https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYOc-LqkrsE
2. Return Mudbound, go down to library for Bloodsucking Fiends
3. HMWK: Read through Ch. 8 in Bloodsucking Fiends
Christopher Moore on Vampires and Writing
http://www.chrismoore.com/interviews/writing-the-vampire/
TV tropes
Vampire Tropes
Videos:
http://www.watchmojo.com/video/id/8357/
Read first chapter online:
http://www.chrismoore.com/books/bloodsucking-fiends/
http://www.chrismoore.com/interviews/writing-the-vampire/
Watch the following videos and the videos on the video bar.
http://watchmojo.com/index.php?id=8330
http://watchmojo.com/index.php?id=8357
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Bhb744dw18
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/22/the-new-vampires-9-possib_n_620202.html#s103541
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBsNmM3ADp0&feature=relate
This teacher who turned to cocaine use, burning down the forest, walking in blood and murdering kids via pistol thinks that he was hot stuff that shouldn't have been fired? Somebody call CPS, for the love of god! This guy shoulda been on America's Most Wanted!
ReplyDeleteOr NBC's "To Catch a Predator", if you prefer.
Only like one of those things is true lmao, the cocaine bit. He only killed the asshole kid, Sid. The "burning of the forest" and "walking in blood" was all just symbolism for how the kids feared the woods because of all the lies Sid was telling about the man in the woods. There never was any man until all that horrible stuff happened to the teacher dude.
DeleteDude, you actually just said "He only killed one kid". That doesn't justify it
DeleteI mean, I'm not too worried about forehead kid gettin' a 45 caliber shot, but c'mon - it's still murder!
DeleteBruh I'm not JUSTIFYING anything lmao I'm just correcting you. Yeah he killed the kid, that is indeed the event that occurred, but I'm not adding any commentary.
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DeleteThat was some scary stuff man. The commentary on how a single kid can ruin the life of a teacher because of the notion that the child isn't lying or can't be really shaking.
ReplyDeleteIt's crazy how parents immediately believe what their child is telling them, not trying to figure things out first with a teacher. They immediately follow along to destroy a person's career. This video showed me to not take sides on anyone, if you don't know what really is going on. You should first investigate and then help the true victim.
ReplyDeleteI haven't had much experience with reading or writing vampire stories, but I guess it would be something new for this year.
DeleteY'know, Asher is right. One kid can ruin a teacher's life just like one teacher can ruin a kid's life by giving him a zero on an essay.
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DeleteThis was really creepy. The way the voice actor spoke really got to me too. The music in the background. It's crazy how it takes one kid to mess up a teacher's rep. I find the parents who don't think their kids do anything wrong annoying. As if they were they to experience it. The end was kind of expected, but it still was shocking. I really enjoyed this morning reflection, we should have more like these. Wow
ReplyDeleteI don't understand why the school board couldn't just go out in the woods and see if a man was in there. Now because of parents being annoying as always their kid is going to die. They deserved it.
ReplyDeleteI haven't read a whole lot of vampire stuff. I've read Dracula, Interview With a Vampire, and like two Twilight books. I love the concept, though. As for the Moore interview, I liked the whole section about irony and plot structure and everything. We write novels totally differently so it's interesting to see another perspective.
ReplyDeleteThe teacher ended up on drugs and becoming an alcoholic which led him to stay in this mind set of why he was fired and how the child spread a rumor and it eventually became true. Sort of like the boy who cried wolf.
ReplyDeleteI wasn't really paying much attention to the animation because I was fascinated by the poetic words the voice in the background was saying. The wording was really interesting and the voice made sure to add the emotion to fit.
ReplyDeleteThat video was really something. I thought that it was very unfair how the child told lies and the teacher got into trouble. I find that the teacher had a right to be upset but not to upset to the point where he would actually consider killing the child. I feel like the main theme in this video is revenge.
ReplyDeleteThat was a very freaky video. It is true though how parents never seem to want to believe that their kids can do no wrong especially when their kids are still young and in their mind innocent.
ReplyDeleteI think the thing that sucks too is that everyone thinks this guy is crazy and doesn't care about the kids and then he is driven off the edge and kills one and now everyone is going to be like see, see he IS crazy he didn't care about the kids safety. They'll probably put up like a fence or something and not let anyone into the woods anymore.
It's crazy how rumors spread so quickly and how they can affect the person on the receiving end of the rumors greatly. I also find it annoying that there are some parents who believe their kids can never do anything wrong and think that they are the perfect child. I find it annoying because no one is perfect especially kids, they make mistakes everyday and lie like their is no tomorrow all because they felt like it.
ReplyDeleteThis video was a reminder that there is always more than one side. Parents seem to believe their kids can do no wrong and often get upset with the teachers instead. However, the ending was unexpected. I didn't think it get that far.
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DeleteVampire novels usually aren't anything I care about, but some are good [Bram Stoker's Dracula], some are god-awful [Richard Laymon's Bite, the worst book ever written]. Moore's "keep-it-calm" writing advice was good advice. Never sweat the small stuff.
ReplyDeleteThe little kid was accused of slander by the teacher but no one believed the teacher. All of the parents thought the believed what the kids were saying. The parents were furious with the teacher. The teacher turned to drugs. He couldn't deal with the situation anymore.
ReplyDeleteI haven't ever read any vampire books at all, That being said I haven't read many books in the first place I can see I have read Dracula comics and I am quite in love with the concept of vampires and the lore and story authors make up to explain them in their world.
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ReplyDeleteI've never read anything that included vampires because of how bad Twilight was. Maybe this will be good who knows.
ReplyDeleteI don't find books that involve vampires very interesting but by the way this book is spoken of in the interview, I see it could be very enjoyable. The author and the interviewer seem to speak of it as a great book, so I'm sure It could be. Anyway, the video was very entertaining. The words the man spoke were very powerful and his voice only added to how strong the message became. The kid opened his mouth and by that he ruined someone's life. It showed how the words we say can impact someone's life in a negative way and sometimes we don't see that.
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