weekly blog 12-16-12

We have been working on an essay for the books that we have read, some things that I have kind of started to like is that when Im writing I dont really have to worry about what I say because I can use my own thoughts and stuff in my writing. Then in foods class I have learned alot of different foods that will be quick and easy to cook in college and the stuff for them are not that expensive so I am very excited. =)

missed post #10

Change of plans for college Im going to college at Snow college because its the school my parents think will be best for me and they think that I will grow up more there than if I were to go to Dixie. Im not happy about it right now but I guess Ill just have to get use to it and know that my parents just want whats best for me.

missed blog # 9

School is slowly almost over we seriously only have 5 months left which is crazy ! Ive been so excited to finally graduate but now im freaking out because I want to go to college but I havent been able to save money and its freakin me out because college is expensive and I need to be able to afford it. Ive made so many plans but never realized that all my plans are going to be hard so now I dont know what to do :(

missed blog #8

We just finished a book called the giver and it was an awesome book but it was also very sad because the world this boy named Jonas lived in was all about being the same. No one had choice and no feelings they could not even see colors which would suck so bad. I learned that I love being able to have my own choices and being able to have feelings because without them we would all be the same.

weekly blog # 7

Ive learned a lot of new foods I can cook when i go to college im so excited, I love food haha. I am also very  glad that we do lots of essays in English because ive gotten way better at writing them that when college comes around ill be a pro at them.

weekly blog #6

Essays after essays i appreciate them a lot even though they drive me nuts right now they are going to help me out a lot in college! Nothing really that new has happened in school its the same old things, school seems like its going by so fast its awesome i cant wait till I go to college its going to be hard but amazing haha :)

Common theme essay

Some Things Mean More To Others

Family, friends and honor may mean less to one person but another may find more value in them also. For Bony it was friends yet he lost one that meant a lot to him, and begins to find a way to fill in the loss by carrying around a monkey head he found . “ Chango”. In “ Train Time” Major Miles meets Eneas and begins to take a big interest in the Honor and respect he has for his grandparents. For Jackson Jackson family was what he cared for but the person he cared for the most was his grandmother who had passed away but he finds something that brings him close to her again.

    “ I want to keep him” ( Oscar Casares pg. 42) Bony began to become attached to a monkey head that was left in his yard, he would take it everywhere with him, and even though his parents told him to get rid of it but he refused to. “ All you want to do is drink beer with your new best friend, your compadre, instead of going out to make a living.”  ( Oscar  Casares pg. 42)  When his father says this to him to me it makes me see how much Bony really misses his friend Mando who was killed in an accident, and how much need he truly has to find a new friend to fill in the hole tha Mando left when he died. “ I didn’t want somebody to steal him.” Bony cares a lot about the monkey head enough to the fact that he tries to keep it as safe as he can even though his parents want him to get rid of it.  

