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Ms.D-Extra Credit

30.10.08

Abu Abdullah Mohammad Ibn Musa al-Khawarizmi was born at Khawarizm (Kheva), south of Aral sea. Very little is


known about his early life, except for the fact that his parents had migrated to a place south of Baghdad. His exact


dates of his birth and death are also not but it is established that he died around 840 C.E.Khawarizmi was a


mathematician, astronomer and geographer.Abu was the founder of several branches and basic concepts of


mathematics. His work on algebra was outstanding,founded analytical solutions of linear and quadratic equations,


which made him the founder of Algebra. The name Algebra came from his famous book Al-Jabr wa-al-Muqabilah.He


also explained the use of zero,an importance developed by the Arabs.Abu developed the decimal system so that the


overall system of numerals, 'algorithm' or 'algorizm' is named after him. In addition to introducing the Indian system of


numerals, he developed at length several arithmetical procedures, including operations on fractions. He developed in


detail trigonometric tables, which included the sine functions He also perfected the geometric representation of conic


sections and developed the calculus of two errors, which practically led him to the concept of differentiation. It's been


said that he collaborated the degree measurements, volume and circumference of the earth.The influence of


Khawarizmi on the growth of science and mathematics, is well established in history.



Methods of apportionment paper

28.10.08
Mierra Isaac


When reading the article, “Methods of Apportionment,” there were some methods that I fully

agreed with and there were some that I didn’t agree with, although, none of the methods satisfy

all requirements listed in the Rules for US Representatives. I agreed with Jefferson and

Webster’s method because they were less confusing and made more sense in the mathematical

sense of politics. Jefferson method,which was used by the US Congress starting in 1791 through

1842, states that “the higher the ratio, the more deserving the state is to get a representative.”

Jefferson's method was later replaced with Webster's method in 1842. This method makes a lot

more sense than Hamilton’s method, in which I disagree with. Webster’s method,which

was used in was 1842 through 1852, was adopted by the Congress, and then later replaced by

Alexander Hamilton's method. Webster's method was similar to Jefferson’s method, which

states that “if a fractional remainder were greater than one-half, another seat would be

assigned,” in which Jefferson’s did not. The reason why I agree with Webster’s method, as well

as Jefferson’s is because, to me, it makes more logical sense and it’s much easier to calculate how
many states a representative should have based on population, if I were to use the formula for a

math or science project.

Ms.Melville-Rough Draft for Animal Farm Topic

27.10.08
Although, Animal Farm was written over 50 years ago, it still has an important message that relates to our current society. In the early 1940's, in the midst of England, George Orwell wrote Animal Farm as an alleghory for what was acually happening in Russia. The animals in the story represent people who were part of the Russian population when the country was under supervision of Joseph Stallin. Some animals (people) were more powerful and the story and some were less powerful. 


In Animal Farm, the way the characters respond to stories has a strong connection to their ability to survive. Firstly, Squealer uses his persuasive talking to brainwash the animals by twisting his stories and making it seem like he's the good guy. For example, Squealer begans to tell the animals lies about Snowball. When the windmill fell down, Squealer told the animals that Snowball knocked it down, when in all reality, the windmill fell because the storm knocked it down. Another example of Squealer lieing to the animals about Snowball was when he told the animals that Snowball had sold himself to Pilkington and were plotting to attack the animal farm. Secondly, Squealer also twist his stories up when things start to get worse for the other animal but he tells them that the things he and Napoleon are doing is for the best of the farm. When the pigs began to recieve apples and milk, unlike the other animals, Squealer stated "Comrades! You do not imagine, I hope, that we pigs are doing this in a spirit of selfishness and privilege." Squealer also told the animals that the pigs needed the milk and apples because they contained a special substance that was nessasary to the well-being of the pig. Also, when the pigs began trading with the humans, the animals became furious, but Squealer "counseled them to avoid rash actions and trust Comrade Napoleon's strategy. Lastly, Squealer twists the story of Boxer's death. Squealer told the animals that Boxer died in a hospital, well taken care of. Every animal believed him except Benjamin. He also quoted "he whispered, Forward in the name of the Rebellion. Long live Animal Farm! Long live comrade Napoleon! Napoleon is always right." Squealer said that they were Boxer's last words. This evidence clearly shows that Squealer's success was built on nothing but lies and that by twisting his stories, he came out more successful than the other animals.



