Why I hate the Semicolon

Although i really don't like the topic of this project, I do think it is a good idea. This project causes us to sorta bond over it and learn more about each other. I thought it was fun, but I cant say too much until we get our grades. Did i mention that I hate the semicolon. I mean honestly how many uses are there and its gonna be hard to fill up eight whole minutes. I think it was a good move to utilize a video in our presentation to suck up some of the time. Also, we have an activity. I cant say too much because that will ruin the surprise but there is an activity as well as the PowerPoint slide show. My hope is by the end of this project that everybody in the class will be able to correctly use the semicolon. I think most people use it wrong and because they don't know how to use it then they just don't. This really sucks because it is a very good writing tool.

In case you don't know how to properly use the semicolon there is a video below that will show you thanks to YouTube.

Did You Know 2.0

"Did You Know?"

I actually loved this video. I love hearing all of these facts and statistics about the world and how it is progressing. The music made it also. It goes on to talk about how many people were born in 8 seconds and where they are from as well as what their experience of the world might be like. After that i was suprised to find out that it is projected that China will have the most english speaking people in the world. Then it ties into the technology of the world and how it will be exponentially growoing in the next few years. This stuff amazes me because you never really think about it but when someone puts it infront of you and shows it to you are blown away. I watched some of the other videos that are related to this one and they are great also.

Visual Literacy Project

Topic: Marching/Concert band in Middle and High School.

The People Speak

Malcolm X- My Reaction

I liked the excerpt from Malcolm X's autobiography. I was surprised to see that he taught himself how to read and write better through a dictionary. I mean its not like he had anything else to do but, that just shows us the will he had to learn. Also I was really surprised to see how, due to the fact that he could not read well, did not know about most of the worlds history. All of us take reading for granted but people that can't read really don't know what they're missing.
When he first started reading about slavery, he was appalled at what he read. I think this one action alone helped him become the major figure head that he is today.