2 Single Story 2011

Chimamanda Adichie
she was an early writer and reader she  started to write about what she recognized.She only  read books that only had white people in it. She had American roommate that thought that she couldn't do stuff that Americans can do like speak English and use a stove. She also was offended by her roommate that she tough that Africa was a country because she tough that she meant that they were not important. She wrote a book a publisher did not accept her writing because she was not telling the real story.She went to Mexico ,she thought that  they always get arrested that they only wanna live over the government and when she went over there she felt bad because she felt she was acting like her American roommate. (notes)
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1. What does it mean to have a 'single story' about a place or community?is when you you think about something like you make a tough about that place
2. Describe a single story you have heard told about your community. What is missing from that story? How could people learn more about that community? They say that my community is only African Americans only live their they re missing that all recces live their Mexicans and whites live their to they could learn about it by visiting there some day. 
3. Describe a single story you have heard about another community. How did you learn that story? How could you find out more about that community? i heard that the south side only has white people because that is the rich side i could do some research about it or visit it some day.
4. How could a game let players experience many stories about a place or community? Like try to tell the players that it is not right to be telling people that the east side is the dirtiest place in Austin if you have not been there .

1 Cyberbulling 2011

This is my first blog post of the 2011-2012 school year.

What is a cyberbully ?

A cyberbully is a person that bullies through the Internet like a cell phone a computer and other gadgets that you can access the Internet

What are different types of cyberbullying ?
 Different types of cyberbullying is when you use a cell phone,a computer or a gadget that can access the Internet

What should you do if you are being cyberbullied ?

If you are being cyberbullied you should report the message and then you tell an adult or you can delete your account.

We watched a movie called Cyberbully and it was about a girl  name Taylor and her two best friends  they had a Clickster account. Taylor in her birthday got a laptop for her birthday and that same day she made  a Clickster account. Then this girl named Lindsey sended her a mean comment about her picture, then theirs boy named James sended her a friend request and Taylor tought he was cute guy so she accepted the friend request.Then when her friends left he asked it her some questions and she awnser them then she gave him her personal information and he told everybody saying that she gave him a STD and all that other stuff. Then everybody in school was calling her mean names for a while. Then one of her friends didn't wanted to be her friends,then Taylor got sad and she got sick and tired of it and she was trying to kill her self . Then she got some help and her friend her last friend did the account and she told Taylor and she got mad .Then after some months she went to school and Lindsey was calling her mean things and she told her to stop and everybody was talking about it then the boy she lied ate lunch whit her.