R6 Midterm 2015

Midterm R5

Test Run

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Le gateâu

Arnaud et Moi

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Arnaud

Arnaud travaillait à L’arc de Triomphe. La lune était large et belle. C’était la nuit, les corneilles volaient dans le ciel, et les étoiles brillaient. Un spectacle de lumière jouait à L’arc de Triomphe. Les voitures conduisaient trés folles. Une tombe du soldat inconnu repose sous L’arc de Triomphe. Le flamme éternalle brûlaient. Les touristes pluraient à la Tour Eiffel parce que c’était belle. Une femme faisait oragami dans son apartement avec son chat. Marc à caché un bague de engagment dans son poche. Il pleauvait, un grandmére marchait dans la rue. Un couple embrassait dans la pluie à la Jardin du Luxembourg. Arnaud a pris son livre et il est parti L’arc du Triomphe. Il a pris un taxi. Et alors...

Midterm R4 2015

Midterm R3

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Update From Paris: Je Suis Charlie

Dear Mom,

This last week in France 12 employees at Charlie Hebdo were murdered by three Islamic extremists in the eleventh arrondisment (don't worry, I'm in the sixth!). One turned himself in, and the others were killed after holding five hostages in a kosher grocery store. Right now I'm at home, watching the television to see what is happening. On Sunday, I along with one million other people will be in Paris to mourn for the killed satirists. It's hard to know what to think in these situations. There's so many factors and it's all controversial. I do know a couple things: for starters Charlie Hebdo has the right to publish whatever they want whenever, because that is free speech. The purpose of satirical comics is to spark conversation, to criticize, and to exercise free speech. It's a digestible way to deal with today's conflicts and to encourage problem solving. Democracy doesn't work if the people are not involved. Secondly, no one should have been killed. It's important to remember that the terrorists who did this do not represent Islam they way they think they do. The Koran explicitly says you can't kill anyone because they don't believe in your religion. I think all people should make the separation in their mind from Islam and the extremists. I'm proud of the way France has taken this tragedy and turned it into a way to come together, and revisit their values. I think it's important culturally in times like this to stick together.