This American Life

Never will words be able to do justice to the torture, sadness, and pure loss of hope experienced within the barbed wire fences of concentration camps. Primo Levi’s recount of his time as a prisoner is the closest anyone on the outside will ever come to truly being able to understand it without experiencing the imprisonment first hand. Human beings were destroyed in these camps; deprived of their humanity and minimized to just a number. The Nazi Regime stripped these people of their past,…

This week was a little difficult not because of school because it is the week before fall break. Last year, did not have fall break due to basketball, but this year I did. (The week of September the twenty- sixth to October the second.) My mind was not on anything school this entire week, but I knew if I wanted my behavior to stick I would have to keep it up. The week was not that bad. All my teacher were taking notes and just getting ready for mid-terms after fall break. Thursday we had project…

Just like how he had to build a fire for this wet feet. To survive he has to warm up before his feet froze. The man wished he had a trail mate so he would not have to be in such tragedies. But he did not have anyone but the dog. As he was trying to build another fire, he notice the dog all curled…

a . . . wing. My um, wing. Silence. It got hurt too. Her mom leaned over and examined it closely. Amazingly, she was trying to act casual, like, oh, okay, you have a wing. No biggie”. I thought this was a very important part of this book because it was the first time a normal human saw the wing like this. She told her to come with her to her work so she can get an x-ray Since she’s a vet. It switches back to Angel’s perspective. The white coats are talking about harvesting her organs and…

Cancer, the dreaded six letter word that will affect almost everyone at some point in their life; whether cancer is their cancer or the cancer of a loved one. What happens when the cancer the doctors said was gone comes back only a year later and this time worse than before? For Mary Williams, this just so happened to be her case. Her malignant melanoma is back and this time an unspoken terminal is present in the diagnosis. As a mother of two young girls, eight and eleven years old, Williams is…

“It’s okay,” Joe said. “I can't imagine not smelling cow shit every morning anyway. It’s soothing.” We started laughing until we were both standing there looking at the other, crying. It was the first time Joe and I had spoken that deeply about being an Albert— what it meant and what it felt like. We crumbled at the same time and sat by the wheelbarrow and wiped at our tears and sweat, the liquids hard to tell apart. I ran my palms over the dry grass in the field like it was water, inviting and…

“Santa.” “What?” “Call me Santa.” “… What do you want from me, Santa?” she repeated. “See those gifts?” He pointed to a table in the corner, stacked with toys and appliances. “Wrap them. I’ll be back with more.” Suddenly the Christmas-y tentacles reached out and dug into Dianna’s pockets, taking her and her boyfriend’s wallets. “What are you doing? Please, that’s all of my boyfriend’s Christmas money!” “I’m sure he’ll be happy to know it was used to for good. Have fun with the elves.” He…

This week, I was able to be more involved in the actual teaching within the classroom. Last week, I monitored student behavior a lot and made sure that everyone was on task when they were supposed to be. However, this week I taught morning meeting and skills block. During morning meeting, we would listen to the daily announcements on the overhead, then I would call everyone down to the carpet to sit in a circle. We began each day with a friendly greeting. This week it was “Brown Bear…

Horowitz says this to Holden because he wants him to realize that the fish naturally survive this way. Even though the ducks are surrounded with ice, they let Mother Nature take its course by waiting it out and knowing they are going to survive. Horowitz goes on to say, “If you was a fish, Mother Nature 's take care of you, wouldn’t she?” Then he says, “You don’t think them fish just die when it gets to be winter, do ya?” . This relates directly to Holden because he is…

about it, do not be fooled, as it could lead to death. Field states, “The Nun’s Priest’s Tale says that even those who do not like his tale can benefit from it.” Field says that everyone who reads this tale can learn the lessons, and the meanings of the story. People can use these lessons in everyday life and can teach someone to be more opened minded about things. Chanticleer also references the Bible: “The Book of Daniel”, as Daniel too had dreams of what would happen in the future. Not all…