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 You can now view this blog on your cellphone or other devices. This is what the view would be if you were on your iPod. I'm also working very busily on my summer reading assignment! 

New Changes

I haven't been on this for almost two months! Anyhow i'm going to change the blog so it will match up for next years 10th Grade English Class. The title, sidebar, background and layout will greatly change from all of this. It should be completed by tomorrow morning. 

Last Post

The post before this was my last post for the year. I wonder if it will ever be used again next year for english class? Oh yeah this is also my ninetieth post on the blog!

                                            Schools Out on Tuesday!

Romeo and Juliet: Tybalts Death

I think Juliet will be upset about Tybalts death. However its because hes a Capulet and Romeo killed him and hes a Montague. However Romeo was just banished from the kingdoms so she will be sad that he is gone. 

The Worlds Stage

Well I dont watch anything or read anything by him besides now in English and wont even after im done with this class. His works are the most reproduced playwrights and was voted as Briton of the Millennium. He also has had a lot of films created in the last few years. The first film (the one were watching now) started the rest of them to be made. 

Romeo and Juliet

Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,


That must mean that there are two households and they take place in Verona...


From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.


Something long ago happened and the marriage or unity brought peace...

From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;


The two lovers are on different sides of some kingdom that have a grudge...

Whose misadventured piteous overthrows
Do with their death bury their parents' strife.


There adventures get them into trouble. When they die there parents anger goes away...


After this the passage goes on, but this is a example of what I could understand...

Custom Short Story

There once was a young lady and her fiance. The young lady was a singer and the fiance was a CIA agent but the lady didn't know that. They both needed a home so they bought a yacht. The couple went to the mall to buy furniture for the yacht. They went to the halloween store to look for some candy. They were passing by the costumes when the wife noticed one of the costumes looked to real. All of a sudden the costume which was of the killer in Scream jumped out and started attacking the lady. The fiance took out his gun and shot the killer. Both ran off with the mall security following them. That night they ordered all the furniture to be delivered to the shipyard the yacht was being built at. There was a arrest warrant on the news for the couple because of the shooting. They stayed inside there home until they received news that there yacht was done. The fiance bought airplane tickets and they both boarded the plane. Almost done with the flight a terrorist stood up screaming he was going to take down the plane. The CIA agent stood up and chased the terrorist into the cockpit where they fought. The terrorist was killed but the CIA agent was stabbed. They started descending toward a swamp in Florida near the shipyard. The couple escaped before the crocodiles started eating the passengers on the plane. The plane started to catch fire and blew up! The couple made it to the yacht where they found a bomb planted on the side. The fiance de-activated the bomb and the both started to sail away from land. They were sailing towards the Bermuda Triangle when they heard a strange noise. That strange noise was the killer from scream that had followed them. Both the lady and the fiance thought he was dead but he wasn't so when they found out it was him they tried to shoot him but they were out of ammo so he came on board and took off his costume and found out that is was there best friend they they have known forever when the lady found out she flipped out and called the police but they did not believe her so they had to go back to where it all started and try to talk to the police and say it was all a misunderstanding the friend said i never died i just waited for the mall cops to leave. The cops ended up believing them so before they left the cop asked the fiance your a CIA agent right? So his cover was blown and he was like "damn, I can't risk losing my job because then I would no longer be intitled to my lifelong supply of Fruit Loops. I have no choice but to kill all these people. So, he whipped a rubber duck out of his pocket and aimed it at the soon to be victims. He then squeezed it and yelled "Die evil doers! No one messes with my Fruit Loops!" Nothing happened.. Confused, the CIA agent scratched his head and stared at the duck. Everyone was silent. Then there was a sudden outburst of laughter from the mall cops followed by the wife and the friend and other police.  It was all a trick on the CIA. They thought it would be a funny prank to do on him. He took it more seriously than they thought he would. When he found this out he started to laugh with them. He couldn't believe he got tricked that easily. In the end the lady and her fiance got marries and they lived on the yacht together.

Community Service

Community Service is important to me because it takes work off of someones list of things to do. Were holding the Day of Caring to give back to the community. I think its a good thing were doing the Day of Caring, because it shows that we can give back to the community. I wish that there were more places to volunteer because it would offer more things to do. Im going to a graveyard and I don't see how I'm giving back since people pay for the lot to be cleaned. I also wish I wasn't going to the graveyard because I went there in 4th grade to give back and it also is gloomy to be in a place full of death.

William Shakespeare Facts

1. No one knows his exact birthday, so people guess near the time he was born
2. Shakespeare invented "assassination" the word
3. Shakespeare had 8 children in his lifetime
4. He lived through the "Black Death" or the plague 
5. He never attended a college or university 
6. In 1609 people took his literature and published it as there own without permission. 
7. Suicide occurs 13 times in books he has created
8. There are more then 80 versions to spell his last name
9. Some people believe that he Shakespeare was bisexual 
10. His Sonnets (love poems) were more gloomy and dark then nice and cheery

The Sniper (Short Story)

The story starts off with a Sniper on the roof getting ready to assassinate someone. A women spots him and he starts shooting at the women and a vehicle. The women is shot and the vehicle gets away. Across from him on a different rooftop a enemy fires and hits the sniper in the arm. The sniper treats his wound and plans on how to kill the enemy. He pretend to play dead after the enemy hit him and wait for the enemy to stand up. He kills his enemy and rushes across the street to see who the enemy is. It ends up being the snipers brother.

MaineCare Cuts

I don't use MaineCare so they can cut the money out of it. If I did use MaineCare then I would be against the cuts. As long as the elderly and children are taken care of then they can cut it. If they aren't going to be helped then they shouldn't cut it.

