Getting to Know O'Henry

• William Sydney Porter (O. Henry) was born in Greensboro, North Carolina. 
• age of fifteen he left school, and then worked in a drug store and on a Texas ranch.
• In 1884 he started a humorous weeklyThe Rolling Stone. When the weekly failed, he joined the Houston Post as a reporter and columnist.
• In 1897 he was convicted of embezzling money, although there has been much debate over his actual guilt.
• While in prison O. Henry started to write short stories to earn money to support his daughter Margaret.
• After doing three years of the five years sentence, Porter emerged from the prison in 1901 and changed his name to O. Henry.
• O. Henry moved to New York City in 1902 and from December 1903 to January 1906 he wrote a story a week for the New York World, also publishing in other magazines. 
• . Henry's last years were shadowed by alcoholism, ill health, and financial problems. 
• He married Sara Lindsay Coleman in 1907, but the marriage was not happy, and they separated a year later.
•  O. Henry died of cirrhosis of the liver on June 5, 1910, in New York.
• http://www.online-literature.com/o_henry/

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Edgar Allen Poe WebQuest

1. January 19, 1809. He was born in Boston. Poe died in October 7, 1849 .
2. His mom died in 1811 when he was only 2.
3. Both his mom and wife died of tuberculosi .
4. Some theory's are that he had a achool addiction and was into very serious drugs.
5. Baltimore is his hometown 
6. West point was the academy Poe left.
7. Poe married his distant cousin Virginia Clemm.
8. His cousin was much younger then poe.

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My Goals

• My main goal in this quarter is to get better grades.
• Also, to be successful in my new sport wrestling.
• Also, Um pumped to start fresh and do a lot better.

Gang research paper

Gangs

            It’s sad how gangs threaten and kill people or even sell drugs to make money. The worse part of the all is that they recruit kids however way they can. Gangs are a problem on the street and we need a way to find out what they’re doing and shut them down.

Public schools and juvenile centers are having requirements for clothing’s for gangs. By gangs dressing into their gang colors causes problems in the school. Other reasons why they want uniforms is because gangs steal or threaten people with their jewelry. Clothing styles or certain colors address themselves from members of other gangs. (Marilyn source 3) Also, Public school and juveniles are doing this to promote discipline and posture. Kids go to school looking for violence by representing there colors (News Services). “Hundreds of public schools have begun implementing mandatory or voluntary school-uniform policies” (Marilyn Source 3).

 Elementary and Middle schools need to make stronger laws including Juvenile Centers for kids to succeed in life. Reasons of this are because gangs come up randomly to these kids school and recruit them to be a member. Also, at juvenile centers kids just sit in front of a television for hours a day. Kids need to be stronger disciplined to realize that there messing with their life. Inside the school kids create violence from inside the bathroom. “Turns out restrooms are where drugs, weapons, sex and gang assaults run rampant” (Marilyn source 2).

Gangs terrify the communities by their cultural background and what they do to represent themselves. Gangs are organized groups who use force or threaten to commit crimes on a community. “Statistics show that lower class people have a higher rate of being in a game then lower class”. Communities our running service’s to help reduce gang violence. They set up services to help kids stay away from gangs (News Services).

Many believe that making uniforms a requirement in schools will help reduce gang violence. Uniforms in public schools will not reduce the amount of violence because most students will not comply with the rules (Marilyn soure2). Uniforms can be very costly and expensive. In many cases, parents and students cannot afford to buy uniforms. People fight that wearing uniforms breaks the laws of the constitutions and some governments won’t force the law into public school (Marilyn source 3).

There are organizations that help kids to stay away from gangs and don’t belong to them. Reasons some communities stay away from these organizations is because statics show half of these organization are being controlled be gang member. Apparently, the gang member recruits them to be a part of the gang (Marilyn source 3).

There is a lot of violence and people are getting together to reduce this problem. Also, kids are learning from schools that gangs are a terrible group to be in (News Services). Finally, Gangs are a problem on the street and were shutting them down every possible way to reduce the amount of violence.

Loeffel, Marilyn. "Laws Are Weak in the Face of Rising Gangs." Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN). 23 Mar 2010: A.7. SIRS Researcher. Web. 29 Sep 2010ools

"Loeffel, Marilyn". Laws Are Weak in the Face of Rising Gangs. Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN). 23 Mar 2010: A.7. SIRS Researcher. Web. 27 Sep 2010

"Teen Gangs. " Issues & Controversies On File: n. pag. Issues & Controversies. Facts On File News Servies, 9 Apr. 2009. Web. 15 Sept. 22 2010

Source three notes

ciatation: Loeffel, Marilyn. "Laws Are Weak in the Face of Rising Gangs." Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN). 23 Mar 2010: A.7. SIRS Researcher. Web. 29 Sep 2010.

• 70% of middle-and high-school principals believed that uniforms reduced the number of discipline problems and violent incidents in school.
• The presence of youth gangs in and around public schools has also led some schools to consider uniforms.
• Students may unknowingly wear gang colors and be targeted for violence.
• students wearing expensive items have been threatened, stabbed or shot as others attempted to steal their belongings(gangs).
•  The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) opposes uniforms on the grounds that they violate students' rights to freedom of expression as guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution.
• Another criticism of uniforms is that not all parents can afford them.
• Moreover, they point out, uniforms make it easy for security guards to spot people who do not belong on school grounds and escort them off.
• . The poll found that 60% of principals polled believed that a mandatory-uniform policy would lead to increased academic achievement.
• Backers of uniforms believe that they allow students to concentrate on their studies rather than on clothing.
• MOstly private or religous school have uniforms

Article Notes 2

"Loeffel, Marilyn". Laws Are Weak in the Face of Rising Gangs. Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN). 23 Mar 2010: A.7. SIRS Researcher. Web. 27 Sep 2010

• restrooms are where drugs, weapons, sex and gang assaults run rampant.
• There our many middle/elementary schools involved in gangs.
• gangs come to elementary schools and recruit.
• the lack of meaningful reform to strengthen Juvenile Court's authority has resulted in gangs controlling the schools.
• In juvenile centers the kids mostly watch TV for hours a day and get no discipline.
•  They went to make juvenile centers stronger to decrease the amount of gangs in schools.
• security guards don't take no interests what kids are doing and don't care.
•  The boards of schools will near know whats going on because people are to afraid to report it.
• "Bunker suggested a military-style academy for our public school students" A representitive for public school.