When I first read the story "No Escape" by Frankie Lennon i was scared for her. I was scared because I could relate to the story and I'm sure every child can.
I thought that Frankie was very brave as a young child. She over came her fears. Even though she was scared she still made her self believe she wasn't.
This story was a good one to read because I felt that her being scared in her own house was just one of the struggles she faced in life and like this one she over came them all.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
My body
I believe that Coopers story is the most important story to me. I can relate to it because I feel that the media puts it in young girls minds that we have to look a a certain way to look beautiful.
There was a point in my life where i did feel I needed to look that way, so i went and did some things i know i shouldn't have. I started throwing up. None of my family memebers knew what I was doing but they did start to notice how much weight I was losing. I got really sick from this illness and ended up in the emergency room.
All i wanted to do was fit in and look beautiful. I wanted to be accepted by people and have a lot of new friends. I didn't realize that the media was evil until this incident happened and until i got really sick.
I realized that being beautiful is not what the media puts out to see or how celebrities look, it is how you see yourself. It is whats inside that counts. You have to believe you're beautiful so other people can see that you're beautiful. I learned the hard way but now I know better. I'm beautiful because I believe it !
There was a point in my life where i did feel I needed to look that way, so i went and did some things i know i shouldn't have. I started throwing up. None of my family memebers knew what I was doing but they did start to notice how much weight I was losing. I got really sick from this illness and ended up in the emergency room.
All i wanted to do was fit in and look beautiful. I wanted to be accepted by people and have a lot of new friends. I didn't realize that the media was evil until this incident happened and until i got really sick.
I realized that being beautiful is not what the media puts out to see or how celebrities look, it is how you see yourself. It is whats inside that counts. You have to believe you're beautiful so other people can see that you're beautiful. I learned the hard way but now I know better. I'm beautiful because I believe it !
This is me
Have you ever wondered who you are? Or how others see you? I believe the way others see you and the way you see yourself are two different things. I know when people meet me they see me differently than the way I see myself.
People I know see me as this little girl who is funny and loud. They see me as someone who can laugh at herself and not have a care in the world. They think I am this wild child who just likes to have fun. When I am with people I know, I am very loud and talkative. I am always the one who has to be heard.
Some people also might think of me as shy and quiet. When I am around people I don’t know, I don’t really talk. I keep to myself. I tend to get nervous a lot, so I’ll be the weird girl biting her nails or tapping her foot. I remember when I was in the first grade all the kids would laugh at me and think I was weird because of the odd little things I would do when I would get nervous.
I am a very friendly, talkative and outgoing young lady. I enjoy meeting new people even though I get nervous at first I still try and have a good time. I love to make people laugh even if it as at my own expense. When I used to work at a coffee place by my house the managers and I got a long really well. They would crack jokes all the time about me being short and loud. I never really cared as long as I laughed with them it showed that it didn’t bother me.
I am a very sensitive person and people sometimes call me weak for that. I am not a weak person, I just tend to care a lot about people I know especially family and friends. I am the type of person to stick by her friends and family no matter what the situation is.
Sensitive, caring, loving, funny, talkative, outgoing, shy and quiet is a combination of who I am. I have realized that people may look at me differently than the way I see myself but that doesn’t bother me because I know who I am and I love who I am.
People I know see me as this little girl who is funny and loud. They see me as someone who can laugh at herself and not have a care in the world. They think I am this wild child who just likes to have fun. When I am with people I know, I am very loud and talkative. I am always the one who has to be heard.
Some people also might think of me as shy and quiet. When I am around people I don’t know, I don’t really talk. I keep to myself. I tend to get nervous a lot, so I’ll be the weird girl biting her nails or tapping her foot. I remember when I was in the first grade all the kids would laugh at me and think I was weird because of the odd little things I would do when I would get nervous.
