As The Globe Turns
Our amazing teacher of
the year: Mrs. Moore
Story written by Globe Staff
Q: Why did you want to be a teacher and what inspired you to be a teacher?
A: If I couldn’t be a veterinarian, I wanted to be a teacher. I have wanted to be a teacher since I was very young. I have a brother who has intellectual disabilities. Seeing what potential he is capable of, inspired me to be a special education teacher.
Q: How many years have you been working as a teacher, what job did you have before?
A: I have worked at WMS for 20 years. I worked for 5 years at the United Cerebral Palsy Center in Waterbury.
Q: Do you have a favorite hobby, what do you do in your free time?
A: I like to sew, quilt, and do needlework. I usually spend free time with my pets.
Q: In three words how would you describe yourself?
A: Conscientious; Dependable, and honest.
Q: Do you have any pets, if not do you have a favorite animal?
A: What a question! Yes I do. I have two dogs, three cats, a bird, a rabbit, a fish, and six chickens.
Q: As a teacher, what do you enjoy most about being in school and working with students?
A: I enjoy seeing the look of accomplishment on the students’ faces and knowing I helped them to do it. Everyone is good at something. I want to help the students see their abilities; what they are good at. By developing one’s abilities, the students will become successful in life.
Q: When working with special needs students, what’s the most challenging thing?
A: That is a hard question to answer. When you love what you do, challenges are merely bumps in the road. I will admit there can be many “bumps.” The most difficult “bump in the road” is when a student can not communicate effectively; whether they are verbal or nonverbal. The students can express feelings such as “anger, sadness,” but not be able to tell you the reason.
Q: Why did you want to be a teacher and what inspired you to be a teacher?
A: If I couldn’t be a veterinarian, I wanted to be a teacher. I have wanted to be a teacher since I was very young. I have a brother who has intellectual disabilities. Seeing what potential he is capable of, inspired me to be a special education teacher.
Q: How many years have you been working as a teacher, what job did you have before?
A: I have worked at WMS for 20 years. I worked for 5 years at the United Cerebral Palsy Center in Waterbury.
Q: Do you have a favorite hobby, what do you do in your free time?
A: I like to sew, quilt, and do needlework. I usually spend free time with my pets.
Q: In three words how would you describe yourself?
A: Conscientious; Dependable, and honest.
Q: Do you have any pets, if not do you have a favorite animal?
A: What a question! Yes I do. I have two dogs, three cats, a bird, a rabbit, a fish, and six chickens.
Q: As a teacher, what do you enjoy most about being in school and working with students?
A: I enjoy seeing the look of accomplishment on the students’ faces and knowing I helped them to do it. Everyone is good at something. I want to help the students see their abilities; what they are good at. By developing one’s abilities, the students will become successful in life.
Q: When working with special needs students, what’s the most challenging thing?
A: That is a hard question to answer. When you love what you do, challenges are merely bumps in the road. I will admit there can be many “bumps.” The most difficult “bump in the road” is when a student can not communicate effectively; whether they are verbal or nonverbal. The students can express feelings such as “anger, sadness,” but not be able to tell you the reason.
More about Star Wars
Story by Max Caplan continued from first page...
Synopsis of Episode 5 The Empire Strikes Back (the best you will see) May 21 1980
The story begins with the rebels preparing to leave the planet Hoth. The Empire sent several imperial probe droids to search Luke Skywalker. The probe finds Luke on Hoth, but Luke manages to kill the droid. Then a Wampa takes Luke away. Han is looking for him and he comes back to the rebel base with unfortunate news, he will be leaving and of course Leia does not like that. So next thing you know, he is on his Ton Ton. In the Wampa’s cave Luke summons his light saber using the power of the force, an he cuts the Wampa’s arm off. When Han finds him, his Ton Ton dies and Han cuts it open with the light saber (note this is the second time a non Jedi has wielded a light saber, the first time it was by General Grievous). The snowstorm passes and they make it back to base while Luke was wondering he saw Ben Kenobi's ghost he said Luke you must go to Dagobah there you will meet Master Yoda he can help you finish your training.
Back at the base Luke is put into a bacta tank, were he heals. Then the attack begins all the snow fighters leave the hanger and go off to fight the all terrain armored transports there are four of them. It is pretty much a train wreck until Luke shows up he uses his tow cables to knock one over and goes into one and kills everyone in it the other two are destroyed. The evacuation was a success Leia, Han, Chewie, and C3PO escape on the falcon but are pursued by Tie Fighters until. Han uses a maneuver which is tilting to the left then he land on a star destroyer. Vader is choking his men because one did not like his plan and also they killed like 3 people. He goes to Darth Sidious Vader’s master and he tells Vader Luke is Anakin Skywalker or Darth Vader’s son. He pursues the falcon.
