THIS IS WEEK 2, WEEK OF SEPT. 4TH
Choose a quote from your D.E.A.R. reading this week. Cite the direct quote below. Include the title of the book you're reading, the author and the page number where the selected quote is located. 1. Briefly summarize the quote in your own words 2. Explore the quote's meaning (your interpretation) 3. State why you think the quote matters to the whole of the story (the implications). After you have posted, respond to one other person's entry. The person you respond to does NOT have to be in your same class period or your same grade. Your initial post is due each Wednesday. Your response is due by Friday. Do NOT WRITE, "I AGREE" TO SOMEONE ELSE. You may write, "Your post made me consider ____," "Your post reminded me of this other _____ I read and how _____," etc. You must write your first name and last initial and class period each time you post. Example: Shelia S, period 1. You must also use academic language. Absolutely NO texting abbreviations. SEE MODEL POST BELOW! Gregory Boyle, in TATTOOS ON THE HEART, wrote, "You stand with the belligerent, the surly, and the badly behaved until bad behavior is recognized for the language it is: the vocabulary of the deeply wounded and of those whose burdens are more than they can bear" (2010, p. 179). (This is cited in APA format.) Say: This says that bad behavior is a way of communicating one's pain and that standing with the badly behaved is necessary until the pain is revealed and understood. Mean: My interpretation of this passage is that it means that when people act out and misbehave that they are doing so because they are in tremendous pain. Either they've been neglected and their own needs are not being met, or they have been abused or hurt in some way, or perhaps they've suffered a loss that is too big for them to bear. Instead of using their words about how much pain they're in, they act out by doing things that are inappropriate and often illegal (This is a book about gangs.) Matter: This passage matters because it offers an explanation for bad behavior and challenges us to see beyond the behavior to the heart of the matter. If we can do that, then we may feel more empathy, and as a result, be able to stick it out with those who are acting badly rather than quickly dismiss, judge and abandon them.
Yesenia M. Period 1
9/4/2012 10:05:38 am
Anne Schraff, in A BOY CALLED TWISTER, wrote, "We've got to work together, not against each other if we're going to be any good." (Page 67)
Tara K.
9/4/2012 01:31:28 pm
I found this quote very meaningful. This quote basically sums up the whole meaning of teamwork. We have to cooperate and not bring each other down achieve things that wouldn't be possible otherwise.
Erin T., Period 2
9/4/2012 04:33:23 pm
I find this quote very true. Through my experiences of playing basketball since I was a little girl, I always realized that my team only played good when we worked together. Nobody can be selfish and bring others down, for this will only lead to a negative outcome.
Fnu L.,Period 1
9/5/2012 08:25:21 am
This quote is the most realistic one. We could implies this quote to our daily living. We have to work together or we would not get every single thing done. We, humans could never get everything done by ourselves. Working together is what has to happen through our whole life in order to survive.
Tara D., Per.5
9/5/2012 12:50:13 pm
This quote seems like it is from a very interesting book. There's a saying that there is strength in numbers. It also connects to your quote because one can do good but together can do better. This is also kind of like teamwork because a team wont win if they dont have team work.
Evy Z, Per 6
9/5/2012 02:40:41 pm
I strongly agree with this quote sometimes people are too competitive. Competition is a good motivation but when your on the same team you've got to work with the best to to be the best.
An. Huang, Period 5
9/7/2012 02:54:04 pm
As you said, this quote says it all. The quote could apply to life such as sportsmanship, or sometimes a dilemma. It could also help if this quote apply to each country; for example, if two countries were to work together instead of fighting, it could benefit the two countries more.
Lika M. period 5
9/8/2012 07:49:53 am
I found this quote very meaningful! We have to work together in order to get things accomplished. We might sometimes have to look past the fact that we might dislike people that we were put with, but in the end we still have to be able to work together. This can be relatible to many situations in life! I like this quote! It pretty much says that "There are no 'I's' in TEAMWORK."
Kimble Yuan, Period 1
9/17/2012 12:40:32 pm
Everybody will have to try their best. You will have to catch up with somebody. People can be very smart at a lot of the subjects that are in school. You really have to keep on going.
alvin O. period 5
9/18/2012 05:58:40 am
i agree with this quote because i feel that society would be better off without all the conflicts and that we can only bring prosperity if we all work together
Cynthia H., Period 1
9/4/2012 10:53:39 am
Anna Godbersen in THE LUXE wrote, "Diana was not the sort of girl who wore powders or rouge. She liked her emotion to play themselves out on her skin, and she could not now hide, even in her remote corner of the room, how ridiculous she thought this all was. She had been dying for something to do with her afternoon - nay, her life - and now she was blessed with the saintly shroud of poverty, maybe she would be able to find it. The rest of her family was blockheadedly acting as though everything were the same, as though they were still rich as anybody who might stop by, but Diana's mind was already busy with the possibilities" (2007, p. 96)
Mikar C., Period 1
9/5/2012 07:19:42 am
Your post made me consider how life works today. Of course, we've all pretended to be something that we're not! We've all acted like everything was okay when it wasn't, but sometimes it's okay to keep a secret or two. The rest of the world doesn't have to know what really happened. If you would rather have no one else find out, then it's alright to keep it to yourself.
Thuc T., Period 6
9/5/2012 10:04:50 am
Diana is a courageous girl because she lives life with her head high and it's something we should do. I heard stories similar to what you wrote about people pretending to be something else that they are not just because they feel ashamed of who they are. To me, as long as you don't kill, rob or what so ever, there is no need to create a mask to cover your true self.
Tara K.
9/4/2012 01:26:33 pm
Lauren Oliver, in BEFORE I FALL, wrote, "I know what it's like to be on the other side. i was there for the first half of my life. the bottom of the bottom, the lowest of the low. I know what it's like to have to squabble and pick and fight over the leftovers. So now I have first pick of everything. So what. that's the way it is. Nobody said life was fair." (2010, p. 18)
Tara K.
9/4/2012 01:27:01 pm
Period 6!
Jessica L. Period 6
9/4/2012 02:42:59 pm
I like the premise of this quote. "'Nobody said life was fair.'" This applies to everyday life and is a saying that is repeated often. Furthermore, the situation in this passage is a very common one. It happens a lot in novels and movies, and in real life as well.
Bobbi G.,Period 2
9/5/2012 01:22:14 pm
I really like the part where it said "nobody said life was fair" because that saying is so true.We all have our ups and downs in life and some more than others.This quote made me consider how others feel and what position some are in.Another point is that we can not all have what we want in life it simply doesn't work out like that.
Jiaxin(Janet) W., Period 1
9/5/2012 05:53:11 pm
Your post really made me consider the truth of life. In real life, people struggle and try to overcome difficulties in order to achieve their goals. In fact, efforts do not always equal to the results which people are expecting. However, life is fair in the fact that it is never fair to anyone. Therefore, people should never believe that they can be successful without even trying to reach their goals.
Cally M, Period 5
9/7/2012 05:50:23 pm
I agree with your comments and opinion on this quote. Life isn't always fair and sometimes people don't even appreciate their luck. Having something go in your favor just may be the opposite situation for another person. People need to have compassion even if they're not under the same circumstances as someone else, especially if they've experienced the same issues in the past.
