Moral Dilemma #3

Mitch Walton
123 Green Ave,
Penticton, B.C.
V2A 3W1

February 10, 2011

John Smith
Mayor
City Hall 568 Main Street
Small Village, B.C.

Dear Mr. Smith:

Gunther Grass' secret should be push down under and buried forever. The man is already 92 years of age and has been a model citizen for years and years. People on our town rely on him greatly and the uncovering of this crucial information, would break the hearts of all. Its no secret that he's helping several family survive in this town and if Mr. Grass' secret was revealed, then they would skyrocket on a downwards spiral towards rock bottom.

As well, Gunther Grass, being involved in this war, may have been forced into doing the actions he had partaken in. With a gun put up to your head saying do this or die, not many would take the high road and take a bullet to the brain. Yes, the amount of people that died from him is high, but think of the many many lives that he has saved since. Actions cause reaction and obviously his actions caused him to change for the better of humanity.

Whether the family of Mr. Grass knows that he was a Nazi war criminal of not, he is still a family member today and a father of three. With grandchildren loving their grandfather and losing him in a cruel way would be just as bad as the actions he has performed earlier. Bringing him down in no better than his earlier actions. Mr.Grass has redeemed himself and he deserves to live the rest of his life in peace, away from his haunting shameful past.

Sincerely,

Mitch Walton

Assignment #2 Grade 12

    Along a windy dusty trail, that leads to a place of frustration, responsibility, and freedom, lies a path we all must take. There is no avoiding it. Although there are many alternative routes to get there. Some people take the high road, and work hard to discover the secret of a happiness; and others take the path that's right in front of them and is straight and simple. Bare minimum effort is involved with walking this road. The creative people learn many things along the way. Learning their role in life; their role to the world. On this path, we learn valuable life skills. Check points on this vary from the lower level, middle level and finally the ending checkpoint that is gives you the sight of the end. Were nervous, Were sweating, were desperately crying out for help. Something to give us a hold of something! Standing on the gold plated pathway to achievement are we still are finding fear within our self. Nobody wants to take a step closer, but nobody wants to take a step back or stay longer than they must. Slowly we creep forward. Foot after foot, single file down the path. In the distance there is a form. From this position we can not make out the form, all we can tell is that its flat and people keep going on and off of it. As if time all of a sudden skipped ahead of us, over our heads and back behind us. How did we manage to lose track of this time? Suddenly were there, we see it. We approach the form shaking with anxiety. We've reached the edge. We hear a voice over a system. It's my name. Alone, all alone, I hold back, and move with hardly a crawl towards the destination. I feel as if I'm watching myself stand there, I look pathetic. But after a second look, I look and feel proud! The man voice in front of me all of a sudden catches my ear drums and I hear " Congratulations Mitch, you've graduated.

Blog assignment #2

Scenario one: George looked up from shoeing the horse to see the outline of Curley's wife in the doorway of the barn. They were alone.
       Curley's wife had entered the musky darn barn, she focused on the task at hand. She needed some loving. Curley doesn't give her the attention she so desperately craves. Some say, Curley and her are a closely knit family, but they couldn't be more wrong. At the crack of dawn, she had advanced into the room.
       George, not expecting this at all, said " Well you just stick like glue don't you!"
       "Well George, you just send chills up my spine" Curley's wife responded. She had been eyeing George since the moment he walked onto that farm. She had a situation where she had to make it or break it. She wanted this man in her life, to stick by her through thick and thin.
      George not sure what to take from this said " Well this tops the list of strange occurrences since I've been here. What can I help you with?" he felt as if she was going to pull one over on him.
      Curley's wife had done this so many times, she knew the process like the back of her hand. " Well your a very handsome man to say the least. I haven't seen a man like you around here for ages; and I need a companion. A man that can handle me, a man whose not afraid of a little danger, a little excitement. Some one who can sweep me off my feet. " . After a long hard stern look of thought and concentration, Curleys wife noticed the change in expression in Georges face, a look of playful intensity. Got him. He fell for it, hook, line, and sinker.
       "Well when you state it that way, there ain't no way I can say no to that." . After this being stated, and the look of accomplishment in Curley's Wifes' eyes, George knew he got her. Playing his excitement up to make her think he fell for her cheesy "pick up line". It was a breeze to pull that over on this floozy.

