last blog

In the begining of the year I was always quiet. I was shy too. I didnt talk very much because I did not know everybody. The only person I knew at the begining of the year was Devon. Now as the year is comming to a close I am more talkative than I ever was. That helped me a lot. I opened up to more things that I have never done before. And Im glad.

My least favorite topic was animal farm. I could not follow along with Animal Farm. It was very difficault for me to read and answer the questions. It was very different because it used talking animals instead of people. That is why it was so hard for me to follow along.

The most challenging topic for me had to of been Romeo And Juliet. The language was tough for me to understand. Thats what made it challenging for me. I know that I did very well with this topic at the end. Only because for the test we had the notes to copy from. That was good for me. It helped me a lot.

My favorite topic was actually Romeo And Juliet. It was different for me because I never read the story of Romeo And Juliet. I herd about it, but this is the first that I read the book. I liked how we read the book and followed along with the movie also.

If I could give the upcoming freshmen advice it would be : do your homework. It will help a lot. You will get good grades if you do all of your work. Dont fall asleep in class because it will hurt your grades. Always be ontime to your classes. If your late ot will count as an absent.

alcohol/drugs

.STUDENTS THAT USE COCAINE IN SUSSEX COUNTY.
I am surprised that 8% of 12 graders are using cocaine in Sussex county. That should not be happening at all.

.STUDENTS THAT USE MARIJUANA IN SUSSEX COUNTY.
6% of 8 grade students that have used Marijuana in the last 12 months. That is a lot of kids. This was in Sussex county that all of this is happening without people knowing.

.STUDENTS THAT ABUSE ALCOHOL IN SUSSEX COUNTY.
48% of 8 grade students have abused alcohol. That was just from Sussex county. I cant believe the number of kids who abused drugs and alcohol in Sussex county.

.MY OPINIONS ABOUT THIS SITUATION.
I think that students who use and abuse drugs and alcohol is stupid. They are destroying their lives. Its wrong what they are doing.

I cant understand why students are doing this. They can get into a lot of trouble if they get caught doing this. A lot of students died from under age drinking and abusing drugs. People in this school died as well. They think that they are being cool by drinking and using drugs. They are not cool at all. They are stupid and foolish.

QUESTIONS

1. Yes, I think that young people grow up to fast. The reason for that is because their parents or most kids parents are involved with drugs or alcohol. Or even both. When that happens they have to take matter in their own hands. They would have to take care of themselves. Thats making them grow up a lot faster. Most kids who have this problem with their parents, their parents are not home all of the time(for most of the kids). It affected Gerald and it made him a better person. This gave him the responsability of taking care of things like his younger sister. He protects her as much as he can. And thats how this changed him.

2. Geralds life is way different than a normal high school student because he has been through so much at a young age. He got taken away from his mother because she was a druggie. She wasnt home all of the time. And she left Gerald home alone almost every day. For a high school student that is not normal. That changed him. He actually likes beining in school. He takes care of his litte sister at home because there mother doesnt care about them.

3. I had to confront someone about their behavior because it was getting out of control. I didnt like how they were treating me and I didnt like how they were treating my friends. So I told them to stop. They dont listen at all. When I went to my one friend or I called her and I told her what was going on and she went to the principal and told on me instead. I got into trouble and they didnt. I was very angry. So I cant do that any more because of what happened. It will only happen again, but only a lot worse.

chapter 7

My dog just died not to long ago. I am still very upset about this. She did everything that I did. She wasnt just a dog. She was a great friend. She had cancer in her bones. When I herd about this, just before my mom took her to the vet I said " the only thing that she didnt have was cancer." And "She can go through anything and survive it all." Well I was wrong. I wish that I never said that. I cant do anything about it. When she died, it snowed at 10:00 when I was in school. Thats when I knew that she was gone. Yesterday was her birthday. It snowed yet again. I knew that she was looking down on me. Letting me know that she was there and that it was her birthday. That was her thing, the snow. She loved the snow so much that she would roll around in it. She did all of the things that I did. She went camping,swimming,hiking. She did it all. She even acted like a puppy even though she was 12.
The two things that are alike with Gerold are: He lost someone that he cared about deeply and now he is very upset about his loss.
The other thing is that he has been with her for 6 years.
I can relate to this because Ive been with my dog almost my whole life.
My dog was also my best friend.

CHILD ABUSE

Out of that number, nearly 9,000 cases were substantiated or indicated as abused. Twenty-one percent suffered physical abuse, 46.6% neglect, 1.4% medical neglect, 11.5% sexual abuse, 5% psychological maltreatment and 18% other or unknown.

Boys and girls are equally likely to be abused or neglected.