Isabella G. Per.2
9/8/2012 07:01:16 am
The part that says "nobody said it was fair," I can relate. Life is never fair, there are always problems or bumps in the road for everyone. It may be hard to overcome them, but it only makes you and your family stronger.
Jessica L. period 6
9/4/2012 02:39:05 pm
"Upbraiding Elva had been an unusual experience for Eragon. He remembered when Brom and Garrow had chastised him for making mistakes, and to now find himself the one doing the chastising left him feeling...different...more mature (2008 p. 338)
Jacqueline (Jackie) T. Per. 2
9/4/2012 02:59:11 pm
Stephanie Nelson, in CRAVED, wrote, "If my life were a movie, Micah would have chosen me over his duties. Sadly, my life was not a movie." (2011, p. 88)
Lesley T, Period 2
9/5/2012 10:11:47 am
Your post reminded me of the many Nicholas Sparks books that I have read. I honestly wish my life was a fairytale but sadly nothing is that perfect. I like what you said about how girls would like to say that their lives are like the movies but the can't because thats exactly how I fell sometimes.
Tara D., Per. 5
9/5/2012 12:58:58 pm
Your post reminds me of Miley Cyrus' song "if we were a movie." Oh how I wish my life was like a movie especially at the end when you get the guy but sadly it can never be like it. It is also a good thing though because unlike a movie, life has its fun challenges we have to face.
Chelsea A., Period 1
9/5/2012 01:40:31 pm
Your post most definitely reminds of people's expectations in today's world. I agree how people base life off of movies and fairy tales. A lot of people need a reality check and understand that life is hard and they do not understand what is really out there. Also that a majority of the people in this world work hard for what they have.
Isabella Period 2
9/4/2012 03:58:02 pm
Luis Rodriguez, in ALWAYS RUNNING,wrote, " But it seems like we're paying for everyone else's mistakes too. Sometimes we pay even when there's been no mistake. Just for being who we are, you know what I mean? Just for being Mexican. That's all the wrong I have to do."
Jackie T. Per 2
9/4/2012 04:42:34 pm
I thought that this quote still relates to what is going on today. There is always the issue of discrimination among the police forces being discussed today, whether its against African Americans or Mexicans or other minorities in society.
Yesenia M. Period 1
9/5/2012 01:14:35 pm
I find this quote meaningful because my parents are illegal immigrants and it's hard because they struggle so much. They came here for a better life not only for them but as well as us, their kids. It's hard seeing people like them who come here to the United Sates just for a better life get treated like criminals. I love this quote!
Erin T., Period 2
9/4/2012 04:22:05 pm
Anne Lamott, in CROOKED LITTLE HEART, wrote, "They had not spoken by phone or mail since the Thackerys moved, and Elizabeth felt sometimes, when Rosie froze up with derision and judgement, that she was secretly armoring herself against any more hurt, any more lost friends, any more lost dads. Rosie sometimes seemed to believe that if she didn't cause the lost connection, it would be done to her anyways, and so if anything more was going to be snatched away, she herself would do the snatching" (1997, p. 13).
Alan V Period 2
9/6/2012 10:45:36 am
This quote is very relatable to many people today. Many people are afraid to use their vulnerability as their strength and do not open themselves up to others. They do not liberate themselves, causing them pain and suffering on the inside. We all need to be confident and open ourselves up to other. Just because we have been hurt at some point in our lives, does not mean it will happen again. We need to learn from our mistakes and keep on growing.
Mikar C., Period 1
9/5/2012 07:07:39 am
Gail Carson Levine in "ELLA ENCHANTED" wrote, "He demanded to know why you needed to be finished since there was nothing wrong with you to start with (1997, pg. 69)."
Cynthia C., Per. 1
9/5/2012 10:54:08 am
I agree with your interpretation of the quote you chose. It is true people these days are transforming into someone else and burying their true self. People are afraid others won't accept them for who they are but that's not true. This is a big world and just because the people you know may not like who you are, it doesn't mean that other people in this world would feel the same as them. Every individual is unique in their own way.
Fnu L.,Period 1
9/5/2012 08:06:20 am
Waverly Jong in "The Joy Luck Club" wrote,"But after I got well, I discovered that,really, my mother had changed. She no longer hovered over me as I practiced difference chess game. She did not polish my trophies every day. She did not cut out the small newspaper item that mentioned my name. It was as if she had erected an invisible wall and I was secretly groping each day to see how high and how wide it was."
Joanne W.,Period 6
9/6/2012 02:09:18 pm
I had read this book before and this scene does agitate me a bit.I mean this littel girl should thank her mom for being so concern about her. But instead she told her that she annoyed her.and later after she had a daughter she would truly understand a feeling of a mother.not just that,but also a feeling of a human being.
Joanne W., Period 6
9/5/2012 08:23:23 am
Lisa Klein, in LADY MACBETH'S DAUGHTERS, wrote "Now sink little boat; no more shall you float." (2010, p.19)
Janssen F., period 1
9/5/2012 10:53:03 am
I agree with what you said about appreciating everything that we receive. I believe that we are given more than what we need and everything else is just like a bonus. We don't need these necessities but we have them so we should stop complaining and start being content. Instead of thinking of all the things that we want to have, we should be thinking of all the things we have and be thankful for them. Others almost always have it worse than we do.
Pinwen Coco Leng, period 1
9/9/2012 01:35:57 pm
This quote made me realized how we need to appreciate things.Being a human, we had never been satisfied with what we have.We always try more when we already have more than enough. We never know how many people around us don't even have enough to survive each day. We had been really spoiled by the society and other and yet we never value it as a good judgement.This quote really does make me feel ashamed on how i usually judge things.
Tom Huang, Period 6
9/5/2012 09:21:21 am
Christopher Paolini, in ELDEST, wrote, "'My father...' She faltered briefly. 'My father's work will not go unfinished even if it takes me to the grave. That is what I want you, as a Rider, to understand. All of Ajihad's plans, all his strategies and goals, they are mine now. I will not fail him by being weak. The Empire will be brought down, Galbatorix will be dethroned, and the rightful government will be raised.'"
Mark C. Period 6
9/7/2012 03:15:04 pm
I agree with your analysis, but i think that it is more realistic when one says that people are more motivated to succeed and surpass what their parents have done instead of saying that people are motivated to do their parents one last thing.
Mark C. Period 6
9/7/2012 03:15:16 pm
I agree with your analysis, but i think that it is more realistic that people would feel more motivated to try to surpass what his parent had done instead of trying to do a last thing for their parent.
William L., Period 6
9/5/2012 09:23:24 am
Boris Pasternak, in DOCTOR ZHIVAGO, wrote, "Yura felt good with his uncle. He resembled his mother. He was a free spirit, as she had been, with no prejudice against anything inhabitual. Like her, he had an aristocratic feeling of equality with all that lived. He understood everything at first glance, just as she had, and was able to express his thoughts in the form in which they came to him at the first moment, while they were alive and had not lost their meaning" (1957, p. 8).
Kenny V. Period 6
9/7/2012 04:12:02 pm
I agree, individuals are not flawed by things they inherit, Yura does benefit from being similar to those who brought him up although he went through a lot of bad times. Usually we think of people who are orphaned when they are little are destined to be crooked but in this case, Yura grows up to be very righteous and has a strong moral compass.
