North Korea Missile Failure 4/14/12

   In North Korea, there were many attempts to launch a missile. However it failed multiple times. Launching missiles repeatedly is very dangerous. It can fall on a city. It can explode randomly. They should think more about what's going wrong and try to stop it, then launch it when they think it's really ready.
   Launching a missile is very dangerous. It only lasted 4 minutes in air. If parts fall off while it's in the air, it can destroy a lot of property. Also, launching a missile repeatedly, fixing it by trial and error is hard. There are a lot of ways that it failed. They should do research first, and launch it. They might be test launching a nuclear rocket, and that is not good. Nuclear rockets are dangerous.
   What if the rocket falls on a city? It can fall anywhere. However, if it falls on a city, it will killed thousands of people. It can burst apart in mid air and the parts will lands all over the world. They should not launch that rocket all together.
   If they're going to launch a rocket for a different purpose, then they should not use trial and error. They should look at what's wrong and try to fix it. Or they can do research on what's wrong. they have to find other ways to solve the problem other than trial and error.
   In conclusion, they should not fire any missiles. Also, they should stop nuclear testing and other similar tests.

Plagiarize 4/12/12

Question 1: what did the student do wrong? what could he/she have done to include the source correctly?
   The student used parts of the original text in his own post without citing the source. he/she could have put the website where he/she got it, then put parentheses with the line where he/she got it. ex. (10).
Question 2: In Vincent Van Gogh: Starry Night by an unknown author, he/she expresses what everyone sees when they first view the painting. "there is the night sky filled with swirling clouds, stars ablaze in their own luminescence, and a bright cresent moon (18-20)
Question 3: 3 ways to avoid plagiarizing: read, then write based on what you remember. Always cite the source. Remember to include quotations.

Homework due 4/16 #1

   My 2 favorite blog posts from ms Galang's list are George's response on irony, and Stephanie's response to Much ado about nothing. They were both about a play.
   What I liked about Stephanie's post is that she explained that the play was more modernized. No one would know if it was modernized or not if she didn't explain it. I also liked how she described the sonnets, the music and the stage. she showed a lot of interest and thought that the stage was more modernized.
   What I liked about George's response is that he explained the definition of irony. Some people don't know what irony means, and explaining it will save a lot of time and will help readers understand. Also, i liked how he gave examples of irony. He gave examples in act 1 scene 2 and it was early on in the book, so people won't need to know much about the background.
   I can improve my blog entries by explaining vocabulary. I can also improve by giving examples, and explaining what I am writing in my blog entries.