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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)

assignment #6

"Opinion is a flitting thing, but truth outlasts the sun -- if we cannot posess them both -- posess the oldest one"

To me, this means opinions change all the time, but the truth stays the same forever, so why believe something that changes and may not be real when you can believe and know the truth. I think we could use this in real life when we find a rumor about someone, instead of just believing that rumor you can go ask the person.

 

assignment #4: The Trombone

I am researching the Trombone, it is a brass instrument. This instrument can make higher or lower sounds depending on how the player buzzes his or her lips, and how far they pull the slide. The mouth piece is connected to the long bell. The mouth piece is also larger then a trumpet's making it's sound a lot calmer and deeper. Trombones can be up to 9 feet long when the slide is out all the way. The slide of a Trombone replaces valves, the more you pull out the slide the lower the sound will be. The slide trombone was invented in the 1300's. To play correctly, the player must be able to work their mouths and be able to push and pull the slide very fast in order to get the notes. Cleaning the mouth piece is like cleaning any other mouth piece, you wipe it down with cleaner and swab it, then of course dry it but that goes without saying. They can play in the treble clef or bass clef. The inventor of it I cannot find, but the first design for a Trombone came from an old English instrument called the Sackbut (push and pull in french). You assemble it by putting the mouth piece into place, and sliding the slide into the holes. You maintain it by putting it into it's case and cleaning it after each session.

Behind my name.

Behind My Name: Michelle

Before I started this assignment, I thought my name was just a name, because everyone had it at my first house.

I think my parents chose this name for me because the doctor suggested it when he first saw me.

After searching on Behind The Name and Baby Names I learned that my name means feminine Micheal, which is a bit of a let down.

Some other interesting things I learned are that my name is Hebrew, and Dutch. I didn't even think it COULD be Hebrew.

I think my name does not suit me because I've never really liked my name, I always thought it was an extremely common name almost every girl I knew had, including a strange old lady that lived on my street.

If I could give myself a new name, it would be Adele (ah-dell) which means Noble.