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"I see knowledge increasing and human power increasing. I see ever-increasing possibilities before life, And I see no limits set to it at all, Existence impresses me as a perpetual dawn. Our lives, as I apprehend, are great in expectations." - H. G. Wells
Due This Week!!
All assignments will posted here! Check back often!!
Book Review PowerPoints DUE WEDNESDAY!!
TTTC PORTFOLIO: DUE FRIDAY MAY 8!!!!!
[Wow! This is a big part of your grade for this last six-week term!]
1st Draft Writers' Workshop Project 2: DUE MONDAY MAY 11!!!
Dialectic Journal--Each Chapter, Keep Writing!!
Ch. 2 Love
Ch. 3 Spin (2/3 page)
Ch. 4 On the Rainy River (1 page)
Ch. 5 Enemies/Ch. 6 Friends (2/3 page)
Ch. 7 How to tell a True War Story (1 page)
Ch. 8 The Dentist (2/3 page)
Ch. 9 Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong (1 page)
Ch. 10 Stockings/Ch. 11 Church (2/3 page)
Ch. 12 The Man I Killed/Ch. 13 Ambush
(1 page)
Ch. 15 Speaking of Courage (1 page)
Ch. 16 Notes (1 page)
Ch. 17 In the Field (2/3 page)
Ch. 18 Good Form (2/3 page)
Ch. 19 Field Trip (1 page)
Ch. 20 The Ghost Soldiers/Ghostly Fears
(1 page)
Ch. 21 Night Life (2/3 page)
Ch. 22 Lives of the Dead (1 page)
:)
Book Review PowerPoints DUE WEDNESDAY!!
TTTC PORTFOLIO: DUE FRIDAY MAY 8!!!!!
[Wow! This is a big part of your grade for this last six-week term!]
1st Draft Writers' Workshop Project 2: DUE MONDAY MAY 11!!!
Dialectic Journal--Each Chapter, Keep Writing!!
Ch. 2 Love
Ch. 3 Spin (2/3 page)
Ch. 4 On the Rainy River (1 page)
Ch. 5 Enemies/Ch. 6 Friends (2/3 page)
Ch. 7 How to tell a True War Story (1 page)
Ch. 8 The Dentist (2/3 page)
Ch. 9 Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong (1 page)
Ch. 10 Stockings/Ch. 11 Church (2/3 page)
Ch. 12 The Man I Killed/Ch. 13 Ambush
(1 page)
Ch. 15 Speaking of Courage (1 page)
Ch. 16 Notes (1 page)
Ch. 17 In the Field (2/3 page)
Ch. 18 Good Form (2/3 page)
Ch. 19 Field Trip (1 page)
Ch. 20 The Ghost Soldiers/Ghostly Fears
(1 page)
Ch. 21 Night Life (2/3 page)
Ch. 22 Lives of the Dead (1 page)
:)
TTTC Vocabulary!!
“The Things They Carried”
1. Foxhole: –noun A small pit, usually for one or two soldiers, dug as a shelter in a battle area.
2. Perimeter: –noun
Military. A fortified boundary that protects a troop position.
3. Poncho: –noun A blanket-like cloak with a hole in the center to admit the head, originating in South America, now often worn as a raincoat.
4. Grunts: –noun Slang. An infantryman in the U.S. military, especially in the Vietnam War: "They were called grunts....They were the infantrymen, the foot soldiers of the war" (Bernard Edelman).
5. Intransitive: –adjective Not transitive [Transitive: characterized by or involving transition; or passing over to or affecting something else]
6. Taut: –adjective
a. Tightly drawn; tense; not slack.
b. Emotionally or mentally strained or tense.
7. Topography: –noun The detailed mapping or charting of the features of a relatively small area, district, or locality.
8. Bayonet: –noun a dagger-like steel weapon that is attached to or at the muzzle of a gun and used for stabbing or slashing in hand-to-hand combat.
9. Antipersonnel: –adjective Military. Used against enemy personnel rather than against mechanized vehicles, materiel, etc. Ex. antipersonnel bombs.
10. Shrapnel: –noun Military. A hollow projectile containing bullets or the like and a bursting charge, designed to explode before reaching the target, and to set free a shower of missiles.
11. Monsoons: –noun A wind from the southwest or south that brings heavy rainfall to southern Asia in the summer.
12. Volition: –noun The act of willing, choosing, or resolving; exercise of willing. Ex. She left of her own volition.
13. Arsenal: –noun A place of storage or a magazine containing arms and military equipment for land or naval service.
14. Entrench: –verb
a. To place in a position of strength; establish firmly or solidly: safely entrenched behind undeniable facts.
b. To dig trenches for defensive purposes around (oneself, a military position, etc.).
