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The Dead Inside by Cyndy Etler pages 1-20:
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This section of the reading mostly shows the background of herself as in how her life is going, what is happening, and the situation she is in. These first 20 pages were about the main character (Cyndy) and the situation she is in. Cyndy is a young girl who is thirteen years old and is stuck in drug rehab for kids, for 18 months. The reason is that she got caught one time when she smoked weed. She talks about how it is going and how miserable it is for her because the second time she wanted to smoke for fun she got caught and now she is living 18 months of her life in a rehab center where you can't even act like a kid anymore. These 20 pages talk about HOW she got there and what happened. So far the only thing she has talked about was her and her friend going to get weed for the first time and going to meet up with some guys to hang out and smoke it which was her friend's idea and she just tagged along. She smoked weed for the first time and later she went into one of the guy's bedrooms to sleep and basically got raped. She wasn't capable of controlling herself because she was high and just tired until one of the guys took advantage of her.

Topic: This section of the book connects to the topic of betrayal. I say this because when Cyndy was hanging out with the guys outside she got to be cool with one of them but later he betrayed her and became a sick gross boy who wanted to take advantage of her.
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side note* this book wasn't what I expected when it brought up adult-like manners but I continued to read it because being 15 years old I am mature enough to and understand real-life situations like this can happen and do happen.

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The Dead Inside by Cyndy Etler pages 20-40:
Summary= So far the book states that Cyndys father died when she was younger and he was 30 years older than her mother and had three pervious marriages before the mothers. The father was famouse and made lots of money but when he died this left Cyndys mother in the dust and he mother wasnt on a stable track. Poor, Toxic household growing up lead to Cyndy hanging out with the worng people, in the wrong area at the wrong time. Back to where we were, Cyndy espacaped from Daw's house that morning and was heading back home then to go back to Bridgeport. When Cyndy is home she is moody and argued with her moms new boyfriend  and he abused her. The mother wasnt defending Cyndy but then she calls the cops on Cyndy! Dawn comes into the house to help Cyndy escape from the cops because Cyndy didnt do anything. They arrive to Brigeport back at Dawns house and they are gonna get some rest for school the next day.

Topics: I say this topic is survival. Not survival in a literal term but survival in a way where you have to keep passing difficult obsticles to keep going. Cyndy has been accused of running away and wasnt being defended when her mothers boyfriend beat her up. So to her survival is the way to do and she is gonna keep doing what she can to get out of this hole that other people put her in.

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The Dead Inside by Cyndy Etler pages 40-60:

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Summary- After the fight with Cyndy and her stepdad, Cyndy has been staying in Bridgeport with her best friend Joanna, which was only three days until her mother got sick of her not being home and got angry. Cydney didn't want to go home after she found out that her mom wasn't defending her and she was defending her spouse (Cyndy's stepdad) and Cyndy wasn't having it. Until finally at school, Cyndy found out that her mom called the school and said she was "missing" and that she wanted to have her back. So far Cyndy is still finishing out her school day after also cussing out a girl that was talking smack on her best friend Joanna. Cyndy wasn't in the mood and the girl just set her off.

Topic: To me the topic of this part of my reading is guilt. the reason I say this is because after Cyndy got in an argument with her stepdad and the mom was on his side Cyndy didn't want to go home and her mom was mad. But after a few days, her mom felt guilty and wanted Cyndy to come home so she called the school, knowing she was there, for Cyndy to come home even though Cyndy's mom knew she didn't want to.

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The Dead Inside by Cyndy Etler pages 60-80:

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Summary- This part of my book is a very important part of the book. Recently Cyndy has been struggling to find a home that she likes and enjoys staying at. Cyndy has been house hopping between her friend's houses and debating on a forever home for the majority of the rest of her life. Later after the police find out that Cyndy isn't living with her mom, the author starts explaining how she gets out of this tough debate of where to stay. Cyndy decide she wants to go into foster care but little did she know her father's half-sister supported her decision and wanted to find a home that had a healthy environment and was good for her to grow up in. It turns out her new home is home to a boarding school in Virginia. This is a rough patch in Cyndy's life because she needs to find a way to stay in touch with her friends and the people she loves.

Topic: Grief. I say grief because Cyndy is on the struggle bus and is overwhelmed with what the rest of her life will look like. Cyndy is sad and had a feeling of sorrow but she also is happy for her new beginning. Cyndy doesn't want to leave her friends because that brings her sadness but at the same time she wants to be somewhere she can live for the rest of her life while still being able to visit as much as she can. Personally, I understand this feeling because I have had friends who moved away for the better whether it's their home life, or whether it's just for one of their parent's work. It hurts to think that they are removing away from me but at the same time, I know that the most I can do is make the best of the time I have left with her and stay in touch as much as I can.

