Thursday, September 25, 2014

Secret Lives







The term espionage comes from a French word for "spying." Espionage is the act of spying or using spies to obtain secret information, often about a country's political or military plans.  Spies are also known as secret agents or intelligence officers.

Write about spies and espionage. Do you have any experience with espionage? Would you ever like to be a spy?





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  4. If I ever became a spy I think it would be a fun experience, because I would be able to spy on different people and I would be focused on my job and getting the job done. Spy's follow around people that have done something and have not been caught yet. Others follow around dressed as a normal person and try to become that person new friend and then at the end, they can finally get the person they was looking for or wanted. A spy has to be really focused on there job and can't be procrastinating at it. They have to keep their head up and focus on the one thing they have to do.

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  5. Some people are victims of espionage, but they don't know it. Because spies are like ninjas, therefore they can disappear like Batman. Ive been a spy before, i'm not allowed to say what I did. The president said he would put me in prison forever if I did. I also have a story not as cool as the other one, but I can actually tell this one. I was about nine when my friends kept talking about me, so I hid in the bushes behind them, and I overheard them talking about my surprise birthday party. Long story short, no one throws me surprise parties anymore. I would love to be a spy, as long as I get cool guns and explosives to throw at cars and stuff.

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    1. i agree because most spies usually carry all kind of cool stuff and ive seen you on the streets spying.

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    2. You've seen me what... Noooo...

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  6. I personally do not have any experience with major spying happening to me, but I have had my brothers try to spy on me and my friends.. or ease drop on our conversations all the time, I myself have done that too when I was younger. To be a spy or not to be a spy? Personally I wouldn't want to take being a spy as my life job, it seems and sounds like it would be way to much work. I wouldn't want to take the chances of putting my family and friends in danger with the people I'm with or who ever is after me.

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  7. Being a spy is very important in many peoples life. Some people work as a spy to help others. Some agents are even trained by special military espionage education facilities, and posted to an area of operation with covert identities to minimize prosecution. I don't have any experience with espionage. Maybe one day i could be a spy, something small just to help someone out or get more information. Other than that i don't see it in my everyday life.

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    1. I disagree. I wouldn't want to be a spy because you would have to hide your life.

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    2. i also disagree because then it would be hard to have a family and have a regular life. you are also not looking at the chances of you getting killed

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  8. Spies are people under cover trying to get info about something. It could be be something small or something big. I don't have much experience with spies. I wouldn't want to be a spy because you won't be able to communicate with family as much.Spies have to be under cover and aren't aloud to talk to them.Its part of the job, but it still would be a cool job.

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    1. I disagree because you can call them anytime you're not on a mission.

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  9. When I was younger I used to love spy's like from the movie spy kids. I have not had any spying experience but, it reminds me of when my sister would "Spy" on her boyfriend when he was out with no explanation. I would like to be a spy when I'm older because, I believe I'm very good at keeping secrets and I also, want to be involved with cool gadgets and learn how to fight ninjas! I hate ninjas! they scare me...

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  10. I do have some experience with espionage. I tried spying on my mom when she was talking to my step dad to see where we were going. It was a surprise because every time I would come around they would change the subject or some sort. Lol, but anyways we ended up going on a cruise to the Bahamas in january for my birthday I was so excited. I also try spying to find out what I get for Christmas by trying to shake the presents under the tree to find out. I would like to be a spy because I am very sneaky at times and it works in my honor . :)

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    1. I think you got a little bit of topic about the cruise but i think it was great and had good punctuation and support.

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    2. I agree with Emily that you did get a little off topic. Your story reminds me of when I was little too.

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  11. Spies are very sneaky and good at what they do. Usually they are extensively trained for it. Spies are very fast, slick, and sly. I have never done anything very spy like besides just mischievous stuff like ding dong ditching. I would never want to be a spy because I would laugh every 5 seconds. Im more of a Cheetos and TV kinda spy.

