If I had to pick some panels that I thought effected me the most I would pick the part where his father discovered his other comic.  This comic, unlike most of Maus, was extremely dark and really, kind of sad.  It goes into detail on how his mother actually killed herself (slitting her wrists and over dosing at the same time) and the last things she said to her son.  That is why I thought it was sad.  He acted like a complete jerk to his mother the last time he ever talked to her.  If there is one thing that I would fear that would be it.  for the rest of your entire life you would look back on that and cry.  It also was heartbreaking considering how much Vladek loved his wife.  throughout the story he is talking about how she meant so much to him and how his new wife is nothing compared to her.  Once you see this comic strip you can see exactly why Vladek was so upset after reading it. It has the love of his life in it and the whole thing is very dark.

If Maus was not written in this form the story could have been ruined.  Just imagine all of the dialogue used.  Every other sentence would be a new paragraph.  I definitely think that the author of this book new what he was doing.  Now I just need to read the sequel.

In high school I never studied one time.  I would do whatever I felt like and try and complete my homework in school right before it was due. When I would get my homework done before school it made me feel great. I have no clue my I would always do this. Even during big test days I would never have any of the material known that was needed for that test.  I would just go with what I already knew and get a C or so. I wish I could go back and study so that I got excellent grades. Mine werent bad but they definitely could have been much better. they also could have saved me money possibly by earning scholarship money.

In high school i was a three sport athlete.  This is definitely one of the reasons my grades were not the best. I had practice every day after school at every time of the year. This isnt my excuse on why I did bad but it could be one reason. Anyway, in these sports I never practiced, never pushed it hard in practice, and never actually worked hard to make myself better. In these sports, like my grades, I slacked off and really wish now I had tried harder.  Being good at sports is something that is in my blood.  I just wish I would have worked hard so i could have been an amazing athlete and been one of the best around.

Pretty much reading my blog is just me calling myself lazy…that is exactly true! In high school I really was. Since I have graduated I have made many changes in my life.  It still isn’t what I want but I am getting much better.  I actually do my homework now and have studied for my exams.  The only thing i want to do now is stop procrastinating.

By the way if i had to change my name I would make everyone refer to me as Ferg. I wouldn’t have a last name or middle either.

Chris, in my opinion, may have had some type of problem in his head.  he saw things so much differently than most people do.  Once he found out his father had an affair he went ballistic.  I know people whose parents had problems but they never bottled them inside until they went nuts.  He kept them inside for years and then just said screw you guys i am leaving.  That really makes me upset.  The past is done and over with.  It should not matter if that happened because he was just born.  He had lived with his family for almost two decades since the problem and gotten to know his father.  He should have just forgotten about what happened and relized his dad loved him now and nothing else matters.

I also believe that Chris may have a mental problem.  He gets serious about everything! i never would get bent out of shape at some of the things he does.  He wont even take advice from others.  All he does is shake his head for approval and then go out and do what he wants.  I wil truthfully say I have done this a few times but never on issues that will help save my life.

Even though we all believe that Chris hated his parents I strongly disagree.  I think that if Chris could go back he would have talked to his parents more.  One thing that makes me believe this is when he gave his father the telescope.  He was wasted when he did it is what the book says.  When people drink they always tell the truth. Sometimes they even say stuff they wish that they hadn’t.  It is a classic side-effect of alcohol.  He got very drunk and wanted to tell his father how much he loved him and becomes so emotional doing so he almost loses it and cries.  That is definitely saying that he has feelings for his parents even though he would deny such a thing.

The next night arrived and we were having burgers for dinner.  I got half way through my burger and got up to put my stuff in the sink.  “What do you think you are doing?” My parents yelled.  ”I am done.” “No your not.”  They really were following through with there plan.  They made me sit back down.  I sat there to wait it out and refused to take a bite the entire time.  My dad never backed down and we sat there for about an hour.  Finally, I lost it. I started crying and yelling. “Just let me go!!” they didnt budge.  So guess what I did.  I ate the burger.  It was the only way.  There was no chance in hell of me leaving the table before it was finished.

I had been in kindergarten for a couple weeks and I was starting to get to know people and everything was great.  One night my mom decided to go and get my haircut and she got me a buzz cut.  It was verty short!  I remember that it was a Monday and that Tuesday had been declared hat day.  On hat day you have permission to wear a hat in school.  I wore my favorite hat which hid my new haircut.  Once the day had been going for awhile I showed my friends. Instantly they all started cracking up and making fun of me.  They didn’t stop there either.  They went around and told everyone about my haircut and kept making fun of me.  It was possibly the worst day of my life.  I went home and told my mother about how everyone made fun of me.  It actually hurt my moms feelings so bad that she went in and told the teacher so she could tell the other kids to stop.  Ever since that day I have been getting buzz cuts until recently.  It may be weird because people made fun of me for it but I liked it like that and didn’t care.  Everyone else liked it after a couple days to. They just had to get use to it.

My story, like The Jacket, is a story that shows you how kids are.  They laugh in your face even if it is not nice at all.  That is why some kids go through school never having friends, a couple kids make fun of them and they feel horrible and hate talking to anybody in fear that they might get laughed at.

Paraphrazing: Roger explains in his sixth reason that 15% of kids are missing from school permanently, due to an income problem.

Summary: Roger Sipher explains in his essay about how American education is going downhill fast.  He has plenty of examples of why it is and can back up his argument pretty well.

Some things I am going to incorporate into my papers are how some people actually quit jobs, school, and their social lives just to play HALO.  One website even blamed it for a decrease in movie ticket sales for the first month after the HALO 3 game came out.  They even are planning on making a motion picture about the man in the suit, Master Chief. 

Not only is the game played all the time, they even have tournaments just for HALO players.  They gather and play and find a winner and the winner takes home all sorts of free merchandise and sometimes prize money.  They also have team tournaments where people show up with 4 players per team and go against each other.  The funny part about it is they don’t always play with each other to get good, they actually practice.

Even though I love HALO I do not believe I could ever be in the subculture of a HALO “God”.  I do not have that much time, patience, or even half of the skill required.  I guess I will just stick to something I am good at.

Most sub-cultures have their positives and negatives.  The negatives about gaming mostly are that sometimes it consumes your life, you might play games instead of making friends, and you also could become very lazy and gain weight.  For me none of this is a problem.  I am not one of those people that plays games literally all day.  I have before, but usually it is because I am sick.  I usually only play for maybe an hour a day or maybe not even.  Sometimes I don’t play video games for a month or so.

Third person shooters are also another type of game I like to play.  There aren’t as many of those out there but I do enjoy playing a few of them.  My favorite game series out there is Metal Gear Solid.  It is a stealth game with amazing game play.  You can do all sorts of stuff in these games.  In one of them you are in a jungle so you actually have to kill animals to survive.

Resident Evil 4 use to be my favorite game of all time.  It is one of those games where you can’t stop playing, even after you beat the entire game.  It puts everything together so well.  It has a good storyline, nice graphics, and it even might scare you sometimes. 

By the way just because I mentioned all new games doesn’t mean that is all I like.  I still love the classics.  There are too many to name is the problem.  Any game for the Nintendo 64 was awesome.  It definitely was my favorite system.