Letter To Younger Me

Dear Younger Omar,

You have grown-up to be a good 14 year old. You have made some big accomplishments and lots of mistakes along the way. For instance, last week I decided to ride my bike in the middle of the street and almost got hit by a car. In order to escape the wrath of the car driver, I tried to land on the grass, but landed head first on the concrete side-walk. Also, you have gotten mostly As over the years. Also, you are the Penniman Scholar. Keep on doing what you are doing, but don't let anyone take advantage of you and be true to yourself.

Make good choices because they change the course of what you do and who you are. Sometimes I make good choices and sometimes I make bad choices. I want you to make more good and well thought out choices than the quick and not so good choices. I also want you to know that it is ok to make bad choices as long as you learn from them. The person that you will become will be shaped by yourself and from information from your parents and wonderful teachers.

Sincerely,

Omar

The Writing Center

I visited the writing center on Wednesday, November 19, 2013. I went because it was required and to improve my Literary Analysis. I had a very positive experience and found it more helpful than I thought it was going to be. My writing fellow gave me great advice and changed the way I look at English papers. I will be going to the writing center more often in the second semester.

Sara Alice did not destroy the paper, which is what I thought she was going to do. Instead she commented on the overall flow of the paragraphs. She also noted on my grammatical mistakes that I had not caught before. Throughout the appointment, Sara Alice was giving me compliments about my essay, which made me feel confident. Also, I liked the survey at the end of the appointment because it made me feel like I could help make the writing center experience even better.

Reading Times:

Lord of the Flies by William Golding 155-202

12/3-Tuesday- 35 minutes- pages 155-168

12/4-Wednesday- 45 minutes- pages 169-182

12/7-Saturday- 20 minutes- pages 183-192 

12/8-Sunday- 20 minutes- pages 193-202

Total Time= 120 minutes 

Reading + Work Times

Allegiant by Veronica Roth 295-391

11/21-Thursday- 40 minutes- pages 295-340
12/1-Sunday- 38 minutes- pages 341-390

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

11/19-Tuesday- 45 minutes- pages 58-94
11/20-Wednesday- 40 minutes- pages 95-123
11/25-Monday- 30 minutes- pages 124-144
11/27-Wednesday- 10 minutes- pages 145-154

Free Post: The 2 Weeks Before Thanksgiving

The 2 weeks before Thanksgiving are enjoyable. I think this because the weather is great and I am have and are going to do some fun things. For instance, Last Friday (the 15th) I went to the Rihanna concert. I had a lot of fun because Rihanna is amazing. I think this because her voice is beautiful, she is a great performer, and she is pretty. I also like all of her song, but "What Now" was my favorite because she sang it very beautifully with lots of emotion. The only thing I didn't like about the concert was A$AP Rocky because he was unnecessary. I think this because he kept on saying bad words for no reason and his songs were just plain stupid. I am also getting my braces off on Thursday! 

The 2 weeks before Thanksgiving are not fun because there is a lot of work. The large amounts of work causes me to have large amounts of stress. For instance, I have 2 tests, 3 quizzes, 3 AP World History assignments, and a paper. I am ok so far because I have managed my time and set what I want to accomplish and when. On top of this I have to miss 2 of my most important classes, English and AP World History, because I am getting my braces off, which I am really excited about.  

Reading + Work Times:

Allegiant by Veronica Roth

11/12-Tuesday- 35 minutes- pages 243-294

Lord of the Flies by William Golding 32-57

11/13-Wednesday- 25 minutes- pages 32-47   

11/14-Thursday- 22 minutes- pages 48-57 

Short Story 

11/14-Thursday- 40 minutes 

Total Times= 122 minutes  

 

 

Write Your Own Blog Post

Prompt: 

The next time you're in a public place such as a coffeehouse, park, or a store observe the people around you. Pick a person, couple, or a group and imagine what their lives might be like. 

For this post I will write about my observations at the Rihanna concert about a group of 5 women. There were 3 blondes and 2 brunets. They sat in the row in front of me and just sat down with their eyes peeled on their iPhones. I only got the names of the 2 brunets, which were Melissa and Beth, but for now I will name the 3 blondes Sarah, Jennifer, and Ashley. The group looked like they were in their early 30s.  

Melissa, Beth, Sarah, Jennifer, and Ashley looked seemed like they were best friends. They all looked like they had stable jobs. Sarah, Ashley, and Beth had engagement rings on their fingers, so they are married. Melissa is not married, but she is the leader of the group because she sat in the middle and everybody talked to her. I think she might have the most money out of the group, so she could be a lawyer. Jennifer is also not married the happiest person in the group. She seemed like the goodie two shoes of the group because she didn't drink and she kept on telling her friends to stop dancing and stuff like that. 

Free Post: Allegiant

I started reading Allegiant by Veronica Roth last week. So far I am enjoying it very much because I love all the action. I also love how the story is told by Tris and Tobias. I like this because I can understand the book better because I see both sides of the argument. I also like Allegiant because it is the last book in the series. I like the last book in a series because they are have lots of action, great endings, and are the very well written.

Although I really like Allegiant, I fell that it has some flaws. For instance, Tobias's point of view is not as good as Tris's point of view. I also don't like the arguments that Tris and Tobias that have because I feel they happen too often and they are irritating. Allegiant stresses some important parts, but some parts are a little unclear. Finally, I don't like how Tobias acts sometimes.

Deserted Island Simulation

I had fun in the class simulation and the class accomplished a lot. The first thing the class did was elect Mary Beth as the leader. After that the class decided on who would take care of the first graders, which was Kate, Amanda, Katherine Ann, and Brooke. The class also decided on who would make the shelter, which was me, Martine, and Annie. Finally, the class decided on who would find the food which was Dell and Bennett. Although the class accomplished a lot, we did leave out a few things. For instance, we left out who would cook the food and some people didn't get assigned any jobs.

If the class stayed on the island, we would survive for only 2 weeks. I think this because the plan had some great factors such as the leader and all the different jobs. I don't think that we could survive longer than 2 weeks because people would start fighting with each other and a disease could wipe all of us out. Also, we could run out of food. Maybe if there wasn't a disease and all the people worked together than we could stay for a lifetime and build a city.

Reading + Work Times:

Allegiant by Veronica Roth

11/5-Tuesday- 45 minutes- pages 57-113
11/6-Wednesday- 55 minutes- pages 114-180
11/7-Thursday- 45 minutes- pages 181-242

Lord of The Flies by William Golding

11/9-Saturday- 25 minutes- pages 7-31

Literary Analysis Work

11/5-Tuesday- 25 minutes
11/6-Wednesday- 20 minutes
11/7-Thursday- 20 minutes

Total Time= 235 minutes