Thuc T. , Period 6
9/5/2012 09:54:22 am
Philippa Gregory in THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL wrote, “ “My husband, you have caused me days and nights of them.” Queen Katherine said, smiling. “But as long as you are well and happy, and as long as you come home at the end of it all, why should I complain?” “ (2001, page 52,53)
Lesley T, Period 2
9/5/2012 10:07:31 am
I really enjoyed your "mean" portion. I liked how you described to Queen as trying to soothe her husband and how you talked about the underlying meaning of the last sentence. I think that the Queen may be faithful but I don't think that the King deserves her.
lina h., period 6
9/6/2012 01:06:41 am
Your post made me consider that I should read your book. Even though you told me it was a hard book to read, it seems interesting. It is a sad thing for those women to be misstresses for him, i like your "matter" portion too
Lesley T, Period 2
9/5/2012 10:04:23 am
E L James, in FIFTY SHADES DARKER, wrote, "He stops and runs his hand through his hair. "We have to walk before we can run." Suddenly he smirks." (2011, p. 229).
Cassidy A. Period 1
9/6/2012 02:42:32 pm
I also think this quote is very true to life. Often times, we try to do things that we cannot do yet. Like in the quote we try to run before we can walk. But we should slow down and take the time to let things develop the way they are supposed too.
George M. Period 2
9/6/2012 02:47:52 pm
I agree with this quote, that sometimes people think they can just achieve something without practice or understanding. For someone to become successful they must learn and they will progress.
Alex D. Period 5
9/7/2012 04:16:59 pm
I can relate to this quote because i like to get hurry and quicken things up getting ahead of myself and then screw up. People like me should learn to slow down and learn the first steps before going to the conclusion first. We should first learn to walk, then learn to run meaning we should slow things down and in time, success will come.
Brandon Yip Period 5
9/5/2012 10:14:53 am
Teddy, in SHUTTER ISLAND, wrote, "Mr. McPherson, we are duly appointed federal marshals. We are required by the government order to carry our firearms at all times" (2003, p.29).
Robert Carrasco, Period 5
9/5/2012 10:22:15 am
David Klein, in ROOKIE the world of the NBA, wrote, "But when you play somebody that big, you can usually count on them not being real quick or agile. Big, sure, and hard to move, and harder to go around, but not like a cat. Not like a forward."
Elaine T., Period 2
9/5/2012 10:42:10 am
I really like this quote because I feel like it is trying to say that although people may look tall and tough, they also have weaknesses. Everybody has advantages and disadvantages with the physical or even characteristics that they are born with. People need to learn to appreciate what they are given and try to make the best out it.
Brandon Yip, Period 5
9/6/2012 10:08:00 am
Your quote does remind me how tough it is for other NBA players to play basketball even when they have height as their advantage. This shows how everyone has some disadvantages even with their physical appearance. That way everybody should try to get over their disadvantage.
Eric lo, Period 5
9/18/2012 05:50:55 am
I feel that this quote means that you can't judge a person from just there looks. You can only judge someone once you really know them because people are like cupcakes the outside is hard but the inside is soft and different from what they really show you.
Brilliant H Period 2
9/5/2012 10:29:35 am
Andrew Tobias, in THE ONLY INVESTMENT GUIDE YOU'LL EVER NEED, wrote, "Most people need to do better for themselves - and can" (2001, p 39).
Elaine T., Period 2
9/5/2012 10:32:42 am
Sarah Weeks, in So B. It, wrote “He didn’t say or do anything more after that, but it was enough that he stayed. When Bernie was able to sit up and drink some water, he left, closing the door quietly behind him. I’d spent hours with Zander, listening to him tell stories out on the stoop, but until that day I hadn’t really known him. Then, just like with the first pack of Twinkies he’d given me, without my asking, everything changed. He would never be fat, or dim-witted, in my eyes again. I was only just beginning to see how powerful the truth could be.
Judy, L., Period 1
9/5/2012 10:52:55 am
Your post reminds me of how people used to say that “don’t judge the book by its cover.” People tend to use this quote to tell others not to criticize someone just based on their appearances. Sometimes, it is the inside that is worthier and it is the action that matters more. Yet many could not put this quote into action. Overtime, I rethink about this quote and found out that sometimes the first appearance is very important, depending on occasions. For example, during the interview, the judges would not wait to get know you. Your first appearance literally shows who you are. Therefore, it is not totally wrong to judge others just because of how they look. But if you really want to know about particular individuals, talk to them and maybe they will become your best friends.
Judy L., Period 1
9/5/2012 10:40:10 am
Markus Zusak, in THE BOOK THIEF, wrote, “For me, the sky was the color of Jews.” (2005, p. 212)
Cynthia C., Period 1
9/5/2012 10:48:29 am
Madeleine L’ Engle, in A Wrinkle in Time, wrote, “Experience is the mother of knowledge.” (1962, p. 75)
Gloria M., Period 2
9/5/2012 01:22:47 pm
Our experiences really do shape us and make us see things differently. We learn from our experiences and it keeps us from making the same mistakes over again. My experiences have taught me a lot, like to not was the whole blender, including its engine. Our experiences ready us for the world outside of high school and they are the memories we keep for a lifetime.
Lilian D., Per. 2
9/5/2012 02:31:51 pm
I believe this is where we derive the phrase "learn from your mistakes."
Janssen F., period 1
9/5/2012 11:26:36 am
Eric Ludy, in WHEN GOD WRITES YOUR LOVE STORY, wrote, “We are trained by our culture to be embarrassed about our family. We are educated by our peers in the art of ignoring our parents’ advice and belittling them with our words. In fact, in our teen years we are desperate to convince the world at large that we are lone rangers without a family, self-sufficient, and attending school purely for social reasons” (2010, p. 185-186).
Alan V, Period 2
9/5/2012 11:26:54 am
Steven D. Levitt, in FREAKONOMICS, wrote, "Just because a question has never been asked does not make it good (2005, P.79).
David L., Period 1
9/5/2012 11:44:08 am
James Bennett, in THE SQUARED CIRCLE, wrote, "You don't know what it means to play hard. You can coast and win because of your natural ability" (2002, p.62)
Courtney T, Period 5
9/5/2012 01:49:17 pm
Your post reminds me of someone I know. There is this one person that is good at this sport and that person never tries in practice. While the rest of the team tries so hard in practice. When we compete that person always win.
Courtney T, Period 5
9/5/2012 11:52:16 am
Darius, in THE DARK HILLS DIVIDE, wrote,"True friends stab you in the front. (2006, pg. 105)
Joe G , Period 6
9/5/2012 02:08:50 pm
Your quote reminds me of someone I know. This person would put up a front and pretend to be your friends with people but behind peoples backs this person would back stab them and start up a lot of gossip and rumors and in the end no one found this person a 'true' friend.
Danny Do Period 1
9/7/2012 06:33:06 am
This quote shows how shady people can be in this type of society.
Berlin T, period 2
9/5/2012 11:54:06 am
From "When It Happens" Susane Colasanti wrote " why is it when i look at him now,it's like seeing him for the first time?"
Chelsea A., Period 1
9/5/2012 11:57:08 am
Jane Hamilton, in the book A MAP OF THE WORLD, wrote "“It was about forgiving. I understood that forgiveness itself was strong, durable—like strands of a web weaving around us, holding us.” (1994, p.28)
Ryan L., Period 1
9/5/2012 12:44:33 pm
Your post made me consider that more people should be more forgiving. Life is too short to hold grudges and being angry. If people in this world were more forgiving there would definitely be less conflicts in this world. Possibly less wars also. Just forgive and forget.