Social Media Project

 A) This is a video
 B) Family's and children not getting enough exercise, and Wii fit not actually getting people active. The 'rich' being in the luxury of this
 C) "You  don't want to spend $3.00 on a hula hoop? Then spend $300 on the Wii!" "Instead of having your kids to go out side and play and get exercise, why not have them stand in front of the TV. That eliminates your cost on soccer registration."
 D) It is being used through irony.
 E) Target audience is 10-60+. Everybody who is involved with Wii Fit technology.
 F) Because its so sarcastic that it just proves the point and puts it across so well that it hits our society spot on. We don't get enough activity now a days, children don't go out to play as much as they used too. Its all technology orientated and you get your activity on a "Wii Fit Board". Which really isn't doing anything.

Your second option is to create a random piece of creative writing. Below are 12 options that you may choose to write on:
6) Write a fictional scary encounter with your hairdresser or barber.

My mom is always nagging me about getting my hair cut and it being " too shaggy" or messy. Most of the time I strongly disagree. Usually when she makes this statement, it's when I just get my hair how I want and I really like it at the time. It never fails. But this time, it was getting to long and it was starting to bug me. So, I listened to her. I looked around for a popular Barber shop or a good hair dresser. I found a fantastic one by the look of the advertisement. So the next day, I went down there to make an appointment and get a nice hair cut. But of course, they were closed down and out of business. Just my luck. On the way home from the disappointment, I saw a barber shop. The place looked alright, kinda run down but hey whats the difference! I walked in and everything this was intriguing to my sense's. The colours of the walls around me from the unfamiliar scent in the hair which made my mind glaze over with a mental fog. the kind of feeling you get during Christmas time when all the fresh baking in the oven opens up your mind and the Christmas spirit envelopes us all. By this time I was sitting in the chair looking at my self in an odd sort of mirror. It looked normal enough, but myself, I looked different that normal. For one I had an extremely goofy look on my face, and two, my hair wasn't the same it looked amazing. Like I've never seen it before. But before I had the chance to take it in more fully, it vanished and I saw my self. I remember the lady behind me asking if I liked what I saw and I told her the truth. I told her that the image that seemed to have been conjured in front of me, was the most amazing thing I had ever seen! She told me that she would bargain with me. For the hair cut, to make it look exactly like the way I had seen it, I would have to work there for a month and a half helping her with her supplies OR, I would have to pay an unruly amount of money. So instincts led me to do the work, I mean how hard could it be! As soon as I told her my choice she nodded her head and slipped away. All I could think about was the image that I was going to have! when she came back, she had something in her hand, and when I opened my mouth to ask what it was, she slipped a pill into my mouth and I passed out. When I awoken, I was in a rouge coloured room, with that same unfamiliar scent. I figured that I was in the same building. The lady was sitting across from me reading her book and looked up to see that I was awake. When she realized I had woken up she stated " You will be helping me recreate people for the next month and a half. With your help, I will have my own race of super good-looking genetically altered beings!" By this time, I started to get a bit creeped out, but at that moment, I realized how good looking this woman actually was. Then I looked past her, and spotted a mirror and the refection of my self. Well what I thought to be my self because I had seen this image before, when I was sitting in the chair at this very barber shop! I was thrilled! As I was so caught up in my emotions, a thought came into my head . Whats the catch? An extremely altered face looking to be from the gods themselves, for a month and a half of work? It just doesn't click. But I let the thought slip and carried on with my extraordinarily happy sense. I worked off my month and a half and at the end of it, and the thought came back. I asked the lady and she said there was no catch, she just liked having company. Which I believed because I was so drawn in my her beauty. Strange thing was, my appearance hadn't changed once since I got my hair cut. The other strange thing was I never went home during the time period when I was working there. That thought, never had crossed my mind. So I left the building and stopped abruptly. The building was no longer old and ratty, but new and more attractive. Actually, come to think of it, everything looked better! Everything looked like it was, in some sort of Beautified state. I got home and everything there was different too. I went down stairs into my bathroom and looked in the mirror and I couldn't believe my eyes! Not only was I hideous, but i was shriveled up, wrinkly and old looking! It was as if all of my facial features, had turned on me and I looked like a broken rock mushed with a pile of sand. but everything around me still looked incredible. I must of sucked out all my looks and put them into other people and threw them everywhere on every thing. I went back to the barber shop and I asked the lady what had happened to me! She just giggled and walked away.

6. Sleepwalking/ Hallucinations

Today's assignment is to do a little research into topics associated with "Macbeth". Your paragraph must have a clear and engaging introduction, followed by 7-10 facts of information, and finished up with a powerful conclusion. Please remember that this paragraph must be completely in your own words.

