Humanities 8 Zain

What is Power?

2008-05-20T00:52:00.000-07:00

Power is the control that a country, a person, or an organization has on another country, person, or organization. On a global level power can be a number of things. Politically power is important to the society.

Country Power

For a country, the power of military is important for defense or to end something that could harm the country, or the world.. The leader has the control of the military which can defend the country or attack another country to prevent more threat

Economic power allows countries to influence others by giving aid or economic cooperation, or by building a strong military.

Knowledge, information and technology gives power to a country by building a big industry with modern technology run by computers and fast machines etc. The country can have sophisticated weapons.

Some countries have natural resources such as oil that give them power over other countries.

Person Power

Individuals also have power. Person power comes from one or more of many factors.

Position power comes from a persons rank or title in an organization or country. The examples are like the head of the military, head of state, and director of a big company.

Network power gives a person his power. Network power comes from the influential and powerful people a person knows.

Knowledge and special training gives people power because they have unique information and skills that are needed by many. Such people are like astronauts, scientists, or doctors.

Political power comes through the support of people and nations. Political power is when a person leads a country and has the support of everyone in the country. The people believe that the leader of a country will protect them.

Use and abuse of Power

Power can be used for general good or it can be abused for evil purpose. Power for good purpose includes when a country sends its military to protect another country, or a country provides economic aid and cooperation to another country.

At a personal level, some people have a charismatic personality and power of persuasion to guide people to the right direction. They can make people feel that they are worthy and help people out of hardships. The person can declare war or make peace with another leader to prevent any terror in the world. The people in power are usually well known and acknowledged.

Evil use of power is for example when a powerful country invades and colonizes another country to gain control of its resources. Within a country power can be abused through strong political systems like communism and capitalism.

Abusive use of power by a person is seen when a powerful person becomes greedy for popularity, wealth, and happiness. They use Their power to get what they want or destroy what they hate. The person is usually a cruel person and is only afraid of losing his power.

Example of a Powerful Country

America is a powerful country because of it’s strong economy, a large and strong military, modern technology, knowledge, and information, and its strong political system. All of this allows America to have influence over many countries.

Example of a Powerful Person

Gandhi was so powerful that he made the British leave India. His source of power was his moral authority, his message of non-violence, his charisma, and his large public following and support for his politics.

2008-05-11T22:10:00.000-07:00

Technology is the help of machines in people's life. Technology helps people stay alive, discover new things, and get people's work done. Technology is very important to me because almost my whole life depends on it. The use of technology in schools help people but they can go wrong because some people tamper with them. The computers in this school are very slow and really frustrate people. The five most important technologies today are: computers, hospital beds, cars, phones, and USB pen drives. The least important are: iPods, noise-canceling headphones, Mp3 players, gas killers, and guns.

Importance Of Population Project

2008-05-04T22:34:00.000-07:00

The three most valuable things about the population project was the way you learn the things and they stay in your head forever. You won’t forget them at all. The data analysis shows the number of polio cases, number of gas killers, whatever but they help you think about the future for you career. The field trip showed the actual things that happen. The experience and the importance.

Same or Equal?

2008-04-28T02:03:00.000-07:00

Lois Lowry uses these words showing that people are much different than what they are here. This is because these words are not used too commonly here. The difference between sameness and equality is that equality is having the same rights and choices. Sameness is when the looks are the same or exact same attitude. People could do the exact same actions at the same time. Equality is like black and white people who have the same rights even though they seem like different people.

Adulthood

2008-04-20T20:20:00.000-07:00

The age for becoming an adult is 18 (technically 21 due to drinking) because at that age you are ready for college and that is the sign for adulthood. They are free to make their own reasonable choices.
An adult is someone who is responsible for their own life and can do whatever he wants. They like to make reasonable choices but they can go crazy sometimes. They not only have to help themselves but they need to help others in need.
People don’t get useless at all because their family still values them and loves them. They could be useless if they don’t have family and are the age of 98. They die and people don’t really care.

Is Vonnegut Right or Wrong?

2008-03-23T20:08:00.000-07:00

I'm sure that Vonnegut is wrong. This is because it doesn't make sense the way he mentions the nuclear submarines. It is true about the computers because they do cheat you and could turn into something other than what you want. You do have to change yourself.

