Name: Katrina
Teacher: Ms. Babb
Date: April 24, 2012


A Strict Life
Mr. Hoodhood is a very strict man, with very little interest in compromising with people. He is trying to keep Heather from going to university and getting the education she needs. Mr. Hoodhood knows that Columbia University is on strike to stop the war. He also thinks that Heather won't be safe because of all the commotion there.

I disagree with Mr. Hoodhood because Heather needs the education and Mr. Hoodhood is keeping her from it. Making Heather a secretary is a bad decision, you can tell by her personality that she should be
something more than a tedious old secretary. Heather could become a lawyer because she likes to fight for her country or a musician because she likes music. There are so many careers out there and
Heather will never get to experience them because he father thinks it's unsafe. I slightly agree that Columbia University is unsafe because in the 1960's I know that there was a lot of drug dealing going on so that could be a reason its unsafe. I know if I went to a school with a lot of drug dealing going on my mom would hesitate about me going there.

Because of the war going on in Vietnam there are no classes happening at Columbia University. There is and upside and a downside to that. The upside to that is that Heather might learn how to fight for her rights and who knows by the time Heather gets to University the war might be over. The downside to that is that she might not learn anything and all they do is sit around. Yes I think some people still have this attitude towards University today. I know that there are a lot of strict parents out there who want their kids to stay with them.
Those kids will never get to be free from their parents and will never take on responsibility. These kids might even start to do this to their kids and it will be a cycle. This is not a good idea for the kid's education.