Outside Reading #1

The Catcher in the Rye. I have not read much yet but so far I give it ******* out of 10. I'm curious to why the author likes to repeat phrases and sayings throughout the book. Is there a specific reason why the author made the main character a smoker?

POW#2

The days that mom wants to take pictures...

       Every so often my mother likes to take family pictures. She goes to a store and buys all the same shirt or outfit for all of us so we all look the same. The funny thing is that after the pictures she takes the clothes back to the store to return them. She doesn't think that we should "be ourselves" in the picture and let us dress how we want.  My brothers and I have made the argument plenty of times but she always has to have it her way. We tell her "it looks dumb when were all wearing the same thing." She will never budge.
       In the picture I chose, me, my two older brothers, and my younger sister were all posed outside near my brothers college. My brothers and I all had a blank expression on our faces and my sister had a full smile on her face because she knew that she was the only one that wasn't dressed like everyone else. She was the only one who could be herself.
       The reason I chose this picture is because it shows how my family is. My mom try's to hard to make everything perfect when we would be much happier and more cooperative if she would just tell us to dress nicely and we could where what we thought would be appropriate. The pictures actually end up looking worse because we are all upset.

AOW#1

Ms. Byrnes should be readmitted to her school because the picture was to show her family how well she was doing, being expelled could ruin her entire career, and there was no rule against what she did in the code of conduct. The picture was merely to show her family on facebook that she was doing well and actually getting a hands on experience. When she was told to remove the photo she did so immediately without complaint. Being expelled from school at this stage of her life could completely ruin her entire career. This being her last semester she is planning on moving to Virginia with her soon to be husband, and if she cant finish school here she would never be able to find work as a nurse without finishing college. Nobody would want to hire her to work with this kind of obstruction on her resume. In the schools code of conduct there was nothing against what Ms. Byrnes and her fellow students had done. Why should someone be penalized for something that was never made clear? She has admitted her mistake and deserves another chance. Ms. Byrnes took this photo because she was proud of what she is doing. Should she really be kicked out of school for just being too Proud.

POW#1

My parents chose the name Alexander for me because it represents noblity to them. They also named my brothers middle name Alexander and my sisters middle name is Alexis. They have always loved the name and i was lucky enough to have it as my first name. The actual meaning of Alexander is "defender" or "warrior."