Friday, December 5, 2014

What happened to the 43?

On the night of September 26, 2014 What is said to believe is the Mayor of Iguala, Josue Luis Abarca, sent the authorities to stop the students from protesting and disrupting his wife's event,in Iguala, Guerrero. Three buses containing many students from the Ayotzinapa school where pulled over by authorities in the state. The police told the students to slowly come out of the buses with their hands up. After a while of the students and the authorities shouting back and forth, the police opened fired towards the students, killing 6 and 3 bystanders. 43 of the students where selected by the police and krdered towards the back of their trucks, never to be seen again.

"43 missing" the cross reads
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Maria De Los Angeles Pineda (right) Jose Luis Abarca (left)
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The mission for these students at Ayotzinapa school is to train in becoming teachers and educate children. The students beliefs are to stand up to anyone, to defend themselves, and to never be afraid. For these reasons the government in power does not agree with their political beliefs because it does not follow the economical model the government has established for the people. When the families of the students discovered about the news of their missing children, they where angry and determined to get their children back alive no matter what. "They took 43 alive, then we want 43 back alive," one of the parents of the students stated. The parents as well as the people of Mexico are fed up with the corrupt government system, and now more determined then ever to make a revolutionary change for a better Mexico. This is only the beginning.


Thursday, November 20, 2014

The Industrial Revolution

In the article "The Beginning of the Industrial Revolution," compiled by Danny Blas, the Industrial Revolution in the United States was significant because the U.S. Is the wealthiest country in the world.
The Industrial Revolution in the U.S. was made possible by free enterprises and entrepreneurs, they invested in new industries for profit. Free enterprises is the freedom of private businesses to operate competitively for profit. And entrepreneurs are businessman investing in new industries. 
   
The U.S. had an abundance of natural resources, one of which was oil, which allowed the U.S to transport goods. The discovery of oil led to the creation of so many transportable trains and cars that allowed the U.S. to be able to carry out many different things and goods to a variety of places in such a least amount of time than before.

Passive House Poem

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Passive houses are so spacious and open 
They're so elegant and modern, 


Helping the environment with it's big windows to let in the beautiful sun

Keeps the warmth trapped in on a chilly day 
And helps keep the house cool on a hot day 


One day I wish to live in one of them 

With my amazing friend Ben 

Thursday, October 16, 2014

Letters to Rose



My history teacher, Mr. Blas, came into class one day saying he bought an old wooden box full of letters, documents, and pictures. We where all very intrigued by the mysterious wooden box because the letters inside where written during the years of WWII. He later then told us we where to open the letters, transcribe and analyze every single one of them, as well as the documents. This was a long process, however it was all worth it. Reading the letters and the documents helped us piece together who this mysterious person was.We managed to find out that the mysterious person was a male Lieutenant, by the name of Levi Dale Kinsel, who was in listed in the U.S. Navy. He had a wife named Rose Bell Kinsel, he would try and write as much as he could and as often as possible to her in San Diego.

Based off of the letters my team and I came up with a few personality traits he might've had. We think he was a serious man, who was very sweet towards his wife, and he was very optimistic. Levi was a serious man. The reason we say this because in the letters we had to analyze, all he ever talked about was everyday things, and rarely talked about anything other than his work or where he was going to be stationed at for the next couple of days.

We also think he was very loving and sweet towards his wife, Rose. He would always send her money to buy herself something nice for herself or he would tell her how much he misses her around. Also whenever he was stationed at a different place he would try and buy her some gifts like stockings. One example would be the letter he sent to her April 4, of 1939 he wrote " I am sending you a money order for $75. So you can get yourself a nice Easter hat." That to me proves he loved to give his wife gifts.

The last and final trait we thought he had was, optimism. Levi was optimistic about situations. We think this because sometimes when he would write to his wife he didn't receive a letter back from her. Although there would be times he didn't receive letters from her from days on end, he would still write to her every single day hoping that she'd write back as soon as possible. He stayed optimistic about the situation and soon enough his wife did write back.

This project made me realize how lucky we are to have the technology we have now that enables us to communicate with each other faster than letters, no matter where we are in the world. I can say that I have walked away from this project with a lot more knowledge of how things where for people back  in the years of WWII.