Tuesday, April 15, 2008

April 15 Journal

Welcome back. Today when you are done with your journal, move directly into Study Island. After 30 minutes we will move into direct instruction and I will teach you a new application.
  1. April is Prevention of Animal Cruelty Month. Write a list of 5 reasons you should not be cruel to animals.
  2. April 15 is Income Tax Pay Day. Would you vote for a presidential candidate who said that she or he would eliminate the income tax for all Americans? Explain.

52 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yes I would vote becasue then parents wouldn't have to give the govermnent back any money so then they would have more money to spend on me. That is why I would vote for the president if they said that we wouldn't have to pay taxes anymore.

Anonymous said...

We shoould not be cruel to animals because they are like family to some people. They are protectors and friends, and if we aren't cruel to our human friends and protectors then why are we cruel to our animals.

Anonymous said...

I couldn't make the decision on whether or not the presidential candidate was the right person for the job as president based on his/her opinion on income tax. For example, they could do many good things, such as bringing our troops home and helping the homeless people in our country. For those things, I would vote or him/her. Also, I don't actually get income tax, so it wouldn't make that much o a difference to me if American's recieved it or not.

Anonymous said...

I would not vote for someone that said that they was going to take away income tax. because you won't get any money for paying off your tax.

Anonymous said...

people shouldnt be cruel to animals because i have a pet, they wouldnt like it if they were treated that way, animals dont diserve it, it will cause a lot of problems for the people thats doing it, and so the animal could live longer.

Anonymous said...

If you are cruel to animals that just means that you need something or someone smaller then you to pick on. If you are cruel to animals you can get them taken away from you and possibley be arrested. Why would you buy an animal as a pet to play with then just abuse it? Or even seeing an animal on the streets and abusing it. There is no point.

Anonymous said...

these are five reasons why you should not be cruel to animals.
1.they are their for you when you need them.
2.they prtect you.
3.they are really adorable.
4.they deserve to be treated like everybody else in the world even though they arent humana.
5.they help in alot of different ways like police dogs and people who are hearing impared or blind.

Anonymous said...

We should not be cruel to animals because they can be there when noone else is there for you.They can be your friend and some animals are really cute and cuddly.

Anonymous said...

Why shouldn't we hurt animals ? For one reason animals never hurt us so why should we hurt them. You shouldn't have animals if you know your going to hurt them. I dont think its right becasue animals cant hurt us emontionaly. Animals also live for nothing why should we have to hurt them.

Anonymous said...

I am a big supporter of animal cruelty prevention. Aniamls play an important role in our society. they help the disabled and keep you company. Animals do not do anything to humans unless they are neg;ected or traied to.

Anonymous said...

The five things why you shouldn't be cruel to animals is animals are wonderful creatures. Another reason is because animals help the world in so many ways. Plus they are just like people they have feelings also. To add animals never did nothing to us so why unish them for nothing at all. Last but not least animals are caring and they bring joy to our world and they weren't put on this world to be hated and they just want love just like every body want

Anonymous said...

There are many reasons why you should not be cruel to animals, they are just like humans they have feelings and they can be hurt just like we can.
Reason number one- When some one yells at a dog they get emotionaly hurt just like we do.
Reason number two- No one should be hit whether its a human or any type of animal. All our bones break and we all feel pain.
Reason number three- Once you hit an animal you are an abuser. You dont want that name.
Reason number four- There just animals they dont really know what there doing is wrong.
Reson Number five- Its just wrong on all levals.

Anonymous said...

Why should we not hurt animals? What are they to us we dont need them. If animals die we still will live and they are not life thearing. Animals can kill you when they want to. If we dont have animals in the wild it will not be that many people dieing because they will not go out looking for them and get killed. Also because they will not be around you homes at night.

Anonymous said...

5 reason y i believe we shouldn't be cruel to animals is because animals is human just like us and i believe they should have life jus as we do. I think about it like what if the animals were cruel to us then it would be Human Cruel Month. Another reason is that animals are noing all getting the love they need each day. Also people think it cool and funny to mess up a animal or beat on them i think people need to realize that animals need as much life as we give them today.

Anonymous said...

five reasons why i think that people should not be cruel to animals are: animals are not doing anything that is harmful to us so why should we be mean to them, we really do not have a good reason to be cruel to them, animals are really cool and if we continue to be cruel to them then they will all die off and the people of the future will not be able to enjoy the animals like we can.