Garrett P., Period 1
9/5/2012 02:12:28 pm
This passage can relate to everyone. Forgiveness is vital to having successful friendships. There are many who are unable to forgive, and in turn, they hold nasty grudges. People who hold grudges tend to be more unhappy, and no one wants to befriend them. Many relationships and friendships have been wrecked because of someone's inability to forgive and move on. Everyone makes mistakes, it's how the people around them and the person themself respond to it that makes the big difference.
Tara D., Period 5
9/5/2012 12:16:32 pm
Lisi Harrisson, in MY LITTLE PHONY, wrote, "Things are never as bad as they seem." (2010, p.91)
Benjamin L., Period 5
9/5/2012 03:26:22 pm
This post almost tells people that there is no need to feel any pressure. Also showing people to take a chill people in any situation and a light bulb will shine in your head giving a solution
Adam K., Period 2
9/5/2012 04:25:53 pm
I agree with this quote, because I believe that there is always a good side to every bad situation. All it takes is the right set of skills and mindset to turn a hopeless situation into one which is favorable and acceptable. Being patient is especially important in problem solving and learning to relax will definitely help in finding an outcome that effectively solves the problem.
James E., Period 1
9/5/2012 05:04:45 pm
I agree with this quote because from past experiences, I had many opportunities to take part of, but instead, backed way from it because of fear. Sometimes there is that one opportunity that you do take part of and you think to yourself "It wasn't so bad!". So, I can relate to this quote.
Aron I., Period 5
9/5/2012 12:29:25 pm
Walter Dean Myers, in SUNRISE OVER FALLUJAH, wrote "I know we're facing a war on terror and we have to make sacrifices to overcome a determined foe and rid the world of weapons of mass destruction, and I'm willing to do my part..."(2009, p. 43)
Wei L. Period 5
9/18/2012 05:47:27 am
This reminds me of the fact that war comes with the deaths of many people regardless if you are actually in a fire fight.
Andy T Period 5
9/18/2012 06:00:57 am
This quote tells me that society is currently mostly about destruction and death, and some people try to fix that.
Ryan L., Period 1
9/5/2012 12:39:03 pm
Rosa Guy, in the book THE DISAPPEARANCE, wrote "In this house," Peter Aimsley said, "we don't just go out.In this house we are responsible to one another. In this house we know where one another is at all time." (1979, P. 61
Lim, Marisa Period 6
9/5/2012 12:56:28 pm
Misty May-Treanor in Digging Deep in Volleyball and Life, wrote, "You've really got to love what you do for it to be extremely powerful. You've got to feel it, from you head to your down, down through to your bones, right to the center of your heart. I'm talking goose-bumps-all-over-my-body, the-hair-standing-up-on-the-back-of-my-neck territory."
Kristin W., Period 1
9/5/2012 01:11:32 pm
I definitely agree with this quote. I have been in a situation where I had to do something, but my heart just wasn't in it so it was really difficult to do even though it shouldn't have been that hard. I think tasks always seem easier and more fun when you have a real passion for it.
Jodi A., Period 1
9/7/2012 02:06:44 pm
I believe this passage is very strong and it truly does teach us a life lesson. It really does take love to make something valuable and make it worth your time. When I'm doing something I love, I care more and I try harder. People who are passionate about what they do are very powerful because of their actions and because of their strong feelings for them.
Gloria M., Period 2
9/5/2012 01:00:02 pm
Jay Asher, in THIRTEEN REASONS WHY, wrote, “I can tell you this, at that table, the worst thoughts in the world first came into my head. It’s there that I first started to consider… to consider… a word that I still cannot say” (2007, p. 161).
Vivian H., Period 2
9/5/2012 01:34:21 pm
I believe that your post is one big step. It is true that people don't like to talk about suicide, but it's a very big issue. We are sometimes caught up with ourselves that we don't realize others. The sad thing is that people who contemplate suicide are the types to hide their emotions. Suicide is seriously something we should acknowledge.
Vivian H., Period 2
9/5/2012 01:24:22 pm
Judy Goldman, in THE SLOW WAY BACK, wrote, "'It's pretty common in families, the myth that sisters should be tight as braided strands of hair. The reality is that sisters are often resentful of each other, jealous of each other's beauty, goodness, or strength. Rivalries and tension can co-exist for sisters like matching dress, twin beds, or differing versions of the same memory. Think about it'" (1999, p. 68).
William L., Period 6
9/5/2012 06:49:31 pm
I do agree with what you are saying about the relationships between siblings. In my opinion, a healthy relationship has to involve ups and downs, so it is perfectly normal for brothers and sisters to bicker and argue. In fact, after reconciling after an argument, siblings can become even closer and more connected with one another. Lastly, I believe this idea you described does not always have to pertain to siblings, but can also be applied to friends as well.
Kristin W., period 1
9/5/2012 01:41:06 pm
Greg Laurie, in RUN TO WIN, wrote, "Anyone who has ever run a race understands this, espeically when you are getting close to the finish line. Resist every temptation to steal a glance over your shoulder to see how your opponent is doing. Why? Because if you do, you'll break your stride and possibly lose the race. You need to keep looking forward. You need to focus on that tape at the finish line." (2011, pg. 31-32)
Mark C., Period 6
9/5/2012 01:41:21 pm
Johnathan Swift ,in GULLIVER'S TRAVEL'S, wrote "For the most part, I was treated with great kindness. I was the the favorite of the king and queen and the delight of the whole court. But it was an unnpleasant kind of delight--one not suited for a human being."(2001, p. 102)
Benjamin Lin Period 1
9/7/2012 10:11:07 am
I agree with your analysis however i would add that most people are treated based on their first impression. If their first impression makes a negative impression, no politeness will be granted. Special treatment is always given to those we like whether we want to admit it or not
Bobbi G.,Period 2
9/5/2012 01:44:08 pm
Ms.Johnson,in MY POSSE DON'T DO HOMEWORK,wrote 'It reminds me not to judge my students by the thunderbolts in their hair"(1992,pg.96).
Siyao L., Period 1
9/5/2012 01:57:09 pm
I agree with you view on society. The first thing we perceive about someone is their physical appearance. Social stereotypes then take over and we are often too quick to draw conclusions about a person based on how they look. I also agree that there is no definite way to erase human capabilities to judge, but experiences like Ms. Johnson;s will definitely help people think twice when they first meet someone.
Kaylin T., Period 6
9/5/2012 02:06:44 pm
I can totally agree to this quote because the quote that I just summarized was exactly like this. To me nobody should be judged without truly getting to know the person to make a comment.
Tracy O., Period 2
9/5/2012 02:41:30 pm
This quote made me consider how all over the world people judge each other with how the way they look or act, before they even have the chance to actually get to know someone well. If they took the time to stop judging and to maybe talk to this person, our society would be in better shape.
Leon Ye., Period 1
9/5/2012 03:11:05 pm
I agree with this because people usually judge people by how they look but you should not judge people by how they look, you should get to know them first because they could actually be a nice person. If you get know someone, you think of them differenly.
