Typo - On Wednesday of the H/W sheet it says, Fakebook page due next Tuesday (that was from last week). Fakebook pages will be due THIS Tuesday.
"Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better." Maya Angelou
someone said that we had a verb test Tues., is that true?
ReplyDeleteI think, thomas. but i dont think YOU need to worry much cause you no verbs well. that doesnt mean dont study, though!
ReplyDelete"After last minute agreement, federal government avoids shutdown" WOW! So the government strikes a late deal of $38 BILLION!!!! YEAH!!! NO SHUT DOWN!!!
ReplyDeleteCharlie,
ReplyDeleteWhat is the link to our
fakebook i forgot my
sheet that had it on there
P.S. I know the password
and how to save it
I've have been working on my Fakebook for a few days and I have experienced many different problems in posting a comment. Is anybody else having problems.
ReplyDeletethe whole patrick henry speech is really long.(i just printed it) do we have to memorize the whole thing? just to give some proportianate size, here it is:
ReplyDeleteMR. PRESIDENT: No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as abilities, of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the House. But different men often see the same subject in different lights; and, therefore, I hope it will not be thought disrespectful to those gentlemen if, entertaining as I do, opinions of a character very opposite to theirs, I shall speak forth my sentiments freely, and without reserve. This is no time for ceremony. The question before the House is one of awful moment to this country. For my own part, I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery; and in proportion to the magnitude of the subject ought to be the freedom of the debate. It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive at truth, and fulfill the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country. Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offence, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the majesty of heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings.
Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the number of those who, having eyes, see not, and, having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it.
I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. And judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years, to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves, and the House? Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received? Trust it not, sir; it will prove a snare to your feet. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with these war-like preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled, that force must be called in to win back our love? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. These are the implements of war and subjugation; the last arguments to which kings resort. I ask, gentlemen, sir, what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission? Can gentlemen assign any other possible motive for it? Has Great Britain any enemy, in this quarter of the world, to call for all this accumulation of navies and armies? No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us; they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging. And what have we to oppose to them? Shall we try argument? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years. Have we anything new to offer upon the subject? Nothing.
We have held the subject up in every light of which it is capable; but it has been all in vain. Shall we resort to entreaty and humble supplication? What terms shall we find which have not been already exhausted? Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves. Sir, we have done everything that could be done, to avert the storm which is now coming on. We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament. Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned, with contempt, from the foot of the throne. In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation. There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free² if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending²if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us!
ReplyDeleteThey tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance, by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot? Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations; and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable²and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come.
It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace²but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
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in fact, it is SO LONG it wouldn't let me put it on 1 blog post. so, yeah, thats how long it is!
ReplyDeleteGIVE ME AN ANSWER, OR GIVE ME A HOMEWORK POLICY!!!!
(giggle,giggle)
Do we have a verb test?
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ReplyDeleteAndrew - Look in your 'Revolution booklet' for the copy of the speech you will be using.
ReplyDeleteGauruv. Everytime you access your fake book - you need to input the password at the top of your page. It will not allow you to type if you don't. Also, you must finish one comment/post before working on another. Let me know if any of your specific problems are different from those.
Thank you Mr. Buxton, but I have tried this and it still doesn't work. If I hit the ADD COMMENT button, it doesn't work.
ReplyDeleteCharlie,
ReplyDeleteHere is the link and
password to the
Fakebook
Link: http://www.classtools.net/fb/31/mjmciU
Password: 123123
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ReplyDeleteLauren- I was half way done with our fakebook page earlier today and i had saved it, and then I found a spelling mistake in one of the comments so i clicked on the pencil to edit it and pressed edit comment when I was done and then it deleted the whole half of what I was working on. Then, tonight I was working on it, and I was doing the same process and it deleted the whole thing again! What should I do? It's 8:31 and I would have to redo the whole thing again. Should I just wait to do it in class tomarrow or finish it tonight? Thanks
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ReplyDeleteAshley, I have been working on the "Fakebook" as Dr.Verbitis and have posted 12 out of 20 comments and posts. I don't know how to get these ideas to you and see what you want to put.
ReplyDeleteHi! It's Ashley! I might be at school tomorrow, but we're no sure. Could someone tell me more about the Patrick Henry speech and the vocab for it?
ReplyDeleteOH, I don't have the Revolution packet with me
ReplyDeleteGauruv, I'm not sure how to access it either, and i don't know the password, or have the link. I was thinking we could do it like different types of weather, like I. Am Rainbow and Flashing Lightning (linking/helping and action). it's probably to late to change that, though.
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