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reading- shorts works, articles from all sides

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reading- shorts works, articles from all sides

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"The Partisan Divide on Vaccinating Children Against Covid-19" By Andrew Weinzierl.
https://www.allsides.com/blog/partisan-divide-vaccinating-children-against-covid-19

This article explains the different standpoints or opinions of people who are choosing whether to vaccine their children (between 5-11). Polls show that majority are not willing to vaccine their children at this young age for various reasons. Reason number one, their child may experience serious side effects from the vaccine (77% of the poll). And reason two, the vaccine may negatively impact their child's fertility in the future (66% of people from the poll).

Topics: To me, this article connects to the topic, battle. I think of battle for this because obviously, the polls show the different sides of different peoples' perspectives, and on both sides, there are strong opinions and reasons on why or why not all ages should/should not get the vaccine. Personally I think of this article as the topic of battle, because I think of politics when it comes to the vaccine even though getting vaccines isn't really a political topic but that is how the world and some groups of people think of it.

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The Partisan Divide on Vaccinating Children Against COVID-19

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On November 2nd, the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommende

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Summary: Kevin Strickland finally gets set free after being imprisoned for the last 43 years for a crime he did not commit. It is hard to believe the chances of this happening these days, but Strickland was the one with the short end of the stick. Strickland was convicted by a jury in a 1978 triple murder. It was his second jury trial, as the first ended in a mistrial.

Topics: Loyalty. I say this because in situations like these the only thing you can do is be honest and loyal to yourself. I think of it like this because a lot of o people in jail when they do something wrong they wouldn't fight they would just feel grief for the rest of their lives and feel no purpose. Leading on, a lot of people in jail can end up committing suicide after regretting what they have done but not Kevin Strickland because he tried his best for standing up for what he KNOWS he did and for what HE KNOWS he did not do.

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Families and advocates protested outside the Missouri Attorney General's Office in Kansas City on Monday afternoon for its handling of Kevin Strickland's case.Strickland was released last week after spending 43 years in prison for a crime he did not commit.KC Freedom Project has been connected with several cases over the years of people who were convicted of crimes they claim they did not commit and have faced legal roadblocks in seeking exoneration.While KC Freedom Project said it is glad to see Strickland freed, but it is concerned about the push back from the Missouri Attorney General's Office in his case and called on Eric Schmitt to give other cases a chance at justice under the new Missouri law that allowed for Strickland's release."There's no reason that Mr. Strickland, that his attorneys had so much fight, they had so much resistance from the AG's office. Mr. Strickland could have been out months ago," said Latahra Smith, of KC Freedom Project.KMBC reached out to the state attorney general's office for comment but has not received a reply about how the attorney general views his role when it comes to wrongful convictions or whether he will challenge future requests for exoneration.

Families and advocates protested outside the Missouri Attorney General's Office in Kansas City on Monday afternoon for its handling of Kevin Strickland's case.

Strickland was released last week after spending 43 years in prison for a crime he did not commit.

KC Freedom Project has been connected with several cases over the years of people who were convicted of crimes they claim they did not commit and have faced legal roadblocks in seeking exoneration.

While KC Freedom Project said it is glad to see Strickland freed, but it is concerned about the push back from the Missouri Attorney General's Office in his case and called on Eric Schmitt to give other cases a chance at justice under the new Missouri law that allowed for Strickland's release.

"There's no reason that Mr. Strickland, that his attorneys had so much fight, they had so much resistance from the AG's office. Mr. Strickland could have been out months ago," said Latahra Smith, of KC Freedom Project.

KMBC reached out to the state attorney general's office for comment but has not received a reply about how the attorney general views his role when it comes to wrongful convictions or whether he will challenge future requests for exoneration.

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Group protests Missouri AG's handling of Kevin Strickland's case

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Families and advocates protested outside the Missouri Attorney General's Office in Kansas City on Monday afternoon for its handling of Kevin Strickland's case.Strickland was released last week after spending 43 years in prison for a crime he did not commit.KC Freedom Project has been connected with several cases over the

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reading- current news post (KMBC News 9)

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reading- current news post (KMBC News 9)

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Summary: 11 homosides have occured since Thanksgiving and 8 deaths in just one week, so overall this post is showing and explaining to the citizens of Missouri/Kansas City that the violence lately has been getting out of hand. The readinf that I read from this article shows me how gun violence has been affecting our people of our community negatively and the people need to work to be better to help solve cases.

Topics: The topic of this article is violence. I say this because this article covers the death tolls of the amount of people that have been killed from guns in a short matter of time and the big topic overall supports that violence is not a good thing and that it needs to be stopped.

