English 9 Honors Blog

Please  respond  to the book in at least 300 words .  You can respond any way you like, but you might consider the question below.  What made the author Wes Moore traditionally more successful than the other Wes Moore? In your response, consider the many influences on each Wes Moore’s life (such as family, friends, education, the neighborhood, and environment).  Consider, too, each man’s personality and actions.

Please respond to each of the questions below.   Responses should be  at least one paragraph .  Number your responses so that it is clear which question you are answering.   1. Military school obviously benefited author Wes Moore. What did author Wes Moore go on to do after exiting military school?  Do you think there were any other paths that could have set him on the straight and narrow? 2. Prisoner Wes Moore continued to proclaim innocence, saying he wasn’t there for the robbery. Do you think the author believed him? Did you believe him? Do you think he should have been sentenced to life in prison? 3. At one point, author Wes Moore asks prisoner Wes Moore, "Do you think we are all products of our environments?"  How would you answer this question? 4. Prisoner Wes Moore says that we are either products of our environments or products of our expectations.  Which is it?  What about you?  (Are you more a product of your environment or more a product of your expectatio

Please respond to each of the questions below.  Responses should be  at least one paragraph .  Number your responses so that it is clear which question you are answering.  Please post your responses by Sunday, May 12th @8:00p.m. 1. Outside of his family, who warned author Wes Moore about the bad path he was on? (police officer after he got caught tagging) Did Moore heed this warning? For how long? Why didn’t the change stick? 2. Author Wes Moore states, “Later in life I learned that the way many governors projected the numbers of beds they’d need for prison facilities was by examining the reading scores of third graders.” (p. 54) How did reading this make you feel? Why? 3. What allowed author Wes Moore to go to better schools than prisoner Wes Moore?  (What kinds of sacrifices did his family make?) 4.  How did Tony try to dissuade prisoner Wes Moore from following his illegal path? Why did it work or not work? 5. At the end of this part of the reading,  Sargeant Austin gives