Salem Witch Trials

I believe in all of the whole witchcraft things. The whole time I was reading it, it was very real to me, and I felt scared. Would I ever do something like that? No. I think it’s awful it happed but there are people out there that just think that they were witches and just think they can hang them. That’s awful. I believe in God and I also believe in witchcraft, so should I be hung for that? It makes me upset to think that the women who saw specters were hung. Even though these women were innocent, the afflicted girl’s words were more important then the words coming from the so called “witches”, their stories were not good enough. Even though the jury said they were “NOT GUILTY” the judge said to reconsider the verdict. The women didn’t do anything wrong they had so hope to stay alive. The judge makes me furious because of the way he tried every way to make them look guilty. The people in the community were basically running that trial. The girls howled to make it sound like the witch had got them, so the judge was sure they were guilty. “In today's world where faith, all faiths, is shaken to the core by the miseries of daily life and the hardness of the world around us - people search for hope. Witchcraft and many other "pagan" traditions appeal to people who feel they have been let down by their major world religions. Since they aren't mainstream, they have a sense of mystical quality about it that tends to draw more people. When they find out witchcraft is about honoring the earth, protecting the weak, protecting animal rights and things like that - then people tend to get bored with it”. This was an awful thing. I would really hate to be there when this happened; I would have helped the women fight for their lives. Those girls who just made this all worse would have to pay for what they did. Just because their were supposedly witches in the village these women got hung, that is wrong and I will fight with anyone that says its right.

So far...

The first quarter of english 11 was very fun. I have learned a lot. My vocabulary is better now, my sentences are getting better. This year i have really enjoyed reading. I have never been that way before. Mrs. Huff has made me a better reader. I think the reading groups we have are great, because we discuss what we liked or disliked about the book. I hope next quarter i will learn even more and will be better as a writer! Im happy that i have this class and Mrs. Huff as a teacher to help me!

Not knowing how good you have it

I sometimes never stop an think how good our life really is. I mean yes I want a iphone and a new ipod and some jimmy choo shoes but you know I have a phone it works its not the best but it works. I have a ipod and I have shoes but they are not the best ones, the ones that cost $500.
In Nickeled and Dimed the writer shows how to realize how good you really have it. She went to jobs that pay minimun wage, and try to get by with the money it paid. In the book there were families that live in hotels and that walk job to job just to get by. The book talked a bout how families would use the pay check just on the bills and just eat what they found or had. It was so sad. People these days dont realize that they have it good and some people are barely getting by. Today this world is so hard to live in. People say we have it better because we didnt have to work 12hours a day or go to the cotton feild every day. The world is so different these days. The people that work 2 jobs to pay for a house, food, clothes. Others people just walk around like they own the place just because they have money. We are all equal and all the same. People need to realize life isn't always going to be that easy.