175 years later, would Emerson Puke or Celebrate?

Emerson would Puke. Nobody is Self-Reliant, it's all about getting rich off of others in this Day and age. People disrespect each other, and Elders aren't giving the youth a chance. Violent Groups are recruiting us so the 'Valuable' Older people can survive, while the youth a forced to kill each other, and aren't expected to die. Examples: Street Gangs, Armies, and ideas that seem fun but end up in disaster.

Journal topic- 10/31/16

Scary Story:

   It was a dark and foreboding All Hollow’s Eve; I was reclining in my battered bungalow, awaiting the youth to come a rapping upon my threshold door, and resting in my lap was my Midnight colored feline, Jiji. I was spread out upon the couch, browsing the depths of the web on my device.

   Around roughly 7:30 PM, the first Trick-or-treaters marched up, and called out their hymn, "Trick or Treat!" I snuck silently over to the door, bowl of candy in hand, threw open the door, and shouted "TRICK!" The little children screamed, and I passed out their treats. Chuckling, I said "Happy Halloween..." and shrank back into the house. 

   After two or more hours of scaring children, I began to turn out the lights and lock the house up. Once 10 PM rolled around, and everyone was in bed, I was preparing for bed when I heard a knocking on the front door. Bewildered, I opened the front door. Standing there was a man in hist later 60s, in a hospital gown, a look of fear wild in his tired eyes.

   "May I help you?" I inquired. He stood still, staring at me. He began to reach towards the door, attempting to let himself in. Panicked, I slammed the door, ran to My Parent's room, and Grabbed the Airsoft gun in my Father's closet. I sprinted out to the Tool Shed, Found the BBs, loaded the Gun, and waited in the Dining room to see what would happen next.

   Ten minutes went by, nothing. Just as I was starting to calm down, one of the Windows shattered, and a bloody hand reached through. I cocked the weapon, and aimed. Just when the man's face came into view, I fired at his right eye. A blood curdling shriek rattled the house's frame, and I blacked out. When I woke up, The window was fine, the man was gone, and I was on the couch. Was it a dream? Maybe.  

Author in Progress

On the subject of the Emerson writing yesterday, I feel like I got my points across fairly well, but my sentence and paragraph structure could use some improvements, along with some more flavorful punctuation in there as well.

When Phones Fly

Well, I just saw Dr. Preston throw Isaias's Phone across the room, Destroying it. If that isn't an excuse to get an iPhone 7, I don't know what is.


Dr. Preston please don't throw my tablet it's my last one until senior year, and I'm pretty sure it won't stay airborne for more than a few seconds. 

Something Interesting about my Lit. Analysis book

I'm still reading 'The Martian Chronicles' by Ray Bradbury, and something interesting about it is one of the Characters, Thomas(Toe-Mahs), meets a martian in present tie, but the martian is experiencing time as it was 14000 years ago, yet he's able to interact with Thomas. This is a concept that fascinates me, and IO'd like to know more about.

MY AMERICAN VOICE

What do I speak up about? How do I do it? I speak up on topics I feel strongly effect our lives. I went on a rant a few weeks ago during the hot weather about how our 'School District' is actually a 'School Dictatorship' because I feel like Santa Maria High School is treated like a minor priority, even though the campus is in shambles, only a few of the buildings have circulation, two of the Portables are unfit to be used(One, 628, is not up to California Earthquake Regulations, but they use it anyways instead of fixing the fucking thing, and one Portable in the 400 block has Cockroaches, that my Spanish Teacher dealt with all last year no matter how much she complained), Our Furniture is drastically outdated--and two of the desks collapsed in on themselves my Freshman year, with people in them--The rooms are too cramped, as my history teacher had more students than what the Room was approved for and at least 18 students had to sit on the floor because of a lack of desks, The District Just gave us these tablets because they wouldn't update the Textbooks every few years(Some of the Atlases have East and West Germany, USSR for Russia, And a little old country called Yugoslavia), our famous Ethel Pope Auditorium is overdue for a renovation, but nothing is done for the wonderful building, Again with the portables: When the original buildings were demolished in the 70s, the portables were supposed to last Five years; Forty-Five years have passed and jack shit has happened with these no matter how many problems there are. What solution do I feel is necessary? Become a Union High School again, or Take over One room on the Admin building and refuse to leave until something is done, no matter how long it takes. Just because our school is roughly 89 to 90 percent Hispanic, that doesn't fucking mean the district can treat us like the Black Sheep of the District.