When Luke gets to Dagobah he meets Yoda who teaches him the way of the force. Han and the other three go to cloud city were to everyone's surprise Lando has been put in charge of cloud city who put him in charge I don’t know when they land they get the grand tour the go to have dinner but Vader is waiting for them. You see Vader sent bounty hunter Boba Fett after Han and he tracked them out of the mouth of a giant space slug and to Bespin were cloud city is. Han gets frozen in carbonite Luke comes to save them after fighting a fake Vader in a cave and cutting his head off. When he gets there he only finds that Han is being sent Tatooine. He battles Vader were in the climax he finds out that Vader his father in the most chilling scene he says “No Luke I am your father.” Luke loses his hand and calls to Leia. he gets a robot hand. Then Chewie and Lando weirdly wearing Han’s clothes go to Tatooine.
Synopsis of Episode 5 The Empire Strikes Back (the best you will see) May 21 1980
The story begins with the rebels preparing to leave the planet Hoth. The Empire sent several imperial probe droids to search Luke Skywalker. The probe finds Luke on Hoth, but Luke manages to kill the droid. Then a Wampa takes Luke away. Han is looking for him and he comes back to the rebel base with unfortunate news, he will be leaving and of course Leia does not like that. So next thing you know, he is on his Ton Ton. In the Wampa’s cave Luke summons his light saber using the power of the force, an he cuts the Wampa’s arm off. When Han finds him, his Ton Ton dies and Han cuts it open with the light saber (note this is the second time a non Jedi has wielded a light saber, the first time it was by General Grievous). The snowstorm passes and they make it back to base while Luke was wondering he saw Ben Kenobi's ghost he said Luke you must go to Dagobah there you will meet Master Yoda he can help you finish your training.
Back at the base Luke is put into a bacta tank, were he heals. Then the attack begins all the snow fighters leave the hanger and go off to fight the all terrain armored transports there are four of them. It is pretty much a train wreck until Luke shows up he uses his tow cables to knock one over and goes into one and kills everyone in it the other two are destroyed. The evacuation was a success Leia, Han, Chewie, and C3PO escape on the falcon but are pursued by Tie Fighters until. Han uses a maneuver which is tilting to the left then he land on a star destroyer. Vader is choking his men because one did not like his plan and also they killed like 3 people. He goes to Darth Sidious Vader’s master and he tells Vader Luke is Anakin Skywalker or Darth Vader’s son. He pursues the falcon.
When Luke gets to Dagobah he meets Yoda who teaches him the way of the force. Han and the other three go to cloud city were to everyone's surprise Lando has been put in charge of cloud city who put him in charge I don’t know when they land they get the grand tour the go to have dinner but Vader is waiting for them. You see Vader sent bounty hunter Boba Fett after Han and he tracked them out of the mouth of a giant space slug and to Bespin were cloud city is. Han gets frozen in carbonite Luke comes to save them after fighting a fake Vader in a cave and cutting his head off. When he gets there he only finds that Han is being sent Tatooine. He battles Vader were in the climax he finds out that Vader his father in the most chilling scene he says “No Luke I am your father.” Luke loses his hand and calls to Leia. he gets a robot hand. Then Chewie and Lando weirdly wearing Han’s clothes go to Tatooine.
Synopsis of The Return of the Jedi May 25 1983
In Return of the Jedi we start off on the new death star which is three times bigger than its predecessor. It orbits the moon of Endor were a shield station lies. The Darth Vader's shuttle arrives he talks to the emperor about the exhaust port in the death star were a ship can fit into. On Tatooine C3PO go to Jabba the Hutt to reason with him, but they get sold to him instead. An unknown person comes up to Jabba with a bomb that could kill them all. Then that night that same unknown person frees Han of his prison of carbanight. It turns out that the unknown helper is Leia and they are all unfortunately caught. Han gets sent into a jail cell with Chewie. Then Luke comes and tries to persuade Jabba to let them go but Luke gets dropped into the Rancor pit were it Luke kills him the men who own it start to cry. For their insolence against Jabba they are sent to the Sarlacc pit were they will be eaten and it takes 1000 years to digest.
