I chose to blog about a column on teachers being trained to use guns in the case of an emergency. The article can be found here: http://www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/columnists/krista-ramsey/2014/02/22/krista-the-very-poor-case-for-arming-teachers/5744065/.
This column complains about a new local effort being put into place that requires teachers to not only be trained on how to use a firearm, but to have one ready during the school day in the rare chance a hostile intruder were to threaten the school.
A line that I think is well written is where she says, "Then comes the issue of responding to an actual threat. The logistics will be confusing and the complications enormous." I like how she takes the scenario and finds its weaknesses so they can either rethink the training or improve the plan. She also makes good use of denotation and connotation by using the word enormous. This really emphasizes how problematic this situation could potentially be. Her writing style is both straight forward and in a way sarcastic. She seems to be critical and informative. An example of her being critical is when she says, "This is to let you know that there are many of us who do not consider the plan reasonable at all." This gives her opinion on the new rule being put into place.
My three questions for Krista are:
1. Where did you go to college and what was your major?
2. How to you brainstorm ideas to write about?
3. What are good ways to implement writing craft into a column or story?
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