Just Jump Right In...(???)

Jumping right in, what... I don't know what I am doing... I don't even know where I left off last year... I can tell you that I am prepared for class... I have everything I need from last year... But jumping right in, I can say I was a little confused to that... I wasn't ready to jump right in, I need the help to get started... I began to become frustrated... But I received the help that I needed am then jumped right in...
Once I got the help I was told I need all my questions as well as my outline... I could of swore I did my questions last year but I could be wrong... This week I made all the questions that I needed to b done... Then I placed them into the outline... Now I am working on my note... But I do plan on working over this weekend to have all of my notes finish onto the computer template, when it comes Monday... I can get my outline finish...

Hasch, Michael. "Execution on Observatory Hill." Http://www.pittsburghlive.com 28 July 2007. Pittsburgh Tribune - Review. 13 Jan. 2009 .

Malloy, Daniel. "Protecting scared witnesses is a matter of trust." Http://www.post-gazette.com 10 Nov. 2008. The Pittsburgh Post Gazette. 13 Jan. 2009 .

McKinnon, Jim. "Charges withdrawn against homicide suspect." Http://www.post-gazette.com 21 Nov. 2008. The Pittsburgh Post Gazette. 13 Jan. 2009 .

McKinnon, Jim. "Death of witness prompts dismissal of charge." Http://www.post-gazette.com 22 Nov. 2008. The Pittsburgh Post Gazette. 13 Jan. 2009 .

"Police Lock own Manchester School after Shooting." Http://www.pittsburghlive.com 7 Jan. 2009. Pittsburgh Tribune - Review. 13 Jan. 2009 . 8

"Talking With Kids about Violence." Talking With Kids: Violence. 30 Jan. 2009 .

Ummm, see today I didn't do to much... I started by reading over one of the article I have inside my binder... To write note on the article then I got a little bored... And thought let me start writing my Questionnaire and that is what I was working on for today...

What have I been doing so far???

I just finished my Webliography. I am ready to start my Interview questions, I have been reading background information on One Vision One Life. It seem as though all the questions I come up with while reading their information they answer them later on in the reading. So I am going to make my first interview with an Older lady my the name of Mrs. Dorthy Stubbs. I want to come up with interview questions for her, because she had organized a Stop the Violence Rally as well as a peace walk. So because she took a step to stop the violence I want to know more of why she decided to do that? As well as did everything work out for the good, what came out of it?

Questions, Questions, Questions....

Essential Question:

• What is being done to stop the Violence in the African American Communtities?

Foundation Questions:

1. What are the types of violence found?
2. Who is the focus of the violence?
3. What communities does the violence most occur in?
4. What organizations are taking steps to work on the problem?
5. Who are the people I would be able to talk to, to recieve background information about my topic?

Who kills a person the GUN or the MAN?

A gun ( a weapon that fires bullets) can be a cause of a person's death... Because of the bullets ( a projectile fired from a handgun moving at a very fast speed) the gun is carrying. A bullet does not have a name to it, nor eyes to see who it wants to hit. So therefore you can't blame a gun for killing a person... The man who is carrying the gun... Has a thought in his mind... the thought sometime is to kill others it to harm... but just by having that thought in your mind... He knows what he is aiming to do... Whether or not he kills the person...He knows what he wants to do... All he has to is aim a pull...

Let's Get Started...

At City High and other schools around the state the Graduation Project is a requirement to graduate. I understand we start the project in the 11th grade (Junior Year) and continue to work on the project in the 12th grade (Senior Year). When your become a senior, it's time to wrap up your Graduation Project. A Graduation Project is a project that you make up on your own, and you work to do something that means something to you. In talking about the Graduation Project with some of the seniors who have already done the Graduation Project I have learned that it is best to get as much as you can done in your junior year, so that once you reach your senior year you're doing just a couple more activities. You want to have your senior year as your wrap up year just for the clean up work. I was also told that it can be a lot of stress, so try your best to maintain your time.

What I have an interest in doing my Graduation Project on would be the Violence in my community. Within the last year I have known of a couple of young black men that I grew up with who have been shot; some were killed and some survived. It seemed like every week someone who was close to me or that I have known was being shoot. Most of them where because of drugs, some seem to be a setup, some out of revenge, one was because this person witnessed a shooting of a friend and some were just because people were being stupid. The past year has been a horrible and sad year. In the fall there were shootings on streets that I walk down everyday.

I walk down this one street every Saturday after work. But this particular day I got off of work early and walked down the street earlier than usual. Later that night, around the time I would have been walking down that street, a friend of mine got shoot in the back of his head. So I thought that could have been me, if I would have got off work at the time I regularly get off I could have been walking down that street. Because I knew that person I would have stopped and talked to him that day, that could have been me. He survived and right now he is going through therapy.

I am very excited about this project and am interested in this topic. My concerns are that when I am working with people on this topic they will not listen to me and take what I am saying and doing as a joke. I hope that I can get my whole project finished in time. I am hoping to get most of the work done my junior year so that I am prepared to finish the project during my senior year.