Mon, March 26

In class today, students discussed alternative endings to short stories. Students who missed class need to submit a short write-up of their alternative ending via email or to my mailbox.


On Tuesday, students will complete an in-class journal entry on the following prompt. Missing students will also need to complete this.

 

Usually, people look to others around them—ordinary people—for their heroes. They define heroes as decent citizens who make sacrifices or try to make a difference. For example, people name streets after local war veterans, parks after teachers, bridges after local politicians. Rejecting historical, literary, or national figures as heroes, people tend to believe that anyone can be a hero. A hero does not have to be superhuman.

--Adapted from Peter H. Gibbon, A Call to Heroism

Should ordinary people be considered heroes, or should the term "hero" be reserved for extraordinary people? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.