The Great Teacher Student War

MONDAY
          "Are you ready to get pummeled, Mr. Bowser?" Josh said to Mr. Bowser's face, both heavily breathing and panting. "Josh, you are the best player here, but it's our ball and the game winning point, so Mr. Less and I have to win." The game was at a tie, 199-199, and whoever made the next point won. Mr. Less had the ball at the three point line, with Eric guarding him intensively. In the paint, Mr. Bowser ran back and forth trying desperately to get open, but the monstrous 6 feet of pure basketball skill named Joshua was guarding Mr. Bowser. He's hands were upward and high enough to touch the sun. In a sudden flash, Mr. Bowser swooped behind Josh and became open. Mr. Less seeing their opportunity threw the ball for a pass. Like a bolt of immense lightning, Josh stole the ball, for nothing is allowed to get pass his domain while in the paint. "Wow Josh, you are so amazing and talented, you are truly the best!" yelled Mr. Bowser and Mr. Less as Josh dunked the ball one handed. As Eric went to Josh to congratulate him, Mr. Less and Mr. Bowser murmured and whispered to one another. "Josh's skill is unmatched, I am envious of him." snickered Mr. Bowser. "You are right, I am going to give him a F for the next Geometry test." giggled Mr. Less.

TUESDAY
          "What do you mean I failed? And an zero! How is that possible!" Josh argued with Mr. Less. "Sorry Josh, you missed every question on the test wrong." Mr. Less said with a smirk. "I studied for five hours last night, I don't understand!" Josh was puzzled, how could this have happened? As everyone went to the insight room for lunch, Josh did some investigative work. He searched through some papers on top of Mr. Less's desk and made a horrifying discovery. In Mr. Less's diary (which Josh found rather hilarious) was a note that said, "GIVE JOSH F ON NEXT TEST."

WEDSNDAY
          Josh was upset and puzzled. Did Mr. Less really give him a F just for beating him in basketball? Was Mr. Bowser somehow involved in this too? Josh thought it would be best to address this issue to Mrs. Cook and Mrs. Maiorca. During lunch, Josh went to them and told his story. "Well, Joshua," said Mrs. Maiorca, "if you failed the test, you failed the test!" Mrs. Cook added, "I have to agree with Mrs. Maiorca, Josh. I am sorry." This made Josh very furious and mad. He could not even trust the teachers and staff he depended on.

THURSDAY.
          The Great Geauga Academy War lasted only two days, but was some of the worst and disturbing conflict ever recorded in modern day history. The inventions of the eraser cannons and textbook grenades gave the teachers a tremendous advantage over their opposes, the students. However, the students were led by a determined, young leader named Joshua Bearce, whose courage and leadership was enough to secure the students' victory over the teachers during battle on Monday, that ended the great war.

Attack of the Clone

         I walk home, discovering that I have a identical clone in my living room. I stare in shock, as he does the same. Then I scream out "There can only be one!" in a deep Scottish accent, and a tackle him to the ground. We begin to slug it out, but at the end we are evenly matched so no one wins. Exhausted and both laying down on the floor. We begin to talk. How can such a thing have happened? How will our family and friends react? Most importantly, who is the real Joshua? Then it struck our minds like a freight train. There is two Joshua's now, which the same identical skills. We decide to team up, and conquer what we want. We head outside, and play two vs two games with friends and strangers alike, demolishing any competition. We go fish and catch twice as many fish then we (I) did before. We are unstoppable. We graduate high school, and go into politics. After many hard years of reaching to the top, the original Joshua becomes President of the United States, while the clone becomes the dictator of Russia. Together we conquer all the other nations and make the world under absolute control of the Josh Twins.

          At our death beds, we look at one another. It is like looking into a mirror that can change its figure whenever it wants. "What have we accomplished, my friend," I told the clone, "we rule the world with tyranny and fear. Is this really what we want?" My clone looks puzzled and confused. "Is this not what we wanted, comrade?" he says, with a slight Russian accent he had developed after living in Russia for many years. I look out the window. Snow falls lightly across the city of New Joshville, one of many new capitals we created together. "We created a nightmare, this is not what I...we truly wanted. We could of used our power to do go in this world, but instead we chased our own desires. We let greed control us. Is this how we will be remembered by history?" I look back at my clone, but his eyes are shut closed. I can tell by his chest that his last breathe was not to long ago. "I should of finished you when we first meant." I say this with tears in my eyes, then close them.

Terminator IRL

          "The Pedestrian" by Bradbury, is an interesting concept of how technology can take over people's lives in almost a zombie-like-state in the future. A man is arrested by police, who themselves are machines, just for walking outside. The man is a writer, which for the police is "no profession". The police take him to a psych asylum and admit him for regressive tendencies. In this world, it is abnormal to be not like everyone else, such as watching t.v. in the evening.

          If I found myself in Mr. Mead shoes when the police stopped him, I would try to rebel and try to make public publicity and awareness of how machines were taking control of our lives. Soon others would start the realizations of the horrors of what has become and join me to start public campaigns. Even though it may be a losing fight, I would express how I felt, which may be against the law during this new era.     

Blog:1 Death/Life

          Death teaches us much about life and what it is. Many novels and films can show the reader or viewer the significance of death. In the novel "All Quiet in the Western Front", by Erich Maria Remarque, a German soldier named Bäumer and others struggle to keep alive in the trenches of the Western front during WWI. Through the story, Bäumer overcomes many difficult obstacles, both physically and mentally, including the deaths of most of his friends. Tragically at the end, young Bäumer is hunkered down in a trench when a blue butterfly lands just feet away above the trench. Since he collects butterflies and is fascinated by this one, he slowly reaches out towards it, and in a blink of an eye, is shot and killed by an enemy sniper. Remarque shows us exactly how fast and unexpected life can end, especially during the horrors of world war one. Other novels use this technique to develop a deep connection to the character then having him erased from the story usually by the means of death. This teaches the reader all good things in life will not last, and that we may not appreciate life itself until something tragic happens.

          Many films can also show us the importance of death in life. A film that also shows us that death is a part of life is "Old Yeller", directed by Robert Stevenson. A boy has a strong friendship with a lab name Yeller. During a fight with a raccoon, Yeller contracts rabies. To put him out of misery, they have to shoot Yeller. Much like All Quiet on the Western Front, this shows us how fragile life can be. Though through dramatic changes in life, such as death, we must learn to deal and move on.