Write on for 11.29.05

In the course of your Social Action Plans you may encounter people who have different ideas about equality and social justice than you do. You may have to prove them wrong. Or on the other hand, you may be proven wrong in the course of your study. Your write-on today is on what it feels like to be completely wrong. Write it on your own blog.

Write-on question:
What does it feel like to be wrong or be caught doing something wrong? (Describe either the feeling or an event in which you were wrong.)

My Example:
I bought a Zippo lighter when I was in the eighth grade. It was silver with engraved stripes. I thought that I was so cool flipping it open and closed in my pocket. I loved the clicking noise that it made. I did tricks with it as I showed it off to my brothers. That was my mistake. This move proved to be the wrong move because my mother found out about it. She demanded the lighter. She demanded an explanation. Because I had made at least one wrong move (whether it was showing my brothers, or buying the lighter in the first place, I'm still not sure), I had to give her these things. I did not revel in my wrong-ness, in fact I quite hated it. I hated the feeling of having to explain my actions. I loathed the thought of having to show remorse. I was wrong, yes, but not on purpose.

Write on for 11.14.05

Write On for 11.14.05
What movie, t.v. show, book, or famous quote have you used in normal conversation? Why did you use this quote? What about this quote is better than your own words?

My Quote:
So it goes. -Slaughter House Five (The character says this after anything dies in the book).
I use this quote because I haven't found anything better to say about death. It is so enigmatic and final that this seems like the only thing that can be said. I also like seeming smart by referencing a little known book and movie.