Thank You, Ma'm by Langston Hughes

Thank You, Ma'm

By: Langston Hughes

2. Write a different ending to the story. Did Roger go to jail? What else could Mrs Jones could have done to punish Roger for trying to steal her purse her?

Since Roger was trying to snatch Jones purse, the only thing she could do to teach him a lesson was to try and send him to jail. Jones could have easily called the police (which she should have done in the first place) to teach him a significant lesson. The only way a young adult or teen or child will ever learn is if they create that mistake and get punished for it. Consequences must be given in order for them to learn their lesson. Doing time, or some type of punishment well teach him that no one get's away with crime.

3.Who should be responsible for the moral education of a child? Write your opinion. Be clear and decisive in your response.

A parent or guardian or a responsible adult who obtains a child should be responsible for the moral education. However, considerations of the role of schools can and should play in the moral development of youth are themselves the subject of controversy. Kids follow the technique's and rules of schools. The faculty and staff have a great impact on the moral in education of young children. Consequently, they spend most of their day at school, which will give them a benificial way to learn from right to wrong.By listening to speaker who can teach you how to prevent various negative activities such as; drugs, sex, violence,etc. Moral Education should be a well develop theory and adults should be responsible for the moral education of a child.

Short Story Study Questions

"The Story of An Hour" Kate Chopins

1. Mrs.Mallard married her husband because in the 1800's the women were rarely divorced. If they even ever consider it they could have a punishment with the law enforcement. However, Mrs. Mallard married her husband because at the time she was in love but now lost it.



2.Life for Mrs.Mallard at home was significantly unstable because when she found out that her husband supposbly passed in a tragedy, she felt freedom and happiness.



3.Mr. Mallard was important to his community because of his name being the first on his list. Because of his standing in the community, this could possibly be the reason why Mrs.Mallard married him.



4. I believe Brently Mallard mistreated his wife because when he passed allthough she was devistated she realized that she felt freedom and joyfulness towards the end.



5. Half of it was her own fault because she did not express her feelings to her husband because she was not in love with him.



6. These two words meant that she did have a separate room from her husband. Her husband and her did sleep apart because of how separate they were in their marrage.



7. It did affect her because when he passed she was completly devistated.



8. It did because she went through something similar in her previous times.

Short Story

"The Story of An Hour" Summary

Eliza Iqbal
November 11, 2008
EDUC108 M03
“The Story of an Hour” Summary

During the 1800’s, when women were married, all of their inheritance would belong to their husbands. The women’s husband’s had privileges to everything a woman had, as well as her body. At this time women were rarely divorced. If they would ever consider it, they could be captured by the law and be punished. In “The Story of An Hour” Mrs. Mallard was told that her husband had passed away in a railroad tragedy. All though she was extremely devastated, she went into a room and sat at a comfortable armchair and stared out the window. She imagined suspension of clever thoughts as she gazed into the window. She felt exuberant feelings within her soul and body. Mrs. Mallard stated that she felt freedom pending to her. The theme of the story was that she felt happy to leave, because she thought she was not living for anyone else anymore since her husband died. However, as she passed her husband walked in the door and after all was not dead from the train accident. It was her time to go; she was ready to leave the world since she was diagnosed with heart disease. Mrs. Mallard was filled with peace and freedom when she passed.

"The Story of An Hour"

"The Story of An Hour" Questions during the weekend.

1) What is the main idea of the story?

- The main idea of the story is that Mrs. Mallard was feeling freedom as she was ill. She imagined many things as she was going to pass. Allthough she was devistated when her husband pass, she still imagined good things and portrayed happiness when she passed.

2) What is the summary of the story?

- Mrs. Mallard was devistated as soon as she found out that her husband had passed away. However, she still had an exubernent imagination of seeing her husband. She felt like she was feeling freedom approaching her. She was prepared to pass because she wanted to be with her husband. In the end she died of heart disease that the doctors say it was the joy that kills.

3) Was Mrs. Mallard Happy?

- Mrs. Mallard was happy when she passed because she was able to be with her husband in heaven. She was feeling freedom and making herself happy.

