I think she will be sad, and act irrationally because of it. Because everything she has done ever before has been irrational.

Shakespeare's Relevancy

I think Shakespeare is definitely still relevant. His works are a part of our culture: both historical and popular, and so even if the language or situations no longer apply, the fact that his stories can be read does. I think Shakespeare should be read to better understand references and to offer a different way of exploring the time period in which they were written.

Romea and Juliet Prologue

I think it means there are two families that don't like each other, and their children are in love but kill themselves, which makes that two families get over their problems with each other.

Community Service

I've never really done community service, so I don't know how it's important to me yet. I think the school is holding a day of caring because the school is taking a lot from the community this year, with the new building and everything, so they think it's time to "give back." I think this is a good reason, and we should because of it.

The Sniper

The story begins with a sniper sitting on a roof. He takes a drink and lights a cigarette, the match forcing him to dodge a bullet. Avoiding the other sniper, he sees an armored car come up the street toward him. An old woman informs the person inside the vehicle of the sniper's whereabouts, and as he looks out, the sniper shoots him, and the old woman. After offing both of them, he is hit as well, by the other sniper, and cannot hold his rifle any longer. As he lay on the roof nursing his broken arm, he planned and carried out a fake death, using his cap. He slipped down off the roof until he could see the other sniper, and using his revolver, shot and killed him. But killing the other man disgusted him, making him hate the war, and everything in it. So he threw down his revolver; as it hit the roof it went off, clearing his senses. Taking a drink of whiskey, he climbs down with sudden curiosity for the identity of the dead sniper. Crossing the street and avoiding a line of machine gun fire, the man looked down to discover it was his own brother he had killed.

I don't think they should make these cuts. If cuts are necessary, they should take them from somewhere else, because MaineCare is important, which is why it takes up so much taxpayer money.

Best friends all over the world bicker. It's a part of being friends, and it is why people remain friends, having the ability to disagree, but stay together. The same is true in the book Of Mice and Men. Lennie and George are migrant workers that are constantly at odds, but stay together despite the knowledge that both their lives would be easier without the other. They stay together because they have been living with each other for years, and George feels a responsibility to Lennie, and because the other is simply a part of their life now. They stay together because even though their lives could be easier without each other, they know that they need each other.

The mouse's home was destroyed, like the people's livelihoods in Of Mice and Men, and it says in the poem "the best laid schemes of mice and men/go often askew/and leaves us nothing but grief and pain/for promised joy" which is a theme in Of Mice and Men.

I don't think they're going to be able to get their farm. I think Curley's wife is going to take them down somehow, like she threatened to. It seems too unlikely for this book to have a happy ending. It's been reiterated throughout the book about how guys like them all have the same dream, and no one ever gets it.

4.25 - Student Debt

Personally, I think a college education is worth a lot. But I also think the amount of debt is ridiculous. I think there should be something that can help teach students about paying off debts.

4.23 - Vacation

I didn't do anything over vacation. I watched Doctor Who and ate FOOD. I also walked the dog when necessary, but beyond that I think I left my house maybe twice.

4.11 - Maine Switch

I think it is a good plan. It's ridiculous for students to be able to graduate without actually knowing the most basic principles of things like math and english.

4.9 - Favorite Character

My favorite so far is Slim. He's just epic. And his epicness makes him favorite worthy.

4.5 - Multitasking

I think it's true in a a way, but this is the generation of the future, and the Internet and social media is the future. So I think, yes, while focusing on one task and face time are important, so is learning to juggle work and entertainment.

4.3 - The Dust Bowl

The dust bowl was an area of the southern midwest, formerly the Great Plains. The grasses in the area had been removed and replaced by crops, to grow grains to feed the country, the "Bread Bowl." But the grains' roots didn't penetrate the ground as well as the grass had, so the topsoil got blown away, leaving the dry, sandy dirt. Strong winds and dry land caused the dirt to fly up into great dust storms. The combination of drought, sand storms, and the lack of topsoil in which to grow crops forced many people to abandon their homes and head west, to California, and others to begin catching and riding trains as (literal) hobos. The affect the dust bowl had on the people and the country was made worse by the Great Depression, and the absence of grains to bring up the economy helped that get worse too.

3.28 - Assisted Suicide

I think it should be legal. If people can take medicine, choosing to prolong their life I think it makes sense people should be able to choose to end theirs, at least under the right circumstances. If someone knows they are going to die soon, and there is nothing they can do about it, I don't see why they shouldn't have the option to die sooner, painlessly and on their terms.

3.26 - Saving Besties

I would do almost anything for my best friend. I don't know what I wouldn't do, but I hope the situation never arises where I won't do something for them.

3.22 - Friends

I think a good friend is someone you can trust, that trusts you. Friendship is created through mutual trust and interests, and good friends are people who like each other for who they are and what they do.

