Mrs.+B

**Welcome to //Mrs. B's// Page.**
toc

As your teacher, I will be doing the same assignments and posting them on my page. Feel free to read my page and comment. This wiki is a modern way to share your thoughts and ideas along with the writing and creative part of the class. Instead of having big projects at the end of this unit as in years past, we are creating our projects/wiki pages/ portfolio of what we are learning as we go. It will be a work in progress! One thing we all need to be careful with is **DOCUMENTATION**.....please make sure you give credit where credit is due! Enjoy!

**Assignment #1 My Heroes**
Heroes, according to [|Joseph Campbell], are people who go //beyond the normal boundaries// of mankind. They //put themselves and their life on the line for someone they may not even know// and they don’t look back. One group of people that stand out as heroes to me are [|the firefighters from 9-11] who died in the line of duty. Of course, there are many firefighters who die everyday in the line of duty putting out fires, but on Sept. 11, 2001, there was something very special about the people who were on the front line, walking into a burning/collapsing inferno that qualifies them for great heroism in my perspective. These men walked/ran //intentionally// into this emergency to rescue people from the Twin Towers at first without knowing what was happening and how dangerous it would become. Had it only been one airplane, maybe things might have turned out differently, but because another plane flew into the towers later, many people were trapped and killed. Many firefighters died along side the people trapped in the towers. These heroes performed a //physical deed// by running into the falling debris to rescue others. They died trying to save people they did not even know. There were many who participated in 9-11 cleaning up and finding bodies in the months afterward and will be scarred from now on with vivid memories and pictures coming back to haunt them forever. I'm sure the ones that survived experienced a //"transformation of consciousness"// that gave them insight and a deeper understanding about how fragile life can be. Hopefully, they are sharing this knowledge and helping others understand too ....So, we “hail” all of the brave firefighters who didn’t ask any questions on that fateful Tuesday….they just did their job. Somehow this makes me, as an American, feel “safe” because we know there are brave men and women who //are willing to give their lives for a greater cause.//



New York firefighter Pete Lindquist pauses from his work amid the rubble of the World Trade Center in New York Thursday Sept. 13, 2001. Workers continue to dig through the rubble searching for victims of Tuesday's terrorist attack. AP Photo/Stephen Chernin
 * Terrorist Attacks**
 * New York City and Washington, DC**

This photo was taken in the moments after the collapse of the World Trade Center towers by Steve Spak. Steve Spak/[|FDNYphoto.com] A firefighter carries an American flag to the highest point he could find as Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and other officials watched during the press tour at the site of the World Trade Center towers, the area known as Ground Zero, in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2001. AP Photo/ Bridget Besaw Gorman, Pool

The pictures and captions were taken from the website: http://www.firehouse.com/terrorist/

Assignment #2 My Golden Age
My perfect world would be on a deserted stretch of beach anywhere it was warm and sunny---not too hot and not too cold. I would be sitting in that chair with a hat on my head and a book in my hand. My family would all be there along with my dog, Grady. I would never have to cook, clean or do laundry unless I really wanted to! A library full of books would be just around the corner along with a theatre to watch any movie I wanted to see. Everywhere I went there would be smiling faces…..even if bad things happened in this place, they would be resolved easily. Even though there is no place like this on earth, I hope I can spend a few days somewhere like this in July.
 * [[image:397396361_13cb3ce339.jpg width="188" height="126"]] ||
 * beach_scene.jpg ||

voyagerhq.com/wallpaper/ 7cvcm-beach-chair.jpg

**Assignment #3 The God Teacher /Gifts**
Books are one of my most valued gifts. I don't even hesitate when I am in the book store, Walmart, Target or wherever...when I see a new book out by an author I like, I purchase it. It's gotten so bad that when my son moved out this past year, I bought 4 big bookshelves and filled his room with my books. I even organized them according to authors! This is the good side of books....BUT....when I purchase one of these great books, I go home and do nothing but read. I can actually cook dinner with my book on the counter and stir something on the stove. Of course, these are not my best meals, but I can go without food I want to read the book so much. Another problem I have is I read too fast. Before you know it, I'm finished and I want to start all over again. So, I have to watch myself and not overload on books. I usually do this during holidays at school and the summertime!
 * [[image:books_1.jpg]] ||

Assignment #4 Part I End of Childhood Experience
I believe that one major turning point in my life was the fall semester of my sophmore year at college. All of the excitement of being away from home had passed from my freshman year and I was starting to feel the crunch of getting a college education and working at the same time. I remember how alone I felt, even though my parents were wonderful...they called, sent money, wrote cards and letters (we didn't have email back then!). But I vividly remember feeling that it was up to me to take responsibility for myself and grow up. My parents weren't going to be able to do it for me. The loneliness faded, but the awesome responsibility never left. I grew up a lot that fall and realized it is up to ME to do what it takes to become who I want to become!

Assignment #4 Part II Nursery Rhymes/ End of Childhood
** Three Blind Mice rhyme poem ** ** AKA - 3 Blind Mice ** ** Three blind mice, three blind mice, ** ** See how they run, see how they run, ** ** They all ran after the farmer's wife, ** ** Who cut off their tails with a carving knife, ** ** Did you ever see such a thing in your life, ** ** As three blind mice? ** This favorite nursery rhyme is included in every Mother Goose book for young children. But the history behind this rhyming verse is not so good. The origin of the words to the Three blind mice rhyme are based in English history. The 'farmer's wife' refers to the daughter of King Henry VIII, Queen Mary I. Mary was a staunch Catholic and her violent persecution of Protestants led to the nickname of 'Bloody Mary'. The reference to 'farmer's wife' in Three blind mice refers to the massive estates which she, and her husband King Philip of Spain, possessed. The 'three blind mice' were three noblemen who adhered to the Protestant faith who were convicted of plotting against the Queen - she did not have them dismembered and blinded as inferred in Three blind mice - but she did have them burned at the stake! So, young children sing-song this verse and have books and pictures of happy things when in fact, it is about their death for plotting against the Queen. ([])

I could never compete with my student's creative poetry.......it is wonderful!

But, Ok......here goes...

Roses are red Violets are blue The end of time is coming For me and you!

Now don't despair But be aware That time has a way Of having its say.

When all is said and done We all had some fun And if we did our very best... Don't worry... let God do the rest!

I don't think I'm Thomas or the Blue-eyed Son...I almost sound like the monk in // Nine Billion Names of God // like I am looking forward to the end. Yikes!

**Assignment #7 Archetypes and Music**
// **Annie** // ....a Broadway Musical

The sun'll come out Tomorrow Bet your bottom dollar That tomorrow There'll be sun!

Just thinkin' about Tomorrow Clears away the cobwebs, And the sorrow 'Til there's none!

When I'm stuck a day That's gray, And lonely, I just stick out my chin And Grin, And Say, Oh!

The sun'll come out Tomorrow So ya gotta hang on 'Til tomorrow Come what may Tomorrow! Tomorrow! I love ya Tomorrow! You're always A day A way!

The lyrics of this song remind me of the End of Childhood/Loss of Innocence archetype as the singer is thinking that "tomorrow" all of her problems will be over and better things are on the horizon. This story reflects hope in tomorrow and what it could bring. Even though things look bad today, the writer is saying that you have to hang in there and not give up because tomorrow things might look different.....and tomorrow is not so far away.