TOP TEN LIST OF WHAT IM GRATEFUL FOR-THANKSGIVING 2010

This Thanksgiving, I am thankful for many things. My life is good and I’m glad to have all my family. They would be at the top of my list. But, there are a few more things I’m thankful for this Thanksgiving…

10. My house. Even though most of the time I would consider my house as a necessity, there are many people throughout the world who would do anything to sleep under a warm roof.

9. Dr. Pepper. Dr. Pepper is the best drink ever invented. It’s so bubbly and delicious. It’s like Cherry Coke and Root Beer mixed together.

8. Clothes. If I didn’t have clothes, I probably wouldn't be able to go out in public; so, my life would be very boring. I’m grateful I don’t have a boring life.

7.  Facebook. Facebook is a way I keep in touch with all my friends that go to different schools. I can keep up with everything, and talk to all my distant relatives.

6. My iPod. The iPod is the greatest innovation in the history of mankind. You can listen to music whenever and wherever you want. Before I had my iPod I could only listen to music in my mom’s car when she wouldn’t want to listen to her own music, which was like always. So, now I can listen to all my music whenever I want!

5. Arby’s. Arby’s has the best Italian sandwich in the whole wide world. It is so warm and cheesy and it has banana peppers on it which makes it even better!

4. My phone. I’m glad to have my own phone so I can talk to my friends outside of school. Plus, we don’t have a home phone, so I wouldn’t be able to talk to my friends.

3. Taco Bell. Taco Bell is always a pick-me-up. It is really yummy, especially at night for a fourth meal. Mexican food is also my favorite type of food, so Taco Bell is definitely the best fast food place around.

2. My friends. These people make school fun. If it weren't for them school would be so much more boring. I love my friends.☺

1. Soccer. Soccer is a lot of fun. I’m glad to have it in my life. This sport is filled with kicking soccer balls and pushing people down. It is so much fun! Personally, I like indoor better than outdoor and I like playing in domes.

Aborigines of Australia

          Rabbit Proof Fence and Walkabout are very similar in many ways. Both stories are about the Aborigine people of Australia. In Rabbit Proof Fence, the three Aborigine girls are forced away from their mothers by the police and taken to a camp-like place. In Walkabout, an Aborigine boy helps Mary and Peter, (two Americans,) when they are stranded in the hot, dry land of the Outback. Rabbit Proof Fence is a story where it shows how Aborigines are treated in Australia. The police abduct the three Aborigine girls, Molly, Daisy and Gracie; Molly and Daisy are sisters while Gracie is their cousin. The white people of Australia want to “breed the African American out of them.” The police take them to a camp where they live with about fifty other Aborigine children. They are taught the European way of life. After a few long days at the camp, the three girls escape during the church ceremonies. The girls travel through the Outback of Australia, trying not to get caught by the tracker, Moodoo, or the police. In Walkabout, Mary and Peter’s plane crashed near the deserts of Australia, far away from any civilization. They are the only survivors from the plane. On their journey to civilization of some sort, they come across an Aborigine boy traveling by himself, a “bush boy.” He helps them survive by finding them food and water. From both of these stories, one can conclude that the Aborigine culture is not as developed as some of the other cultures around the world. Even though this may be true, this doesn’t mean that those cultures are superior to the Aborigine culture. The white people of Australia thought that they were helping the Aborigines by abducting them and imposing their own culture. I don’t think this was right; no culture is superior to another culture.