Wednesday, March 18, 2009

“ Why Should We Help Someone From A Different State?”



“ If I were asked this question years ago, I would have done everything. But now the way the economic system is, I don’t know if I want someone from another country to compete with jobs, housing, and a state of mind.” So says, English teacher, Mr. Alberto Jose Romero. Many people have families that live outside the country and want them to come to America, but the big question is: should we help those people come to the USA?
Christelle Chery, a freshman at CHS felt different than Romero. She really did not have a feeling about helping someone else from her country. When I asked her how she felt about helping someone else to come to the states, she had a confused face and took her time to answer the question. But when she came up with an answer, it captured the prevailing sentiment: “I don’t know how to do that”. She really didn’t know what to do or what she could do.
Mr. Marc Brasof, Social Studies teacher, felt complete different from Romero, and Christelle. Brasof felt as though he would do anything in his power to help someone from a different country. When I ask him how he felt about helping someone else from another country he thought hard and said with passion “Sudan in there state Darfur people were being kill for no reason”. He feel as those we should help people who are seeking help and want to make a difference in their life and the country.
I feel the same as Mr. Brasof. I would do anything in my power to help someone else from another country especially in Nigeria because that is where I am from. The person has to really want the help to them selves before someone else can, help them. They have to want to help the United States.
You know helping others can be helping ours selves. Some immigrants that come to American are educated. Based on a survey of 28,000 companies, the study found that immigrants in the U.S. who are creators of companies combine entrepreneurial drive with strong educational backgrounds, especially in the so-called "STEM" areas (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). Stated by:( http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/india/article.cfm?articleid=4205) so remember that helping someone from a different country is helping yourself.

Monday, January 26, 2009

NHD Reflection

For my NHD project I chose to do a performance about
Bessie Smith. It was a fun, hard, and informational project.
My group did a lot of research for my project, a lot of annotations
And a process paper.

Bessie smith was African American blues singer that lived though racism, sexism, and segregation she transcend all her obstacles to purse a successful singing career. A lot of people knew her as the “Empress of Blues” but not the problems she had to go though to get there. She made a lot of ways for singer these days. That’s why I pick her and that’s way I strive to get my NHD project together.

At the end of the day my group is going to city’s they are going
To make it further then that because we put more facts in our project and better custom. We will have to reverse the script a little but that’s not a problem. That’s my reflection on NHD.