Chinese Cultural Revolution Photos

(My picture is the firs one in the "Mao Cult" section.)

This picture is of a crowd of people who look to be demonstrating. They are holding up posters of Chairman Mao and look to be in favour of him and his beliefs. It is evident that to them, Chairman Mao is a god, and believe everything that he says. They will do whatever he tells them to and never go against him, no matter how outrageous he is being. It is possible that these people are red guards. This relates to the book because in the book, just like in the picture the people are brainwashed into believing that Mao knows everything. They are made to be under the impression that they don't need to think for themselves because Chairman Mao will think for them, and anything that he thinks is right.

GPA College Bound

When I saw my grade point average, I was a little bit disappointed. My goal was to have a 4.0 cumulative high school GPA. It is only the second semester of freshman year and I am already getting less than a 4.0 in one of my classes. Which is going to bring my overall GPA down from a 4.0. Even though I am only getting an A minus and I realize it is not the end of the world, I still feel like because it is only freshman year and I am already not doing as well as I would like to be, with three years to go I should make sure that I am always paying attention to where I am at with my grades. I should always be aware of so that as soon as I start to slip I will notice and get right back on track

I think that my next step is going to be narrowing in on my humanities assignments. I am going to try to get the best possible score that I can on every single assignment because I know that every point will help. I am hoping that before the year is over and my semester grade is final that I will have gotten my grade up to a solid A, however if that is not the case I still have back-up plans. I not too concerned with this grade because I know that further down the road I will be given the chance to take honors classes. I am happy to know that if my GPA is not where I would like it to be by the time that opportunity is presented I will still have a chance to increase my GPA then. But I also know that I should not drift without trying and rely on honors, as I know that the material will be very difficult and I will have to be very focused to earn the benefits that taking honors classes would give me.