1. One of the Garcia girls in the book is Sofia. Sofia is the youngest out of all the sisters in the family. I would say that she is a rebel but she has learned from it along the way. She is someone who has learned from her mistakes and moved forward from it. Sofia ran away with her boyfriend and she also went to another place and met a German guy named Otto. She decided to marry him. Sofia has went against her father's words but in the end, I think that she is learning from her mistakes. I think that the people around her help her to become a better person than she was before and make her choose the right choices.
2. I feel like there are many negative conflicts in many books. But those are the ones that you can understand without really going deeper into the story. In the book, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, I feel that there could be possible positive events/situations as the story progresses. When Sofia and her sisters reunite to celebrate their father's birthday, there is tension between the father and Sofia. But as the family keeps on meeting and gathering for special occasions, the relationship between the father and Sofia will get better. Even though it may seem like things are horrible, later on, good things will come to those who wait.
3. Jeremy Lin is a NBA player who is rising to the top with his basketball skills. He is not only skillful in basketball but he is also Asian American. I think that is adding on to his popularity right now because there has not been many Asian American NBA players in the past seasons. Many people have stereotypes of Asians and how they are not that good at sports and athletic. But Jeremy Lin has proved the world wrong. Even though many people still discriminate against others, I think that they should respect them more and give them a chance to show the world what they have to offer.
Monday, February 27, 2012
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Blog Post 4
Valentine's Day
I chose this article first because it sounded the most interesting out of the six articles we had to choose from. It is about Valentine's Day and Valentine's day was yesterday. I always wondered how much people were actually expected to spend on this holiday. It was said that people spend about $17.6 billion on romance related goods. That is almost how much people spend on weddings. During this holiday, men are expected to give their girlfriends or wives chocolate or gifts. Gender plays a big role in Valentine's Day. I feel like people could be using their money for more useful things than getting chocolate for your loved ones. Even though chocolate may be a sweet treat, I think that people could do things that do not involve much money for these small holidays.
PA Gun Law
This article was interesting to me because I wanted to see what the law has been changed to and because we live near Philly. This article is pretty much facts throughout the whole thing. If a person purchases a weapon like a gun and loses it, they would have to tell the police what had happened so it could help prevent innocent people from getting shot or harmed. I think that letting people be armed with weapons is just letting them harm the people that are around them. I feel that people should not have weapons on them and it should be illegal to carry them around or have them at their houses. When the guns from shops that are selling them go missing, they are untraceable and now a criminal has that weapon with them. They could possibly harm others with that weapon.
Elie Wiesel
I picked to read this article because of Elie Wiesel. Last year, in language arts, we read the book Night by Elie Wiesel and it was very interesting to me. It was basically about his experience through the Holocaust from his point of view. Many want churches to stop performing posthumous proxy baptisms on Jews. I feel that it is not the right thing to do to discriminate people just because they are Jews or something else. Some members of a certain church submitted Wiesel's name so that he could be baptized. His father and grandmother's names were also submitted to the site. They did this without Wiesel knowing that they were submitted names without permission.
I chose this article first because it sounded the most interesting out of the six articles we had to choose from. It is about Valentine's Day and Valentine's day was yesterday. I always wondered how much people were actually expected to spend on this holiday. It was said that people spend about $17.6 billion on romance related goods. That is almost how much people spend on weddings. During this holiday, men are expected to give their girlfriends or wives chocolate or gifts. Gender plays a big role in Valentine's Day. I feel like people could be using their money for more useful things than getting chocolate for your loved ones. Even though chocolate may be a sweet treat, I think that people could do things that do not involve much money for these small holidays.
PA Gun Law
This article was interesting to me because I wanted to see what the law has been changed to and because we live near Philly. This article is pretty much facts throughout the whole thing. If a person purchases a weapon like a gun and loses it, they would have to tell the police what had happened so it could help prevent innocent people from getting shot or harmed. I think that letting people be armed with weapons is just letting them harm the people that are around them. I feel that people should not have weapons on them and it should be illegal to carry them around or have them at their houses. When the guns from shops that are selling them go missing, they are untraceable and now a criminal has that weapon with them. They could possibly harm others with that weapon.