Cold War Simulation

2008-03-04T04:13:00.000-08:00

My simulation group was the Latin America. We really didn't do that good at all, because we didn't buy any countries. We only sold countries and got all these items we needed to declare war (even though we didn't declare war at all). But we got a lot of things by selling our big countries. We got a lot of those little cards all for nothing. I'm sure we didn't win at all. I think the U.S.A. won because we gave them the most countries along with the U.S.S.R. but we gave more to the U.S.A.

VC

2008-03-03T01:05:00.000-08:00

I had an ok experience Visual Communicator because I had a lot of trouble on my own part. The first time I recorded it sounded like that I had ten heads speaking at the same time. We tried it again but the same thing happened. The second time it sounded like I had 100 heads speaking. So I moved to another computer and it worked fine there. There were problems with the versions. At one point I used VC WEB but that caused problems. Some of the effects on PRO (which I originally had designed background, music etc.) weren't on the WEB which I first recorded on. So I move on to a computer with PRO on it. Everything went fine on that one.

AF Movie vs. AF Book

2008-02-27T07:53:00.000-08:00

In the movie there was no Beasts Of England, and Jessie the dog got her children turned into the guardians of Napoleon. Old Major was shot. In the book Old Major died of old age. In the book there was no Jessie. There is no Clover in the movie. Napoleon didn't die in the book. Farmer Jones blew up their windmill. There is no Muriel in the movie. The animals executed didn't give the reasons for what they did wrong. There is an added five minutes in the movie which wasn't in the book. In the end Napoleon says that all animals are free. In the movie the farm gets new owners.

Script For Persian Gulf War

2008-02-12T19:48:00.000-08:00

Persian Gulf War vs. World War I

Thank you Ju, This is Zain Jafari speaking from .New Delhi, India

The reason for Iraq's invasion (1991) of Kuwait was similar to the start of WWI in the way nationalism was used to take over another country. Nationalism is the belief that you have the right to take land because it is historically yours. Iraq always considered Kuwait as one of its provinces because Kuwait was originally part of Iraq in the Ottoman Empire. Another similarity between the Gulf War and WWI is formation of alliances of countries to protect their interests.The Persian Gulf War was between allied forces of U.S.A., several European countries like Great Britain, and Middle Eastern countries like Saudi Arabia against Iraq to free Kuwait. Back to you Ju.

Who Am I?

2008-02-10T21:13:00.000-08:00

I think I’m more like Moses the raven because I am kind of lazy and just take it all in. I am always given a small amount of work in group projects because they say I am undependable. I always tell resemblances of what people talk about with TV shows, plays, movies, books, and events in your life. Lots of people want to get rid of me but sometimes they need me and I am back.

Becoming Soldier

2008-02-03T23:10:00.000-08:00

In my country (U.S.A.) this is not a problem. I would join if a country does attack America (especially India because their military has such crappy guns). I would also join if my father, grandfather, and other generations of my family had been part of the army. If i got a good gun (like an M16a1) I would definitely join the army. Not an AK-47 because they have a very wobbly performance which the M16a1 does not. Well enough about guns, I will mainly join if there are really harsh conditions happening in America.

King Coyle is Dead! :)

2008-01-29T21:57:00.000-08:00

King Coyle (booo!), made us follow these rules.

A proclamation from his most formidable majesty King Coyle of Grade 8 unto his subjects in the land of M1.

1.All Indian Rupees are now worthless. Only History dollars, issued by the Royal Mint, shall be used to pay Royal Taxes and Fees.

2.All classroom documents and technology, such as homework, journals and hand-outs must bear a Royal Stamp, which shall be purchased from King Coyle, for $10 History Dollars or they will not be considered legal and will not be allowed to be turned in.

3.King Coyle shall approve all books, newspapers, and pamphlets, for appropriate content. It shall be forbidden to bring reading material that is not approved by King Coyle in class.

4.The King shall appoint all public officials, including the Mayor and Sheriff, and all Judges for court cases, to insure their loyalty to King Coyle of M1.

5.There shall be a curfew in M1 of 8:25AM, and nobody is permitted to leave unless attending an activity approved by King Coyle.

6.All citizens of M1 shall attend the Church of King Coyle, Sundays, at 10:00 AM. in M1 of the Middle School. All other churches shall be closed.

7. No citizen of M1 is permitted to own a gun, rifle, or weapon of any kind.

8.Those who speak out against King Coyle or any of his policies shall be guilty of Treason and given 30 minutes of after school detention.

