Friday, May 10, 2013
Monday, May 6, 2013
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Free Write - 4/3/
Everything is going good right now I don't have much to write about. My baby girl is almost 9 months old. It's hard to believe she is growing up so fast. My oldest is almost thirteen now she makes me feel old. But I still love her she is such a big help with everything since i have been working nights. My son fell on Monday and hurt his knee and this morning he told me it was feeling better and then when I drop him off at his grandmas she asked how it was and he started saying it hurt and limping. That's him for you trying to get sympathy from anyone that will give it.
Monday, April 1, 2013
Free Write - 4-1-13
I had a wonderful Easter got to spend it with family and friends. I am thankful that my baby is doing better after she fell and hit her head Thursday night. Put a nice sized goose egg on her head. Its gone but she still has a bruise. I enjoy spending time with family we get to catch up and laugh and joke.
I have been reading the book Night in my free time and it is really good I am finding it a very emotional book to read. But i am enjoying it.
I have been reading the book Night in my free time and it is really good I am finding it a very emotional book to read. But i am enjoying it.
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
The Film Unfinished
The film unfinished was a propaganda film recorded by the Nazis to make it seem like the Jewish communities were living a normal life but in reality that was not the case. The Jews were being made to act like everything was normal. I just can't figure out how people can be so cruel. They were throwing bodies into huge graves and burring them. They had no respect for them it was disgusting. The corpses lay on the sidewalk and the other Jews had to walk by them. When they picked up the corpses they did not do so with care they showed them falling off the cart that they put them on. They also just through the bodies around. It was very heat wrenching for me to watch. The ladies watching I felt it was really hard to see them watching the film and how emotional it was for them. To make people strip down and bath in front of a camera is just disrespectful. The Nazis would make them heard together so to speak like they were running from something just to film it. They tried to make the ghettos look better than they really were. It was heart breaking to watch how malnourished the Jews were and how they were treated. To me they were treated like animals. No one deserves to be treated that way just because of their religion. My question would be were the cameramen Jews to or were they Nazis? That’s the one thing I wasn’t sure about. Because the one they were interviewing in the film to me acted more like a Jew then a Nazi either that or he just felt really bad about what he had done to them. I am glad that the film was found because of the people that say the holocaust never happened there is proof. I am also glad that there are survivors to tell their story to let the world know about all the terrible stuff the Nazis did to the Jews. I am sorry for all their pain and suffering that they had to endure.
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Henry Laurant
Henry Warner Laurant original name Hans Werner Levy was born May 28, 1924 in Koenigsberg, Germany to his father Walter Levy and mother Sara Berherndt Levy. He had one sister. He lived on Munz street which means coin that over looked Palace Lake. During the winter they would ice skate and during the warm months they would do boating. His father was a Pediatrician and did his practice out of the apartment. Their second home was on Weissgerber. He inherited he love of books from his father. His mother was artistic she loved to do sculptures. They left Koenigsberg when he was twelve years old and moved to Berlin. He was insulted in school for being Jewish it got worse as he got older and went through school. He would get into fights at school because of being a Jew. He joined an organization to help him get through the difficult time at school. Jewish connection came about negatively due to the exposure in school. Father served in the German army in WWI. No Jews were allowed to practice as doctors or lawyers. Left in 1936 due to the treatment of the children and father started up a practice in Berlin. Dr. Leanora Goldwitz (spelling) opened a school for the Jewish children in Berlin. Hitler didn't really bother Berlin until the Olympics was over. They went and hid at a friends house right before Krystallnacht happened on November 10, 1938. He said the Nazis would march through the streets saying " When Jewish blood comes splashing from the knife everything went twice as well". He went to England December 10, 1938 it was only suppose to be temporary. He said it was "going from a bloody dictatorship to a free country". When him and his father were saying their farewells his father said "we are both mean aren't we". He stayed in a camp in England from December 1938 to March 1939. He then went to live in Bradford with Rabbi Auroburch he lived with him from March 1939 to May 1942. He communicated with his family through letters through the Red Cross until the war started. Sister was deported to a concentration camp in 1943. His parents were caught trying to escape from Germany and was taken to Aushwitz. He couldn't get into army so he was called up for war work until 1945. He then went to work for the US Armed Forces until 1946 then he went to a University in London and got a degree in Economics in 1949. He meet his first wife in Paris and had one son named Alexander. He got married to his second wife had another son named Nicholas. He worked for the World Bank. He got married for the third time in 1990 to Dr. Lesley Ford who kept her name. He said he did not feel any survivor guilt until he realizes he survived and his family did not. Affected his adult life that he sees a psychiatrist. He says that "Price to pay for one's freedom and survivor ship". His message to the next generation was NEVER AGAIN.
