Week One - Journalism Homework - Due Midnight 9/14/05

[jerusalem-s.livejournal.com]

You have till midnight next Wednesday to get these submitted. If you want to be certain of the requirements for each course, they can be found here.

Journalism 101
100 words on the topic of your choice.

Journalism 201
150 words on alcohol.

Journalism 301
200 truthful words on the topic of your choice.

Advanced Journalism
100 riveting, truthful words on a topic of personal interest.

Combat Journalism
100-150 words in a slanted article on legalizing child labor. Pro or Con is your choice – the object is to stir up a heated reaction.

Photojournalism has no homework until I’ve been informed what sort of equipment the students have gotten hold of.

Please be sure to put which course your response is for in the subject line of your comment for easier grading. This post and all other homework posts will be added to the memories section of my journal so that you can find it again to post when your homework is complete. On Tuesday morning of next week I’ll post a reminder and a link back to this entry.

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“Gremlins: Myth or Menace?”

[chasingangela]

Like most people in my reality, I grew up thinking of gremlins as the villains in a fairy tale, or the cuddly-but-deadly villains in a cheesy movie. I never thought that there might be more to the story than that.

However, my time at Fandom High has lead me to question that assumption, as gremlins attacked classmates all around me. I have researched what, exactly a gremlin is. According to Wikipedia, gremlins are “mechanically oriented and extremely devious. The word "gremlin" comes from Old English grëmian, meaning, "to vex" or, "to anger", from grim, "severe,” and is related to German grämen, ‘to grieve.’” The term was first popularized by stories by fantasy author Roald Dahl and Warner Brothers cartoons in the 1940s. The writers of those forms of entertainment believed that gremlins were especially interested in sabotaging machinery.

The gremlins at school are different from those in cartoons and stories. They are small and furry, and have very sharp teeth, and their bite causes seizure and disorientation, usually to the point of unconsciousness, in the victims. All students would be well-advised to steer clear of known gremlin locations, and I hope Fandom High staff is working to exterminate this menace.