Attack of obesititus

In Germany people loved their food that came from pigs. It was a very common food there since there were so many pigs. Almost every meal consisted of some kind of meat from pigs. In the 10th century these pigs started becoming extremely fat. Nobody knew what the cause of this fatness was. But the people of Germany did not really care because they did not think it was a big problem. In fact, some butchers thought this was a good thing because it would make the meat better.
There was one family in Germany that absolutely loved their pig meat. They had it every night for dinner. Some nights they had pork, and other nights they would have bacon. There was one girl in the family named Sam who was about 14 years old. She was a vegetarian so she never had the meat, but the rest of her family did. She then started to experience a very weird thing. The rest of her family was becoming very very fat and obese. Then as she walked through the city she saw a lot of other people becoming extremely fat. She would always wonder why they were so fat all of a sudden. Then one night she was in her room sleeping when he heard a loud kaboom. She ran over and looked in the room where her brother slept and just saw blood and bones everywhere. She screamed at the top of her lungs. Then her parents ran over and as they were running she just saw both of them explode. This scared the crap out of her. She called 911 and the ambulance came and saw this horrible thing. They decided to take the exploded family to the hospital for testing. They found that something was stopping their digestive system so they got so fat that they blew up. They didn’t understand why Sam didn’t get it while the rest of her family did. Then on the streets random people would just randomly blow up. It was a scary and gruesome thing to see. Many scientists were trying figure out what happened. They finally figured that it was the pig meat that everyone was eating. The bad thing was that Sam started to become fatter. Nobody knew why she was getting it since she never ate meat. They finally figured out that this disease was extremely contagious and just by walking past someone in the street with that disease could get you the disease. Soon everyone was suffering of this disease which they called obesititus. And not many people were left in Germany. Then with people traveling to other countries it started spreading all over the world. People thought the world was going to die. Poor Sam knew that her end was coming very soon. Eventually she blew up and died. Now that over half the world’s population was dead, scientists and doctors were frantically trying to find a cure. They found out if they take the pigs and make them more fit and skinny it will stop infecting the meat that comes from them. Soon they did this to all the pigs and the people stopped getting obesititus. Then the world’s population came back and everyone lived happily ever after, enjoying their pig meat.

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Submission to Class Blog

By: Michelle Trasatti, Mackenzie Rayburn, and Jen Kreis

Humans have the innate instinct to be free and it is showed by the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Statue of Liberty. The United States of America's Declaration of Independence includes some of the rights that we as human beings have. It states, "We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." (http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/declare.asp) Another symbol of our freedom is the statue of liberty. The idea developed from a Roman goddess that stood for the freedom of many things. Making a statue was one way she show we are a free country. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Liberty) In the first amendment to the Constitution, it states that we have the freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition. (http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/about.aspx?item=about_firstamd) At birth we have rights and freedom due to the fact that we are citizens of the United States based on the laws and rights of the government. Everyone has freedom but a different extreme of freedom. We all have the ability to be free in our country. We have free will and are able to make our own decisions, and most humans have an innate instinct to be free. Most people want to have the ability to say, do, and think whatever they want. People have the desire to be free, but do not always use their freedom. Many people for example, instead of speaking out, follow the crowd. We want to be able to say and do what we want, but we sometimes follow what other people do and do not make a choice based completely on our thoughts and feelings. Most humans have the desire to be free, but some do not use their freedom or some use it in the wrong way.

sources:

"Avalon Project - Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776." Avalon Project - Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy. Web. 19 Apr. 2010. http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/declare.asp

Buchanan, Brian J. "Firstamendmentcenter.org: About." Firstamendmentcenter.org: Welcome to the First Amendment Center Online. Web. 19 Apr. 2010. http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/about.aspx?item=about_firstamd

"Statue of Liberty - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia." Main Page - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 19 Apr. 2010. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Liberty

The Year 1066

Why do you think the Church and the monasteries became the centers of learning?

In Medieval times the church and monasteries were the centers of learning. Since all the people believed in heaven, hell, and God they really believed in the church and listened to what it said. People thought that the only way they could get to heaven was if the Catholic Church let them. They also learned about how bad hell was. The peasants would also work for the church and pay them in seeds. They believed if they didn't work for the church. the church would be upset and make them go to hell. The church was also very wealthy because they got a lot of money from the people because they were afraid of going to hell. Also the church did not have to pay taxes. All these things came into play with the people always believing what the church said. And since they believed in what the church said so much it made the church the center of learning in medieval times. (http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/medieval_church.htm)

source:

"The Medieval Church." History Learning Site. Web. 16 Apr. 2010. http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/medieval_church.htm

How was the Medieval concept of power and equality different from our contemporary concept?

The Medieval concept of power and equality was extremely different from our concept of power and equality now. They had a higher class which were the kings and the lords and the richer people. These people were worth more money and they were treated much more fairly. They thought of them as much better people. The lower class were the peasants and the slaves. They were worth a lot less money and were treated terribly. People didn't think of them as being as important as the upper class people. In our concept today we think of every one as equal no matter how rich or poor you are. Of course there is still racism and some equality problems, but for the most part people think of everyone as equal.

In the medieval times you were just born into your class. So if you were born into a family that was rich and noble and in the upper class, that is where you would be for the rest of your life. You would not move down to the lower class. Unfortunately for the people that were born into a family of slaves or peasants that were poor and in the lower class, they would stay their for the rest of their life. No matter what they did they would not be able to move up to the upper class. In our world today we are not born into a specific class. If we are born into a family that is poor we can grow up and get a good job and eventually become rich. If we really tried we could even become president even if we were born poor. In the same way, if we are born rich we can then not get a good job and end up being so poor we have to live on the streets. We think of equality in a much better way today then they did in the medieval times.

sources:

"THE MIDDLE AGES: THE FEUDAL SYSTEM." Oracle ThinkQuest Library. Web. 15 Apr. 2010. http://library.thinkquest.org/10949/fief/medfeudal.html

Describe the Medieval Imagination

In the medieval times the people had a very big imagination. They believed in many things that today, we find absolutely crazy. Some of the things they believed were true are crazy and we wonder why they believed in those things. They believed in many different monsters other things. They had one story where there was a man in the water and when they took him out the water he would not tell them anything about how he lived in the water. He wouldn't tell them even when he was tortured. They also believed that there used to be people that had dog heads. They thought even though they had dog heads that they were still completely human and acted like humans. There must be some reasons they believed in all of these and also where they came up with these stories. Since they thought that the world was going to end and that judgment was coming upon them all the people were afraid so that is probably why they were so anxious and afraid of everything.

sources:

Inside the Medieval Mind «." Medievalists.net. Web. 14 Apr. 2010. http://www.medievalists.net/2010/02/03/inside-the-medieval-mind/