JOURNA; #7

    If I could choose one thing to introdue to a prinmative culture it would be a sufficeint amount of water. If a culture has a sufficeint amount of water they will be able to flourish as a society. For example if ther was enough water in a society then that society would be able to grow enough food for everyone. This would also lead to more jobs because more people would be needed to havest the food being grown. This allow their econmy to improve as well. Also less people would die of starvation and their population would increase.

JOURNAL #9

    If I was able to establish a national holiday it would be 9/11. Instead of mourning the death of the hundreds of people who died on 9/11, we would celebrate their lives. For instince we would hold a parade in their honor each and every year. The parade would be held in New York but broad casted nation wide.
     I would choose to commemerate the people who died on 9/11 because every year many Anericans mourn their love ones. September 11th is always seen negativly and most people find that day depressing. I do not want anyone to be sad on that day again. Instead of depression I want Americans to be able to smile on this day. By turnng 9/11 into a holiday we are taking back the power the terroist think that they have. We are showing every country just how strong America is as a nation

JOURNAL #10

   The best advice I have ever received is to not give up on what you truly believe in. When I was younger I really wanted to play volleyball but we didn't have the money for me to play in a club. When I got to high school I was really excited because I knew that I could finally join a volleyball team. However once I joined the team I soon realized that I wasn't very good at volleyball. I told my mom that I did'nt want to play anymore but my mom knew how important volleyball was to me and she was unwilling to let me quite. She told me that if I ever wanted to sucede at volleyball or anything else in life that i really wanted i could not qite. I told her I wouldn't quite and that is what I did. I kept trying  and soon I began to get better at volleyball. Finally I made the varsity volleyball team at my school. From that point on I realized how important presistence is.

JOURNAL #11

    One question that the universities wont ask  but they should is, what or who has made you into the acedemic person that you have become and why?
     My answer to this question would be that I have not always been as hard working as i am now. However when i was in the sixth grade this all changed. I had a teacher named Ms.Arabia and she pushed me to do my best everyday. She saw something in me that I didn't see in myself. She pushed me to reach my greatest potential that i never even knew i could reach. I would say that her pushing me has ultimitaly lead to me working harder to become a better person. I still talk to her to this day whenever i need help believing in myself because i know she will always belive in me. Without her i would have never join the international bacalaureate program at my school. She helped me acheive some of the most difficult tasks I have ever faced.

JOURNAL #12

  If my life was a movie it would be a comedy/family movie. It would be a movie where in the end the main character would learn the most important thing in life is you family.
At the beging of the movie all of my family would be at my grandma's house (where we always are). We would be sitting in the living room having a conversation when one of my cousins would walk in and say someyhing making the rest og us laugh. As soon as the laughter dies down someone else would say something that would make us laugh until our sides hurt and tears ran down our cheeks. There would be one person not enjoying herself and that would be the main character.

JOURNAL #13

 Dear Roomate,
   Hey, this is Na'Keenya speaking and I would like to tell you a bit about myself. I am a proud black American who can not wait to start school. I was raised by only women so you could say that I am a bit of a feminist on a way. I beleive in equality of the sexes and of race. I would like to tell you that I am really looking foward to meeting you. No matter how great I may seem I would also like to tell you about some of my flaws. I am super unorganized and sometimes that can lead to a mess. I also do not like anyone touching my stuff because to some its a mess to me it is a system.
    I would also like you to know that I am a basketball player/volleyball player/shot puter. I really love sports and without them I would not be the person I am today. I really hope that we can becme great friends and we share many things in common.

  Sincerly,
   Na'Keenya Jackson 

JOURNAL#14

  The quote "he does not possess wealth, it possess him" makes me begin to wonder does money really control our actions. The I think about it the more the answer becomes yes. Most of the time what we do is ultimitaly done because we are foucus on what will get from it. In our soociety today we rarly do anything for the pure satisfaction of doing it anymore. This would make the money we aquiire possess us instead of vice versa.
    However I also think that this quote is not completely acurate. I do believe that some people do have the power not to let money possess them. For example Bill Gates. He is a multi millionaire and he is still able to give money away as generousaly as he earns it. People like him make this statement true, however only to a limited number of peole.