Another character, whose belief of stories affected his life, was Boxer.When the windmill got knocked down, he started believing that Snowball actually knocked it down because the second time around, he worked even harder than he did the first time. In the passage, after the second windmill was knocked down, Boxer started over-working himself even more. He worked himself to the point that he passed out because he want to complete a certain amount of work before he retired. The story also suggest "After his hoof healed up, Boxer worked harder than ever." Secondly, Boxer started worshiping Napoleon, since Napoleon had him convinced that that was the best thing to do. For example, Boxer's two slogans, "I will work harder" and Napoleon is always right," showed that he did respect Napoleon very much. Also, when Napoleon told all of the animals that the windmill had to be rebuilt, Boxer kept the mentality in his head that he would work harder. He even made a goal for himself to accumulate enough so that when he retire, the animals won't have to do so much work. This was all to impress Napoleon. As loyal as Boxer was, he still let the power of stories dictate his life by believing everything he heard. As a result of being loyal and believing Napoleon's stories, Boxer ended up dying at a Horse Slaughterer, instead of retiring like he'd planned. 




Finally,the last character, whose fate at the end of the story was affected by stories was Benjamin, who didn't believe anything the pigs said. One of the stories that Benjamin didn't believe was the one about Boxer's death. When Boxer was being taken away to the, hospital but was really being taken to the slaughterer, Benjamin was the only animal that was able to read th letters on the truck, that read "Alfred Simmonds, Horse Slaughterer..." When Squealer told the animals thay he was by Boxer's side when he died, Boxer didn't believe him. The second story Benajmin didn't believe was the debate between Snowball and Napoleon, he refused to believe that food would be more plentiful or the windmill would save work. For example, in the story, Benjamin was the only animal that didn't decide on either Napoleon nor Snowball. Benjamin quotes "life would go on as it had always gone on- that is badly." Also, the story suggest that Boxer was the only animal that wasn't enthusiastic about building the windmill. The third story that Benjamin refused to believe was when one of the commanments was changed. When Squealer was caught changing the commanments, none of the other animals understood what it said,except Benjamin. As he read the sign, he just "nodded his muzzle with a knowing air and seemed to understand, but wouldn't say nothing." Although, Benjamin wasn't as loyal as Boxer had been, he'd still survived without letting the power of stories barinwash him.




 In conclusion, the way the characters react to the stories helps determine their fate at the end of the story. Squealer is able to munipulate stories so that he can survive, Benjamin understands the stories and refuses to believe them, so he still lives. Boxer, however, never learns the power of stories so he meets his death! Since stories can, if in fact, be powerful, people should be aware of the way they interpret them.

Frankie Lymon Paper

Many people would faithfully call Elvis "The King" but Frankie Lymon was the

original king of Rock N' Roll, even though he was about four years younger

than Elvis. His story starts off in Harlem, New York, where he had started his

singing in the midst of his father's gospel group. His neighborhood "buzz"

began when he went to the school talent show and watch the "Coupe De Villes"

perform. The Coupe De Villes consist of Herman Santiago,Jimmy

Merchant,Sherman Garnes and Joe Negroni. Frankie later joined the Coupe De

Villes, who later changed their name to the "Ermines" following "The Premiers".

Frankie Lymon's inspiration to write his own music came from one of his

neighbors who gave Frankie numerous love letters, written to him from his

girlfriend. Frankie and the other teenagers later adapted one of the letters to

the song "Why Do Birds Sing So Gay",which Frankie later named "Why Do Fools

Fall In Love". Then, one evening "The Teenagers" began to sing the song

outside of Richard Barret's (member of the group "Valentines") window. After

hearing the Teenagers, Barret took them to audition for record producer,

George Goldner. While hearing the Teenagers,with Herman Santiago being the

lead singer, Frankie's voice seemed to be more appealing, so he asked Frankie

to sing lead and this was the start for the legends of Rock N' Roll!


After Goldner singed The Premiers to Gee Records, "Why Do Fools Fall In Love"

became their first single in January of 1956. The song also became an

immediate hit, being #6 on the Billboard Pop singles chart and reaching #1 on

the R&B charts. That same year, the Teenagers released "I Want You To Be My

Girl", which was #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. When "I Want You To Be

My Girl" released, the Premiers were later named "Frankie Lymon & the

Teenagers". The group later released an album, "The Teenagers featuring

Frankie Lymon", in December of 1956. The success of the Teenagers, landed

them many gigs such as tours with DJ Alan Freed, performing with other

popular Doo-Wop and Rock N' Roll performers such as Little Richard,The

Platters,Bo Diddly and Bill Haley.While on the Alan Freed tour, Frankie began to

become sexually attracted to Zola Taylor, from the Platters. The Teenagers'

fame landed them in two popular movies of the 50's, beginning with " Rock,

Rock, Rock " and later " Mister Rock and Roll ". The Teenagers also did

numerous performances for Alan Freed, who was a Disc Jockey from Windberg,Pennsylvania,and was known for

promoting African-American R&B music on radio and in Europe, where it was call Rock N' Roll. He even let Frankie

