This week was an interesting one for me. On Monday we had a two hour delay, so it went by very fast. Tuesday, I went to Lincoln Elementry for a Spanish project so I missed seventh and eighth period. Wednesday, I wasnt at school for half a day because I had an eye appointment in the morning and a dentist appointment in the afternoon. Thursday was hard because I had three tests one presentation and alot of homework due... I hate how teachers try to cram in so much work the week before break. Lasty on Firday  I got to see holiday marathon. I just thought that I would give you a quick run through on my week but now its time to get specific. In english class we read a few short mystery and suspense stories. The first story was about a phyco who escaped from a mental hospital and an old lady with no one except her dog. When the woman heard a dripping noise she went to investigate and before she left the room her "dog" licked her hand. However, she found that the dripping noise was a puddle of blood coming from the head of her beloved dog. It turns out that it wasnt the dog who licked her hand it was the mental escape patient.The next story was about a man who was looking for a place to stay. He came across a small pleasent bed and breakfast. He thought it was perfect it was cheap quiet and cozy however he started to change his mind when the host starting acting extremely strange. This began to worry the man and he got an eerie feeling about the place and started looking around. After scoping out the place he realized the guest book only had two other names in it, name he had seen before in the paper. The two previous visitors had disappeared and he knew that he was going to be next. The last story was about a magician named the great armando. he claimed that he could do anything however he was worried when the corrupt police officer gaffed his straight jacket. He made his wife, the love of Armando's life, sew finger traps in it so it was impossible to escape. Even though Armando didnt think he would be able to do it he went through with it he was submurged under water and never came out... or so it seemed. Armando's assistant later saw Armando and the woman he loved, it turns out that they ended up getting married and changing their identitys and they lived happily ever after. To finish of the week we watched the illusionist, it was a very good movie.

This week in class we talked about the gay/lesbian community. My group discussed families with gay parents. In our article there was a lesbian couple who had two kids. The couple believed that they were a family just like another because love is what makes a family. However, many others did not agree with this and the couple often times were stared at and talked about in a negative way. When we talked about this as a class we came to an agreement that gay/lesbian couples should be able to have/adopt children just as anyone else. However, they must be willing to deal with things such as this and teach their children to deal accordingly. Even though this may not be a normal situation for the child we thought that loving parents are suitable parents none the less. The other groups talked about gay/lesbian people in schools, churches, and the military. When we talked about gay/lesbian individuals in schools we thought that it was terrible how they are discriminated against and that if there is a situation where this is happening then it should be dealt with just as any other form of harassment would be. In most cases this means expulsion or other serious disciplinary actions. When we talked about gay/lesbian people in the military the don’t ask don’t tell policy came up. We believe that this policy is wrong because it makes it so people with gay/lesbian orientation cannot express themselves as they are and they are expected to lie, everyone should be able to be themselves. Although none of us agreed with this policy we could not come up with a better one, we only hope that one day there will have to be no policy at all and that everyone can accept one another for who they are. The last group talked about gay/lesbian people in churches. The one major problem that people have with this is that in the bible it says that a man shall not lie with another man and vise versa for woman. However, we brought to attention that the bible states that man shouldn’t lie cheat or steal as well and many who do so still go to church and are accepted. This made us believe that gays/lesbians shouldn’t be turned away if none of the others are because this makes it unfair if a rule applies to one it should be applied to all. All and all everyone should be loved and accepted for who they are and everyone should be seen as equal.

Thus week in class we have been doing in class readings and class discussions. First we read about Japanese American Internment Camps. The leading question of that discussion was weather or not the Internment Camps should be compared to the Concentration Camps of the Holocaust. In my opinion even though they have their similarities they should not be compared. I think this because the Concentration Camps were much worse, they were used to exterminate a whole race of people for no certian reason other than Hitler and his followers didnt believe that they should be able to live. They were sent to gas chambers to die if they were young children or were too old and they were shot if they didnt pass inspection. The living conditions were terrible and depressing and if they didnt die from sickness it was likley that they would die from starvation. However, the Internment camps were to separate the Japanese from American society to protect them. They were able to bring few belongings and keep them, the living conditions were not well and neither was the amount of food but it was nothing compared to the concentration camps. The next thing that we discussed was the topic of Gay rights. We talked about their role in society such as in a family at school and in the military and summarized it in groups to share next week.