    “ That was the beginning of Majors interest in Eneas. He had decided that day he would help the boy in any way possible because he was a boy of quality.” ( pg 24 Mano)  Major Miles was amazed at the fact that Eneas had so much willingness to help out his grandparents who were very weak, with that little boys strength he kept his grandparents living and happy. “ You would be shirking your duty if you failed to recognize and to help a boy of his sort. Eneas ha very distinct characteristic about him he was determined to give up whatever was best for him to help out his grandparents even his very own education. Major Miles was so interested and was very determind to find any ways possible to  give him what he needed and even guaranteed care for his grandparents, yet thats not what Eneas wanted he was there for his grandparents always that was the family he had left there was no way he could leave them. “ The Major realized in a sudden sharp remorse that he had waited too long. The vital moment had come, and he had paused, looked for words, and lost it.” ( pg 38 Mano) Major Miles was left speechless as soon as he had looked at Eneas there was so much he wanted to do for him yet Eneas did not want the same things. Eneas had an enormous amount of honor towards his grandparents and that one thing that Major Miles will always remember him for.
    “ Because they don’t want to be perfect, because only God is perfect, Indian people sew flaws into their powwow regalia.” (pg.440 Sherman) Jackson Jackson knew his grandmothers regalia so well that he knew there would be a yellow bead, yet he could be wrong he was sure to prove that it was his grandmothers. “ I know it’s crazy, but I wondered if I could bring my grandmother back to life if I bought back her regalia.” ( pg.442 Sherman)  Jackson cared so much about his grandmother that he wondered if winning back her regalia would bring her back to life he even knew he sounded crazy but his grandmother meant a lot to him. “ We should call the police,” he said “ I dont want to do that,” I said. “ It’s a quest now. I need to win it back by myself.” ( pg 444 Sherman) It was his way of proving he cared for her that he didn’t want to do it the easy way he wanted to do it the harder way. “ Ive been killing myself ever since she died.” ( pg. 451 Sherman) Ever since his grandmother died his life just went down hill his grandmother was everything to him and it broke his heart when she died. “ I want to be a hero, you know? I want to win it back like a knight.” “ Thats romantic crap.” It might be. But I care about it. Its been a long time since I really cared about something.” ( pg. 453 Sherman) His grandmothers regalia meant so much to him that he wanted to win it back in a hero sort of way which shows he loved her very much. Jackson had quit caring about everything for a while but seeing his grandmothers regalia gave him something to care about and he was determined to get  it back. “ I took my grandmothers regalia and walked outside. I knew that solitary yellow bead was part of me.” ( pg. 457 Sherman) He had finally felt like he was with his grandmother, a feeling of comfort overwhelmed him.
    For Bony he just needed something to help feel the hole of his dead friend, because that was what he cared about the most. Major Miles was amazed by how much honor a little boy could have for his grandparents, and Jackson Jackson just needed something that made him feel closer to his family

   

   

weekly blog post #5

Soo it feels like senior year is actually going by alot faster than I thought it would, its crazy to think that Im going to be out in the real world next year without my parents there to do everything for me which sucks, well not really. We take the ACT on the 25th and I havent studied for it at all im stressing more than studying for it. Well at least Im good at English, we have mostly been ready stories and then writing essays on them, which is actually alot easier than I thought it would be. Ive gotten good scores on the core test for English so thats a good thing. I didnt take math this year which now I wish I would have so it could help me with taking the ACT. Oh well wish me luck ! haha

weekly blog #4

Over the week we had to do presentations on either an author or culture and my friend Feleisha and I had Native American Culture and it was sort of interesting to learn about the culture. I learn that they smoke hallucinagens to be more close to the gods whuch is crazy, because I thought they just did it for nothing. Everything else we learned was pretty boring, I mean I did find out more on how to get scholarships for college which i really need to get. I will be graduating this year so I need to focus on making sure I get all the grants and scholarships to help me out.

weekly blog post #3

Well nothing new to really talk about this week everything is pretty much the same, lots of homework and essays. I know its all to prepare us for college, I can honestly say I am soo nervous about college I mean im excited but homework is going to pile up, it going to be a constant thing to study which im not very good at doing. Im going to colleege for nursing which im excited about because its always been something that ive wanted to do. I have alot of family that is doing nursing and so they have offered to help with anything i have questions about so i have a good feeling.

Women Hollering Creek

The story is about a lady named Cleofilas, who moved to Texas when she got married. Behind the house they moved to there was  a creek that she had heard some stories about and she became curious to learn more. Cleofilas began to be beaten by her husband, she had one kid and another soon to be born. When she goes to the doctors they notice all the bruises and want to help Cleofilas escape, that's when she meets a women named Felice who is going to help take her back home. " Felice was like no women she'd ever met." (paragraph 82)

I believe that she meant it as a compliment because Felice is a strong and very independent women, she gives Cleofilas the strength to leave her abusive husband. Cleoilas just wants a ride and at first Felice feels a little nervous about it but knows its not a bad thing to do.

I think Felice is a very caring person who is someone that Cleofilas needs to have around her and is the perfect person to have met. Felice is very strong and independant herself and a great example of how Cleofilas needs to become.The fact they have never met before yet Feliceis still wiling to help her out, shows alot of compassion to be able do to something like that for someone is very big.

Felice acts so open and kind she is never rude to Cleofilas, she is always being herself never changes who she is which is amazing. I think Felice was trying to show Cleofilas thats its okay to be herself and that she doesnt have to hide who she is,and that she didnt need to be scared anymore.

