Hank Williams' Sorrowful Song.

By using sad and sorrowful diction in his song titled "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry", writer Hank Williams presents a depressing mood to his audience. He repeatedly says the title phrase throughout the song, putting emphasis on the state of being in which he is in. Williams cleverly uses words such as "weep", "die", "cloud", and "cry" to illustrate an image of someone who clearly is in a state of depression. By using sad and gloomy lyrics, Williams is able to underscore the theme of the pain that one goes through after losing their lover. He shows how lonely one can be, after they feel like they have lost the most important person in the world.

I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

Mournful and sorrowful diction contribute powerfully to the sad, lonely tone of country music Hank Williams' iconic song, "I'm so lonesome I could cry," as Williams bemoans the most universal of all themes:  the loss of a lover. 
The song opens with the cry of a bird, who the singer identifies as "lonesome" and as "too blue" to even fly -- the natural activity of birds.  He follows this by describing the passing of a "midnight" train; the lateness of the hour combines with the words "whining low" to evoke a long and empty night, devoid of love or company.

Pencil pushers excited for new Blackwing - The Boston Globe

hello, Mrs. Fletcher, this is the pencil that i was telling you about a few days ago. i never thought that people could be so excited about a pencil.

Pencil pushers excited for new Blackwing - The Boston Globe

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For Wednesday, 10/13

Gosh, how can it be Wednesday already?  Time moves quickly, and then it moves too slowly.
For Wednesday, 10/13, be sure to bring

1. Everyday Use (unless I have your copy in the classroom already)
2. your notebook (Cheyenne Nation, I have yours)
3. a column written by your columnist
4. your copy of Gregory Rodriguez's 10/4/10 column, "The lost spirit of election day"

Thanks, students.  See you later.

Tyler Clementi

Saw this blog post a minute ago and thought I'd share. I'm a mother, and a teacher to young people, and honestly, kids can just break your heart sometimes.  You sometimes lack the perspective that just one more decade of life can provide.

You know how little kids run around being adorable all of the time, but they don't know they are being adorable?  Old teenagers (16-19) are a little like that, too.

Chatroom Honesty

So the following is a snippet of a facebook chat me and Joaquim had the other day. Surprisingly, this is actually a common thing between us. Talking politics all the time. We're both leftists, but to different degrees. Just thought it'd be interesting to see how others thought about this as most teenagers don't really talk politics these days.

welcome back homie

yeah i think ima do a fox news person for my columnist

lol

go for it

maybe it will enlighten you

and youll end up turning into a republican

or

maybe then you will see that im right

and we need a revolution in progressivism

and elitism is bad

i know that republicanism is bad

im not changing

although i am a moderate liberal so i do believe in some republican ideals

like strong immigration control

hm i think you gotta be some what controlling with immigration

its just logical

we cant support millions of immigrants

but like i was explaining to my sister

after watching hotel rwanda

we dont have the ability to support their social welfare there just arnt enough resources jobs and such

basically

what i was saying was after watching hotel rwanda, i explained to her that we culdn't have saved all those people

by bringing us military in because we can't just support millions of africans

they're are genocides all around africa we can't save them all

no

no no no

quang thats realistic

im a f*#%ing realist!

9:32pm

but its hipocracy

if the American republicans

who think that america is like the shit

and they can justify a major military operation in iraq and the rest of the middle east and this "war on terrorism" which is turning out to be a war on islam

then should be able to justify a military movement into rwanda to stop genocide

the fact is that our government

is all about money

if we had some sort of economic interest in rwanda that was threatened they would have swooped in

just like in the middle east

oil oil oil

ww1

if the allies lost

americans would never be payed back those billions of dollars they loaned to the british french and italians

and i think that even if democrats take over

it would still be the same

it would be better for social welfare

but like thats just the way our society is

what was the word postman used?

9:40pm

.....idk

lol okay

what was i going to say?

but yeah in 1993 black hawk down, that entire mission was compltely humanitarian

and 10 people died

thats why America rarely deals with african affairs anymore