The OC #1-May 4- Mockingbird

I don't really know what we're supposed to write about, exactly, but I'll just comment.
I don't remember much of To Kill A Mockingbird. It didn't really spark my interest. The Innocence Project, however, sounds really cool. I know innocent people get put in jail because people just want someone to blame. As long as someone gets in trouble for it, they're happy. Of course, what happens to the true criminal? The one who actually murdered someone or raped someone. They're still out there hurting more people. Arresting innocents gets nothing done except having someone to blame. I'm glad there are people helping the innocent ones. I just hope the ones who truly did the crimes get caught.

The OC #1-April 20th-F on Finances.

I was in the class they interviewed about students and finances. I wasn't interviewed personally (how scary would that have been?), but I was there when the news people came.

I don't know what I'd do without having taken that class. My family has a bad history of financial issues and I wanted to stop that tradition. I learned so much from that class. I learned how to choose the right bank, how to buy a house, how to buy a car, both new and used, and so much more. Stocks, savings, checks, insurance, interest rates, all of it. I just hope I remember it all in the future. I know that in the future, my kids, if I have any, will know how to use money, and they will pass it down. I think I stopped the financial failures of my family.

I do think this class is extremely necessary. No one knows how to handle money and debts. That's why our economy is failing. If people were forced to take classes about handling money they would be able to pull us out of this hole we dug ourselves into. We could have a good economy again.

Reading and Reflection-Week of April 20-Gladwell?

I'm pretty fond of Gladwell's writing. He has lots of fun facts and information that help make his point. However, I think I might like to read something else. I think podcasts would be really cool, sorry it's too late for my opinion to matter. But, if we were to, maybe, find podcasts and talk about them or be assigned some and comment, I think that'd be really fun! News articles would be nice, as well. We could stay up to date with current events, whether they be political or entertainment based. Either would be fun, though.

Reading and Reflection-Twilight, again. For week of March 30.

Sorry, my brain forgets really important stuff when I'm all stressed. Wrote this when my computer was spazzing and forgot to post it.

I thought The Tipping Point was okay. I had a hard time following it though. I think it was just the time cause over the past few months I've been really spacey and my attention span went to like zero, so I couldn't focus on anything. It may have just been the weather or maybe it was the book, I'm not sure, but I didn't hate it! Just wasn't something I'd read a million times like I do with some books. Speaking of which, I'll tell you about the book I'm reading now.
In my first OC this week I told you about a town called Forks, WA. Well, I didn't just magically find that town. Forks is where Twilight is based in. Twilight is probably one of the greatest books, well the series, actually, I've ever read. It has vampires, it has romance, and it has probably some of the best writing I've ever read. It really is breathtaking. It's hard not to start hyperventilating when you read it, honestly. Stephenie Meyer is...incredible. She knows how to get a reaction out of you. I'm hoping, if I teach a class next year, to use this. Plus, a movie is currently being made out of it. I'm so excited. So, if I were to teach it, we might be able to take a field trip or something to go see it. Of topic, sorry. It's such an incredible book and it's impossible to not read over and over and over again. READ IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The OC #2 (#1?)-War...

I don't really have much to say in this one. It'll be pretty self-explanatory, but here it goes. War is shit. Talk it out and be friends. It'd be so much easier! That's basically it, but just in case that's not enough I'll try to talk about it.
As I've said before, I don't like government, I don't understand it, and I want nothing to do with it. I feel exactly the same about war. I don't know why people feel it's necessary. There are other ways to solve things besides violence. Just talk it out. Even arguing is better than actual fighting. Killing people is unnecessary and people should just chill. Is there some key thing that I'm missing here? Give me one good reason why we should fight. I bet I can come up with a better way to solve it. I dare you.

Random Rant

Just so you know, this post is for ranting reasons only and has nothing to do with this class at all. I feel like complaining about computers and how shitty they are! My internet has been going from perfect to dead in a matter of seconds for weeks now and it's basically impossible to do anything worthwhile on it. I've been able to check my email briefly, then it'll die. No websites are working and, if they do, it'll let you login then say, "Oh, sorry. I feel like being a mega douche today!" I was able to get one blog posted while it was being somewhat nice, then death. It seems to be okay, for now, so I'll speed type my other blogs and hope I don't start crying. There's a computer guy coming tomorrow, so, hopefully, it'll be better. I hate technology...and yet my life depends on it. Sorry about the language in this blog, but I needed to rant and I thought here was the perfect place to do so.

The OC #1-Forks.

I'm actually doing my second OC first and it's about something I find extremely interesting and exciting. Forks, WA is a small town in Washington, obviously, basically in the middle of nowhere. The closest city is Port Angeles nearly an hour away. Forks is one of those small towns with one or two high schools, a small grocery store, maybe a little coffee shop, a gas station or two, and a small library. That's about it. It's always rainy, never lower than 40 degrees, and is close to a number of gorgeous beaches surrounded by cliffs, mountains, and forests. It's probably one of the most adorable towns I've ever seen. I actually hope to go there for one of my walkabouts. While on the topic of walkabouts, I'll tell you about what made me want to post about Forks in the first place. At Forks High School, there's this thing the seniors do called The Senior Culminating Project. It's kind of like walkabout, only not as awesome. The seniors have to go out and do a 45 hour service learning-oriented hands-on project then have to write a reflective paper of 1000 words or more, give a 15 minute formal presentation before a panel of three to five judges, and create a presentation of a visual display for a community exhibition at the high school near the end of each term. They do something that will enhance the community, the school, everyone, they have a mentor, they keep logs and journals. It's pretty much like walkabout. I think it's really cool and, maybe if I go to Forks for my walkabout, I can give them new ideas for it. Maybe their students will be able to do more in the future outside of Forks. You never know.


Senior Project Link.