5 sentence book review

Misty Bernall, who is the author of She said Yes, has written about her daughters unlikely death during a school shooting. Cassie Bernall, who is her daughter who is going through a tough time in her life and is finally coming back to the Lord is trying to change for the best. Taking place not only at Columbine High school, the story takes you through all the places Cassie was before her death. I enjoyed this book to a point but, I found the author was biased because she was writing about her daughter. If you are in need of some spiritual inspiration I encourage you to read this book.

Salem Witch Trials

Have you ever been falsely accused of a crime? In the Salem witch trials, many people were wrongly accused of practicing witchcraft. If I lived in that time I would be very nervous. I wouldn’t know who to trust or even if I should go out in public. People were accused on accounts of others. The town took this very seriously and took people to trial and even executed some. If I were accused I would be flustered and confused. First I would try to convince the people that I was not a witch and I had been wrongly accused. I would show them that I was a good person and a Christian. I would read things out of the bible in my defense and try to show them that I wasn’t even capable of committing this crime. If they didn’t buy it, next I would try to explain what I was doing wasn’t witch craft. It was just palates or tae-bo, not the dangerous deed of worshiping satan. Finally, if they still thought I practiced with craft, I would blame it on someone else. I would say that they forced me to do such things with death. Hopefully that would shift there focus to someone else long enough for me to make a break for it and leave town. I would probably try to get the next ship back to England to harbor me from my accusers. There I could work out my glutes and thighs in peace.

First Quarter Reflection

This has been a very productive first quarter in English class. First, Ive grown more mature as a reader. I have learned to look past the text and think about why the author put that certain word or phrase there. I have learned how to use more muscle verbs and how to use show not telling details in my writing. Also I have learned how to make a blog and post my feelings and stuff on it. The group disscusions have helped me greatly. They have taught me how to be invloved in social intellegent disscusions. Next quarter I hope to build on these things and hopefully learn many new things

Chocalate War connection

In our lit. Circle today we discussed the book Chocolate War. So far this book is about an underground club of students who control the school through blackmail and fear. Not only are the students part of this but also some of the teachers are in on it as well. This exemplifies the corrupt and controlling nature in people. This reminds me of the mob or the greedy and power hungry politicians.

Shattering Glass

Cliques, clubs, teams, and gangs. These all dominate the social life of today’s high schools. So many of these teenagers have become popular or been put into categories because of others.
“Shattering Glass” is about a student named Simon Glass who is taken under the wing of the schools most popular students. In the beginning, Simon is at the bottom of the social ladder on account of other students bullying him to build their popularity. Seeing this, Rob, the leader of the school and his posse view Simon as a challenge and try to elevate his popularity. If they complete their challenge, this will also give them bragging rights. Eventually Simon becomes popular and an unknown aggression is released which leads to an unexpected murder.
Thankfully, this was a fictional novel but, people use and abuse their peer’s everyday to build themselves up. Not only does this happen in high school, this also takes place on the job or in college as well. Society needs to stop categorizing others and just accept them for who they are.