Anonymous said...

Why should we not hurt animals? What are they to us we dont need them. If animals die we still will live and they are not life thearing. Animals can kill you when they want to. If we dont have animals in the wild it will not be that many people dieing because they will not go out looking for them and get killed. Also because they will not be around you homes at night.

Anonymous said...

five reasons why you should'nt be cruel to animals.
1.because there cute and cuddly
2.because it's rude and cruel
3.because if you were that animal you would'nt want people to be cruel to you.
4.because it's just plain rude
5.i cant think of another reason right now.

Anonymous said...

Why you should not be cruel to animals is why would you want to heart another thing.
Another reason why you shouldn't heart animals because when you get a pet it becomes a part of your family it could even become your best friend.
Why you shouldn't heart a pet is because they have feeling to they eat, sleep, walk just like you they feel and see thing just like you.
Aother reason why you shouldn't heart pets is because they have a lif e just like you

Anonymous said...

If you be cruel to animals you can go to jail for abusing them and all different kind of was. if you need someone to hang withor to be around you, you can have a dg or a cat or any other type of animals. You can have a pet that you can have in your car all day with you while you are driving some where and you want your pet to go with you can have your pet in the car with you. And if you harm a pet they might not listen to you when you tell them to do something for example when you tell a dog to lay down they might not do it because you harmed them or you did something wrong to them.

Anonymous said...

u shouldn't be cruel to animals because 1) we eat them and use them for food. 2) we use them for clothes. 3)we have them as pets. 4)we use them for zooos.5) we use them at seaworld and busch gardens in florida so animals are very useful and we shouldn't be cruel.

Anonymous said...

1.animals are a great part of our ecosistem
2.animalsng never did anithing to us.
3.we will run out of food some day.
4.people will be petless.
5.its not cool.

Anonymous said...

No,I wouldn't vote for a presidental candidate who said that they would eliminate all taxes because that would be to easy for all of the americans and everyone would be rich as ever because no one would have to pay anything.Plus thingwould be to cheap property values will go down things will cost less people wouldn't have to work.

Anonymous said...

wwell yea i would vote because then we can have a good president dat be right cause all these o a excited president that letther presidents are lame we should be able to not get in troble for lame things doe

Anonymous said...

i would vote cuz then when i go to buy stuff i wouldn't have to pay for taxes or none of that and the cost of something would be whats on the pricetag

Anonymous said...

Animal cruelty is horrible to me. One reason I hate it is because they are like people they need the same respect that everyoneelse has. The second reason is that they are s cute nd ii dont see how people can be so cruel to them. You have no heart if you can sit there and abuse your animal or any animal you see around outside. Think before your actions because i have 2 pets that I adore sometimes they are a pain in the butt, but that's okay!

Anonymous said...

1. first animals are like people and need to be treated with respect.
2.animals hae feelings just like people.
3. if u hot ave a animal and u beat it u do not have to hae a animal at all.
4. a animal should not hae to suffer because u are not taking care of it
5.animals should also be treated the way u want to be treated.

Anonymous said...

#1 you should not be crule to animals because they did nothing to you and they diserve to be treated the same way you are treated by your friends or family #2 animals are indanjured and when they are all gone life will pritty much stink like rotten eggs.#3 anumals have hearts and fellings just like yu and me we are treated unfare SOMETIMES but most of the time we are treaded with respect animals need that respect to.#4 animals are like you and me they live for life and live it with adventures and we live it with the same and we have no right to make an animals life misribal because we want to.#5the last reson not to be crule to animals is because i luv animals and i hate anyone who hurts animals for no reson and i hate them eaven if they have a reason.

Anonymous said...

one of the reasons we shouldent be cruel to animals is because if we gat mad at something we shouldent take it kout on animals. another reason is if they do something bad they wouldent know any better. the third reason is beceuse if they attack somebody there just doing it to protect whats theirs.

Anonymous said...

animals help blind people.
animals find bombs so we can go on an airplane safely.
animals provide protection
animals help find trapped people under rocks and stuff.
some animals help sick people

Anonymous said...

1. It hurt people feelings.
2. Start a fight.
3. Start an argument.
4. Gets you in trouble.
5. Maybe gets you after school detention.
Yes i would vote for her/him because parents can save their
money on other stuff like their
bills or anything.

