Outside Reading #1

My outside reading novel for this quarter is “The Fall of Berlin 1945”. I chose this because I grew tired of the basic fact books on World War II. This book covers the fall of Berlin in a college level detail, which I have been looking for, for quite some time. As of now I would rate this book for me personally 4 out of five stars because I enjoy books on the history of war. For anybody else to read this book I would give it 2 out of 5 for how incredibly slow it moves. My rating system is a star system because it is the simplest for people to understand, and they don’t have to think hard about it.

A question I would have for the author was how he got so many personal quotes from general to general and quotes from civilians. It confuses me how he got so many facts because after the soviets took Berlin the soviets literally almost destroyed every single piece of information that the Nazi’s had recorded.

The quote that really sticks out to me is: By December 1944, many of the 3 million citizens of Berlin had stopped giving the Nazi salute, and jokes circulated that the most practical Christmas gift was a coffin. pg 1.  It stuck out to me so much because it clearly showed how much chaos Berlin had fallen into during the last months of the war.

POW #2

The Snapshot I will always remember the most in my life is my Grandpa. However this post isn’t about that he died or he has cancer, in fact I can still somewhat hold a conversation with him. The thing is he suffered a horrible brain injury when I was about 8 that literally knocked him silly, it is similar to dementia but he’s not crazy he’s just confused. He slipped on ice cracked his head open and knocked himself out. My grandma found about an hour later suffering from hypothermia and near death. I was so little at the time I didn’t realize the extent of his injuries until in recent years. It hurts our entire family that he will never be the same he was ever again. The thing that bothers me the most however is the memories that I had with him when he was normal are slowly fading away. I cannot fathom how my dad coped with this but he seems to be the strongest out of our entire family. I have had to get to know a whole other person but it has also brought its benefits. He stays at a home now and it is a learning opportunity for me to see other people who have Alzheimer’s and other medical problems. Even though I “lost” my grandpa years ago I still love him to death and I now can understand the other families with loved ones with brain injuries.   

AOW #1

Dear Johnson County Community College,

I am Doyle Byrnes attorney, writing to you to get Ms. Byrnes reinstated at this college. Your suspension of my client was unjustly and out of line with the code of conduct handbook. There are no rules permitting against social networking or the posting of pictures that would make her suspension legal on your part. My client’s supervisor did not object to a photograph taken of the placenta and was told she was not in trouble when told to take the photograph down, in which Ms. Byrnes would have never taken the photograph if she instructed not to do so.  Furthermore her future career as a Registered Nurse and future salary are at stake because of this suspension. This kind of black mark on her record would almost completely ensure no Hospital will hire her if she was kicked out of a program. Hopefully you will understand my client’s reasoning and reinstate her immediately.

Ms. Byrnes attorney

POW#1

My name has no orgins that are historically significant other than a sportsman is called a hunter. My parents named me Hunter 15 years ago because they said they liked the name "Hunter". They said it was a tie between Hunter and Harry because i was really hairy when i was little. An advantage of my name i think is when i go hunting i can be annoymus because my liscense will say "Hunter Harlow", as in it only shows my last name. Really the only teasing i have ever got is when i introduce myself and i say i like to hunt, people think that is absouletly hillarious i don't know why but they just do. Sometimes my name is shortned to "Hunt" because its easy to say and i know a lot about Hunting and i like to hunt. I am also rarely called "Tar" because if people don't pronounce the t in my name it drives me crazy so they call me that to make sure i hear the "T"