8th blog

        I'm alomst done writing my 2nd essay for english class. It's about the death penalty. When I was pulling up my research I could not believe how much information I got. I found out there's different kinds of executions, who was the first person for each of the executions. I even found out that some people survived the executions. I believe if something malfunctions during an execution you should be able to be set free from your conviction, but have probation for the rest of your life so you can be monitored or get the help you need. I mean the person was serving the execution and something went wrong and your still breathing. You served your punishment. I believe that's your second chance, so don't screw it up and do something good out of the experience, so you don't end up doing it twice. I am still a believer of the death penalty. A lot of people have mixed emotions about the dearh penalty. If a person does a heinous crime do you think they should be put to death? Like an eye for an eye. Everyone has a choice to do the right things in life. Like live the American dream. I chose to live the American dream and instill good family values to my three boys, so when it's their turn to go out into the real world they can use their better judgement.

7th blog

      On Monday March 4, 2013 we has a guest speaker in English class. His name was Mark Harris. He's the President and Ceo of Global Education Skills Alliance. He's an International consultant. He is from Australia. He was talking about taking an intership to Australia or New Zealand. United States, Australia and New Zealand are the founding fathers. There are eight members and four of them are in the United States. The intership consists of short and long term stays. The short term stay is three to six weeks and the long term stay is three to four months. You can stay longer but it all depends on your visa and your employer. When he was done talking about the intership we asked him a lot of questions.


      Minimum wage in Australia is $18.50 per hour but the cost of living is high. The drinking age in Australia is eighteen. The weather is really hot. You see koala bears and kangroos walking around town. There are two different kinds of kangroos. One is a grey kangroo which is calm and the other one is called Big Red. Big Red is a boxing kangroo and is found in the outback. Australia has free healthcare. The taxes on good and services is 10 percent which is added on the price. The payroll tax is on a sliding scale. If you make $35,000 for onr year theres no tax. When you file your taxes you get all your money back. The Australians dollar is $1.05 compared to the US dollar. The Australians unemployment is less than five percent. Australians drive on the opposite side of the road. Australia is known for the lucky state and the United States is known for the land of hope. Which I didn't know that. If you are in college and thinking about doing an intership and have any questions about going to Australia please checkout the website at www.gesa-edu.org. But the website won't be available until April 1, 2013. If I didn't have a family I would of considered the long term stay. Like Mark Harris said it's like a once and a lifetime opportunity.

6th blog

      I got my grade back from my first essay. I don't think I did good. I got an 82. It's a B. A low B. I got confused on how to do the work citied and how to do a citation on my essay. I also had some grammar issues. English is not my best subject. But I'm really try hard to understand. I'm working on my next essay. I don't think I can put Casey Anthony is my essay because I'm also writing about the Death Penalty. Even though she should have gotten the death penalty. I really want to put her in my essay. I just don't know how to do it. I believe she did kill her daughter and gotten away with murder. I found out that there's a lot of different kinds of executions. The executions were very detailed. So I have a lot of research papers to look over.


      The past couple of English classes we've been talking about torture. We even watched a video talking about torture. We didn't see anyone being tortured. Just very opinionated people. We also read two stories about torture. The first story was like a what if kind of thing and the second was like a demonstration about water boarding. Water boarding is getting your hands and feet bound. A cloth bag is put over your head and water is poured over your head. It's almost like your drowning. If torturing someone evil to get valuable information to save thousands of lives. I say go ahead but I don't want to know anything about what happen.