Children under the age of 4 account for 75% of all child abuse deaths.

Neglect occurs more frequently than abuse and can be equally damaging and deadly. 30% of all child fatalities are due to neglect.

Approximately 1,500 abused and neglected children receive intensive, rehabilitative mential health services in residential programs.

The majority of children in residential care have been victims of significant physical or sexual abuse.

Got info on WWW.Childabuse.org

chapter 9-10-commentary

Chapter 9-

All of the animals started to rebuild the windmill.
On sundays the pigs were able to wear green ribons on their tails.
Animal farm was proclaimed a republic and now they could elect a president.
Boxer had a split hoof.
Boxer was sent in a van to go to a hospital.

Chapter 10-

After many years, animals died.
No animal could read or pass the letter B.
The windmill was used for milling corn, and they also made money off of it.

At the end of the book, it was very confusing. I thought that it would of ended a lot different. I thought that all of the animals would of lived and continued their lives on the farm without any problems. At the end it was not what I expected. I thought that it would of been a whole lot better. Thats what I was expecting.

animal farm

Transfer- Chapter 2. In animal farm the animals make their own flag. They copy it from the Russian flag. They also hang it up to represent what they believe in. It is created because they think that they are not being treated fairly by the humans.

Plain Folks- Chapter 1. In animal farm this is used when all of the animals are gathered around in the barn. Old Major gives a speech trying to convince the animals to agree with him. He wants them on his side before he dies. He wants them to learn about what is going on with the humans. And what they are doing to them.

Bandwagon- Napoleon tells the animals that they should work to get all of the food. The animals ask why the pigs are sleeping in beds and Napoleon says that it has NO sheets so therefor HE can sleep in the bed.

Name calling- In real life people have to go through this. People call other people names. At school kids may face this name calling by bullies and other students. This can happen anywhere in the world. It can happen to anybody.

Appeal to emotion- When people tell stories about what happened. They tell sad stories. So they open up and tell others and see if they want to listen.

holocaust

I was dragged out into the middle of the street. I was forced to shut my mouth and not say a word at all. That was very hard to do because I'm just a kid. There were lots of people watching and staring at me. They don't know whats going to happen to me. I don't even know whats going to happen to me. That's the worst part. Now I'm being forced to put my arms up in the air. I don't want to but I have to because if I don't they will shoot me. There are Nazis behind me with huge guns. They are waiting to see what will happen, to see if I will break down in fear and burst out screaming at the top of my lungs. I know better than that. I want to live. I don't want to die with everyone watching me. If I die then my friends and family will miss me. They will want to know what happened to me. I will miss them as well.

sixteen

The sixteen years on the streets and Johnny learned the things that he didn’t want to learn and a lot more. Johnny had wanted to learn about the good things in life. The good thing in life for Johnny is his family (the greasers). That’s what he thinks that are the good things in life. He didn’t want to learn about what the other people on the streets are learning about or what they have learned by being on the streets. Instead he learned to steal from other people. They rob gas stations instead of learning something totally new that they haven’t learned yet. That’s what he learned by being out on the streets. The Greasers live on the street and they also live or hang out in an old church. That’s where they escape from the cops. That’s where they stay away from trouble. When ever they do something really wrong that’s a secret place that they know of and they hide. They spend their lives there day in and day out, waiting for it to be safe to come back out.

the outsiders post 2

Johnny died in the hospital after the rest of the Greasers came to see him. Dally and Ponyboy came up to Johnnys bed. Dally was really close to Johnny. So was Ponyboy. Dally didnt want Johnny to die. He was soo upset. Dally told Johnny that he got into a fight and that he won the fight. Dally told Johnny that he was really proud of him. His family really cared about him. They were really upset about Johnnys death. But way before that Johnny was in a fight and he got beat up very badly and he servived the attack. Johnny went into the church to save kids lives. The reason for that was because the church was on fire. He wanted to save the kids in the burning church. Johnny got burned from the fire in the church. He got like third degree burns. Thats why he was in the hospital. Thats how he died. Thats the reason why he was put in the hospital in the first place. Johnny died by saving people. He risked his life for others and not just for himself. That shows that he cared about other people in the world. People should respect that. That should be good enough for other people. They should do the same thing like he did.

greasers

All of the people in my family and some of my friends is who I consider a family. The friends that I think are my family are the people who are really close to me. They mean a lot to me because they care about me and they respect me. Those are the people who I consider who my friends as my family. I think the greasers are considered a family because they all stick together. They all get along as a whole. The Greasers always do things together as a team all of the time. My family is very kind, funny, and entertaining. Those are the things that discribe my family.