Sawyer, but “Among the Enemy” came to my mind right away.
On Wednesday January 13 2011, Barack Obama had an important speech on the shootings in Tucson, Arizona. Barack had a quote “The loss of these wonderful people should make every one of us strive to be better in our private lives - to be better friends and neighbors, co-workers and parents”. Barack meant that we all need to become better people, because of this tragedy.
In Pakistan they make little children work in factories for NIKE to build shoes, and soccer balls. There are multiple stages of manipulation, for example there is physiological, crowd, data, parental, media, and market manipulation. They all have a different meaning, Tom Sawyer used physiological manipulation; Tom tricked the kids into doing his work.
I always try to get out of my work when my parents tell me to do stuff, for example take out the garbage, or to give my animal’s water/food. I usually don’t get my ways but sometimes I do get away with it. Also, I actually just do it, just so my parents don’t get mad at me.
Tom Sawyer made other children do his work, because he was too lazy to do it, but he was very smart. Tom really knew how to make people do his work. Manipulation happens all over the world to different people, even people you know and yourself. Tom Sawyer tricked many people in his time, so that makes Tom one of the trickiest book characters of all time.
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