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[The artist formally known]

Oh what the fuck, I just got my term paper back from my History 11 class and I got a 35 on it. 35 percent... I worked a whole week on it, my friend got a 72 percent on his term paper and he worked one day on it. I turned it on time, he turned it in half a week late.

I calculated it out:


76 points - Exam 1
76 points - Exam 2
72 points - Exam 3
35 points - Term paper
25 points - Quizzes

Thats out of a 430 total points.
My grade is a 64 percent. Would have been a 75% without the term paper.

I still have a final which is worth 100 points
I have a 284 point total and need 371 points or more to get a 70%

Means I need a 87% on my next test. 

[Daddy]

I've done one assignment, out of about 15, in AP calculus and I'm getting a 90.



She decided to only count 2 assignments.   She gave me credit for the same assignment twice.

[The artist formally known]

I've done one assignment, out of about 15, in AP calculus and I'm getting a 90.



She decided to only count 2 assignments.   She gave me credit for the same assignment twice.

Fuck you

[ncba93ivyase]

Was that the one you posted?

If you had corrected the mistakes I pointed out, you would've passed.

[The artist formally known]

Was that the one you posted?

If you had corrected the mistakes I pointed out, you would've passed.

No, that was like a small paragraph from it 

The third president of America, Thomas Jefferson, can be seen on the American nickel, the two dollar bill, and some $100 bills, on Mount Rushmore, in his own personal memorial which included a 19-foot statue with engravings of his writings in Washington, DC; he was also named after by three cities, two universities, nine counties, and more than a handful of elementary schools.  He was a man of Enlightenment and represented the common man of the time; he knew many intellectual leaders in Britain and France. He spent a good deal of his life studying and learning everything he could, he was an architect, mathematician, lawyer, inventor, writer, president, and vice president. President John F. Kennedy had forty-two Noble Prize winners and announced out loud, ââ,¬Å"I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent and of human knowledge that has ever been gathered together at the White Houseââ,¬â€�with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.ââ,¬Â� (Simpson, p. 347)

Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13th, 1789 into a prosperous Virginia family; the third of ten children. His mother, Jane, was from the Randolph family, a very wealthy family. His father, Peter, wasnââ,¬â,,¢t from a rich or important family. They all came from Wales, which is in the United Kingdom. His family always had owned slaves because it was pretty natural for that time. When he was two, his family moved to Tuckahoe, Virginia because their relative had passed away and they received the land. Along with the land, the Jeffersonââ,¬â,,¢s had to care for the deceased manââ,¬â,,¢s three children until they could take care of themselves. His father wanted Thomas to become a smart man; he taught him along with school and owned a small library since there werenââ,¬â,,¢t public libraries back then. By the time Thomas was six, he had already read all of them at least once.

His father was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses in which he would help create laws; he also was a very famous mapmaker and surveyor. By the time Thomas was eight; his father had surveyed the whole colony of Virginia. His father taught Thomas and his siblings to respect the slaves ââ,¬Å"Never ask another to do for you what you can do for yourself.ââ,¬Â� (Ferris, p. 11)

When Thomas was nine, his family moved away from Tuckahoe, but Thomas didnââ,¬â,,¢t follow his family. Instead he was sent by his family to the home of Reverend William Douglas, where Thomas would get the best possible education. Douglas was a strict Scotsman and teacher, He taught Thomas Greek, Latin, and French. Thomas went home to his family on Summer Vacations where he would catch up with his family and friends.

He began college in March of 1760 in the capital of Virginia, which was the center for culture. Thomas loved to entertain his guests and was invited to many dinner parties where he would tell jokes about a man named Arthur Lee who would love to argue with people. One of the jokes involved Lee overhearing a passerby saying that it was very cloudy that day, Lee responded ââ,¬Å"It is cloudy, sirââ,¬Â� Thomas would announce ââ,¬Å"but not very cloudy.ââ,¬Â� (Hargrove, p. 29) Thomas was one of the hardest studying students at his college; he mastered subjects such as calculus, physics, and Greek grammar. He left college in April of 1762; two years after he began college. Though he still went to study even more, he would become a student of law. In spring of 1764 Thomas attended a meeting of the Virginia Colony legislature where delegates were arguing about the tax on colonies of America from the British. Patrick Henry complained about the British and their taxes where after some Americans shouted ââ,¬Å"Treason!ââ,¬Â� but Thomas was impressed by Henry because he stood up for what he thought was right.