Lymon go on tour with him. Frankie also showed and appeared on his radio

show. All of Frankie's publicity earned him to later being known as "the first

teenage idol". In 1957, Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers split up while on a

tour in Europe. Goldner and Levy began promoting Frankie as a solo act and

Frankie began to perform songs using recorded tapes of the songs as his

backround singing. The groups last song released was "Goody Goody", in which

Frankie recieved most of the credit for as he continued to perform it as a solo

act. Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers at the London Palladium was suppose to

be released as a group album but was released as Frankie's solo album. While

becoming solo, Frankie's career wasn't as successful as it had been when he

was with the Teenagers. When his first solo, "My Girl" released, he was sign to

Roulette Records. On July 19, 1957 Frankie appeared on Alan Freed's show,

who was a Disc Jockey that promoted African-American R&B music, dancing

with a white girl. The episode was canceled due to the color difference, which

Frankie and the white girl faced. Later, in the 1960's, Frankie's sales began to

drastically change when he lost his soprano voice. After adopting a falsetto

voice, Frankie began loosing a large percentage of his white audience and a

small percentage of his black audience. His highest selling song after his "voice

change" was, "Litty Bitty Pretty One", which reached number 58 on the Hot 100

pop chart in 1960, and which had actually been recorded in 1957. Having

been addicted to heroin since he was 15, Frankie fell further into his habit and

his performing career went into decline.According to Frankie in an interview

with Ebony 1967, he said that he was first introduced to heroin by a woman

twice his age. In 1961, Roulette Records, who was now owned by Morris Levy,

ended their contract with Frankie and he later entered a drug rehabilitation

program. After losing Frankie, the Teenagers went through many replacement

singers, the first was Frankie's immediate successor Billy Lobrano. In 1960,

Howard Kenny Bobo sang lead on "Tonight's The Night" with the Teenagers;

later that year, Johnny Houston sang lead on two songs. The Teenagers, who

had been moved by Morris Levy onto End Records, were released from their

contract in 1961. The Teenagers briefly reunited with Frankie's in 1965,

without success. Over the next four years, Lymon struggled through short-

lived deals with 20th Century Fox Records and Columbia Records. In January

1964, Frankie married Elizabeth Waters, who became his first wife.

At First, his marrige with Elizebeth wasn't legal because she was still married to her first husband, charles Phillips.

After Frankie's marrige failed, he moved to Los Angeles in the mid 1960's, where he moved in with Zola Taylor and

later began a romantic relationship. While living with Zola, Frankie made very few musical appearances at legendary

places like the Apollo.His final television performance was on Hollywood a Go-Go in 1965, where the then,

twenty-two year old singer lip-synched to the recording of his thirteen-year-old recording, "Why Do Fools Fall in

Love."According to Zola, she and Frankie got married in 1965 in Mexicali,Mexico, but there was no marrige license to

prove that she was married to him. One day Zola left to tour with The Platters. She left Frankie in charge of her house,

left him her money and left him the car. About five months later, Zola recieved a call from her sister explaining that

Frankie had some woman at her house and that they were arguing so loud, the neighbor had to call the police. When

Zola returned home, she found an eviction notice on her door and her once beautiful home, boarded up! She later

learned that the morgage hadn't been paid since she left. When she went to the bank there was no money either. After

trying to reach Frankie in New York, she'd learned that later that year, he had been drafted in the army. While in the

army, Frankie was stationed at Fort Gordon, which was near Agusta Georgia. When Frankie was in the Augusta area,

Frankie met and fell in love with Elmira Eagle, a schoolteacher at Hornsby Elementary. The two were married in June

of 1967, and Frankie repeatedly went AWOL to secure club dates at small Southern clubs. After Frankie was

dishonorably discharged from the Army, he moved into his wife's home and continued to perform sporadically. In

1968,Frankie traveled back to New York to get signed with Sam Bray, in hopes of making a comeback. His career was

unsuccessful, considering the fact that music had moved on with a new sound and a new look. Frankie became so

depressed, that on the night of Febuary 27th 1968, in his grandmother's bathroom, he was found dead of a heroin

overdose.

