Thursday, October 30, 2008

History facts of the Susan Constant, Massasoit, And the James River

The Susan Constant was one of the ships that sailed into the Chesapeake Bay. The two other ships were the Godspeed and the Discovery. Well, according to my research, “Susan Constant, at 120 tons, was the largest of three ships of the English Virginia Company that were led by Captain Christopher Newport on the 1607 voyage that resulted in the founding of the first permanent English settlement in North America, Jamestown, in the new Colony of Virginia. On that voyage, she carried 71 colonists, all male.”

Here is a little out line of the Susan Constant:

I. The Susan Constant

a. Served as a merchant ship through, at least, 1615.

b. No one knows what happened to that ship.

Massasoit was a chief of an Indian tribe that had Samoset and Squanto. Massasoit’s tribe made a treaty with Pilgrims. According to my research, “Massasoit (died 1661) was a principal leader of the Wampanoag people in the early 1600s who encouraged friendship with English settlers. As leader of the Wampanoag, Massasoit exercised control over a number of Indian groups that occupied lands from Narragansett Bay to Cape Cod in present-day Massachusetts.

Here is an outline of chief Massasoit:

II. Massasoit's different Indian Names

a. Ousamequin

b. Woosamequin

c. Asuhmequin

d. Oosamequen

e. Osamekin

f. Owsamequin

g. Owsamequine

h. Ussamequen

The James River was found by colonists that ran into it and named it the James River, to honor their king, King James the first. According to my research,” The Native Americans called the James River the Powhatan River.” The definition of James River would be, “A river, about 547 km (340 mi) long, rising in central Virginia and flowing eastward to Chesapeake Bay. The river is navigable to Richmond for large craft.” I am sorry but I don’t have an outline for the James River. Well I hope you learned something.

Bibliography:

http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=The+Susan+Constant&gwp=13

http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=James+River&gwp=13

http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=Massasoit&gwp=13

Saturday, October 18, 2008

Character Clue Post: Love

Love vs. Selfishness

Giving to others basic need without having as my motive personal reward.

I. Love

a. Love is like helping people with things and stuff like that.

b. But without having ANY REWARDS.

II. An Example of Love

a. Lets say you see a person in crutches who is trying to open the door.

b. What should you? You should help them open the door.

c. Another example is like you see an old lady carrying groceries and she has a lot more.

d. What should you do? Of course help her carry them.

e. But never ask for a REWARD or even use to get one.

f. Do you know why you shouldn’t ask? There are two reasons:

1. It would be rude.

2. You wouldn’t be showing love.

III. An Example of the Opposite of Love

a. Lets say you see your brother/sister in a struggle with his/her homework.

b. The opposite of love is selfishness, so the bad example would be: You would not help him and use your time first and that be the opposite of availability another character clue.

c. And that would be Self-centeredness.

d. Another bad example would be like you help some one right but except you ask for a reward and that would be rude even if you get the reward.

e. You should not try to use the bad example, instead use the good one in your life.

Friday, October 10, 2008

The Economy

According to my research, “the economy is organized on the capitalist model and is marked by steady growth, low unemployment and inflation, a large trade deficit, and rapid advances in technology.” And according to http://www.findingdulcinea.com/guides/Politics/US-Economy.html, the economy is “one of the most important aspects of American society.”

I. The Economy is very scary today?

a. A lot people are losing there jobs

b. The world should be scared, too, because if the U.S. messes up the same thing will happen to the other countries.

c. But there are People who are trying to fix that like:

1. The Congress

2. The Government

3. And maybe others

II. The economy is in trouble and the stocks are going down.

III. Which stocks are going down?

a. AIG

b. S&P 500

c. NASDAQ

d. Dow industrial

e. Dell Inc.

I. Who will stop this crisis, John McCain!

a. I think McCain should be president, because I think that Obama does not have the experience in the U.S. Government, because McCain knows how it feels like in war and if he becomes president he will try his hardest to help.

b. John McCain will save the economy from this crisis!!!!!!


Bibliography:

http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/ec/Economy_of_the_United_States


http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/ca/Capitalism



http://www.findingdulcinea.com/guides/Politics/US-Economy.html



Friday, October 3, 2008

Interviews

What I learned from my interviews is that I should use BS computer engineering and BS computer science for training to be an engineer. Some of the traits of this job is, is that you should be logic smart, be persistent, don’t give up easily, and be artistic. From all of my interviews, they all said that you have got to like building things. Engineers also program stuff.
Engineers use computers a lot.

One of the reasons I interviewed engineers is because I like building things. Another reason is that my dad was an engineer and most of my friend's dads were engineers, too. Those people are the ones who I interviewed and guess what they are all Filipino. And that is all I learned from my interviews.