Q3 Outside Reading #6

I recently read an article in People magazine, the article is titled “The Right Stuff” and is written by Bill Hewitt and Nicole Weisensee Egan. Just by looking at the cover I instantly knew this was the article I was going to write about for my blog. Captain Sullenberger is the pilot of US Airways Flight 1549. “Sully” managed to land the plane, holding 155 people plus the crew on the Hudson River. What happened was after take off the plane flew through a flock of geese that pounded the windshield and knocked out both engines. Sullenberger stayed calm and continued to proceed with a practical fashion. Instead of freaking out, and possibly causing 155+ people to die, he did what he had to do in order for the plane to make the landing. Sullenberger would have been unable to land the plane without hope. After clearing the George Washington Bridge by 900 feet, he guided the 80-ton plane along the river. In order to land the plane safely, Sullenberger had to be able to keep calm and not put any one at risk. Because he did so he is now named as one of Peoples “Heroes Among Us” and he also got to meet the president!

Q3 Outside Reading #5

I read an article on startribune.com about how children in schools shouldn't be pressured to believe in a certain thing. I think that many kids start to believe what people tell them to believe just because that is what they learn to do. I don't think there is anything wrong with that but I just think at school they should not talk about religion and let the child figure out their religion from their parents. I enjoyed reading this article and reading about the different effects of having influences at school.
http://pd.startribune.com/sp?aff=3&keywords=spirituality

Q3 Outside Reading #4

I read an article in startribune.com about how women do more things with their child in school. When a parent comes and reads to the class it is usually the mom. Schools are trying to change this and get dads to come in more often also. I think that this is interesting cause I didn't feel like this actually happened. But it also makes sense because more dads work then moms. So that could be part of the reason why you get more moms coming in. I think that roles of both genders should be the same and both respected equally.
http://www.startribune.com/local/south/38783792.html?elr=KArksUUUU

Q3 Outside Reading #3

I read an article on startribune.com about the Sami people celebrating their traditional reindeer holiday. I found it really interesting that they celebrate a reindeer holiday. The main reason they still do this holiday is to make sure that their culture isn't forgotten in the mainstream culture it is becoming. I can see why they would do this because a lot of cultures are becoming the same these days. Everyone is sorta coming together and some cultures are getting lost. Also some cultures are getting lost in modern day stuff. People are becoming obsessed with tv and computer and such that they are forgetting their original culture. I think its really cool that the Sami people still celebrate their traditional reindeer holday.

Q3 Outside Reading #2

I read an article from startribune.com about people getting over poverty. It was about how this one building that housed homeless has not passed safety regulations so now the many that it housed at night it cant anymore. I think that if it puts the homeless under great risk to be staying in there that it is good that they arnt letting people stay there. But I also think that if the risk isnt that great that the homeless would way rather be staying in there then outside. I think that overcoming poverty is a great struggle in life. Many people over come it but also many don't. It is just like any other struggle, you have to be strong to overcome it and believe in yourself.
http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/faith/39071542.html?elr=KArksUUUU

QT 3 Outside Reading #1

I read an article about a natural disaster on startribune.com, the title of the article was Record-breaking heat wave drives wildfires, heat-stress illness across southern Australia. It was about a heat wave in Australia that lead to many wild fires. There was more than 20 houses destroyed and thousands lost power. There was also people dying from the heat being so hot, heat stress. The temperatures were above 109 degrees Celsius. The purpose of this article was to inform people of dangers in other Countries and to encourage others to potentially help with the fight against the heat wave. This article was also very informative and taught me a lot about heat waves, I learned that in order to fight heat related illnesses you must drink excess amounts of waters.

http://www.startribune.com/world/38694302.html?elr=KArksUUUU