Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, A Modern Prometheus Anticipation Guide

1. The key to all emotional healing can be found in nature.
   -agree

2. Nature is filled with harsh cruelties.
   -disagree

3. A person’s priorities should place family before work.
   -agree

4. Enjoying life is more important than pursuing fame, glory, and knowledge.
   -disagree

5. Those born with social and financial advantages have a responsibility for those who are not.
   -Disagree. Everyone is born with their own responsibilities for themselves and their families, if they have one. Just because someone has money doesn’t make them more superior and in charge of other people’s lives. If someone is rich and likes to help the poor people then it’s a different situation because they’re willing to share their wealth with others but no one is forcing them. Otherwise, everyone depends on themselves. People don’t always suffer because of financial issues; some may have issues with their family, loved ones or even disliking their jobs, that maybe an issue. Those who are “born with financial advantages” can’t do anything about it. As people say “money can’t buy happiness” and that’s one important issue people face. Whether they’re rich or poor. The social advantages depends on how people would interpret it but if its for having connections with important people and being able to call a friend and get a job for someone then that maybe an aspect where wealth and connections make someone responsible for another. Yet again only if they wanted to do something good for a person, they’re not inclined to do so. If nobody asks for any favors then these fortunate people have nothing to worry about other than themselves.

6. Ignorance is bliss.
   -agree

7. The pursuit of knowledge is a volatile quest.
   -disagree

8. Someone’s ego (over-inflated sense of self-worth or superiority) will cause a tragic fall.
   -agree

9. Children learn their behaviors by watching and mimicking adults.
   -agree

10. Most people are basically cruel.
    -disagree

11. Society makes a person whatever he becomes.
    -agree

12. The “disenfranchised man,” who finds himself unable to live within society for whatever reason, is someone for whom we should feel sympathy or reverence.
    -agree

13. Rejection and mistreatment can manifest themselves in a person becoming rage-filled.
    agree

14. If a person or an animal is treated with cruelty, he will respond to others in the same way.
    -agree

15. Those people we deem “monsters” in today’s society are merely misunderstood.
    -Agree, not every person we consider a “monster” is bad. They may have issues and take them out on others but that doesn’t mean that they are not human or have feeling just like everybody else. In our society we think that bullies are cruel, monstrous and dangerous but in reality they suffer from insecurity and other issues from their past. Yet at the same time we think that there is a good side to them, they don’t mean what they do and there’s potential in making them better people. Well I believe that applies to everyone in our society. Especially the ones who have certain defects like pedophiles and most delinquents. We just judge them and consider them bad because we do not know enough about them. We haven’t lived their past. We misunderstand them and treat them rather harsh thus they have no chance of developing the good side inside them and that’s what encourages them to keep doing bad things. In my opinion that most caused defects are due to problems growing up for example child abuse makes the child himself violent as they grow older and gives them satisfaction from causing pain to others. Even though there is little chances of helping them, instead we could try preventing that by raising awareness and trying to put ourselves in their shoes.

Perspective Piece TKAM

Reverend Sykes asked me to take Scout home; I was so focused in the case that I didn’t bother replying ‘till he asked the second time. I muttered to Scout to take Dill and go home since I was so absorbed in thought and didn’t bother me much if they’d stay or go. They were jus’ lil kids not like they’d get anything anyway. But usual lil Scout always challenging me, making me scoule furiously, she knew I didn’t wanna leave. I told Reverend Sykes that “it’s okay she doesn’t understand it.” Then Scout’s usual lil self interrupts in and says “I most certainly do, I c’n understand anything you can”. Right that minute I told her to hush and repeated that “she doesn’t understand it, Reverent, she ain’t nine yet”. I could tell Reverend Sykes turnin’ anxious and he asked “Mr. Finch know you all are here? This aint fit for Ms Jean Louise or you boys either”. All I could do was shake my head and say that he couldn’t see us this far away either, it was all right. We were safe I thought to myself. I would not leave now either, not when I am anxious to know what will happen next anyway.

