“Wassup my nigga!” Bart asked Leon his friend. “Hey watch your language,” the teacher demanded. “I’m just saying hi to my friend,” replied Bart. “Well you don’t need to use nasty and foul language,” answered the teacher. “What nasty language the word nigga? That’s not a foul word.” Bart said.
Well is it? Is nigga really a foul and racial slur. The word nigga has been frowned upon for many years, but now somethings are different, well sorta. But what do people actually believe is the actually meaning behind the word. Different people have different views on the word at Constitution high.
Many students and teachers believe the word is offensive and that it offends people. One student stated “The ending of the word matters. Er is the worst then the A ending. If a person of a different color says the ER ending shit would pop off. Er ending means slave to me.” Most students feel the same that the ending of the word makes it racial or not.
On the other there are people that don’t believe the word is racial at all. “Words are powerful, but in the end they are just words,” stated Mr Romero. Students say it’s a word they use daily and say it openly and freely. One student said “ It’s a beautiful beautiful word, best word ever created niggas.”
Students say they see it as a word to call one of their friends or "boys." While a teacher stated "I don't think anyone should be able to use that word its offensive and people have died over it."
The context, ending, and person saying it matters weather it is racial or not some students commented. Now a days words have multiple meanings, what makes this word any different. Some people feel this word has changed and is no longer a racial slur. While other feel theres to much history behind this word and that its very offensive. They feel no one should say it due to the blood, sweat, and tears shed over this word.
Word meanings change but it seems like people are split on if the meaning of nigga has changed. One thing for sure is that the meaning of the word is just as controversial as the usage of it.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Changing of the Seasons
“Grow up act your age,” there is no accurate number I can give that will be close to the amount of times I have heard this. Maturity is something that is expected from every one of us as we grow up in our society. How we come about this ripening of age is a different experience to everyone. I see myself becoming a man and being in the summer of my life through many reasons. Responsibilities which I have been given and must complete teach me the foundation of a hard working adult. The seriousness of the level that I take my school work and the importance of a good education in my life sets my future in stone. The dramatic family problems that consist in my family have help nudge me into summer before adolescents has fully even arrived.
As you get older there’s more things you can do, but there is also more responsibilities you have to take. Responsibilities are the best way to teach someone the ethnics of hard work and the reward that is transpired through hard work. I learned this through my first job, where I was a consular at a summer camp. I worked five days a week from 9am in the morning to 3pm in the afternoon. This little taste of a job taught me the meaning of responsibility and hard work.
“Good education leads to a good life,” or so I have been told from my family a thousand times over. It is because the rest of my life rest upon the foundation which I root myself in during my high school years. If I don’t grow up and take these years seriously I can expect the fall and winter of my life won’t be nearly as joy able as I would hope it would be. With this I take my school work very serious as if it was my full time job, but to me it is a full time job and I work very hard at it to stride to be the best employee I can be.
Sadly the last thing that has caused the metamorphous from spring to summer in me is the broken thing called a family I come from. When I was younger and when my parents were together they would argue from sun up to sun down. Shortly after they separated and officially got divorce. Growing up without a father in the house has made me have to mature earlier then I was ready for. I looked to my older brother for advice and guidance, but him only being 3 years older than me made me grow up and become my own man. When my mom looks for support she knows she can pillar herself against me or my brother and that we would always be there for her.
In conclusion my change from summer to spring has happened and has morphed me into the young man I am today. Responsibilities were given to me and I took control of them and handled them. With my responsibilities comes my school work which I do to make the rest of my life a good one. And because of my family troubles it has help me put all these things together and carve me into the strapping young man I am. I am no meteorologist but I know I am in the summer of my life what season are you in?
As you get older there’s more things you can do, but there is also more responsibilities you have to take. Responsibilities are the best way to teach someone the ethnics of hard work and the reward that is transpired through hard work. I learned this through my first job, where I was a consular at a summer camp. I worked five days a week from 9am in the morning to 3pm in the afternoon. This little taste of a job taught me the meaning of responsibility and hard work.
“Good education leads to a good life,” or so I have been told from my family a thousand times over. It is because the rest of my life rest upon the foundation which I root myself in during my high school years. If I don’t grow up and take these years seriously I can expect the fall and winter of my life won’t be nearly as joy able as I would hope it would be. With this I take my school work very serious as if it was my full time job, but to me it is a full time job and I work very hard at it to stride to be the best employee I can be.
Sadly the last thing that has caused the metamorphous from spring to summer in me is the broken thing called a family I come from. When I was younger and when my parents were together they would argue from sun up to sun down. Shortly after they separated and officially got divorce. Growing up without a father in the house has made me have to mature earlier then I was ready for. I looked to my older brother for advice and guidance, but him only being 3 years older than me made me grow up and become my own man. When my mom looks for support she knows she can pillar herself against me or my brother and that we would always be there for her.
In conclusion my change from summer to spring has happened and has morphed me into the young man I am today. Responsibilities were given to me and I took control of them and handled them. With my responsibilities comes my school work which I do to make the rest of my life a good one. And because of my family troubles it has help me put all these things together and carve me into the strapping young man I am. I am no meteorologist but I know I am in the summer of my life what season are you in?
