9-29-11 Grovers Corners culture

As Mr. Webb said "Grovers Corner doen't have much culture." Although some cultural points are the bible, people who read poetry at the high school commencement, and some they love to look at nature. Such as the sun rising over the mountains, and the sound of birds calling. Their religion is protestant and that is 81% of the town and their political view is republican.

9-27-11 Firework ban

I do think that town should enact a local ban on fireworks because no everyone is safe with them and people can get burns. Another reason why I think that some cities should ban fire works is that it is disrupting and disturbs the peace for most people. I also think that if only some cities have banned fire works and other haven't why can't someone drive to this other city and buy them.

9-23-11 Cultural influences

One aspect of of my culture that influences my behavior is my family and I like to sleep late and stay up late also. So Even when I go to sleep at a decent hour I still want to sleep late because that is how my body clock is wired. This kind of influences a personal belief that one shouldn't be woken up at an ungodly hour. I have had this happen to me on some occasions when my brother who normally sleeps late is excited for something and he will wake me up because he thinks that I should be up for this. Although I will also wake up early and wake my brother up.

9-21-11 Time capsule

If I were to put something in a time capsule in the cornerstone of the new school, I would put a picture of the old school so we could remember how horrible it was. I would also put a five gallon, water tight jug of nitro glycerin and a detonation mechanism. So if we every need to get rid of the school again we would have that option. The final thing is a picture of the single bathroom in the boys locker room

9-20-11 Single gender classes

I think that we should implement this at South Portland. Why we should implement this policy here is that it would improve the learning as the article says because all the boys would move at their pace and the girls would move at theirs. I think it would eliminate some talking in the class, but there might be more talking because the same genders tend to talk more. I also think that it would have to start in kindergarden if it was to be ultra separated.  

9-15-11 Civic center renovation

I think the civic center should not be renovated because there are plenty of other places to play hockey, host concerts and it would just become a money pit were money would just have to be poured in constantly. I think that the city should work with what it has because the building is still sound and it will be a drain. I wonder if we are putting the one million form the jail were is the other 32 millions coming from.

9/13/11-American Customs and etiquette

Nothing really surprised me about this analyzation of American culture and etiquette. Some parts that rang true for me were about the table manners such as that the napkin always goes in the lap before eating, how elbows are not allowed on the table and people are not allowed to eat until the hostess sits down. Another thing that I found true was that most things are eaten by hand.

Culture

My culture is a mix of a bunch of cultures because I celebrate a range of holidays that include St. Patricks day, Christmas, and Halloween. I still celebrate these holiday even though I am not a Christen. Some traditions that my family has are that we watch movies every Friday. Another tradition that we have are that we go out when there is a storm so we can see what is happening. One sport that my family loves is sailing and archery. We love sailing because we love the wind through our hair and we like archery because it is so precise.

9/7/11 Summer reading

This summer I read a book called Corsair by Clive Cussler. It is sixth in its which is called the Oregon Files. The book starts with a historical battle between the US navy and Barbary pirates at the beginning of   the 19 Th. century. It then moves to modern day when the Secretary of State is enroute to a Libyan peace conference when her plane is mysteriously shoot down and she is kidnapped. Soon afterwords Langston Overholt calls the Corporation which is basically this group of people who live on a high tech boat that looks like a rust scow. All of the people who are in the Corporation have all worked for the US government in some form. The story ends where the Secretary is saved and the bad guys defeated.

I loved this book because I lie the action and the intrigue that comes from this series. I especially like how home none of the people aren't pompous or think they own the world. They show compassion will being super spies.

I would recommend this book to people who like spy novels and who need t find a series that will last for a little will.