15. Tangible: –adjective
a. Capable of being touched; discernible by the touch; material or substantial.
a. Real or actual, rather than imaginary or visionary. Ex. The tangible benefits of sunshine …
16. Muzzle: –noun The mouth, or end for discharge, of the barrel of a gun, pistol, etc.
“Spin”
17. Ammo: -noun
projectiles to be fired from a gun or other weapon [syn: ammunition]
18. Grid: -noun
a network of horizontal and perpendicular lines, uniformly spaced, for locating points on a map, chart, or aerial photograph by means of a system of coordinates.
19. Exuberance: -noun
a. joyful enthusiasm
b. overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval
20. Fungal: -adjective1. of, relating to, or having the characteristics of fungi 2. caused by a fungus
“On the Rainy River”
21. Stash: –verb
a. to put by or away as for safekeeping or future use, usually in a secret place
–noun
b. something put away or hidden
c. a place in which something is stored secretly; hiding place; cache.
22. Dispense: –verb
to deal out; distribute
to do away with; rid of
23. Aggression: -noun
the practice of making assaults or attacks; offensive action in general.
24. Stooge: -noun
One who allows oneself to be used for another's profit or advantage; a puppet.
25. Imperative: –adjective
a. absolutely necessary or required; unavoidable
b. of the nature of or expressing a command; commanding.
26. Province: -noun
a country, territory, district, or region
27. summa cum laude: -adv & adj
With the greatest honor. Used to express the highest academic distinction
28. Infantry: -noun
soldiers or military units that fight on foot, in modern times typically with rifles, machine guns, grenades, mortars, etc., as weapons
29. jingo: -noun
a person who professes his or her patriotism loudly and excessively, favoring vigilant preparedness for war and an aggressive foreign policy; bellicose chauvinist
30. smoldering: -verb
To burn with little smoke and no flame.
To show signs of repressed anger or hatred.
31. Decapitate: -verb
To cut off the head of; to behead.
32. Eviscerate: -verb
to remove the entrails from; disembowel
to deprive of vital or essential parts
33. schizophrenia: -noun
any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact
34. censure: -noun
strong or vehement expression of disapproval
-verb
to criticize or reproach in a harsh or vehement manner
35. acquiescence: -noun
agreement or consent by silence or without objection; compliance
36. platitude: -noun
a flat, dull, or trite remark, especially one uttered as if it were fresh, original, or profound
37. pious: -adj
Having or exhibiting religious reverence; earnestly compliant in the observance of religion; devout.
38. Gentry: -noun
an upper or ruling class; aristocracy
people of good breeding, education, or high social position.
39. Bewilderment: -noun
The condition of being confused or disoriented.
40. Chrome: -noun
chromium-plated or other bright metallic trim, as on an automobile
41. giddy: -adj
affected with vertigo; dizzy
frivolous and lighthearted; impulsive; flighty
42. reticence: -noun
disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved, reluctant, or restrained
"How to Tell a True War Story"
43. Rectitude: -noun
rightness of principle or conduct; moral virtue
44. salvage: -noun
the act of saving anything from fire, danger, etc.
-verb
to save from shipwreck, fire, etc.
45. detonation: -noun
the act of exploding; an explosion
46. skewed: -verb
a. To turn or place at an angle.
b. To give a bias to; distort.
-adj.
a. Placed or turned to one side; asymmetrical.
b. Distorted or biased in meaning or effect.
47. Artillery: -noun
a. mounted projectile-firing guns or missile launchers, mobile or stationary, light or heavy, as distinguished from small arms.
b. the troops or the branch of an army concerned with the use and service of such weapons.
48. Scenario: -noun
an imagined or projected sequence of events, esp. any of several detailed plans or possibilities
49. Ordinance: -noun
a. cannon or artillery.
b. military weapons with their equipment, ammunition, etc.
c. the branch of an army that procures, stores, and issues, weapons, munitions, and combat vehicles and maintains arsenals for their development and testing.
50. Definitive: -adjective
a. most reliable or complete
51. Rucksack: -noun
a type of knapsack carried by hikers, bicyclists, military, etc.
52. Drudgery: -noun
hard monotonous routine work
53. Napalm: -noun
a. a highly incendiary jellylike substance used in fire bombs, flamethrowers, etc.
