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sutter-human nature

Lathan-reading response

Human nature

          I believe that all humans are born good. Right after you become self-aware then you are pretty much instantly flawed. I believe that everybody is flawed and that everybody makes mistakes every day. If you don't make mistakes, than you are the only in the world. I do think that some people are more flawed than others, but not everybody is the same.
          I believe this, because of my religion. Ever since Adam and Eve first sinned; the human race has been flawed. I also believe in this, because of experience. I know that I am flawed. I have never met anyone that isn't.

reading response

          Starting the Lord of the Flies, I was not very exited. The title did not interest me, and the first chapter was slow. Then again every book is like that. After reading chapter two and three I started to like the book. It has gradually gotten better since then.
          In Lord of the Flies the author uses vivid detail very well. He uses it to describe the physical setting of many places on the island and other things, such as pig droppings. one thing that interest me are that there are only boys on the island. Another is that everything is all related to pigs. I look forward to seeing how this book plays out.

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Lathan- free post

Ricky-Fall break post

reading response

          I have recently read Oogy. It is about a dog who was left for dead at an after hours service of a hospital. He had been near fatally injured as part of a dog fighting ring. A chance meeting of his forever family in the vet hospital. The levin's family was grieving the loss of their cat and Oogy filled that loss.
          The author uses vivid detail to describe the gruesome wounds of the dog. He also shows vivid detail when talking about how much his family loves this dog. The author then told with vivid detail the eight different operations this dog needed to survive. The author then uses setting to describe the vet and his house. Most of the novel takes place in his house in Philadelphia.

Fall break

          On Wednesday night I left Baton Rouge to go to the beach. I grabbed my bags and shoved them into the overloaded car. I jumped into the car and we were off. After the grueling car ride, I vaulted out of the car and grabbed my stuff and ran into the house. I quickly scoped out the house. I bolted upstairs to find the best room. There it was, a king sized bed, with my sisters bag on it!
           After arguing for thirty minutes I reluctantly gave in. I fell to a rock hard twin sized bed and fell asleep within twenty seconds. The next day, I woke up and was greeted with a blueberry bagel and the worlds best orange juice. I rode to the beach on my bike and relaxed there for the whole day. I repeated this process until the last day. I packed my stuff and we all went home.

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Gautam-response to an article

jackc- my procrastination experience

Should We Abandon Louisiana? In Some Ways, We Already Have

Zach Kopplin writes about the the media not broadcasting about the flood. He says that the "tragedy wasn't enough of a selling point-its the media conspiracy that gets people to care". I agree with this, because with my experience, the media will not cover a story, unless it is seen as a threat to people. The media feeds off of scaring Americans and worrying about something that is not even a big deal. It doesn't matter what the story is, as long as they have viewers. Most of the coverage for the flood was from local news stations. The major companies will even pay for the videos from the local news and use on their show and just steal the story. News stations bring realization to other areas during a natural disaster, such as the flood.
     I believe that climate change has and is affecting the weather. Other big natural disasters will start happening in other places around the world. Critics use global warming as a reason to give up and abandon Louisiana.  I believe Louisiana will not be forgotten or abandon because the Government would hopefully not allow that. According to Kopplin we should blame climate change.
     I feel very sorry for all of the flood victims, and am thankful that such a tragedy did not happen to me. I feel that history was made from this flood. Many people have learned what struggle means. If we abandon Louisiana we will be abandoning our culture and history. Rebuilding Louisiana is the best option, in my opinion.

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camping

          Every year my grandpa, my dad and my cousins all go on this annual camping trip. last weekend was it. Me and my dad got our 500 pounds of gear together, smashed it all into the car, and drove an hour to the woods. We then drove another twenty minutes through the woods on a little dirt path that was covered in mud. We arrived at the site, a little clearing of trees with our tents already set up.

          After throwing everything into the tent we then started building a fire. It wasn't that hard, because my grandpa dumped about a gallon of lighter fluid onto a pile of wood and threw a match into it. It looked like somebody had just thrown a grenade at my feet.After that was done, my grandpa gave us the rundown of the area, telling us where and where not to go. It turns out that the only thing we forgot to bring was bug spray. By the time we got out of there I was definitely anemic. even though it is a hassle and we got eaten alive, I look forward to the trip next year.

reading response

          I have recently read A&P by John Updike. This short story takes place in a small town outside of Boston in an A&P grocery store. It is about a young man that works at the local A&P. This man then sees three girls walk in, in bathing suits. He then quits his job.
          The author uses vivid details to clearly depict the girls. The author said that one of the girls was  wearing a "plaid green two piece. She was a chunky kid." I interpreted this as the man not liking the girls, but as they walked through the store, his opinion grew. The author showed great use of vivid details.