Sunday, September 14, 2014

Aristotle's Four Character Traits

Virtuous: Leigh Ann Tuohy ~ The Blind Side
Leigh Ann Tuohy, is  a perfect example of virtuous. In the movie, she houses and feeds a young boy (Michael Oher) so he can fulfill his God given talent to play football. She was judged many times throughout the movie for doing this, but never hesitated once. Eventually, she helped him get his grades up so he can get into a Division 1 football program, where he excelled enough to make it into the NFL. Without Leigh Ann's dedication and kindness, Michael Oher may've never made it to where he is today.


Continent: Gerry Bertier ~ Remember the Titans
Gerry Bertier was an exceptional football player who played on one of the first integrated high school football teams in the country. At first, Bertier struggled to accept some of the African American players because to was so out of the norm. Despite his feelings in the beginning of the movie, Bertier accepts all of his teammates, and becomes especially close to African American boy, Julius Cambell.


Incontinent: Cady Heron ~ Mean Girls
In the movie Mean Girls, Cady Heron moves from Africa to a new high school. Throughout the movie, Cady is influenced by a group of girls who call themselves the Plastics. The Plastics basically run the school, and are very mean and bullies. But at the end of the movie, the Plastics turn on Cady and she realizes how it feels to be on the other side of the bullying and is remorseful and tries to make up for her mistakes.


Vicious: Bob Ewell ~ To Kill a Mockingbird
In To Kill a Mockingbird, Bob Ewell was a vicious man throughout the book. He put an innocent man on trial, lied under oath, and forced his daughter to lie under oath to protect himself after he beat his daughter. After the trial ended, he tried to murder the opposing lawyers children, after their father humiliated Ewell in public.

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Summer of 2014

Although my summer was fairly uneventful, it was definitely one to remember.

Most of my summer was spent hanging out with friends, whether it be at the beach, at the pool, or just around Lowell. In this picture, I am with two of my friends from Mr. Murphy's sophomore year history class, Michelle and Danny. I saw them numerous times over the summer and whenever we met up we were sure to have a fantastic time.


Over the course of summer I attended a few concerts. This picture was taken before the Luke Bryan concert at Gillette Stadium. This was the best concert I have ever been to. The set list consisted of Cole Swindell, Lee Brice, Dierks Bentley, and Luke Bryan. We were in the pit section and I was less than 5 feet away from the stage. This concert was one of the highlights of my summer.

A major news story that struck close to home this summer was the Market Basket protest. Workers and shoppers protested the store after Artie S. ousted Artie T. as CEO.


In July 13, Germany became the champions of the World Cup. The World Cup is event that occurs every four years. This was a major accomplishment for the Germans.