Is Corn Making Us Fat?

Fritz,Sandy

Junior Scholastic

February 8th, 2010

National

Pg.5

Dose corn Make us fat? Almost all of the food that we eat has corn in it."There are some 45,000 items in the average supermarket","More than a quarter of them contain corn." writes author Michael Pollan. A meal from Mc.Donald's is Fast Food, The beef has been corn-fed and the soda has high Fructose corn syrup,and the french fries have been fried in corn syrup. Because of Reproduced corns high sugar and calories 60% of Americans are Obese and Overweight. Since corn makes us obese and overweight so it can be deadly.Obesity can lead to heart disease, high blood pressure,and diabetes. In the early 1970s , the government told the farmers to tried to convince farmers to grow more corn to make it cheep.Humans can't eat the cheapest corn,but they can feed it to cows,pigs,and chicken. Fast food chains and Food marketers now maximize profits by supervising portions. "Americans demand cheep food,and that's what they're getting. Americans are looking at the advantage of Eating healthy for example the White House has a vegetable and Ian kimmle,16,of Linwood,New Jersey,is teaching kids how to cook with fresh ingredients.

I fell that This article is completely correct corn is making us fat. It's different when we east corn on the cob or just corn off the cob, than when you eat fast food. I think that it's better for us in the long run if we don't eat so much corn. I also think that the government should not tell farmers to grow so much cheep corn because when they say we cant eat cheep corn so then they feed it to the animals that we eat and we are still technically eating cheep corn, and that they farmers should have the animals be grass fed because it is better for the animal and it is better for humans.The more people start to eat healthy the less likely they will not become obese and or overweight.

1. When you read this article dose it make you want to cut back on your corn intake and eat healthier?
2. Do you think that animals should be corn-fed or grass-fed?
   

Romeo and juliet

Capulet Thou Art To Blameth!

Capulet's control issues and mixed messages were the reasons for Romeo and Juliet's death. In the beginning of the book Paris came to Capulet and asked him if he could have Juliet's hand in marriage and my first thought when Paris said that"younger than she are happy than mothers made."line#13 pg.27 was that Capulet would make Juliet marry Paris and not care if she liked him or not. But he didn't he said "And too soon marred are those so early made, Earth hath swallowed all my hopes but she; she's the hopeful lady of my earth. And my will to her consent is but a part." This means that he feels that she is too young to get married and he doesn't want Juliet to marry too soon and that his permission is only part of her decision,and he just wants her to be happy with whoever she would like to be with.

Capulet also did not do anything bad to Romeo when he came to the masked ball party at his house and when Tybalt wanted to kick him out hurt and or kill him, Capulet's said "Content thee, gentle coz. Let him alone, He bears him like a portly gentleman,And, to say truth, Verona brags of him to be a virtuous and well-governed youth." Capulet's telling Tybalt to calm down and tells him that he seems like a gentleman and that his reputation in Verona is that he is a well behaved, nice, young man.

Then things start to change after Tybalt killed Mercutio, then Romeo killed Tybalt.Then Capulet's did not like Romeo any more, because he killed his cousin. He also changed his mind from letting Juliet choose who she wanted to be with to not caring at all. For example Capulet Say's "Things have falling out, sir, so unluckily,hath we have had no time to move our daughter. Look you, she loved her kinsman Tybalt dearly,And so did I. Well, we were born to die. 'Tis very late. She’ll not come down tonight. I promise you, but for your company,I would have been abed an hour ago." This means that Capulet is telling Paris that they want her to marry Paris and that they haven't convinced her yet and that he promises her to him.

Now Capulet has made it so his daughter is miserable because he is now not letting her choose, not asking her what she wants to do but commanding her and threatening her. For example Capulet says, "Thank me no thinking's, nor proud me no proud, But fettle your fine joints 'gainst Thursday next to go with Paris to Saint Peter’s Church,or I will drag thee on a hurdle thither out, you green sickness, carrion! Out, you baggage! You tallow face!" Capulet is saying that Juliet is ungrateful for what he has done for her and that she is going to marry Paris and he will drag her there and then he calls her all of these horrible names.