Over ten years after Frankie's death, Elizabeth, Zola and Emira went to court claiming to be the widow of Frankie, in

order to gain future royalties and copyright entitlements. The first decision was made in Elizabeth's favor; Eagle

appealed, and in 1990, the New York State Supreme Court reversed the original decision and awarded Emira the estate

of Frankie Lymon.

Although, Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers' had a short amount of time in the music industry, his hits were very

influential on the rock and R&B performers who followed them. Lymon's high-voiced sound is said to be a direct

predecessor of the girl group sound. Frankie influenced many groups such as, The Chantels, The Temptations, The

Beach Boys and The Jackson 5. Frankie influenced individuals such as Ronnie Spector, Diana Ross, Michael Jackson

and Diana Ross. Frankie Lymon had been named "the original teenage idol."

Annotation 6-Dj Alan Freed

One person that contributed to Frankie Lymon's success was Alan Freed, who was a Disc Jockey from Windberg,Pennsylvania, was known for promoting African-American R&B music on radio and in Europe, where it was call Rock N' Roll. He played a big role in Frankie Lymon's life because it it wasn't for him than Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers wouldn't have never been publicized. He gave Frankie numerous gigs, he even let Frankie Lymon go on tour with him.

Narration 3-Frankie Lymon

In 1957, Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers split up while on a tour in Europe. Goldner and Levy began promoting Frankie as a solo act and Frankie began to perform songs using recorded tapes of the songs as his backround singing. The groups last song released was "Goody Goody", in which Frankie recieved most of the credit for as he continued to perform it as a solo act. Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers at the London Palladium was suppose to be released as a group album but was released as Frankie's solo album. While becoming solo, Frankie's career wasn't as successful as it had been when he was with the Teenagers. When his first solo, "My Girl" released, he was sign to Roulette Records. On July 19, 1957 Frankie appeared on Alan Freed's show, who was a Disc Jockey that promoted African-American R&B music, dancing with a white girl. The episode was canceled due to the color difference, which Frankie and the white girl faced. Later, in the 1960's, Frankie's sales began to drastically change when he lost his soprano voice. After adopting a falsetto voice, Frankie began loosing a large percentage of his white audience and a small percentage of his black audience. His highest selling song after his "voice change" was, "Litty Bitty Pretty One", which reached number 58 on the Hot 100 pop chart in 1960, and which had actually been recorded in 1957. Having been addicted to heroin since he was 15, Frankie fell further into his habit and his performing career went into decline.According to Frankie in an interview with Ebony 1967, he said that he was first introduced to heroin by a woman twice his age. In 1961, Roulette Records, who was now owned by Morris Levy, ended their contract with Frankie and he later entered a drug rehabilitation program. After losing Frankie, the Teenagers went through many replacement singers, the first was Frankie's immediate successor Billy Lobrano. In 1960, Howard Kenny Bobo sang lead on "Tonight's The Night" with the Teenagers; later that year, Johnny Houston sang lead on two songs. The Teenagers, who had been moved by Morris Levy onto End Records, were released from their contract in 1961. The Teenagers briefly reunited with Frankie's in 1965, without success.

Gold-iDeal Society paper.

23.10.08
Mierra Isaac

I personally believe that national security is more important based on the fact that throughout the

iDeal society, the government took away some personal freedom to benefit national security. Also,

the simulation clearly shows what can happen if national security isn't "pushed." For example, when

the Freedom Fight Club decided to blow up the Yankee stadium because it was associated with the

President, who was pro ichips. Many people died due to the lack of security. The government was to

worried about protecting individual freedom rather than protecting the whole nation. The major issue

addressed during the simulation was that the government had to protect the citizens, even if that

meant taking away a bit of our individual freedom.After the Yankee Stadium bombing, the

government stated that it was mandatory for everyone to get an ichip. Few citizens addressed this

issue by protesting against the ichips and suing the government for relatives killed in the Yankee

Stadium bombing. In the case of Pedro v. The government, Pedro sued the government because the

Apple store ran out of ichips when he went to purchase one for his son, who was a victim of the

bombing. The government, at first, ruled in Pedro's favor but the case was later reopened by

Attorney General, John Nelson, in which the Judicial Branch concluded that the government shouldn't

have been responsible for the Plaintiff's son. The constitution did not protect the nation because

people were still being killed in the bombings, people were being questioned and held without and

attorney, Individual freedom was being abused and people were being arrested without probable

cause.