TKAM Thinking Map

TKAM Anticipation Guide

2. It’s never justified to hate another person.
Agree: There is no reason why anyone would or should hate another. It won’t do them any good and hate is a very strong feeling and is usually caused by holding on to grudges for too long. Most people forget what the problem was in the first place yet continue to hate which is really unreasonable. That also could lead to extreme reactions like hurting or killing the hated ones. This causes the problem to get bigger and worse. Most people wouldn’t hate a person they may just strongly dislike them but like to express it as hate. No matter how big an issue is there should not be such thing as “hate” it doesn’t even make sense. Whether it’s over a big issue or not. Hating does not solve anything in fact it makes matters worse over time.

For example if someone hates another for saying something bad about them then they do the same and telling other people that she hates her and she hates her back. This shows insecurity and the problem just grows and gets totally out of control. All because someone said something bad and the other couldn’t accept an apology they had to take “revenge” which is another major factor of hate. It’s like a little sequence of events building up. Also people get bored of hearing the same story over and over again, they finally give up on trying to help solve the issue and just pretend that they’re listening but actually they’re dreaming. The more hate is expressed the less people would like that person who is going on and on and on repeatedly about the issue. Others would think that the person has nothing better to do other than talk about their problem with that person and why they hate them. After a while it gets really annoying. Therefore personally I think hate shouldn’t even exist. It causes a lot of pointless issues and arguments over nothing. It won’t do you anything good if your bragging gets others bored of you and you end up losing friends attentions.

5. Our race is not what defines us.
Agree: Some people who come from countries with stereotypes regarding ethnicity and culture are not usually the way people describe them. At least for most. It usually depends on whether a person wants to be kind, well educated and open minded or just simply closed up and disrespectful. Always negative towards themselves and society and their actions would be harmful most of the time. It’s them who decide for themselves. Unless for some political issues then they would use their race as an excuse to defend their actions. We are all equal individuals who decide their destiny by themselves. No one is better than the other and everyone is special and talented in their own ways. Some are not so obvious some are because they have been bragged about and proven to the world.

It shouldn’t matter where people come from or what their social class is. Since development, technology, maths, sciences and all the other inventions that were made were from almost all over the world. There was no country or continent dedicated to supplying the knowledge to everyone else. There was cultural diffusion between continents; everyone would learn something new wherever they would travel to. This was mostly influenced by trade. When people would trade goods they would learn something new. For example when silk and spices were discovered in Asia, the people who bought it off learned how to use it and when they gave their goods in exchange they taught the other people how to use them as well. This would be sharing of knowledge between different people. It didn’t matter where they were from or how rich they were. What matters the most was how people were communicating and learning new things from each other. Therefore race does not make a person, it may just influence some aspects of their lives like I mentioned culture but it doesn’t mean that they have to grow up with that culture and its traditions. They can come from the other side of the world but are born in Spain and they have adapted to Spanish traditions thus their race is no longer a factor of their life or it just doesn’t influence them as much.

Gist Statement

Setting
Moscow
Uhov

Character
Doctor
Sasha
Sashkin

Conflicts
Embarrassing
Irony
Gratitude
Candelabra
Gaudy

In a petite town on the outskirts of Moscow, known as Uhov, lived a little 10 year old boy. Sashkin had only moved to the new town two years ago after his mother passed away. He was still struggling get used to his new home, especially since people didn’t treat him nicely. He had missed his friends a lot. Sashkin had a psychological problem after his mother and moving into the town she was born in didn’t help him either. Sashkin’s case began to worsen day by day and even though his father knew what was wrong, he decided to take his son to a normal doctor instead of a psychologist. Just because it was embarrassing for the family and he didn’t want people to think his son was going crazy. Sashkin was raised very well and was full of gratitude. He never disobeyed his father or answered back. Therefore his father decided to throw a surprise party for his only son for his 12^th birthday. He invited all of Sashkin’s friends from school and their parents. One of the boys in his class was called Sasha. That was the full name for Sashkin. But Sasha was far from being kind or loved. He had an attitude and was very rude and impolite. He always disrespected people and answered back to his teachers and parents. He had a gaudy character that made everyone cautious. But where ever he went he always wanted to leave a littler reminder of him. This time there was a beautiful crystal vase-like candelabra decorated with pure gold and diamond custom made. This was a gift for Shashkin’s mother for her wedding. She loved it with all her heart and sine it was from her father in law. Sashkin loved this candelabra because it was a small reminder of his mother. He took great care of it and would always dust it or wash it carefully every weekend just like old times when his mother would always say: “Be careful with the diamonds, be gentile because it’s fragile”. The moment Sasha spotted it, he put on a suspicious smirk and made his way towards it. Sashkin realized so he called his father to offer some parents a drink. Then when his father arrived with the tray, he asked Sashkin to remove the candelabra and place it in the glass cupboard. That immediately threw Sasha off guard and ruined his plan. Ironically he walked into a table and tripped and bashed his face against the wood. Everyone was laughing but Sashkin’s father rushed to get the first aid while Sasha’s parents were helping him get up and giving him tissue to wipe off the blood. Sasha learned his lesson, what goes around comes back around. Karma will get you back sometime when you least expect it.

