Friend to Caesar of Friend to Rome?

As Brutus I would have chosen Caesar over the good of Rome. This is because Caesar would have been one of my closest friends and friendship is one of the most important things in my life. As Caesars closest friend I could have persuaded him to think more like I did (Brutus). Being his friend would work to my advantages because the people of Rome look up to Caesar and listen to a lot of what he says. So, if Caesar decided to listen to my opinions then I would get to keep both my good friend and my preferred side of Rome. All in all, I choose not to kill my friend Caesar because he is a nice guy who has been misguided into thinking what he is doing is for the better of Rome.

Leaders

What are the qualities of a good leader? Who are the student leaders in Grade 8? How do they demonstrate the qualities of a good leader?

What are the qualities of a good leader?

I believe a good leader should be able to get along with everyone. Leaders should listen to other and try and help them.

Who are the student leaders in grade 8?

I think Alice and Sophia are one of the 8^th grade leaders.

How do they demonstrate the qualities of a good leader?

They show good qualities of a leader because they are kind to all and help you when you have a problem. They are also in SLAMS and so if you have any idea of something you would like SLAMS to do they always try to make it happen.

Imperialism

Imperialism brought along many changed. The motivations of imperialism were based upon three things gold, glory, and god. Gold was based upon the countries natural resources and labor. Glory was based upon making your own country stronger and wealthier. God was based upon converting people into Christianity. The way many countries achieved these things was either through war or a meeting where the leaders from all of the countries would come together and come to a solution. Countries main ambitions generally changed the way of many peoples’ lives. Most of the changes made were negative ones. They were negative in both long and short terms. Short terms because people were forced into labor, long term because discrimination began. These changes suited the wealthier and white people while the poorer blacks hated it. As you can see imperialism was great for some yet horrible for others.

Goals!

This quarter I think I did well meeting my goals. My goals for this quarter were to get an A in AR and improve my spelling. I achieved my A in AR because I planned ahead and read many books over the summer so I wasn’t stressed about it when time came to take the quiz. My spelling has always been a weak spot but I think this year I have improved a lot. Although I have improved at spelling I still think there is room for even more improvement.

Next quarter I want to carry on my goals for this past quarter as well as add some new ones. Some new goals I would like to add is not to procrastinate with homework and when I do my homework I should attempt to complete it to my fullest ability. I also think it would help if I turned on the filter between my brain and my mouth more. I think I will be able to achieve these goals if I work hard and stay focused.

Political Cartoon

This picture is making a statement about the negative sides of Capitalism. This image shows a man (fat man) squeezing all the money out of a laborer. The issue this political cartoon is portraying is how the people who own the factories use the laborers to make a profit by making them do all the work and giving them minimum wages. That is the reason for making him fat, the wealthier he is the more food he can buy. The cartoonists’ idea of this issue is that the laborers are not getting the amount of money that they deserve and that the factory owners should be earning less. The reason for me saying that is because in this image the factory owner is the “bag guy” with lots of money that he did nothing to earn and the laborer is shown with no money when he was the one who worked for it. In order to make the picture more persuasive the artist could have made the laborer more distressed and prominent.

Goal Update

I set two goals for myself for this quarter. My first goal was too improve my spelling. I think compared to last year I have. The other goal I had was to get an A for A.R. I can't say I have done this yet because I haven't taken an A.R quiz yet. I think I will probably get an A though because I read many books over the summer. I read three series of books and each series had 3 or more books in them. In all i think I will I will be able to reach my goals by the end of the quarter.

1870's Stock Market Stimulation

I did well on this simulation and I really enjoyed it. One thing that I found was very important was our first tip “Buy low…Sell high.” After the few two or three years when I saw that a product was increasing I bought it and then when I sold it when it was much more expensive. This made my profit large.