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Holocaust Survivor
Kristine Keren her original name is Krystyna Chiger. She was born in Poland on October 28, 1935. She lived with her mother, father, an younger brother. She was born in an apartment building were they lived when the war started. Her brother died in 1978 he was in the Israel army. He was born May 18, 1939. Her mother played the piano they owned a big beautiful piano. They heated the apartment with ceramic fireplaces by burning coal in it. When the weather was nice out she would go outside and play in the courtyard or go to the park. Her grandparents lived three streets away. Her father owned a fabric store. Her favorite color was yellow and her favorite toy was a doll. She remembers that her brother was born on a Sunday and when she seen her mother after he was born she ask her how her brother came her mother said that she left sugar outside the window the stork took the sugar and left her brother. She went to school after the liberation started kindergarten in 1941. In 1939 the Russians took her fathers store so he started working two jobs. The Russians stayed until 1941 then the Germans came. The Germans came in and took their home and took all their belongings. They moved from place to place moving mostly at night. Her father witnessed her grandfather being killed. Her family and seven other Jews hid in the sewer. Took her father and two others to dig a tunnel to the sewer. Her father gave money to some sewer workers to help them. One of the tunnel workers Soha (not sure if it is spelled correctly) helped them make the tunnel more professional. She was wearing new sandals and wanted to wear them into the sewer and her mother told her no and she said "I want to wear these sandals mama". When they were going into the tunnel she asked her father " Daddy were are we going, were are we going". She explains the tunnels as being a smelly city underground. They lived in the sewers for fourteen months. Soha would bring them food and take their dirty clothes home and his wife would wash them. Soha was a Catholic man and when it was safe for the Jews to come out of the sewers he was waiting for them and he shouted "These are my Jews I saved them". She went to Israel in 1957. Went to Jerusalem to study for dental. She married her husband Marion in 1960. They moved to the United States in 1968. They had two sons. She believes that her experience surviving the holocaust was a positive influence on raising her own children. It strongly effect her everyday. Has dreams, wakes up in cold sweats, wont step on man holes walks around them, and watching movies about Germans with their foot steps gives her cold chills. She believes in taking the bad things in life and turning them into something positive. Her message for the future generation is " Not to forget what happened to the six million Jews during the holocaust.
Thursday, March 7, 2013
MLA & Plagiarism
Four reasons why using MLA is important 1) allows readers to cross reference your sources easily. 2) Provides consistant format within a discipline. 3) Gives you credibility as a writer and 4) protects yourself from plagiarism.
What is the purpose of using a consistent format? Because using a consistent format helps your reader understand your arguments and the sources they are built on. It also helps you keep track of your sources as you build arguments.
Consequences of plagiarizing can result in anything from failure of the assignment to expulsion from school.
Where can you find the answers on how to properly cite in MLA format? Prentice Hall Reference Guide, composition textbooks, www.mla.org, and OWL website.
Two purposes of a work cited page are a complete list of every source that you make reference to in you essay and provides the information necessary for a reader to locate and retrieve any sources cited in your essay.
