Canadian Involvement in Afghanistan

I believe that the Canadian involvement in Afghanistan has given positive reinforcement to the Afghan people, but also has a number of negative connotations. With the powerful Taliban and Al-Qaeda operating terrorist camps within Afghanistan an intervention was needed. The peace-keeping missions by Canadian soldiers are admirable, but I do not believe that Canadian lives should be placed in jeopardy. With having a close family friend be deployed to Afghanistan for a period of 6 months, I have come to understand families positions and thoughts on the controversy of why soldiers are there.

What to blog? That is the question.

The use of blogging responses in English 12 is a clever and creative idea to share thoughts and feelings on particular topics. Personally, I would like to use blogging to respond to open ended questions. Reviewing classmates responses on open questions can give insight into their own thoughts and opinions that otherwise would not be known. These questions allow the writer to be innovative with their ideas and reply in a variety of ways. The concept of people presenting random thought provoking questions is alluring and it would keep topics interesting. I would be interested to write on controversial subjects, world news stories, as well as random "what would you be?" questions. For these assignments, I would prefer to be marked and critiqued on each individual post. This way feedback would be given on each style of writing and the student's style of writing could therefore be improved.

Only a thought away....

Imagine sitting on the couch, all comfy with your blankets wrapped tightly around you when you spot the remote on the other side of the room. Telekinesis, the ability to move objects by mind power, would be my first choice of any superhero powers. I have chosen telekinesis to avoid wasting valuable time and to increase convenience. All of the time spent retrieving insignificant objects would be saved with the use of this unique power alone. With extensive mind power and focus, any object within sight would have the capability to be moved at my command. My mass amount of time saved would then be dedicated to enjoying life to the fullest, instead of looking for those misplaced keys. At last, the stubborn remote on the other side of the room is finally only a thought away.