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Trevor- Hits and Misses

Kaya- 3,2

Difficulties this Year

Honestly, one of the hardest things this year was attempting to please two teachers with the research paper. I was constantly torn between historical inclusiveness and grammatical devices and correctness. In the end, I decided to go with the area that was being graded, the English. I do feel as though I would have written it differently if I was going for absolute inclusiveness in the historical area.

One of the hits this year that I had was the personal narrative. When I'm telling stories the words flow and I know exactly how to convey the emotions I felt at the time. It was an experience that I enjoyed because it made me look at the event in a whole different way. This is the type of writing that I enjoy the most because it is most definitely the type of writing that I'm the best at.

Prompts 2 and 5

#2) In my opinion, power is a burden if used well. You can see this plainly in democracy. The president of our democracy takes into account our voice, and he tries his best to please everyone. This takes a toll on one's physical and mental well-being. However, in a communist country such as North Korea, the pleas of the people do not even reach the ears of the dictator. His people are suffering, and therefore he isn't using his power well.

#5) I do not personally feel that women are more compassionate than men. When it comes to violence, you cannot simply say that one gender is more or less violent than the other. You have to look at certain cases, such as violent crimes or domestic abuse. In violent crimes, women commit the vast minority, and this is widely accepted. However, in roughly 12.5% of relationships, there is reported violence that has been deemed nonreciprocal, and this violence has largely been committed by women. In nonreciprocally violent relationships women are the aggressor more than 70% of the time. Also, in relationships where violence was reciprocal, men were injured more often (25%) than women (20%).

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Ryan- Reading Strategies

Jordan- Reading Strategies

Reading Strategies

In my opinion, the language and word choice of this book aren't particularly challenging. The author has a good way of conveying what she means, and the character development is clear cut. One of the potentially more difficult things about this book is the subject matter. No matter how old you are, if you possess a sound mind it will not be easy to read about cruelty or abuse.


The strategy that I am using while reading this book is to remember that none of it is real. I remind myself that it is a story. However, I think we should realize that Adichie's story is modeled off of real life. If these exact events did not take place, then events similar to them did. We must realize also that this situation does not only occur in Nigeria, or in Africa. Domestic violence is an epidemic that needs to be dealt with, whether that solution is external or internal. But, we must not fight violence with violence. We must rise above.

New York Times

Prompt: What is the story behind your name?

My full given name is Wyatt Joseph Laiche. My first name, Wyatt, comes from the movie Tombstone, where an actor played a man whose lifestyle my father respected. This man's name was Wyatt Earp. He was a sheriff in Kansas, and a good man whose brothers were gunned down by cowboys from Mexico. My middle name, Joseph, is the first name of my dad's grandfather. He was a hardworking man who was dedicated to his family.

My last name, Laiche, is in fact very hard for most people to pronounce. Just for the record, it rhymes with fresh. It has its roots all over Europe, and it can be traced from France to Germany, and it can even be traced back to Scotland. My last name categorizes a group of great men, and it used to belong to a man who owned a large percentage of the land in Louisiana. I love my name, and it doesn't fit anyone else but me.

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Mary Francis- Political Article

Ryan Field- GOP Healthcare