54. Anarchy: -noun
political and social disorder due to the absence of governmental control
55. Civility: -noun
a. courtesy; politeness
"Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong"
56. Improbable: -adj
unlikely to be true or to happen
57. Bedlam:-noun
a scene or state of wild uproar and confusion.
58. Mundane:-adj.
of or pertaining to this world or earth as contrasted with heaven; worldly; earthly: mundane affairs.
59. Vulnerable:-adj.
capable of or susceptible to being wounded or hurt, as by a weapon: a vulnerable part of the body.
60. Sniper:-noun.
a marksman who shoots at people from a concealed place
61. Intrigue:-verb
to arouse the curiosity or interest of by unusual, new, or otherwise fascinating or compelling qualities; appeal strongly to; captivate
62. Casualties:-noun
loss in numerical strength through any cause, as death, wounds, sickness, capture, or desertion.
63. Gore:-noun
murder, bloodshed, violence, etc
64. Adrenaline:-noun
central nervous system in response to stress, as anger or fear, and acting to increase heart rate, blood pressure
"Stockings"
65. Plod:-verb
to walk heavily or move laboriously; trudge
66. Invulnerable:-adj
incapable of being wounded, hurt, or damaged.
"Church"
67. Pagoda:-noun
(in India, Burma, China, etc.) a temple or sacred building, usually a pyramidlike tower and typically having upward-curving roofs over the individual stories.
"The Man I Killed"
68. Cadre: -noun
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
69. Cowlick: -noun
a tuft of hair that grows in a direction different from that of the rest of the hair
70. Piaster: -noun
a former monetary unit of South Vietnam: replaced by the dong in 1976
"Speaking Of Courage"
71. Causation: -noun
a. The action of causing or producing
b. the relation of cause to effect; causality
72. Gargling: -verb
to wash or rinse the throat or mouth with a liquid held in the throat and kept in motion by a stream of air from the lungs
73. Mortar: -noun
a. Any of various bonding materials used in masonry, surfacing, and plastering, especially a plastic mixture of cement or lime, sand, and water that hardens in place and is used to bind together bricks or stones.
b. A portable, muzzleloading cannon used to fire shells at low velocities, short ranges, and high trajectories
-verb
To bombard with mortar shells
74. Hoist: -verb
to raise or lift, esp. by some mechanical appliance
"Notes"
75. Catharsis: -noun
the purging of the emotions or relieving of emotional tensions, esp. through certain kinds of art, as tragedy or music
76. Nucleus: -noun
a central part about which other parts are grouped or gathered; core
77. Valor: -noun
boldness or determination in facing great danger, esp. in battle; heroic courage; bravery
"In the Field"
78. Platoon: -noun
a military unit consisting of two or more squads or sections and a headquarters
79. Giddiness: -noun
a. attended with or causing dizziness
b. frivolous and lighthearted; impulsive; flighty
80. Condolence: -noun
expression of sympathy with a person who is suffering sorrow, misfortune, or grief
"The Ghost Soldiers"
81. Cushy: -adj
involving little effort for ample rewards; easy and profitable
82. Battalion: -noun
Military: a ground force unit composed of a headquarters and two or more companies or units
83. Bunker: -noun
a fortification set mostly below the surface of the ground with overhead protection provided by logs and earth or by concrete and fitted with openings through which guns may be fired
84. Hooch: -noun
any living quarters, as a barracks
85. Botch: -verb
to spoil by poor work; bungle
86. Rapport: -noun
relation; connection, esp. harmonious or sympathetic relation
87. Illumination: -noun
a. A source of light
b. Decorative lighting
c. Spiritual or intellectual enlightenment
d. Clarification
"Night Life"
88. Grope: -verb
a. to feel about with the hands; feel one's way
b. to search blindly or uncertainly
89. Defoliant: -noun
A chemical sprayed or dusted on plants to cause the leaves to fall off
90. Kilter: -noun
good condition; order
"The Lives of the Dead"
91. Infatuation: -noun
A foolish, unreasoning, or extravagant passion or attraction
92. Chronology: -noun
the sequential order in which past events occur
93. Taper: -verb
to cease by degrees; decrease; diminish
94. Tranquilizer: -noun
a. a drug that has a sedative or calming effect without inducing sleep
b. a person or thing that tranquilizes
95. Translucent: -adj
a. permitting light to pass through but diffusing it so that persons, objects, etc., on the opposite side are not clearly visible
b. easily understandable; lucid
96. Essence: -noun
a. the basic, real, and invariable nature of a thing or its significant individual feature or features
b. something that exists, esp. a spiritual or immaterial entity
97. Blatant: -adj
brazenly obvious; flagrant
98. Formaldehyde: -noun
a colorless pungent irritating gas CH2O used chiefly as a disinfectant and preservative and in chemical synthesis
1. Foxhole: –noun A small pit, usually for one or two soldiers, dug as a shelter in a battle area.
2. Perimeter: –noun
Military. A fortified boundary that protects a troop position.