Teachers brainwashed by D.S

After a long, tiring school trip for a volleyball tournament, the team was finally heading back home. While waiting in the airport at Bratislava, reporters say there was a bag left at a corner without any owner’s tag or any other information. While the team’s coach and English teacher was on her way heading to the bathroom (innocently and minding her own business), she passed by the “suspicious” bag. Suddenly the bag moved slightly and caught the coach’s attention. She thought she was hallucinating for a moment but then she went to examine the bag before reporting it to airport security. As she was getting closer and closer something magical occurred, so rapid that it only took less than seconds to arise. The coach was HYPNOTIZED. Walking awkwardly and faintly she decided to go back and join her fellow students and colleague. The students noticed something different when they saw her eyes rolling towards the Nintendo D.S and cherishing it preciously. She gently asked for it so they don’t realize that there was anything wrong. While she was playing fiercely, the students were reading apart from two who were surfing the internet and weren’t affected by the spell. Thankfully this spell only lasted for half an hour if it hadn’t been for the 2 girls who weren’t hypnotized into reading or playing the D.S. Reporters also stated that the girls had informed the security about the “magical hypnotizing” bag and asked them to handle it gently while they travelled back safely.

shabanu glog

My Easter Break

Last day of school I went downtown with Eleni and it started raining really hard. We rushed back to school to get our bags and wait for Jess to finish her after school activity. When we got to school we were totally soaked, as if we’ve been dumped in a pool and taken out. Later then we went to the cinema and watched a superlative movie. Saturday was the Catholic Easter and I don’t really remember what I did. On Monday I went to the mall with some friends. Tuesday I went shopping with my mum and aunt it was alright not so fun though. I spent the rest of the week at home watching TV, sleeping and sometimes going over to my aunt’s house. On the Orthodox Good Friday I went church for a bit then went to visit other churches as well. 

Saturday afternoon I was getting ready to go to church at nigh. I went with my oldest brother. When we got back him my 2^nd eldest brother had arrived with some friends. It was the 1^st Easter we’ve had as a complete family since my brother left for university. We spent the night talking, drinking and then we had an Easter feast at midnight. Sunday we had a barbeque with the guests that had come to visit.

The last week of my vacations I mostly spent my time reading books and watching movies. I also went to my aunt’s house again, went out with some friends, watched TV and continued sleeping. On Thursday night I had 2 incoherent nightmares that made me have profound thoughts and got me really worried. Although thinking at night before I go to bed is kind of a habit.  

Tornado Chasers (Twister film critique)

Twister (1996) is an adventure, action, romance and thriller movie about tornadoes and their effects. Directed by Jan De Bont and written by Michael Crichton and Anne-Marie Martin. Starring Helen Hunt (as Dr. Jo Harding) and Bill Paxton (Bill Harding) who are scientists that were married and they’re now trying to get divorced. But things didn’t turn out the way Bill Harding wanted them to do so. When they are trying to sign the papers of the divorce, the weather changed and finally the largest storm they had been preparing for was about to occur. This storm is very important because it had hit a city before and it has come back to hit Oklahoma. This storm is a very important event for both Jo and Bill because meteorologist Harding had been preparing a machine that would be able to help advance the warning system from 3 seconds to at least 15 minutes. In order for people to be able to evacuate and be more cautioned. Thus both Dr. Jo and Bill had to “plant” this machine inside the tornado. But both Jo and Bill face many problems and competition between another group of scientists that had basically copied Bill’s idea.