Elie Wiesel
I picked to read this article because of Elie Wiesel. Last year, in language arts, we read the book Night by Elie Wiesel and it was very interesting to me. It was basically about his experience through the Holocaust from his point of view. Many want churches to stop performing posthumous proxy baptisms on Jews. I feel that it is not the right thing to do to discriminate people just because they are Jews or something else. Some members of a certain church submitted Wiesel's name so that he could be baptized. His father and grandmother's names were also submitted to the site. They did this without Wiesel knowing that they were submitted names without permission.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Blog Post 3
In my opinion, the gender roles have been constantly changes over the years and generations. I think that gender roles will keep on changing no matter what. I think that the gender roles today between the men and women are pretty much equal than it was in the past. In the past, the women were left at home to take care of the children and to cook food for the husbands. The men were the ones who had the control over the family and worked to get money. But now, the women and men are pretty much equal and they can both vote in elections. Some stereotypes associated with being a woman is that they still are the "weaker" one. But not mentally but physically. Some stereotypes that are associated with being a man is that they are the only one that should be the physical things like lifting heavy stuff, and building things like houses. Some difficulties of being a woman is that they are more vulnerable and they can be easily in danger. Some are not strong enough to defend themselves physically. Some advantages of being a woman is that they will most likely always be put first.
Friday, February 3, 2012
Blog Post 2
1. In my opinion, I think that this magical person would be less impressive than Einstein. Because he can only do five tricks but with real magic. Those five tricks will soon get old and no one will be interested if he keeps on doing the same trick. Albert is someone who was very intelligent and kept on learning and come up with new discoveries.
5. If I had to stop my soul mate for getting hurt by the Crescent wrench, I would swallow the pill that will make me hear songs as if it is being performed by Alice in Chains. It will not kill me to hear songs in a different way and to save my soul mate, I would do anything.
7. I would play the Loch Ness monster as the bigger story out of the three. The Loch Ness monster has been heard of and seen by some people for many years but it was always thought of as a legend. And now that it has been captured alive, there is proof of the legend being true.
12. I would give the wizard 20 dollars for change my appearance and become more attractive. Because with one dollar, you can barely tell if there has been and changes made to that random person. But with a couple more dollars, you might be able to actually see some changes that the wizard has made.
16. Now knowing my inevitable future, I will not watch the CFL game on tv because right now I am not interested in sports much. Even though I know that I will someday become a big sports fan, I still do not know when that will be. Even if I start watching it now, it will not make any impact on my future.
19. If I had to make up an excuse for kicking them in the ribs while they were sleeping, I would say that I was running to the next room because someone was calling for help outside. And so I ran as fast as I could but I accidentally kicked you while running outside. But it was too late when I got outside because the robber already got into the house, stole money, and ran away.
20. I would be more interested in watching the documentary of my actual life because I would want to know what people said in the interviews and see how this documentary was taken. I would want to see how they perspective might be different from another view.
5. If I had to stop my soul mate for getting hurt by the Crescent wrench, I would swallow the pill that will make me hear songs as if it is being performed by Alice in Chains. It will not kill me to hear songs in a different way and to save my soul mate, I would do anything.
7. I would play the Loch Ness monster as the bigger story out of the three. The Loch Ness monster has been heard of and seen by some people for many years but it was always thought of as a legend. And now that it has been captured alive, there is proof of the legend being true.
12. I would give the wizard 20 dollars for change my appearance and become more attractive. Because with one dollar, you can barely tell if there has been and changes made to that random person. But with a couple more dollars, you might be able to actually see some changes that the wizard has made.
16. Now knowing my inevitable future, I will not watch the CFL game on tv because right now I am not interested in sports much. Even though I know that I will someday become a big sports fan, I still do not know when that will be. Even if I start watching it now, it will not make any impact on my future.
19. If I had to make up an excuse for kicking them in the ribs while they were sleeping, I would say that I was running to the next room because someone was calling for help outside. And so I ran as fast as I could but I accidentally kicked you while running outside. But it was too late when I got outside because the robber already got into the house, stole money, and ran away.
20. I would be more interested in watching the documentary of my actual life because I would want to know what people said in the interviews and see how this documentary was taken. I would want to see how they perspective might be different from another view.
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