Journal 2/17/08

About twenty years ago a couple where driving home after a night out and got into a terrible accident. The wife walked away from the accident, but the husband, unfortunately received brain damage. Concerned of becoming a burden to his loving wife, John moved to Kodiak to try and start a new life and let Jane continue hers without the worries of having to care for him. After years of therapy, John was able to live a normal day to day life, although from a strangers point of view John would come across as “weird” or “retarded”. Upon introducing himself to someone he would say, “Hi, I’m John and I was in an accident so you may think I’m a little strange” John soon developed multiple sclerosis and went downhill from there. He got mixed up with the wrong crowds just trying to fit in.

It was February 4th and John decided to go out and celebrate his 43rd birthday with friends. An argument broke out and somehow John ended up getting stabbed four times in the head. His assailants continued to beat him until the police arrived at which time everybody scattered. John was in a coma for six days until doctors decided to discontinue life support. He survived one day, then passed peacefully.

To this day, authorities do not have any suspects in custody. There was a quick blurb in the news paper about the assault and that was that. The whole incident has been kept quiet and nothing has ever come of it. I am disappointed in the way the authorities handled the situation. They know who was at the house that night and still don’t have enough evidence to charge anybody with the terrible crime committed that night. Most of all, I am disappointed by the lack of information which has been provided to the community. I understand authorities do not want to jeopardize the investigation by providing information, but it is a small community, and I’m sure someone can lead them in the right direction if only they asked.

Lesson2 Journal

I think using a blog for a journal is a great idea. I am having trouble posting my URL on Blackboards, discussion board. I called Blackboard tech help and am currently downloading Mozilla Firefox. My URL will be posted once I am able to post to the discussion board.
Lesson 1 was difficult at first. I haven't wrote an essay since high school and it took a bit for it all to come back. The pre-writing assignment helped me layout my ideas for the essay. The resume assigment for Lesson 2 will be challenging, but I look forward to it.