Taleban

What is the Taleban?

Articles

So we spent the class today researching articles about Afghanistan - I know we found some interesting things, and really noticed that people tend to focus on the killings and deaths, but don't explain the circumstances surrounding the events...

What did everyone else find!?

Afghanistan

So this is just a short question but what do you guys truly think about the Taleban?

How's Every Ones Break?

Hey Adrian here just wondering what every one has been up too trying not to seem like a creeper just tired of this blog never been updated even though its break, its an awesome way to stay connected.

So to start off I
I'll say something
I've been taking driving lessons with young drivers so I will probably have my N in a month or so,
and I got a haircut....

now people....Go!

I just can't let it go!! (no pun intended) lol.

THIS CAN NOT BE NORMAL...

Hills like White Elephants

I know we discussed this in class today but I would like to know how you felt about the story after finding out it was about abortion. What did you think about the man's response "it's a simple procedure."? What did you think about the woman's response to the situation?

Heart of a man

In the story, "Brooms for Sale" the author said that the main character had the heart of a man. We had a discussion about this in class, about why it was said and the meanings behind it.

I believe the reason men are considered to have a "stronger heart" (spirit wise) is because women are more open about there emotions. Men try to hide there emotions as the slug it out.

Your thoughts?

Mirror Image

I know we have a discussion about Mirror Image already, but I wanted to ask your opinions on something specifically said in this story. At the part when Alice and Jenny are watching the reporter on the television talking to Mrs. Jarred, the reporter asks Mrs. Jarred if science has gone too far. Do you think that if someone in the world today had a brain transplant, you would agree or think that science has gone too far? and should they consider things further before doing something like that?

Seating Plan

So as we all know, we're finally being put into a seating plan. Just wondering people's opinions about it. I don't know about you guys, but the group I'm sitting with right now, I work well with. I worked with them with the Othello project, and we got an A, and there was only 3 of us. Don't take this the wrong way Ms. Clifford, feel free to discuss it too. I just thought I'd put it up there.

Canadian Government Limiting freedom of expression.

I know that this post is very different from any others that have been put up, but I thought it was very relevent to discuss. So, this is something my parents brought up the other night at dinner, apparently the Canadian federal government has passed a bill the will limit funding, cease funding for arts etc that they find to be innapropriate for Canadians to view. This is an excerpt from an article talking about some aspects from this bill. I you think that this is something important or valid that you would like to respond to please do so. What do you think about it, is it something we should be worrying about, do you think that it could lead to a more drastic censorship of arts?


A new bill that would give the federal Heritage Department the power to deny funding for films and TV shows it considers offensive is creating shock waves in the industry.
Changes now before the Senate to the Income Tax Act that would allow the federal government to cancel tax credits for projects thought to be offensive or not in the public interest. The amendments have already been passed in the House of Commons.
The amendment to Bill C-10 would allow the Heritage Minister to deny tax credits for Canadian productions, even if federal agencies such as Telefilm and the Canadian Television Fund have invested in the production.

'It sounds like something they do in Beijing.'— Director David Cronenberg

This excerpt was from the cbc news website, so if you want more info heres the link:
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/story/2008/02/28/film-tax-credits.html

Mirror Image

So on Friday we were given the short story "Mirror Image". For those of you who have read it, what was you first impression of the story as you began to read? Did it turn out how you expected it to?

After the Sirens

This week we read the story "After the Sirens". Now, I'm pretty sure most people would agree that a nuclear attack is a terrible thing to have happen, but do you think that any of us really thinks about it that as something that could threaten us. It almost seems too far fetched, even the thought of any kind of attack seems like something that could never happen to us, but what if it did? What do you think you would do if you heard that Victoria was going to be attacked? Would you be able to stay calm and controlled like the characters in the story or would you basically go into a state of shock and/or hysteria?

We read "The Inheritor" in class the other day, then we began to discuss analogies as to what the story might represent. We discussed, in class, the analogy of the sheep being a poor/homeless person, but what other analogies could you create for this story?