Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 8th, 2008 No Comments »
Overall, I would say the edublog experience was positive. However, I did have minor technological difficulties. A great thing is to be able to use new and improving technology. Had it not been for this class, I probably never would have had an experience to use edublogs. However, in the future if the choice is [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 6th, 2008 7 Comments »
Whether you consider yourself a religious person and believe in God (or some higher power) or are not affiliated with religion, everybody believes in something. Solidiers use their beliefs to make it through everyday struggles. After reading several milblogs, poems, memoirs, novels, and watching several movies it is suprising how many references there are to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 6th, 2008 5 Comments »
Week after week in class the tragedies of war become more immune to our conversation. In the first couple weeks of hearing stories of families at war that have lost their loved ones, recieved a completely different reaction from the class as a whole there were more comments regarding sympathy for the family and friends. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 6th, 2008 4 Comments »
After watching Oliver Stone’s Born on the Fourth of July an individual begins to understand what life would be like for an injurgied solidier returning from war. Injuired war veteran Ron Kovic (Tom Cruise) returns to his hometown of Massapequa, New York after suffering substantial injuries that left him paralyzed. He comes back home only [...]
