last blog of year

thank you. thank you for scrificing your lives in one of the most deadlyest wars. many of you probably wanted to come back home but you stuck it out and fought for the destruction of comunism. Even though you may not have won the war you gave it your all and fought until the end.

even more times of change ?'s

What do these two poems and the article say about the impact of the war on the native Vietnamese? Can you think of any other ways in which the war will impact the native Vietnam

the two poems and especialy the article implied that the U.S. troops had absolutly no sympathy tward the civilians they just turned their wepons on automatic and shot them.

the war will also impact the civilians when the war is over. the land and everything will have been torn up by bombs and a lot of the peoples houses might have been burned or blown up.

more times of change ?'s

This song by Country Joe and the Fish became one of the first protest songs of the Vietnam Era. Read the lyrics to the song, and then respond to the following:

What is the song asking the “big strong men to do”?

to pick up your guns, think fast, and die for you your country

… the “generals” to do?

to go out to nam and kill those commies

… “Wall Street” to do?

to make money to support the war.

… “mothers” to do?

to send their spouces to nam and have them be the first to die.

Write down four specific lines from the song that display sarcasm, cynicism, or anti-war sentiment.

Come on fathers, don't hesitate

Send 'em off before it's to late

be the first one on your block

to have your boy come home in a box.

times of change ?'s

What challenges does Jack Smith face as a soldier in Vietnam? (a bulleted list is fine)

• being very young
• booby traps
• you can't see a bullet you can only hear them
• elephant grass
• ambushes
• bombs and napalm
• the temperature
  
  How does Smith’s attitude toward war change?

he relises it is harder than it looks and that you are out there for totaly different resons, to protect your buddies, and to protect yourself.

Vietnam book ?'s Day 1

Look up both words in the title of the short essay. What do they mean?

Dubious - a doubtful or questionable remark.

Crusade - an exiting fight.

Relate the title to the reading. What is Warren saying? How do you think this will relate to the rest of our study if Vietnam?

he is wondering if we knew what we were doing fighting on the otherside of the world. it wasn't are war. it will all relate to what we will talk about for the next week. how we finaly lost a war. and why we were over there in the the firs place.

What is the overall theme of Vuong-Riddick's poem?

the overall theam is allies. he listed all of the different alies in order by time.

What is the main thesis of the essay?

The main thesis is that the war was an overall controversy.

What was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?

It gave the pressedent approval by congress to defend the united states interests in the areas of the attacs.

What evidence does the author give to support his thesis?

there are some critics in the senate.
there was a very one sided vote on the resolution
there was no need for the involvement because there was no act of agression tward the united states.

How does this link to the theme of the first reading, “A Dubious Crusade”?

The two readings have the same type of main thesis. they thisis for doubious crusad was that it was a questionable war for us to get into and the thesis for the 3rd reading was that the war was a controversy. mainly the same ideas.

KOREA - The Forgotten War

10 important things everyone should know about the Korean War

1. In june 1950 the north Korean forces crossed the 38th parallel into south korea and the korean war started.
2. comunist china saw the movement of the united nations forces into north korea as a threat to china.
3. The chinese comunest and the UN troops along with the anticomunist chinese troops were on opposite sides of the border.
4. MacAurthur Wanted to blocade china, but trooman said no because that will suck the USSR into the war.
5. And then instead of saying no MacAurthur tried to publicize his idea, but Truman didn't like this so he ended up fireing him.
6. Even though Eisenhower agreed to peace talks on the side he wanted to use nucleor arms.
7. Before the war korea is not two seperate nations, it is a japanese territory.
8. After the korean war the Soviet comunest took control of the north korea above the 38 parallel, and U.S. forces took control of the land South of the 38 parallel.
9. So in the end a communist government took control of North Korea and Anti comunist in south Korea.
10. The Korean War was a test for Trumans Containment policy, and 16 nations were sent in from the UN to help contain.

Has MLK's "dream" been realized? - Income

Topic - Income
African Americans and Asians have trekked through a long financial journey. African Americans Have increased there financial median by about 7000 dollars in the last seven years. and the range between African Americans and Whites has decreased showing more equality. income by families since 1980 has increased by 8000 dollars.

African Americans are still facing some problems as well as women. women have a 12000 dollar difference compared to men for financial income. and the median between whites and blacks is also still pretty great, this could be changed still.

I have a few suggestions. I think that education standards could be raised and African Americans might be forced to try harder in school. if this can happen more people might be inspired to go to collage, meaning more people applying for better jobs and getting them. this would close the financial margin between African Americans (other minority groups) and whites.