Over all Capulet made it so Juliet wanted to kill herself because he threatened to kick her out of their house and kill her if she didn't marry Paris even though he had already said that she could marry the man that she wanted to marry. Capulet is to blame for the death of Mercutio and Tybalt and Romeos banishment was because of him, because during Capulet's party Tybalt was trying to make Romeo leave and Capulet was saying that if he said one more thing that he would kill him so that made Tybalt want to kill Romeo which made Mercutio want to kill Tybalt and then it turned out being that two people were dead and Romeo was banished all because of Capulet.

~Lily

Chapter 15 Elizabeth

July 14, 1630

I have just found my journal it has been 9 years since i have last wrote an entry but i would love to start up again. I am 18 years old and i am a newly wed to sir John Howland. I am very happy with him i am also Pregnant with my first child. i will birth it soon i will give birth and i am very excited to be a mother.

July 16,1630

The first Puritan ship the Arabella just landed her in New England and there are 1,000 Puritans aboard. It makes me happy seeing more of my kind and knowing that there are more good folk. like us they are leaving the Evil Sinner King Charles.

August 1, 1630

Yesterday i had my child it is a girl and her name is Desire. she is the most beautiful girl ever. I named her Desire because i desire her and i desire to have more and more children.

August 27 1630

Alas all of us great folk Puritans try to be good but sadly it Ti's not working out as we wished. All we wanted to do was Make the point to king Charles About how we Puritans Practice our religion, and we be a Amazing example for god from all the world.

Chapter14 Elizabeth

November 15 1620

We are here. We are at the new world it is not Virgina,It is not anything any of us expected. The coast is cold and wind-whipped; the land is rocky and the soil is thin. But we will use the sea and the forest to sustain ourselves. Hopefully we will be shipping fish,and lumber back to England. The good news is that me mum is all better me pop says that she must have just been sea sick and the Devil must have been with her but now that we are in the new world god has come back to her.Before we arrived There was a sad death of a puritan fellow but soon after that they was another child born.

November 18 1620

With out The kind Indian folk we would be starved. We are struggling to find ways to live in this difficult region. But we things started to get worse god sent us a blessing named Sanoset. Sansoet spoke English and was very kind. He directed us how to set our corn,where to take fish,and to procure other commodities,and he is our pilot to bring us to unknown places. Sanoset also brought 60 other Indians with him soon after we met. A chieftain named Massasoit and an Indian who we named Squanto. Squanto speaks English well.
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November 22 1621

It Has been a year since i last wrote and everything went wrong in the beginning of the first winter Me Mum got sick again giving birth to my youngest Brother soon after she got sick she died. Then 2 weeks later me pop died of small pox leaving me orphaned with my 3 brothers and sisters. Then me parents old friends Mary Brewster and William Brewster,Adopted me,me Brother john age 9,me sister rose age 6,and then me youngest brother age 2 months old.The Brewsters already have 6 children.It has been a long and hard year,despite the fact that i be orphaned at age 13, alas i can speak to the lord the way i please.

November25 1621

We have just finished the First harvest and everything went great i guess that god answer all of our prayers. Then soon after We invited our Indian Friends to a Three day feast that we call thanks giving.To Celebrate how much me all have accomplished in one year.93 Indians came to our feast it was the best meal i had ever had in my whole enter life and i made all the hard work that all of us puritans and Indians feel so worth it.

Elizabth Tilley

Chapter 13 Elizabeth

September 6Th 1620

My name is Elizabeth Tilley i am 13 years of age.My mum is Joan (Hurst)(Rogers) Tilley and me pop be named John Tilley and I'm out on me first trip at sea on a ship called the Mayflower. We be leaving because me mum and pop want to be able to practice the bible with out the English telling us what to do and how to do it,and we want to to speak directly to god with out a priest or a bishop at all we want to separate our selves from the church of England,and we can star congregations of our own.Alas some folk call us separatists but i call us Saints. So It be the 1st day on board of the mayflower. I am a wee bit afraid yet i also be excited and scared of leaving of Henlow Bedfordshire. The worst is that i be leaving me Grand-mama. She cant come aboard the ship because she is 82 and very frail. I will miss she so much i will miss when reads the bible story's before i rest,but it tis better leaving dear old England Than going to Jail for practicing our religion the way we want to!

