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*Reflection     The Sorrow of War, showed me that war dose not only affects you physically, mentally, and emotionally, but also affects your love ones. Kein lost everything because of this war. Stress can break you down and show you no sympathy to you or your life. When fighting in a war, your life is no longer yours, your life belongs to the war. Movies do not show the full effect of war. They show the action, the blood being spilled effortless, and soldiers' bodies falling left and right. War is fought mentally and physically and after the war is fought you are still fighting a war. You are fight fighting a emotional and mental war within yourself.   Review    The Sorrow of War, a novel about a Vietnamese soldier fighting against himself, his job, and his love ones. The Vietnam war effected him forever and the war was over but his war with himself will never be over. This novel is not only about war, but about the full affect of war. People still...

* Saturday (pg. 105-125)  "Go down into the yard with your hands up. No one will shoot you." (pg. 105) This quote is a man vs man conflict. After this Qanh was shot and killed after slinging a knapsack of grenades over his shoulder.  This quote could be related to police brutality, which is a common scenario in society. Sandra Bland, Michael Brown, and Alton Sterling were victims of police brutality.          2.  "The personalities, both alive and dead, breathed and spoke to the author in his special world where everyone he had known still lived and walked and smiled and ate and joked and dreamed and loved. (pg. 109) The theme of this quote is survivor's guilt and friendship. For Kein to overcome the lost of fellow soldiers and family and love ones he writes, and all the people that ever played a part in his life were alive and joyful.   This quote is a man vs self conflict. He is isolated from society within himself and...

* Thursday (pg. 64-85)   "Every time she passed, walking nonchalantly, her long tresses swaying, she would exude a youthful charm that aroused the men. They would stiffen, stop what they were doing, and stare after her with feverish, blatant desire." (pg. 64) This quote relates to the theme prostitution. Prostitution was known in Vietnam, and they felt felt that women were there for their desire. This scene in this quote is happening today in society to women. Men staring at women with a blatant desire, as if women were a piece of meat and not a person.      2.   "The girls around there hated her, calling her a bitch,a whore, or a witch because of her innocent influence, of which she remained either unconcerned or completely ignorant." (pg. 64) This quote is a man vs man conflict. It show how others treat Hanh and how they verbally bully her because she was different. Bullying is a known problem in society and some people are bullied every...

    Conducting yourself in a learning environment is essential. Ones behavior plays an important role in the class because that student is not the only student in the class. Class is a disturbance free zone and students should be able to come to class and leave with something new everyday. Teachers are not there to be babysitters, but to be mentors. Students should be mature enough to conduct themselves in a orderly fashion. Some students may find this task hard and somewhat impossible. A class full of people we know and you expect us not to communicate. The answer is yes. If you can conduct yourself in orderly fashion along with your peers is a job well done.     When one student disrupts the class it creates a domino effect. For example, Tom is talking to Angel while Mr.Jones is teaching his lesson. Tom has started the domino effect, after getting Angel attention,  Angel tries to get Jasmine attention. Although Mr. Jones told the students to be quiet they c...

Beauty Unrecognized We are the same But we are not the same We dance on windy days We freeze on winter nights We continue to grow Without sun  We will be no more Humans walk pass  and think nothing of us But our home would not be home  Without us

Cellphones can be an educational tool. Technology has evolved over time and has become an essential part of learning and new learning methods have been created. A new method that most schools use today is BYOD (Bring Your Own Device). This allows the students to bring their own device to school and instead of being distractions the students use their device to learn. Kahoot is a well known BYOD app and has help education drastically. Although cellphones can be an educational tool, they can also be a distraction. Some students abuse the BYOD policy and cause disruptions in the class. Some students and teachers feel that BYOD is not a good idea and that cellphones are not educational tools. Texting and social media are the downfall of BYOD, because some students portray as if they're engaging in the classwork, but are actually on social media. Cellphones can be educational, but also a distraction to the students. 

   How difficult can signs be?        The mission of the Pacific Crest Trail Association is to protect, preserve and promote the Pacific Crest Trail as an international enjoyment for hikers, tourist, and all people of the world. But a major problem are the signs. In 2012 a PCTA member donated $5,000 to help improve the PCT. Jennifer Tripp, PCTA trail operations manager, had the job of collecting orders for new signs. She completed this mission, now the question is,  “How hard could it be to order signs?”. Jennifer felt this process would be easy but it was quite difficult. Spelling out the PCT’s name are prohibited. So instead they created triangular PCT logo marker. The markers are called “reassurance” markers because, if you are standing at a trail junction (or confusing spot), you should be able to  see a marker in either direction and this will put you back the trail. Kate Beardsley, a volunteer led the massive effort to ins...