Today I finished The Ultimate Guide to SAT Grammar. This reference source reads like a novel. The author is incredibly knowledgable about all the types of grammar errors that will appear on the SAT Writing Sections. The author has also concisely categorized the entire Blue book into different grammar concepts, so that I can do the Writing Sections in the blue book and use her book again as a reference source.
I highly reconmend this book for anyone taking the SAT for the first , second, third, or hundredth time. This book has all the grammar types that you will need to know for the SAT.
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Monday, July 30, 2012
Frankenstein by Mary Shelly
Frankenstein, by Mary Shelly, is an allusion to the biblical stories in
the Genesis, but Frankenstein is also a warning to humanity that playing god
creates moral issues.
These moral issues include social disorder between the creature's race and the creator's race. When Frankenstein's monster asked Doctor Frankenstein for a mate, he referred to a companion to keep him sane and happy in the human world. As the only creature of his race, the monster asks for a mate, but Frankenstein refuses to make another. As a method of retaliation, the monster killed members of Frankenstein's immediate family. This social disorder puts man and monster into a constant struggle that will never end until the monster is extinguished.
As I read that page, I wondered if God created one man and one woman as stated in the Genesis for the same reason.
All in all this classical novel is a great read to understand how the other creature feels about creation. It has a unbiased and two perspective viewpoint.
From my perspective, Frankenstein is a novel allowed the reader to gain insight into a strongly religious society. It also taught people about how to write in Proper English. For a while now, the English language has been dessicated in America by immigration and the media. As a result, many people speak in an ungrammatical way. This novel refreshes the mind about how people in the past spoke English and it allows people to preserve English's linguistic integrity.
These moral issues include social disorder between the creature's race and the creator's race. When Frankenstein's monster asked Doctor Frankenstein for a mate, he referred to a companion to keep him sane and happy in the human world. As the only creature of his race, the monster asks for a mate, but Frankenstein refuses to make another. As a method of retaliation, the monster killed members of Frankenstein's immediate family. This social disorder puts man and monster into a constant struggle that will never end until the monster is extinguished.
As I read that page, I wondered if God created one man and one woman as stated in the Genesis for the same reason.
All in all this classical novel is a great read to understand how the other creature feels about creation. It has a unbiased and two perspective viewpoint.
From my perspective, Frankenstein is a novel allowed the reader to gain insight into a strongly religious society. It also taught people about how to write in Proper English. For a while now, the English language has been dessicated in America by immigration and the media. As a result, many people speak in an ungrammatical way. This novel refreshes the mind about how people in the past spoke English and it allows people to preserve English's linguistic integrity.
Thursday, July 26, 2012
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Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Cannary Row Novel Notes 2
Cannary Row is a novel that takes place after the Great Depression. Through this novel, the reader is able to comprehend the struggles that these people face. These people also fear a lost of money. However, they are generous enough that they want to drink a lot of alcohol. This is a response to the repeal of the Prohibition amendment in 1933. After the amendment was repealed, people were filled with excitement for alcohol. They drank lots and lots of liquor.
Cannary Row Notes
Today I read my third Summer Reading Book called Cannary Row by John Steinbook. This novel is highly recommended because of the style that Steinbeck chose to write this book. He uses long sentences to capture the landscape. The landscape becomes a metaphor for individualism. Like the other books, Cannary row also emphasizes the importance of family in one's life. This family does not need to be blood related. The community in the end ended up treating each other like family. Also like the other books, Cannary row teaches the importance of individualism and hard work.
Monday, June 25, 2012
Waiting Notes for Essay
The next book that I read took a bit longer to read, but it was just as good as A Hope in the Unseen. This book is called Waiting by Ha Jin. Ha Jin's experiences in the years after 1949 allows him to craft a novel that reflects China's political and social problems during the Cultural Revolution. From the eyes of Lin Kong , we saw a bureaucratic government that was filled with corruption and bad leadership. We also a social system that was struggling to come out of the traditional feudal society.
Friday, June 15, 2012
A Hope in the Unseen Notes for Analysis
Finally, I got a chance to read , A Hope in the Unseen. This novel, which was published in 1998, is truly a masterpiece. The details that Ron Suskind wrote in this novel make people want to take action.The novel details the High School and College life of Cedric Lamar Jennings.
As I was reading this novel, I began to be more convinced of the argument that Parent Support is one of the most important aspects of a child's education. This biographical novel employs imagery and allusions to support the point that young adults in inter-city schools need parent support and religious support to guide them to success. In the novel , Cedric says that everyday he would go to school, church and the apartment. The church and its leader have led Cedric to success.