It was injustice that he made us pay taxes without our permission. He took all the rights we had and made us pay for them. It was funny to see people complain about the amount of money they had to pay or the amount they got to receive. Those people went under Treason, or to Georgia. some people had a whole lot of money but then they complained and got all of it taken away.

The Forty-Third War-- By Louise Moeri

2008-01-28T21:58:00.000-08:00

The novel The Forty-Third War takes place in a country in Central America. I know this because the language that is spoken in the novel is Spanish.(Moeri 36) To be more specific, the novel takes place in Guatemala. I know this because Guatemala contains many tropical areas, and part of the novel takes place in a tropical jungle. Plus, there are a few volcanoes in Guatemala, and the novel shows that there are volcanoes there too.(Guatemala) Lastly, the story of Joaquin in the novel shows that he traveled through Mexico, and on the way back, he stopped at Stockton, a city in California. (Stockton) For all of this to be true, the novel has to take place in Guatemala.
Louise Moeri does not tell the reader about where the novel takes place because child soldiers are all over the world.

"Guatemala." The CIA World Factbook. 24 Jan. 2008. 28 Jan. 2008 .

Moeri, Louise. The Forty-Third War (Sandpiper Houghton Mifflin Books). Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993.

"Stockton, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Main Page - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 28 Jan. 2008.

Thirteen Colonies

2008-01-21T19:27:00.000-08:00

The main visual elements are the pieces of the snake divided into the names of the thirteen colonies, and the “Join or Die.”

The issue is that Ben Franklin is telling most people to join the thirteen colonies.

The cartoonist’s opinion is that you should join the thirteen colonies.

The “Join or Die” in big wording.

Put all the colonies on the snake especially GEORGIA!!!!.

The trustworthy of "To Be a Slave"

2008-01-13T21:19:00.000-08:00

To trust the reality of what people say in this book. People say their personal experiences which history books might not say. Like the overseer asking them for their initials and age which of course they didn’t know.

Lester, Julius. To Be a Slave. Broadway: Scholastic, 1968.

The former slaves talk about when they did one little thing wrong, they would whip them and beat them up. In the history books that they give to people, have so far not said anything about this.

Lester, Julius. To Be a Slave. Broadway: Scholastic, 1968.

Great Powers Game

2008-01-10T07:58:00.000-08:00

The Great Powers Game was fun because we all were different countries and were declaring war, buying armies, and other stuff. This was conflict because everyone was very competitive and doing their best to win. Our country Russia won because we won wars and bought things our country needed.

Hotel Rwanda

2007-12-11T04:18:00.000-08:00

Yes the sources talk about how the Belgians left the Rwandans to die. You saw how the Belgians left Paul and the Tutsi's alone at the hotel after the UN soldier told them.

Scramble For Africa

2007-12-08T21:58:00.000-08:00

Our group for Scramble for Africa was the country Germany. Our strategy to claim the land was to claim all of the coast. Of the factors we considered were access to the water from the coast because if we wanted gold we could go to find some, but on the way back if someone else has the coast they're obviously are not going to give access. Without the coast, you wont be able to get the gold back to your country to sell it.

Id say Great Britain won because they had land inside Africa with minerals and gold and they had a way to bring it back home to sell it because they had land on the coast as well. The Germans were the next closest because they had coast and inner land, but not as much as Great Britain had. France got to much land, but too little coast. Portugal had all land and no coast. The Dutch had some coast but no way to get to the inner land with resources. Belgium had very little resources but no coast. Lastly, Spain had nothing at all, they had no resourceful land and had no coast.

Spain lost the Scramble for Africa because they had no resourceful land and they had no coast to get to the land (even if it was resourceful). Belgium should have lost because they had the most least amount of land but the were resourceful. Portugal also should have lost because they had lots of resourceful land but absolutely no way to get to them without confronting the countries that took over the coast.

Cartoon Analysis

2007-12-02T23:16:00.000-08:00

The main visual elements are the footstep in Africa. The issue of this cartoon is how the Europeans took over Africa and really changed it. The cartoonists position is how he thought that it was wrong for the Europeans to take over Africa. The evidence is the footstep because no one would make fun of the Europeans taking over Africa so it shows how mean the Europeans were. Make more footsteps and give them the name of the country.

5 themes of geography

2007-11-19T01:02:00.000-08:00

The five themes of geography are MR. HELP (a.k.a.)

