Without a Net short stories

My favorite story out of the four that we read in the packet had to be " The Catholic Leg" because I have seen the movie," Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio" which is what " The Catholic Leg" is based off of, and written by the daughter of the Ryan family. It is a memoir about her mother, and how she kept the family going and running. It is truly an incredible story. Here is the trailer for " The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA7bs2Cbik8

This movie is very well done, and its so interesting seeing how much this one family has achieved, and what the children in this family have achieved coming from a working class family. Evelyn Ryan, the mother who made things possible for her family, was a housewife who helped her family keep on living by entering contest, where she would win all kinds of things like bicycles, freezers, washers, trips to Europe( she cashed in those trips for money for her family) it was incredible how well she did to support her family. Her husband, Kelly Ryan, failed to support his family. He spent his money on alcohol.

Even though they were a working class family, they were a very successful family in the end. With Evelyn's leadership and taking control of where her family would be successful and do well. She proved to them to never give up, and to fight for your dreams and to never back down. All of the Ryan children have all been very successful and have never given up on their dreams. Their mother taught them well.

Occupy Wall Street

While I was going through the articles and videos on Occupy Wall Street, what I have found so incredible about Occupy Wall Street is how everyone is working together. The 99% is showing the 1% that we have a voice and that we do not appreciate what the 1% has been getting away with for the longest time.

All throughout Wall Street there have even been celebrities going out and protesting about what’s been happening in our economy. Fellow actors/actresses like Roseanne Barr, Mark Ruffalo, Michael Moore, Tony Danza and Susan Sarandon have gone out and protested on Wall Street. It’s very interesting and good to see some very well known celebrities going out and fighting for something like this.

The occupation Wall Street movement has moved to over 100 hundred U.S. Cities and it has also spread all throughout the world. Occupy Wall Street has officially marked one month today at Liberty Square. It is very incredible to see so many people being out there protesting for weeks. I want to go to Occupy Providence sometime very soon to protest. This is a change that needs to happen.

I think its really great to see that we, the 99%, have a voice and we aren’t afraid to use it anymore. There are too many people that are loosing their jobs and homes because of the economy that we have going on, and the 1% that controls all of it. We are fighting back. When I was watching some videos on YouTube on Occupy Wall Street, a little boy said that it’s like Robin Hood, which I found that to be a great example of what’s going on. That the 1%, the richest, is stealing from the poor, the 99%.

http://occupywallst.org/

http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/05/opinion/rushkoff-occupy-wall-street/index.html

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/occupy-wall-street-thousands-join-movement/story?id=1474603

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG_TKAJyV6k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5Zyz8njQb8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbSye1jTwL8

Class Diary #1

There is this new TV show that has come out recently on ABC called” Suburgatory”. It’s about a young girl and her father that move from the city to the suburbs.

What I find interesting about this show is how it displays the suburbs. I’ve watched the trailer for this show so many times, and it’s making the suburbs come across as where all the rich people live. The people that live there also get nose jobs and other kinds of plastic surgery. They are all also snobby. This show reminds me a bit of Desperate Housewives, and showing that kind of Suburbia.

What I also found interesting too was how class is being displayed in this show. It is also showing that everyone who lives in suburbia is rich and part of a higher class. I grew up in the suburbs, and it is a very diverse community. It’s not like how it is displayed in this show, and other TV shows. Heres the trailer for the show:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScPgXgJXjrI&feature=related