Ms. Searcy will assign you one of the following topics:

1. The Real Macbeth
2. King James the first
3. Charles Manson and Macbeth
4. Witches and Witch Hunts
5. The Curse of Macbeth
6. Sleepwalking/hallucinations
7. The Black Death
8. War in Medieval Times

After you have finished your blog, please read 3 of your classmates blogs that have been written on different topics from your own.


Sleepwalking is a general term that ever body knows. But what most people don't know, is the activities That may occur. Many people, only suffer from minor cases of sleep walking that go from sitting up in bed, to walking into the bathroom to have a shower. But in more severe cases, People can even get into there car and start to drive, and even commit homicide. Many cases only involve repetitive patterns while immersed in complex behaviors while sleeping. The time period of people sleep walking, can last from 30 seconds, to half an hour. Sleepwalking is a disorder that can be grown out of in early childhood stages. Between 25 and 33% of sleepwalkers have nocturnal enuresis. Which is also know as "bed wetting". This is more common in children than adults. Night terrors is also a common phenomenon for all ages, but its more common in adult sleepwalkers, up too 50% more common. There is controversy between whether it is ok to wake a sleepwalker, or if you should just leave them. Some experts say you shouldn't wake them, but guide them back to there bed very gently. Others say waking a sleep walker will cause disorientation, but will not harm them.

           The definition of a hallucination is a Latin term that means "to wander mentally". They can  involve the sense of feeling, hearing, seeing, smelling and some times even tasting things that aren't actually present. The most common hallucination is just seeing and hearing imaginary objects. Hallucinations are often associated with Schizophrenia. Although hallucinations often occur to people with the bipolar disorder. Real examples of hallucinations have been posted on the Internet;" I don't see pink cartoon bunnies, but sometimes when manic or hypomanic I think I see things like motion peripherally where there is none or stuff moving in the reflections in mirrors. I think I hear my name or weird unclear snatches of noise. It makes me paranoid and then I see more stuff, but I don't actually see anything. It's more like a visual or auditory twitch."  (http://bipolar.about.com/cs/faqs/f/faq_hallucinate.htm). The term for a mild cause of a hallucination is known as a disturbance. it can occur in visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory, tactile, proprioceptive, equilibrioceptive, nociceptive, thermoceptive and chronoceptive senses. These disturbances could be like seeing movement in your peripheral vision, or hearing faint noise or voices. other feelings could be from schizophrenia, by the feeling that some one is watching you from behind or being stared at. Olfactory is your sense of smell, gustatory is your sense of taste, tactile is your sense of feel. Equilibrioceptive is your sense of balance. Nociceotive is the senses in your brain. Thermoceptive is the sense to feel heat or any sort of tempature, and Chronoceptive is your ability to keep time, knowing how much has passed.

To the Over Users Of Facebook

( Facebook Obsessor's be warned this is a rant pointed directly towards you) During the last few years of when Facebook has been a raging uproar to success, people have become obsessive. People cannot get enough of this website. So obsessed that Facebook needed to make an application so the site is accessibly every where you go. Its available on people's phones, all over people's Ipod's, you can even get Facebook to send you texts so you always have it in the palm of your hand. People are engulfed in the need to be connected socially to every body. No one can be left out for a SINGLE moment! Can you not imagine the horror of it! The other extremely annoying thing about Facebook users these days, is that people have nothing better to do but take quizzes, comment on everything, "like" everything, join groups every two second for everything so pointless and in amusing that its really just a waste of time. The next day you log onto Facebook and you look at your requests, and there is a significant number of "challenges" to beat someones high score on a game or quiz! Really, I could care less about the stupid facebook quiz that tells you nothing. These people should go out side and get some exercise or go actually socialize with people, instead of using facebook to 'talk' to people. The most. utterly pointless, most un-use full thing people do to over use there facebook, is updating there status about everything they do. " ... is eating with the family, having KD with Hot Dogs in it, Mmmmm!" or " ... is about to go to bed, good night every body, see you tomorrow". This is an over obsession that should not be shared. People have to tell me there going to bed over the Internet on their status, should not be on Facebook. The Facebook creation was a great way to get in connection with people and be able to talk to them, but this is just taking it over the top people. I believe some of these people are over using the rights that Facebook offers. Therefore, they should learn how to use a website properly without having to tell me what they are doing every step of the way. Its too much information. ' Mitch says... See You tomorrow every one, I'm going to bed!'