I just wanted to let everyone know that when I typed my post it was all spaced out. I had pressed the return key several times before starting each section and when I published my post all of the spaces went away and it looked like one big paragraph. I don’t know what happened between me typing my post and publishing it. 

Claim: The affiliate here in Birmingham asked us to be on call to engage in a nonviolent direct action program if such were deemed necessary. We readily consented and when the hour came we lived up to our promise. Instead of readily he could have used eagerly.Instead of necessary he could have used essential.  Agreement: I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.Instead of idly he could have used absentmindedly.Instead of concerned he could have used disturbed.  Disagreement: I have tried to make clear that it is wrong to use immoral means to attain moral ends. But now I must affirm that it is just as wrong, or perhaps even more so, to use moral means to preserve immoral ends. Instead of affirm he could have used insist.Instead of attain he could have used achieve. Recommendation: We will reach the goal of freedom in Birmingham and all over the nation because the goal of America is freedom. Abused and scorned though we may be our destiny is tied up with America’s destiny. Instead of reach he could have used achieve.Instead of abused he could have used battered.Paragraph: Over 30 percent of college students leave after their first year and almost 50 percent never graduate. When a student ends up at a school they don’t like, they’re ten times more likely to drop out. There are two main reasons people drop out of college. The first is money. They are unable to pay for college and they don’t want to go into debt with student loans. Another reason is too much freedom. Students party too much which results in them not completing their school work and then flunking out. I completely agree with this. I have seen firsthand the devastating effects college freedom has on a person. It causes confusion and indecisiveness in a person’s life. They have a difficult time going back and completing their college education once they drop out.  

My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult discusses tough but necessary issues. Thirteen year old Anna was conceived as a bone marrow match for her sister, Kate, who has been plagued with a rare form of leukemia since the age of two. Anna was genetically engineered to be a perfect match for Kate. SInce birth, Anna has been donating her platelets, blood, and bone marrow to her sister. Anna had never challenged this before. She just accepted that this was something she needed to do to help save her sister’s life. However, Anna did challenge her parents when it was expected Anna would donate one of her kidneys to Kate. Anna tries to refuse the donation but her parents refuse to listen to her. Anna hired a lawyer to represent her in a medical emancipation suit to allow her to have control over her own body. Picoult discusses the difficult decisions and choices a family must make when a child is diagnosed with a serious illness. Picoult wrote about a very controversial issue. Genetic planning, the prospect of creating babies for health purposes and the ethical and moral fallout that results. A question the author leaves us with is it okay to create a child in order to save another child? This is a very well written book and it is a real page turner. Once you pick it up you will not be able to put it down.