Words Alive Discussion (A Piece Of Cake)

I would recommend A Piece Of Cake to teen girls that have made mistakes in the past and may think that its to late to turn their life around for the better. I think that the perfect time for girls to read this book is when they may be going trough a tough stage in their life and may need to relate to somebody so they can understand that their is a light at the end of the tunnel. I really admire Cupcake for being brave and keep going with her life and didnt give up on herself after having to face a veriaty of negative people that wanted her to fail in life. I would read this book again , and again, and again because it's an intresting story and just how i learned from the dtory the fierst time i read it, i may learn a couple more things after i read it a second time.

Questions For Words Alive

1. If you were to be in Cupcakes situation would you have made the same decisions she made?
2. Whose your favorite subordinate character in the story, and why?
3. Do you think that everything that Cupcake wrote in the book is true?
4. Are you able to relate to Cupcakes drug use?
5. Do you believe that if Cupcakes mom wouldn't have died, Cupcakes wouldn't have suffered a lot?
   

Reasponding to Cupcakes Memoir

1. I think Cupcakes motivation was to prove people wronge. All the negative comments that people said to her, to make her feel worthless and put her down because they didn't have anything better to do then to hate on people that are trying to ccomplish something in life.


2. I think she believes that she is letting girls know that no matter what has happend in your past, and what mistakes you've made you are always capable of making important decisions for your future and a better tommorow.


3. I think Cupcake was just trying to tell her life story.

Manifest Destiny And Ethnocentrism

Manifest Destiny and Ethnocentrism

1. There were different types of tribes, languages, habitats, dress code, skin tones, diet depending on location, and different beliefs about God where you come from.
2. The Native Americans shared land, furs, planting techniques and food such as corn, beans, and squash.
3. For the Europeans it was common to buy and sell land, and could be own by a person with a legal document such as a title.
4. Whites believed that God wanted them to own/ control all of the land from coast to coast regardless of what the other cultures believed in or wanted.
5. I think the American history would've been different if Philip or Tecumseh had no private property, no imperialism toward tribes, and different languages.
   

Kumeyaay Tribe

1. The Spanish rename the Kumeyaay Digueno.
2. The main foods that the Kumeyaay ate where: mollusks, rabbit, and picked whiled fruits such as berries, and staple acorn.
3. The three bands that the Kumeyaay divided into the Ipai (northern dialectical form), Tipai( the southern dialect form), and the Kamia(the eastern dialectal).
4. The Kumeyaay did convert into Christianity.
5. On November 4&5, 1775 a force of Kumeyaay surrounded Mission San Diego de Alcala', set fire to it"s wooden structures and attacked a small Contingent of Spaniards.
6. Currently their are about 20,000 Kumeyaay descendants in the San Diego County, about 10% of whom live on it's 18 reservations, more than in any other county in The United States.
7. The Kumeyaay painted designs that represented something from their tribe.
   
8. Kumeyaay women whore willow bark skirts while men usually wore no clothing,only a woven agave belts to hold tools for hunting and gathering. They sometimes wore agave fiber sandals over rocky or thorny areas but usually went barefoot. In cold weather men and wore a rabbit fur blanket.
9. The Kumeyaay where experts at weaving fine, tightly stitched baskets, which where worn as hats by both men and women. In addition to protecting the head, they could be used as bowls for water or for carrying items. Larger baskets were traditionally used for processing foods, especially seeds, nuts, and for cooking.
10. Anybody can find artifacts of the Kumeyaay tribe, at Cuyamaca State Park on state Highway 79, 10 miles east of julian, Kumeyaay artifacts and a reconstructed village can be seen by visitors. San Diego's Museum Of Man also has an extensive display on the Kumeyaay.

The Reasons Why TV Is Bad For Your Children.....

Watching Tv Is Bad For Your Children

• Children watching tv is not healthy, parents shouldn't allow their children to watch tv no more than thirty minutes every other day. Here are the reasons why your children shouldn't be allowed to watch TV very often because each hour that your child watch TV it increse the chances of attention deficit disorder by 10%.

• 1,345 children that watch TV for three hours made children 30% more likely to have a disorder.

• Children who are exposed to the unrealistic levels of stimulation at a young age, continue to expect the same things later in life when majority of the shows on TV are not realistic. This Situation may be hard and difficult in the long run for your children.