OUTSIDE READING #15

I read an article about a mother who allegedly made a fake myspace of a boy named Josh, to see if Sarah Drew, her daughter's friend Megan, had been spreading mean rumors about her daughter. After trying to get back at Megan, Sarah Drew's mother proceeded with telling Megan to kill herself and that the world would be better off without her. Soon after, Megan was found hanging in her room with a belt and died the next day. This is the first cyber-bullying trial for the nation. Instead of being blamed for Megan's suicide, the mother is only being charged for violating the myspace terms of service. I think this is stupid, and she should be charged with homicide because she clearly created a person who Megan would fall for with the intent of turning on her. I think she fully knew the consequences of it all.

OUTSIDE READING #14

I read an article on Startribune.com from a couple of weeks ago called Mr Prisident! You must get off the Blackberry! It's all about how Obama is attached to his Blackberry and when he enters the White House this may not be possible. There is a law called the Presidential Records Act that makes it legal for anyone in public to be able to view the presidents emails. With it being the 21st century, it is only going to be harder and harder for presidents because of all the technology they've grown accustomed to. Although Obama wants to keep his blackberry and have a laptop, computer professionals said that it will be hacked into no matter how much they try to prevent that from happening. Many people are upset with the fact that he is trying to impose this and they've stated that they would rather have McCain because if he was the new president there would be no issue of technology.

OUTSIDE READING #13

This week i read and article on CNN.com called Boy,8, charged with murder says he came home, found men dead. its about an 8 year old boy, who is found guilty to killing his father and a man who rented their apartment. In a recorded questioning session the boy admits to killing his father, he shot him twice. he says that he shot his father and the renter Tim Romans with a .22-caliber handgun. After his confession he started bawling and couldn't continue anymore questioning. He boy exclaims that when he returned home from school after going for a walk he got there and both of the men were dead. He then ran to a neighbors house where they called 911. Although later he admitted that he murdered them although police don't know the cause of this. Charges have not been pressed especially since defense attorney bash the police for not giving the boy a lawyer for his questioning session.

OUTSIDE READING #12

The book i'm reading is called Twilight and it is written by Stephenie Meyer. In the first couple characters,Bella, has to move from her mother's house to her father's house. Bella and her father have never quite clicked. Going into this new journey she was aware it would be tough. She has to change schools and get used to all these new surroundings. Bella and her father spent talk-less nights at the dinner table, trying to get used to having one another present. Going into a new school, Bella noticed and was keeping her eye on certain people. One of the which was named, Edward Cullen. Edward and his siblings seemed to be perfect. Bella couldn't keep herself from being interested in him, and soon enough she was placed next to him in a seating arrangement in class. Rainy days passed and Bella Frequently was receiving e-mails from her mother, who was constantly interested in how she was doing with her father and her new life. Back at school, Edward seemed to have his "days." One day he would be attentive and talk to Bella, while the next day he was physically placing himself as far away as possible from Bella.

OUTSIDE READING #11

Today I read an article on Startribune.com titled Woodbury Woman Winning the War at Her Life. It was all about a woman named Kathy Miller who at the young age of 34 was diagnosed with breast cancer causing her to undergo a double mastectomy and lymph node removal. Kathy has three kids aged 8-months, 2 years old and 4 years old who is also autistic. Kathy was determined through all her surgeries and treatments to stay alive so her children wouldn't have to lose a mother. With her having cancer, her children also have health problem's of their own making their household a busy and hectic place to be. She has been named the "Beautiful Warrior" award from Ford Motor Co. and Reader's Digest, which is an award given to 3 cancer survivors and she will get her picture posted in the newspaper.

OUTSIDE READING #10

Today, i read another article in the startribune. This article was about a car crash that happened a couple weeks ago. This took place near city town in down town minneapolis, and killed the driver. There were 2 people in the car, the driver and a woman, and they hit a planter head on. The car was traveling at about 50 mph when they crashed. They hit the concrete barrier, flipped over a couple times, and skidded about 4 feet. The man died at hennepin county hospital and the woman is seriously injured.

OUTSIDE READING #9

I read an article on startribune.com called Matthews sentenced to life for former girlfriend's murder. It explained how in December of 2007, Zachery Matthews killed his girlfriend Kristine Larson. He killed her in their apartment right in front of their two year little boy. He shoved her body in the trunk of his car and attempted to burn the car and the body. He was convicted of first degree murder, plus two murder accounts and interference with a body. While Kristine's family and friends went up to testify Matthews couldn't look up and even started to plug his ears. Their relationship was abusive right from the start but Kristine wanted to try to push Matthews away from his gang and make him a better person. In the end he received a life sentence and their child was put in the care of family.

thesis statements and topic sentences

Thesis Statements

1) The goddess Athena has the most human-like qualities because she acts like one, helps others, and is in human form.

2) Athena's interactions with humans and how she acts around them makes her have the most human characteristics.

Topic Sentences

1) Athena acts like a human because she disguises as a human.

2) Throughout the book, Athena is helping Penelopeseus, Telemachus and Odysseus.

3) Lastly, Athena demonstrates her human-like characteristics by talking to humans on earth.

National hero of the year

Theres always a hero somewhere, Someone who you can trust and who you can look up to. I chose Athena to be the National Hero of the Year. I chose Athena because she helped many people through the book, she has human like qualities and she helped people when they were in danger. All the qualities Athena has, i thought made a great hero.

Through out the story Athena helps many people. One was Telemachus, when she helps him by moving the winds that will lead him to Sparta to find his father. Athena also helps Penelope by becoming really close to her to comfort her when she needed it, she awlays told Penelope that Odysseus will be back. Last, Athena helps Odysseus get his house and wife back.

Athena has the most human-like qualities because she acts like one, she acted like a human because she disguises as a one. she interactes with humans, she's in human form. she always developed human characteristics because she talks to humans and because she helped many on earth.

Another reason i chose Athena for national hero of the year is because she rescued people when they were danger. An example of this is when she rescued Odysseus from Poseidon’s storm. Homer writes, “A heavy sea covered him over, then and there unlucky Odysseus would have met his death—against the will of Fate—but the bright-eyed one inspired him yet again” (V, 479-482). This shows that Athena was always watching over others. Poseidon would not be a good choice for national hero of the year because he holds grudges. He made stroms to try to kill Odysseus because he blinded Poseidons son. By helping others out Athena has really showed that she can be a hero.

In conclusion, Athena rescues people from danger, she has human-like qualities and she is always helping others. All these things make up a hero and that hero is Athena. This is why you should vote for Athena for the national hero of the year.