Blog comments week 8

https://english1mpblog.blogspot.com/2016/10/week-2-reading-response-to-lord-of-flies.html?showComment=1477502564115#c515445607357775269

https://maksbleach.blogspot.com/2016/10/side-affects-may-and-will-vary.html?showComment=1477502669849#c3532232093968081345

LOTF

In Lord of The Flies we are just getting introduced to new characters like Ralph and Piggy. Ralph is an immature kid that can be very annoying at times. Piggy is a big fat guy. He gets made fun of a lot. 

Piggy and Ralph get stuck on an island with their schools. Most of the kids were around 12 years old. There were tons of different schools like band school and choir school. Ralph is elected to be the leader but is very immature. He ends up being  pretty good leader and creates rules. All of the sudden, a fire starts on the island and there is a missing kid. I am very curious to see how Ralph takes care of this and how other kids, like Piggy, react to this.

Human Nature

Human nature is the way people are programmed to act. I think humans are fundamentally flawed. I think society has an effect on the way people choose to behave. People want what they can’t have.

In the Bible, Adam and Eve were told by God to not eat fruits off of a certain tree. They were in a place where there were fruits everywhere and only couldn't eat from one tree. God had warned them not to eat it, but Adam and Eve really wanted to. The Devil then came and tempted them and they ate the fruits. 

Blog Comments Week 7

https://english1mpblog.blogspot.com/2016/10/fall-break.html?showComment=1477013606227#c1771506416013418615

https://jamescblogpost.blogspot.com/2016/10/13th-gate-free-post.html?showComment=1477013767456#c1209576618981995139

The Batboy

This week in “The Batboy” Brian sleeps at Comerica Park and lives out his dream. Finn and Brian sleep on the couches in the clubhouse and Brian sneaks out onto the field. He dreams of hitting a home run and runs the bases. He does everything Hank Bishop does because he's Brian’s idol. The next morning, Hank is very mean to Brain because the coffee Brian made wasn't good enough for him.

I feel happy and sad for Brian. Im happy for him because he got to live his dream and sleep in the clubhouse. I feel sad for Brian because his idol still hates him. I still think it’s awesome that Brian met his idol. Some people don’t even see theirs in person.

Fall Break

I spent this Fall Break at my camp in Woodville, Mississippi. After the Episcopal football game at Northeast High School, I went straight to Woodville, MS from Pride, LA. It took us about an hour to get there and we arrived at around 12:00. I told everyone hello and went straight to bed. I was ready to hunt in the morning.

I woke up at 6:00 the next morning and went hunting. My dad and I walked up on 4 does in my field and scared them away. I didn't see anything for the rest of the hunt. That afternoon, I went hunting in the same field. My dad and I had set out corn before we went out that day and we put the corn out pretty close to our stand. The first four deer came out there were three fawns and a doe. I kept hearing rustling in the woods and I thought it was a buck, so I waited and the deer ran away.

Then, the same deer ended up coming back 30 minutes later for about 10 minutes and ran away again. Then, a doe came by itself. It was 20 yards away. I took a deep breath and squeezed the trigger. I had killed my first deer with my crossbow.

Gerrymandering

The Week Staff talks about a way to rig elections legally. This method is called gerrymandering. Gerrymandering refers to the process of redrawing voting districts for political advantage. This is called “gerrymandering” because it was named after Elbridge Gerry, a governor from Massachusetts who redrew state level district lines in 1812 to keep his party dominant in the state legislature.  This tactic is used by both Democrats and Republicans.

When a candidate gerrymanders, they have to be running on a consensus year, which is every ten years. Before the election, the candidates reinvent, or redraw the voting districts. This allows the lesser populated districts voting count for more because there are less people. This happened in Texas and Colorado and this increased Republican representation. In Florida, the people voted to put a stop to this. The people did not want to give anyone unfair advantages. I agree to this decision, but unfortunately, nothing has been done to stop it. The Florida voting has just made this a bigger deal.

It is my belief that gerrymandering is a problem and needs to be solved to create fair and balanced voting districts. Elections should be won on the popular vote and not decided by politicians before election day. I think this should be illegal and I think the people should get to vote for who they want, not the politicians themselves. There are other ways to win elections  besides “gerrymandering” which is, in my opinion, cheating.

Blog Comments Week 6

https://thegoat2323.blogspot.com/2016/10/national-anthem-kneeling.html?showComment=1475771466696#c2945154206834190324

https://casey1205.blogspot.com/2016/10/free-post.html?showComment=1475784415432#c4472072117672859671

Cardinals

For free writing this week, I chose to write about the Arizona Cardinals. The Cardinals have been one of my favorite NFL teams since I was in 1st grade. In 1st grade, my father and I supported them the entire season. That year, they ended up losing in the Super Bowl to the Pittsburgh Steelers. I still liked the Cardinals throughout my childhood and when my favorite LSU player, Patrick Peterson, got drafted to go there I began to love them. 

In fourth grade, my family and I went to the Grand Canyon for Thanksgiving. While we were there I couldn't stop begging my parents to bring me to a game. My dad and I really wanted to go, and we ended up going. The Arizona Cardinals played against the St. Louis Rams, an NFC  west showdown. The Cardinals ended up winning big and Patrick Peterson got an interception. After the game Patrick gave me his jersey and gloves he had worn that game. We then went to go eat with him after. It was the greatest night of my life.

Batboy 6

This week in “The Batboy”, Brian was doing his regular job in Comerica Park. This time ignoring Hank Bishop, Brian was not trying to please him anymore. Even though Hank was mean, Brain still idolized him. During the game, Hank hit a walk off home run. After, Willie talked to Brian and the other batboy about how Hank is still mean to everyone. Brian went to get $40 worth of food at McDonald’s for Willie and he ate everything. He then tipped Brian $20.

I feel bad for Brian because his idol doesn’t like him. If I were in this situation I wouldn't like Hank at all. I might have even quit the job as the batboy. I think Hank is just being a jerk because he thinks he's amazing because he plays in the major leagues. He's just not a humble guy and no one likes him.