Remember when Lt. Kennedy spoke to us at the beginning of the year? Well she is now in Iraq and here is an email that she sent to Mrs. Kennedy, her mom. After you read this, what are some questions you have of her? I plan on taking your questions and sending them to her.


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Hey mom-

I just got internet in my room- yeah I know- living the rough life. i have not located a phone yet in my area that will let me call you for less than 50 dollars a minute, but I'm still working on it. Just started working with my counterpart from the unit that we are replacing, trying to figure out all the final plans before my soldiers get up here. I was really flattered today because one of my newer soldiers wants me to reenlist him when he comes up- pretty cool.

I have to say- its pretty surreal being here- its kind of like i"m in a documentary- it seems as if the army has happened to send me to be in the nicest place they could in Iraq. Can you say 15mins away from Saddam's Palace complex, living in a trailer with an air conditioner and internet access and a dining facility in which I was able to get curry for dinner? And I haven't even headed up to division headquarters yet- haha. This is the best army living I've ever had- I mean there are obvious signs of war around, and it is definitely not anywhere, U.S.A. I stood on a hill overlooking the entire city of baghdad yesterday- everything looked so peaceful on first glance...and
then you look a little closer and see some fires burning and hear some
gunfire- drive by gorgeous palaces that look like they should be amongst those you'd see in europe where you'd pay 20 bucks for admission, and then you look closer and see the soldiers standing out front on guard, all the windows covered by sandbags like you would have seen in a world war II film. They have a PX and stuff- I haven't gone to it yet because its a two mile walk away, I don't really need anything, and I hear the lines are ridiculous. But the experience so far has been completely and totally eye opening, with only promises of it getting more so. I hope I;ll be able to explain it with justice.

I did just get a new address but I have to verify one part- I'll send it to you once I have it completely down.

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Favorite Movie/Favorite Book

I would say my favorite movie is "Ice Age". My favorite book would be "Digital Fortress" by Dan Brown. What are your favorites?

Mr. Hand

The Poetry Corner!

You should be so proud of your free-verse poetry you created! Everyone did a wonderful job. Post your poetry here so that others can read it for themselves. Remember not to put your last name in your entry.

CRITIC TIME

OKAY, NOW THAT WE ARE FINISHING UP OUR FREE-VERSE POETRY UNIT, I WANT YOU TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: (Make sure you attach your first name--not your last-- with your answer)
1. What did you do well?

2. What would you work on for next time?

3. What lessons did you like the best? What would you want to do again?

4. What would you change? What would you want to learn more about?