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There have been 11 homicides in Kansas City since Thanksgiving. Eight people were killed in just one week. "It's very troubling," said Damon Daniel, president of Ad Hoc Group Against Crime.From Westport to South Kansas City to the East Side, the gun violence has been widespread. "There's a lot of hurting people. People who don't feel justice has been served, people whose loved one's homicide is still unsolved," Daniel said.Daniel says the root cause of the violence hasn't changed."How do we address poverty, how do we really invest in communities that are underserved?" Daniel said.To start, he says the proper resources like pathways to economic growth or equal opportunities will have to go where they're needed most."Until we get to doing those real things, for those real people, unfortunately, will still experience the violence we see today," Daniel said.Daniel says the community needs to work with police to help solve cases."These detectives can't solve these cases on their own, so we always tell people, sharing what you've seen or heard - could be like pieces of a puzzle," Daniel said.It's that collaboration between the community, police, and leaders that he says is key to reducing the violence we've been seeing."There's always some light at the end of the tunnel," Daniel said.Daniel says Ad Hoc has been working with the Jackson County Prosecutor's Office, and local hospitals to help victims of gun violence and their loved ones to heal from their emotional trauma as well.

There have been 11 homicides in Kansas City since Thanksgiving.

Eight people were killed in just one week.

"It's very troubling," said Damon Daniel, president of Ad Hoc Group Against Crime.

From Westport to South Kansas City to the East Side, the gun violence has been widespread.

"There's a lot of hurting people. People who don't feel justice has been served, people whose loved one's homicide is still unsolved," Daniel said.

Daniel says the root cause of the violence hasn't changed.

"How do we address poverty, how do we really invest in communities that are underserved?" Daniel said.

To start, he says the proper resources like pathways to economic growth or equal opportunities will have to go where they're needed most.

"Until we get to doing those real things, for those real people, unfortunately, will still experience the violence we see today," Daniel said.

Daniel says the community needs to work with police to help solve cases.

"These detectives can't solve these cases on their own, so we always tell people, sharing what you've seen or heard - could be like pieces of a puzzle," Daniel said.

It's that collaboration between the community, police, and leaders that he says is key to reducing the violence we've been seeing.

"There's always some light at the end of the tunnel," Daniel said.

Daniel says Ad Hoc has been working with the Jackson County Prosecutor's Office, and local hospitals to help victims of gun violence and their loved ones to heal from their emotional trauma as well.

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Ad Hoc anti-crime group working to curb violence in Kansas City after a deadly two weeks

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There have been 11 homicides in Kansas City since Thanksgiving. Eight people were killed in just one week. "It's very troubling," said Damon Daniel, president of Ad Hoc Group Against Crime.From Westport to South Kansas City to the East Side, the gun violence has been widespread. "There's a lot of hurting people.

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KCTV News- Some may wait days to have power restored; 90% of Evergy outages fixed as of late Thursday

Summary: The damage from the huge storm that had 60-80 mile per hour winds caused plenty of people around Missouri and Kansas' power to go out. This article shows a family whose neighborhood power pole was struck by lightning. This left sparks flying and cut power lines from homes which led to corporations like Evergy working to fix these power lines and bring back power to these homes. Trees fell from the terrible weather but little did they know if one of the trees fell a different way their whole house could have been destroyed and maybe them too...

Topics: The topics for this article would be tragic and scary because some people's lives were at risk even if they stepped foot out of the house. The winds caused things to blow over and even caused warnings for tornados!! This storm left people worried about their loved ones, worried about their own families, worried about any upcoming tornados, and overall a tragic experience for all.

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MERRIAM, KS (KCTV) -- Surveillance cameras captured damage from Wednesday's powerful storms that left thousands of people without power.

In the Sherwood Forest neighborhood near Shawnee Mission Parkway and Merriam Drive, a neighbor's cell phone video showed a lightning strike hitting a power pole. It sent sparks flying and cut power to homes.

An Evergy spokesperson said crews are working around the clock to restore power.

"We don't know when it will get fixed," Linda Spoerre said as a generator provided power to her family's home after the lightning strike.

Not long after she and her husband Melvin Spoerre started their generator Wednesday, their wind gauge recorded a 52 mph wind gust that whipped through their front yard.

"I heard this thud. I watched as it shot the rain from the porch up onto the window and looked out and I said, 'Oh my God,'" Linda Spoerre said. "My son and husband said, 'Holy cow. The trees went,' and I said, 'Trees?' I thought only one went. The first one knocked the second one down."

Their home surveillance cameras showed the trees crashing away from their home. They are grateful the wind was not blowing the opposite direction.

"We would have lost our house," Linda Spoerre said. "My son said, 'Mom, I knew you prayed every day, but you must have some kind of pull because it didn't come down on the house,' and I said, 'God is good.'"

According to a spokesperson for Evergy as of 8:00 p.m. Thursday, crews had restored power to 90% of customers who lost power during Wednesday's windstorms.

In Kansas and Missouri, there were about 258,000 power outages.