What is the purpose of using a consistent format? Because using a consistent format helps your reader understand your arguments and the sources they are built on. It also helps you keep track of your sources as you build arguments.
Consequences of plagiarizing can result in anything from failure of the assignment to expulsion from school.
Where can you find the answers on how to properly cite in MLA format? Prentice Hall Reference Guide, composition textbooks, www.mla.org, and OWL website.
Two purposes of a work cited page are a complete list of every source that you make reference to in you essay and provides the information necessary for a reader to locate and retrieve any sources cited in your essay.
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Free Write- 3-6-13
Today is my son Rylans birthday he is eight years old today. Time sure flies it just seems like yesterday he was born. He is turning into a young man. My baby girl finally slept most of the night only woke up once and went right back to sleep after she got her bottle. Its hard to believe she is almost eight months old. She has her first tooth she is pulling herself up on everything that will hold still. I have to say my children still amaze me with everything that they do. My oldest one had to right a paper on a book that she finished reading and she does better then I do. My job is going good I am really enjoying it so far. My coworkers so far are easy to get a long with which makes it easier to like the job. The residents also make you feel welcome most of them are really friendly. Of course there is always a couple that is grumpy. Everything is finally looking up for me and my famly.
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Plagiarism
According to the Prentice Hall Reference Guide plagiarism is unethical because it is wrong to steal someone elses work. It also means a lost learning opportunity, demenishes your credibility, and may result in serios penalties (Prentice Hall Reference Guide pg. 378-379).
Monday, March 4, 2013
Free Write- 3/4/13
I started a new job this weekend I really like it so far. The only thing I don't like is the time spent away from family. But of course that is why I am working is for them. My baby girl has cut her first tooth she was a champ she wasn't fussy at all. That's not normal for a baby cutting teeth but hey if that's the way it works with her great it will make it a lot easier on me and everyone else. My sons birthday is coming up on Wednesday he will be eight years old it's hard to believe. They grow up so fast. I asked him what he wanted for his birthday and all he tells me he wants is a football. That is easy enough and probable the cheapest birthday ever. But whatever he wants it's his special day. I love my children. They drive me crazy but I love them all the same. It's funny because they think everything is unfair I always tell them life's not fair. You just deal with it and move on.
Friday, March 1, 2013
Eva Mozes Kor-3/1/13
Veronica Willbanks
Mr. Neuburger
Eng. 101-104
28 February 2013
Summary
Eva Mozes Kor
Eva Mozes Kor was a survivor of Auschwitz and Dr. Josef Menegele. Menegele was cruel he used twins as guinea pigs. Kor was taken to Auschwitz in May 1944 along with her father, mother, two older sisters and her twin sister, Miriam. Eva and Miriam were taken from the rest of their family never to see them again. Menegele did experimental test on them. She has forgave all the Nazis so she can move on with her life and not live in pain everyday with everything she has endured through her life as a young girl.
For the 50th anniversary of the day she was liberated she had found and talked to a former Nazi doctor Munch and convinced him to go with her back to Auschwitz. She was in search of Mengele records so she could find out what he had injected into her sister because she was sick with her kidneys. Kor donated one of her kidneys to her sister. The records have never been found.
The other surviving twins are not happy because Kor forgave the Nazis for what they have done. She says that it has freed her of her pain that she has lived with for so long. They don’t think she has the right to forgive for the ones that died, but I don’t feel that she was forgiving for anyone but herself.
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Free Write 2-20-13
My job didn't last long. It wasn't worth the money it was costing between paying the babysitter and for gas. My paycheck was not even enough to cover that. I liked what i did on the job it just wasn't worth it so now i get to go find another job hopefully it wont be to hard.
So this weather coming today not looking forward to it. i hate bad weather. i wont drive if it gets to bad not even though i have four wheel drive.
I have the greatest husband i am glad he knows a lot about vehicles. He had to fix my Jeep it was leaking antifreeze. thankfullly all it was was a hose that needed replaced.