Race is another aspect of this novel because it details the struggles that minority students go through as they transition from inter-city schools to a mostly white college. This struggle is no surprise to the people who have lived through the Civil Rights Era , where the Chief of Police would order police to use water to roll children down the road. This employment of force on protesting Black Americans during the 1960s shows how some white people treat black people like dirt. This memory is very strong in the mind of Barbara Jennings, Cedric's Mother. As a result, Barbara has spent more time with her son because she wants to protect Lamar from gang violence and illicit drug trades . Barbara taught Cedric that he needs to mind his manners around others and not to use violence. These are very simple lessons, yet violence happens spontaneously in inter-city schools. Barbara's lessons are aligned with the lessons of the church. As a result, Cedric went off to college as a more mature adult. He refrains from attending parties that serve alcohol , despite the pressure from his friends. This strong dose of religion made Cedric very focused on his goal to reshape the image of inter-city black students.
As I was reading this novel, I began to be more convinced of the argument that Parent Support is one of the most important aspects of a child's education. This biographical novel employs imagery and allusions to support the point that young adults in inter-city schools need parent support and religious support to guide them to success. In the novel , Cedric says that everyday he would go to school, church and the apartment. The church and its leader have led Cedric to success.
Race is another aspect of this novel because it details the struggles that minority students go through as they transition from inter-city schools to a mostly white college. This struggle is no surprise to the people who have lived through the Civil Rights Era , where the Chief of Police would order police to use water to roll children down the road. This employment of force on protesting Black Americans during the 1960s shows how some white people treat black people like dirt. This memory is very strong in the mind of Barbara Jennings, Cedric's Mother. As a result, Barbara has spent more time with her son because she wants to protect Lamar from gang violence and illicit drug trades . Barbara taught Cedric that he needs to mind his manners around others and not to use violence. These are very simple lessons, yet violence happens spontaneously in inter-city schools. Barbara's lessons are aligned with the lessons of the church. As a result, Cedric went off to college as a more mature adult. He refrains from attending parties that serve alcohol , despite the pressure from his friends. This strong dose of religion made Cedric very focused on his goal to reshape the image of inter-city black students.
How to Parallel Park
- First find an empty parking lot.
- Next, put four cones near a planter with trees.
- Then stick four sticks into the cones. (Make sure the cones are the proper distance apart by consulting your Driver's Manual)
- Afterwards , you should get into the car and reverse the car three hundred feet.
- Then drive the car forward and keep the car close to the place where you will be parallel parking.
- As you approach the cone with the stick closest to you, drive slowly because you need to match the car frame with the stick.
- After the stick and the car's window frame are matched, you should turn your steering wheel one and a quarter turns to the right and reverese the car into the space. You should stop when a small pen and the stick closest to the planter is matched up. (You would need to put the small pen in the rear seat that is directly behind you.
- After the pen and the stick is matched up, you need to turn the steering wheel back to home position. Then reverse the car and match the front frame with the cone closest to the car.
- After the frame and the cone are matched up, you need to turn the steering wheel one and a quarter turns to the left and reverse further into the spot.
- You should stop reversing when you have noticed that the space between the curb and the right side wheels are one inch apart. For this to work, you must buy one small circular mirror and place it on the right rearview mirror.
- Now that you are comfortably in the parking spot, You need to remember to drive forward a little bit to make the car at the center of the spot.
- Finally, pull the car into the parking gear.
- That's it. You have successfully parallel parked.
- Thank You for reading
Saturday, June 2, 2012
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Saturday, May 19, 2012
APUSH Exam study notes
Nixon's Issues
Tapped phones, used the IRS, and dirty tricks to stop leaks For example, he tried to discredit Ellsberg, the Psychiatrist by having people break into his office and steal his psychiatric files and have him discredited. He formed CREEP and hired some low level burglers. The burglers broke into the Democratic Party Headquarters to ensure his victory. The headquarters was at the Watergate Office Complex. Woodward and Bursnteen investigate the low level burglers. They found a note in one of the people's wallets a phone number to the Oval Office. They start to investigate and sparks a Congressional Committee that starts investigating the President because President Nixon tried to cover up Watergate. John Dean went to Congress to discuss what he knows. While he was begining to anwser questions, he spoke of tape recordings in the Oval Office. The Congressmen looked at each other and found out that the President was taping every conversation in the white house. When he was asked to hand them over , he said that the tapes belonged to him and it was his executive priviledge. Supreme Court rules against him. He hands over the tapes. Congress begins Impeachment proceedings. Then President Nixon resigned August 8,1974. President Ford became the first unelected President of the United States. His previous Vice President was removed for Tax evasion. Nixon then selected Ford as Vice President. War Powers Act Nixon vetoes the War Powers Act because it limited his powers.
