Who is Ishtar?

Ishtar is personified in three different ways in three different pieces, two Mesopotamian liturature, and the other is an analysis of one of the pieces. The pieces are The Epic of Gilgamesh and the other is The Decent of Ishtar into the Underworld. The literary analysis about the Ishtar decending into the underworld.
The view in the Epic of Gilgamesh I feel is that Ishtar is spoiled. She asks Gilgamesh to marry her and when he rejects her because bad things happen to all who are with her, and she goes crying to her father, Anu, telling him that Gilgamesh called her a teases and that he should set the killer bull on him. Enkidu and Gilgamesh kill the bull and Ishtar goes crying to her father yet again.
In The Decent of Ishtar into the Underworld, Ishtar is personified as a courageous person going into death without fear and rising out of it again. She is eventually saved by Namtar.
But, I feel that the analysis of Ishtar puts her in a different light. It almost seems as if Ishtar is an innocent child. It may be that marriage is discussed, but I also felt that the account of Ishtar going into the underworld was shortened based on what the analysis talks about.
So I don't know what to make of Ishtar. Is she a spoiled brat, a courageous woman, or an innocent child, and how will this effect what I still have to read in he Epic of Gilgamesh? Vote now in the pole.

Manners and Morals

Why is it that people find it so hard to complement others? Just to walk over to someone and say great job or congratulations. I find that for the older generations it almost comes as second nature. So why is it that the younger generations do not posses that same ability? The ability to acknowledge the accomplishments of someone. It’s almost as if my generation is throwing morals out the window. Many people I am acquainted with have no respect for anyone or anything. Some people still don’t hold the door or shake hands or say “please” and “thank you” which are parents drilled into us as children. With new technology we no longer have to work as hard as people did 70+ years ago to reach the same destination. Has technology caused us to disregard common courtesy by making life more convenient? Holding the door seems weird to my generation. How can we resurrect our manners and politeness?

First Day

Silence filled the dimly lit hall
Early, the first bell still waiting
To deliver its ultimatum on summer

Wandering the halls, lost
Searching for some way to navigate
The labyrinth of halls
Signs help me none
Paths barred, construction to blame

The bookstore line was too long
Buying locks could wait
But the bus would not wait for me
I ventured outside
Not trusting the hall maze

In the front of the school
Sat the Academy crowd
Waiting, for the bus to arrive

The return from South
Did not go smooth
The bus was late and so was I
For algebra/trig on the second floor

The day went on
Each class the same
These are my rules, my expectations
Here’s an activity
This is your assignment

The final bell rang
The school year’s begun