In conclusion I really think that Cleofilas ment it as a compliment when she says that felice was like no other women she had met. Felice had  gave her the strength to do what she needed to do for herself which was to get out of her abusive relationship, and I wish i can meet someone like her because she is so kind.

arranged marriages

Hindu culture and traditions is that the women are everything yet nothing at the same time. Everything can seem good at first but also can be decievig to the eye. They belong to there husbands and  are to do what they ask, in the story Mita is to be married to a man named Somesh whom she has never met before and knows nothing about. For Mita all she has known growing up is that people do not marry because of love, but Somesh teaches her differently and shows her what marriage can be.

Its Mita's big day the bride viewing, everyone was so excited for her and she has her friends helping her get ready for it there making sure she will glisten this evening. By the way that they described the whole event of her getting ready you could just tell that it was a very special day for Mita.

" If I'm lucky enough to be the chosen one." In India the son does not get to choose who is wife is, his parents are the one that pick for him. India culture the mothers make the brides wear a sari for good luck, and is only to be worn on special occasions.

Mita was scared a bit because she was getting sent far away from her family to United States to be with her husband, she wanted to cry but didnt because she knew that it was her destiney to be married and be with her husband forever. Yet what Mita doesnt see coming is that for her it wont be forever, Mitas husband dies and she is left with three options. One, is to marry the husbands brother, Two, go in as a nun, or die with her husband either one she chooses people will never treat her the same.

 In conclusion India culture the women are everything at first but if there husband dies they all of a sudden become nothing to everyone and are looked down upon. I dont believe that it should ever be that way somethings just happen and either way the wife can not change it, and they shouldnt be looked down at with disgrace.

weekly blog #2

 I wonder if people will ever understand that some teenagers just don't know how to shut up in class no matter how many write ups they give them, they don't care all its doing is making them mad and they are just going to do everything they possibly can to make you annoyed. I don't even understand the point in having write ups how is that honestly going to get kids to actually listen instead of talk? There parents my tell them to stop or else but I doubt half of them even listen to there parents, pretty much I just think its a waste of paper and time. Write ups is all you ever even hear about at school its getting so annoying, its just causing unnecessary pissed off people.

new things

                   There is sooo much that you learn in school everyday.... well that is if you pay attention which is sometimes hard when stuff is boring but last week in foods class we learned the different measurements in measuring cups and also how to double the ingrediants and half them. We cooked really good food also. I also learned last week that we need a longer lunch break so that we dont have to rush to eat, because eating fast is not good for you and it can make your stomach upset.

Lesson learned

               Some things you dont really think about until after they have already happened and your already regretting doing it. We always think no one will ever hear about it if you just let it go and move on, but eventually it gets around and you feel stupid. For me I deffinetly didnt think anything of my mistake till out of no where what I thought was hid and forgot about got found by my parents, and i never wanna make that mistake twice.

                    Work christmas parties you dont really think will turn out bad, especially when you work with a bunch of adults that know your parents personally. We were all having a good time playing games, eating amazing food and of course came the awesome white elephant gift exchange. Working with adults the gifts arent that great and can be for more of the adults than the kids. A friend of mine got one of the gifts that had alcohol but they where just chocolate candies with a little bit of alcohol in them,  I didnt really think they were that bad and i got a few of them. I didnt eat them that night i decided that i would just save them and eat them another day, except that was a bad idea and not thinking i didnt realize it right then that i should have just said no thanks.
               
                 Months went by and i had forgot that i even had them because i just put them away in my drawer. A few more months went by and i came home from school one day to find the case i had hid them in sitting on the top of the piano and my dad just stood there waiting for an explaination but i didnt even know what to say because I was so scared to get in trouble, i just stood there but then my dad started asking where I got them,  who gave them to me,  and how long I have had them for.  I was scared I knew I should have thrown them away awhile ago and that i shouldnt have even kept them but thats all that was going through my head. I eventually just started making up stuff and realizing i might as well just tell the truth, my dad and I got in a huge fight and it was just way out of hand so I told him the truth and delt with the concequences.

                  I learned that day that i should have never took them because the fight that it caused that day was not worth hiding the candies, but of course we all make mistakes some bigger than others but we still all make them thats how we learn what we shouldnt do. I know from that mistake to not do that again.