American Dream

The authors dream was to become president of the United States. The authors family was a really poor family from Winston-Salem. His town revolved around tobacco products. His family was extremely racist as his uncles and cousins were in the KKK. He lived in the south and explained how southerners are judged because of their style and such. He was also gay so he went through a lot of social impact because of that.
His quote says some people aren't yet really free to reach certain goals because of aspects that hold them down. Everyone should be able to have a chance at being president if they work hard enough. Being rich and white shouldn't give anyone a advantage to becoming president. Just because you are poor and gay doesn't mean your are not a "real" American. This society is so diverse that when judging people their shouldn't be any standards because we are all Americans and should have a fair chance to achieve anything in life.

White Guilt

moving beyond white guilt

get information: Get information by understanding who people are, dont judge by skin color, get posters and listen to others.
do something: Stop and talk to people once you here a racist or judgemental statements
listen: Listen to people about white guilt, try to imply some information on how racism is a joking matter.
talk: Talk with people who are racist or people who joke around about racism and talk to them about how it can have a impact on certain people more then others.
back to the past: The best way to go back to the past is it research on racism, look at what people do or say, look at what fights or huge conflicts that broke out because of racism that didnt have to happen
Finding our heroes and sheroes: Our heroes are MLK and Rosa Parks who showed lots of courage and strength standing up against racism.

Defining Racism

1. I tend to have a small prejudice, when I see black people fishing I automatically assume they are fishing for catfish. I also think all black people are fast.

2. I think I am advantaged.

3. I really cant do much myself, we all as a whole have to make better judgments about other people. This country is so diverse that this problem will never get resolved.

4. She defines it as being greatly prejudice and talks about advantages of white people alot; white guilt.

What did I gain 9/21/10

This activity allowed me to breakdown certain aspects of the entire article. It made me see what they were trying to find out. It showed me how to find out what they will do, who will do it, the results of what they did. This will help me break down my own articles for my research paper.

Summary

In this paragraph they talk about the distinction between "serious music" and "popular music".  It talks about how serious music transcends social forces and pop music is worthless because it is determined by the creator.  Popular music is more socially active then serious music.  Analyizing these types will result in different results.

Websites

http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=d6HhgJDGXtQC&oi=fnd&pg=PA49&dq=the+importance+of+sports+in+united+states&ots=ygQmbNKWac&sig=7iflLzuwQug7j8x7x-a87E0bSx8#v=onepage&q=the%20importance%20of%20sports%20in%20united%20states&f=false

http://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/stories/2001/04/30/editorial4.html

http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=0QrLjDDESawC&oi=fnd&pg=PA361&dq=money+and+sports&ots=E6rOYR9jGK&sig=dzXuLZ7cVkihDhm5hcILqt_f4fE#v=onepage&q=money%20and%20sports&f=false

Free Write 9/2/2010

Why are sports so important for our society and economy in the United States?
         -How much money do sports make per season?
         -How are sports important to our media?
         -Why are sports so important for our health?
         -Will our country be more obese if there weren't any sports?
         -How sports can create safer communities?

Excercise 1.1

Places- Stickney, Chicago, Plainfield Fishing Resort, US Cellular Field, Neighbors House,  West Cicero baseball field

Trends- Sports, texting, facebook, fantasy football, How can that lizard run on water, fishing, bags, poker

Things- TV, Baseball Glove, Baseball Bat, Fishing Pole, Laptop, Phone, Bed, Ps3, Football

Technologies- Cell phone, laptop, radio, internet, ipod, vending machine, hdtv, pay phone

People- Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter, Patrick Kane, Manny Ramirez, Paul Konerko, Dad, Mom, Joey Votto, Jonathen Teows, Drew Brees, Ray Rice, Frank Gore, Reggie Wayne, Mike Wallace

Controversies- animal cruelty, 9/11, oil spill, war on terror, crime alerts at isu, government

History- Whitesox 2005 world series, 9/11, JFK, Sammy Sosa Mark McGwire homerun race, hurricane katrina

Jobs- MLB player, NFL player, NHL player, NBA player, garbage man, sports writer, gym teacher, baseball coach

Habits- biting nails, shaking knees when sitting,  grinding teeth, thinking, whistling, messing with hair, touching face

Hobbies- Fish catching (plotting), baseball card collecting, fantasy baseball, fantasy football, playing all sports

Step 2

Gym Teacher

Step 3

What games should you play with your students?
What games are safer then others?
How strict should you be about stretching?
How strict should you be about participation to the fullest?
How can you keep things fun?
How hard should you push your students?
How do you become a PE teacher?
Does being a PE teacher increase your chances of getting a coaching job in a certain sport?
How do you address when kids hurt other kids playing a game?