Anonymous said...

I think people shoulnt be cruel to animals because animals are like people,aimals dont do bad stuff,they are friendly,youll get arrested also because they are animals

Anonymous said...

1.They are living things.
2.They have feelings.
3.They have family's.
4.They can eve be in our family's.
5.Thry will leave you alone if you leave them alone.
6.Their friendly.
7.They live their lifes just like we live ours.

Anonymous said...

1.one reason why you should not be meanto animals is because they can be just as mean to you.
2.so they will be nice to you
3.they did not do any thing to you
4.you should respect other living things
5.so they do not fel fritened or abused

Anonymous said...

I would not be cruel to an animal cause animals are sweet caring and kind.I got a pet for my self and he is cute adoribal and sweet.My pet is a paret he can talk and i play with him.He noes how to play catch and thats all.

Anonymous said...

You shouldnt be crul to animals because they are so sweet.Also you shouldnt be curl to them because they just want to play with you.They want someone to be around.They are not even mean to you un less yor messing with them.The last thing is that they want you to be so kind to them and make sure that your a good owner.

Anonymous said...

If a president took away taxes or tryed I might not vote for them because they could just be making that up.

Anonymous said...

Here are the five reasons why I think you should not becruel to animals.....
1)They help us in many ways
2)They are good friends
3)They are there when you want fun in a different way
4)They can support you
(If you are blind)
5)They are very loyal

Anonymous said...

You should not be cruel to animals becuase the animal midht have done nothing to you and you are being mean to them.You should also not be cruel to animals becuase you can get your pet taken away from you if you are caught mistreating them which you shouldn't do.You should also not be cruel to animals becuase to some people their pets are family and there for should be treated like family.Also if you are cruel to your pet,you are a really bad owner.

Anonymous said...

Because there peaceful whats the point there not bad only if you treat them bad.Its a law not to.It just mean your weird.

Anonymous said...

Because there peaceful whats the point there not bad only if you treat them bad.Its a law not to.It just mean your weird.

Anonymous said...

I would vote for Obama because he seem to care about taxes

Anonymous said...

We should not be cruel to them because they are realy a great part in humanity.We should also not abuse them becuase if they were us and we were them we would not want them to hurt us.We should not hurt them because they realy dont do nothing bad to us.

Anonymous said...

Animal cruelty shoud'nt happen because...#1)They are living things just like us #2)They have feelings #3)It's just wrong #4)People shold'nt hit animals anyway #5)The animals could die .Those are my 5 reasons why i think that people should'nt treat animals that way.

Anonymous said...

NO because they need to have money fore them to paybills.and spend time wit there kids

Anonymous said...

If i was a person how macks deshion to make dogs and animals to get hurt i would so no,because anamils should not be able to die.I think that anamials should be alive because they would give as more milk like cows,pigs to give us more pock or some type of meet.
thats wht I pick aniamls to not get killed our abused

Anonymous said...

One thing why you shouldn't be cruel to animals because ,if you are ignerent to it or you beat your animal it could turn around andbite you and then you could kill it because you beat it so you killed cause you beat it

Anonymous said...

well first of all i love animals i would never hurt them cause they are sweet loveing caring and kind animals are our invierment and it is cruel to treat animals like dirt.what if some one treated you like that? what would you do?

Anonymous said...

5 reasons I think you should NOT be cruel to animals is because 1.they are living creatures too and have feelings 2. animals are somewhat like humans and need to be fed and have shelter too 3. being cruel to animals is actually against the law 4. being cruel to an animal can tramitize them just like it can tramatize you 5. lastly it is wrong because animals are part of this world to and deserve the same respect as you would give a human

Anonymous said...

1.You could get arrested.
2.Would you like people to be cruel to you.
3.It is mean.
4.Animals shouldn't be treated that way.
5.What's the point of being cruel.

Anonymous said...

Yes i would vote because my parents would not have to have money taking out of there check every week and we can have more money to use for bills, food for he house clothes,and alot more supplies.

Anonymous said...

yes I would vote because then we want have to pay all that money.then we can save are mony up and bye other stuff.thats y I would say yes.

Anonymous said...

I will so the president or whom ever have enough money to people who need it.

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