Favorite Book

My favorite book would have to be Odd Girl Out. I read it during middle school when I was getting bullied by a group of girls that were my friends. I really liked this book at the time because it was about a girl who was going through a lot of the same things I was going through at the time. I remember feeling like I could really connect to the character and it was a good thing for me to read at the time.

This past week

This past week has been hell and I can already tell this week is going to be just as bad. I have had so much homework and so many tests I want to cry. And now I am having another week just like it. I am in History and I have always struggled in that class but I have been trying so so hard this year, but I cannot pass a test. I literally have cried every test we've had. I have never put this much effort into a class so it just makes me really upset that I am putting this much time into it and I am not getting anything out of it. I just need a break from school so I cannot wait until Thanksgiving break, so I better not have homework!! Hopefully this week gets better soon though and I start getting some sleep because I am probably going to go crazy.

Alcohol paper

Thesis: Alcohol is considered a drug, several people have lost their lives because of it and have put many other peoples’ lives in danger too; therefore, alcohol needs to be taken more seriously and have stricter punishments and rules just like all of the other drugs.
or
Because alcohol is a drug, and puts people's life in danger, it should have stricter punishments

Ethos: I can research information and statistics and stuff of alcohol related problems/tragedies.

Pathos: Find interviews or stories of people who have experienced tragic events from alcohol abuse.

Logos- I'll find sources from doctors and experts on alcoholism.

Alcoholism Brainstorm

Paper Topic: Alcoholism

Topic: Alcohol and its effect on the drinker
Question #1- Is alcoholism really a disease or is it just a self control thing?
Question #2- Why do people become so selfish when they have drinking problems?
Question #3- How don't drinkers realize that they have a problem with drinking?

Topic: How being an Alcoholic can effect the people around you.
Question #1- How can't an alcoholic parent not feel bad when they hurt someone they love?
Question #2- How can't a drinker quit drinking for the one that they love?
Question #3- How can a drinker not care when they are constantly letting their loved ones down?

Topic: Alcohol being legal
Question #1- How is alcohol legal but not marijuana, when there have been several deaths from overdosing on alcohol but there has never been one from overdosing on marijuana?
Question #2- How can it stay legal when so many people die from drunk driving accidents?
Question #3- How can it stay legal when there have been so many rapes, abuses, and accidents because of being intoxicated.

Tuesdays Class

    I did not like how Tuesdays class was set up. I don't like that we have to teach these lessons and then take tests over them. I know our group didn't do that great of a job, and because of that the class probably ended up confused and didn't understand it. I still don't completely understand how to use semicolons and colons, and I didn't know how to use them in the first place. I don't like that us students are having the responsibility put on us to teach the others how to do these things.. Hopefully the other groups do better than we did, but I feel like we should be getting taught properly by the teacher.

English Experience

So far I really like our English class. It reminds me of how my senior year english class was and that was one of my favorite classes. I like that it is a small class so everyone knows who everyone is, maybe not by name, but they know who they are. I like how the students feel comfortable with the teacher and how everyone is included in discussions and we dont just have to sit there and listen to a teacher and take notes. English class hasn't been the way I thought it was going to be, and that is a really good thing! I have enjoyed it a lot and I hope I continue to enjoy it!

Changes in my literacy narrative

    On my literacy narrative I still have several changes to do. I need a lot of work on my punctuation, mostly with commas. And some of my sentences are way too long. I am also going to try broadening my vocabulary and try to use different words besides real, very and a lot, just to make it not so boring. I'm also going to try and work on tying my paper all together. It is a little bit scattered, so the paragraph change doesn't really flow. Hopefully that will make it better!