10-31-11 Adjusting Behavior

One time when I had to adjust my behavior was when my brother was picking out a video and I tricked him into getting a different video by telling him that it was the original one. He only found that out when we were going to watch it and I said that no it was a different one. Since I had tricked my little brother into getting a movie he had already seen we didn't watch anymore movies and when straight to bed. I had to adjust my behavior because since that event I have never tricked my brother into getting another movie he didn't want.

10-26-11 Civic center bond

I don't think my view changed because I was against the bond to begin with after reading the article. I still believe that the money could go to fund other projects such as alternative energy sources and different forms of transportation. Also the point about how it is going to cost more than 55 million dollars instead of the 33 million that is being advertised.

10-24-11 Children with firearms

I think that children shouldn't be allowed to hunt with fire arms unless they have been properly trained on how to use guns. I think this because then these accidents would happen less often because children would know not to point the gun at his foot and while doing that playing with the safety of a gun. Also adults should stop children from doing that if they see it, which would also help.

10-20-11 Favorite season

My favorite season is favorite season is fall because it is not too hot or cold, but it is just chilly. Another reason is why I like fall is the ground is dry and not muddy, although this year it is cold and muddy. One final reason why fall is my favorite month is that one doesn't have to shovel snow yet, but the grass also doesn't have to be mowed as much because it is dying.

10-18-11 The Lottery

The Lottery by Shirley Jackson tells the story of a day at the end of June in a town with a barbaric ritual called the lottery. The story starts out as the children being to gather in the town square and them filling their pockets with rocks. Soon the adults are arriving and getting their family together. Next the official of the Lottery arrives with a black box and a three legged stool. Then he has the heads of the families draw a piece of paper out of the box and wait to look at it. Once that is finished the family who has the black spot on their piece of paper have to redraw to see who "wins the lottery". In the village that is the Hutchinson's who end up getting the spot and one of the daughters and the mother "win the lottery".  The prize is that you get stoned which is people throw stones at you until you die and that is what happens to Tessie the daughter and Mrs. Hutchinson. This is a barbaric ritual that would have probably never survived into present day.

10-14-11 Grovers Corners influence

I don't think that South Portland is not influenced in the same way as Grovers Corners because South Portland has a much larger population which means that not everybody know each other. Another difference is we have much larger group of religions and Grovers Corner was mostly protestant. One final reason is that we travel much more so we don't want to stay in South Portland. This is total opposite 'of Grover Corner.

10-12-11 Our Town Statement

I don't agree with this statement because I think that all people should go to college even if they are in love with another person. Why I think that people should go to college is that education is so important and I believe that sometimes people should choose their head over their heart.

10-7-11 Maine jobs

I don't agree with Obama's plan because we could be putting our money that would be spent building roads and repairing bridges into public transportation like a light rail system. I also think that we could use all of the cars that would be useless to build these railcars and rails. We would need to repair some of these bridges, but the highways would be useless and our carbon footprint would go down astronomically. 

10-5-11 Maine Casinos

I think that they should allow the Racino in Biddeford because it would create many more jobs and bring income to the area. One other reason why I would allow the Racino is because there is no high stacks gambling and no ability to loss an enormous amount of money. I wouldn't allow the casino in Lewiston because there is high level gambling which might promote excessive drink which may lead to more drinking while driving and people will gamble more meaning that they will loss more money. One final reason is that we already have one casino, why do we need a second.

10-3-11 Grovers Corner culture point

One aspect of culture that influences Grovers Corner is how all of the people who live there, know each other and some people also trust one another. One example is when George couldn't pay Mr. Morgan for the ice cream soda, so Mr. Morgan said he would wait ten years before George had to pay him. This doesn't really impact South Portland daily life because South Portland is so large and not everybody knows each other. If South Portland were much smaller in population, then that would be the case.