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Jet Huang May 27,2014 C2

** Terrorist Alert! **

It has become a huge problem because it is causing fear in people and putting their lives in danger. Terrorism is hard to prevent because it comes so suddenly. Yet, there are still ways that the government can fight against terrorists. In order to work against terrorism, we must understand what it is, know who supports terrorism, and discover strategies to prevent it. The majority of people don’t like terrorism, but they also don’t really understand it. Terrorists are people who use violence against innocent people to achieve their goal. Sometimes, a terrorist’s goal is to overthrow a government, or they might want to convert people to their own religious beliefs. Some terrorists who hijack planes just want to catch another terrorist’s attention. Some terrorists think that America is a thief because they are stealing the resources of the Earth. One example of terrorists tactics is, Osama Bin Laden’s group Al-Qaeda, who hijacked 4 airplanes on September 11, 2001 and crashed them into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington DC. Another terrorist method is taking hostages. Taking hostages makes people panic, which is what terrorists want. They get attention and so they can get what they want, such as money, supplies, or people that are part of their group, to be released from jail. Without the help of supporters terrorism couldn’t happen. Islamic terrorist groups get their money from people who give them money as a gift, called a Zekath. Others terrorists raise their own money, by robbing banks, kidnapping, and drug smuggling. Sometimes, the government is behind these terrorist activities. For example, when a country does not want to have a war openly with another country, terrorists can do it for them. This is called state-supported terrorism. This kind of events happens frequently. For example, during the Cold War, the Soviet Union gave money and weapons to other countries to help them fight against the United States. What are different governments doing to stop terrorism? The United Kingdom has figured out a way to decrease the amount of terrorism by using a biometric passport. Biometric passports use different ways to identify someone that terrorist can’t steal. For example, your fingerprint and voice is electronically attached to your passport. To prove that the passport belongs to you, you will have to give your fingerprint or a sample of your voice. Another way to stop terrorists from traveling is to not let them get a visa. The united state’s government has been sending specially trained agents to work at the embassy or consulate of countries where there are a lot of terrorists. Their job is make sure that terrorist do not get a visa to come to United States. Another way that US government is identifying potential terrorists is to make everybody give more information about themselves before they are able to fly to the United States. The government takes that information and they can find the person who looks suspicious of being a terrorist. Terrorists achieve their goal by using violence on innocent people in order to get attention. Some terrorists are supported by their government to complete tasks, but most aren’t. Some terrorist want to over- throw their government. Even though it’s difficult to prevent terrorism, there are still certain ways to prevent terrorism that more countries should use.

My Random Life ** By Jet Huang ** Period: C2

Yesterday… I was nervous about meeting my 6th grade home base teacher, because I don’t know how does she look, But I was relaxed in the home base when I realized my friends were there, too I was confused about the new middle school surrounding; I couldn’t find any classrooms, But I was confident with my familiar classmates; some were from my old school. I was brave when I took the vaccination because my family was with me, But I was scared about dying of old age.

Today… I am nervous meeting my sister in Los Angeles I haven’t seen since I was 10. But I am relaxed on the Santa Monica beach while the ocean wind is blowing on me. I am confused aboutwhen, why, and how the earth formed, But I was confident about making good choices leading me to the correct path. I am brave to be honored, if I have done something that is proud for myself, But I was scared to be ashamed.

Tomorrow… I will be nervous going to a performance, because of the audience looking at us, But I will relax on the weekends, when I can be relaxed anytime, any second, and any moment. I will be confused about the deep sea, fishes, the deep-sea volcano, and the unknown mysteries. But I will be confident about the cleverness that all the people have. I will feel brave to get more knowledge, using my knowledge to help the people who have problems. But I will be scared to be uneducated, doing nothing and just watching.

Freak The Mighty Project From Kevin's point of view

The most important theme that represent chapter 3 and 4 is help others. For my project I rewrote chapter 3 and 4, which are about the first time that Kevin and Max really met each other. I am telling this story Kevin’s point of view.

I grabbed my robot legs and my ornithopter and I decided take the mechanical bird for a walk. I wound up the engine and I let the bird fly. It soared on the wind. But it got caught in the branches of the bare tree. I started using my robot leg to shake the tree, but was no use. Suddenly I saw a giant shadow that covered my whole body. Later I found out the shadow belonged to a giant that was reaching for the ornithopter. For one second I thought the earth was shaking, but it was just the giant shaking the tree. When the giant’s hand was reaching over, I thought he was going to grab me, but instead of that, he opened his hand and gave me the ornithopter.

The giant said, “ Here”. I was surprised when he spoke. “ Is this a model airplane or something?” he inquired again. After a few seconds of silence, I replied. “ It’s an ornithopter, its defined as an experimental device propelled by flapping wings, or you could say that an ornithopter is just a big word for mechanical bird”. While I was winding up the ornithopter I said, “Observe and be amazed, earthling”. I let go of the mechanical bird. The bird soared in the air around and around. The giant chased the bird when crashed it into the scrawny tree and he brought it back. We played with the ornithopter for almost an hour, until the elastic band broke.

When author tells the story from Max’s point of view, he tells us that Max is really strong but he is still really fragile. When its talking about Kevin’s point of view he is really fragile but he isn’t, and from Kevin’s point of view even though he is really strong he still need Max’s help.

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