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Senator John Kerry and Respect

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Thursday, September 27th 2012

Yesterday in class we had an Ed Cafe about the freedoms of the 1st amendment. I was in charge of discussing the freedom of assembly. I really enjoyed this exercise because the groups that I was in ended up in some good discussions. We were talking about freedom of speech and we were very intrigued by the fact that freedom of speech not only allows you to speak your mind but also to not speak at all. I think I learned as much as I would have from you teaching us but it was a more interactive and enjoyable experience and the preparation did not take long at all

Today in class we took our first "quest". I found the short answers to be the easiest and actually the fill in the blanks in the beginning to be the most difficult simply because most of the things that were questions I didn't think to study so I was taken by surprise. everything else was rather straight forward.

Constitution Timeline

Tuesday, September 25th 2012

Yesterday in History we looked at an article called "The Bill Of Rock And Roll Rights" this of course was a hypothetical case. It was about a party on a private property with a musical performance by Madonna. The Police ended up busting the party by arresting Madonna and all other party goers for violating the Blue Laws which prohibit non puritan activities on Sundays. It then went on to describe the process of their trials and we had to decide among our group which Amendment was being violated.

Today in History we discussed the first party systems of the US including the democratic republicans and the federalists. We underlined what we thought was important in the two articles we were given and then Mr. Boyle helped us to put them into an organized chart on the projector. Some things we included were that the federalists wanted a physically and militarily strong nation and the democratic republicans wanted the power to be with the people through the government that is closest to them or more simply, at the state level.

Friday, September 21st 2012

Yesterday in class (Thursday) we were divided into federalists and no federalists when we walked into class. Then we found a partner with the same view. With them we completed a worksheet based on a document we were also given. After that the federalists and non federalists were given numbers that paired them with someone who has the opposite view. Cam Armand and I shared our information and then when we got back from lunch we created a magazine cover selling our point of anti- federalism. Our magazine was called Anti-Federalists Weekly.

Friday was a half day so sadly, we did not have class.

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Three Branches Of Government

Tuesday, September 18th 2012

Yesterday in history class we were handed a document as we entered class. Then in the groups we chose to sit in we looked through a document discussing whether we should have one president or three. The three different sections were he Virginia Plan, the New Jersey Plan and the Hamilton Plan were the three different sections included in the document. In the documents we looked for things like how they were to be elected, how long their terms would be and if they were able to run for re-election.

Today in history we looked at how a bill becomes a law and the three different branches of the government. The three branches are the legislative, judicial, and the executive branch. Then we took out our devices and were going to crate a presentation online but it didn't work quite as well as we would have liked. Using the iPad to try to do it didn't work very well so we just wrote it out instead. That's the only thing about the BYOD program. You never know what can go wrong. Like if it dies or the Internet goes out or something. But besides that I think it's a really great program.

Friday, September 14th 2012

Yesterday in class we discussed different documents we were given the day before in our groups. Each group shared with others what they found out in order for us to create a filled in grid of all the information. Then with the help of Mr.Boyle we put it on the board and took some notes to see how it all played out. We talked about issues such as uni or bicameral, people or states voting, and equal or proportional representation. It was interesting to see the opinions different people had and their reasoning.

Today in class we had more of a class to clear everything. I found it very helpful because we went through the syllabus which looking at it all at once without explanation can be very overwhelming. Mr Boyle did a really good job showing us that he's human too and understands our stress and isn't here to do that to us, no matter how much we think he, and other teachers are. He is here to see us succeed with our technology and get us ready for the future which I really appreciate.

Wednesday September 12th 2012

Yesterday, (September 11th) we discussed the preamble in class. we sat in groups like always and did a similar activity to what we did with the civic values. We went around to each line of the preamble and wrote about it. We wrote things like what it means to us and how we think its either working or not working in the US today. My favorite line in the preamble is "Secure the blessings of our liberty, to ourselves and our posterity" Posterity means "future generations" so its saying that we have to be thinking of our children and theirs because someday they will be living like we are today, but only if we "secure the blessings of our liberty" like it says. It was interesting to really look at what the Preamble was saying.