Luke tries to reason with Jabba but to no avail Luke is about to be pushed over R2 launches his new green lightsaber to and he kills all the people on the thing he is on. After this Lando falls off the other one and Han shoots the arm of the Sarlacc off of him and they are saved. On the party shuttle Leia strangles Jabba and they blow up the ships and head to the rebel base over Mon Cala Admiral Akbar's home planet. There they learn how they can destroy the death star the rebels have captured a troop transport shuttle were Luke, Leia, C3PO, Chewie, and R2 are sent to the moon of Endor to disable the power station were the death star shield is being protected. They pass by the death star without being detected this is the second time the rebels tried this and they both worked. They land on Endor and get into a speeder bike chase Leia falls off her speeder bike and meets wicket the Ewok this dog thing helps her to his camp were other Ewoks live. Meanwhile in space Lando is piloting the Falcon and trying to attack the death star.
On Endor the others are looking for Leia but they find the Ewoks who want to eat them until C3PO acts as their god and makes them stop then they start to get ready to attack the shield base. On the death star Darth Vader and Sidious are talking about what is going on. On Endor the attack begins on both fronts but the shield is still up Luke must go to confront Vader after coming back from Dagobah and watching Yoda die and he learns that Leia is his sister. He tells leia that and he heads for the death star and confronts Vader. later the attacks begin and the Ewoks are winning but the imperial’s come back and take the station back Leia gets shot in the shoulder. When they get back in they shut down the shields but on the death star Luke was somehow forced to fight Vader by Sidious after fighting for a while Vader wants to turn Leia.
On the death star Sidious uses his new toy on some capital rebel ships but when Luke cuts Vader’s hand off and he realizes his father also lost a hand. He stops fighting and Sidious electrocutes Luke. Then in a moment of redemption Vader throws Sidious over the edge of shaft into the core of the death star. Lando blows the death star to pieces. Luke takes Vader’s helmet. then he takes him to Endor where they light his remains on fire to send a true Jedi to the afterlife. The Ewoks perform the famous song, Yub Nub.
I hope you enjoyed reading my synopsis' of my favorite Star Wars movies. The whole series is fantastic, and filled with adventure. Happy viewing!
In Return of the Jedi we start off on the new death star which is three times bigger than its predecessor. It orbits the moon of Endor were a shield station lies. The Darth Vader's shuttle arrives he talks to the emperor about the exhaust port in the death star were a ship can fit into. On Tatooine C3PO go to Jabba the Hutt to reason with him, but they get sold to him instead. An unknown person comes up to Jabba with a bomb that could kill them all. Then that night that same unknown person frees Han of his prison of carbanight. It turns out that the unknown helper is Leia and they are all unfortunately caught. Han gets sent into a jail cell with Chewie. Then Luke comes and tries to persuade Jabba to let them go but Luke gets dropped into the Rancor pit were it Luke kills him the men who own it start to cry. For their insolence against Jabba they are sent to the Sarlacc pit were they will be eaten and it takes 1000 years to digest.
Luke tries to reason with Jabba but to no avail Luke is about to be pushed over R2 launches his new green lightsaber to and he kills all the people on the thing he is on. After this Lando falls off the other one and Han shoots the arm of the Sarlacc off of him and they are saved. On the party shuttle Leia strangles Jabba and they blow up the ships and head to the rebel base over Mon Cala Admiral Akbar's home planet. There they learn how they can destroy the death star the rebels have captured a troop transport shuttle were Luke, Leia, C3PO, Chewie, and R2 are sent to the moon of Endor to disable the power station were the death star shield is being protected. They pass by the death star without being detected this is the second time the rebels tried this and they both worked. They land on Endor and get into a speeder bike chase Leia falls off her speeder bike and meets wicket the Ewok this dog thing helps her to his camp were other Ewoks live. Meanwhile in space Lando is piloting the Falcon and trying to attack the death star.
On Endor the others are looking for Leia but they find the Ewoks who want to eat them until C3PO acts as their god and makes them stop then they start to get ready to attack the shield base. On the death star Darth Vader and Sidious are talking about what is going on. On Endor the attack begins on both fronts but the shield is still up Luke must go to confront Vader after coming back from Dagobah and watching Yoda die and he learns that Leia is his sister. He tells leia that and he heads for the death star and confronts Vader. later the attacks begin and the Ewoks are winning but the imperial’s come back and take the station back Leia gets shot in the shoulder. When they get back in they shut down the shields but on the death star Luke was somehow forced to fight Vader by Sidious after fighting for a while Vader wants to turn Leia.