Nixon's Southern Policy
President Nixon need the South to win reelection. Te South was disatisfied with the Democrats and Civil Rights Amendment. He backed Strom Thrumond in an attempt to suspend school desegregation. This is to win the South's votes.
Nixon's Domestic Policy
Expanded Social Security aid to dependent Children Protection of air and water EPA and OSHA Title IX Philadelphia plan is a plan for affirmative action with Federal contracts. He tried to reduce the Great Society and New Deal with a welfare cheats. Competition from Japan and Germany increased because the Japanese and German cars used less gas than the cars from big three. This resulted from the OPEC oil embargoes. Eastern Liberal Academia and Liberal press were blamed by Vice President Agnew. He tries to put blame on other people. He tried to increase Presidential power and reshape the courts. More
APUSH Nixon Foreign Policy
In Chile, the people elected a leftist president. The CIA overthrew him. They replaced him with a ruthless dictator. This is in the name of Containment. In 1973, Kissinger tries to broker deals with a cease fire. The US was walking a tightrope with Israelies and Arabs. The OPEC oil embargo increased oil by 5 percent for each month that the situation was not solved.
Nixon's Foreign Policy
President Nixon went to China and got away with it because he was a staunch communist fighter. It goes back to his time on the House of Un American Activities Committee. He signed the SALT I with the Soviet Union. His policy with Mainland China and Soviet Union was called detente.
Vietnam War Protests
Neil Young Wrote "Ohio". He was very frightened at the time and he wanted to make Nixon's enemies list.
Nixon's Mad Man Policy
He wanted the communists to know that he is very unpredictable. He uses this to get the North Vietnamese to the bargaining table. In 1970, President Nixon expanded the Vietnam War. He wins the election and bombs Hanoi and mines Haipong Harbor. He also bombs Cambodia. He expands the war to Cambodia. This supports his peace with honor.
Easy Rider
Easy Rider sets up a really growing culture. It shows the society of two cultures that are along generational lines. It shows the new generation likes to experiment, while the old generations like to remain the same as the past.
Nixon
President Nixon When he was inaugurated, massive protests crowded the streets. Protesters called for America to get out of Vietnam. They burned flags and disrupted the motorcade of newly inaugurated President Nixon.
Marshall Court
John Marshall was a Supreme Court Justice appointed by President John Adams. He was not the first Chief Justice. John Jay was the first Chief Justice. Chief Justice Marshall established judicial review and the power of contracts. As a staunch Federalist, he supported buisness. As a result, he voted in favor of contracts in Fletcher v. Peck and Dartmouth College v. Woodward. Fletcher v. Peck was the land fraud in Georgia. Marshall concluded that the state could not pass a law invalidating a contract. The state law was declared unconstitutional and void. This decision could be made because Marbury v. Madison established Judicary Review. Judicial Review allowed the Supreme Court to decided the Constitutionality of a law passed by the Legislative Branch. Dartmouth College v. Woodward decided that New Hampishere could not alter a contract of a private institution. Therefore, the state law of New Hampishere was declared Null and void and unconstitutional.
APUSH Supreme Court Cases
John T.Scopes Trial was deciding the legality of a Tennessee law that prohibited the teaching of evolution in the state's public schools. It illustrated the cultural clash between fundamentalism and modernism in the 1920s. Korematsu v. United States of America decided that it was constitutional for the government to relocate the Japanese Americans to internment camps during World War Two because it was a war time necessity. The Warren Court used its power to promote social programs. Baker v. Carr decided the principle of one man and one vote. The Supreme Court required the reapportionment of districts for some state legislatures. Griswold v. Connecticut struck down a law prohibiting contraceptives. The court proclaimed the right to privacy that soon provided the basis for Women's abortion rights. Miranda v. Arizona ruled that no confession could be admissible unless a suspect had been made aware of his or her rights and the suspect had waived them. This is called Miranda rights. Roe v. Wade upheld abortion rights for women.