The movie would have been interesting to me if I hadn’t been living in the “technology” world, since the movie was based on improving the tornado warning system. Now we live in a world that is more developed and new ideas, experiments and scientific related stuff is like an aspect of daily life. As a scientist I should be very proud of this and in fact I am because this shows how much science has developed over the past years and the improvements we made affected the world today. Also I didn’t quiet like the movie much because as usual movies have very unrealistic parts and effects to make people believe in them and have an influence on them in a way. An example is when the tornado hit the area they were taking a break in, and they went “underground” no one was hurt or injured by the falling pieces of metal or poles collapsing. Another scene was when they stood under the wooden bridge and the top wood part totally came off when the tornado hit. This is totally unrealistic because tornadoes are the “nature’s most violent storms”. Sometimes tornadoes hit very fast without giving any warnings as we all may know, especially people who live in areas with a lot of tornadoes occurring at once, therefore it could be impossible to know when a tornado could really take place and warn people 15 minutes earlier because they develop super fast. They could also be transparent until they pick up any dust or debris. Tornadoes form when the warm air rises from the ground and meets the cooler yet drier air and then the moisture in the warm air condenses and forms a huge thundercloud. Therefore this causes the tornado to form in a funnel shape. The F5 tornado they referred to in the movie basically causes massive damages. The winds blow at 261 mph and are able to life houses from their solid foundation and throw them miles away. Although the F5 is a very dangerous storm, it’s rare in a way. There are only 1 percent of these types of tornadoes that cause this damage, which can be classified as the F5. Others could be F1 also known as the “moderate damage category” they may cause less damage but are still dangerous.

On the other hand the movie has managed to keep the suspense and the great influence on the viewers until the end. This shows that it’s partially scientifically true and has some supporting ideas and facts about tornadoes. It also had this great effect that made things seem real in a certain way, for example when they were under the tornado the effect of them being sucked into the tornado seemed really although as well all saw, the tornado didn’t manage to suck them in. In the picture to the write is a photo of the area's in the U.S that are mostly affected by Tornadoes.

Thanks for checking out my theory about tornadoes and my critique about the movie (twister). I shall be updating my site with any new information and experiments about tornadoes that I will receive as soon as possible. So please don’t forget to stop by and check if I have anything new to inform you.
Yours Sincerely,
Dr. Mariam Awadalla, meteorologist specialized in tornadoes and any other types of winds and is a professor at University of California.

Shabanu anticipation guide

1. It is possible to experience love at 1st sight:
Disagree -because sometimes people can “love” a person according to their looks and actions but don’t know them. I believe that love at first sight only exists in fairytales, movies or stories. I think that people should spend sometime together to get to know each other so then they can decide whether to like him/her. Also choosing people for their personalities and not just their looks. Although sometimes you don't have to choose someone who has a good personality but looks totally hideous. Try maybe going for a person who you trust that is going to be a good "soul mate" and you can trust him or her.


2. 2 complete strangers stuck on a deserted island could learn to love one another:
Agree- because it depends on what type of love. The type where they have to like each other to cooperate and depend on each other for survival or the real love where they get to know each other more. If it’s a boy and a girl maybe they could love each other when they get to know one another and understand each ones point of view in different things and their likes and dislikes. In addition they might have to like each other in order for them to respect one another and learn to be happy and live together until they are rescued maybe?

3. It is a good thing to sacrifice your happiness for the desires of others:
Disagree- because you should also care about yourself and your feelings as well otherwise you would keep on helping people and forgetting your life and happiness just to please others, even if they don’t help you or be there for you or even appreciate what your doing for them. Also people should enjoy their lives because life is short so they should live it up to the "max" and worry about themselves first then others. Also sometimes most people would deny the favor you did for them to be happy or to help them. they would basically just deny it because they don't want to owe anyone or for any other reasons.