David L., Period 1
9/6/2012 12:47:38 pm
I agree with you on this also because a lot of people do often tend to judge people based on their looks in today's society, but people should should actually get to know them and not judge them without knowing who they really are.
Siyao L., Period 1
9/5/2012 01:52:11 pm
Lynne Griffin, in Life Without Summer, wrote, "Ian's mute with Alden. This night was no exception. He didn't throw out an angry remark, or cast a hateful look in his direction. Instead, he simply pretended Alden didn't exist."
Kaylin T., Period 6
9/5/2012 01:53:05 pm
Nicholas Sparks, in A WALK TO REMEMBER, wrote "Jamie didn't care much about outward appearances, because she was always looking for things like "inner beauty," and I suppose that's part of the reason she looked the way she did." (1991, p. 21)
Lim, Marisa Period 6
9/5/2012 01:56:07 pm
This concept of inner beauty reminds me of Beauty and the Beast and how, Belle saw the Beast's inner beauty and loved him for that.
Joe Guan, Period 6
9/5/2012 01:58:30 pm
Stephanie Meyer, in NEW MOON, wrote, "Like everything in life, I just had to decide what to do with what I was given". (2006,pg.35 )
Angelo Shimada
9/5/2012 02:05:05 pm
This quote is applicable to school life because there are various obstacles we have to face in school, such as bad test scores and peer pressure. However, this quote tells us that we should overcome these obstacles in order to grow in to a better person.
Yen Tran, Period 1
9/5/2012 05:23:01 pm
We can't have everything we want, but we can make the best of what we already have. Instead of sulking around about our misfortunes, we should try to find solutions, because nothing is going to change if we don't take the initiative to overcome adversity.
Ryan Hong, Period 2
9/5/2012 05:37:07 pm
This quote can't be any truer, in life you are limited. You need to find ways to work around the limitations and use it to overcome adversity.
Dominic Garcia Per.5
9/5/2012 01:59:47 pm
"Even strong and brave young men of greek legend were sometimes stubborn and foolhardy" by Olivia Coolridge page 45.
Man Ieng(Winnie) C., Period 1
9/5/2012 03:41:34 pm
My interpretation of this quote is that no one is perfect. Everyone has their own merits and weak points. All of us, including the legends, could probably be stuck by problems or make mistakes.
Angelo Shimada
9/5/2012 02:00:13 pm
Harry Potter, in HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX, stated "You're the weak one. And you'll never know love,or friendship. And I feel sorry for you." (2007, pg 506).
Dawson W., Period 5
9/5/2012 02:14:07 pm
Man this quote i know this quote i get it when people put you down and thinks that you can't do anything in life. When they tell you that you can't do this or yu can't do this all the problems that affects them. How people are like bullies when they tell people they can bully that they are lame and boring and that they can't achieve anything in life. When people put you down and you feel like nothing in life. Just like the quote telling you that your not allowed to do anything in life.
Tom Huang, Period 6
9/7/2012 04:24:31 pm
This quote is important because it reminds me of all the times everyone puts each other down. Whenever they put something down, it makes them feel like they will never feel love or friendship. There are many bullies in this world and by being so, they make people feel this way which hurts the ones around him. It makes you feel like you can accomplish nothing and is very bad to call someone weak.
Garrett P., Period 1
9/5/2012 02:05:25 pm
Stephen King, in THE SHINING, wrote, "The greatest terror of Danny's life was DIVORCE, a word that always appeared in his mind as a sign painted in red letters which were covered with hissing, poisonous snakes" (1977, p.39).
Dawson W., Period 5
9/5/2012 02:08:40 pm
Chanda Hahn, in UNENCHANTED, wrote:" It spread throughout her body and up her spine like a eletric current"(2010, pg.49).
Lilian D., Per. 2
9/5/2012 02:20:50 pm
In TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH, T. Davis Bunn wrote, "Anyone who's stood...close...to worldly power knows the work of the shadow hand. The road back is rough and steep, and you'll have to claw your way."
Lilian D., Per 2
9/5/2012 02:23:13 pm
pg 56 (oops)
Tracy O., Period 2
9/5/2012 02:22:05 pm
Suzanne Collins, in CATCHING FIRE, wrote, "A terrible impulse to flee, to abandon Peeta and save myself, shoots through me. It would be so simple, to run full out, perhaps to even climb a tree above the fog line, which seems to top out at about forty feet. I remember how I did just this when the mutations appeared in the last Games. Took off and only thought of Peeta when I'd reached the Cornucopia. But this time, I trap my terror, push it down, and stay by his side. This time my survival isn't the goal, Peeta's is." (2009, p.298)
An H., Period 5
9/5/2012 02:23:21 pm
Ethan Wate, in the book BEAUTIFUL CREATURES, wrote "It wasn't that she was different from all the other girls at Jackson. That was obvious. It was that she made me realize how much I was like the rest of them, even if I wanted to pretend I wasn't." (2009, p. 36).
Man Ieng(Winnie) C., Period 1
9/5/2012 02:27:51 pm
Rosa Guy, in THE FRIENDS, wrote, “It was confusing. Why should I care how hurt she was? She had insulted me. She had made me ashamed because I, like the rest of the class, happened to be born with the kind of hair that needed oil for its care. Foolish woman, lumping all of us together, calling us pigs. Why indeed should I care what they called her? “(1996, p. 44)
Danny Do, Period 1
9/5/2012 02:28:05 pm
Julius Lester, in "To be a Slave" wrote, "Slaves were whipped for the most trifling incidents and the whip was as often wielded by the salve owner's wife as the slave owner him self." - Roberta Manson, Chapter 1, p. 32.
Aron I.
9/7/2012 11:09:17 am
This reminds me of those videos that explain how harshly the slaves were treated.
Aron I. Period 5
9/7/2012 11:11:22 am
I forgot to put that I was in Period 5
Bryan L. Period 6
9/5/2012 02:30:53 pm
Suzanne Collins, in MOCKINGJAY, wrote, "Maybe it's because I still have the ashes of my own district on my shoes, but for the first time, I give the people of 13 something I have withheld from them: credit. For staying alive against all odds" (2010, pg. 29).
Berlin T, Period 2
9/6/2012 03:16:13 pm
Your interpretation of this quote is true, i also believe that peopla all around the world deals with at least one difficulty in thier lives whether its in the past or possibly the future. you can always overcome all difficulties
Benjamin Lin p6
9/5/2012 02:33:14 pm
Boris Pasternak, in DOCTOR ZHIVAGO, wrote, "Yura felt good with his uncle. He resembled his mother. He was a free spirit, as she had been, with no prejudice against anything inhabitual.” (1857, pg 8)
Evy Z, Per 6
9/5/2012 02:33:17 pm
Gary Paulsen, in HATCHET wrote, "so incredibly fast that Brians mind could not take it in at first. Could only see it in stages" p.11
Jiaxin(Janet) W., Period 1
9/5/2012 02:34:46 pm
Mildred D. Taylor, in ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY, wrote, “Biting the hand that feeds you. That’s what you’re doing, Mary Logan, biting the hand that feeds you.” Again Mama laughed. “If that’s the case, Daisy, I don’t think I need that little bit of food.” (1997, page 30).
