Week 5 Comments

Alex H: Flash

Sydney S: The Woods

Short Story

I was walking down the street when I saw a coffee shop. I really wanted coffee so I went to get some from the coffee shop. I find a long snaking line out the door of the coffee shop. I really don’t know if I want coffee anymore. I still do and I get my rich dark roasted coffee. I sit down at a coffee table. I wonder where they got the name coffee table from. The chair is just a dark wood, maybe maple or oak. I don’t really know my woods very well. I drink my coffee slow and meticulously. I walk out and get on with my day.

Harrison Bergeron

The short story of Harrison Bergeron is a very interesting story. We get a view into a society that everybody is equal. This equality doesn’t seem equal, but to our characters it is what they have. Which poses the level 3 question, “What is Equality.” This can be interpreted in many ways and I am not the sort of person to interpret this text. You need to be an English major or a scholar of the future, but let’s face it, future scholars aren’t a thing and don’t happen to have an English major in my house. Moving on, there are other questions about this text that I would love to crack down on.

There are many questions to pose about this text and the level 2 question I have for you, ha rhyming, is if your where in this position would you over through your government as Harrison tried to do? Sorry readers, spoilers! Anyway I honestly think I would try but I would get shot down by the head mistress, reference!!! The next level one question I have is would it be possible for the government to keep coming up with devices that weigh you down for these overly unhindered people. I don’t know maybe you could answer this for me comments!! All and all, I think this is a short story that has a lot of classroom potential and is actually good to read. I would recommend it to anyone who hasn’t read it, but most of you have.

Week 4 Comments

Week 4 Comments

Alex H: Dear 12 year old

Anna H: Dear 13 Year Old

Dear Younger Person

Dear 10-year old,

There will be a lot of challenges in you life. I suggest that you just stick through it. You will feel like giving up. Just push through it. Also use good grammar in your e-mails. School will be tough and you will probably want to quit. If you quit or don't try it will be very hard in high school. Trust me, it is hard as it is.

The other thing you need to consider is family and free time. There is a fine balance of school, family, and free time. I really mean this. I had to take some time out of my day for free time. I also complete my school work. You must find a good balance in life. That is crucial to your success as a person in life. Please follow this advice.


Sincerely,
Ryan

The House of Hades

The book is peaking at this point. The heroes are still separated and people are going down. They have lots of problems. I am really wondering why the heroes need to have so many monsters attack. That is all this book is. It is just monster attacks. Every moment of the book their are monsters. Their is no down time.

Anyway, now that I have that out of my system I will talk about how people in this book are separated. There are two groups of people. One group is in the underworld and the others are above ground. This is a very good writing mechanic to have in this book. It gives the book more depth. I really like this and if it is in the other books of series, I will read them.

Katrina post

Katrina was a devastating occurrence. I watch some of a documentary for this blog and it was very informative. It was sad that people were still left in the city, but most of them choose to stay or they didn’t have transportation. I also never knew that the Super Dome’s roof was blown off by Katrina. This to me was an astonishing thing. The video said that the building was built to withstand 200 mph winds, that is so crazy.

I also thought to myself, could it of been a government officials fault for more people dying. Should they have called an emergency evacuation earlier. Some say yes and others no. I guess it is just how you look at it. I didn’t realize that New Orleans was as poor as it was. The city’s poverty rate was double the national average. This hurricane (hopefully) will be the worst hurricane that the U.S.A will have to prepare for. I hope that we have learned that we need to prepare better in the future.

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