Day 4 Wash. Sem. Jefferson Memorial, Holocaust Museum and the Old Post Office

Day four is also the first day of the national cherry blossom festival. The Cherry blossoms of the tidal basin near the Jefferson memorial kisses the granite monuments of Washington D.C. Cherry blossoms tend to live about fifty years, but some have already survived for one hundred years. Even though this year is the one hundredth year since Japan gave us the cherry blossoms, one hundred original cherry blossoms still exist. The Jefferson memorial and the cherry blossoms combined with the smooth water of the tidal basin makes the view scenic. I have been to many places including the Canadian rockies. The Canadian Rockies will be the most beautiful place I ever been to , but the cherry blossoms in D.C. makes my top ten list of beautiful places. This place is worth the money and effort. Even though I had been to the Holocaust museum twice, the museum's provocative layout still captivate me. The museum's lugurious environment elicits visitors' deepest subconcious desires. By grabbing our attention through attention grabbing, the museum should have persuaded some people that the holocaust did occur and another genocide must be prevented. I say this because a republican running for public office openly denounced the holocaust. He said that the holocaust did not exist. The Old Post Office is a great historic site, but the food is very plain. There's not much interesting food that entice you to eat it. The Old Post Office can only be said as a place of relaxation. The Criminal Museum has a similar layout compared with the Holocaust museum; however, it did not grab my attention. The presentation of the information was not interesting. All the information can be found with the internet; therefore, most people should put this at the bottom of their lists.

Isreali Embassy in D.C.

Isreal has an embassy in Washington D.C. You can listen to their tour guides speak and they will explain Isreal's political, economic and social positions. Howevever, these so called tour guides have a strong Isreali bias against the Palestinians. They can only think about the Palestinians need to be more cooperative. From the tone of his voice, I could tell he blamed all the Isreal and Palestine conflict on Palestine. This is wrong and we always need to consider an opposing side.

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Persuasive Writing Prompt for the High School Proficiency Assessment:

Your school has recently implemented a policy of mandatory Before and After School Tutoring for students who cannot maintain a C-Average in school. This new policy has sparked controversy in the local community.

Write a persuasive letter to your principal in support or against the policy. State the reason, Explain, and Analysis the issue

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Some people are leaders. Leadership has some positive qualities that change life for the better. Some of these qualities include justice, persisitance, and etc. If you could add one more quality, what would that quality be? Analysize why you would choose this quality.

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JFK said, "The Chinese character for crisis is composed of two characters: one for danger and one for oppurtunity".
Analyze how a situation can be both a crisis and an oppurtunity.

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