3.20 - Funding for PB

I think if the public broadcasting network is only being funded 17.4% by the state, it can afford to have that amount taken away. It wouldn't harm the network too terribly, and the money could be put toward something more important than television.

3.16 - Pink Slime

I don't think it should be banned, if federal regulators say it meets regulations, but I think meat containing the "pink slime" should be clearly labeled so, so that schools and stores, and buyers, can decide whether or not they want to buy it.

3.14 - 1st Amendment

I'm not sure if I agree. I think that while he should be allowed to state his opinions, if they offend enough people he should be taken off the air.

3.12 - NFL Bounties

I don't think they should be able to put bounties on injuries they inflict. It seems like cheating to me, and it just creates an incentive to injure other players, which creates an unfair advantage.

3.7 - Sex Abuse Limitations

I think Maine should definitely extend the limitations on these cases. Sex abuse is very serious, and should be handled as a serious crime that can be punished for whenever the truth comes out.

3.5 - Teacher Joke?

I think both. People are extremely sensitive these days, but the teacher was in the wrong to say what he did. From what I read, the wording he used seemed more threatening than something that could easily be taken jokingly. I think it should be looked into, but with an unbiased eye, so no conclusions would be made without knowing all the facts.

2.29 - Bullying

Since bullying is still a problem, I don't think schools are doing their best to prevent it, and should really step up their act. Saying that, I don't think it's a major problem in South Portland. SPHS could do better by making punishment for bullying more serious, but I think we're doing all right as a school.

2.27 - LePage's Changes

It seems to me that one of the changes LePage wants to make is to make it easier for students to receive better education. From what I've read it seems like a good idea, and will improve the education of students in Maine, but I am worried as to where the money required to do so would be coming from. So, yes, it looks like a good proposal, but I would need to know more to make a definite opinion.

2.16 - The Door in the Wall

The story begins with someone telling about a story another man had told them, which they did not believe to be true, though they had when it was being told. They ponder the story, and begins to retell the previous night. The man telling the story, Wallace, began by saying he was being haunted, not by the supernatural, but by a longing of sorts. It then goes back to explain their relationship, having gone to school together, but that Wallace had gone on to be far more successful. He retells the story, as Wallace explained that "the Door in the Wall" came to him first when he was a very young boy. He tells that the Door evoked a certain emotion in him, a desire to open it, but also a knowledge not to. So he went on pretending not to notice the door, but eventually ran and burst through it, coming into a garden. And he tells of how beautiful the garden was, and that it had a certain air to it that caused exhilaration. The garden also had to leopards in it, playing with a ball, that came up to him and purred. The garden must have been magical, he tells, as it made him forget all his worrying to be obedient and fears. He played with the leopards and ran about in the garden, until a tall girl came upon him, and carried him along through the garden to a palace. Everyone they came across in the garden was friendly and loving, and the young Wallace found playmates, though what they played he could never remember. And a woman came and took him off to show him a sort of biography that had moving pictures in it. But it didn't show the garden, it showed him crying in the street, and then he was there, crying because he couldn't return to his playmates. When he returned home, his nurse and father questioned him, then thrashed him for telling lies about the magical garden. His fairy-tale books were taken away for him being too imaginative, and he dreamt of the garden often, but never tried to find his way back to it. But later, while he was at school playing an adventure game, he saw the Door again, but didn't go in, as not to be late for school. But at school he told another boy about the garden, who told other boys about it, and so young Wallace was teased for it. So he told them he could show them the Door, but when he went back to where it was it was gone, and he got beaten up. He saw the door again when he was seventeen, on his way to Oxford. But it was just in passing and he was too surprised to stop the cab. So he continued on and got a scholarship to Oxford. And he went on to fulfill his career, but he still dreamt of the garden. Once, after returning to London from Oxford, he was going to call on someone he loved, and took a shortcut, in which he saw the Door, but again did not enter. As he became more successful, and worked through the years, he saw the Door three times, but still didn't enter. He tells that he wanders about at night, looking for the Door.

The story then goes on to explain that Wallace had been found dead, presumably having gone through an unfastened door that lead into an underground railway, and had fallen to his death.

(2.14) - Relevance of the Odyssey

I think the Odyssey will always be relevant, it contains a lot of important messages about life, like staying focused on your goals and knowing that there will be things in the way, but you have to get through them.

(2.10) - Superbowl Metaphor

I think America is at halftime, or perhaps just a "lull in the game" so to speak. America has had economic and political trouble before, and we've always come out of it eventually. It's only been 200 years, America isn't done yet.

