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“Fight for justice is a fight worth dying for”

Fernando Rodriguez is a peasant that used to work in a farmhouse before the revolution. He opposes Díaz’s dictatorship, thinking it is unjust for the indigenous people to have their land taken away and be essentially enslaved to the landowners. He strongly believes in the positive side of the revolution, until he joins Pancho Villa’s army after the Ten Tragic Days. Throughout the revolution, Fernando goes through a series of events, directly or indirectly, that changes his thoughts about the revolution. I chose this quote of Pancho Villa as the title because I thought it was interesting how the quote first agrees to then contradicts Fernando’s thoughts about fighting in the revolution.

Though Fernando said he wasn’t sure if the revolution was successful, it did bring what the revolutionaries were fighting for. However, it is true that the social inequalities continued. The wealth was focused on the small number of rich landowners and the peasants stayed poor under them. Also, foreign investors kept their influence on Mexico’s economy and resources. Despite these continuities, the revolutionaries managed to overthrow their corrupt leaders, and the land reform issue got better with Obregón working more actively than the previous presidents. As the Mexican Revolution achieved the revolutionaries’ goals, though it did have some unchanged aspects, I’d call the revolution successful.

Mustaches, Sombreros, Guns

March 31, 2024 / Minseo / 0 Comments

The Mexican Revolution, from 1910 to 1920, was at first a struggle to put an end to a dictatorship. However, it became a sequence of conflicts for presidency and power, which led to shifting alliances and violent battles. As a result of these conflicts, Mexico had 5 presidents over these 10 years and had to go through destruction and death. Many people who participated in this conflicts had either earned the title of hero or traitor. The video below would be showing you, in detail, what had happened in the Mexican Revolution.

Also, just a fun fact, but Cinco de Mayo isn’t really a thing in Mexico.

Trial of the Century, Summative of the Day

January 29, 2024 / Minseo / 0 Comments

Lizzie Borden took an axe,

Gave her mother forty whacks.

When she saw what she had done,

She gave her father forty-one.

In the summer of 1892, Andrew and Abby Borden were found dead in their home, and their daughter, Lizzie, rises as the prime suspect. The reader follows the testimonies of witnesses and information provided as Lizzie is tried for the murder of her parents. Did Lizzie Borden kill her parents, and if not, who did?

The first central idea I found was “People tend to assume and discriminate when there is an issue in their society.” I got this idea mainly from the chapter “Lizzie Borden Took an Axe” where it is depicted how Lizbeth(formerly Lizzie)’s neighbors discriminated and mocked her.

I was preparing for my CER when I found additional evidence to this theme. We were asked to get a controversial argument, which my group chose “You should look at people only with verified information.” For evidence, we chose sections in the book where people looked at Lizzie with assumption or unproven information.

On the lesson where we found a descriptive passage in the book and analyzed it, I noticed a central idea from the passage I chose, which was “People pay attention to major events and even the smallest details are made into issues.” I got this idea not only from the passage itself but from the frequent mention of the newspapers and attention in the book.

I made a page just for the central idea “people pay attention to major events and even the smallest details are made into issues” to organize the evidence and ideas. It wasn’t from the lessons, but I made it to evaluate on my new central idea.

This is the end of my post. If you’re interested, read the book or look up “Lizzie Borden”.

Characteristics and Influences of Renaissance Humanism

October 23, 2023 / Minseo / 0 Comments

Renaissance Humanism influenced the modern world strongly with its views of the world.

Individualism: The belief in individualism continues until now, valuing individual importance and believing that one can take the responsibilities of their life. I agree with this because it’s important to be able to manage one’s own responsibilities and respect the importance of other people.

Secularism: Most governments in the world now are not affected heavily by religion. I agree with this because it stopped the church from using its authority negatively back then and gave people more freedom. It also might give people freedom of religion and speech.

Valuing Education and Learning: Society now values education heavily, such as employment. I agree with this because more people being educated benefits society and people. I also try to work hard and get good grades in classes when I’m working.

Valuing Individual Achievements: Many people now manage to benefit heavily from their achievements in different areas. I agree with this because it lets society become a better place by finding new competent people and benefits talented people.

Balance with Religion: Many religious people now still do this. I agree with this because it lets one have freedom and focus on other parts of life as well. Some people around me are religious and it’s easy to understand.

Push Button For?

August 29, 2023 / Minseo / 0 Comments

I read “Button Button” by Richard Matheson.

One day, Norma, the main character, finds a button sent to her house. If she pushed it, she would receive 50,000 dollars but someone she doesn’t know would die.

There are two conflicts in the story: person-vs-self, and person-vs-person.

Norma has an inner conflict about whether or not she should push the button. In the beginning of the poem, she denies that she believes in the button and refuses getting the button returned again. However, later, she tries to persuade her husband to push the button for money, saying it’s for both of them.

Norma also has a conflict with her husband about whether they should push the button. While Norma wants the money, her husband says it’s murder, which led to them arguing. Norma argues that they could do what they couldn’t with that money and they don’t know the person who would die, and her husband gets very upset.

My artwork shows the button and someone thinking about whether or not they should push it, because the main theme of the story is pushing the button.

Welcome to Your New Blog!

January 31, 2023 / Minseo / 0 Comments

When you blog you create posts and posts are categorised according to your subject. Some categories have already been set up for you. If you need more categories you can add them as needed. It’s important that your posts have the following:

An engaging title – this should not include the name of the subject since this is referenced in the category.
Body – this is where you share your learning. This can include text, images, embedded videos from Dragons’ Tube or elsewhere. You should always consider how your post looks to your audience. Is it engaging? Do they want to keep reading?
Category – select one that has been set for you or add a new category. Posts can have more than one category e.g. Humanities and Myself as a Learner

Click on the images below to learn more about blogging:

: How do I make a Post?

: How do I upload media?

: How do I embed Media from Dragons’ Tube?

: How do I add new categories?

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