3. Poncho: –noun A blanket-like cloak with a hole in the center to admit the head, originating in South America, now often worn as a raincoat.
4. Grunts: –noun Slang. An infantryman in the U.S. military, especially in the Vietnam War: "They were called grunts....They were the infantrymen, the foot soldiers of the war" (Bernard Edelman).
5. Intransitive: –adjective Not transitive [Transitive: characterized by or involving transition; or passing over to or affecting something else]
6. Taut: –adjective
a. Tightly drawn; tense; not slack.
b. Emotionally or mentally strained or tense.
7. Topography: –noun The detailed mapping or charting of the features of a relatively small area, district, or locality.
8. Bayonet: –noun a dagger-like steel weapon that is attached to or at the muzzle of a gun and used for stabbing or slashing in hand-to-hand combat.
9. Antipersonnel: –adjective Military. Used against enemy personnel rather than against mechanized vehicles, materiel, etc. Ex. antipersonnel bombs.
10. Shrapnel: –noun Military. A hollow projectile containing bullets or the like and a bursting charge, designed to explode before reaching the target, and to set free a shower of missiles.
11. Monsoons: –noun A wind from the southwest or south that brings heavy rainfall to southern Asia in the summer.
12. Volition: –noun The act of willing, choosing, or resolving; exercise of willing. Ex. She left of her own volition.
13. Arsenal: –noun A place of storage or a magazine containing arms and military equipment for land or naval service.
14. Entrench: –verb
a. To place in a position of strength; establish firmly or solidly: safely entrenched behind undeniable facts.
b. To dig trenches for defensive purposes around (oneself, a military position, etc.).
15. Tangible: –adjective
a. Capable of being touched; discernible by the touch; material or substantial.
a. Real or actual, rather than imaginary or visionary. Ex. The tangible benefits of sunshine …
16. Muzzle: –noun The mouth, or end for discharge, of the barrel of a gun, pistol, etc.
“Spin”
17. Ammo: -noun
projectiles to be fired from a gun or other weapon [syn: ammunition]
18. Grid: -noun
a network of horizontal and perpendicular lines, uniformly spaced, for locating points on a map, chart, or aerial photograph by means of a system of coordinates.
19. Exuberance: -noun
a. joyful enthusiasm
b. overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval
20. Fungal: -adjective1. of, relating to, or having the characteristics of fungi 2. caused by a fungus
“On the Rainy River”
21. Stash: –verb
a. to put by or away as for safekeeping or future use, usually in a secret place
–noun
b. something put away or hidden
c. a place in which something is stored secretly; hiding place; cache.
22. Dispense: –verb
to deal out; distribute
to do away with; rid of
23. Aggression: -noun
the practice of making assaults or attacks; offensive action in general.
24. Stooge: -noun
One who allows oneself to be used for another's profit or advantage; a puppet.
25. Imperative: –adjective
a. absolutely necessary or required; unavoidable
b. of the nature of or expressing a command; commanding.
26. Province: -noun
a country, territory, district, or region
27. summa cum laude: -adv & adj
With the greatest honor. Used to express the highest academic distinction
28. Infantry: -noun
soldiers or military units that fight on foot, in modern times typically with rifles, machine guns, grenades, mortars, etc., as weapons
29. jingo: -noun
a person who professes his or her patriotism loudly and excessively, favoring vigilant preparedness for war and an aggressive foreign policy; bellicose chauvinist
30. smoldering: -verb
To burn with little smoke and no flame.
To show signs of repressed anger or hatred.
31. Decapitate: -verb
To cut off the head of; to behead.
32. Eviscerate: -verb
to remove the entrails from; disembowel
to deprive of vital or essential parts
33. schizophrenia: -noun
any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact
34. censure: -noun
strong or vehement expression of disapproval
-verb
to criticize or reproach in a harsh or vehement manner
35. acquiescence: -noun
agreement or consent by silence or without objection; compliance
36. platitude: -noun
a flat, dull, or trite remark, especially one uttered as if it were fresh, original, or profound
37. pious: -adj
Having or exhibiting religious reverence; earnestly compliant in the observance of religion; devout.