"Still a lot of customers without," Evergy President and Chief Executive Officer David Campbell said. "We appreciate your patience."

The number of power outages was reduced to about 20,000 Thursday evening with assistance from crews from Ameren, Liberty Utilities, and the City of Springfield.

"Even with that extra help, it's going to take a couple more days to get power restored. We don't have a firm estimate for everyone," Campbell said. "That's because of how widespread the storm was, and we have to literally do it in some areas neighborhood by neighborhood, tree by tree."

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Some may wait days to have power restored; 90% of Evergy outages fixed as of late Thursday

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MERRIAM, KS (KCTV) -- Surveillance cameras captured damage from Wednesday's powerful storms that left thousands of people without power. In the Sherwood Forest neighborhood near Shawnee Mission Parkway and Merriam Drive, a neighbor's cell phone video showed a lightning strike hitting a power pole. It sent sparks flying and cut power to homes.

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Observations -watching news programs, documentaries, movies, shows, observations here at school and the world around you. 

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Observations -watching news programs, documentaries, movies, shows, observations here at school and the world around you. 

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Summary: Over break I finished watching the show called Manifest. It was a super interesting show that was a scene of a plane crash when the crash didn't really happen. It sounds crazy but in the real world everyone and the people on the families of the plane think that the plane left for vacation and simply was just coming back, but in reality, the plane left for FIVE WHOLE YEARS and everybody in the plane was pronounced dead until all of a sudden the plane landed safely back to the airport.... the people on the plane had no clue what happened and they just thought they experienced their nice week-long vacation then came home. But that wasn't the case.

Topics: This show connects to the topic, identity. I say the topic is identity because the poeple that were on this mysterious plane for five years didnt know that they were on the plane for so long. Still not knowing till the next season what really happened, this left the passengers to not know what happened to themselves and their real identity and how important they are to many people to find out what really happened.

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Summary: I watched Squid Games on Netflix and finished the season. Even though there is only one season and 10 episodes, the show just blew my mind. Tons of plot twists, tons of things you wouldn't expect, and overall a great season. Squid game is directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk. This show incorporated a group of people that all got sent to a real-life video game to win loads of cash to make up for the huge amount of debt. The debt was from gambling so all they could do was take the chance but little did they know, the money giveaway was only to go to one person in the end and all the rest will not make it out alive...

Topics: The topic of this show to me would be jealousy. I say this because throughout the show the people became what they thought would be called 'friends' with each other for a while until the game made them make a choice o if they would want to stay friends and die or lose their friend and win. Almost every single person got jealous of another person for doing something good like finishing the challenge before the other or simply just getting the easier route. But jealously didn't get them anywhere until the end when there were two people left and the player winning couldn't kill his best friend to win.

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Summary- I watched Tiger King, a show produced in 2020 by Chris Smith, Fisher Stevens, Eric Goode, and Rebecca Chaiklin. Overall this movie was AMAZING. It was about an exploration of breeding big cats that are encapsulated like a zoo. It focuses on the small but deeply interconnected society of big cat guardians and caretakers such as Carole Baskin, owner of Big Cat Rescue, and collectors such as Exotic, whom Carol Baskin accuses of abusing and making the most out of wild animals.

Topics: The topic of this show would be freedom. This may seem odd but I say freedom because the big cats that are being held and enslaved are meant to be in the wild to keep the food chain and environment stable to continue cycling throughout the ecosystem. These big cats need FREEDOM from humanity and zookeepers because they are on this planet to live in the wild with the other species of animals so that they can reproduce and live their lives as free animals. If we are free and have freedom, so should they.

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The Bee Movie, produces by Dreamworks, produces by Jerry Seinfield.
Summary- The bee Movie is a very old movie but I enjoyed it a lot because it was the first time I have watched it. Overall the movie is about the lfie of bees and how they live their daily lives. Believe it or not, the bees in this movie go to 2 days of middle school, 2 days of high school and 2 days of college. After that the bees will through schooling, they will start their lifelong career which has anything to do with making/producing honey. The bees have this huge manufacturing area where all the worker bees work. No day off, the bees enjoy it, and life is simply for them. But after a while the conflict between the bees and humans is when Barry (main charcter bee) discovers that humans are skimming the bees' honey, and takes the human race to court which sets off a huge fear to all the bees.

Topics: Problem Solving, making relationships. I say this because throughout the movie the main charcter (Barry) is curious of the life of humans and if they are considered evil. The bees are all threatened by all humans but Barry doesnt believe it unless he proves it. He meets a lady who is super nice and doesnt try to kill or harm him. Barry tries to convince the other bees that humans are not bad and tries to problem solve to make a solution in the end that not all humans are bad. So by making a relationship with the lady, it helped Barry realize that not all humans have a grudge toward bees.