i need a hero

When people are asked who their favorite superhero is, everyone tries to give a mushy and meaningful answer. "My superhero is my uncle because he was hit by 10 trucks and is still dong his thang..." or, "My brother, because he's always there to help me..." I'm sorry to disappoint you but my family and even my friends aren't exactly "super" or heroic. Someone who is a true hero is willing to risk everything, including their own life, for another. So hands down my hero would have to be Batman. Now I know that everyone is going to totally bash on me and tell me that Batman doesn't really count in this case. Well...Why not?
Batman is human. Unlike Superman or many other heroes, he bleeds just like us. His muscles and skills weren't just handed to him, he worked for everything. He trained and studied for years unlike Clark Kent. Yeah how hard it must've been for Superman, being born with incredible strength and speed. Poor him. Batman studied for years the different martial arts and practiced with monks, he even was a science major so he could learn how to use chemicals to help with his adventures. So not only was he strong, he was also smart. He used his body and mind to help defeat many villains.
Batman isn't greedy and although he was born into wealth he uses the money to make weapons and transportation devices to help save the citizens of Gotham.
Firemen and policemen all live a life of hardship and they are dedicated to protecting people, but he gives up love and happiness and completely devotes himself to his work. He wasn't born with this duty, he chose to live a life of complete loneliness so that he could help others. Not many people would do that. I mean seriously, his only friend is an old butler named Alfred, how sad is that?
Batman is a hero because he helps influence others to follow in his greatness. Not by putting on a cape and chasing people, but by showing them ways they could live their life. Help others, work hard, don't be greedy, and many more values.

I love Batman :)

A tale for the children

This is a family story that my father enjoys telling me...

When my dad was in highschool, he and my uncles and their friends would party...a lot. Sometimes after smoking and drinking a little too much they would decide that they wouldn't want to go to school the next day. So my uncle Bennet would climb up the electrical tower and short circuit it so that all the power in the town would shut off. This would cause all alarm clocks to not work and the school not be able to run. They would do this once in awhile, but one time my uncle was shutting it off, but something went wrong. He was electrocuted and fell 60 ft. on the hard ground. He died that night...




And that's why you should go to school and not cheat the system :)

6 methods of characterization

Appearance: He was tall, lanky, and his skin was a few shades paler than most. He hadn't shaved or slept in a few days and it was quite obvious. The dark circles around his eyes showcased how bloodshot they were and his dark brown hair was a mess. He stood underneath the streetlight taking a drag from his cigarette, breathing in the poisonous fumes and letting them fill every inch of his lungs. The stretched out Pink Floyd shirt had holes and his jeans were ripped at the knees, his black boots were mud stained

Environment: Secluded neighborhood where everyone know everyone and it was miles to you reached civilization. They had the basics, a church, a school, bank, nothing gawdy.

Inner Thoughts/feelings: He's sick of all the same smiling faces that only remember the Bennet that used to run through the lawn naked. He wants to be remembered for something great, something that will never be forgotten. Leaving this town is the first step.

What they say: Cursing is his second language, music is his first. He doesn't bullshit, he's blunt, and he'll do what he says.

What others say about him: He's not one to back out of a dare and he's the first to make a fool of himself.

max's imagination

In Woman Warrior, Maxine has an amazing imagination that takes many twists and turns. She takes the story of her aunt and adds to it, gives a backstory, an explanation, and brings it to life. I think Maxine's imagination tells us a lot about her. She's a young girl who's just beginning to learn about life and all the burdens of it, these stories are just a way for her to think about what kind of person she is. Apparently she's blunt, but maybe she doesn't show it, she just thinks it. Maxine feels connected to her aunt because she feels like she might disappoint her parents. She knows she cannot live up to her parents expectations and she shares the fear of being forgotten. "But there is more to this silence: they want me to participate in her punishment. And I have." Maxine feels out of place and the only person that she can relate to is her dead aunt. She wants to break the rules, she wants to live her life freely but she can only do it through the memory of her aunt. She also says, "Unless I see her life branching into mine, she gives me no ancestral help." Well it seems liket he aunts life does branch into her life because she's still fascinated by it. I think with all the scenerios that she creates, the closer she feels to the aunt she never knew.

Maxine's life must be lonely if the only thing she relates to is a nameless ghost.

Woman Warrior Quote

The mother of the narrator has just finished telling her daughter the story of her aunt. A tragic story of how she was pregnant with a child that wasn't her husband's and how the shame led to her commiting suicide and being forgotten be her family. A quote that really stood out for me was, "Now that you have started to menstruate, what happened to her could happen to you. Don't humiliate us. You wouldn't like to be forgotten as if you had never been born." This is a pretty harsh thing to say to a young girl. Instead of just telling her that although she's capable of having sex, don't, because you might get pregnant, the mother decides to basically threaten her. And not just any threat, but the threat of being forgotten. So the mother is saying, "If you have sex, it'll humiliate us, you'll be disowned and we'll act as if you never existed." Ouch. That's a horrible thing to say, you can threaten to ground someone, or to ignore someone, but to completely ignore their existance is probably the worst thing you can do. It's also rude to just assume that her daughter is automatically going to do something like get pregnant like her aunt just because puberty finally came around. She could've said something like with great comes great responsibilty, but no, she had to say it as if she was a mindless child who would've gone and done something stupid if her mother hadn't threatened her.

the ups and downs of Moodle

Moodle is a site we've been using to collaborate and post our work so other can read it. It's a great site and all, but I don't really enjoy using it. Although it's fun to message people from across the room, add our own ideas to the wiki and read what other people are writing, it's a little too annoying for me. I'm not sure if this applies to everyone, but it would NOT let me upload my work and I lost all of it more than once. Also there was this whole complication about how if we sent something at the same as another person, it would completely break down and not work. It was easy to connect to everyone in the class which was nice and I did enjoy that wiki we all wrote about teaching an ape/tiger english. I wish it worked quickly and more efficiently but it was pretty decent.

Lost Sister Quiz

In English class we were asked to pick out a quote that we thought was significant from Lost Sister, a poem we've recently read. The quote I felt was most significat was, "You find you need China; your one fragile identification, a jade link handcuffed to your wrist." This is important because the character thought that leaving China would be better but they realized that it wasn't what they hoped it would be. They long for the security they once had back in their home land. I also liked how 'jade' was used because the poem starts off by telling how all of the name Jade is given to the eldest daughters but when they left China, they also left their name behind. It was their only identification and no matter where they go or what they do, they'll always be Jade. They're handcuffed to their identity.

I believe that family and culture teach us who we are and the role we must play in life. Although in this poem it sounded like the culture was hellish, Jade still longed for it, because without that structure, without someone pointing us in a certain direction, we're lost. Jade needs China but what she really needs is knowing what her purpose in life is. She has been taught her entire life to follow someone else, to be locked away. Being given this freedom is like throwing her into the world of the unknown and it's unbearable.

Salutations people

Hi, I'm Tiffany and I'm not sure exactly what we're supposed to be writing. I've heard that this is just an intro and we're supposed to introduce ourselves, but I don't know what I'm supposed to say. I'm a girl, I hate mayo and I love music. Is that enough? Or should I add that I like to make sarcastic remarks and I am easily annoyed. Nice to meet you.