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    3. I strongly agree because i wouldn't want to be extensively trained and it would be to much work

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  12. I think spies are people that are spy on others for their government. They spy to find out information on certain groups or other governments. I wouldn't like to be a spy because I don't want to get myself shot. I think being a spy would be cool but there are a lot of down sides to it like a guy that always wants to kill you. So i think being a spy wouldn't be as cool as everybody thinks

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  13. im positive that a lot of people want to be a spy, but i actually would not want to be a spy because they really not able to have families and they have to travel a lot so if they had a family it would be hard to see them, also spies are in a lot of deadly situations.
    I was about 12 and me and my friend were at my grandparents farm and we had to spy on this suspicious guy in the neighborhood that has a criminal record of releasing exotic animals. he had ended up releasing a monkey and me and my friend proved it to the police and got him arrested.

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  15. "Spy's" are usually known for sneaking around to get information about someone or something with out others knowing. When i was little i used to "spy" on my older brother ,and his girlfriend for my dad. When i saw them hug i would run back and tell my dad. It would be amazing to be a spy. Getting to sneak around and use gadgets no one nows exist. Ive never had an experience with a spy.

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    1. I agree, cause when i was little i would do the same. And its a great feeling to not be caught!

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  16. I don't really have any experience with espionage, but when I was little I wanted to be a spy. My cousin and I would act like spies and we would spy on our family. We would even ask for spy gear for christmas. I think it would be cool, but very dangerous to be a spy.The reason why being a spy is dangerous is because people follow you around and sometimes they even try to kill you.

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    1. Yea I agree with that, its dangerous man.

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    2. I agree because spies do very dangerous things that can potentially be harmful to them. I wanted to be a spy too when i was young and i was always fond on the subject, but I don't now because i know that some are killed for their actions, so no thank you lol.

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  17. That reminds me of when I was younger and if I was in trouble, I would sneak outside while my parents were talking, wearing socks so they don't here my feet crush the grass, and I would literally listen to everything they said about me. My older sister picked it up and started doing it to. I always thought it would be awesome to be a spy. Maybe because i'm good at not getting caught, or maybe because i'm very nosey. Espionages for example, are used by the government to obtain military and political information. Spying is used to kept secret away from the public and the person you're actually doing it to. There are different types of spying. There's government spies, field agents, informants, hacker spies, or kids in general. What espionage's do depends on the situation. Like if someone is planning to bomb all of Chicago, it's urgent and needs to be addressed to the government to keep us safe so they can catch the man or women in charge of the crime and execute them immediately, or imprison them. But if someone is talking about how they got an A on a test, the government could care less. If your mom thinks you're faking it, then she will do her research and may not be knowing she's spying, just doing it for the greater good for you. So yeah, there's a difference in spies. I always thought it was cool, but others might not because they're very opinionated when it comes to those types of things.

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    1. I agree with you because spy's are cool, and there are different types of spy's.

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  18. Spy's are cool. I spy on my mom when she's trying to keep secrets. But besides that, the only reason why i would ever consider becoming a spy is because they get cool guns and equipment and gadgets and stuff. I like guns. I wouldn't like being a spy though because if you're a spy you can't really tell your family anything you do at work, and you'll be gone lots of the time. I wouldn't want to keep so many secrets from my family like that. Spy's are important though. They get tons of needed information. I just don't think I'd make that a job for my everyday life. Well uh byeeee.

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  19. When I'm older i would like to be a spy.There are many obstacles to over come and many interesting things about being a spy.If the military didn't have spy's they wouldn't know certain information about our enemies.Spy's are needed every were for undercover missions that only they can do.

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  20. I feel as if spies could be useful because there may be people trying to take over the world, but who would ever know if we didn't have spies. Sometimes it could also be bad because if someone gets caught then a war could start. Take this for instance, in Syria has a militia and the U.S. found out that the militia is hiding in the civilians. So now the U.S. is bombing the country and killing people just because they don't know exactly where they are. But the spies would be helpful to find them.

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  21. Being a spy is a very important job, you would have to have years of experience training and hard dedication. Anything could happen on your adventures such as being abducted, getting killed, or never ever being able to retire. This job is more confidential then being a seal or a green beret. You would have to be very intelligent. I would like to be one cause i love being active and having action in my life, but a job like that needs time for thinking cause your taking alot in.

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  22. no i would not wanna be a spy because i would'd be able to handle it. like all of the secrets and information you have to remember.and you are working for the government

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