4. Women in your society are free citizens:
Disagree- because in some traditions and places women have no rights in public events, family life or jobs. Also women are known for taking care of children and being housewives. Some women don’t get to finish university because they’re either poor or getting married. Also some women can’t wear certain clothes because of traditions, religions or just because their husbands don’t want them to. Even sometimes women aren't supposed to drive in some traditions and the only person who's allowed to drive is the man/husband. That's because the man is supposed to be stronger than a woman and usually men are known as the "head" of a family in some cultures and countries and everyone has to follow them.

The Outsiders Critique

I preferred the movie better because I could visualize what was happening instead of imagining the scenes while reading. That’s because when I read books I’m busy concentrating on what I’m reading that I don’t imagine what’s happening. Therefore I don’t understand the story. Although the Outsiders book was good and detailed, unlike the movie, I didn’t visualize what was happening unless it was explained. Sometimes books can be exciting but most people are not bothered to read thus they wait for the movie instead.

Most parts of the movie were very different because they were restated by the screen adapter. Some were even skipped. The rewriting also had scenes that weren’t mentioned in the novel, just because the director wanted to make things clearer or replacing the skipped scenes. An unnecessary scene was when pony boy’s parent’s car was apparently crashed by a train. That wasn’t mentioned in the novel but I think they placed it in so it made things clear for the people to understand, if they haven’t read the novel, that his parents had passed away. Another totally random and out of the blue scene was when Dally saw the little kid’s playing cards and chased them, just because he disliked little kids. Yet again the screen adapter or the director maybe wanted to present the characters and their personalities. I think that maybe instead of most useless scenes they could have replaced them with more important events. Such as: the court scene where the judge has to decide whether Ponyboy and Sodapop could stay with Darry or get sent to foster homes. After all scenes were expected to be left out since it’s a movie. The part I got confused at the most was when ponyboy started and ended the movie by writing his story. If we haven’t read the book in class, we would have thought that the director wasn’t bothered to explain why he did that. I think that just before he ended the movie, he should have mentioned something about his bad grades in English. Therefore he had to write this story.

Other than the differences, there were some similarities. Most similar scenes that were adapted from the novel weren’t detailed enough. A scene that was true to the novel was when Dally was being flirtatious with Cherry V. at the drive “open air” theater. Another scene was when cherry talked to ponyboy and said that she has never seen him before and when she told him he was quiet young for high school. These two scenes were the same as the book. There was also a scene in a different setting with Ponyboy and Cherry Valance as well and she told him that “things are rough all over”, even if it was with the Socs or greasers. These were some examples of the similar scenes.

I enjoyed reading the book with the class because it was more interesting. If I had to read it on my own, I would have taken it back to the library, or wherever I got it from, after reading the first few pages. I would have also watched the movies 1st if I have heard about it before the book so I could compare them both. I liked it when our teacher forced us to read it as a class novel so I could have learned about some of the troubles young people and poor people had to go through years ago. Especially the poor kids without parents to be there for them, support them, take care of them and show them that they really love them. Unlike the Socs whose parents just bought them what they wanted because they thought that that meant loving them. Although money can never buy love, people have to show love by caring about others and maybe sometimes being harsh on them for their benefit. Like what Darry was doing to Ponyboy because he cared about him and wanted him to grow up and have a future.

Episode: the healthiest meals on earth
Date:
Time: 19:16
Website: http://www.success-talk.com/index.asp?s=s&sd=4667&hd=119&ch=30&affnum=0

Episode description: “The Healthiest Meals on Earth helps you live a longer, healthier, and tastier life! This new book by acclaimed nutritionist Dr. Jonny Bowden combines ingredients that promote long-term health to create meals that will literally save lives. Studies show that eating the vital ingredients featured here as part of a balanced diet can cut the risk of heart disease by three-quarters, boost overall heart health, and add years to your life.In addition, the carefully composed meals contain foods shown to help the liver get rid of toxins, protect DNA from damage, keep the brain healthy, improve mood and circulation, and keep blood and oxygen freely flowing to the brain, heart, and other tissues. The meals Bowden and food specialist Jeannette Bessinger have prepared for you include:- Delicious Dal with Sweet Onion and Curried Greens -- An Anti-Inflammatory Immune-System Booster - Thai-Spiced Mango and Prawns -- Healthy Fats and Protein Packed - Striped Bass with Sun-Dried Tomato and Kalamata Paste -- - Antioxidants from the Aegean - Persian-Style Chicken with Walnut, Onion, and Pomegranate Sauce -- Nourishing and Nutrient-Filled
“You don't have to sacrifice good taste for good health!”


