Google Searches

Google.com can be used as a very good search engine, Google is known all over the world. Although Google can be a helpful tool, it can also be confusing and give you too many results. There is a tool on Google that can help you narrow down searches but you can also get better and more efficient results when you play around with words, capitalization, and using different words. My starting question was, how do the democratic republican oppositions on the “fiscal cliff differ”, and I got to narrow it down to only 8 results by using the techniques I learned.

My first technique was to play with the words around. But then I figured out that messing with the words around wasn’t going to help at all. This was giving me different results but it wasn’t giving me efficient results that I needed to answer my question. I needed to figure out something that would give me less so I started taking out words.

The next thing I tried doing was cutting off words and capitalizing some words. I then clicked on search tools and narrowed it down to posts that had only been posted 24 hours ago, and it narrowed it down to 8 results. My final search was Democratic AND republican "position on fiscal cliff". The website that helped me find my answer was http://apapromotions.com/commonsense/2012/11/30/fiscal-cliff-negotiations-its-time-for-republicans-to-just-walk-away/.

Although search engines give you the answers you need. They can also confuse you and not give you efficient results. They can overwhelm you with a lot of results and you won’t be able to find your answers sometimes. I know now how to narrow down searches and I can now find answers faster. This will really help me on my senior project.

prop 34

            Out of all the props my main focus is going to be on prop 34. Prop 34 focuses on trying to get rid of the death penalty. The death penalty is given to convicts or criminals in order to punish them for the crimes they have done. But some people believe this isn’t such a great idea because the person can sometimes be innocent and giving them the death penalty would just free them. This proposition wouldn’t give the chance of parole, the maximum punishment would give a 100 million fund to solve cases while murderers would be working to pay fines and for the families of the victims.

            Like every proposition this prop has positive and negatives to it. If we get rid of the death penalty it would be better because prisoners would suffer in jail and they wouldn’t just end it as easily. If they get the death penalty it would be good because they wouldn’t be wasting a lot of money on the prisoners who are in there. That money can be used for positive things like in education and things that can better our community. This would really help out with the money issues. Sometimes the death penalty can really affect people because an innocent person can be convicted and be killed for an error.

            I believe the death penalty should be get rid of because it would really benefit a lot of people. This would save a lot of money and it would let the convicts suffer more. The money could be used for more positive things than just killing the prisoners. So if I was 18 I would vote to get rid of it.

The Canterbury Tales

Based on The Canterbury Tales if I lived during that time I would have chosen to be a knight. I would have chosen to be a knight because you would have your life planned out and it represents strength. To be a knight you have to be strong and you provide protection. So the knight is someone that can be looked up to and that’s always a positive thing.

My occupation would be a knight. So by being a knight it would be required for me to be strong and loyal. My job would be look after the king or lord in charge. My days would consist of training in order to build up and have strength. My challenges as a knight would be that I would have to go through rough training and be able to protect others before myself. As a Knight I wouldn’t really have a family life because my main priority would be to look after the king or others it would consist of mostly training and working for the king. My values and morals would mostly consist of looking after everyone but myself and put everyone’s protection in front of my own safety. In the future after my training I would of like to settle down with a family like for example I would have tried making a future with the princess.

Being a Knight would be hard work and it would require loyalty. I think I would have chosen that out of all the parts because you wouldn’t be poor and you had a good descent job. I think it would be great also because you would resemble something strong and you would be someone people can look up to and be looked for protection. The only negative thing would be that you would have to constantly worry about being hurt and you would have to think of everyone else but yourself as in your safety.

Obstacles in Education

My dream has always been to finish high school and continue school to further my education. I would want to have a family of my own and have a good paying job to be able to support them. But after reading both of these articles, “Crazy” and “Generation Screwed”.  I  am starting to fear that im not going to be able to fulfill my dreams. In the article “Crazy” I read how technology has now become one of the biggest problems and how it can get in our way of our education. For example excessive time on the computer, cell phone, ect. On the second article “ Generation Screwed” I read about the struggles of finding a job after High School and college .Those are both big obstacles for a good career.

                 Finding a good paying job has always been a hard task. After reading the article ‘Generation Screwed” , ii have learned that it’s even harder to find a job, even with a college education. College graduates are now competing with high school graduates for a good salary job. For the reason being that a lot of these jobs don’t require a college education. As stated in the article “Generation Screwed” . “ Over 43 percent of recent graduates now working , according to a recent report by the Heldrich Center for work force development, are at jobs that require a college education’. It seems like you don’t even need to attend a college. You will be receiving the same type of offers as a high school graduate because there isn’t enough jobs.

                Finding a job has never been easy. With the Bad economy now , finding a job has now become a bigger problem. There just isn’t enough jobs for everybody even with a good background education. People with college education  are now competing with people  without a college education. This whole situation has just gotten harder, I feel like it’s going to be a struggle for me

College Entrance

When a student gets accepted into the college of their dreams or the college they applied to its one of the best news a senior can receive. Obviously they had to work hard to get accepted and be in the spot they are now. If they were really hard workers enough to get accepted i think they should keep working hard and not fall behind. If you fall behind and dont have the grades you were expected to have then it means you are not ready for the college challenges. A student should be able to maintain his grades and not let senior year get to them because they were obviously intelligent enough to keep the grades they applied with. I believe the entrance should be denied, they should keep their good grades.

Senior year isnt going to be an easy year but a student should have goals and determanation to graduate and have a plan for when they get out. Once you apply and you get accepted theres no turning back. you practically made a deal and you should be able to substain the good grades you had when you applied. Theres twelve years that you have to spend in school, and through out your twelve years youve worked hard. There shouldnt be no reason why you should slack off. You should think that its your last year and all your hard work has paid off and youve worked very hard for so long you should be able to make it through a couple of more months. If your grades fall behind then it means your not ready for college. In college theres no time for slacking off its hard work after hard work. You need to be prepared for the level college you applied to and if your not putting an effort no more you shouldnt be going to the college you applied to.

We all need to work hard for the things we most desire. If you have been accepted to the college of your dreams you probally have goals and you shouldnt give up. There shouldnt be a reason why you think its time to take a brake during senior year. Thats only wer things get real and you deal with bigger challenges.You have to prepare yourself for the college challenge, keeping the good grades should definately be one.

senior year high lights

Its senior year and im looking forward to finally finishing school. Im really hoping i graduate on stage because i am really looking forward to graduating with my class. I cant wait to finally get out and start my life. I hope that i can reach all the goals i want to achieve when i finish high school. My goal after high school is to be a dental assistent. Its only the beggining of the year but its already hitting me im actually starting to feel like a senior even though i dont look like on but im feeling it. Its actually hitting me because senior portraits are approaching and i cant wait to take my picture. I hope this year goes by fast and although its going to be hard i know its going to be worth it.