Slaves ain't gettin' no edumacation

African Americans were not allowed to be educated while being a slave. Im sure that they would have like to have been, but rules say they are not allowed to. If they found a way to learn something, it was kept in secret. Slaves were not allowed to learn to reaad or write, so they took interest in learning from previous taught slaves. Although slavery ended at one point theywere still facing road blocks. Schools soon became open to African Americans, but there was a catch. Segragation; This allowed whites to be seperated from blacks. The black population that wanted to attend schools and get an education. The white americans attended a higher class school to get their education, while the blacks schools were dirty and unkept. It took a very extensive amount of time for the white and black population to intertwine in more ways then just education.

Can anyone say Amnesty?

During reconstruction there was a debate over whether the South should be granted amnesty for their rude actions towards African Americans. African Americans were treated not like any human. They were sold to slavery, beaten, and even killed. Do you think the South deserves Amnesty?  Amnesty is forgiveness to ones actions. The government made people believe that not one of those actions actually happend. It was all forgotten. I do not aggree that this should have happend. I think people should pay for there actions, just like we do today. I think if someone treats others poorly, they should be effected. Especially if they sold for slavery, beat, and abused the person/poeple.

The importance of ...

... History!
History is important because it shows us what we have missed before being born and even while we were alive but can't remember. History is created everyday. Yesterday is todays history.  History is important because it shows us how we came to be the way we are today. The Civil War, Segragation, and Reconstruction are all historical events that, without having known about, we might not be acting the same way wer are today, and treating people the same. History is important for our future.

Video Games only rott your brain ....

... So your mother says!
This game Oregon Trail is a great educational game. You pick who you what kind of person from that time you wish to portray, who is in your "circle", in the farmers case.. when you leave and how you spend your money. Games can be educational because as your playing you have to read to go through the game. You have to decide how you are going to succeed and survive as a person in your game. Games are not just helping you learn histroy and current events, they help in math, reading, wars, and other day to day events.

"Shh! They don't have to know."

We leave a bit of truth out here and there just to make ourselves look high and mighty. Most leaders leave out information about wars or events that happend where they compete with another country or leader. They "misplace" the truth about what happend to no embarrass themselves. I think, although im sure it might not ever happen, that countries should not leave out information of true events. This may hurt there reputation, but it also portrays the complete truth to the people hearing and reading about events. You may think that for the time being that everyone will believe your false shortened version of the story, but in the long run, everyone finds out the truth at one point.

Stereotypes

My favorite blog topic I have written about is stereotypes. Im so used to getting the common stereotypes about the most simple things in my daily life. Regardless of them being true, people like to start rumors, make new stereotypes, and even continue the tradition of the old. I felt that I could express the meaning and realness of stereotypes in my previous blog.

Work, work, work, till the brain begins to swim

Tired workers and women constantly sewing, this song portrays the life of a textile worker. The song describes the job being a very stressful and tiring one. Author Thomas Hood exaplains the consistant sewing in the textile warehouse; wearing out the workers instead of the clothes. No matter what you constantly sew. Sew through hunger, tiredness, and dirtiness. That is the song the women sung, "The song of the shirt".

6 word story

So much distance so little strength