38. Gentry: -noun
an upper or ruling class; aristocracy
people of good breeding, education, or high social position.
39. Bewilderment: -noun
The condition of being confused or disoriented.
40. Chrome: -noun
chromium-plated or other bright metallic trim, as on an automobile
41. giddy: -adj
affected with vertigo; dizzy
frivolous and lighthearted; impulsive; flighty
42. reticence: -noun
disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved, reluctant, or restrained
"How to Tell a True War Story"
43. Rectitude: -noun
rightness of principle or conduct; moral virtue
44. salvage: -noun
the act of saving anything from fire, danger, etc.
-verb
to save from shipwreck, fire, etc.
45. detonation: -noun
the act of exploding; an explosion
46. skewed: -verb
a. To turn or place at an angle.
b. To give a bias to; distort.
-adj.
a. Placed or turned to one side; asymmetrical.
b. Distorted or biased in meaning or effect.
47. Artillery: -noun
a. mounted projectile-firing guns or missile launchers, mobile or stationary, light or heavy, as distinguished from small arms.
b. the troops or the branch of an army concerned with the use and service of such weapons.
48. Scenario: -noun
an imagined or projected sequence of events, esp. any of several detailed plans or possibilities
49. Ordinance: -noun
a. cannon or artillery.
b. military weapons with their equipment, ammunition, etc.
c. the branch of an army that procures, stores, and issues, weapons, munitions, and combat vehicles and maintains arsenals for their development and testing.
50. Definitive: -adjective
a. most reliable or complete
51. Rucksack: -noun
a type of knapsack carried by hikers, bicyclists, military, etc.
52. Drudgery: -noun
hard monotonous routine work
53. Napalm: -noun
a. a highly incendiary jellylike substance used in fire bombs, flamethrowers, etc.
54. Anarchy: -noun
political and social disorder due to the absence of governmental control
55. Civility: -noun
a. courtesy; politeness
"Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong"
56. Improbable: -adj
unlikely to be true or to happen
57. Bedlam:-noun
a scene or state of wild uproar and confusion.
58. Mundane:-adj.
of or pertaining to this world or earth as contrasted with heaven; worldly; earthly: mundane affairs.
59. Vulnerable:-adj.
capable of or susceptible to being wounded or hurt, as by a weapon: a vulnerable part of the body.
60. Sniper:-noun.
a marksman who shoots at people from a concealed place
61. Intrigue:-verb
to arouse the curiosity or interest of by unusual, new, or otherwise fascinating or compelling qualities; appeal strongly to; captivate
62. Casualties:-noun
loss in numerical strength through any cause, as death, wounds, sickness, capture, or desertion.
63. Gore:-noun
murder, bloodshed, violence, etc
64. Adrenaline:-noun
central nervous system in response to stress, as anger or fear, and acting to increase heart rate, blood pressure
"Stockings"
65. Plod:-verb
to walk heavily or move laboriously; trudge
66. Invulnerable:-adj
incapable of being wounded, hurt, or damaged.
"Church"
67. Pagoda:-noun
(in India, Burma, China, etc.) a temple or sacred building, usually a pyramidlike tower and typically having upward-curving roofs over the individual stories.
"The Man I Killed"
68. Cadre: -noun
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
69. Cowlick: -noun
a tuft of hair that grows in a direction different from that of the rest of the hair
70. Piaster: -noun
a former monetary unit of South Vietnam: replaced by the dong in 1976
"Speaking Of Courage"
71. Causation: -noun
a. The action of causing or producing
b. the relation of cause to effect; causality
72. Gargling: -verb
to wash or rinse the throat or mouth with a liquid held in the throat and kept in motion by a stream of air from the lungs
73. Mortar: -noun
a. Any of various bonding materials used in masonry, surfacing, and plastering, especially a plastic mixture of cement or lime, sand, and water that hardens in place and is used to bind together bricks or stones.
