Jimmy Carter, National Nobel Peace Prize Winner of 2002

            Jimmy Carter was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize because of the decades of work trying to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts and increasing the not only the social, but the economic justice too. His actions were global because he cared to much about the WHOLE world to just change the local social and economic justice. Jimmy Carter did most when he was president, he tried to stop the army from using nuclear weapons. But the work he did after being president is very noticeable too. He began a program called "The Carter Center", which was founded in 1982. It is a program that supports our human rights around the world. This program has been very successful it has helped make more lives more valuable and made them have larger quality in more than 70 countries! John Carter really didn't use any media channels. He did a poor job of getting it out there. The best thing that happened that made it noticeable was the fact that he was an ex-president and when he won the Nobel Peace Prize. I thought that John Carter would inspire me in some way but that didn't happen. He was a good president and had good intentions with everything he has been trying to do but they didn't work out very well. I respect his efforts though.


Sources:

http://www.peaceheroes.com/PeaceHeroes/jimmycarter.htm
http://www.presidentprofiles.com/Kennedy-Bush/Jimmy-Carter-Human-rights.html
http://www.cartercenter.org/about/history/chronology.html
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2002/presentation-speech.html

Bullying Survey Results

Bullying Survey Results

Have you been a victim of bullying (teasing, name-calling, hitting, threats, intimidation, and so on) at some time during this school year?

• 20% Yes and 80% No

Have you bullied someone during this school year?

• 10% Yes and 90% No.

Have you witnessed someone else being bullied this school year?

• 80% Yes and 20% No.

Whats do most witnesses and bystanders usually do when they see someone being bullied?

• 81% Walk away and pretend it didnt happen.
• 9% Laugh.
• 9% Just watch.

Is bullying a problem at our school?

• 90% Yes and 10% No.

So looking at these results, it IS a problem and it NEEDS to be fixed. We need to stop it now. By bullying, your only hurting yourself and the others around you. You have no real friends and everyone is scared of you. There is no benefit from bullying, so why do it? We have a problem, so now we need the entire student body to stop it. This means you! YOU are the student body, and YOU need to end this.

Why Learn About The Holocaust?

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." -- George Santayana, philosopher and critic

     -- I agree with Mr. Santayana, but some of us cannot remember because we were very young. So you can't blame us for not remembering. If you don't remember you cant really stop it from happening anyways because you don't remember the symptoms. But by having things to remind us then we do remember how it started and we know how to avoid it from happening again. When i think of this quote, it not only  reminds me of the Holocaust but it also reminds me of 9/11. 9/11 has its very own day where we remember and honor the tragedy, we are remembering so we don't forget and let it happen again. Sadly, it seems we have already forgotten the Holocaust because its already happening again. Down in Darfur, Africa people are getting killed because of their ethnicity. It is the Holocaust all over again! I understand why we must learn about the Holocaust now, it makes perfect sense. The people are forgetting and have already started repeating it. We are learning about the Holocaust so we don't forget and so we can stop it from happening again. Genocide is serious and we need to prevent it. We are the next generation; we need to take charge and keep in mind the Holocaust, 9/11, and even the genocide in Africa. And we can start by remembering, not forgetting, making sure it never happens again.

The Holocaust

9/11

Darfur, Africa