   Three years later, Thomas became a lawyer, even though he did not love his job. He spent most of his money buying books and studying even more.

Most well educated land owners were expected to enter politics, which Thomas Jefferson followed. Thomas ran for the colonial Virginia legislature and easily won in 1769. He was easily re-elected every two years.

In 1770, his house at Shadwell was burned down, every last one of his books were gone, everything but one violin and his family. He moved everything he could salvage and started to draw designs of a new house, which would become the famous Monticello home.

Thomas Jefferson was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses, Henry and George Washington and he had to attend a meeting. Before he left to attend the meeting, he wrote a lengthy essay describing his views on politics which was titled ââ,¬Å"A Summary View of the Rights of British America.ââ,¬Â� In it he questioned the laws and taxes that the British had put onto the American Colonies. Thomas became ill and couldnââ,¬â,,¢t attend the meeting after all, but he did end up sending a copy of his essay to Patrick Henry who did attend the meeting, but Henry did not show it to anyone. Henry must have been too lazy to read it or did not like it, as Jefferson said himself. But a man named Peyton Randolph saved a copy and made it widely available for reading, the British government read Jeffersonââ,¬â,,¢s essay and branded Jefferson a criminal.

He wrote a document called ââ,¬Å"Declaration of the Causes and Necessity for Taking up Armsââ,¬Â� in which it said the American Colonists war was justified and that America would win it and their independence (National Center. 2002). This document was seen as a fine writing by many politics at the time, and helped Jefferson be one of the top candidates to write the Declaration of Independence, which was signed on July 4th, 1776. Thomas always kept a copy of it at Monticello, his home, to show his visitors.

His ideas of a government were simple, individual freedom and achievement. He said no one should suffer for his own religious beliefs; he thought realistically and knew that people had their own opinions and ideas and let people speak of them freely.

Yet there is one huge contradicting factor in Jeffersonââ,¬â,,¢s idea of a government. He wrote in the Declaration of Independence that ââ,¬Å"All men are created equalââ,¬Â�, yet Jefferson owned eighty of his own slaves. His slaves would take care of his children, tend his crops, and build his house, Monticello. Half of the slaves were males under the age of sixteen; although he did think that slaves were supposed to be free one day, but never helped free them. He said that slaves were supposed to adapt to freedom for themselves, otherwise they would come back to their slave owners in fear of their new freedom. In 1784, he wrote the ââ,¬Å"Notes on the State of Virginia,ââ,¬Â� which very clearly stated the differences between white and black people. He wrote that blacks were inferior to whites, ââ,¬Å"Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate than that these people are to be free. [But] the two races...cannot live in the same government. Nature, habit, opinion has drawn indelible lines of distinction between them." (Miller Center of Public Affairs. 2007) He said that blacks were inferior, childlike, untrustworthy and, of course, as property. Thomas clearly noted that he could not see African-Americans to live in as free people in the American society.

Sally Hemmingway and Jefferson were suspected of having a relationship together; Hemmingway was a black slave of Jeffersonââ,¬â,,¢s. He was quoted that "[t]he amalgamation of whites with blacks produces a degradation to which no lover of his country, no lover of excellence in the human character, can innocently consent." (Frontline. 1996) Which spread a huge amount of controversy; Hemmingway had children that were very likely to be from Jeffersonââ,¬â,,¢s. There were DNA tests done in 1998 from the decedents of Hemmingway and Jefferson that showed there was a possible blood match between the two families (The Library of Congress.2002). Yet some contested against this, bringing more research in the year 2001 by the Thomas Jefferson Heritage Society; the end result confirmed that it is very possible that the children of Hemmingway were from Jefferson. Suspiciously in his will, he freed two of the six children of hers, but did not free Hemmingway herself. The only undeniable proof of the relationship will remain in the minds and souls of Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Jefferson Sally Hemmingway.

