karrasch 10th grade English blog

1. Why didn’t Beneatha want to be a doctor anymore? When you do something good and fix something, there is always something else wrong.
2. How did Asagai define “idealists” and “realists”? Idealists believe and look ahead. Realists believe that everything is a circle.
3. What does Asagai ask Beneatha to do? come with him to africa.
4. What fault does Mama find with herself? she aims too high.
5. What solution does Walter have? to sell the house
6. Why didn’t Walter take the money Lindner offered? the family was proud and was going to move into the house
7.  What metaphorical significance does the small plant have for the Youngers? The plant shows how small someone can be but still live on.

I was driving along and went through the green light. This idiot came and ran through the light and crashed into my car. If he doesn’t pay for my damages, he will pay. That **** **** **** **** **** **** my car **** **** **** that idiot will pay. My car better be fixed soon or else. Why did that idiot run the damm light and hit my car.

1. Why did Walter ask Ruth what was wrong with her? She was yelling at him for asking bout the money
2. Why was Ruth upset when Walter gave Travis the money? They don’t have the money to give him.
3. Who are Willy and Bobo? Walter’s business partners
4. Walter said, “Damn my eggs . . . damn all the eggs that ever was!” Why? Ruth was telling Walter to forget his dreams and just eat the eggs
5. Who is Beneatha? Walter’s brother.
6. Why was Mama getting a check for $10,000? Life insurance for her husband.
7. Why did Beneatha say she wouldn’t marry George? His family is rich and are worse then the white people.
8. What was Beneatha’s attitude towards God? That he doesn’t exist.
9. What happened to Ruth at the end of Act I Scene One?She becomes unconscious.

1. He took less time to shoot blacks and more time to not shoot the blacks. He is right that he is racist.
2.  Yes we unconsciously take longer to make decisions because of race.
3. Sexism is harder because people can overlook race, but they will always notice sex.
4. Paraphrase this quote: The challenge for women competing in politics or business is less misogyny than unconscious sexism: Americans don’t hate women, but they do frequently stereotype them as warm and friendly, creating a mismatch with the stereotype we hold of leaders as tough and strong.  It is harder for people to overlook women and we stereotype them.
5. What is the real problem women face according to the author?  What do you think? Women are classified as weak and nice.
6. How can this problem be confronted according to the author?  What do you think? you can look to overlook it

The DSP that i liked the most were mine and the one about the ninja. They were both interesting, funny, and had a good plot.

The story is about a guy that desperately needs to win the lottery. He needs the money to pay off some debts. He finds the winning numbers and the wining ticket before it is announced. Then he finds a way to get the ticket and waits for the numbers to be called out. When the umbers are finally called out he goes to leave and turn in the ticket but as he walks out the door a bullet hits him and he dies.

“One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. The bamboozle has captured us. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.” (Carl Sagan)

I agree with this quote. People trick us in order to get power over us, and we are oblivious to it. Once you give the power away, you cant get it back. This has happened countless times n history. For example in Russia people were tricked into becoming communist and had no power. Bad things happened and the people didn’t pay attention that they were tricked and had to fix it.

One day I did not study for a test and failed it miserably. when they were turned in, I switched the names with the smartest person in the class so I would get the good grade. It was the final test so it was worth a lot. When the grades were posted I got an A but the other kid got an F. It completely destroyed his grade and made him fail the class. He than couldn’t graduate, go to college, or get the job that he wanted. I completely destroyed his life. When I realized what I had done I was filled with guilt. I went to tell what had happened and try to fix it, but it was too late. I destroyed someones life and couldn’t fix it.

Story made up by Ryan Karrasch

Pose as a friend, work as a spy

It is effective to work on the inside and learn information from your enemies. It may not be the most moral thing to do, but it is not the  worst thing that can be done. Once the enemy thinks that you are a friend and gives you information, than you can attack and win, and they will never expect it. This law is one of the few that would work.

We learn Shakespeare because since it is hard to understand, it makes our reading better. Shakespeare was a very influential play-write. In my past experiences with Shakespeare all of my teachers have made us act it out. It made it easier to understand when there was something to look at in order to figure out what happened.