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 * ASSIGNMENT #1 MY HERO **

According to Joseph Campbell, a hero is someone who goes beyond themselves to accomplish something. My hero is Sgt. Seth E. Howard for rescuing wounded members of his Official Development Assistance (ODA) in the war in Afghanistan who were pinned down by Insurgent fire. Sergeant Howard was fixed in a valley by a heavy sniper, RPG, small arms and machine gun fire on initial contact. Sergeant Howard sent some of his Afghan Commandos to fire on Insurgent positions while he got into many different positions with his 84 millimeter recoilless sniper rifle. With his accurate shooting, he killed numerous Insurgent fighters, which drew fire towards his position. This allowed his wounded member to flee to covered areas. Sergeant Howard then left his position and fought across a 60 foot cliff under heavy fire from the Insurgents. He did this because he heard that the spot where the ODA members hid was in danger of being overrun. Sergeant Howard eventually got all of his men to safety and there were no casualties within his group. He was later awarded the Silver Star for battle for his heroic actions on April 6, 2008.


 * [|Sergeant Seth E. Howard] **



ASSIGNMENT #2 The Golden Age The Golden Age is the archetype which represents the image of the original perfect world. My perfect world would be a place where I could, relax on the beach, play golf, hunt, be with friends, and rule the world. I would also have the ability to control the weather patterns, I would also be able to travel to my many kingdoms that I rule whenever I want and be able to do whatever I want wherever I am. I would alter around the hunting seasons so that they would benefit me, I also would not have to pay for anything so I can basically have whatever I want all of the time. However, the people of the world will still be able to continue living as the are today, they will just have to let me do whatever the heck I want to do. If any terrorists or middle eastern countries attack or threaten me or America, I will blow them off the map with my nuclear weapons. I will have an annual golf tournament at Augusta National between all the countries of the world and their 5 best players, if it doesn't look like America is going to win, there is a possibility that I might a intervene a little bit.

 ASSIGNMENT #3 The God Teacher A gift that can be used in a good way and in a bad way is a two-sided gift. A two-sided gift that I have recently received is my bow, it is good because it presents me with a challenge when I hunt and it is very fun to shoot. It is bad because I spend alot of time practicing shooting when I should be doing others things, also when I'm doing my homework, I will be researching things that I can buy to improve my bow and techniques to improve my shot. There is also a chance that I could hurt myself while shooting my bow because of the razor sharp broad head on the tip of my arrows. It also costed alot more money because of the accessories that are needed after I bought the initial bow. However, it provides me with a goal o strive for, which is to kill either a deer, turkey, or hog with my bow.



ASSIGNMENT #4 The End of Childhood My most recent end of childhood was about 3 years ago when one of my dad's close friends committed suicide and the age of 40. He was very successful and did not need to work another day of his life, but he was going through a divorce and was very troubled at the time. This showed me that even if you are successful, you aren;t necessarily happy, this is why this man took his life. This experience made me aware of how lucky I am to have parents who are successful and their divorce was not bad at all, whenever I hear about someone committing suicide, it makes me very sad for that person and that person's family.

ASSIGNMENT #5 The End of Time It has finally arrived, The End is hear We are all screwed, And Obama is president, Stupid Georgia did not win the national championship, The teacher is forcing me to write this poem.

How is this happening in my lifetime? Everything is ending while a democrat is in office, Chubb did not get to win a national championship, Of course this happening while I'm still in school, My life is still young!

My name was not known by everyone in the world. In wars, America is still undefeated, Even back-to-back World War Champions! So this is how it ends, well, goodbye world!

ASSIGNMENT #6 Changes in the Stories The story that I think best illustrates the archetype of change is King Midas. I think this because at the beginning of the story, Midas was very greedy for gold and he only cared about gold. He was so greedy that after he cared for Dionysus, he was given on wish, and he wished to have anything that he touched to turn to gold, he thought that this would be an amazing power and he would be rich. He was wrong, at first when he touched somethings, they turned to gold and he was ecstatic, but he quickly realized that his food too turned to gold and he could't eat. Then he touched his daughter, and she turned to gold, he absolutely flipped when this happened, he asked for this wish to be removed, he was lucky and it could be taken away. There was one thing that he would have to have in order for his wish to be taken away, he would have donkey ears, he accepted this and the wish was lifted, the only thing that Midas' wish brought him was sadness, misery, and regret.

ASSIGNMENT #7 Changes in our World One thing that illustrates change in our world today is technology. Our world has evolved along with technology, especially in the past decade with Apple releasing all of their products like the iPhone, Mac, iPad, iWatch, etc. These devises have allowed people to communicate with each other through text messaging, emailing, video chatting, and so on. It has made once extremely hard tasks, into simples tasks that you can do with just a few movements of your fingers. However, there is a negative side to technology, you could accidentally send a message to someone that that person does not need to see, or someone can be bullied or bully on social media, such as, Facebook, instagram, snapchat, ask.fm, and many others. Things that people comment or post on their social media accounts can affect their future on if they get a certain job or if they get to go to the college of their choice. Technology also can cause people to be lazy and never leave the couch, this is why America is so dang FAT. We just sit on our couches or in our beds and play games all day and become unworthy. If used correctly and wisely, technology is a very useful resource for people to have.

ASSIGNMENT #8 My Favorite Season of the Year My favorite season if the year is fall, the reason why I think fall is the best season is because that is when football starts, golf is still going, and deer season is starting and its when my birthday is. I love going to the Georgia games on Saturdays and I can even go deer hunt and play golf at Sea Island. There is also school football which is fun for me even though we suck, but after the games I hang out with my friends and do some swimming. The only downside is that summer is ending and school is starting, but I do get to see some of my closest friends and annoy the teachers that we have with them, and some of my friends i just enjoy hanging out with. ASSIGNMENT #9 What Have I Learned? Evaluation