Family Ties

by R. Grayson

Robin tore out the R in his uniform and became Nightwing. Some say that he grew up. Some say that others began to don the name. But that can't be all, can it? Robin was the name his parents gave him. He wouldn't throw that away just because he got old, or because others began to go by that name. It's all that defined him. So why? More summary inside.

10. AN

Hi. I'm sorry that this is not an update, but the icloud page is being stubborn and won't open up. So I decided to write something I've wanted to for a long time now.

Some of you might know what happened in Korea a few weeks ago. I think nearly a month has passed now. There was a boat, "Sewolho" ('sewol' means ages, and 'ho' means boat.), which had more than 500 passengers, more than300 of them being second year high school students. They were mostly 17 years old. Only about a hundred people were saved, and the rest is either dead or lost at sea. It's known that it sank because of its age and of illegal expansion of the boat.

It's been a big thing in Korea. I just think that it's tragic. I also think that it's outrageous how people are using this as an opportunity to gain their own greedy needs. There are mayor(or something equivalent to our provinces) elections coming up, and people put banners with yellow ribbons, and that they are sorry that they couldn't protect them, and they put their names on it. Like it's a good advertisement or something! The opposing party to the one the current President is blaming her for this. I never liked her in the first place, but I don't think that it's right that they are accusing her so that they could get someone from their side to be the president in the next election, or even before that, it seems. I mean, when there is a serial killer, who kills because he was abused by his parents, then we blame the serial killer, not the parents, right? Well, not as much, anyways.

I just think it's so sad that people so young died that way. I read articles about this incident from CNN, and they told stories of those who are considered as heroes for saving lives. I couldn't help but notice that there was someone important missing. There was a boy, class president of class 2-8, who was a Judo student. He led the whole class out and saved most of his classmates, but unfortunately he died. In some classes only a handful of students survived, but it was the opposite for this class, thanks to him.

It was a tragic incident, one that I hope never happens again.

Again, I'm sorry that this is not an update, but as soon as the icloud page opens up, I will.