September 15 1620

The winds are just wild today. A man threw up on me mum today because he got so dizzy. she was only given two wet rags and all she has left is a sliver of soap that me granmama gave to her. i fell so bad for me mum.

September 20 162o

Being on the mayflower makes life harder and harder i never get to talk to me pop because he is always taking care of me sick mum . I just hope that she makes it to the New world. I am getting very weak from lack of exercise so every morning when i get up i stretch me bones,and i dream about running around on the Grass of the New World.

September 23 1620

when i a woke this morning it was very stormy. The wind and the seas shook the boat that a Puritan woman gave birth two her child. All night it was so stormy that all of the children screamed and cried of fright.Then a Puritan Man a little over the age of me pop was coughing all night so i couldn't rest at all.

November 12 162

It tis been 65 days since i last wrote an entry but it tis also been a long and hard 65 days on board but Captain Christopher Jones announced that there will only be 1 day left on the ship. It has been just awful being on a board the may flower first the ship is small and wet and foul and the smells are horrid.There is no place to change or wash clothes. Since i am 13 years of age i have a very small bunk so it has been very hard to rest at night.I am hungry pale and sea sick all i want is sunlight and fresh water. But alas i can wait one more day.

Backpacking trip 09

There it was, there it finally was standing there deep, deep in the wilderness. There it was, all muddy and brown,there it was all moist and dirty, there it was that beautiful connection from walking to stopping, I could just smell freedom! There it was I could almost feel my 50 pound backpack fall of my sore back and shoulders. There it was,it maybe was just a simple boring bridge, but to me it was best thing I had seen throughout my two days of backpacking was that bridge where once you cross it you are finished! You can just hear the sound of cars on pavement! It was the best sound I heard for two days during that trip. But that wasn't the only part of my camping trip I liked. My favorite part about the camping trip was when all of the class went on a short night hike so it was just me, Sierra, Emily, and Mr. York were the only ones left sitting by the fire and it was really fun because we were the only ones and we were telling lots of jokes and laughing a lot.

by: Lily

This book is a book about a girls

The Girls

This is a book about one girl named Peggy and it's written from her point of view. She talks about her background and her life throughout the book. She lives in Denver, Colorado and is going to a boarding high school in Aspen, Colorado. This book is mainly about her and her friends and her work and her experience at this boarding school where there is a lot of drama and gossip in and out of her boarding school.

The main characters of this book are Peggy, Mary's best friend who is Peggy's roommate in their boarding school. She is very sweet and nice and is a loyal friend. Then there is Sylvia who also goes to the boarding school that Peggy and Mary go to. She is mean and very rich. Then there is Amber who works at the coffee shop that is right down the road from the boarding school and she has met all the movie stars and knowsall of the gossip. Then there is Crystal who works at Mod Jeans the popular clothing store in Aspen and she has something up her sleeve that everyone wants to know!

This book is a comedy about friendship love, and most importantly gossip! It's the kind of book that will make you think laugh and get excited, about reading.I liked this book very much and some members of my family read it and i definitely recommend it if you are a 12-15 year old girl. Its' a New York Times best seller and if you like food/cooking there is some great recipes at the end of the book that you will love!

Meet Mary: She’s beautiful, and her ski-star boyfriend is cheating on her.

Meet Crystal: She’s a townie, and she’s cheating with Mary’s boyfriend.

Meet Sylvia: She’s nasty, and she’s got something up her Prada-designed sleeve.

Meet Amber: She’s a flake, she’s the barista at the hottest coffee shop in Aspen, and she serves up gossip even hotter than grande skim lattes.

Meet Peggy: She’s Mary’s best friend, and she has no idea how to cope with all these girls.

The Author: Tucker Shaw

By:Lily