Tim Tebow and the Denver Broncos hosted the New England Patriots in one of the most talked about football games of the season. Every one talks about Tim Tebow and how he is so good and cannot lose. Well the Patriots came out very sloppy on defense in the first quarter allowing the Broncos and Tebow score twice. Now everyone says that Tim Tebow is Jesus. I know it sounds weird, but every one does think that. Well with Tim Tebow’s 4th quarter numbers, the game was far from over. Going into the 4th quarter, Tebow looked like himself, scoring on a long drive. But the Broncos defense forgot they were playing against the best quarter to ever play the game. Brady brought the Patriots on a scoring drive that would put the game out of reach for Tim Tebow and his Broncos.
“The Show Goes On”
Alright, already the show goes on
all night, till the morning we dream so long
anybody ever wonder, when they would see the sun up
just remember when you come up
the show goes on!
[Verse 1:]
Have you ever had the feeling that you was being had
Don’t that shit that make you mad
They treat you like a slave, with chains all on your soul,
and put whips up on your back,
they be lying through they teeth
hope you slip up off your path
I don’t switch up I just laugh
put my kicks up on they desk
unaffected by they threats than get busy on they ass
see that’s how that Chi-Town made me
That’s how my daddy raised me
that glittering may not be gold, don’t let no body play me
if you are my homeboy, you never have to pay me
Go on and put your hands up, when times are hard you stand up
L-U-P the man, cause a brand that the fans trust
so even if they ban us they’ll never slow my plans up!
[Chorus x2]
[Verse 2:]
One in the air for the people that ain’t here
Two in the air for the father that’s there
Three in the air for the kids in the ghetto
Four for the kids who don’t wanna be there
None for the niggas trying to hold them back
Five in the air for the teacher not scared to tell those kids thats living in the ghetto that the niggas holdin back that the World is theirs!
Yeah yeah, the World is yours, I was once that little boy
Terrified of the World
Now I’m on a World tour
I will give up everything, even start a world war
for these ghettos girls and boys im rapping round’ the World for!
Africa to New York, Haiti then I detour, Oakland out to Auckland
Gaza Strip to Detroit, say hip-hop only destroy
tell em’ look at me, boy!
I hope your son don’t have a gun and never be a D-boy
[Chorus x2]
[Verse 3:]
So no matter what you been through
no matter what you into
no matter what you see when you look outside your window
brown grass or green grass
picket fence or barbed wire
Never ever put them down
you just lift your arms higher
raise em till’ your arms tired
Let em’ know you’re there
That you struggling and survivin’ that you gonna persevere
Yeah, ain’t no body leavin, no body goin’ home
even if they turn the lights out the show is goin’ on!
[Chorus x2]
Every story can be looked at differently. People can have different opinions about certain details, characters, and characteristics. The story, The Hunger Games, written by Suzanne Collins, the author portrays one particular characteristic throughout the whole story. She also makes connections with our society. She portrays heroism and what it is all about. Heroism is a trait that shows loyalty, the willingness to sacrifice one’s own life, and bravery. In the story, two teenagers, from the ages of twelve to eighteen, are chosen to fight to the death on live television. Two characters the author uses to portray bravery are Katniss and Peeta. Although both characters show signs of heroism, they are completely different from each other.
Katniss and Peeta are both perfect examples of heroism. Katniss showed her heroism by always being there for Peeta and saving his life. In our class discussion, we discussed when she found Peeta after they were allowed to work as a team; she cleaned him up and took care of all of his wounds. If she did not venture out to find Peeta, he would be dead. At the end of the story, when Cato took Peeta hostage, she saved his life by shooting Cato down and saving Peeta from falling over to his death. “Instead of trying to wrestle his way free, his forefinger veers off and makes a deliberate X on the back of Cato’s hand. Cato realizes what it means exactly one second after I do. I can tell by the way the smile drops from his lips. But it’s one second too late because, by that time, my arrow is piercing his hand. He cries out and reflexively releases Peeta who slams back against him (Collins 336).” Peeta showed his heroism by saving Katniss when she needed it too. In our group discussions, we talked about Katniss dropping the hive of bees on the enemies and how she was stung and was hallucinating. Peeta showed up just on time and protected her from Cato, who was going in for the kill. He fought him off so she could escape. “Now I see what the audience saw, how he misled the Careers about me, stayed awake the entire night under the tracker jacker tree, fought Cato to let me escape (Collins 363).”
Although Katniss and Peeta seemed to be the same person because of their heroism traits, they were different people back at home. Katniss had a lot more to live for than Peeta. Unlike Peeta, Katniss had to support her own family. She sacrifices her life and getting into serious trouble just to support them. Katniss would travel during the day and night to hunt down animals just so she can feed her sister and her mother. Peeta’s parents made bread so they had food for the family. Katniss was more independent back at home when Peeta would walk around in a group of people. She was stronger emotionally as well. Peeta was a calm and collective boy while Katniss had a temper. Both of them are very different people.
The society described to the reader in, The Hunger Games, is somewhat related to ours today. In our class discussion, we talked about certain examples from the story that stood out in our society. Some of these examples are that two people are picked from each district to be represented in the games while in today’s society; two senators are picked from each state to represent. The hunger games could be compared to the war going on in Iraq. Innocent people with families are fighting and killing. The last example our class discussed was the mutated killing bees are just like the killer bee’s that travel around our world now. This story connected the futuristic society to our society today in a very unique way.
All stories can have different meanings to them. In this story, the author is trying to get the trait of heroism across the readers mind. She also wants to have the reader think about the futuristic society and how it compares to our society today. Whether it is sacrificing their lives for the best situation, or standing up for someone, being recognized as a hero is one of the best honors someone could receive. Personally this is one of my favorite books I have ever read. The excitement it brings to the reader is unbelievable. I defiantly recommend this book for people to read.
The article, “Bullying as True Drama,” written by Danah Boyd and Alice Marwick, is about a boy who committed suicide because his classmates made fun of him for being gay. This story is heard all around the world. With all these recent deaths caused by bullying, something needs to change. According to the article, the parents need to learn the language of teenagers these days. They want teenagers to open up more about being bullied or if they are bullying people. I feel like that would make things worse for the teenagers if they got their parents involved. People are going to torment them more because they are going to see a sign of weakness. There’s principles, teachers, and counselors to help you out. The article also talks about how the language of bullying works. They refer to bullying as “drama,” which is used especially by girls. An interesting part that stuck out to me was when they talked to teenagers at high schools about bullying. ”There’s no bullying at this school (Boyd and Marwick 1).” That was the common answer of the students who were asked. This is a very common answer everywhere I think. At my school, whenever someone was asked about bullying, everyone would say there was no bullying. Bullying is a terrible thing and something needs to happen. Preventing bullying is going to be a very hard task to accomplish, but we need to keep trying. It has gotten way to far, and now people are losing their lives.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/23/opinion/why-cyberbullying-rhetoric-misses-the-mark.html
“It’s by doing anything that we become anyone.”
- Rémi Gaillard
How does Rémi Gaillard get away from all the stunts he performs? That’s what I want to know. He travels around France and performs a series of stunts. In this video, he travels around in a kangaroo outfit and screws around with people. I honestly think it’s his best video, but there are so many of them. .
Now what I want to know is how this man gets away from all of this without getting in trouble. In some of the videos, he performs illegal pranks on people and places, but you see him back on the internet again and again. Another famous stunt he performed is when he dressed up as a FC Lorient. He celebrated their soccer victory with the team and even got to meet the French President. I wish I could go around and do pranks like him. I just don’t know how he does it and then just gets out of everything.
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