In the iDeal society, I believe that the cops and government started becoming stricter in their power

because they wanted to keep the nation safe. As, they became more and more worried about

national security, they started to violate amendments. After the Yankee stadium bombing, the police

were arresting and searching people without probable cause because they suspected that people

who didn't have ichips were the ones that was involved in the bombings, but the police had no

physical evidence. The fourth amendment says "the right of the people to be secure in their

persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be

violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation,

and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized." This

means that no person's property (including a person's body) should be searched without their

approval or without a warrant.

The second argument i had against the iDeal Society was that they took away more individual

freedom than was needed, which is a violation of the 1st amendment (freedom of speech,religion,etc.). For example, when the

Uni-bombers blew up they Yankee stadium, the government made it mandatory for everyone to get

an ichip when they could've questioned people with their attorney present and held them until they

figured out who was causing the bombings.

The third argument about the iDeal Society was that it was unconstitutional to detain people without

an attorney.This started after the bombing at Yankee Stadium, which was the second bombing

caused by "Freedom Fight Club," who were against the ichips. Many citizens were arrested, sent to

camps and questioned without an attorney being present. The reason why this was unconstitutional

for the government was because it was a violation the the citizen's fifth amendment, which in the

constitution, states that "No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous

crime, unless on presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or

naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any

person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be

compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or

property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without

just compensation." When the police started abusing this power, many citizens started presented

their cases in the Supreme Court in which the Judicial Branch ruled in their favor, which helped the

citizens alot. The Judicial Branch did, if in fact "check" the power of the Executive Branch and

decided that what they were doing to the citizens were a violation of the constitution.

In conclusion, we believe that the constitution resolve conflicts. In the case of Pedro v. The

Government, in which Pedro's son was killed in the Yankee Stadium bombing because he didn't have

an ichip that should have been supplied by the government, the Judicial Branch ruled in the

Government's favor. Pedro sued the government for running out of ichips. Pedro's testimony wasn't

very accurate, which means that there were many unanswered questions in which the day of the

bombing occurred. The Supreme Court came to the conclusion that the government shouldn't have

been responsible for his son's murder due to the fact that another bombing occurred prior to the

Yankee Stadium bombing, which meant that it was Pedro's responsibility to get his son's ichip

 immediately after the first bombing.

Animal Farm

In the story Animal Farm, the animals believe Napoleon's and the pig's lies because they are forced to. Firstly, they were very afraid of him because he had dogs and of what he did to Snowball. When Squealer presented his speech he had three dogs sitting around him that scared the animals because in the story it says that the dogs "glowed up threateningly that they excepted his explanation without further questions." Also, when Napoleon and Snowball had the debate on which they should worry about first, the animal's health or the windmill,Napoleon made the dogs attack Snowball because he knew that they would vote on his idea. When the dogs chased Snowball out of the farm, the animals followed and watched then slowly crept back into the barn. Secondly, the animals were persuaded with nonsense because they had no other choice than to believe what Napoleon and Squealer said. If they would've questioned Napoleon, they would've been slaughtered! For example, when Squealer persuaded the animals into believing that the pig's larger ration of apples and milk were for the good of the farm because they contained a substance that helped them do brain work, which stopped Jones from coming back. Also, they were persuaded to work on Sundays. When Napoleon announced that the work would be voluntary but any animal who chose not to do the work would have their rations reduced by half. Lastly, the animals didn't want the Animal Farm to be a failure and risk the chances of Jones coming back. For example, when Squealer stated that "loyalty and obedience are more important," the animals actually started believing what he said because animals, such as Boxer, started working by the slogans, "Napoleon is always right" and " I will work harder." Also, when Napoleon said "Surely comrades, you don't want Jones to come back." This scared the animals more, which made them more obedient of Napoleon and the other pigs, even if it meant believing everything Napoleon said, even if they were lies! Although, the animals had a choice to what they believed, they clearly allowed Napoleon and Squealer to put whatever nonsense they said, in their head.

Electoral College essay

21.10.08
Mierra Isaac


The United States government, consists of and Electoral College, in which there are 538 electors

who decide who should be elected in actual elections. The way it works is, each state is given a

number of electors according to its population or size. About a month after an election is held

the electors go to their state capital and cast their ballots for the candidate that won the state they

represent. At the end of this process, all tallies and votes for president and vice president are

sent to the senate of the US, where they are opened and counted in alphabetical order. If no

candidate gets 270 votes, the House of Representatives goes into session and votes state by state

until a president is elected.