Tapped phones, used the IRS, and dirty tricks to stop leaks For example, he tried to discredit Ellsberg, the Psychiatrist by having people break into his office and steal his psychiatric files and have him discredited. He formed CREEP and hired some low level burglers. The burglers broke into the Democratic Party Headquarters to ensure his victory. The headquarters was at the Watergate Office Complex. Woodward and Bursnteen investigate the low level burglers. They found a note in one of the people's wallets a phone number to the Oval Office. They start to investigate and sparks a Congressional Committee that starts investigating the President because President Nixon tried to cover up Watergate. John Dean went to Congress to discuss what he knows. While he was begining to anwser questions, he spoke of tape recordings in the Oval Office. The Congressmen looked at each other and found out that the President was taping every conversation in the white house. When he was asked to hand them over , he said that the tapes belonged to him and it was his executive priviledge. Supreme Court rules against him. He hands over the tapes. Congress begins Impeachment proceedings. Then President Nixon resigned August 8,1974. President Ford became the first unelected President of the United States. His previous Vice President was removed for Tax evasion. Nixon then selected Ford as Vice President. War Powers Act Nixon vetoes the War Powers Act because it limited his powers.
Nixon's Southern Policy
President Nixon need the South to win reelection. Te South was disatisfied with the Democrats and Civil Rights Amendment. He backed Strom Thrumond in an attempt to suspend school desegregation. This is to win the South's votes.
Nixon's Domestic Policy
Expanded Social Security aid to dependent Children Protection of air and water EPA and OSHA Title IX Philadelphia plan is a plan for affirmative action with Federal contracts. He tried to reduce the Great Society and New Deal with a welfare cheats. Competition from Japan and Germany increased because the Japanese and German cars used less gas than the cars from big three. This resulted from the OPEC oil embargoes. Eastern Liberal Academia and Liberal press were blamed by Vice President Agnew. He tries to put blame on other people. He tried to increase Presidential power and reshape the courts. More
APUSH Nixon Foreign Policy
In Chile, the people elected a leftist president. The CIA overthrew him. They replaced him with a ruthless dictator. This is in the name of Containment. In 1973, Kissinger tries to broker deals with a cease fire. The US was walking a tightrope with Israelies and Arabs. The OPEC oil embargo increased oil by 5 percent for each month that the situation was not solved.
Nixon's Foreign Policy
President Nixon went to China and got away with it because he was a staunch communist fighter. It goes back to his time on the House of Un American Activities Committee. He signed the SALT I with the Soviet Union. His policy with Mainland China and Soviet Union was called detente.
Vietnam War Protests
Neil Young Wrote "Ohio". He was very frightened at the time and he wanted to make Nixon's enemies list.
Nixon's Mad Man Policy
He wanted the communists to know that he is very unpredictable. He uses this to get the North Vietnamese to the bargaining table. In 1970, President Nixon expanded the Vietnam War. He wins the election and bombs Hanoi and mines Haipong Harbor. He also bombs Cambodia. He expands the war to Cambodia. This supports his peace with honor.
Easy Rider
Easy Rider sets up a really growing culture. It shows the society of two cultures that are along generational lines. It shows the new generation likes to experiment, while the old generations like to remain the same as the past.
Nixon
President Nixon When he was inaugurated, massive protests crowded the streets. Protesters called for America to get out of Vietnam. They burned flags and disrupted the motorcade of newly inaugurated President Nixon.
Marshall Court
John Marshall was a Supreme Court Justice appointed by President John Adams. He was not the first Chief Justice. John Jay was the first Chief Justice. Chief Justice Marshall established judicial review and the power of contracts. As a staunch Federalist, he supported buisness. As a result, he voted in favor of contracts in Fletcher v. Peck and Dartmouth College v. Woodward. Fletcher v. Peck was the land fraud in Georgia. Marshall concluded that the state could not pass a law invalidating a contract. The state law was declared unconstitutional and void. This decision could be made because Marbury v. Madison established Judicary Review. Judicial Review allowed the Supreme Court to decided the Constitutionality of a law passed by the Legislative Branch. Dartmouth College v. Woodward decided that New Hampishere could not alter a contract of a private institution. Therefore, the state law of New Hampishere was declared Null and void and unconstitutional.
APUSH Supreme Court Cases
John T.Scopes Trial was deciding the legality of a Tennessee law that prohibited the teaching of evolution in the state's public schools. It illustrated the cultural clash between fundamentalism and modernism in the 1920s. Korematsu v. United States of America decided that it was constitutional for the government to relocate the Japanese Americans to internment camps during World War Two because it was a war time necessity. The Warren Court used its power to promote social programs. Baker v. Carr decided the principle of one man and one vote. The Supreme Court required the reapportionment of districts for some state legislatures. Griswold v. Connecticut struck down a law prohibiting contraceptives. The court proclaimed the right to privacy that soon provided the basis for Women's abortion rights. Miranda v. Arizona ruled that no confession could be admissible unless a suspect had been made aware of his or her rights and the suspect had waived them. This is called Miranda rights. Roe v. Wade upheld abortion rights for women.
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