b. A portable, muzzleloading cannon used to fire shells at low velocities, short ranges, and high trajectories
-verb
To bombard with mortar shells
74. Hoist: -verb
to raise or lift, esp. by some mechanical appliance
"Notes"
75. Catharsis: -noun
the purging of the emotions or relieving of emotional tensions, esp. through certain kinds of art, as tragedy or music
76. Nucleus: -noun
a central part about which other parts are grouped or gathered; core
77. Valor: -noun
boldness or determination in facing great danger, esp. in battle; heroic courage; bravery
"In the Field"
78. Platoon: -noun
a military unit consisting of two or more squads or sections and a headquarters
79. Giddiness: -noun
a. attended with or causing dizziness
b. frivolous and lighthearted; impulsive; flighty
80. Condolence: -noun
expression of sympathy with a person who is suffering sorrow, misfortune, or grief
"The Ghost Soldiers"
81. Cushy: -adj
involving little effort for ample rewards; easy and profitable
82. Battalion: -noun
Military: a ground force unit composed of a headquarters and two or more companies or units
83. Bunker: -noun
a fortification set mostly below the surface of the ground with overhead protection provided by logs and earth or by concrete and fitted with openings through which guns may be fired
84. Hooch: -noun
any living quarters, as a barracks
85. Botch: -verb
to spoil by poor work; bungle
86. Rapport: -noun
relation; connection, esp. harmonious or sympathetic relation
87. Illumination: -noun
a. A source of light
b. Decorative lighting
c. Spiritual or intellectual enlightenment
d. Clarification
"Night Life"
88. Grope: -verb
a. to feel about with the hands; feel one's way
b. to search blindly or uncertainly
89. Defoliant: -noun
A chemical sprayed or dusted on plants to cause the leaves to fall off
90. Kilter: -noun
good condition; order
"The Lives of the Dead"
91. Infatuation: -noun
A foolish, unreasoning, or extravagant passion or attraction
92. Chronology: -noun
the sequential order in which past events occur
93. Taper: -verb
to cease by degrees; decrease; diminish
94. Tranquilizer: -noun
a. a drug that has a sedative or calming effect without inducing sleep
b. a person or thing that tranquilizes
95. Translucent: -adj
a. permitting light to pass through but diffusing it so that persons, objects, etc., on the opposite side are not clearly visible
b. easily understandable; lucid
96. Essence: -noun
a. the basic, real, and invariable nature of a thing or its significant individual feature or features
b. something that exists, esp. a spiritual or immaterial entity
97. Blatant: -adj
brazenly obvious; flagrant
98. Formaldehyde: -noun
a colorless pungent irritating gas CH2O used chiefly as a disinfectant and preservative and in chemical synthesis
TTTC Portfolio Requirements
- Cover
- Vocabulary
- KWL Chart
- Character Graphic Organizer
- Letter
- Theme Project
- Dialectic Journal
- Vietnam Era Movie Review
About Me
- Mrs. Snow
- Nixa, MO, United States
- I grew up in a little town in Southwest Missouri and have wanted to be a teacher nearly all of my life. Every grade I went through, I would imagine creative ways to teach each subject. After high school, I went through the Honor's Program at MSSU, where I met my husband, Eddie, on my very first day of classes. I graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in English and Theatre and recently took a year off teaching to attend MSU where I earned my Master's Degree. Eddie teaches history at Nixa Jr. High and coaches 7th grade football and I stayed at home with our three children for ten wonderful years. Tucker, 12, Savannah, 8, and Emma, 5, are the light of my life--we love movies, pools, and just hanging out together. I'm excited to be returning to BHS this year where I will have all sophomore classes. As I love to read all kinds of things and have spent many happy hours lost in books, it is my goal to pique the imagination of my students in a subject in which they have shown little interest. We will be learning a lot in a great variety of ways, so I ask you all to join me on this journey and try some new things as we go to see if you can find out where your own passions lie.
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49 comments:
I think this is just common knowledge if you ask me. When someone says they will do something you expect them to do it. If you need a ride to work and someone says they will pick you up at 3. If they dont show your in trouble. If you knew they wouldn't show up or something you could arrange it with something else. It has happened to me thats where I got the topic idea.
You shouldn't make promises you can't keep. Nothing good comes out of that. It only leaves people diasapointed. Everyone has done it, but you should try not to.
i dont relly understand this quote but i think its talking about someone who made a promise and never kept it but tried to act like he relly promised
Well me myself i can kind of relate to this quote because i think that it deals with everday life people make promises they cant keep, and some people want to believe it. Yes it does make a difference because people believe you and they want it to be true, It's the same in life today. It is that way everyday so.. Nothing to different.
Lover
well i think this quote means that if people cant keep promises then they shouldnt know them.people should learn who there true friends are in life and realize that its hard to find a true friend that would blab your secrets or wont break your promises.
