TTSavannah

﻿1. Put yourself in place of one of the boys who escaped the crash but was forced to watch "helplessly as Rob died." What is going through your head? How do you feel physically and mentally? How do you think that you will feel tomorrow?

﻿The thoughts that would be going through my head as I watch "helplessly as Rob died" would be is he feeling pain?, can I do anything to help?, am I ok?, is this my fault?, those would be somethings that I would be thinking. The things I would feel physically and mentally could be aching inside and out, the pounding of my fast pacing heart, the screams of Rob in the burning car, and maybe even the feeling of confusion. After that event I would probably feel tired, weak, painful, and feel like it was all my fault because I should have driven that night not him.

2. When you hear or read of a car accident that involved teenagers, what do you tend to assume was the cause of the accident? What about if you hear about an accident involving the elderly? Explain your answers

I think when I heard about an accident that involve teenagers, I would think there was as they call it "a bottle of sunshine" or beer. Now if I heard about an accident that involved the elderly I would assume they may have fallen asleep, thought they have seen something, or maybe they just do not have good eye sight.

3. Andy and Rob have their own slang and manner of speaking. On the surface they seem to be putting each other down, but it is clear to us that they are close friends who respect each other. What purpose does this style of language serve? Does it draw you closer together? Does it set you off from others? Explain

﻿The slang and manner of the style they talk in maybe a meaning of friendship beacuse both know what they are trying to say. Most of the wording they use is as a friendly but competitve way of saying something, it may have brought them closer together because it was a kind of friendship talk. The style in which they had talked in set them off from others because either Rob or Andy could have said something but the others may not know what the word or words mean.

4. In a paragraph rich with sensory detail, write about your own most frightening moment.

﻿My most frightening moment was probably in the year of 2007 when my best friend Marlee and I decided to play in my barn. On October 30, 2007 Marlee and I decided to play in my barn after lunch, everything was going great until we made a plan to clean my favorite rabbit's cage, Max. We started to clean but there was a board in our way, so we thought it would be ok to move it. Then once we picked it up Marlee accidentally droped it. We thought everything was ok until she screamed, Marlee seen blood running down my left leg. I pulled my pantleg up and I had a big cut going down my leg. That night they, my mom and dad, had to rush me to the ER where later the night I got 14 stiches. After that I had to call my pap, it was his birthday, and tell him what had happened. So that was my most frightening moment.

5. Although many people did cry, Rhonda did not cry after the accident occured; she was angry. When or if a public tragedy occurs and it is not someone in your immediate family (9/11/01), how do you respond? Explain.

I would feel very sad, angry, upset, and maybe even alittle confused. When my family heard about 9-11-01 they were very sad, but I was to young to know what was going on.

6. One //Herald// editorial says that statistics don't usually "mean much, but this statistic (Rob) had a name, face,..." Do you agree that it is hard to feel emotional about the statistics when you do not have a face to relate them to.

﻿I agree that it is hard to feel any emotion about the statistic when you do not have a face to relate because you may not be albe to think how it might feel if it was someone close to you or your family.