Brutus' Dilema

I would be loyal to Caesar. Caesar has been my friend longer than Cassius. Caesar may not be thinking of the good of Rome, but Cassius isn't thinking of the good of Rome either. All Cassius wants is to get Caesar out of the way so that he can take over. He never really wanted Brutus and he was never going to make Brutus the head. Cassius was making Caesar look bad by telling stories about him that make him look like he has no power or strength. I could never live with the memory of killing one of my friends who had helped me get so far. Caesar is powerful, but that might not be a bad thing because Brutus is one of Caesars good friends. Killing Caesar would end up in a big mess. Sometimes is good to have someone making the decisions. Caesar expanded the area of Rome, defeated Pompey, was a good general, and was good to the common people. So, it isn't a bad thing that Caesar is in charge. I would rather tell Caesar to change so he can try to rule better. Killing Caesar is way to drastic and something I could never do because I'm a loyal friend. Having Caesar as a ruler is a lot better than killing him and then having total chaos. Cassius isn't someone I've known for that long either. Caesar has been a friend longer than Cassius and I would side with Caesar rather than someone I don't know too well.

Leadership

A good leader can take control over something and be in charge without being bossy and overpowering. They can take ideas from others and voice them. They have good ideas and can stand up for what they think is right. They are able to take control over something but not completely take over and not let others voice their ideas. Another quality that a leader should have is experience. Good leaders know what they're doing and can help others.
I think that some good leaders in 8th grade are Aysha, and Jonathan. This is because they have some of the qualities a good leader should have. I think they are good at taking control but they don't overpower everyone. In Socratic seminars, for example, they can speak a lot and also invite others into the conversation.

Imperialism

The main people who controlled other nations were the Europeans. There were a lot of similarities in the ways and motives they had to dominate the other countries. All European nations would come for the natural resources the weaker countries had. They would take the materials, make them into something in their own country and then sell them back to the weaker nation at higher prices. All countries wanted the glory of having many colonies around the world. Each thought having colonies was a measure of their greatness. A lot of times god was a reason. In some cases like in Southeast Asia there weren't any religious reasons. In other places like Africa, god was a big reason and excuse they had to control other areas. The stronger European nations had military power which the waker countries didn't have and had never seen before. This was how they took control. They were also more advanced than the weaker nations which enabled them to go deep into the weak country and still be in touch with their own country. They would set up plantations in the foreign country and take over businesses. These were the methods and motives the European countries had in common.

End of Quarter 1 Feedback

I think my two goals for humanities first quarter were met. I wanted to get some more words into my vocabulary and I wanted to learn to write better. I did get more vocabulary words this quarter, especially words about capitalism. Now I know a lot more words that I did before I came to this class. My second goal was also met because we did a lot of writing activities this quarter. Something that really helped me was the descriptive writing. I had to show instead of tell for that and that helped me.
One of me three new goals for the second quarter is to learn about Imperialism, especially in Africa. I have never really learned about Imperialism before because I've done mostly American history. I also want to learn about this because I know basically nothing about Africa. I've learned about all continents except for Africa, so I want to learn about Africa.
My second goal is to get better at Socratic seminars. The worst grade that I got in this class is from the Socratic seminars. I want to get better at those because they really got my grade down. I think I could start talking more and prepare better for the next Socratic seminar we have.
Mt third goal is to study more for quizzes and tests. I think the test was another thing that got my grade down a bit. I don't think I started studying early enough and then about a day before the test I had to cram a lot of studying in. As a result, I didn't do so well on the test.