Thursday, September 27, 2012

Good Presentations

Sean Kenny
09/27/12
Red, Block 2

Good Presentations

     I believe a good presentation should be made by someone who knows the topic well. They need to understand what they themselves are saying and help the audience understand also. The animation is definitely optional, and while it does look nice to a degree, it can be distracting. The handouts in my opinion are a good idea, but don't make them to distracting or you may find yourself in the with the same problem as with the animation, depending on the audience. And most important, don't use only words. You need pictures and graphs or anything to keep it from being boring or less understandable.

Friday, September 21, 2012

Summer Reading - Bleach


Sean Kenny
Mr. Hoy’s Block 2, Red Days
English 1
September 13, 2012
Summer Reading - Bleach
Over this summer sumer I reread a Manga that I enjoyed when I was younger. I read the first three volumes of the series. But I’m only talking about the first volume.
The three, biggest main characters in this book were Itchigo, Rukia, Orihime & Yasutora.

In the first volume it begins when Itchigo Kurosaki’s family is attacked by a Hollow - an evil spirit that has not yet passed on, and he meets Rukia, a Soul Reaper.
Soul Reapers hunt these Hallows. Itchigo must absorb half of Rukia’s powers to save his family, but accidentally takes all of it. After defeating the Hallow he meets Rukia again at his school and she explains that because he absorbed each drop of her dark power he must take her place as a Soul Reaper.
While Itchigo refuses at first he soon takes the job. And when his friend is attacked by a Hallow he must protect her and then help the Hallow it's self.
In the end of the book it talks a bit about Chad, or Yasutora, getting a bad luck parrot and he get’s into quite the accident, proving the parrot really is bad luck.

Judge: YouTube doesn't have to take down anti-Islam video

Sean Kenny
09/21/12
Block2, Red

Judge: YouTube doesn't have to take down anti-Islam video


     I do not think justice was served but I think that the woman should get over the fact that she didn't know what she was appearing in. She was the one who needed who pay more attention but the producer also could have been more clear with what the video was about.

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

The Tell-Tale Heart

Sean Kenny
09/19/12
Block 2, Red


     In the beginning of The Tell-Tale Heart, you hear someone telling you to listen to his or her story. This person says they will be calm, but by the end, you know they were not.

This person, lets say he's a boy named Kyle. Kyle is sneaking into an old mans room, to kill him. When the man wakes up Kyle must be patient and wait until he goes back to sleep. When the man is unsuspecting, Kyle attacks.
The man shrieks but soon is dead. The boy cuts up the body and cunningly hide the limbs under the floor boards starting with the head.

Soon the police arrive after a neighbor heard the shriek. Kyle invitingly welcomes them in and search the home, telling them he shrieked after a nightmare, and the man is not home.
The boy hears them talk and starts going insane when his ears are ringing and a heart is beating. In his eyes the officers are mocking him, and looses it. The boy, is most certainly crazy.

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Underage Drinking

Sean Kenny
09/13/12
Red Day, Block 2

Underage Drinking

     I think the couple should be charged because they needed to pay more attention to their own party.
They set a bad example and the kids paid the price for the couples mistake in not laying a line on where to stop the party.