Movement - The movement of people, ideas, transportation etc.

Region - Groups of things in one area.

Human-
Environmental Interaction - The way the humans deal with the environment.

Location - Were on the globe it is.

Place - The exact place were there is only one of.

Movement in the book: Nhamo and the boat.

Region in the book: Southern Africa.

HE in the book: Nhamo stranded on the island alone.

Location in the book: Africa.

Place: Zimbabwe

Analyze the elements

2007-11-11T19:01:00.000-08:00

The main visual elements are the persons head, the arms, and the countries. The issue this cartoon is talking about is the way England took over all these different countries and took slaves. The artists opinion about this issue must be that he thinks it is terrible that England is taking over all these helpless countries. The author thinks this because the England guy's face looks really evil. The author can remove the birds in the background and put them as slaves. The contrast is the different countries. The repetition the several arms.

Don't Start It

2007-11-05T01:03:00.000-08:00

Violence does lead to more violence. If you punch someone for not receiving owed money, other people will get involved and soon a riot will start. Trust me tear gas and pepper spray is unbearable. See one little thing can start something very big. I am not using any names but there is a fight going on between two people which is being caused by little insults that create a big racket!
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2007-10-21T20:06:00.000-07:00

The qualities of being a good leader is getting everyone to listen to you and agree. If they need help they should come and ask you not someone else because you are the leader. Everyone should believe that you are going to lead them in the right direction. If they don't follow you, you should be the one to tell them. You have to be sure of yourself and not let your friends get the best of you. You need to sacrifice for that time and get what needs to be done basically done.

2007-10-15T20:23:00.000-07:00

Quarter 1

I am proud that I have made it through the first quarter without any difficulties. I've gotten good comments from the teacher but still my assignments don't have a very good grade. All my IR assignments, quizzes, tests, writings, and homeworks are not good. The time I was gone I missed assignments and I caught up with not a lot of effort. I did really bad in the IR test.

I studied but I didn't have all the notes & vocabulary I needed. I wasn't so sure on how the stock market worked, how to tell if a company was good, all the numbers were confusing. It was an information overload.

2007-10-03T00:12:00.000-07:00

Quarter 2 Goals:

I am paying attention a lot better than I used to at the start of the quarter. I am still a little shaky in the participating in class discussions. My goals for this quarter are to be more organized, don't let my agenda rip, and do better on participating in class.

2007-09-29T23:06:00.000-07:00

The fruit roll up smells like hooka tobacco (mmmmmm) and blueberry. It looks like a blue piece of rubber tongue. It tastes like tobacco and blueberry. The only thing it sounds like is the fruit roll up squishing between your teeth. It feels like sticky rubber that can easily be broken.

2007-09-29T23:03:00.000-07:00

Communism Exhibit

Welcome to the Industrial Revolution rise of communism exhibit. In this exhibit we have photographs of Karl Marx, his family and his friend Friedrich Engels. Communism is a form of government thought up by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Communism supports the elimination of private property creating a classless and stateless society. Everyone is equal; their house and health service is covered by the government. Everything is owned by the people through the government.

Communism has affected the way people think about politics and the government. Karl Marx criticized capitalism because he thought that it was making the rich man richer and the poor man poorer. As a solution to this problem he proposed communism.

Look at the photo gallery and see me if you have any questions.

2007-09-20T08:50:00.000-07:00

The Great Communist Dies

Yesterday on the 14th of March, 1883, the father of communism, Karl Marx died. In the words of his friend Engels, "On the 14th of March, at a quarter to three in the afternoon, the greatest living thinker ceased to think. He had been left alone for scarcely two minutes, and when we came back we found him in his armchair, peacefully gone to sleep - but forever." The loss is terribly felt by all in Europe, communists in America, and the rest of the world.

Karl Marx was born in the year 1818 in Trier, Prussia. He was a scientist, a politician, a historian, a mathematician, and a revolutionary. He came to be known as the father of communism. His biggest contribution was to liberate the lowest social and economic class of the community. He supported the elimination of the private properties and enterprise. He felt that people should earn the same amount of money, and there should be no social class.

Karl Marx was the most controversial figure; many slandered him because of his revolutionary ideas. He just brushed aside criticisms and just proceeded to communicate his philosophy and ideas through his writings and speeches. Together with Engels, Marx developed a criticism of the capitalistic system in which labor was seen and treated as a dispensable commodity.