Today in class we were in groups again but we were separated by what article we had on the paper we were handed as we entered the class. My group was me, Sarah G, Camille, and Jess S. We were discussing an article on whether we should have one or two houses. There were three peoples opinions in the article. two said we should have two houses and one person said we should only have one. William Patterson said there should only be one house because the states already check up on each other so why do they need more supervision? James Wilson said that we should have two because "in order to control the Legislative authority, you must divide it" George Mason also said that we should have two houses because as people in the US we value our possessions and liberty so much that we never would trust just one house with it and we need two houses to look over it. It was sort of difficult to pick out what they were really saying sometimes, but once you understood, the proved some good points.

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My Family and Civic Values

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What Are Three Artifacts That Describe Me?

          In 100 years, if a historian was looking for information on high school students from 2012 I would give them three artifacts to describe myself. I would give them a dance shoe, a picture of me and my best friend, and the key to my house.

          The reason I would give them a dance shoe is simple. Dance is my "thing" shall we say. I've been dancing since the age of three when I took my first tap class at Kathy's Tumbleweeds in Salisbury. My dance career took off from then. Ever since I was three the amount of classes I take has exploded. I began to add classes such as Jazz, Ballet, Tumbling, Lyrical, Contemporary and Pointe as I got older, and every time my mom would ask me what class I would give up to add another I would have an answer. I loved them all too much. Then this past year as a Freshmen I decided to break out of my one studio and I joined Center For The Performing Arts in North Andover. I signed up for the ballet intensive program which has a history of sending students to the Joffrey Ballet School in NYC. I also took Jazz and joined the Performance Team. Last year the performance team performed at a Celtics game and it was by far my favorite experience. Last year I also performed my first solo. As we get older a lot of students don't know what they want to do when the grow up. but even from kindergarten when I said I wanted to dance mine has never changed. Dance has always given me something to strive for. Its given me goals, discipline, and has built me as a person.

          Why would I give the historian a picture of me and my best friend you ask? well, without her, freshmen year, and my high school career would be much different. Haley Crowley, a senior at Triton and I met in 6th grade when we did a show at the Firehouse in Newburyport together. After the show we talked a little but basically parted ways. Last year during auditions for the fall play, we immediately picked up where we left off and became really close. Anytime someone would ask where she is, most people would answer "I don't know.  Probably with Sarah" She certainly helped me adjust to high school better than anyone. she showed me how to deal with studies, difficult teachers, auditions, schoolwork, and always gave me someone to talk to. When I doubted my abilities as a dancer and struggled with the ideas of my future she was always there to pick me up and remind me to keep striving. I can absolutely thank her for one of the most amazing summers ever, and for telling me to "be quiet and calm down" when I started worrying about sophomore year. Once she graduates I know my life here will be a lot different, but I know I have her to thank for my experiences at Triton. 

          I would never be the person I am today without my family and that's why I would give the historian my house key, which represents home. Home is where you make memories, eat at the kitchen table, open presents at Christmas, and always run to. At home I have my mom Sue, my dad Mike, and two siblings. My sisters name is Erin. She's 27. she graduated from Triton in Mr. Colby s class actually! She went to college at Northeastern and is now a nurse at Elliot Hospital in Manchester New Hampshire. My brother Mike is 24. He went to high school at Pingree, and graduated with a business degree from University of Richmond in 2011. He lives in Manhattan in NY and works at Credit Suisse as a financial analyst. I have absolutely no idea what that means. Having siblings that are so much older than me helped me to grow up a lot faster than most kids my age. The idea of college was introduced to me much younger than most students my age. I've always been thinking about it. This year when teachers ask what my plans are for the future im proud to know that I have an idea of what I want to do and I have my siblings to thank for that. Having parents that have already gone through high school and college with two kids is always reassuring too because they know what they're doing especially with college. my dad is always on my case about getting good grades but hey, it pushes me to be better all the time and I wouldn't be the student I am without him. My mom has always supported my dancing whether it be by giving me a ride to class, taking me to buy new pointe shoes or sitting in the audience through my shows. She knows its my dream and is always helping me to achieve it. My family's the reason for me being who I am today, and I believe that my home represents my family.

          Well, now that I have written a blog post that is way long than it ever should have been, there is is! my three items. these three items would give the historian a good idea of who I was in high school in 100 years.