Of Mice and Men Essay (Banned)

Why would a piece of literature be banned in schools if it has been in the curriculum for years? Of Mice and Men has been banned in schools for a few reasons but here are three. One reason why it has been banned is because of the profanity used. Another reason why it has been banned, it has the killing of helpless animals. Finally it has violence in almost every chapter throughout the book. Now that we know more about the reasons why, lets look more in depth. 

Profanity is used constantly in the book especially the N word.  Some teachers believe that this is not acceptable, even though students already know this profanity. Some of the profanity is racist or isn’t acceptable in today’s culture. Such as this quote made by Curley’s Wife “Listen, nigger. You know what I can do to you if you open your trap.” Some parent’s disapprove of the language  and call the book “trash”. A teacher who was asked on his thoughts or memories of the book being banned said “One time a students parents came to me with a copy of the book with the profanity highlighted.”  

Throughout this book we see a countless number of animals that are killed. Lennie was given at a young age, a mouse from his Aunt Clara. We learn this when George throws away his dead mouse he found and talks about how Lennie shouldn't have any more mice or any pet. George says “That was your own Aunt Clara. An’ she stopped givin’ ‘em to ya. You always killed ‘em.” So first he would kill mice whenever he got them. One night in the bunkhouse a few of the workers offer to shoot Candy’s dog. Candy ends up letting the men shoot the dog but it left a great hole in his heart. Lennie also gets a puppy from Slim, which later on near the end is killed like all Lennie’s pets. Even though it’s read in high school, some students don’t like this. The reason they don’t like this is because they might have a pet and wouldn’t like this if it happened to there pet. 

Some scenes in Of Mice and Men range from violent to gruesome. Such as when Lennie and Curley get into a fight. The author describes the violence very good and how gruesome it would have been. In a quote by Slim he says “Looks to me like every bone in his han’ is bust” which describes the scene very well. Lennie killing Curly’s Wife was violent because he snapped her neck while suffocating her. In the sad ending George shoots Lennie in the back of the head. 

This is why Of Mice and Men has been banned in certain schools for years. From Profanity, Animal Cruelty and Violence it drove some parents over the edge and called it to be banned in schools. 

Raised Parking Garage Prices

To raise a $12.00 fee to a $21.00 fee is unfair and expensive. It won't help the shop owners because for that price you  can get cheaper items and more of it. Why don't they tax other things in the city? You already have to pay for meters, and parking garages so why make people pay more to park? So just keep them at what they are. 

Rough Draft Introduction

Of Mice and Men has a controversial history. It has been repeatedly banned by school boards. Why might this book have been banned? Is such an action justified?

Why would a piece of literature be banned in schools if it has been in the curriculum for years? Of Mice and Men has been banned in schools for a few reasons but here are three. One reason why it has been banned is because the profanity used. It makes people with disabilities seem like they are always getting into trouble and helpless. Finally it has violence in almost every chapter throughout the book. Now that we know more about the reasons why, let’s go more in depth in the topics. 

From here I would discuss the three topics and then wrap the essay up with a conclusion...

Of Mice and Men Poem

During Mice and Men the two men have a good plan that doesn't work out in the end. In the poem the mouse builds a shelter and is destroyed by the tractor or whatever runs it over. So it had a good plan that ended up not working out! 

Of Mice and Men Poem

Maybe it's how Lennie has issues and its like the mouse is Lennie and its how he sees the world? This poem was really confusing... 

Next Chapters of Mice and Men

I already know what will happen in the next few chapters. I didn't read the final chapter but instead learned from watching TV. A main character is reading the book so he talks about it to his family. What happens in the end is Lennie kills a puppy and Curley's wife discovers it and tries to console him. They end up in a struggle with Lennie killing the wife. Lennie runs off with George trailing behind and a angry mob with a few weapons. Lennie goes to the riverbed which is where the whole book started and gets some water to drink. George catches up and they talk about the farm plans and such. George takes out a gun and shoots Lennie in the back of his head. The mob arrives and asks what happened. George says he and Lennie got in a struggle. Some people believe the story and some don't. Then the story ends...

College Debts

I guess it depends on how much it will cost and what you want to be.  Some places that are large and hard to get into schools will cost a lot. I think local colleges are a good price for most things and it supports local! 

Spring Break 2012

For most of Spring Break I was sick with something. On Friday the 13th I got a Betta Fish which I named Squirt. Before that I went shopping at Walmart and Target where all I bought was a soda. The next day I woke up with a sore throat. On Sunday I woke up barley able to talk and when I did, I sounded like a smoker with one of those surgies with a hole in the neck. On Monday I woke up a little better and later on got a bottom feeder at PetLife in Millcreek and placed him in the tank. On Tuesday I was so much better but still had a sore throat. That night I went to the circus which was a lot of fun! On Wednesday I woke up with my nose stuffed up. Later on I went to Titanic 3D which was good but lacked 3D. It was still good to see it on the big screen. On Thursday I slept a lot of the day. On Friday I just hung around my house. On Saturday I cleaned my messy room which hadn't been cleaned for awhile. On Sunday I was doing some last minute homework and babysat my sister, for most of the day and spent a few minutes outside before the rain started. So I guess my vacation was ok but would have been much better if I wasn't sick!

Diploma Switch

I dont like the new bill because people could graduate at different times. You would have different age groups together that might not mix. I think however in some cases if a student has all the knowledge needed then they should be able to graduate. To graduate anyways you need to get so many credits so if you dont know the knowledge you have to retake the courses and you would finally learn the information.