He was married in June 19, 1843 to Jenny von Westphalen. They raised a total of seven children but only three of them survived into adulthood. The family lived in poverty and they had to live in a three room flat in London. The source of their income was money that was given by Marx’s friend Engels. Marx also had a job of writing weekly articles for the “New York Daily Tribune.” Marx died as a stateless person and is buried in Highgate Cemetery London.

Zain Jafari

2007-09-17T01:52:00.000-07:00

What buy low sell high has to do with the stock market is that you buy a company and wait till the year is over. The next year price might go up or down but if it goes up you can sell it for a very high price. I was constantly selling my "Drexel Morgan" because the price was always going up and I made a lot of money. Stock people often sell their companies because the price goes up most of the time.

2007-09-17T01:49:00.000-07:00

Descriptive Writing

Dear Karl Marx,

I am John D. Rockefeller founder of the Standard Oil Company. My goal in life is to make as much money as I can and use it to help people. Both of us want everyone to have a good life but in different ways. You are a communist who is supporting the elimination of the private properties and enterprise. I know you think that people should earn the same amount of money, and there should be no social class. While I understand that you want equality, I do not agree with your philosophy, because it is a wrong kind of equality since it is against basic human freedom and spirit of creativity.

I believe people should be allowed to make as much money as they want, and according to their talents, skills, creativity, and how hard they work. Not everyone will like your policy of communism because even those who do not work hard or are not creative will earn the same amount of money as those who are hard working and creative. Under your policies, there will be no competition which is important for people so they will work hard and economy will grow.

My policy of capitalism promotes competition and creativity, and protects human liberty and freedom of choice. All people will benefit from the economic progress in a capitalistic society. The money earned by rich people can be channeled by them to help the poor and fight poverty and disease.

I therefore urge you not to spread your philosophy which can cause political trouble, against basic human rights and liberty, and are likely to make everybody poor.

Yours truly,

John D. Rockefeller

2007-09-09T22:29:00.000-07:00

I need to catch up with the work I missed and right now. I also need to start bringing my assignments on time. I can't get four days of missed work done in one day, and today I realized that I didn't have my assignment today. I think that happened because I was too focused on my new MOTO RAZR. Earlier I was catching up with my work because I was here at AES but now I left for Pakistan and missed 4 days worth of work. My goals are not going too good. I really regret going to Pakistan and I never will miss work. I'm still not that participant and need to be otherwise things can go wrong.

2007-08-28T00:22:00.000-07:00

Today my "Big Headed Gangster (From Atlanta)," made it into the finals of the contest but still lost. Conor's "The Hersh" won so we had to make as many of those as we could. I at least got a few votes by important people. It was way differant from yesterday when today like I said we had to make as many "Hersh's" as we could. I couldn't get all the things exactly like it was supposed to.

2007-08-23T08:37:00.000-07:00

Roller Coasterrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

I was going to be on a roller coaster for the first time so I was a little bit nervous. I was 5 years old. My anxiety increased as the line moved closer to the roller coaster. When the next car came I got in and said “Be brave Zain, this can’t be too baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa……!!!!!

I remember I could smell the sweat of my fear and some of the fresh air that was getting overpowered with the smell of sweat of others. I was so uncomfortable on the hard seats and being unable to reach the hand rails made it worse. It wasn’t a good sweat breeze going through my hair. The sound of the screams and rails clattering wasn’t really pleasant with all this fear. I saw all these obstacles coming my way but they always just missed me and that scared me even though I knew they weren’t real. I tried to look mean when I came out. I wanted to look like this so people think I am brave but it wasn’t too easy with wobbly legs. I still say you try a roller coaster.

2007-08-22T20:18:00.000-07:00

We learned that necessity is the mother of invention. This means that people make inventions to help make their lives easier.

This image found at Google images.

Feedback

2007-08-13T00:34:00.001-07:00

I am a musical learner meaning I can imagine music with everything I hear and that helps me because love music and I pay a lot of attention to it. I am also a kinesthetic learner because I can learn by doing things. I am lastly a visual learner because I have a very strong visual perception. I like movies and videos because they are cool and help me understand things better.

1. Two of my highlights were that I wasn't participating too much at all and the second highlight is that I was disorganized.

2. My first impression of humanities was that it was going to be a lot better than last year.

3. My two goals are that I am going to be better at paying attention and participating in class discussions.