Tyranny, Injustice, and Self-Determination

Tyranny is when there is someone that rules through the means of threatening, and violence and has the central power. Injustice is when someone is being treated unfairly, and unlike others. Self-Determination is when one person wants to take rule and take over. In the book 'Animal Farm' all these things are being shown. Their farmer, Jones, is being a tyrant because he is taking rule of the animals without them having any choice to do otherwise. He makes them work, and at times forgets to bring them food. The animals are treated harshly, and this resulted in their plans of taking him down. This book also shows Injustice because the animals need to work all day, and some days food is not provided. The animals need to be treated equally as humans. Have time to rest, good food, and not needing to work all day. Also, Self-Determination is shown because the animals on the farm want to take Jones down. They decide that its time for a new revolution, a new rule so they can have their freedom to do what they want most. Some animals think that over-ruling Jones would be horrible because no one would be providing them food, but the animals clarify that their lives would be better with the human gone. All this tyranny, and injustice had lead the animals to the wanting of self-determination.

Life, or Death?

Another day
Of agonizing cries
Of pain, and loss
The smell of rotten bodies
The blood carved on the mud
Stained with hatred
And firing guns

A non-stop cry

Dare not stand up
For it is suicide

Ask your self
Shall I live, or die?
Though now limited choices
Shall I be with god?
Will he take me?
The fear in one others eyes
Stench of gas builds up
Sucking the life of him
Dare not stand up
For it is suicide

The beauty of nature
All burned down to dust
Smoke scatters the air
This is not what they came for
Not what they wanted
But the only direction
They have to face it
Dare not stand up
For it is suicide

Another day
Another life
They lie on the cold floor
Dead and gone
But enemies no more
Only human Like us, like them
Then it starts again
Dare not stand up
For it is suicide





This is war
World War I

Citations:
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA04/wood/mot/images/stills/arms_gravesWWi.jpg http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/ww1/images/34.jpg http://www3.eou.edu/hist06/images/soldierfighting.jpg http://www.army.mil/asianpacificsoldiers/Images/wwi.jpg http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/45/65945-004-1F0658DC.jpg

Military in Your Future?

In Thailand, at the age of 18, all males are registered, but it is voluntary whether they chose to join or not. However, at the age of 21, it is compulsary that all males join the military service. Therefor, when i grow up i am not forced to join the army. I would try to restrain from joining the army at all costs, even if it means to defend your country. But, if i were to join the army, it would be either for training, or if i chose that path in college. I would be able to do the training, but if it means real war, i wouldn't be able to fight. Also, since i want to study medical sciences, and help wounded people, i could help the army in that way. If the army needs doctors, then i would help out. But if the army needs soldiers, i wouldn't want to go there.

Feedback Jan 5-9 Great Powers Game

The visual elements that stand out in this cartoon are the hands that link each other, and one person who doesn't have any hands linking her. Also, some people have more than one hand, showing they are is greater power than others around them. The bear, who is also known as Russia, is also an element that stands out. I believe this issue is about certain countries having alliances with one another, and how some countries have more alliances than others. These alliances varies from more powerful countries having more alliances, and weaker countries having nothing. The cartoonist opinion in this cartoon is that the two in the middle, who are Germany, and Austria/Hungry are more powerful, and keep the war held together. They have more hands reaching out, meaning they have more alliances with others, making them more powerful than the weaker countries. The evidence i see is that Germany and Austria/Hungry are shaking hands with nearly everyone throughout this picture. The cartoonist could have shown more clearly the two main countries with the most alliances. This relates to the Great Powers game because more countries wanted to make alliances with the powerful countries instead of the weaker ones. Some countries were left with nothing, such as the Netherlands in this picture. The greater countries could have the advantage of making more alliances because of their power.

Great Powers Game Debrief

My country was Japan. Building my empire was hard at first, but the more buying power i had, the more easier it became. The empire would gradually build up, and at first i felt that Japan was hopeless, and it wouldn't have much power as other countries, but later it felt that Japan had a chance. The countries with the higher buying powers such as US had more of an advantage because it could gain more power faster by buying many industries, and armies. My empire felt small against the large countries, and its power was small.

At the beginning of the game, it felt more important to buy industries because you could earn 1 more everytime you buy it, increasing your buying power so you can buy more. But further into the game, it felt more important to have the right amount of armies because eventually, you would be attacked.

I personally think i did well negotiating, and having definite allies who would for sure back me upwhen i needed help. what i would have done differently was changing my technique to buying lots to industries and colonies to increase the power, and then buy all armies to the end so i would have enough to defeat the other countries.

My alliances were successful, although some of them wanted to change, but didn't. I also ended up being alliances with Russia who had promised to give me the land i needed. I could trust Russia the most to have backed me up. She could help me because she got wiped out right before me. Not all allies could be trusted, such as Germany. Germany were my allies, but they wanted to join the winning side so they had a bit of confusion.

I learned that different countries wanted similar properties that other countries had, and they would fight, or even start a war in order to gain that money. Also, not all allies could have been trusted, you mostly had to be independent in making the choices.

End of Quarter 2 Feedback

I have developed a clear and good understanding on imperialism. i have learned what it means, the positives affects, and the negative affects that occurred over those years. it has given me a new understanding of something i have never heard, or learned about before. i have developed a good understanding on imperialism. I have achieved my second goal, but no to the best. Spelling is good, i have done my best, and commas, periods, etc are better. Just sometimes i can miss out on one or two of them, but overall, i have tried to achieve this goal, and i'm getting there. My third goal was to do better in Socratic seminars. We haven't done much of that lately, instead we have done trails. It is a good way to bring out ideas, and i am trying to improve at that.
My new goals for this quarter are:
1) Be more efficient in writing final copies, and all punctuation are correct
2) Keep up with the class and classwork, including homework
3) Participate during class more often