comments q4 week 5

Danny

DJ

Anticipating our next book

1. Ambition is a positive, desirable trait in a person.
Agree

2. If you are in a position of power, you are happy.
neutral

3. Everyone is capable of lying, betrayal, and violence, which are basic parts of human nature.
neutral

4. Who we are--our essential character and temperament--is fixed and unchangeable.
agree

5. Women are more compassionate and less violent than men.
disagree

6. Sometimes you have to do things other people consider wrong to get ahead.
neutral

7. Some things are destined or fated to happen.
agree

8. If something is destined to happen, it will happen without your interference.
neutral

"Ambition is a positive, desirable trait in a person," I agree with this statement. However, there is a difference between greed and ambition. I think to much greed is bad and I think ambition is positive. Ambition can be wanting to learn, wanting to do things that interest you, your goals or your desire to complete something that you want to complete. I think everyone has ambition to do something it is just how hard you try to complete it.

 "Some things are destined or fated to happen," i agree with this statement. Death is great example of something that is destined or fated to happened. I am not saying that you cannot effect anything that happens. I am saying that there are things that happen to everyone, like family members dying, car accidents, getting injured, etc. I am not trying to say that my opinion is right or wrong, just letting you know my opinion on the statement. 

Hit or Miss

The poetry unit was defiantly a miss because I did not understand it. There was too many components  to the unit, like the vocabulary and precision is needed when understanding/analyzing poems. This was defiantly not a hit for me, however many people thought that this was hit, but I did not. I am not trying to convince people that the poetry unit is a miss, just letting people know what I think. The unit might have been a miss, but it was not a complete miss.

A major hit this year was when we read The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian even though  we did not have many graded assignments for the novel, I still liked the book. The book was a hit for me because the book was very interesting and not a slow read. This book helped me develop my annotating skills and introduced annotating to me. I think many other people enjoyed the book as well as me. Overall the year has been a hit for me and I hope it continues.

Comments q4 week 4

Gautam

Ricky

Purple Hibiscus

Purple Hibiscus has been a great book so far. There have been many highlights and depressing chapters in the book. I look at the book like as it was a life lesson story. They have been many life lessons that I have got from the book. I try to look beyond the text in the book. I think the text in the book is a gateway to something much greater. As I read I try to get something much more than a shared story.

I highlight points and passages that I think are important to the story and the overall picture. I usually try to write some points or my opinion to the underlined sections. If I don't understand a passage, I usually re-read the passage. If I find a point that I can add to my side or entree, I usually stop and add it to my side/entree. Overall, my reading has been successful.

Prompt

54. Would you most want to live in a city, a suburb or the country?
    
    
    I would like to live in the country. Right now I live in the city, but we have 5 acres of land right by my house in town. I would like to live in the country because I don't like Neighborhood associations because I think all they do is complain because they are bored. I also like a lot of land because I like to ride atv's and mow the grass with a tractors. My dogs love to run around and sniff everywhere.
    
    The country is also very peaceful and quiet. I can hunt or skeet shoot in my backyard if I lived in the country. You can get so much more land for the same cost in the country rather than the city. I know this might be weird, but your less likely to get mugged in the country. I just like the country and that is where I want to live.
    

Comments

Gautam

John H.