On the death star Sidious uses his new toy on some capital rebel ships but when Luke cuts Vader’s hand off and he realizes his father also lost a hand. He stops fighting and Sidious electrocutes Luke. Then in a moment of redemption Vader throws Sidious over the edge of shaft into the core of the death star. Lando blows the death star to pieces. Luke takes Vader’s helmet. then he takes him to Endor where they light his remains on fire to send a true Jedi to the afterlife. The Ewoks perform the famous song, Yub Nub.
I hope you enjoyed reading my synopsis' of my favorite Star Wars movies. The whole series is fantastic, and filled with adventure. Happy viewing!
More about comics, DC and Marvel
Story by Connor Nelson continued from title page....
Many of the characters in both DC and Marvel comics have origin stories and powers or gifts. The gift/curses of powers is how a superhero deals with his or her powers. This is a major plot element as Marvel characters’ powers are treated mostly like a curse because they feel so unsure about possessing these powers. On the other hand, for the most part, DC characters see their powers as a blessing.
The origin story is always a critical part of a superhero´s story. Let's talk about DC first, think about Flash he got struck by lightning and then could run faster than the speed of sound. Now let's talk about Spider-man he got bit by a radioactive spider then he was able to climb up walls. And those two examples are similar and different. One similarity is they both got powers and one difference is both of their powers Spider-man can climb up walls and The Flash could run faster than the speed of sound.
There are distinct differences between the comic books, and the movies. Hollywood takes liberties with the written material in the comics books where they will either eliminate part of a story line or they will embellish another. Nevertheless, it is still amazing to see these characters come alive in the movie versions. My opinion, DC develops their characters more than Marvel. I am a fan of both comic book writers, but I feel more of a connection with the way the DC characters are written than I do the Marvel characters. Both DC and Marvel comics offer excitement and fantasy to their readers by way of the characters in each series of comic books. Read both series, and see what you think!
Meet the DC characters
Superman: A powerful Kryptonian
Green Lantern: A normal man that got gifted a powerful ring
The Flash: A scientist that got struck by lightning and after could run faster than the speed of sound
Wonder Woman: She is the daughter of Zeus but has the power of Ares and she is an Amazonian woman
Aquaman: A man who naturally has the power of the ocean
Meet the Marvel characters
Captain America: A soldier that became a super human
Spider-Man: A college student is bit by a radioactive spider
Iron Man: Lets just say he's a super wealthy genius, who designs powerful suits
The Hulk: A scientist who was exposed to gamma rays that turn him into a super strong green raging giant
X-Men Crew: All the X-Men characters are mutants, each with their own powers, some look like normal humans
Many of the characters in both DC and Marvel comics have origin stories and powers or gifts. The gift/curses of powers is how a superhero deals with his or her powers. This is a major plot element as Marvel characters’ powers are treated mostly like a curse because they feel so unsure about possessing these powers. On the other hand, for the most part, DC characters see their powers as a blessing.
The origin story is always a critical part of a superhero´s story. Let's talk about DC first, think about Flash he got struck by lightning and then could run faster than the speed of sound. Now let's talk about Spider-man he got bit by a radioactive spider then he was able to climb up walls. And those two examples are similar and different. One similarity is they both got powers and one difference is both of their powers Spider-man can climb up walls and The Flash could run faster than the speed of sound.
There are distinct differences between the comic books, and the movies. Hollywood takes liberties with the written material in the comics books where they will either eliminate part of a story line or they will embellish another. Nevertheless, it is still amazing to see these characters come alive in the movie versions. My opinion, DC develops their characters more than Marvel. I am a fan of both comic book writers, but I feel more of a connection with the way the DC characters are written than I do the Marvel characters. Both DC and Marvel comics offer excitement and fantasy to their readers by way of the characters in each series of comic books. Read both series, and see what you think!
Meet the DC characters
Superman: A powerful Kryptonian
Green Lantern: A normal man that got gifted a powerful ring
The Flash: A scientist that got struck by lightning and after could run faster than the speed of sound
Wonder Woman: She is the daughter of Zeus but has the power of Ares and she is an Amazonian woman
Aquaman: A man who naturally has the power of the ocean
Meet the Marvel characters
Captain America: A soldier that became a super human
Spider-Man: A college student is bit by a radioactive spider
Iron Man: Lets just say he's a super wealthy genius, who designs powerful suits
The Hulk: A scientist who was exposed to gamma rays that turn him into a super strong green raging giant
X-Men Crew: All the X-Men characters are mutants, each with their own powers, some look like normal humans