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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

From a 6th Grade Class Discussion on the First Few Chapters of "Treasure Island"


   TOP TEN REASONS TO QUIT BEING A PIRATE…
                                                  By: Aislinn and Cameron.
10. Saying your last job was a pirate, will not get you the next CEO at Best Buy.

9. Pirates are disgusting, filthy, slobs. With their dirty rags and rotten complexion! Enhanced by the iconic images that were originally shared during our class discussion.

8. Pirates are really creepy, they look like  that old man that spent three nights at Wendy’s for the late night special without any sleep.

7. Pirates are always putting their life at risk! Speaking of blackbeard's death.  

6. Pirates can’t be taken seriously. Really.

5. You will get misquoted about your life in a book one day, or not, we are still debating that.  Quoted from the text in the book found by the historians who did the research.

4. You could NEVER have a stable leg ( get it? Wooden leg?)  

3. People will spend millions of dollars on making fake versions and jokes out of your battles (Like Disney). From page 31/32, of the Smithsonian article, “Blackbeard’s Last Days”.  They had quoted the direct comment from the 5th version of Blackbeard.

2. Not only would they spend millions, they would get millions in return for a fake version of your life.

1.  You would be mocked for the songs you sing. Even hundreds of years later, these songs would still be played.