When reading the article, “Methods of Apportionment,” there were some methods that I fully

agreed with and there were some that I didn’t agree with, although, none of the methods satisfy

all requirements listed in the Rules for US Representatives. I agreed with Jefferson and

Webster’s method because they were less confusing and made more sense in the mathematical

sense of politics. Jefferson states in his method that “the higher the ratio, the more deserving the

state is to get a representative.” This method makes a lot more sense than Hamilton’s method, in

which I disagree with. Webster’s method was similar to Jefferson’s method, which states that “if

a fractional remainder were greater than one-half, another seat would be assigned,” in which

Jefferson’s did not. The reason why I agree with Webster’s method, as well as Jefferson’s is

because, to me, it makes more logical sense and it’s much easier to calculate how many states a

representative should have based on population, if I were to use the formula for a math or

science project. In conclusion, the Electoral College is much more complicated than voting. This

consist of knowledge, mathematics and research.

Paragraph for Animal Farm

20.10.08
Mierra Isaac
Ms.Melville
English




In the story, Animal Farm, the animals react differently when they find out about the Rebellion. Firstly, Napoleon and Snowball spread the idea of rebelling to get support from the other animals. They sent messages to the birds so that they can go on the neighboring farmland and pass it on to the other animals about their farm. Snowball and Napoleon also taught the animals on the farm “King Of England”. Secondly, Fredrick and Pilkington also reacted to the story of the Rebellion, but twisted it up in a negative way to keep their animals from rebelling. They tried to show their animals that it was a dumb idea by “laughing and scorning idea”. They also told lies to their animals saying that the farm was “terrible wickedness” and tried to scare their animals with stories saying that the animals starved and died. Lastly, the animals on the other farms also liked the idea of rebelling. The showed that they liked this idea by singing “King Of England”. The animals from other farms also started rebelling because the story said, “sheep broke into hedges and devoured the clover.” Even though the animals had different views on the Rebellion, they still overruled the humans and continued to rebel.

IRB Log- "Candy Licker

Author:Noire

Characters: Candy Montanna
"Hurricane" Jackson
Mercedes
Mama
Sonny
Nicky
Knowledge

Setting: New York,Hurricane's place,LA and Knowledges' place.

Conflict: Candy has to choose between her music career and her family.

Summary: Candy was beaten by her boyfriend/producer Hurricane because she wouldn't do what he said.Hurricane also kicked her out of the house in the middle of the winter just to prove that he was the boss of the relationship.Meanwhile, Candy finds herself mysteriously dating Hurrican's bestfriend, Knowledge.

5th Annotation- Frankie Lymon

15.10.08
Azizian, Carol. "Teen idol Frankie Lymon's story comes to life in production at Flint McCree theater." The Flint Journal Date:Febuary 25th 2008.
October 15th 2008.http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/entertainment/2008/02/teen_idol_frankie_lymons_story.html

This article was about the new Frankie Lymon play that'll be coming out
in Febuary. The play will of the good points in his life rather than
the bad ones. This article was very helpful to my research  because it
let me know exactly how much Frankie made history in the short time he
had stardom. This article also tells me that he must've been a very
influenual man, having another man write a whole musical on him more
than fifty years later.



This article is a primary source, which contains other links that's
helpful for researching Frankie Lymon and the legacy he left behind.

IRB Log- "Candy Licker"

13.10.08
Author:Noire

Characters: Candy Montanna
"Hurricane" Jackson
Mercedes
Mama
Sonny
Nicky

Setting: New York and L.A

Conflict: Candy has to choose between her music career and her family.

Summary: Candy grew up in the rough streets of New York with just her mother and her little sister. throughout her childhood, she's been put in foster care because of her mother's child neglect and drug abuse. Candy turns 18 and gets out of foster care, where she moves in an apartment and gets a part-time job. She also started going to school for computers.

Introduction/Thesis Statement- Frankie Lymon

9.10.08
Frankie Lymon-Teenage Soprano

Even though he isn't mentioned or appreciated,that much in history, Frankie Lymon was the original King of Rock N' Roll and Doo Wop. Although he was only 13 when he started, he appealed to a wide audience- young and mature, black and white. Many people would faithfully call Elvis "The King" but Frankie Lymon was the original King of Rock N' Roll, even though he was about four years younger than Elvis. His legacy has impacted the whole musical era of the 1950's and early 1960's Frankie had the greatest soprano voice, which has influenced singers all over the world.

4th Annotation-Frankie Lymon

Lymon, Frankie. Interview with xxxxx. xxxxxx. xxxx. xx xxxxx 1956.

In this thirty second video, Frankie discusses his salary and what he likes to do with the money he earns. This video was helpful to my research because i learned that before Frankie started spending his money on drugs, he actually spent it on more "child-like" things such as motor bikes and food. This video is a primary source.