My baby girl is seven months old now its hard to believe she is growing up so fast. she had a doctors appointment yesterday and got shots poor baby didn't feel good the rest of the day. she weighs 20lbs. and 13 oz. and is 27 and a half in. long. she pulls herself up already. she is going to be walking before long.
My other children i wished they would loose their attitude. i dont now what has gotten in to them but i can't take it much more. i love them but something has got to give and i really hope it is their attitude.
So this weather coming today not looking forward to it. i hate bad weather. i wont drive if it gets to bad not even though i have four wheel drive.
I have the greatest husband i am glad he knows a lot about vehicles. He had to fix my Jeep it was leaking antifreeze. thankfullly all it was was a hose that needed replaced.
My baby girl is seven months old now its hard to believe she is growing up so fast. she had a doctors appointment yesterday and got shots poor baby didn't feel good the rest of the day. she weighs 20lbs. and 13 oz. and is 27 and a half in. long. she pulls herself up already. she is going to be walking before long.
My other children i wished they would loose their attitude. i dont now what has gotten in to them but i can't take it much more. i love them but something has got to give and i really hope it is their attitude.
Friday, February 8, 2013
Free Write 2/8/2013
I have started a new job so far I like it. I work for Intergrity Home Care. I enjoy helping others ecspecailly those that cant do everything theirself. You meat some of the seetest people. I help them clean their house, cook meals, bath, dress, and anything they need help with. I am glad that i was able to find a place to work that works with my schedule for school. The only thing i miss is not spending as much time with my children. my baby girl has been sick the last couple of days running a high fever but i dont now what is wrong with her she has no other signs of being sick. i thought she might have been teething but she has no signs of that being the case. i think i am going to have to take her to the doctor.
Monday, February 4, 2013
sensory language
See People Cars Television Stop sign Bicycle
Hear Cars Children Music Television Typing
Smell Food Trash Dirty diaper Puke Body odor
Taste Sweet Sour Spicy Salty Chocolate
Touch Children Steering wheel Clothes Soft Hard
I see a gentleman setting by the smelly trashcan, smelling of body body odor with dirt all over his clothes eating chocolate. The trash smelled like one of my daughter’s dirty diapers. He was enjoying the sweetness of the chocolate and nothing else seemed to bother him. A dark blue bicycle stopped at the bright red stop sign. You could smell the saltiness of the food cooking in the diner across the street. I go into the diner to eat and you could hear the short petite woman in the corner typing on the keyboard on her laptop. As I was getting into my red jeep grand Cherokee the black leather steering wheel felt sticky from the humidity.
Monday, January 28, 2013
Free Write 1-28-13
I hate being sick. My baby girl is starting to cut teeth it makes for a long night ex special when you are sick and have school the next morning. Not getting much sleep makes the day drag. But i love my daughter and wouldn't change anything its part of being a mother. i made it through three other times i think i can handle a fourth. other then that my life is going great. a little stressed about the three to five page essay that i have to write for English but i will manage and make it through. i cant wait to get done with school so i can start doing my dream job. i have always loved helping people and kids so going into pediatrics i think is the perfect job for me. i will make it no matter how many mountains i have to climb to get there.
Friday, January 18, 2013
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Free Write 1/16/2013
intro
Hi my name is Veronica Willbanks I have been married to my wonderful husband Paul for four years. We are blessed to have five wonderful children. Our youngest is just six months old she is in the photo above. I think of her as my miracle child because my pregnancy was really tough I thought I was going to loose her a couple times. All my children are my world. Their names are Paul Justin 12, Jasmine Marie 12, Hannah Nicole 10, Rylan Anthony 7, and Abbygail Elizabeth 6 months. I am going to school to become an RN I want to work in pediatrics because I like helping others and I love children. I have lived in Missouri my whole life. I graduated from Seymour High School in 2000. I worked for six and a half years in a nursing home working with alzheimers patients.
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