Extra-Credit December Pre-Reading

  "Clones aren't human." Human cloning has been talked about all my life, I've heard people talking about ways to clone animals and people. Now cloning a human has never been done before, there is no-one alive who is a clone. But scientists have tried to clone humans and animals but have failed, except for Dolly who was a sheep that was cloned.
  To some extent clones aren't human but a clone would still be considered "human". If they had the same characteristics as a normal human then there would be nothing wrong with them. If it was me I think I would consider clones humans. If a clone is based on a human then it should be considered a human too. So clones would be considered humans and I think that someday it may be possible to clone someone.

The Other Wes Moore Post-Reading

"The choices we make about the lives we live determine the kind of legacies we leave." 

When live we walk a sort of trail, some people walk the same trails as others but the journey will always be different. Some trails are good and some bad but the main thing about it, is that when we walk this trail, we leave behind somethings. When we do something, think of it as leaving something on the trail for others to see. 

In The Other Wes Moore, Wes and Other Wes  leave behind their own trails, Wes' trail being a good one with him going to military camp and him getting a good education. Other Wes' trail is a grim one with him ending up in prison for murder. 

Anyone can leave a trail, no matter who they are or how old they may be. Some people's trails are sad, some are happy, some people might leave trails that others will want to follow.

The Other Wes Moore Pre-Reading

  People do what is expected of them, but only most of the time. Sometimes people don't meet others and maybe their own expectations. sometimes we don't do what's expected of you because it might be wrong, and maybe sometimes we just don't want to do it.
  In society we're expected to go to school, learn, get an education, get a job, and have a family. In school we're expected to get good grades and join clubs and sports and make friends. Whatever it may be we are always expected for something.
  I am expected to do things too. My family expects me to do the chores when I get home. They expect me to be polite, be nice. They expect a lot from me but that's okay. But all in all everyone is expected to do something.