Research Paper Post

I feel confident over a few features of my draft. I am confident in my explanation of the government’s view of gun ownership in the 1800s. I am also confident in my conclusion. Some other positives of my essay are that I felt that it was easy to find information on gun control, and it was not difficult to make notecards. Notecards helped me a lot! Lastly, the putting time into a detailed outline really made writing the draft not as difficult as it would have been without the detailed outline.

I am struggling in that I feel as though my paper is biased against the government’s perspective of gun ownership. This weekend I am going focus on fixing that. I am struggling in depicting what I have interpreted in an unbiased manner. It seems as though, through research I have found, that the government is biased against the Second Amendment, and how can one report that in an unbiased manner? Please focus your feedback on the bias of my paper. 

Reading Log and Snow Day!

Time Spent This Week:

            Reading:

10 minutes 1/27

            Out of School Assignment:

20 minutes 1/28

20 minutes 1/29
                        Draft:

60 minutes 1/28

90 minutes 1/29

60 minutes 1/30

30 minutes 1/31

Snow Days Post:

            The past couple of days of school were cancelled because of the weather! The roads were icy and during most of the days in which we were not in school driving was dangerous. The school my sister attends, St. Jude, was also closed. Even my dad had to stay home because his work was also canceled on Tuesday and Wednesday. It was nice to spend time with my family; everyone was home!

            I did some enjoyable activities over the snow days. One thing I did was make churros for Spanish homework! It was a hard process, but they tasted great. Also, my dad, sister, and I worked on a challenging puzzle. My sister and I also made red velvet cake balls, which tasted really good! Even though I had much spare time, a lot of it was dedicated to homework and school. Overall, I really enjoyed the snow days. J

Comment Log

I commented on Jamiee's research post on 1/27 that was posted on 1/24.
I commented on Alyssa's research post on 1/27 that was posted on 1/25.

Reading Log and Topic

Reading Log

            Time Spent Reading:

10 minutes on 1/21

15 minutes on 1/23

20 minutes on 1/24

            Time Spent on Notecards:

20 minutes 1/20

            Time Spent on Detailed Outline:

60 minutes on 1/24

In English and history, we have been working on a research project. My topic compares the government’s view on gun ownership in the 1800s with the government’s view on gun ownership today. I am enjoying this topic because it is interesting to see how different the two perspectives are! I have learned that in early America, the government encouraged the individual right of gun ownership; the government even provided guns to poor white citizens who struggled to afford them. Today, the government is more restrictive on gun ownership. For example, the government has created gun control laws and limited ammunition.  

My thesis compares the government’s perspective of gun ownership in the 1800s with the government’s more recent perspective of gun ownership. The views are almost opposite, and the information that I have learned is quite interesting. The early American government encouraged the individual right to gun ownership. The government even provided poor citizens with guns. Today, the government is much more restrictive on gun ownership. For example, gun control laws have been created to prevent certain people from obtaining certain guns.

Reading/ Working Times

Reading
1/13- 10 minutes
1/14- 10 minutes
1/16- 15 minutes

Research
1/12- 15 minutes
1/13- 25 minutes
1/15- 20 minutes
1/16- 50 minutes

Comment Log

Trevor, Write about one interpretation of evil and then write about how you see this perception, posted on Jan. 12, commented on Jan. 13

Connor, NHD, posted on Jan. 13, commented on Jan. 13

Research and Reading Log

My topic compares the government’s view of gun control in the 1800s today. This topic is important because the government’s view has changed drastically over the years! I think it will be very interesting the see the differences. The government in the 1800s amended the Constitution to add the people’s right of gun ownership. Today, though, the government is trying to take it away.

This week I plan to do a lot of research. I changed my topic, so a lot of my sources are irrelevant to my paper. L I plan to look up newspaper articles and letters from the 1800s regarding the Second Amendment. I will also research topics concerning the government banning ammunition and gun control. Lastly, I will research any laws the government has been trying to pass that make it harder for the American citizens to buy guns.

Reading Log:

All of my time this week was spent on research for the history project.

1/8 10 minutes

1/9 35 minutes

1/10 60 minutes

1/11 30 minutes

Student Prompt

What do you want be when you grow up?

Madison Ruston- I’m not sure at the moment

Madison Delacroix- Interior Designer

Paul Macmurdo- A baker

            My favorite response is Madison Ruston’s answer. I feel that as freshmen, it is a good idea to have an idea of what one wants to be, but it is not needed. Also, it is very likely that the other’s answers will change multiple times. Lastly, I, like Madison, am not sure what I want to be. I am going to enjoy my youth and not worry about what I am going to do with my life!!!

            Even though Madison’s answer is my favorite, I still think that it is great that Paul and the other Madison have a general grasp of what they want to do. Madison Delacroix loves fashion; I think that she would make a great interior designer. Paul loves baking, so I think that being a baker would be a great job for him. I think it is important for people to have lifelong dreams and goals. Paul and Madison’s dream jobs can definitely be achieved. J