Twain

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I picked the quote: "Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter." -Mark Twain

I did this one because I think that it says that we should continue to take risks and go for the obstacles in life as we age. We should not be afraid of things and simply just let our age stop us. We should try to do the things that we would do when we were younger, as we get older. Age is simply a number.

Walking Through Harlem

When I read books I really try to picture a lot the things as they are happening, while I read "Having Our Say" I did that. I made like a mental picture of what their life and surroundings were like. It was cool to see what Harlem is like considering I have never been there or even seen a picture really. I pictured the churches to just be like little small places and not very unique but when I looked through the Harlem Walk I realized the churches were really big and cool looking! I would have liked to been able to see the inside of the beauty salon just see what it was like but that's okay. From the dentist office that Bessie shared with her brother on 7th street, they could see everything (well I thought that they might have a good view). I really liked this website!

Emily Dickinson

In the Garden

A bird came down the walk:
He did not know I saw;
He bit an angle-worm in halves
And ate the fellow, raw.

And then he drank a dew
From a convenient grass,
And then hopped sidewise to the wall
To let a beetle pass.

He glanced with rapid eyes
That hurried all abroad, --
They looked like frightened beads, I thought;
He stirred his velvet head

Like one in danger; cautious,
I offered him a crumb,
And he unrolled his feathers
And rowed him softer home

Than oars divide the ocean,
Too silver for a seam,
Or butterflies, off banks of noon,
Leap, plashless, as they swim.


This poem is about a bird. I think that is very interesting because she makes it seem like the birds or animals in general are smart. It said that the bird moved over so the beetle could pass, that is like us moving over for a small child in a way because we don't want to plow over them.  This poem is showing the circle of life and how everyone plays a part.

Having MY Say

"The mathematician does not study pure mathematics because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it and he delights in it because it is beautiful." --J.H.Poincare

J.H.Poincare was a mathematician. I came across this quote one day when I was bored in Mr. Fisk's fifth hour physics class. I really really liked it. I even put "and he delights in it because it is beautiful" as my facebook status and as a saved note in my cellphone. I am not really sure why I like it so much but I feel like it gives truth to a lot of things in life. I think that the quote is saying that you do something because you like it, it is beautiful, it is something that you really enjoy. I just really like this quote and I thought it was interesting because it made me think about the actual meaning behind it.

Picture Reflection

I found this picture by Tom Feelings and I thought that it was very interesting. In a way it look like all of the slaves are forming a ship. I shows the pain and struggles that the people had to go through. In the background you can see all of the other slaves lined up on the boat. This picture is very sad and it made me think.

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