I believe its better to not make the promise in the first place if you know you cant keep it. Breaking a promise gives peoples hopes up and lets them down. So I believe not making a promise at all would be bettter.
everybody makes mistakes, and they also deserve a second chance, but dont trust just anybody
im not sure who little pine is... but i think that this quote is very true, as it probably applies to everybody elses life as well. i do agree, but tough love little pine.... sometimes you dont get what you want
i agree with this quote very much. trust is a huge thing to me. when i first meet someone they gain my trust but if they do something to lose it...it will be much harder for me to gain my trust back in you. this quote has always and will always apply to people when it comes to making and breaking promises. if there is even a chance that you will not be able to keep or follow through with your promise then here is a great tip: dont promise! its like i would rather not depend on someone for something than have them completely go against their word. we all should learn from this...dont make promises that u cant keep...plain and simple
I say the same thing. I would rather someone not promise me something than promise me something and not do it. I never promise anyone anything and if i do than i will keep it!
I think it's better if you dont make a promise to somebody and not do it cause it's just retarded when you say that you will do something and not do it. It's disrespectful. It's just better if you dont have to put that burden on yourself and when you dont follow through with the promise you feel like a jerk. so if you say you will do it, then do it.
if you make a promise...keep it. sure we are human and we make mistakes but its not right to give someone your word if you are not willing to keep it. it is very hard to find someone you can truly trust in todays society. we should all learn how to not say promise if we cant keep it, and if we do say promise, keep it.
I think it means that if you can't back up what u say hen try not to say anything. It doesn't show good of you if you talk a lot but u can't back up anything you say. Keep your promises, I mean its understandable if something comes up thats unavoidable but if you aren't 100% sure you can do something don't say you promise that you will.
native americans feared the white mans promises to take there lands, lives, and culture. there could of been small diffrences that would probaly only add up over time to benifit the native culture at that time, like relocating, or going into hideing. today native american cultures, and tribes are protected instead of destroyed. if my life was the 1 in question i would move on to some place new, were i could be free.
I think the quote is bascially saying not to promise to do something you cant or wont do. You make people more upset by breaking your promises rather than just saying you cannot do the favor. Thats how I feel about it.
I think that the quotation is saying if you make a promise you need to do it and not forget about it i dont know if i would made a difference.If it was my life i the question i would make difference.
To me this quotation is talking about making promises and keeping them or doing them as "promised". If you know that you can not keep a promise, then don't make it. But at the same time, all people make mistakes and you could have really thought that you could keep it, but ending up somewhere down the line messing it up. It's human nature and everyone has broken a promise sometime or another. Just be careful about what you promise and it should be fine.
Everyone has been lied to, and has in returned lied to someone else. It very much like the golden rule. If you want people to be honest with you, dont lie to them. Live an honest life, and let your conscience have say once in a while.
texas2010
I think this quotation means dont make the promises that you cant keep. In the native american stories it would have made a difference. For example when the wolf told buffalo bull he would not eat the sheep when he did. In the end starving himself. Also today it would have got us to the point of complete honesty if eveyone followed it. Finally if it was in my life I would never be in trouble lol.
Dylan Lewis
I think this quote it talking about keeping and breaking your promises.I think it would have made a difference if the promise was kept.I dont think it changes the meaning any today.I always try to keep my promises so this does not really apply to me.
this quote is saying that if you can't keep a promise, you shouldn't make it. it's worse to make a promise and not follow through with it than to not make one in the first place--don't go back on your word.
-basketball33
I think this quote means that if you make a promise you have to keep it.You can't tell anyone. I think it wouldn't have made a difference. Today, i don't think it would have made have difference either. I belive not making a promise in the first place would be best.
betchimthebombliketictic
I think this saying is true. It wold go for the Native Americans but also into todays society.
LOVE
Yes i think it would have made a difference. Today i think that people make promises that they dont mean or intend to keep so i think people shouldnt make promises unless they want to keep them.
I would definately rather someone tell me. If they're going to do something bad just tell me so that im not surprised. I would be able to handle it much better that way. It would have helped the indians if the white people hadnt lied because they could have gotten prepared.
This is pretty simple to explain. No one would want promises made to them, and never fulfilled. They would rather have never been promised to. And this would stay the same through any amount of time. And if this were my life in question then I would have never been promised to. As opposed to being let down.
