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The first question on our book "Wounded" was "How do you think Marcus's family felt when his father had his time out at war extended? How do you think the family's dynamic might change when he returns?" A few good responses came up, the first comment was made by Mateen, he explained how all of Marcus’s family had been crushed when the father left for war. He then commented again about how detailed Eric Walters is when he writes (He said it sounds like a "fellow army man" is writing it, does that mean you’re in the army Mateen? ). Reshad also came up and he agreed that the family is down because they had to wait three more months to see their father. Kyle afterward made a small comment agreeing that they were upset. Skylar made a point about the dad being tired when he finally arrived at home, and the family will be overwhelmed with joy, and also that the family changed him. Reshad wrapped up the chat with a short sentence about post dramatic stress disorder and the back of the book. Most of these comments agreed with each other, that the family is sad because the father is out longer.

Baby Brawl

ಠ_ಠ oh dear. The brawl over the gender of Ms.Crosbie's baby has begun! Doubt it can be stopped, so, Its gonna be a boy!

Wounded Discussion Question #1

How do you think Marcus's family felt when his father had his time out at war extended? How do you think the family's dynamic might change when he returns?


I think his family felt crushed, because they had to wait another 3(?) months to see the father. I know I would've felt horrible if my father was gone for most of the year.  I think the family dynamics will change greatly, Megan would no longer need her "daddy pillow" because she'd have no reason for it, The Mother would stop her anxiety cleaning and try to quit smoking, and Marcus would be able to stop worrying and finally take a breather.

Ethical Gifts (assignment #9)

 For this assignment my class had to visit four different charities. These charities all offer gifts for developing countries (i.e: clean water, live stock, food.) for donations. These charities were; Oxfam, the Salvation Army, Plan Canada, And World Vision.

Ms.Crosbie gave us all $100 to spend on gifts (imaginary of course, if she had that money she'd probably be in Italy right now.) she said to get the most bang for our buck.

With my 100, I got four different gifts that I really think will make a difference, all from Plan Canada too.

Emergency Food Rations ($20.00)  All the nutrients you need to survive an emergency situation.
Home Birthing Kit            ($25.00)  This kit will help the mother deliver her baby and also help it grow.
Endless Harvest               ($40.00)  With this gift families recive tools, seeds, and lessons how to keep
                                                          away the pests.

3 Baby Chicks                 ($15.00)  With these chicks people (mostly women) will learn how to take care of
                                                        poultry and also provide business for them (selling the eggs if you
                                                         didn't figure that out)