Derek Ing
9/5/2012 02:40:05 pm
The Soloist by Steven Lopez wrote “.. a friend is someone who inspires, who challenges, who sends you in search of some truer sense of yourself..” (page 211)
Jeffery W Period 5
9/18/2012 05:55:34 am
This quote reminds me when my friends always try to make me do something that I was too scared to do. They would always persuade me to do something new.
Derek Ing
9/5/2012 02:40:37 pm
Period 2
Jinoto C. Period 6
9/5/2012 02:45:51 pm
Robert Liparulo, in "The Gatekeepers" wrote, "He remembered thinking that dad's ability to ride the clearing's currents was like standing on an escalator no one could see. With that image in mind, he raised his foot and tried to stand on the air."
Leon Ye., Period 1
9/5/2012 02:46:04 pm
Say: "The best thing, though, in that museum was that everything always stayed right where it was. Nobody’d move. . . . Nobody’d be different. The only thing that would be different would be you."(1951, pg 127).
Leon Ye., Period 1
9/5/2012 02:54:54 pm
J.D. Salinger, in "The Catcher in the Rye" wrote,"The best thing, though, in that museum was that everything always stayed right where it was. Nobody’d move. . . . Nobody’d be different. The only thing that would be different would be you."(1951, pg 127).
April V. Period 2
9/5/2012 03:11:34 pm
Christopher Golden in "Poison Ink" wrote "Her father might not be the most attentive dad in the world but she couldn't imagine never having Sunday morning pancakes with him again."
Jenny Y, Period 2
9/5/2012 03:39:53 pm
This quote can apply to people who are going through this time. It is difficult to see any parents fighting in front of their own child. The quote says that the main character cannot imagine not having breakfast with her dad shows that his presence in accompanying her for a Sunday meal shows that she does care about her parents.
Alex D. Period 5
9/5/2012 03:19:03 pm
Suzanne Collins, in THE HUNGER GAMES, wrote,"Stupid people are dangerous." (2008 pg. 159).
Eric H Period 2
9/9/2012 08:02:38 am
this quote reminded me of the person who brought a gun on campus a couple years ago. The individual acted before thinking, as a result caused a devastation to the safety of the school.
Jose F., Period 2.
9/5/2012 03:30:05 pm
Ellen Kushner, in The Fall of the Kings wrote,"The world he witnessed was in essence the same world we live in today. 'Worlds do not change over time, nor the people in them,'" Rugg quoted sententiously.(2002, p.23)
Jose F., Period 6
9/5/2012 03:31:07 pm
Meant to write Period 6, my bad
Kevin W., Period 6
9/7/2012 02:44:51 pm
I totally agree what you say, even the place might change over time, but the culture do intensely effect the people that wouldn't be changed
Cassidy A. Period 1
9/5/2012 03:30:14 pm
John Irving, in A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY, wrote, " Later, I would remember everything. In revisiting the scene of my mother's death, I can remember everyone who was in the stands that day; I remember who wasn't there, too-and what everyone said, and didn't say, to me. But the first visit to that scene was very bare of details." Pg. 34
Derek Ing (period 2)
9/6/2012 02:44:00 pm
I think your quote is very interesting in the sense that it captures the emotions we have when a serious event in our lives take place. An event that changes our lives forever usually devastates us for the better. However, in the end you forget what many people said or did at the time because your so overwhelmed with emotions.
Maggie W. Per. 2
9/5/2012 03:33:27 pm
Monica Sone, in NISEI DAUGHTER, wrote, "Trying to stop the flow of tears, I swallowed hard and blurted out, "But, Mama, is it so terrible to be a Japanese?" " (1953, p. 114).
Jose V. Period 2
9/5/2012 03:34:22 pm
Anne Schraff, in Shadows of Guilt, wrote “B.J. bragged about having it made now, and wore good clothes and a lot of gold chains around his neck. His pockets were fat with money. But his eyes carried a deep sadness. The drugs could raise mood, but they couldn’t cure the wounds.”
Jenny Y. Period 2
9/5/2012 03:35:03 pm
Lesley Kagen, in WHISTLING IN THE DARK, wrote,"I didn't feel that same way, but I almost never disagreed with her because of that promise I'd made to Daddy in the hospital."(2007 pg. 25)
April V. Per 2
9/6/2012 09:13:08 am
Your quote reminds me that a promise is very important. You always have to keep to your word if you promised someone something. Your quote should remind everyone that keeping a promise is a responsibility and if you don't keep your promise then you will suffer the consequences.
Kevin T., Period 1
9/5/2012 03:43:16 pm
Suzanne Collins, in MOCKINGJAY, wrote, "People of Panem, we fight, we dare, we end our hunger for justice" (2010, pg. 72).
Dinh T, Period 5
9/7/2012 01:40:08 pm
Your post reminded me of the movies that I watch. Usually, it is the main character that has to be brave and stand up for themselves or for others. Being brave isn't easy, especially when you are afraid, but sometimes you need to be brave in order to protect the things that you care about.
Dinh T., Period 5
9/5/2012 03:45:18 pm
Rick Riordan, in THE LAST OLYMPIAN, wrote,"Being dyslexic is one mark of a demigod, but sometimes I really hate it. The more nervous I am, the worse my reading gets"(2009, p.55)
Cindy T., Period 1
9/5/2012 04:48:34 pm
Your post reminded me of the countless struggles people with disabilities face. What may be hard for the very fortunate people without any disabilities may be twice as hard for those less fortunate. Nervousness is an emotion that cannot easily be shaken off, and for it to be even more difficult for those less fortunate truly strengthens my appreciation. To be dyslexic cannot be easy, for words, letters, and numbers, everything to be jumbled around must be very challenging. Also, having this disability become even more apparent when nervous, is just another constant reminder of the struggles that people encounter. Your post truly made me more appreciative and grateful of how fortunate I actually am.
Kenny., Period 2
9/5/2012 03:46:53 pm
Will Hobbs, in DOWNRIVER, wrote, “Young people tend to see everything in extremes, not only in our society and not just in modern times – they always did.” (1991, p. 16)
Kenny V., Period 2
9/5/2012 03:48:21 pm
Fixed title.
David Dang, period 2
9/5/2012 04:34:43 pm
I actually looked at this quote from a political perspective and interpreted the "extremes" as the two ends of the political spectrum. From this point of view, I saw that this quote accurately reflects the society at the moment. People, particularly politicians, are adopting more extremely conservative views and extremely liberal views. Moderates seem to be in lower numbers today.
Kevin T., Period 1
9/7/2012 06:34:04 pm
Your quote reminds me of my daily life in school around teenagers. I've seen many people over exaggerate in the things they do, and they make a big deal about it when it's not really important. People take what we have today for granted and complain about the things we have and always want it to improve. People also commit actions in their lives that can ruin their future because of people around them or how they think. Young people like to look at simple things really complicatedly.
Adam Kuo
9/5/2012 03:48:58 pm
Dan Brown, in The Da Vinci Code, wrote, " 'Release your hatred,' Silas commanded himself.'Forgive those who trespassed against you.' "(2003, p.54)
Adam K.
9/5/2012 03:50:13 pm
Period 2!
Tiffany L, Period 2
9/6/2012 09:43:24 am
Nice interpretation you have there, Adam! Silas is someone I admire. It definitely is harder to be the bigger person and let go of something, especially if someone offended you in some way. When you are reminded of a not-so-pleasant situation constantly, the anger will only continue to build. Instead, we as humans should learn to forgive and forget. That would make life a lot easier and decrease the level of stress.