Certain Points:

Plot- Wept about her husband's death.

- She imagined good thoughts as she viewed outside the window.

- She felt freedom as she was prepared to pass.

Setting- She was in her room locked

Characterization- First she was depressed and filled with sorrow. Than feeling extremly happy and in freedom.

Point of View- She was prepared to pass and to be with her husband that is why she was happy.

Tone- Sadness, Tragic

Theme- Death set her free and happy.

The Domino Effect Article

1.How is the "domino effect" affecting the global economy?
- The global banks are not lending out money to different countries. The economy is decreasing.
2. What caused the U.S. housing crisis?
- The bank lenders have been lending out serveral loans to people who were not able to pay back the loans. Borrowers could not sell their homes to pay loans.
3. Why is the cut in consumer spending a serious pr0blem?
-The cut in consumer spending is a serious problem because there has been fewer jobs and less income.
4. How is less spending affecting local and state governments?
-Less spending is affecting local and state governments by less tax revenue and raised tax's in all 50 states.
5.What trend does expert Brian Sack predict for the economy?
-A tough recession to get out of.
6.What have the world's key central banks done to stop the crash.
- Global banks have stop lending each other.

Mosaic Templarsn Cultural Center Assignment

"Black Fraternal Scoiety's History saved by New Arkansas Museum"

Before Reading Article

I did not know much about the history of Little Rock Arkansas,however I knew that back than in the Southern States slavery was extremly popular. During slavery, many people suffered because of the control of the white population. There were many leaders and abolitionists speaking for the African Americans and other race in the southern states.

After Reading Article

I learned many things after reading the article. I learned that theMosaic Templars Cultural Center is Arkansas's state funded museum dedicated to the story of African American life and business. It focuses on all the facts of slavery and the history of Arkansas. They also focus on the culture and surroundings from the 1870's. This museum educates the people about black establishments in politics business and arts. It teaches you the symbolism in African American heritage and interprets the meaning of togetherness during those times.

Text Messaging Assigment

Text Messaging Paragraph

Text messaging to me is an addiction. I enjoy texting very much but the article does speak the truth. If you are not paying much attention to what you are doing and you are texting you , you can be in danger. People today drive and text and sometimes they do not pay attention to the road, they can be in a car accident. My mind is not changed about texting because i still enjoy it but I am very careful. This article is beneficial to those who multy task with text messaging and other activities, i do agree with it. I believe we should all be careful in what we accomplish in general. I would not text if an MD advised me not to text, because he or she is probably trying to give us advice to be more safer.

Before Reading

I use to believe that it was okay to drive and text because I was extremly comfortable with it.I use to think I would be 100% careful in driving and texting. However, there could be other crazy drivers that can cause an accident when you don't pay attention to the road.

After Reading

Now, I would consider the article. Only because it does speak the truth. People do get distracted easily while texting and accomplishing another activity. It was even stated by an MD.

Do Not Text People!

Be Safe and Stay Alive :D

Before & After Questions

Title of the Article: 2008-The Issues

Before Reading

What I Know about this topic:

Before reading this article, I knew that Obama is a democrate candidate in the 2008 election. I also knew that McCain is a repulbican candidate for the 2008 election. They are both runnining to become the U.S. President and are trying to create change within the states. I believe this is one of the most important elections because it is the first African American candidate running for president of the United States.

What I want to know about it:

I want to know exactly what each President is going to change about our country. I also want to know if they are going to help the less fortunate and middle class more.

After Reading

What you learned:

I learned that our unemployment rate is increasing rapidly and banks are forclosing. I have read that 10 banks have failed. The national debt is ten trillion dollars. ( I thought trillion was not a real number)I also can recall that millions of Americans do not have health care because they can not afford it.

What I Still Want to Know:

I would like to know if the candidates ideas will have an impact on the United States and how.

I would also like to know who will win the Presidential Election.

