Stephen Glass was actually pretty smart ??

Option One 

    Despite the fact that most of the people in out class think that what Stephen Glass was dumb-which in a certain sense he was-he also understood how people work. What he lacks in actual fact, he makes up in false humor and witty one-liners. He gets that if you are charming and funny and "humble', people will believe you. Throughout the movie, he repeatedly tells the receptionist that her lipstick's nice, or her hair looks exceptionally good that day, but once she leaves he says to whoever is in the room with him (and someone has to be in the room with him) that he should really stop being so very nice all the time and that it's a problem. None of this is genuine. Everything he says and does to his coworkers and editors is fabricated and said to make them think he's a good person. He's so confident in his supposed stories that to the editors and staff, there is no way that such a good story could be fake, which is how Michael Kelly acted when he was editor. Even on those stories when he's done exploding with humor and amazing detail, he sits back down and fakes low self esteem and doubt that its any good. Which may be why the staff were so easily convinced that he was suicidal at the end of the movie. After all, normal people don't show that much insecurity in really good stories that they've found. by faking that humbleness, he not only made himself seem more human, he also made himself seem vulnerable and a little sad. 

     When Chuck took over for Michael, he immediately saw through the act that was being put on. And because of that, Stephen was afraid and started telling his coworkers or "friends" that Chuck had hated him before becoming editor and that he was still going after him because his stories were so good. This instilled a deeper bond between Stephen and his friends, which made it even harder for Chuck to get people to believe him. Stephen later goes on to tell people that a good editor backs up the reporter no matter the reason no matter the issue. But this is not true. While it is important to establish trust, it is also important to do what's best for the paper, and if that means going to the places mentioned and talking to the people there to fact check, then you need to do that. You have to protect the paper. Everyone saw Stephen as someone young and innocent and to be protected, and this is what Stephen needed them to believe. But he wasn't and he played all of them.

teacher profile thing

Ms. Adamson

    Diana Adamson was born to two classically trained musicians and went to ballets and concerts all the time when she grew up, but she herself had inherited none of that particular talent. No matter how hard she tried she couldn't find something she was good at in the music industry. But that was okay, her parents were supportive of her choices, and when Adamson said she wanted to become a dental assistant in college, they were okay with it. She enjoyed her job as a dental assistant, but she felt that there was something more she could be doing with her time. So she quit that job and started training to become a teacher, and ever since then it's all she's done and all she wants to do. Adamson has two children, Dakota who is 19, and Olivia who is 21. Their relationship is wonderful, although they do get angry sometimes and fuss at each other. Adamson enjoys her job, and treats her students with the respects that they earn, doing her best to teach the next generation of kids about literature and to realize the truth of our world.

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No T no shade no pink lemonade

The reporter did well with putting the story in a setting and developing out the characters, as well as adding a bit of conflict to the piece. The news angle was well thought out and clear. The voice came through very well, too. I understood what the reporter was thinking and how he felt about Jake, he also didn't leave out the nitty gritty parts of Jake. He was written with flaws and the story rang true to human nature. Jake was written doing a variety of things, and during that action, he was often talking about things that he used to or does do before becoming a total hermit. The reporter talked to him about why he left and what's been happening since he did. He asked about friends and family and Jake definitely delivered on that part. I think the reporter did an excellent job with interviews and getting the readers the information they wanted, and also balancing that out with his own findings and thoughts about Jake, and who he is outside of the media. The reporter had to hang out with Jake quite a bit to get the information he wanted, but also to learn about Jake as a real live person with thoughts and feelings. He did a good job of being fait to Jake, and not going into the interviews with any preconceived notions about how the interview was going to happen. He talked to not only Jake, but Jake's family and friends about what life there is like and how Jake is as a person. The reporter had a good beginning middle and end, starting with meeting jake and ending with the reporter leaving Hawaii and talking to Jake about maybe coming back to hang out. 

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I crave that mineral 

1. Have some sort of conflict, but it doesn't always have to be resolved. It's okay to write about an ongoing issue. 
2. Make sure you understand exactly why you're writing the profile. If you don't have a clear reason for it, it might not turn out the way you want it to.
3. Set the scene early, and really just make sure you have a setting. The main character has to be in a physical location, 
4. Fully develop the main character/protagonist. Don't make them boring and flawless, people are illogical and make mistakes, include that in your piece.
5. Learn as much as you can about your protagonist, so as to be able to fully tell the story the way that it should be told. 

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Destroy me slowly

Ted Cruz won the Iowa Caucuses. Trump and Rubio have been pushed out of the top, because the people voting say that they want a candidate who shares their values, and Ted Cruz apparently does. Clinton and Sanders are pretty neck to neck in the running, and it seems like a lot of people are rooting for Clinton to win on the Democratic side. 

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Feature List Things

1. Make sure lead captures the spirit of the story
2. Don't use an editorial or normal news lead
3. Transition/quote formula after nut graph
4. End the feature with either a strong quote or a tie back to the beginning
5. Make a strong thesis statement in the nut graph
6. Don't state the obvious or write cliches in the lead. 
7. Get all the things you need for the feature ready before writing
8. Make the feature more of a novel-ish type of writing
9. Avoid first and second person
10. Nut graph goes after the lead

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Feature Exploration

   I liked both of them, they made me think about our society and the things that go unnoticed, but it also put me in the story. I felt sort of like I was there as a spectator. They both had good leads and endings that didn't just close the story, they make it stay with you. You can't just forget the story and the ending, it forces you to think. I liked "It's an Honor" the most, because it just connected with me more i think. I felt a sort of connection to Clifton. Breslin seems to focus on people of no alleged importance, he makes the people that most of us are too distracted or uncaring enough to look over. He calls attention to the people behind the scenes.