November 30, 2016 -- Wednesday


Vocabulary test on B. the G., Chapter 7


2 Handouts:
1.  Update:

I walked up to the frontline, wearing my ACU top (uniform), with my Sergeant rank, my name tape, U.S.Army and flag.  Behind me there was hundreds and hundreds of water protectors.  I wanted to walk up alone, so I did.  As I walked up they begun to take their positions.  Some sheriff captain and a few other officers came to greet me.  I stood there on top of a barrier concrete divider, looked at all them.  Police/sheriffs. in front of me Concertina razor wire, around me... burnt ashes and wet abandoned clothes.  I said to them

"I am a 10 year, 2x war veteran. I am not a protestor, I am an Ogitchida, I am here to protect  these people from you.  I am a defender of the constitution. I came to see this for myself. I seen the rubber bullets, I seen the gas, I seen the attack dogs, I seen the water at freezing temperature.  I seen the riot gear and the violence inflicted on so many U.S. citizens.  I seen how you've been mistreating my people.  I am the first of many warriors to come."

Then what looked like to me a thousand water protectors came walking up behind me to the front line.

As I stood there on top of the concrete divider with the razor wire, I said
"If you're going to shoot rubber bullets, shoot them at me, at this uniform."

The captain and the other officers said to me they appreciated my service;  I said
                                    "I wish I could say the same"

#NoDAPL #VeteranStandingRock

2.   "A Bronx Librarian Keen on Teaching Homeless Children a Lasting Love of Books" from the New York Times, Nov. 24, 2016        http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/24/nyregion/a-bronx-librarian-keen-on-teaching-homeless-children-a-lasting-love-of-books.html?emc=eta1&_r=0 

Homework
1. Concept Preps due Dec. 2nd -- no late work accepted
2. Standing Rock:  Write two paragraphs summary -- main idea, details -- double space -- write on a separate piece of paper
3. statement by Army veteran at Standing Rock -- 2 paragraphs on your opinion, with explanation as to why you feel the way you do -- also, do you think it's real? explaining why or why not -- double space -- write on a separate piece of paper
4. Final Exam will be on Wednesday, Dec. 14th, in LWH 2005  at   8 a.m.