Enders Game/ Rachel Carson

Title: Ender's Game
Author: Orson Card
Page: 111/324
Genre: Sci-Fi

I was just able to return to the book Ender's Game. Something interesting it the start of every chapter is that there are a few paragraphs that are a conversation that the teachers have who teach the boys and girls. They always talk about Ender, they believe that he is "the one". In other words he is their last hope. Ender was transferred to another army, he went from the Salamanders to Rats. Rats is better suited for Ender since he is actually allowed to play during the battles.

He has become somewhat of a friend of an older boy named Dink. He is the only boy who is not afraid of talking about his old life. "Nobody talked about home, not among the soldiers; there had been no life before Battle School. Nobody got letters, and nobody wrote any. Everybody pretended that they didn't care" (Card 92). This shows that Dink the toon leader is different. He turned down multiple promotions as leaders because he did not want to play along with the teachers games and rules, he also believed that he would to become crazy as all other commanders were. Ender is not really appreciated since he is so young and he is bringing in new and good ideas that none of them thought of. I think Ender will turn down the position as Dink has since I think Dink will become his role model, since he dose not have many to choose from.

Rotation 3:
1.      What does it mean to be a ‘self-actualized’ human being?

 Nobody is really self-actualized, there is always another challenge, or a new dream. People can have most of their life goals completed but there will always be another new or old.

2.      What is one unique thing you have discovered about your figure?

At a very young age being a girl in the early 1900's she wrote many articles that were published in the Arrow. Throughout her life she continued writing articles every once in a while and later she wrote for many other newspapers and magazines. When they were about scientific views she would publish her name as R. Carson so nobody immediately assumed it was all lies just because it was written by a women.

3.      Describe your figure’s schooling & education?

Rachel went to college at Pennsylvania's Women's College. There she got her bachelors, and later she did graduate work at John's Hopkins where she followed her mentor. She was not able to get her masters or PHD because of family issues. Later she was awarded honorary degrees from multiple colleges.  

This is a secondary source. This site is completely dedicated to Rachel Carson and it offers multiple pictures.
http://rachelcarson.org/