The quotation is talking about keeping promises you make. If you always try your best to keep the promises you make to people, they will rely on and trust you. But if you don't keep promises you are known as unreliable and untrustworthy. The meaning of this quote would be same, but the capacity would be different. People one hundred years ago were probably more trustworthy than they are in present time, and one hundred years from now we could only imagine what people will be like.
I think that what this entry is saying is true. If someone tells you they are going to do something, you would probably expect them to do it....right? It's just like if you are going to tell someone you will pick them up at 8, and you don't, well then they will most likely be mad at you.
"I would have been better pleased if you had never made such promises than that you should have made them and not performed them. . ." --Shinguaconse ("Little Pine")
I think the quotation means, if you make a promise, follow through with it.If you aren't gonna follow through with it, then dont make promises. No, no matter what race you are, you shouldnt make promises you cant keep, it follows through until today!
This reminds me of the story about the deer woman we read about. The victim is always one that has made a promise to be faithful but leaves their wife for the woman. This quotation is saying you are better off not to take on something u dont know u can follow through with then to promise something, not follow through, and cause disappointment.
CONDOR
it is better for you to not make a promise at all than to make it and not complete it. if you dont make a promise then there wont be anything expected from you. so if you make a promise and dont do it then that makes your word worthless.
This quote kinda tells about how you need to keep the promises you make. once you break a promise to someone it automatically, by human nature, makes that person not trust you as much. i know that once a promise is broken over and over again my trust towards that person goes down. trust is a very big thing to me
k33
Making a Promise and not keeping it is basically lying. When you tell someone you will do something, whether it for them or someone else and you don't commit to it and do it. You lied to that person. The native americans had a strong sense of trust and honor and this would have been frowned upon.
what ever happens,happens if its your time to go, then its your time to go
I agree with this qoute 100%. Trust is a very big part in life. If you promise as certain person that you will do something you should do everything in your power to come through. And if you can't then have the courtesy to tell them.
I definitely agree with this quote. I believe that trust is a huge part of my life. I believe that trust is the key to many things... Like relationships.
Softball5
I think that means that do not make promises that you can't keep. This also can make a difference in your life and other people's lives. If you keep promises then people will trust you more.
I think it means to not say you’re going to do something and know you won’t and let them down and just say in the beginning you can't do something.
Now a lot of people keep making promises they can't keep but they make them anyways. The people that are promised those things that the other people know can't keep them are hurt most of the time or get their hopes rally high and then they can't belive it. I have been made promises like that n I get rally disappointed.
I can relate to this quote because my older sister would always tell me that she would take me to school or drive me to practice. She almost never did. I started getting really mad at her..and i told her that she might as well not even tell me that she would take me anywhere if she wasn't going to do it.
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This quote is takling about how the white people said that they would not attack and make the Indians move, but instead they lied and did it anyways.I totally agree with the way the Indian that said this. If someone told me that they were going to do something or not and did the complete opposite, I would be just as angry.
It means that you shouldnt promise one thing and then go against your word and not fo what you promised. If oyu promise someone something then you need to stick to your word. It doesn't just hurt the person, it hurts you also.
I think that this also should be applied to more than just promises. for example, if you know that you are responsible for something, like taking your sister to early morning band, and you know you have to do it, but you stay up and watch the matrix untill 1 in the morning. then when morning comes and you have to get up, you are too tired and blame it on something else, like soccer practice (which is only 2 hours long!!). so you dont take her and she gets in a lot of trouble. You knew you had to do it but you were too irresponsible to actually do it.
--CDEDBDdiver
This qoute basically describes the way i was raised. If i was told to get something done i got it done. But you can't always depend on other people if you want something done. So you usually end up doing it yourself.
I think that the quote means that the settlers made promises to the native americans about land. And they didn't come through with the promises. The natives would have rather them not given them the hope if they were not gonna come through with it.
This quotation kinda speaks for its self. If you make a promise then you should keep it. And yes it does make a difference either way, a promise is a vow to that person and if you do not keep it you are no better than a thief. If it was my live in question I would really like to have someone promise me that I would be ok.
I can relate to this quote very well. I believe the quotation means if you are going to commit to something then stick with it. It would be much better to not get someones hopes up and when something doesnt work out, let them down.
I think the quote means that we shouldn't make promises that we can't keep. Yes, it makes a difference because if we make promises, we should keep them. It is the same today as it has always been. I personally do not make promises, EVER. That is a chioce of mine. I don't choose to promise things because I never know if I can keep that promise one hundred percent. I stopped promising about three years ago and I do not regret it.
just do not make promises you cant keep its that simple
Guardgirl1220
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