I chose this podcast because it talked about a book written for healthy living and healthy food. The books name is “The Healthiest Meals on Earth” and the surprises of what to eat and the reason. The author has written many books about health and what’s related to that subject. I found the podcast even more interesting because the author wasn’t just the normal author who writes stories; he is an expert on weight loss, nutrition and health. He stated that some of the healthy food has become rare in most houses and because everyone is in hurry and they are just eating the easiest things they could find, that’s most probably unhealthy since they don’t have time to prepare an actually healthy dish. The author also mentions the Polly pills and a Polly meal and what they are. The Polly pills can help improve people health and decrease chances of any heart disease and can “add 4-5 years to human’s healthy life”. The Polly meal also reduces chances of heart disease by 80% and gives people 9 more years. This book provides us with a lot of health tips to keep our meals and life as healthy as possible. It also informs us to be careful of what were cooking and eating. It also includes why people should eat a certain vegetable or fruit, what should be cooked in a certain way and what to use when you’re cooking. Also some fruits, vegetables and meat are not as bad as we think. Some could be very helpful and some could be harmful. “Nutrition’s are kind of like politics” as the author said. In my opinion I thought that the sentence above meant that sometimes health or nutrition’s are as complicated as politics and if you make a mistake it can harm everything you’ve been building. The author also said that people shouldn’t have too much dairy products and they should understand the “contrast of their lives and try to balance it” they should mix what they eat because then they would have all the nutrition’s their body needs and proteins. Also be careful of the parboiled foods because they have lost all their vitamins. Most of these tips have been mentioned before and some of us don’t really pay attention and that’s way sometimes we wish we listened and followed these tips. I think this is a really good book that people should read to know more about nutrition’s and take care of their health more. I also liked the podcast because it was quiet descriptive and revealed some useful information without spoiling the book.

TWILIGHT RATED UNFAIRLY IN CY.

Teenagers claimed to the McDaily news that the ratings for the premier of the movie Twilight, from the book series written by Stephanie Meyer, were unfair. The girls stated that they didn’t allow them in because they were under the age of 15 although they informed them that they were almost 15. Later then the girls decided to watch another movie. When they paid for the tickets and were waiting for them to come out, one of the girls spotted the lady changing the rating of the movie from 15 to 12. When she told her other friends they were completely infuriated and went to talk to the manager and inform him about what happened. Instead he calmly informed them that he could go and change their tickets to watch twilight. However the girls threw the tickets in his face and took their money back then left. The girls also informed our newspaper that they changed the ratings because there were hardly any adults to watch the movie and too many little kids.

The Outsiders Anticipation Guide Response

1. It’s easier to make friends with someone very much like yourself, than someone who is very different than you.

Agreed because sometimes it’s better to be friends with someone that understands you more, then you’re more likely to have things in common. It’s going to be easier for you to understand what their feeling or the other way around. Sometimes they will have similar feelings to you and you could get along easier than having someone who is completely the opposite of you and disagrees a lot and you can’t get along.

2. Socio-economic issues aside, teenagers everywhere face the same problems.

Agree because no matter where you are in the world some teenagers suffer from very similar problems. If it’s a poor teenager then they’ll have another poor teenager in a different country. If your rich then you’ll have a problem with being spoiled but not taken care of like parents being there by your side the whole time and supporting you, rather than just giving you stuff to make you “happy”. Sometimes they might have similar problems even if they’re from two different classes.

taste of salt ending

Unfortunately Djo doesn’t fully recover because he still has some problem with moving his feet therefore he has to use a wheelchair. When Djo notices that he isn’t fully recovered so he decides to tell her that they can’t be together because their relationship won’t work out if he’s unable to move smoothly and have a normal life. Thus he wouldn’t want her to be stuck in taking care of him and ignoring her education which is an important part of her future. Also her mother and the nuns at her school are encouraging her to go to Paris and study so she isn’t stuck in poverty for life. While Titid becomes president, he improves the life of Haitians because he knows what the people need and what their hopes are. As a result he helps a lot of poor people and that decreases the amount of poor people living in Haiti.