Monday, January 26, 2009
NHD Reflection
This year for NHD i worked in a group. Our group consitited of Matt Puttman, Darrin Mills, Trevor Litchfield, Brandon Roman, and me Joseph Mattia. Our topic was the punk rock band The Ramones. Our project type was a performance. We decided to do a performance because we believed that it would be the best way to capture the legacy of the Ramones. The workload was a lot but we were able to manage between the 5 of us. I learned many intresting facts about the the Ramones. Such as bios of the band members and album dates. I also learned more then just facts about the band but also how to perform.
Some problems we encounter was acting. None of us have had any previous acting expirence so we had to over come that which was hard. We also had many group arugments on serveal differenet things. We also had problems remembering our lines. Since we were allways using a scrpit that was a work in progress lines were allways changing and that was a problem.
Things that have changed since last year is that I worked in a group this year and last year I worked as an indivdual. Also last year i did a paper while this year i did a performance instead. This year i had to deal with a team rather then just relying on myself. There were many changes but all things I i could manage in order to finish my project. In all the project was a lot of wok but due to team work we were able to overcome and finish it.
Some problems we encounter was acting. None of us have had any previous acting expirence so we had to over come that which was hard. We also had many group arugments on serveal differenet things. We also had problems remembering our lines. Since we were allways using a scrpit that was a work in progress lines were allways changing and that was a problem.
Things that have changed since last year is that I worked in a group this year and last year I worked as an indivdual. Also last year i did a paper while this year i did a performance instead. This year i had to deal with a team rather then just relying on myself. There were many changes but all things I i could manage in order to finish my project. In all the project was a lot of wok but due to team work we were able to overcome and finish it.
Friday, November 21, 2008
6th annotation and 7th annotation
How to Be Like Walt: Capturing the Disney Magic Every Day of Your Life by Pat Williams and Jim Denney. This book was written on August 1, 2004. This gave me more insight on his life and about his bio. This taught me all about him from when he was a kid untill he was a succesful bussiness man.This is a secondary source since it is not written by Walt himself or someone that witness all of this happen.
Walt Disney The American Dreamer by Thomas E Tumbusch, Amber Henry, and Matt Busch. Written on January 15, 2008. This book helped a lot it gave me a lot of info not only on Walt but also about his company. Also told me about the his companys specfic plans for cartoons and amusement parks.This is a secondary source since it is not written by Walt himself or someone that witness all of this happen.
Walt Disney The American Dreamer by Thomas E Tumbusch, Amber Henry, and Matt Busch. Written on January 15, 2008. This book helped a lot it gave me a lot of info not only on Walt but also about his company. Also told me about the his companys specfic plans for cartoons and amusement parks.This is a secondary source since it is not written by Walt himself or someone that witness all of this happen.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Rough Draft NOT FINISHED
"I believe in being an innovator." This is a quote by Walt Disney. I also belive it is a perfect quote to describe Walt. He was one of the pioneers of cartoon animation. He was the original the one and only Walt Disney. He crafed the art of cartoon animation into what it is know known as today. He also created one of the most visted vaction places in all of the United States;Disneyland. With his hardwork and determenation he has built one of the biggest commerical cartoon companies ever.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Engaging Beginning
The turn of the 19th century lead to many great and horrific things. Such as WWI and the great depression. With all these hard things happening how could anyone make anything of their self. Well the turn of the 19th century also lead to something else important, the birth of Walt Disney. Walt is one of the most successful entrepreneurs of the 20th century. Even with all these hard things going on around him he was able to make something of himself. He even served in red cross at only the age of 16, only for a year driving an ambulance and chauffeuring Red Cross officials. There is more to Walt Disney then people think. He wasn't only a good artist with a vivid imageination. He had it all from creativaty to marketing skills. Walt Disney was truly a master of the bussiness trade.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Fourth Annotation and Fifth Annotation
This is my fourth annotation on Walt Disney. Since we are doing a documentary I decided to do another picture. http://www.justdisney.com/images/Disneyland/plans.jpg. This is the link to the picture I choose. This is a picture of Walt showing his plans for the creation of Disneyland. I think this picture is important because it shows that a lot of the architecture of Disneyland was thought up by Walt himself, instead of a professional team.
I have been using this same site a lot lately. As I have said before I will use this site frequently since it is very helpful. This whole site was made and written by Brad Aldridge Productions, Berkeley, CA. This is a primary source, which makes it very useful.
My fifth annotation on Walt Disney is the cartoon Steamboat Willie. This is the first cartoon in which Micky Mouse appeared in. This was also the first fully synchronized sound cartoon. Micky Mouse is probally the most known characters of all of Walt Disney's.
This cartoon was made in 1928 on November 18th. It premiered at the Colony Theatre in New York. This cartoon was and instant hit and people took a liking to Walt's work with cartoons. This was just the first cartoon of Mickey and many more would sure be to come.
I have been using this same site a lot lately. As I have said before I will use this site frequently since it is very helpful. This whole site was made and written by Brad Aldridge Productions, Berkeley, CA. This is a primary source, which makes it very useful.
My fifth annotation on Walt Disney is the cartoon Steamboat Willie. This is the first cartoon in which Micky Mouse appeared in. This was also the first fully synchronized sound cartoon. Micky Mouse is probally the most known characters of all of Walt Disney's.
This cartoon was made in 1928 on November 18th. It premiered at the Colony Theatre in New York. This cartoon was and instant hit and people took a liking to Walt's work with cartoons. This was just the first cartoon of Mickey and many more would sure be to come.
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