Narrative

Optimism
It began on a cold Thursday night in mid-September at 11:32pm when I received my third verbatim phone call from my best friend Michelle. I picked up on the forth phone call, curious to see why she was calling me several times. As I answered all I herd from her voice was severe pain wheezing with rage, as if she were to be suffering from an asthma attack. I was extremely worried and repeatedly asked, “what the matter was?” She explained to me that her boyfriend threatened to kill himself if Michelle ever left him. All though I was worried about Michelle I did not feel surprised about the phone call. Perhaps I was use to the fact of obtaining those late phone calls and hearing her cry till could not cry anymore. However, I was still her best friend and I had to be there for her no matter what.
Michelle was a sweet and sensitive young lady who had an immense future ahead of her. Consequently, she had a possessive boyfriend who tends to lie to her and manipulate her as if he were to be an envious character name Iago in William Shakespeare’s Othello. Michelle’s boyfriend use to argue with her constantly and sometimes even physically beat her. In my perspective as a best friend, I would never want to see my best companion anguish in depression, weeping to see the sun shine over the moist green grassed hill. Michelle was always joyful until she met her boyfriend. Every day it was shouting, screaming and suffering for her. I thought to myself, “When will this whole catastrophe end?” I always imagined that she would listen to the enhanced advice I would give her, but all I could do was hope for the best. Nevertheless, Michelle thought he was the only guy for her; she still did not realized that she cannot be with him.
The phone calls to my cell increased every single night. I would consistently give her the best advice I could, as if I were her therapist writing down everything that is going wrong. I tried to help her by spending time with her and driving to her house. There were various nights where I sat down next to her with two large bowls of Baskin&Robins mint chocolate chip ice cream freezing on our finger tips. I would always tell her that being away from her boyfriend is a tremendously better feeling than suffering with him. Countless nights I drove past her house to see if she would be home safely, until I would see her boyfriend’s green Pontiac in front of her home. I felt like my words of wisdom were not being appreciated. I felt that I was wasting my time talking to her. As a friend I wanted to look out for her and help her when she was down like an airplane crashing on the ground surface with fire blowing up in front of people’s eyes. However, for a typical reason I was not being understood in her mind.
Michelle and I were still best friends till we graduated highs school together. Then we both went our ways to college and pursued a completely different life without each other. Consequently, she was still with her boyfriend going through the same horrific problems frequently. I always wondered what would happen if she would have listen to my advice and if it would help her in the future. I tried to influence her with strength, determination and dignity but she still remains the same. Now I imagine how Michelle would survive without me being by her side all the time. I learned that it takes massive amount of time for a person to realize, maybe, what other people say is for their benefit. I also learned that what keeps you in a terrible relationship is love. Furthermore I hoped for the best for Michelle and her boyfriend and wished that maybe one day things will get better for her, because I realized that’s all I could complete.

The Hurricane

what- several people were hurt for not escaping the hurricane
where - Texas and it's borders
when- mid September
why- people were strictly stubborn
how- mother nature
who- the Texas people

I believe that the reason why people were hurt was for the purpose of them recieving some sort of compensation or because they were stubborn. They recieved a plan to evacuate when a hurricane arrived, but several did not. Maybe it is because they want to take advantage of donations and such for damages.

Comparing & Contrasting

There are several similarities and differences about Music and singing. Music to me is my savior.The tune, melody and words to me are quite fasinating.The musical instruments are quite amazing with their different musical notes and how it sounds. Without music I believe there is no life.Singing is another passion and hobbie. Singing has tunes and different melody's also. However, singing is done with your voice and different pitches such as alto and soprano. Music and singing both have a significant meaning with words and without words.

educ108 reading skills

My reading skills is quite different then others. For instance there are times where I can not focus on the certain reading material ,when I read quietly. I understand the concept of the story more when I read outloud to myself. However,I know in college I can not read outloud during an exam or in silent reading. What I like to do to understand in a story or an excerpt from a historic event, a critisim, or even William Shakespeare, is that I like to read the material verbatim so that I can interpret the main idea of the story.I high light points that I feel are important, or even sometimes I write it in my own words to understand it better.

Self-Introduction

My name is Eliza and I am currently a student at the New York Institute of Technology , Manhattan Campus.