3rd Annotation-Frankie Lymon

7.10.08
Grossman, Wendy. "Widow of singer claims film phony." Augusta Chronicle, 1998.

The following annotation is based on an article of an interview from Frankie Lymon's surviving spouse, Emira Lymon. The interview's main view point was about how the 1998 "Why Do Fools Fall In Love" movie was one big lie and how her and Frankie's relationship was nothing like it seemed in the movie. This interview also reached some personal problems such as Emira kicking Frankie out the house and her joking about Frankie's death on the actual day of his death.This article has helped me by discovering more about Frankie's personal life and his relationship with Emira.This was a primary source!

2nd Annotation-Frankie Lymon

This article talks about Frankie Lymon's number on hit "Why Do Fools Fall In Love". It tells us how the record came about and what/who inspired the record. This article also, briefly discusses his childhood and the cause of his death, as well as the Teenager's induction into the hall of fame. Just by reading this article, I found out that the song was inspired by love notes, written to one of Frankie's neighbors from is girlfriend. This was a secondary source!

1st Annotation-Frankie Lymon

The Teenagers. Marv Goldberg. http:// home.att.net
06 Oct 2008 <http://home.att.net/~marvy42/Teenagers/teenagers.html>.

This articles basically discusses the early years of Frankie Lymon, Jimmy Merchant, Sherman Garnes and Herman Santiago. How they made it into the music business, where it all started and how they all met.It also gives talks about how they grew up in their household.Even though this article is a secondary source, it has given me much imformation for my documentary, it even told me where they practiced at!This article was a secondary source!

IRB Log- "Until We Meet Again"

5.10.08
Title: Until We Meet Again

Author: Anne Schraff

Previous page: 0

Current page:43

Summary: The main character, Darcy has been surprised with numerous things, some good and some bad. It starts off with Darcy's parents getting back together after her father abandoned her mother and her little sister Jamee. Then, her parents announce that they are moving into a new house, just a few blocks away from their current apartment. One day, Darcy is so excited about going to school and sharing the news with her boyfriend, Hakeem, only to find out that he's moving also...to Detroit! The sudden change begin to threaten their relationship when Hakeem starts to not return any of Darcy's phone calls and stops coming to school.

Conflict: Hakeem has to move to Detroit because his dad has Cancer and he seems to he slowing down at work. The only available job for his dad is the one in Detroit. This means that he will be leaving his school, his friends and Darcy.

Point Of view: This story is told in Third person point of view.

Narration 2- Frank J. Lymon

Fame and Success

After Goldner singed The Premiers to Gee Records, "Why Do Fools Fall In Love" became their first single in January of 1956. The song also became an immediate hit, being #6 on the Billboard Pop singles chart and reaching #1 on the R&B charts. That same year, the Teenagers released "I Want You To Be My Girl", which was #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. When "I Want You To Be My Girl" released, the Premiers were later named "Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers". The group later released an album, "The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon", in December of 1956. The success of the Teenagers, landed them many gigs such as tours with DJ Alan Freed, performing with other popular Doo-Wop and Rock N' Roll performers such as Little Richard,The Platters,Bo Diddly and Bill Haley.While on the Alan Freed tour, Frankie began to become sexually attracted to Zola Taylor, from the Platters. The Teenagers' fame landed them in two popular movies of the 50's, beginning with " Rock, Rock, Rock " and later " Mister Rock and Roll ". The Teenagers also did numerous performances for Alan Freed's T.V show and appeared on his radio show. All of Frankie's publicity earned him to later being known as "the first teenage idol".

Narrations 1-Frank J. Lymon.

Early Years

Many people would faithfully call Elvis "The King" but Frankie Lymon was the original king of Rock N' Roll, even though he was about four years younger than Elvis. His story starts off in Harlem, New York, where he had started his singing in the midst of his father's gospel group. His neighborhood "buzz" began when he went to the school talent show and watch the "Coupe De Villes" perform. The Coupe De Villes consist of Herman Santiago,Jimmy Merchant,Sherman Garnes and Joe Negroni. Frankie later joined the Coupe De Villes, who later changed their name to the "Ermines" following "The Premiers". Frankie Lymon's inspiration to write his own music came from one of his neighbors who gave Frankie numerous love letters, written to him from his girlfriend. Frankie and the other teenagers later adapted one of the letters to the song "Why Do Birds Sing So Gay",which Frankie later named "Why Do Fools Fall In Love". Then, one evening "The Teenagers" began to sing the song outside of Richard Barret's (member of the group "Valentines") window. After hearing the Teenagers, Barret took them to audition for record producer, George Goldner. While hearing the Teenagers,with Herman Santiago being the lead singer, Frankie's voice seemed to be more appealing, so he asked Frankie to sing lead and this was the start for the legends of Rock N' Roll!