DOWN WITH THE DISTRICT .

Fall Vocab #6

Meme- A piece of culture spread nonphysically from one to another

Virus- An infiltrating organism/malware that can wreak havoc.

Viral- Massive spread of Information

Blog- Web Log/Online journal

Wiki- A page with multiple contributors

URL- One of two types of Hyperlinks

Website- A page accessible through the Internet

WWW- World Wide Web

Internet- An interconnecting network to share information.

2.0- The next best version

Open Source- Collaboration.

Art of Hosting Good Conversations online

What I think is the most important:

-Good Hosts nurture community memories.

-Make newcomers feel welcome, contributors valued, and recreational hassles ignored.

-Keep as few rules as possible, and base them on simple human courtesies.

-People's first reaction is most important: From the beginning- introduce yourself.


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Team Vocab

  Our election this year has been transformed into a venomous joke. Trump is Aggravating the country. I think trump has anticipated Hillary's loss with his evil words. I believe both have lies dripping from the Republican's Capillary Proboscis, and we the people have been watching and listening to the debate in a Melancholy state of mind. This is one election we worry about with both accusing the other with crap nobody cares about. Our country will dissolve under either leadership, and we've been hypnotized to believe if Hillary dies the election will become suspended.

Letter to a Mentor

   Please note: The Mentor I need has been dead for 216 years.

  Dear Mr. Washington,

  I have a question--a BIG question--Do we actually need a national government? Couldn't each state/Territory Gov't keep each other equal through checks and balances? With multiple Governments controlling the country, there's a smaller chance of one Corrupt leader screwing the country over, right? I know that you worked hard to set up our National government the way it is, but it's so screwed up now the country's falling apart. If you could read this 240 years ago, would you please change it?


    Regards,

      SJH.

Vocabulary Five

Venomous- Full of malice and spite.
My opinion towards the matter was Venomous.

Stolid- Showing little emotion or animation.
I tried to stay Stolid during the presentation.

Hypnotized- To capture one's full attention.
I was Hypnotized during the action movie.

Suspended- Temporary prevention on a matter
The Rocket Launch was Suspended due to a wild fire.

Transformed- To make a thorough change in appearance, character or form.
The Building had a complete Transformation after the renovation.

Accuse- Claim of wrongdoing. 
 Edward Snowden was Accused of domestic terrorism when he released information about the NSA's spying on people through cameras in computers.

Anticipate- To foresee probability.
The Anticipation of the relative's arrival became extreme.

Fringe- Not part of the mainstream.
The Fringe theatre played individual movies made by private individuals.

Melancholy- the feeling of sadness.
I had my own Melancholy Blues when my best friend moved away.

Earnestly- Determined.
The Dog was Earnest to get out to chase the squirrel.

Dissolve- to close down or dismiss.
The band Dissolved after seven greatest hits.

Aggravate- to annoy someone persistently.
The little sibling began to Aggravate his Sister.

Illuminate- to decorate text with a colorful design.
The old journal was Illuminated with dark colors around the heading.

Capillary- (Relation to Capillarity) The movement of a liquid or metal due to surface tension.
The Fuel tank of the SR-71 'Blackbird' had Capillarity when in flight

Proboscis- A tubular mouthpiece in some insects used for feeding.
The Proboscis of the Moth unraveled to suck up nectar from the flower.