Thomas Jefferson tried to represent the common people; he didnââ,¬â,,¢t wear expensive clothing, he didnââ,¬â,,¢t have a big ceremony for the inauguration for his presidency, and he told people to shake his hand instead of bowing to him. He did everything for the good of the United States; he helped buy the Louisiana Territory, for $15 million, from the French which doubled the size of the United States at the time. Jefferson sent the now famous Louis and Clark to explore the new land. This didnââ,¬â,,¢t make the British very happy; they forced impressment on America in which the British would stop American ships looking for escaped British, and sometimes claiming that Americans were British, to help fight the French in the War of 1812. Jefferson placed the Embargo Act to resist the British; it stated that U.S. ships couldnââ,¬â,,¢t sail to foreign ports and that U.S. ports were to be closed off to foreign vessels. The act destroyed economy though, it was a complete disaster, though it ended right when Thomas left presidency.

When he did leave presidency in 1809, he retired to Monticello, in which he farmed, gardened, and experimented with new types of crops. As education was very very important to him, he did all he could to promote it. He submitted many ideas but were all rejected, yet the state legislative said he could build a state university. Jefferson hired faculty from all over the world and wrote up rules and regulations. He founded the University of Virginia in 1819.

The last few days of his life were in bed; he fell in and out of sleep until it was July 4th, the fifth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, one of his greatest works. He died on July 4th 1826 at the age of 83. Strangely enough, his good friend John Adams died the same day; they were the only two signers of the Declaration of Independence to become presidents. Before he died, he wrote the plans for his tombstone, including drawings and what he wanted the epitaph to say, ââ,¬Å"Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, of the statue of Virginia for religious freedom, and father of the University of Virginia.ââ,¬Â� (Santella, p. 43)

Thomas Jefferson is a great man who did the best for his country as he could; although, some may see him as a hypocrite because of his alleged relationship with Sally Hemmingway. He had some failures such as the Embargo Act, and he never got out of debt, but his successes were the pillar that the United States stands on to this day. He wrote the Declaration of Independence, which still is referred to, even 230 years later. His most incredible writing, Declaration of Independence broke America away from the British, distinguished religious freedom, and promised freedom to all Americans. Thomas Jefferson couldnââ,¬â,,¢t have done a better job as an American.

















Ellis, Joseph J. American Sphinx: The Characters of Thomas Jefferson. New York: Alferd A. Knoff, Inc. 1996

Ferris, Jeri Chase. Thomas Jefferson: Father of Liberty. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, Inc., 1998

Hargrove, Jim. Thomas Jefferson: Third President of the United States. Chicago: Childrenââ,¬â,,¢s Press. 2001

Rebecca Gates-Coon. ââ,¬Å"The Children of Sally Hemings.ââ,¬Â� The Library of Congress.2002. 8 April 2007 <http://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/0205/hemings.html>;

Santella, Andrew. Thomas Jefferson: Voice of Liberty. New York: Childrenââ,¬â,,¢s Press. 1999

Simpson. Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy. 1962,

ââ,¬Å"American President: President Thomas Jefferson.ââ,¬Â� Miller Center of Public Affairs. 2007 Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia. 8 April 2007 <http://www.millercenter.virginia.edu/academic/americanpresident/jefferson>;

ââ,¬Å"The American Presidents: Thomas Jefferson.ââ,¬Â� Caracus.  The Public Affairs Office of the Embassy of the United States. 6 April 2007 <http://caracas.usembassy.gov/wwwh272.html>;

ââ,¬Å"Jeffersonââ,¬â,,¢s Blood.ââ,¬Â� Frontline. 1996 WGBH Educational Foundation. 8 April 2007 <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/jefferson/quiz/12.html>;

ââ,¬Å"Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking up Armsââ,¬Â� National Center. 2002 The National Center for Public Policy Research. 9 April 2007 < http://www.nationalcenter.org/1775DeclarationofArms.html >

This is my term paper

[Daddy]

he was also named after by three cities, two universities, nine counties, and more than a handful of elementary schools.

That should be "Also, three cities, two universities, nine counties, and more than a handful of elementary schools were named after him".

Three years later, Thomas became a lawyer, even though he did not love his job. He spent most of his money buying books and studying even more.

That seems like it was just thrown in there.

Thomas Jefferson is a great man who did the best for his country as he could;

He died, use "was".

[The artist formally known]

Shut the fuck up

It wasn't because of my grammar, it isn't an English class.

[Daddy]

Shut the fuck up

It wasn't because of my grammar, it isn't an English class.

I was trying to help.    Teachers give you term papers for a reason. They factor grammar into your grades.


I almost failed AP US History because my essays sucked.    My final was awesome though.