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.