Elyse+Nadal

September 15. 2010 Miracle Landing : My reaction I had from this article was that Magill was extrememly lucky that he survived that fall. Though he broke two of his legs, has collapse lung, and shattered his ankle he still manged to live. Maria should be lucky that Magill lived instead of him dying. She can always get her car fixed but she can't replace the damages that could have happen to him and his family. Maria should understand that Magill was going through some depression and shouldn't be asking Magill to pay for the damges he did to the car. When did cars become more important than peoples? September 20. 2010 Journal entry : My husband was drafted into the war and I’m unable to do the wifely duties that I should be doing. Instead of cooking, cleaning, and taking care of the family I’m stuck in a factor making guns or bullets for the soldiers. But on the positive side of this, I’m able to make money for my family. So if my husband ever does come back we will be able to buy a house. On the negative side, I barely see my children on a daily bases and I’m not home to cook or help them with their homework. My husband and I were planning to have another baby but when he got drafted we had to put the plans on hold. Ever since I started working I’m not sure if I want to stop working. I feel proud of myself about making money and helping my family because I feel like I’m actually doing something for my family. By working outside of the house I am starting to feel “free”. It feels like I mean something to this family instead of being an ordinary house wife. I’m also thinking of volunteering for the Red Cross. For example my neighbor across the street is volunteering for the Red Cross, she’s been saying how to her it feels like it’s helping her son because her son was just drafted into the war. I feel like my husband would be proud of me because I’m doing my best of taking care of this family and trying to help the war out, so we’re able to bring the men’s home from the war. Recently, my sister is moving in with her children because there isn’t enough housing due to the fact that her husband was sent to the war and she is having a hard time adjusting to the new arrangements. So I’m going to be the one that is going to have to help her through this hard time and to make her strong and wiser and full of courage. September 23. 2010 Dakar, Senegal: Muslims clerics shouldn't relu on their young students, because they're relying on children that are four-years-old and up. The children are whipped, when they reutn back without enough money. That is awful, and its counts as child abuse. Do you think a four-year-old knows what she / he has to do to collect money? the anser to that question is "no". Adults should be able to do their own jobs, instead of having "slaves" like kids to do the work. In the olden ages, it was fine if an adult hits or whipped a child but in this centruary its wrongs and harmful to the child. They should end this immediately. **P= You have a good voice for writing** **C= Spell check! Re-read your writing out loud and you will pick up your mistakes. Also, you don't have to answer your own questions with quotation marks. Just tell us what you think!**  October 7, 2010 Colton Tooley was most likely going through some personal problems. From the article, Colton’s parents claimed that Colton would never hurt a fly; little did they know from their surprise. Even though Colton was brilliant, meticulous, and respectful, he was still dealing some problems. Maybe he was depressed, or maybe he was angry. My reaction to the article was heartbreaking and curious. Why would Colton commit suicide after bringing an AK-47to his college? Why was he shooting toward a church and into the air? Colton shouldn’t have taken his life; instead, he should have talked about his problems. There are people everyday dealing with the exact same problems, and they find ways to deal with their problems without hurting themselves or others. **Try giving us some background to the story before telling us what you think. That way we know what you are talking about. Also, instead of saying "My reaction" just tell us what you think. I know you are the one writing it!** ** ﻿November 2nd 2010 ** ** The Iraq war, as revealed by WikiLeaks: **  The WikiLeaks website leaked top secret information from the Iraq war that showed the U.S. participated in the torture of prisoners and the killing of Iraqi civilians. The Washington Post said that the leaks mostly confirmed what we already knew. The Iraqi soldiers tortured prisoners and that U.S. soldiers also killed civilians at checkpoints. The Washington Post said the release of this information was considered reckless and were politically motivated. ﻿  Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell called the release of classified information “shameful “and said it “could undermine our nations’ security. During wars, there are terrible things that happen and these actions were horrible, but this is a war. I agree that top security information should be kept that way. The leaks stand in the way of the Iraqi leaders to form a government that can move forward and finally help their people get their lives back on track.
 * Student goes on shooting spree:**