Outside Reading

I read the second part of the book and in this section, Josie gets out of the hospital for her injuries and sees her friend Haley in the hospital and realizes she is much better off then some people. Peter continues to deny doing anything wrong in the shooting. He thinks he was protecting himself and getting revenge on everyone that picked on him. Josie continues to miss matt terribly and cries often for him. This reminds me of any sort of catastrophe because people lose their lives and the families suffer terribly. It is hard on everybody close to the person that died. A quote that shows this very well in the book is "Dead was dead. When you died, you did not get to come back and see waht you were missing. You didn't get to apologize. You didn't get a second chance."(Picoult 114). This quote shows that you have to live every day to the fullest and not regret anything because you never know when it will be your last.

Spontaneous word poem

At school yesterday, a tree jumped
At lunch, a student ran
The number 3 is sweet to me
Vinegar fills the air and
music from the choir fills my ear
A plane flys by in the sky
out the window, shoes walk
i wonder why
They slip and slide and bike on by
Students talk in the shade of the sun

Blog 1

I am reading the book Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult. In the first part of the book, a school shooting happens. On March 6th 2007, a boy named Peter shot at kids at his school. He brought two guns to school because people had picked on him since he was in kindergarden. His parents had no idea that he was getting picked on or even upset. The beginning part of this book was very intense. The beginning of this book made me think about the shooting at Columbine High school. These two school shootings are similar becuse they were both horrible experiences for everyone involved. Also, they both happened very unexpectadley. The shooter in both high schools killed alot of people. Nobody had any idea that the student would do something like that. Even though the book Nineteen Minutes isn't true, it still relates very closely with the shooting at Columbine High school.

Poems

So much of spring depends
upon
the brown crunchy leaves
lying on the ground
The sun beating down
warming the earth
The sky blue,
and the soft breeze
blowing through my hair

So much depends
upon
a small, shiny wrapper
holding a brown soft piece of chocolate
melting in my mouth

Outside Reading 15

I found a short story in Chicken Soup for the Teen soul called Two Percent Is Enough. This story is about a little girl named Krissy who was sick from the day she was born. She was always weaker then other kids and as soon as she turned 4, things turned to the worst. She got a fever, high blood pressure, nonstop vomiting and her feet turned purple. She was taken to the emergency room and diagnosed with glumerulonephritis. She was given a 2% chance of survival. She recieved the right treatment and is now healthy and playing 4 sports. She says that even if you are given a 2 percent chance of survial, thats all you really need to get through and overcome the odds.

Chicken Soup for the Teen Soul by Multiple authors.

Research Project Blog

In this article i found on the Kashmir conflict was very clear on what each side wants in this conflict. Both India and Pakistan have nuclear weapons, so if another war is going to start, both sides have a weapon. They both have fighter jets and ballistic missels that could be armed with nuclear warheads. India wants Pakistan to cease cross-border terrorism launched by groups that want Kashmir to be with Pakistan. Pakistan wants a plebiscite, which is when Kashmir and Jammu would vote on which country they want to join, but India refuses this.

Kashmir". Washington Post. March 18 2009 .


"Flashpoint Kashmir: Special Report". BBC. March 22 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/355280.stm.


Mahmud, Ershad. "Kashmir: Conflict In a Peaceful Valley". World News. March 22 2009 http://article.wn.com/view/2009/03/01/Kashmir_conflict_in_a_peaceful_valley/.

Outside Reading 14

I recently found an article on how Obama and his wife cant go out on dates anymore, so they have to get creative and find their own way to go out by themselves. Even though they are very busy all day everyday, they always put family first in any situation. This shows their love for eachother and their family is huge. I think that is very important for any family. Carol Bruess, says the Obama's seem like a very happily married couple. "When they speak of one another, there is this deeply embedded respect for each other, an adoration." President Obama told a reporter that he cannot wait to continue family dinners in the White House. This shows that he really loves spending time with his family, which is very important.

http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/family/39207502.html?elr=KArks7PYDiaK7DU2EkP7K_V_GD7EaPc:iLP8iUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU