The first time I heard of Kony 2012, I was deeply moved and I thought that these people were doing such a good things. I thought that they were raising awareness and making a movement to make the world for the better. However, now that I read articles, I feel less inclined to be inspired. Even though this idea in itself was a good idea, the facts were wrong and the viewers were mislead. If this organization truly wanted to raise awareness and help these children in Uganda, they could at least provide us, the people they are trying to inspire, with the correct facts. They could have used the money they raised with the merchandise they sold directly towards helping the people, or at least getting the correct facts. Overall, if their wish was really to raise awareness and work towards capturing Kony, they could have done a much
It was a hot and sunny day, the kind of day that makes you feel like you are about to evaporate right into the air. I had nothing to do, and lay staring up at the ceiling, trying to ignore my little brother amusing himself downstairs with his Nerf gun. He was shooting random bullets into the wall, and it just gave me more of a headache than I already had. Suddenly, I heard him let out a groan, as he accidentally shot a bullet into the balcony of my parents' room, adjacent to mine. He looked up and asked whether could go get it for him. I was about to refuse, but then suddenly the heat came to my head and I had a "brilliant" idea to get rid of my boredom. I ran to my balcony, then carefully stepped over the railings, gulping at the height I was from the floor. By then I was standing on the outer rim of my balcony, holding on to the outside of my railings. My brother stood below, completely confused as to what I am doing. With one hand on the railing and one hand on the wall for support, I reach with my legs over to the other balcony and manage to reach it at a risky angle with my legs nearly in the splits position. I quickly reach over with the hand that was previously on the wall and grabbed the railing of my parents' balcony, with my other hand now on the wall. Then, I hauled myself over to the outside of my parents' balcony and climbed in. Then I threw the bullet down to my brother who was gaping at me. Afterwards, thinking about it, I realized how stupid I had been.
Moral of the Story: Don't let the heat get to your head.
The following is a connection between All Summer in a Day and the story of Phoebe Prince. The article can be read
here Bullying–––––It happens everywhere on every corner of the Earth, even beyond. Even though the Phoebe Prince being bullied to the point of suicide is a true story, and the bullying of Margot was fiction, both cases are similar. Phoebe was ostracized by the popular "Mean Girls" simply because she was new and briefly dated a popular football player. Margot was disliked because she remembered life on Earth before arriving at the raining Mars. The "Mean Girls" wanted to teach Phoebe her place, the children on Venus wanted to prove that Margot was wrong, that she did not remember the sun. The "Mean Girls" taunted Phoebe, they harassed her and assaulted her. The children locked Margot in a closet when the sun, after seven years finally showed itself. Margot was deprived of seeing the sun, Phoebe was deprived of her life.
The following is a connection between All Summer in a Day and the book, Ender in Exile .
All Summer in a Day is a story set in a colony on the planet Venus, where scientists are there for scientific research. Ender in Exile has a similar conception to the idea of colonies on another planet. After the Buggers are defeated, Ender, as the governor of the first colony went and set up a colony on the planet of the Buggers, much like how the people on All Summer in a Day lived.
The following is a connection between All Summer in a Day and an article on the rainiest places on Earth. The article can be read
here.
Imagine a world with only rain. Day after day, watching the raindrop pour from the sky with no sign of sunshine. That is the life that people lead on Venus. Thankfully, Earth is much less rainy than Venus, however some places on Earth do have extremely high precipitation levels, though I doubt it would even be half as much as the endlessly raining Venus. Studies show that the wettest place on Earth is a village in India by the name of Mawsynram.The average precipitation amount per year is around 467.35 inches, or 11871 millimetres. The closest we will ever get to the endless rain on Venus would be there.
