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Subway Hero Discussion
We discuss Autrey the subway Hero and talk about ideas of a hero.
I decide that Autrey is a hero because he sacrifices everything for a stranger, therefore showing compassion. -
Roy Benavidez
Military heroes are right where my soft spot is. I have no doubt that this man is a hero. The videos on him made me cry, and I hope that I can die the way he did, conviced through and through I'm a good American. -
Kristi Quillen interview
We watch the interview with Ms. Quillen, learning about the sacrifices she went through to help people. She is my definition of a hero-- but barely. I feel like I need to know more about her before deciding. however, it did opne the PeaceCorps to my mind as a potential future career. -
Personal Revelation: Hero?
I reflect on all my ideas of heroes, on my own morals and the things we've talked about. I realize that through seeing all this, it's given me words for things in my brain I couldn't before describe, but my ideas haven't changed a bit. -
Looking for Books
We go to the library on the second day since the sub was confused the first day. I start feeling desperate since I feel like I'll never find my hero. My first choice had almost no books on her, so I went with my second. -
Hero Decided.
Yes, I chose Anne Frank. Instead of someone who I could only read about, I chose someone I could relate to. -
Book Found
It wasn't as easy getting ahold of this book as I thought.
Friday I did homework, Saturday I was busy. Sunday the library was closed, and so was monday-- I desperately called every peer of mine til I found a copy. I read the first 100 pages. Incredible story. She was so innocent at the beginning. -
Blog Post One
Writing down all our choices into the first Posterous Blog. -
Powerpoint in Class
We investigate through many music videos, like the Year of the Rat and Waiting on the World to Change. I think that the former is the more meaningful one, even if it's a little awkward;y drawn. The latter frsutrates me. -
Children
We watched the little girl start the idea of creating art to help people in Japan.
I wouldn't call her a hero, really, simply because she seems too young to actually get what's really happened. She just draws for Japan, and at that age, as long as adults seem pleased, it's the right thing to do. She might have been a hero-- but it's really hard to say. -
Class Discussion
Heroes in Literature discussion, as well as powerpoint list.
We talk Thomas edison, Barack Obama, Rosa Parks.
The list on the board made me realized I'd read a lot of books! They must have influenced the way I think. -
Second Blog Post
Heroes in Literature. I must hve bored Mrs. Allen with my Three-pager ranting on about morality and goodness. But it strengthened my ego and morals bigtime. -
Presenting in class
Shared parts of our biography. I thought mines was rather deep, and I learned a lot about other people's ideas of heroes. -
Watched Movie
I watched the Boy in the Striped Pajamas: it was a very emotional movie about how a Nazi general's eight year old little boy makes friends with a little boy behind the fence. (Who always wears these 'striped pajamas')
If you have never watched it, you definitiely should. Wisdom of an eight-year old surpasses that of the rest of Germany. -
I finish my biography!
Yes, I cried at the ending, because there was no ending. There was a post by Anne three days before the Nazis came to take them away, and then the next page was blank but ffor 'Anne's diary stops here.' She died of a fever and lack of nutrition at a concentration camp. -
Watching Anne Frank
Movie number two is the 2009 production of Anne Frank, the movie. It is extremely good, and covered the transition well. Not entirely accurately but well.
