Brutus' Dilemma

In Julius Caeasr, if I'd been Brutus I would choose Good of Rome. There are several reasons:

First, (very important) if I don't choose good of Rome, then Cassius, Cascar, and other people who hates Caesar, would kill me (Brutus). If I choose Good of Rome, then I could save my life. Second, many people like me (Brutus). Therefore, many people would follow my directions and I (Brutus) could become a leader. Third, sometimes Caesar do some actions which make people angry. For example, he wants to take a risk of Rome (means, he is too bossy). Look at page 15 from a book called Literature Connections, Julius Caear by William Shakespeare and Related Reading. Many people would get angry about this because he wants to control the Rome.

Maybe there are some more good reasons. I'm choosing the Good of Rome because the important reason is, as I told you above, Cassius would kill me and I would die! I don't want to die. =)

Leadership

Questions:
- What are the qualities of a good leader?
- Who are the student leaders in Grade 8?
- How do they demonstrate the qualities of a good leader?

To be a good leader, leader should be active, have a loud voice, and should know how to control people. Also, leader should be patient and be a good listener means that should listen to people's idea or comments. I think Aysha is the student leader in Grade 8. She is involve in almost everything. For example, during peace assembly (in gym), she went out as a leader of middle school. She is also in SLAMS, and almost every people know Aysha. She demonstrates the qualities of a good leader by listening to other people's idea or comments. Also, she helps planning dance and other events (because she is in SLAMS).

Maybe SLAMS people are the student leaders in Grade 8.

Imperialism Paragraph

Imperialism means that stronger countries control the weaker countries. At that time, Africa was a weak country. European thought that they were better than Africans. Africa had lots of raw materials, like tins, coppers, diamonds, and golds. Because of these, European's interest increased. Therefore, they took over it by force. Other countries like India, they also had the same situation like Africa did. Britain took over India by force. India also had many natural resources, like cottons. They needed lots of raw materials (natural resources), because they needed for their industrial economies. As you can see, the common thing is that the stronger countries took over the weaker countries, where had many natural resources.

End of Quarter 1 Feedback

My goals were write a short story everyday to improve my writing skills, do all my best what Mr. Coyle assigns us to do, and get a high score. This quarter, I did my best in humanities. I did all the assignments and followed Mr. Coyle's direction. In my opinion, I think I achieved that goal, and proud of myself. I missed some days to write a short story. When there is a test, I had to study, therefore, I wasn't able to write a short story. With my grades, I'm satisfactory with it and maybe I could do harder and get a higher grade than this quarter.

For this quarter, my three goals are:

- Get a higher grade than this quarter
- Do all the assignments and do my best
- Keep continuing writing a short story every day

I'm going to do my best to achieve these goals.