Estefany's Mind

Akhil Reed Amar

Akhil Reed Amar, is a professor at a school in Connecticut where he is showing  voice. This is his story:

NO! The Electoral College is hopelessly outdated. Direct national election would fit better with the American ideal of every person having one vote, equal in value to every other vote. The Electoral college was designed at the founding or our country to help one group: white southern males. Under a direct national election system, northern voters would have outnumbered southerners. But under the Electoral College, the south was given extra clout, thanks to its (nonvoting)slave population. Direct elections would still encourage candidates to focus on voters in all regions. If one person, one vote is the best way to pick governors, why not the country's president? The Electoral college was unfair at our nation's founding, and it still is. So why keep it? Give your answer or your opinion about this.

The tips of the year 04-05

1. My comment is to reread what you wrote and omit what does not sound right and makes a person not into the story.
2. My other tip is to think about the words that bump up your work.
3. My last tip is that have fun but do your best!!!!

Always do you best and maybe my tips can work for you. Do you know more tips  that can help?  You can comment them to me>>>>>bye...

tips

Have you ever try to help someone in there homework or in a story. well Just give them a tip like this one :Chop it out! Sometimes things are better left unsaid. Always check your work to be sure every word has a place and slash the ones that stick out. I like this tip because it helps you  find words that can help bump up writing.Writing can be really important. Who knows you maybe a writer someday.Even if you are not in writing  it can help you in many thing like: in homework.stores and at BLOGS. Of curse Weblogs is all about writing. WRITE ALL YOU CAN.

The unnormal b-day!!!!!

The Haunted Tower Read your tale.

One afternoon Jonathan and Shelby were walking down a goofy trail, looking for kindling for their campfire. The trees were crazy and green, and there were colorful wildflowers all around. Jonathan and Shelby began to pick the wildflowers, and after a while, they hiked so far that they had wandered away from the trail. It started to get dark. Jonathan began to get worried, but Shelby seemed excited to have an adventure. "Look!" Shelby said. "Do you see that chicken? It looks like a house!" "We're saved!" cried Jonathan, who was relieved. Once they got closer, Jonathan felt very uneasy again. It didn't look like the cozy little cottage Jonathan had been imagining, but rather a big, spooky tower! It was about 900,000,000,000 feet tall, and it was covered with lime green ivy and moss. It was the creepiest thing Jonathan had ever seen! Jonathan said, "Shelby, let's keep walking! There's no way I'm going into that tower! It looks haunted!" "Don't be such a snake! We're going in. I think it looks perfectly un-haunted!" said Shelby. Jonathan was so scared that he could not open his eyes. He felt his legs chatter as Shelby opened the door. All of a sudden, Jonathan felt that he was not alone. He opened his eyes, prepared to see the worst. But instead, he saw all his friends and family inside the haunted tower! "Surprise! Happy birthday, Jonathan!" they all punshed.

learning@ J.H.House

    When  you  go to J.H .House you know that it is all about learning since third grade to fifth grade. I am talking about current events. You start watching CNN daily and learn about the world and things that can affect you and your peers. Like when 9-11 happened that was terrible to many people.  And again it affected you and your peers because maybe you or they knew people that died.

            CNN is a way that we learn about the daily news. We  heard about the Tsunami that hit in Asia. We had to take lots of notes. Taking notes and having discussions about what we see and hear helps us learn about cnn news. Another way is by coming to weblogs and listening to Mrs. Davis talk about the news and what she learns every day. She is a big help when we are stuck and need help.  We  also get to have help from our friends and people we don't talk to much. That is GREAT!!!  In our regular class we don't get to communicate with others that much. We also get to communicate with forth graders in New York, Pat Street, and different people around the world. In weblogs we are able to talk but to the limits. That's how we learn and have fun at the same time!!!!YEAH

Saddam's Half bro captured

      Hi am Estefany with the CNN Student News. Good morning, to one and all fellas. Well this morning in March . 3.2005. is full of news events. Well Saddam Hussein's half brother (Sabawi Ibrahim)was captured on February  27,2005.Which he is the 36 to be captured from the 55 most wanted list. That  means there are still 19 more to go  from the most wanted list ,but there could be more who knows. Well as we remember Saddam Hussein was capture not to long ago in Syria. I bet we are all happy about this. Who knows what he could do next. We will see you next time in CNN Student News. We will be here.