Oops I fell in love with a bride!

Made of honor is a romance/ comedy movie. It begins with Tom (Patrick Dempsey), is invited to a party. He looks for his friend Monica but when he enters her room, he finds her room-mate Hannah (Michelle Monaghan) sleeping. He thought it was Monica but it wasn’t, then they sat and talked. They became best friends. 10 years later Hannah has to leave for work in Scotland for 6 weeks. Tom feels lonely while she’s gone he tries to call her but he fails because of time difference and phone signal. While she’s in Scotland she meets a rich man and they get engaged. When Hannah comes back, she asks Tom to meet her at a restaurant. He goes to the restaurant and finds her fiancé with her. She tells him how she met her fiancé and that they will be getting married in Scotland and they’re staying there forever. Then she asks him to be her maid of honor and he accepts. Tom realizes that he has feelings towards Hannah. He tries to be a perfect maid of honor she Hannah could recognize that he’s a great person and he could then get her back and marry her instead.
I liked this movie because it has a variety of emotions and enjoyable moments. The movie is interesting because it shows that the actor’s personality changes and develops from a party guy to a guy that’s in love and can do anything to please Hannah. The actors played their parts pleasantly, for example some made u feel intense and they were basically pulling you into the movie to give you the feeling of being there and knowing what’s happening, while others were just a little dull. Overall the movie was good and so were the setting, lightening, music and plot. The names of the songs that were in the movie were “Love song” by Sara Bareilles, this song was matching to the movie since it was a romance song and so was the movie. There was also “walking on the sun” by smash mouth and some others.


Director: Paul Weiland
Writer: Adam Sztykiel and Deborah Kaplan
Language: English
Genre: Romance and comedy
Actors: Patrick Dempsey, Michelle Monaghan and Kevin McKidd
Date of release: 2nd may 2008, U.S.A



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Mcdaily news

CNN lately has been reported that McDonald’s nuggets were seen to be shaped as Santa’s boots 5 months ago. CNN has recently discovered that McDonalds has stopped making them into Santa boots and that has affected little kids under the age of 8-2. These young kids have been seen to be burning down restaurants and recently pizza hut, KFC and Burger King have been burned down and out of business. Beware of feeding McDonalds now days to your children.

Columbus Short biography

Columbus Keith Short was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He was born on 19th September 1982. He’s 1.78 meters tall. He has 2 little brothers. He is an actor, a choreographer, a producer and writer. He moved to Los Angeles when he was 5 years old. He was in the Orange Country High School of the Arts. He plays the drums and keyboard instruments. He started playing the drums when he was 3 years old. His favorite sports are basketball, football and snowboarding.

He had made a few TV commercials during his teenaged years in school. Some of his TV commercials were for Mountain Dew, NIKE and Pizza Hut. Before he graduated he was offered to graduate 2 months before so he could have the opportunity to go on a tour for stomp with Broadway. A few years after his tour he became Britney spears choreographer for her Zone tour. In 2004 he got nominated for best choreographer since that was his work at that time. He also worked with the choreographer Brian Friedman. In 2004 he got a chance to break-dance in the background for Brandy Norwood.

In 2004 he started acting. His 1st movie was called You Got Served. Then he did War of the Worlds in 2005, Accepted in 2006, Save the Last dance 2 in 2006 as well, Stomp the Yard in 2007 and This Christmas also in 2007. He is also acting in a movie called Cadillac Records which will be released this year in December and Quarantine which was released this year on October 10th 2008. He is also acting in 3 other movies, Armored, Whiteout and The Trunk, that should be released in 2009. He also played in that’s So Raven, Judging Amy, ER and Studio 60 on the Sun Set Strip. He played in these TV series as a guest role.

He acted with Chris brown in two movies that are this Christmas and stomp the yard. He acted with Ne-Yo in stomp the yard as well and save the last dance 2. Columbus short and Ne-Yo are really close friends like best friends. He also knows the actress Megan Good ever since they were both friends when they were 10 years old. She also acted with him in stomp the yard. His most favorite movie is “back to the future 3”. His favorite actors are Denzel Washington, Will Smith and Idris Elba.

