This weeks assignment: Imagine you live in the "Gilded Age"and you are writing a note to put in a time capsule to be opened in August 2010. Describe some of the things happening in your time.

The "Gilded Age". A time of optimism, worry, delight, of poverty and corruption. I never thought it was possible to be filled with so much emotion at the same time. Americans now have washing machines, sewing machines, stoves and factory produced clothing. It is amazing how life can be so much easier because of these inventions. America now has leisure time. Unfortunately not everyone has enough time to enjoy these luxurys, and I blame it one the immigrants.

It seems as though hundreds of immigrants pour into our country every week. They're taking jobs that are mean't for American citizens only. The immigrants are crowding up America. With all this polution and dirty water, it sometimes feels as though I am choking. At first I thought, "When one place gets too polluted, we can just move on." But now, I realize that is not the truth. We need to keep our drinking water pure, and the rivers and beaches clean, and Gifford Pinochet is one of the few who realize this.

Some people call this time the "Progressive Era". The populists take it as their duty to spread the word of Americas current problems, while the Progressives put their ideas and thoughts into actions. The Progressives are fighting for childrens education, they're fighting the problem of business monopolies, higher pay and lower hours for workers, and the problem of waste of our natural rescources. To sum it all up, I'm living in the age of extremes.