(2.8) - The Tell Tale Heart

The story begins with a man's thoughts about himself and what he plans to do, though what it is unclear. He convinces himself that he isn't mad, and then proceeds to explain he is going to kill the old man he presumably works for. He talks of how clever he is for planning ahead for a whole week, sneaking into the old man's room every night at midnight. He also tells that it isn't the old man he has problems with, but his eye. On the eight night he tells that the old man started when he put his head in, and cried out. But he stayed still, and stood in the doorway for an hour, but the old man was still awake, and groaned in "mortal terror." So he opened the cover on his lantern a sliver, and the light fell on the old man's "evil" eye, which made him furious upon looking at. His heart began beating faster and louder as he stood looking at the eye. Then he opened the lantern and lept forward, dragging the old man to the floor and smothering him with the bed, killing him. After making sure he was dead, he took the old man's body and dismembered it over a tub, hiding the pieces beneath the floorboards. But when he was finished, three policemen came to the door, as the old man's shriek had been heard by a neighbor. But he showed them about the house and brought chairs into the old man's room, placing his own above the boards under which he had hidden the old man. He convinced the officers nothing was wrong, but soon began going mad, as the sound of a heartbeat rang in his ears. The sound became too much for him and he admitted his crime and showed them the body, crazedly.

2.6 - Riots

I think the riot was just sports excitement that went too far. Riots surrounding football games are common in a lot of the world, and Egypt is just another example.

2.2 - Heroes

i think a hero is anyone that does something good to make people admire them. My hero is Gertrude Bell, because she was a powerful, influential woman in a time when women couldn't be. I think it's sad that people know about Lawrence of Arabia but not her. Look her up, Hoy. She's awesome.

1.31 - Violette

I don't think he should get to keep his pension. He violated the trust of the public, and therefore should not continue to be rewarded for his work for the public.

1.27 - School Lunch

I think the government has an obligation to provide the opportunity to eat healthier food, but allow students to choose whether or not to eat it.

1.25 - Career

I agree with the article, but don't at the same time. I think it makes some good points about how job hopping can hurt your future work, but I also think playing the field a little could help. While you don't really learn job skills or adapt to the work environments, you learn about the different types of work environments, and job opportunities available.

1.23 - The Internet

I think it is important to keep the Internet uncensored. An enormous part of the Internet is about sharing ideas and making everything possible available. If it were censored, that huge part of society would be destroyed. While the idea of protecting intellectual property is well-meant, I don't think it would work in the positive way those supporting SOPA believe. I think the purpose of the Internet is that everyone can get the information they need, whenever they need it, and you can share your ideas with everyone else. If it were censored, you wouldn't be able to do that.

1.19 - SOPA

I don't think the bill is a good idea. I think it would take away a lot of the opportunity the internet offers, and would make it impossible to share ideas and let knowledge be spread easily, as the internet allows now.

1.17 - Pegasus

It makes some sense for a petroleum company to have Pegasus as a logo because Pegasus was the creature the gods used to retrieve things, and heroes captured to ride. Particularly the heroes riding part makes sense, because you use petroleum to power cars, which you ride in.

Lamb to the Slaughter

The story begins by talking about a woman waiting for her husband to come home. It explains their relationship, and how their evenings always go. It talks about how she gets ready for him to come home, and what sort of drink he likes. When he comes home, it soon becomes apparent that this will not be an ordinary night. He drinks more than usual and seems very agitated with his wife. The story explains that on Tuesdays, which it is in the story, they normally eat out. But the husband doesn't want to, he just wants to tell his wife something, which he does. After hearing what he says, she becomes very sad, but goes on to start dinner, which irritates him greatly. She takes a leg of lamb out of the freezer, and walks back to start cooking it, when he shouts at her not make dinner. This causes her to take the frozen leg and hit him over the head with it, killing him. Then she starts cooking the leg, and goes to the grocery store for some potatoes, which she can use as an alibi. When she gets home, she calls the police, who come and begin investigating. They become very puzzled, but rule out the wife because she had a good alibi, and no apparent weapon. As they investiate, she finishes the meat and potatoes, and, as there is only one of her, she offers it to the policemen for dinner, which they accept, thereby eating and destroying the evidence.

1.10 - the Odyssey

1. An ancient Greek story
2. The second part of the story of the Trojan War written by Homer
3. An epic poem about Odysseus' journey home from the war
4. Also tells of Odysseus' wife Penelope and her struggles at home
5. Likely was originally an oral story

1.6 - Drug Testing

I think the idea to test welfare recipients is a good one. It will hopefully reduce the costs to taxpayers, and will motivate those who are ineligible to become sober, particularly those with children if they are not going to receive welfare either.

1.4 - Vacation

I did absolutely nothing over vacation. Basically I split my time between my couch and my friend Isabella's house. I think my vacation was just the right length, long enough to catch up on rest, but short enough that I didn't get bored.