Cindy T., Period 1
9/5/2012 03:51:35 pm
Jay Asher, in TH1RTEEN R3ASONS WHY, wrote, “When I looked up, the whispers stopped. Any eyes looking at me turned away. But I saw that paper getting passed around. A single sheet making its way up and down the aisles. Eventually, it made its way to the desk behind me—to Jimmy Long’s desk—which groaned as his body weight shifted” (2007, p. 38).
Zerlinda Lee
9/7/2012 09:17:59 am
I understand that rumors can affect your social status, but of course they're not always true.
James Endo
9/5/2012 04:15:07 pm
Pittacus Lore, in THE POWER OF SIX, wrote "Even when the world throws it worst and then turns its back, there is still always hope."
James E. Period 1
9/5/2012 04:16:19 pm
Period 1!
Kenny V., Period 2
9/7/2012 03:31:48 pm
This is true many people are being shut down by themselves because they lose hope in themselves when problem comes to them. You just need to stand up to the situation and face it like how it is. There is always hope in any kind of situation and giving up isn't going to solve the problem.
Pinwen Coco Leng, period 1
9/5/2012 04:16:55 pm
Sophie Kinsella, in REMEMBER ME, wrote "
Tiffany L.
9/5/2012 04:20:56 pm
Randy Pausch, in THE LAST LECTURE, wrote, “Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want something badly enough. They are there to keep out the other people.”(2008, P. 17).
Tiffany L., Period 2
9/5/2012 05:00:37 pm
I forgot to put the period, sorry.
Anna V. (Per. 6)
9/7/2012 03:14:07 pm
Hi Tiffany.
David Dang, Period 2
9/5/2012 04:25:55 pm
Boris Pasternak, in DOCTOR ZHIVAGO, wrote, “In the car, there was a bit of a whiff from the toilets, which they tried to ward off with eau de cologne, and it smelled of roast chicken gone slightly bad, wrapped in dirty greased paper. The graying Petersburg ladies, powdering themselves as before, wiping their palms with handkerchiefs, and talking in chesty, rasping voices, all turned into jet –black Gypsy women from the combination of engine soot and greasy cosmetics. As they passed by the Gordon’s compartment, wrapping the corridor of their shoulders in shawls and turning the narrowness of that they hissed, or judging by their compressed lips, meant to hiss: “Ah just imagine, such sensitivity! We’re special! We’re intelligentsia! We simply can’t!”” (1957, p. 16).
Cally M., Period 5
9/5/2012 04:27:34 pm
Sarah Weeks, in SO B. IT, wrote, "I stood there with that big jar of jelly beans in my arms, thinking just because you can't feel something doesn't mean it's not there."
Cally M., Period 5
9/5/2012 04:29:05 pm
(2004, p. 154)
Kenny V. Per 6
9/5/2012 04:52:39 pm
Boris Pasternak, in DOCTOR ZHIVAGO, wrote, "Yura felt good with his uncle. He resembled his mother. He was a free spirit, as she had been, with no prejudice against anything inhabitual. Like her, he had an aristocratic feeling of equality with all that lived. He understood everything at first glance, just as she had, and was able to express his thoughts in the form in which they came to him at the first moment, while they were alive and had not lost their meaning" (1957, p. 8).
Jodi A., Period 1
9/5/2012 05:04:00 pm
Sarah Dessen, in THIS LULLABY, wrote "This was a screwed-up place he'd just come in to. But he didn't have to know that. Not yet, anyway. There in that room, where it was hot and cramped, the world probably still seemed small enough to manage." (2002, pg. 59)
Yen T., Period 1
9/5/2012 05:15:54 pm
Jane Green, in JEMIMA J, wrote, “So here I am now, at twenty-seven years old, bright, funny, warm, caring, and kind. But of course people don't see that when they look at Jemima Jones. They simply see fat. Unfortunately they don't see what I see when I look in the mirror. Selective visualization, I think I'll call it. They don't see my glossy light brown hair. They don't see my green eyes, they don't see my full lips. Not that they're anything amazing, but I like them, I'd say they were my best features.” (2000, p.2-3).
Chi Ying Yu Period 1
9/6/2012 03:46:06 pm
It is very true that society tends to stereotype and categorize people, but I too believe everyone is different. It is true that we make our impression in the first seven seconds we meet people, but it is also important that we really meet them and find out who they are. I judge too, but I try my best to alter that and find all the positive characteristics of them. I am always very happy to meet people who breaks the stereotype rules.That way, I can use them to counter argue anyone who makes stereotype assumptions on people.
Ryan H. Period 2
9/5/2012 05:28:21 pm
Walter Dean Myers, in MALCOLM X BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY, wrote, " We all here like you, you know that. But you've got to be realistic about being a nigger. A lawyer -- that's no realistic goal for a nigger. You need to think about something you can be. You're good with your hands. Why don't you plan on carpentry?" (1993 page 37)
Jose F., Period 6
9/7/2012 02:54:08 pm
I believe that this quote was true back in the 1960's etc. but I think the important thing to grasp from this quote was to never settle for what someone else thinks of you and to always strive to do what you want to do. The civil rights movement was largely based upon this idealism that everyone is created equal and here in America we have an equal opportunity to be successful
Eric H. Period 2
9/5/2012 05:31:29 pm
Ernest Hemingway, in A OLD MAN AND THE SEA, wrote,“But man is not made for defeat," he said. "A man can be destroyed but not defeated. ” (1951,p.87)
Benny C., Period 2
9/6/2012 07:00:24 pm
The quote didn't really imply anything about restriction being the soul reason of defeat, but I like how you express the weakness of people. I will remember this quote and face my challenges head on. I would also hope to gain my potential through this.
lina h.,period 6
9/6/2012 01:01:01 am
annabel Greene, in Just Listen said " it was becoming clear, though that myself imposed isolation during the summer had been more effective than I'd realized..I'd cut myself off entirely, figuring this was safer than risking people judging me."(2006, pg.19)
Nguyen, Minh per.6
9/6/2012 09:38:30 am
Birth of the Firebringer on page 1-4 it tell about how Alma created the world. She are witch. She made up the earth, and so many of strange animal, examples; unicorn, griffin, and many other kinds.
Anna V. (Period 6)
9/6/2012 11:26:34 am
Walter Mosley, in DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS, said, "Because in L.A. people don't have time to stop; anywhere they have to go they go there in a car." (1990, pg 95)
Jasmine Li, Period 1
9/6/2012 01:29:13 pm
Stephanie Hemphill, in " THINGS LEFT UNSAID", wrote "Why I like theater, freedom to fall into someone else, not worry what to say. Because the lines are written down, can be memorized exactly. On the stage, I feel safe from judgment, can step out of sarah, drape myself in cloak of character, play the children's game pretend, escape into scenario and not look foolish at all." (2007, pg 97).
Jasmine Li p.1
9/6/2012 01:31:28 pm
sorry that I post it on week one but I fixed it.
Jeremy Chan, Period 6
9/6/2012 04:01:15 pm
Frank McCourt, in "Angela's Ashes", wrote "I don't know why we can't keep Eugene. I don't know why they have to send him away with that man who puts his pint on the white coffin. I don't know why they have to send Margaret away and Oliver. It is a bad thing to put my sister and my brothers in a box and I wish I could say something to someone." (1995, p.108).
