Michael+Villegas

9/15/10 Miracle Landing

This article was about a man who tried to commit suicide and failed when he landed on a dodge charger parked outside of the building he jumped off. This man is lucky to be alive because now he gets a second chance at life and gets to start over which many people don't have. The article said that the women who owned the car was angry with the man who landed on her $14,000 car. I feel bad for Mr. Magill, who is only 22 years old, that he felt so bad and so miserable that he wanted to take his own life. I feel bad for him because he felt like there was no one who could help and and someone to talk to for help. I'm also happy though that he survived the accident and gets to really get help and think about his decision. The owner of the car, Maria McCormack, said "how does he feel now that he made it. Does he feel like an idiot?". I think she should be happy that her car saved a mans life because a life is worth more than a car.

9/21/10

I think this article was interesting because of how the e-mail was written by Luke Angel to President Obama. Luke claimed he was "high and drunk" at the time and doesn't care if he is banned from the United States. I am also surprised by how the White House reacted from the e-mail, they must get e-mails from people who disagree with the president all the time and now they decide to act on one e-mail. They shouldn't take it seriously if the president wasn't threated, they should only act on e-mails or any other type of communication that had threats in it. Obviously this kid was stupid and now he has to pay a price and be punished for what he did but to ban him is a little far. On the other hand Luke did curse at the president which is disrespectful and really was a little too much. I would have just fined the kid or write an apology letter or e-mail to the White House, there are worse people out there in the world than some teenager who got drunk and wrote a stupid e-mail. I feel that the White House is wasting their time and I feel that they have nothing better to do than to punish a teenager in the U.K.

10/5/10

I think this article was sad because this young man and teacher killed himself because of a pointless rating of teachers in the Times magazine. I think the magazine company should be held accountable and should never do this rating again even though they are legally aloud to. Rigoberto Ruelas who was only 39 years old and took his own life because he felt that he was a bad teacher and probably a whole bunch of other things that were in the mix that he felt couldn't be fixed so he ended his life. I feel bad for Rigoberto because he got to a point where he felt that no one could help him and he couldn't ask for help and I think that is sad because he had no one to go to no one to talk to for help. I think he felt alienated and alone so he decided to take his own life. I hope that the Times stops this article that went out and made someone kill themselves. This pole is really pointless and fullish because didn't anyone think that this pole might hurt someones feelings or that these teachers are doing their best and they get graded and it gets published in the magazine.That's like getting a bad grade on a test and having it published in a magazine or bill board so everyone could see. There is no point to that I think this pole was bogus and should be taken off the magazine and never done again.

Also yes I was writing this article while you were writing but yea i saw the correction but I think I saved over your comments but I saw them.


 * Hello, again. Try telling us what happened and what you think without saying "I think." It is too bland and boring. You are the one writing it so we know you are the one that is thinking it. You have a lot of points in your reaction. You are better off picking one or two of them and discussing it further in depth than talking about all of them without ever really going too far into detail.**

11/2/10

This leak in confidential reports is a surprise. WikiLeaks revealed that the American troops have been killing Iraqi civilians since 2004 to as early as 2009. 100,000 Iraqi civilians have died due to American soldiers. The Washington Post said this was, "reckless and politically motivated." That these leaks just confirm what was already known. The New York Times said this, "put lives in danger or jeopardize continuing military operations." These leaks put many American lives at stake and have damaged the military's respect and honor. I agree that this was a stupid thing to do while the war is still going on.Leaking and publishing a military secret is foolish in many ways. This could have cost American soldiers their lives. This was a surprise because I look at the military as a disciplined and honorable representation of our nation. To see these so called leaks that might or might not be true about the killing of Iraqi civilians is a disappointment. People look at our military as one of the best in the world and as heroes and to hear that our heroes might be killing innocent people is a disgrace. Even if this is not true the fact that our military is being accused of this is disappointing. On the other hand this leak should have never happen because if there is something the military doesn't want out there than it shouldn't be out there in the first place. This leak could have put our national security in jeopardy.