Dear Editor,

    Would you enter a profession that was one of the most stressful jobs in the industry? I don't think you do. The teachers in Chicago are striking against the Mayor and the board of education. On the basis of cuts in salary,Terrbile work conditions,Increaed cost in healthcare and the risk of loosing their jobs. I am on the side of the teachers because I feel they're really important and should be treated fairly. They teach and guide the young minds of peoples' children to become sucessful if not some of the most sucessful people in the world and to be  great in everything they do. Over a eight month period the board promised thet eachers a 16% raise in their salary.            Now the board wants to take away their promise to the teachers. Ever since then the board has been taking away more money and spending for schools. Children aren't getting the quailty education they should be getting. America used to be one of the top ten smartest countries in the world,Now we are 13 in education.            It all starts with states,Bits and pieces of America that soon change the entire country. The teachers have been striking for about a week now. The Mayor has now promised to agree to some of the demands of the Chicago teachers. After a week of "Striking/Protesting" They have shown the mayor,district and board of education that they are determined to their cause. Students are finally going back to school and the board has recongnized Chicago as a city that is full  determined teachers who care about their students and their wellbeing.
 
When we get on the internet and we post our minds and thoughts about different topics we are a representation of what our parents have made us to be. Aside from the youtube comments of the 21st Century most people highly regard the way they act on the internet,Weither it be Myspace,Facebook,Twitter,Tumblr, Or Google +. With the rise of new technology and a new self esteem for today's era of children, People have gotten the idea to down others,Or to make them feel bad. As if they are superior to them on the internet! It's amazing how the humans think if they make others feel insecure about themselves or make others feel inferior to them,They somehow become dominate on the internet. Sadly millions of people think this way and it has caused thousands of deaths. All ranging from hate mail,mean comments to death threats. People just don't understand that the internet can be a dangerous place. You think you are joking with someone and the next day they are on the news for suicide from a post you made. If you are getting cyber builled don't sit behind your computer and take it,Do something. Make reports,Tell your parents. Sometimes if its out of porportion the police get involved,that's how serious this problem is to the world. More teens are on the internet then teens playing outside,Why? Because evolutions in technology can connect us to the outside world. Everyone has somekind of interactive website account where they can talk to others behind their computer. Everyone and anyone can do it aslong as they have a email (which pretty much includes everyone who owns a house and eletricty). So people of the world,Please tell when you are being bullied,What if you decide to take your life? You are leaving behind a family which would blame it on themselves. You would leave behind a world in which was waiting for you to leave a mark. If you don't know that you are a victim of cyber-bulling look at clues to see if you are. Hate mail,Mean comments,Death threats,negative feedback. All of those are clues to see if you are indeed a victim of this new trend called cyber bulling. So hear me out world,It's time to stand up and do something,Because beind a computer commando won't help anyone.
 
It was a cold morning on September 21st 1963.This is the day where I recruit: John McKnight leave for Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island. I will embark on a long journey to become one of the few and the proud. I am accompanied by  my childhood friend Blake McAlaster. "Get off my bus!" screamed one of the Drill Instructors upon our arrival to our new home. "I will be your father,mother,brother,everyone and everything to you! My name is Sgt. Torres and I will be your new DI. Now get off my bus!" We all shouted "Yes sir!" and rushed off the cramped door. My buddy whispers to me "John We're screwed" All I can do is swallow my pride and hold onto my guts. We are quickly rushed to grab our equipment and off to our new "bunks". We start fresh in the morning,Dear god help us.          At 0500 We are awakened by screams of Drill Instructors "Get into your PT clothing and move!" Blake and I make a dash out-side to get into formation and we realize we are on time. 10 seconds pass by and the DI's become enraged.While the rest come out we are ordered to do push ups. Our first day in hell and I'm reconsidering everything! Ten weeks pass by and we are two weeks away from being Marines. This week is the swim qualification course. My battle-buddy Blake was never a good swimmer. We are all told to jump in regardless of if we can swim or not. I emerged out of the clear pool and I see Blake kicking and screaming begging for help. I'm forced to leave him behind in this course,It was to weed out the weak and to find the strongest in the pack.            Two weeks later I am finally a Marine. I saw  Blake there too! Looks like we will be shipped to Vietnam together. Eight days after graduation we were shipped to the Tet Offensive in South Vietnam. I was greeted by the local populous and many ARVN troops. It was a quiet day when suddenly the Viet Cong attacked the embassy,They called for all Vietnamese to take arms and fight for Ho Chi Min and the Communist party of North Vietnam. A while regiment was attacking which AK47s and several RPGs. We were out numbered 40-1. I heard a scream and saw Blake lying there in his own blood.He was screaming "Mama! Mama take me home!" The Corpsman came and said it would be a wasted effort to even put gauze on him. My best friend from junior high bleed out in my arms.             I felt that it was my captiousness that got him killed.  I should have never left him alone,I should have always been there for him! I stood up and sprayed my M16 at every one of those VC bastards. Just as I had to reload I was shot in the right shoulder,Ruining my nerves completely. The Corpsman was right next to me while I was kicking and screaming at him saying I was fine and that I could get back up. The Corpsman thought it was a requisite to punch me and knocking me out completely or else I would have probably endangered him.           I was flown out of the combat zone to a field hospital in Da Nang,I was officially out of hell. I couldn't even raise my arm to get a drink of water. I felt like a worthless piece of shit. I was forced to go home and recover. While I walked down to my beloved home I was getting names yelled at me like baby killer,Or Stupid GI. No more Lance Corporal McKnight. All I can do is sit on my couch and watch my brothers from a 18inch screen while they fight for each other. I'm no longer a fighter.
 
"A committee from the prosecutor general's office has completed its investigation into the crimes committed by Saif al-Islam from the start of the revolution on February 15 [2011] and has prepared the chargesheet,"  
Gaddifi's son is getting set up for a trial date for the horrible things he did to the Libyan people. He is the son of Col. Gaddafi. The man who used his own country's military against it's civilians. This man was going to destroy his entire country. If not for the UN this man probably would have won and killed all of the rebels trying to save their country. 

 
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