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Anticipation Guide Response

1. Politics and political problems are a subject for adults to deal with
I disagree because usually children listen to the news and know what’s happening around the world and in their countries. Also children can understand politics because for example in schools they usually have a student council to prepare activities for the students in the school. practically that’s just like the government making a council to decided on this for the government to do for the people in the country and so that’s kind of a link between children and politics.

2. All stories can have a happy ending if those involved work towards it.
I agree because we are the ones who control what goes on in our lives. So that means if we put a little more effort in our work and think positively we could actually have happy endings and nothing is impossible unless we think in a negative way. If we start thinking negatively then obviously we will end up with sad endings for silly mistakes we didn’t mean to do to make things worse for us and our lives. Although as we grow up our problems will get more complex and harder for us to solve so we could have a happy ending to our stories.


3. Literacy (being able to read) is a form of freedom.
I guess I agree with this point because well if people don’t know how to read then they don’t have freedom. They also won’t be able to live with us now days because everything in our lives depends on writing and reading and being educated. Also because as we know in civilizations before some didn’t support education because they didn’t want people to be free and learn things and know how to read and write to decided on their carriers and if they wanted to rebel against the government or stuff.


4. Civilizations without a written language cannot document history
I disagree because the people could draw it somewhere or built something to honor it. It could also be drawn on walls whether to decorate it or to record what was happening during that time. They could be told as stories or passed on from generations to other generations.

The Private Lives of Teachers

Summer was over and school had started the first lesson of the day was French. Our teacher was Ms. Loizido. She asked us how our summer vacations were and what did we do. When we asked her what she did in her vacations, she said that she didn’t do anything special and so students obviously have to believe their teachers. That day she said she was sick and she had lost her voice because of a cold. Of Corse us 4 didn’t believe her because who on Earth would get a cold in the summer I mean come on people its only summer.
Suddenly a teacher came into our classroom to give Ms. Loizido her coffee. She gave her the coffee and told her to not scream again. Then Sarah was feeling cheeky and wanted to know what did Ms. Loizido scream about to loose her voice. Mostly it wasn’t only Sarah who wanted to know what happened all of us did. Then the teacher asked Ms. Loizido if she had told us about her holiday and what she was screaming for. Obviously Ms. Loizido’s reply was a “no”. Then the teacher was laughing so hard and we were all so confused.
The teacher started telling us the story, “So this is how it all started” she said. “Ms. Loizido and I went to China to watch the Olympics, we got there and we decided to do some other unusual activities other than shopping and just watching the Olympics”. She also said that they wanted to add a little more fun to their vacations and let this be their fantastic vacation that will go down in history. “We were looking for all sorts of fun activities to do especially the wildest activities ever”, She continued. “Then we went to the hotels activities office down in the lobby and checked out what they had”. We were all so bored when she was telling us about what activities they would do and we were all expecting her to say that they would go on some boat ride, see some historical sight or even go on a banana boat which is rather weird. When she said the wildest we all were like “oh why do I have a feeling that this isn’t going to be the wildest activity on earth??” Because for some reason it’s hard to believe that teachers can do such interesting and weird activities.
Oh my god you would not believe what she just said. They actually went on for a helicopter jump in China. She went on, “we jumped from a helicopter although the distance wasn’t that far, it was so fun and we had the parachutes open as soon as we reached half way”. We were so amazed about what we were hearing. She also informed us that Ms. Loizido was screaming while going down really fast and that’s why she lost her voice. Also because she was falling down and the air noise was loud and she tried to scream but hardly anyone heard her. She also told us that they went on a parachute boat ride and they actually did go on a banana boat wow.
So that was Ms. Loizido’s vacations that she didn’t tell us about and said that she had nothing special because she didn’t want us to know teachers secrets. Also she didn’t want us to laugh at her for screaming while falling because she lost her voice that way and it was too embarrassing for a teacher to say something like that when she is an actual teacher, who has studied about gravity and all of that scientific stuff.