#20 Christophers talents

I think that Christopher would be good at bulding like wooden models. He might be good at putting together wooden planes, 3D puzzles, etc. But I think that he wouldn't be good at something that takes alot of concentration like painting a detailed picture, or sewing.

#17 -Shawshank film

In my opinion, Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption is not the greatest movie of all time. I think that is has very good actors in it but I have seen better movies. Shawshank is not really a movie that I would watch again, I found it satisfactory. This genre of movie is not one that particularity interests me. The movie had some good scenes, but a lot of it was just kind of boring to me, it seemed like they just added boring scenes between the good ones to make the movie longer.

November 8 2013 Columbine

The Columbine incident was a tragedy, and was definitely not anticipated. The boys who committed this crime were just teenagers. The school served as means to a grander end, to terrorize the entire nation by attacking a symbol of American life. Their slaughter was aimed at students and teachers, but it was not motivated by resentment of them in particular. Klebold is easier to comprehend, he was hotheaded, but depressive and suicidal. He blamed himself for his problems. I think that this happened because Dylan Klebold had been very depressed, felt isolated, and had a hard time making friends. I think that this is why he was so easily influenced by Eric Harris. I think that if the two of them hadn't continued their friendship, this tragedy could have been prevented.

#18 Autism

Autism is a condition that makes it hard for people to communicate who are suffering from it. Autism has many different levels, in more severe cases it is very difficult for the person to communicate their thoughts, feelings, and their thinking process if differed from ours. Some other things associated with autism are;
1-Inappropriate laughing or giggling
2-No real fear of dangers
3-Apparent insensitivity to pain
4-May not want cuddling
5-Unusual or repetitive play
6-May avoid eye contact
7-May prefer to be alone
8-Echoes words or phrases
9-Difficulty in expressing needs; may use gestures
10-Inappropriate attachment to objects
11-Insistence on sameness
12-Difficulty interacting with others
13- And they also may spin objects or themselves
People with autism may have all or almost none of these characteristics depending on the degree of their illness.

#15 Yes to death penalty

Reasons for being for the death penalty:

1- Keeps killers out of the streets
2- Killing murderers will leave more space in prisions
3- Its cheaper to electricute them then have them live in prison for 30+ years
4- They shouldnt get the opportunity to live if theyve taken someones life
5- Family members will have more closure
6- Family members won't be scared of the killer hurting more people if they get out
7- It may discourage people from killing
8- People need to know that if they murder someone, there will be serious consequences
9- Keeping them in prison gives them the opportunity to hurt more people
10- Some people are remorseless, and won't hesitate to kill again if given the opportunity

#11 Paul Gingrich and Colt Lundy

I looked at a few different websites and the only reason that the boys gave was that they wanted to run away but his step-father wouldn't allow it. Apperently both boys came from good homes and the boys never really had a strong motive. They were apprehended the morning after the crime was commited, driving in Colt's mother's car. In the car the police found weed, and the guns. it is said that they were going to sell the weed for money but there is no solid proof. Personally I don't think that they should be tried as adults, they should be able to get help. I think that if you are under 16 years old you shouln't be able to be tried and convicted as an adult. They should serve a maximum of 10 years and get some help to rehabilitate them and make them functional members of society.

#9 & 10 Shawshank Redemption

I think that Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption is an interesting book so far. It is a little bit graphic but is insightful to life in prison and seems fairly accurate. So far, I think Andy Dufresne is a pretty good guy. I think he just does his best to try and help people in prison and he has a good business for smuggling things into the prison for money. I think he did commit the crime that he is in prison for but I'm not completely sure yet, because there wasn't complete evidence that he was the one who did it.

#8 the lottery

I think that The Lottery was similar to The Hunger Games books. They had a draw and whoever pulled the card with a black dot on it got killed. I think that the tradition proobably statred a long time ago when the town was established. I don't really know why they originally started this tradition, possibly because it's somewhat of a stress relief. They might still continue it just because they want to carry on a tradition.

#4the weasel skin

I think that the weasel skin was a weird story. The main character seemed very wimpy at the beginning of the story but at the end you learn he is very intellegent. His two cabin mates ended up killing each other over a package that Crowdy told them had $600 in it. He planned this and knew they'd kill eachother. In the end he was the only one out of the three of them that survived. It was well-written.

#2 Just lather, that's all

I think that the story Just Lather that's all was very weird. Captain Torres came into the barber shop and bragged to the barber. In the end the barber found out that Captain Torres was testing him the whole time to see if the barber would try to kill him. It made it interesting that there wa the plot twist at the end and in my oppinion I think that the ending was the climax.

#1 the lunch date

I think that The Lunch date was an odd short film. The women loses her wallet after bumping into a colored man. She buys a salad for lunch and when she goes to sit back down she finds a big, dark man seems to be eating her salad. A the end of the story she goes back and discovers that she wasn't sitting at her own table and had eaten the stranger's salad. I thought that this story was sort of cute because she had lunch ith a stranger but at the same time it was hard to fallow along and understand what was happening due to the lack of words.