Annotation 2- Robert L. Spitzer

The mental health organizations state that there is no scientific evidence that proves a person's sexual orientation can be changed through a process called "reparative therapy." Although this has been stated, after 200 homosexual individuals went through reparative therapy later declared that they had less homosexual feelings and more dominant heterosexual feelings; some even expierienced a complete 100% change that lasted for about 5 years. So, even though there are no scientific evidence, the changes found in these 200 individuals prove that change can happen and the world of psychology can defy the limits of scientific analysis.

Annotative Blibliography

After meticulous research and cross country interviews with men who dealt with negative homosexual feelings, it has been found that some negative feelings towards one's homosexuality was spawned from the person's background as a child. Out of 450 men narrowed down to 15 men from across the country who met the required standards, 73% of the participants felt greatly reduced or no homosexual feelings after intense reparative therapy, that's 3 out of every 4 men who feel negative feelings towards their homosexuality can be set heterosexual. The research conducted and information gathered was enough to hypothesize 19 factors that contributed to their development of homosexuality.

My Favorite Place

My favorite place is where the winds whip through the trees and the earth wraps around your feet. It is where the summer sun illuminates the glowing shades of green. In this place, it may seem very simple and serene, yet it is encompassed by a chaotic growth of vines and leaves. With its roots so close to home it can do nothing but stay, grow and let its seeds give way. Adjacent to a field of lush green grass stands a threshold of white wood. Its skin a haunting gray and flowers blossom as branches decay. Just behind this place of Eden lays a sea of ragged rocks spilled into thousands of pieces among a dirty surface. It is home to many creatures of varying sizes. When the sun fades away and the moonlight takes the stage, a dark mass of something is all tha

R.A.F.T. 3rd Trimester "Spring Break"

My spring break was decent. Nothing different from a regular weekend. I did go see Pan's Labrynth though. That movie was really good. I have to give it a perfect score. The twist on Alice in Wonderland and the abundant use of foreshadowing is phenomenal. Though the entire movie is in Spanish, you can really feel no difference between an American movie. The inside of my house changed. My parents finally decided to renovate the house. I am so glad they did because I can not live without change and variety. I moved the stuff in my room around a bit as well. I do it everytime I feel I have a new goal and I do. This trimester I am going for all A's. I slacked really bad in the 2nd trimester and I want to finish this school year strong like I use to. This trimester looks really boring though, unfortunatley. There's really nothing different, except that I do have Grammar class 5th hour so that should be a change for once. I did Impromptu at my speech meet last weekend during spring break. I placed 8th my first time and I was really suprised. Somehow the meet left me out of Informative Speaking and I didn't place. I'm sure if they didn't I would've gotten 2nd place. Today is a bad day for me so the future of this trimester looks pesimistic. I'll try to be optimistic but school has just gotten so dry and plain. The procedure is the same thing everyday and there's no variety in some classes but I'm hoping things will start to mix up and change for the better and spark my interest.

Roughdraft

Global warming is a fraud- an exaggerated scenario by the science community to attract attention. Human interaction is too minute for such drastic effects on the world's climate. So what, the world can repair itself like it always has in the past. Such an ignorant perception on the world's climate is exactly what will compel a country and the world to a point where the world of today will be only a memory. The world must not remain oblivious to the prominent facts that drastic climate shifts are occurring. With today's glaciers and ice sheets melting more rapidly than ever, the ten hottest years on earth occurring within the last fifteen years and proven statements of manmade climate changes backed up by world renowned scientists and environmentalists: drastic measures must be taken by the world to counter drastic changes within the world. These events have stockpiled into a spiraling conflict facing humanity and nature: a deadly climate change. By examining paleoclimatology, analyzing the present manmade contribution to global warming and identifying the effects on future generations, a wide spectrum of evidence will be provided to support the fact that threatening climate shifts are indeed happening and significant reforms must be executed to prevent global warming from escalating any further and becoming an inevitable death sentence.

Michio Kaku, professor of theoritical physics at City Univeristy of New York stated, "Of all the generations of humans that have walked the surface of the earth- for 100,000 years, going back when we first left Africa- the generation now alive is the most important. The generation now alive, the generation that you see, looking around you, for the first time in history, is the generation that controls the destiny of the planet itself." Yet, many people do not realize this and hold the future responsible for taking action. The future maybe uncertain, but it is nearing and there may not be a whole lot of time, as concluded by recent reports. According to a NOVA and Frontline report, "What's Up With the Weather," an increase of at least 20 feet in sea level will arise from the melting of all the great ice masses in the world, engulfing and destroying coastal civilization, rendering millions across the globe homeless. A meltdown can be tracked back to the increase of heat in the earth's atmosphere, mainly due to the increasing amount of greenhouse gases being emitted as a byproduct of human activities. In the article, "Raising the Climate Stakes," from world renowned TIME magazine, the U.N's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a thoroughly reasearched and evidence supported announcement that for the first time there is "unequivocal" evidence proving humans are responsible for at least 90% of the world's global wariming. Reports were made from 600 scientists from 40 countries around the world. Over emission of greenhouse gases can then be chained back to the use of CO2 contributors such as: non-fuel efficient cars, commercial jets, deforestation and industrial production. These factors all contribute to the pending threat of climate change that awaits in the coming tomorrow.

For as long as the earth has been spinning, mother nature herself has been a major contributor of concentrated greenhouse gases, shifting the climate back and forth. A striking natural contributor of CO2 in the earth's atmosphere are volcanoes. Though volcanoes may not augment the temperature, it would gradually create a "volcanic winter," a period of global cooling resulted by the relfection of sunlight from volcanic ash, sulfuric acid, and interaction of CO2 and water droplets. Take Lake Toba in Indonesia for example.

Day 7: " Wiki Word"

My word was perceive. My work can be found here:

http://www.tc.umn.edu/~hatt0047/tartan

Go to English 10 Wiki on the left column

Then login

On the right column, click on Units 13-14

Then scroll down the page until you see the word perceive

Click on the word and my work will be found there

Day 4 and Day 6: " Comment Other People"

For day 4's assignment I commented mai khang and cynthia lee.

For day 6's assignment I commented http://hot-mintboy.blogspot.com/ and http://libbyenglish10.blogspot.com/