Ms.Melville-Do Now (Oct.3rd 2k8)

3.10.08

Mierra Got a 100%

Theme: Parts of Speech Language Arts Quizzes

Result: 12/12

Details

Number Actual Your Answer(s)
Review - 1 A A
Review - 2 B B
Review - 3 C C
Review - 4 D D
Review - 5 C C
Review - 6 D D
Review - 7 B B
Review - 8 A A
Review - 9 A A
Review - 10 C C
Review - 11 B B
Review - 12 D D

Narration for African-American voting rights...

2.10.08
Jesse Gordon. "How did African Americans win the right to vote?". On the issues.org. 9 August 2000. 6 Sep 2008


In the time period of 1870-1965 many African-Americans weren't able to vote. In 1789 African-Americans were considered in the constitution as three-fifths of a person and could not vote at all. Soon after the Civil War, in 1865, the "3/5Th's clause" was repealed, which gave African-Americans full voting rights. Nine score years after that, most white Democrats did all kinds of things that would stop African-Americans from exercising their 15Th amendment. For example, they came up with the famous "Literacy Test", which was very unfair to the black community because most of the African-Americans from the 17Th and 18Th century couldn't read or write. So if you wasn't qualified for the "Literacy Test" than you couldn't vote, unless your grandfather voted, but again, this was very uncommon for the African-American society. Another tactic the white Democrats used was "Poll Tax". If you wanted to vote you would have to pay a tax, and since most African-Americans were poor, this also interfered with them exercising their 15Th amendment.They also used violent tactics to scare Blacks away from the polling places. The Democrats soon changed this law because it just didn't pertain to African-Americans, it pertained to poor white men also. Legally speaking, the right to vote originally came with the 15Th amendment but socially speaking it took the Civil Rights movement to make it a reality for all people, not just white rich folk. Then, on August 6Th, 1965, President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law. Since then,60% of African-Americans have taken advantage of their Constitutional Right and have voted, the other 40% have failed to realize that our ancestors worked hard for African-Americans to have this privilege and yet we still continue to be ungrateful


Lead Story...

1.10.08
For many years, the abortion issues has been a major problem in society, but never has it caused so much friction as it has today.The current issue has caused court cases and other argumentative problems. The question is, "should women be able to choose?" This question has caused so much controversy between both parties (pro life and pro choice). Yesterday, Governor Ray Grover argued with Dr.Karen Booker about this issue stating that "women shouldn't have the right to choose, babies should have the right to live!" Dr. Booker was against his statement and said "Yes babies should have the right to live but women should also have the right to have a choice on something huge like abortion."Her argument was that, whatever choice women decide to make it will effect their future and not anyone else. Governor Grover's argument was that, the choice that women make doesn't just effect them, it effects the baby and possibly the world, saying that the next baby could find the cure for cancer or anything else that has never been done. Three hours after the heated debate, the citizens of downtown Philadelphia started a protest for "Pro Choice" with slogans such as "women should have a choice" and "Freedom: Right to choose". This protest started another protest with citizens from North Philadelphia area, supporting Governor Grover, with the slogan "Let me live" spray painted on shirts, pregnant woman's stomache and white display boards!

The Most Dangerous Game...

In the story "The Most Dangerous Game," the author clearly values liberty more than equality.
In the beginning of the story, the author creates a main character that clearly value liberty more than equality. The character shows that he values liberty more because he's a hunter and he believes that animals don't have feelings such as humans. The main character, Rainsford, also has an argument with Whitney about animals and says "Bah! They've no understanding!". At the end of the story, after Rainsford kills two people, Zaroff and Ivan, the story states "He had never slept in a better bed."This suggest that the author wanted his readers to know that Rainsford didn't feel guilty about killing two people, nor did he immediatly try to save the other sailors trapped on the island. The author didn't give the story equal effort to the end of the story as he did in the beginning of the story. The resolution seemed boring and written in a hurry, which shows that the author probably became lazy. Another reason that it seems like the author didn't give the story equal effort was because the beginning of the story was very desriptive to things that werent really that important and at an important part if the story, like when we didn't know who was going to die, the story wasn't desriptive at all! The author wanted his readers to use thier imagination on determinig the outcome of Rainsford's life. In conclusion, I clearly think that the author values liberty over equality because he created more liberal parts in the story than equal ones.
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