Benny C., Period 2
9/6/2012 06:47:00 pm
Alyson Noel, in EVERMORE, wrote, “’Forgiveness is healing.’ He smiles. ‘Especially forgiving yourself’” (2009, p. 300).
Kevin W., Period 6
9/7/2012 11:28:15 am
J.D Salinger, in Catcher in the Rye, wrote, "I never seem to have anything that if I lost it I’d care too much about." (1955, pg 85)
Ryan C., Period 1
9/17/2012 02:53:20 am
This quote makes me realize life is often taken for granted. We live our lives believing that better things will come, but in realilty life is not as long as it seems. The things we have now, such as love and friendship, are more significant than we perceive. Only when we lose them do we realize how important they were.
Jason Tran P1
9/17/2012 11:58:07 pm
I think this quote is fascinating because sometimes it's true, Sometimes you don't have anything that you'd care too much about if you lost it. Whether it be materialistic or something personal. The quote makes me think about the things that we take for granted.
Andrew L. , Period 5
9/18/2012 05:59:03 am
This quote makes me consider that when people take things for granted, they do not appreciate the things that they are provided. When their privileges have been taken away, they then realize how important that the things that were given to them were that special. Thus, many should take into consideration of the things that are around them.
Ryan C., Period 1
9/17/2012 02:48:32 am
In SUPER FREAKONOMICS, Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner wrote, “ Humankind has a great capacity for finding technological solutions to seemingly intractable problems, and this will likely be the case for global warming. It isn’t that the problem isn’t potentially large. It’s just that human ingenuity-when given proper incentives- is bound to be larger” (Dubner and Levitt 11).
Kimble Yuan, Period 1
9/17/2012 12:30:39 pm
Lemony Snicket, in The Austere Academy wrote, "Prufrock Preparatory School is a serious academy, not a nursery school. I told Mr. Poe that we would have room for the baby here, but we do not have a classroom for her. Sunny will be employed as my secretary."
Lisa Z., Period 2
9/17/2012 01:32:37 pm
This is interesting because everyone that see's a baby, they want to protect them because they can't protect themselves. I would too of I saw a baby because they are new to the world and they don't know anything about it so they won't know how to defend themselves.
Qi Hong C Period 6
9/28/2012 03:28:05 pm
I think this quote is very interesting, because nowadays, people focused more on babies. People start thinking that educate babies when they are very young and they find that babies learn fast when they are young.
Qi Hong C Period 6
9/28/2012 03:32:31 pm
I think this quote is very interesting. Nowadays, people start focusing on people's education when babies are very young. They find that babies learn very fast when they are very young. So, more and more parent start teaching their babies in order to let their babies to have a better future, and make their babies will not beat by other children when their children grow up.
Lisa Z., Period 2
9/17/2012 01:29:30 pm
Judy Goldman, in THE SLOW WAY BACK, wrote, “First of all, she didn’t even know if Helen could do the translations. She should be putting all her energy into hoping Helen would say yes. Into hoping she’d finally get a straight perspective on her family” (1997, page 21).
Jason Tran P. 1
9/17/2012 11:53:20 pm
Rosa Guy wrote in her book, THE DISAPPEARANCE, ""That Jacques! But where he is? I waiting long. Why I must wait? I a young woman," she said. "Lovely. I keep meself that way for me man -- and I ain't mind paying the price for he. Why I must be alone? I ain't want to be alone--" Her eyes sucked him in. He wanted to snatch himself away. Run. Never stop running. She leaned against him. His arm fell down around her waist. He squeezed the soft flesh. No bones. He felt himself sinking into her soft flesh. A warm stirred in the pit of his stomach."
Eric lo
9/18/2012 05:44:34 am
Craig Lesley, in STORM RIDERS,wrote,"pressing both palms against its flimsiness. Nothing seemed real to him or permanent."(2001, 39)
Jeffery W.,Period 5
9/18/2012 05:46:16 am
James Zhijie R., Period 5
9/18/2012 06:24:04 am
I agree with your thinking because friends will always be there for you. Whether you're in trouble or in need of help, they will always be there to help you. Friends even help another for things like transferring any blood or any essential organs to save their lives. This proves having friends is a great factor in living a good life.
Eric lo, Period 5
9/18/2012 05:51:33 am
Jeanette F., period 5
9/18/2012 05:51:46 am
In the book THE HUNGER GAMES Suzanne Collins writes, "Imagining my home makes me ache with loneliness. This day has been endless."
Andrew L. , Period 5
9/18/2012 05:54:10 am
Ingrid Tomey, in NOBODY ELSE NEEDS TO KNOW, wrote "He told me that you got up at five-thirty every morning this summer to run for an hour and a half before you went to work"(1999, pg. 89)
Alvin O., Period 5
9/18/2012 05:56:05 am
Frodo in, THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, said, "Short cuts make delays, but inns make longer ones." (1954, p. 99). (This is cited in APA format.)
Zerlinda L., Period 5
9/18/2012 05:56:48 am
Marilyn Reynolds, in NO MORE SAD GOODBYES, wrote, "One thing is for certain, though, whatever mistakes you make, you'll always figure out how to be part of the solution, not part of the problem."
James Zhijie R., Period 5
9/18/2012 05:57:40 am
J.D Salinger, in The Catcher In The Rye, wrote,"It's really too bad that so much crumby stuff is a lot of fun sometimes." (1951, p.64)
Andy T Period 5
9/18/2012 05:58:15 am
Orson Scott wrote, "I thought speakers didn't believe in sin."
Andy T Period 5
9/18/2012 06:13:23 am
PG(26)
aren lim period 5
9/27/2012 01:02:44 pm
This quote made me think about how everyday people are speaking out their minds without even thinking of consequences. Yes, they do have the right to freedom of speech, but it is not always the moral thing to do.
Wei L. Period 5
9/18/2012 05:59:33 am
Alan Lawrence Sitomer, in Homeboyz, wrote "Emotion led to erratic behavior"
Wei L. Period 5
9/18/2012 06:10:48 am
I forgot the page number is 21.
Ryan K. Period 5
9/18/2012 06:14:12 am
Jack Lopez said this quote on pg.24 in the story IN THE BREAK saying, "Jamie's on the beach. He beat the shit out of F."
ilene rios
9/18/2012 06:24:51 am
Patricia McCormick wrote in SOLD, " We drew squares in the dusty path between our huts and played the hopping-on-one-leg game. We brushed each other's hair a hundred strokes and dreamed of names for our sons and daughters. We pinched our noses shut whenever the headman's wife passed by, recalling the time she broke wind strutting past us at the village spring."
Aren Lim Period 5
9/24/2012 02:00:36 pm
A quote from the story "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer: "He looked away quickly, more quickly than I could, though in a flush of embarrassment I dropped my eyes at once."
aren lim period 5
9/27/2012 12:59:47 pm
My quote is from the story "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer: "All in all, I was feeling a lot more comfortable than i had thought I would feel by this point. More comfortable than I had ever expected to feel here. " 9/28/2012 03:22:56 pm
As the author said the quote " in three words I can sum up everything I have learned about life: it goes on.
Lika M. period 5
10/8/2012 04:11:32 am
(I realised I posted this on the wrong week) Comments are closed.
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