Writing Two (Lit 11)

A DEA agent is a Drug Enforcement Administrator. Being a DEA agent is a very dangerous job. They make cases against some of the world’s dangerous drug lords. Some other of their other tasks is finding connection between terrorists and drug traffickers, busting meth labs, and keeping city streets clean from drug gangs. A DEA agent is in every major city in the United States and has offices in over fifty countries. The mission of the Drug Enforcement Administration “Is to enforce the controlled substances laws and regulations of the United States and bring to the criminal and civil justice system of the United States”
It is mandatory to receive extensive training before pursuing a career as a DEA agent. There are state and local program that people interesting in the profession could get into. One program is the Basic Agent Training Academy. It is located on the Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia. Training for becoming a FBI Agent also takes place there. Most trainees that come there have some police experience and the rest would usually have military training under their belts. It is mandatory that trainees be able to show a bachelor degree or post graduate educational experience. The program lasts sixteen weeks. Some of the training takes place in a classroom where prospective agents learning things such as report writing, laws, and drug recognition. They learn just like we learn in a regular classroom. They study it, conduct hands-on type activities, and then have a big test on the material. Then they have to complete eighty four hours of physical training. It helps them learn what to do when performing an arrest. Some criminals might surrender easily, but they have to know how to handle those people who are going to put up a fight.
Another part of training is learning about weapons and how to handle them. For that part of the training, people in training have to complete one hundred and twenty two hours. The topics they learn about are weapon safety, tactical shooting, and deadly force decision making. The trainees learn in the classroom and out in a field. First they learn the basics and all there is to know about whatever it is their discussing, and then they apply what they learned on the field where they shoot guns and work scenarios. It takes a lot for them to graduate. For example in a regular graduate school we can have a seventy and pass and get the credit for the class. To graduate at that academy trainees must maintain an eighty average percent on academic examinations, firearm qualification test, physical task test, and meet their standards on decision-making in scenarios. It is a lot but it is understandable because being a DEA you don’t know what kind of people your dealing with and you don’t want to be caught clueless. When they graduate their sworn in as DEA and assigned to different offices across the United States.
Wanting to work in that area you have to fully commit yourself. The job can very stressful, dangerous, and unpredictable. Personally if you’re into the whole raising a family and marriage type thing then maybe a career like that isn’t for you. People interested in a DEA agent have to go wherever they tell you to go to work on an assignment whenever they tell you to do it. If anyone is considering this profession they should do some research on the career and themselves to see If they really want to go into this field.





U.S Drug Enforcement Administration. “Basic Agent Training.” U.S Department of Justice. Dec. 3, 2008. http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/programs/training/part4.html

DEA. “A Average Day in the DEA?. 2006. DEA. Dec.3, 2008. http://www.justthinktwice.com/todays/index.cfm

American Romanticism

2. What about the story did you find particularly Romantic? You may want to reread the section on Romanticism again to refresh your memory. Give at least two examples with direct evidence for each.

Imagination is something that really stuck to me in the poem Rip Van Winkle. You have to use it because somethings in the poem cannot really happen. Like for example Rip drinking some kind of liquor and sleeping for twenty years without ever waking up in between. "Rip’s story was soon told, for the whole twenty long years had been to him but as one night." He felt like It was only one night and he was very confused as to why everything had changed over night but really it was twenty years.

People that wanted to get away from their lifestyle and their horrible enviroment imagined Rip Van Winkle enviroment. He lived in the country where he could easily go to the mountains whenever he wanted. "When the weather is fair and settled, they are clothed in blue and purple, and print their bold outlines on the clear evening sky; but sometimes, when the rest of the landscape is cloudless, they will gather a hood of gray vapors about their summits, which, in the last rays of the setting sun, will glow and light up like a crown of glory."

Read “Thanatopsis” here. Then write a summary of what you think this poem is saying. What is Romantic about this poem?

This poem is talking about death. Some people maybe scared and dying and don't want to to much think about It. Death may sound scary but the author is trying to explain to people that It really isn't bad and It could be the best thing that ever happened to somebody. The "It" he was describing in the beginning of the poem was a nature. Anywhere in nature someone that is now dead was once there.

Thanatopsis is also talking about how If you died and no one remembers you and you departed with no friends not to worry because you will meet people and have plenty of company. Thanatopsis also discussed that when you die don't dread it or be sad just treat as your taking a nice long good dream.

4. Read “The Ropewalk” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow here. What is the point of this poem? What images stand out to you? How is “The Ropewalk” a good example of Romanticism?

The point of this poem is his work making rope is very boring. He is very hot and probably he is tired so his mind wanders and starts to think about other interesting things such as women doing something with rope.

This poem is a good example of romanticism because he is using a lot of imagination to get away from reality and what he is really doing .

5. Look at this painting. How could a piece of visual art like this be considered Romanticism? When you are through responding, upload an image to your post that you consider a good example of Romanticism, and then explain why you chose it. HINT: don’t fall into the present-day definition of “romantic”. You may also choose to compose an original poem in the Romantic fashion. Be sure to explain how your poetry fits the mold.

This painting is considered romanticism because you can imagine you were there. Someone from the city that has enviroment that is not sanitary can imagine being somewhere up in mountains where it looks peaceful and you wouldn't find things like dead horses and people business anywhere.

When I look at this picture I imagine myself having fun in the sand and the water. Where I live isnt bad but I would choose being here anyday. I know that the people in romanticism would give anything to be in the image that I picked out.