In their second podcast, Michael wonders why Corporal Whitcomb doesn’t like the Chaplain, Amber realizes after rereading that the same Chaplain on page 202 is from the first page of the novel, Julia’s Aha is that Colonel Cathcart raises the number of missions (now up to 60) as a way of showing leadership, Trevor asks if the soldiers of today are wanting to go home as badly as the novel’s characters, and Matthew draws a picture of Nate’s talk with the old man:
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In their second podcast, Jeppe (BAM!) finds some (BAM! BAM!) onomatopia, Anastasia wonders how Ruth feels about having another child, Mike connects Travis to Michael from the tv show Good Times, Jasmine suggest the main point of the passage (and a big point of the plot) is Ruth’s pregnancy, Lauren investigates and discovers (courtesy of http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1940s.html) that $10,000 would be equivalent to about $145,000 today, Rachel tries to “assimilate” her vocabulary into the discussion, and Kayla shares a collage inspired by Benetha’s interest in Africa:
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In their second podcast, Whitney summarized the passage, Marissa connected the old man who teaches Waverly to play chess to Faber in Fahrenheit 451, Erika investigated Ed Sullivan, Lissa defined “malpractice,” Jenny wonders about the difficulty of reading a book with multiple points of view, and Sara illustrated Rose’s confrontation with her (future) mother-in-law:
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In their second podcast, Ryan points out the unfairness of Ender’s training, Reid wonders if Ender is being unfair to treat one soldier different than the others (irony, perhaps?), Chelsea “adroitly” shares some vocabulary and is tiring of the detail given to the fight scenes, Brandon compares Ender’s relationship to Bean to the way he treats his brother, and Andrew illustrates one of Ender’s simulated fights:
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