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The legacy of the Chicago Bulls lives on today. They went down in history as one the greatest basketball teams ever. When the early 90’s hit that’s when the Chicago Bulls legacy really started. They went on to when six NBA championships. Do to the help of the owner, the vice president of the Bulls, and the determined players with a great coaching staff. That’s why their one of my greatest teams and why they went down in history.

With Jerry Reinsdorf at the owner position and Jerry Krause hired as Vice President/Basketball Operations the Bulls would then seek a coach that they could hold on to. Phil Jackson was named head coach after the replacement of Doug Collins on July 10, 1989. As a player Jackson had already spent 13 years in the NBA and 11 of those years with the New York Knicks. He was named Continental Basketball Association’s coach of the year in 1985; when his Albany Patroons of the NBA Development League went on to win the championship. Now the Bulls had Jackson to help them reach their goals along with some good solid players.

A player that you should be familiar with is Michal Jordan. If you are not familiar with Jordan playing for the Bulls then I’m sure you are with his sneakers. He had more than twenty pair of shoes named after him. Six pairs were worn during the Bull’s six championships by Jordan. He represented his team not only for winning championships but for winning individual awards like the slam dunk contest. He was selected to many all-star games; this man scored 65 points in one game. It’s safe to say he is one of the greatest of all time to play the game of basketball. He didn’t only score for the Bulls, but also was a terrific defensive player. For those championship seasons Jordan was on the All-Defensive First Team for the years of 91, 92, 93, 96, 97, and 98. Team work and defense was a major role played by Jordan and as a team captain, he stressed that a lot during practice and games.


Scottie Pippen was also apart of this legacy. He was signed by the Bulls on October 14, 1987 when Phil Jackson was assistant coach. Pippen helped lead this legacy in many different ways and was scattered across the NBA’s all-time leader board. He became fourth in steals (2, 307), ranked third in Bulls history with 5,726 rebounds and 774 blocked shots. A big role that Pippen played during building this legacy was playing team ball and doing all he could to stop the opposing team from scoring points. That’s why he was named one of the fifty greatest players of the 90’s.

The Bulls will always be remembered not only for what Michael did but how the team went on two three peats. They built this legacy by having phenomenal players, on greatness, and determination. They are now trying to build that greatness once again; with the phenomenal players being drafted out of college I wouldn’t be surprised if the bulls make themselves top contenders again. If those players don’t have determination then they won’t contribute to greatness nor reach the championship.

Independent reading

I have started reading the book Dirty Money written by Ashley & Jaquavis. This book a girl named Anari. she is a 14 year old living with her mother and brother in a run down projects. Anari mother was an drug addict who beat her and made her do all the chores. She was determined to leave that lifestyle. she then met this guy named Maurice who sold drugs and lived a notorious lifestyle whom she soon started living with after her mother died of an overdose. Anari became pregnant but she finished school and before she could tell Maurice the good news he was gun down.
This is beggining to be a good book I just hope that Anari finds a love that is not involved with drugs and soon live the life she wants with her brother and her own child.

The Rationalists

1.) The rationalists wanted to explain the achieve of life and explain natural through science.Instead of building a new religion they built a body of ideas that didn't revolve around a church. Though it was faith of science. An example that is going on to day of the puritans thought is total depravity, that everyone was born to sin so everyone is born to die. Examples of rationalist is that scientist today are still believing that the way of life is based upon math and science so when you age you are becoming closer and closer to death.





3.) Because relied upon himself and his own beliefs of knowing that he is was not perfect and that he wanted to work on it to arrive at perfection. Example from text; Because we can have any dependence on a steady uniform rectitude of conduct. For this purpose I therefor contrived the following method of creating virtues to arrive at moral perfection.







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• 1. unselfishness-fell free to give out/away something of yours.
• 2.wisdom-share your smartness
• 3.fairness-treat all the same.
• 4.attention-focus upon what you think is important.
• 5.forgiveness-no one is perfect, you can forgive but maybe wont forget.
• 6.health-take care of the body and mind.
• 7.responsibility-take responsibility for all of your actions.
• 8.self-confidence-comes from an attitude where you "promise yourself, no matter how difficult the problem life throws at you go for it."
• 9.self-respect-be gentle with your mind and body.
• 10.thankfulness-thank god every day for letting you see another day.
• 11.truthfulness-don't lie among yourself nor to others.
• 12.fortitude- ability to confront
• 13.encouragement-encourage others to do good even if its not returned!

I think that you can live up to moral perfection by making up virtues. If you do all of these things each and every day maybe even more then its a good chance that every thing in life that you ever wanted could actually come to you.Making virtues aren't to bad. They don't only help you at achieving moral perfection but also at being a better human being.

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3. Total depravity, since Adam and Eve became sinners then everyone was born sinful.

Unconditional election, God saved only a certain few the others would be thrown into the pits of hell.

lit 11 project

2.These people beliefs were kind of insane, because they were basically saying that almost everyone was going to hell. They said that Jesus didn't die for everyone that it was only a certain few. It may be true that everyone was born to sin but I still think there is always a time to earn gods grace. The way that the puritans thought I'm not saying its wrong I just don't believe that its accurate.

Lit 11 project

1. The puritains believed that all humans were born sinners. They also believed that god saved only a certain few people and jesus didnt die for all people. They thought if you were not one of the chosen that everyone else was going to hell. There was no way to earn gods grace if you was not already selected by him and that it was up to the saints to interpret the word of god.

2.These people beliefs were kind of insane, because they were basically saying that almost everyone was going to hell. They said that Jesus didn't die for everyone that it was only a certain few. It may be true that everyone was born to sin but I still think there is always a time to earn gods grace. The way that the puritans thought I'm not saying its wrong I just don't believe that its accurate

3. Total depravity, since Adam and Eve became sinners then everyone was born sinful.Unconditional election, God saved only a certain few the others would be thrown into the pits of hell.