I am a very friendly, talkative and outgoing young lady. I enjoy meeting new people even though I get nervous at first I still try and have a good time. I love to make people laugh even if it as at my own expense. When I used to work at a coffee place by my house the managers and I got a long really well. They would crack jokes all the time about me being short and loud. I never really cared as long as I laughed with them it showed that it didn’t bother me.
I am a very sensitive person and people sometimes call me weak for that. I am not a weak person, I just tend to care a lot about people I know especially family and friends. I am the type of person to stick by her friends and family no matter what the situation is.
Sensitive, caring, loving, funny, talkative, outgoing, shy and quiet is a combination of who I am. I have realized that people may look at me differently than the way I see myself but that doesn’t bother me because I know who I am and I love who I am.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Lessons Learned: Different Englishes I Use
I believe everyone uses diferent Englishes. I use different Englishes all the time. I use them when I am at home, at school, and when I am around people I know or people I just met.
When I am at home with my family, I am more relaxed and myself. I feel comfortable talking to them without knowing I will offend anyone. Sometimes when I am hanging out with my twin, we use slang. One day my sister and I were lying in bed and listening to music. We started to laugh because we didn't know the words to the song. She kept saying "Hey Dawg stop it, you're killing it.: I tend to use words like "dawg, homedog or I gotta bounce" all the time at home because i know my family won't loom at me like if I was a crazy person making up stuff.
When I am at school I use different Englishes. I am more respectful when I am talking to my professors. When I talk to the professors I try to sound proper and sophisticated and not like I'm at home or with friends. I never use slang with my professors. I found out using slang with teachers wasn't a good idea when I was in high svhool. I was a sophomore in high svhool and one of my teachers was talking to the class. She was informing the class about the CASHEE exam that every student had to take in order to graduate. She was telling us some of the material we will have to learn and what the consequences would be if we did not pass. She had told us that we would have to attend a Saturday class to focus on the subject wefailed. I thought she was joking, so I said out loud "Shut up, mp way" and the whole class was looking at me in shock and the teacher sent me to the deans office. I learned my lesson after that incident. When I am not in class and hanging out in the dorms I can be myself but at the same time I am still respectful because my friends don't know me as well as my family.
when I am around people I don't know or just met I use a different kind of Englishes. I am more considerate and respectful when I talk to them. I am a little shy when first people, so I won't talk as much with them then I do with friends. When I am at work I meet so many ne people. When I talk to them I am nice and kind. I don't talk to them about my personal life; I just greet hem and thank them for coming. Many times with my managers I act the same way I do with my teachers. I try and use appropriate words. I never use slang with my bosses because it makes me look bad. A situation happened with a girl I knew and her boss , when the girl told the boss something very disrepectful using slang and her boss fired her right on the spot. I knew never to talk to any of my managers in a disrespectful way because of the consequences but that incident reinforced that in heard NEVER to do anything like that.
My language changes in these situations because I respect people who are older and more knowledgeable than I am. When I am with my friends and family though, we like to act goofy, I think that makes us more comfortable together.
At home, school and with people I don't know or who I just met I use these differnet types of Englishes.
When I am at home with my family, I am more relaxed and myself. I feel comfortable talking to them without knowing I will offend anyone. Sometimes when I am hanging out with my twin, we use slang. One day my sister and I were lying in bed and listening to music. We started to laugh because we didn't know the words to the song. She kept saying "Hey Dawg stop it, you're killing it.: I tend to use words like "dawg, homedog or I gotta bounce" all the time at home because i know my family won't loom at me like if I was a crazy person making up stuff.
When I am at school I use different Englishes. I am more respectful when I am talking to my professors. When I talk to the professors I try to sound proper and sophisticated and not like I'm at home or with friends. I never use slang with my professors. I found out using slang with teachers wasn't a good idea when I was in high svhool. I was a sophomore in high svhool and one of my teachers was talking to the class. She was informing the class about the CASHEE exam that every student had to take in order to graduate. She was telling us some of the material we will have to learn and what the consequences would be if we did not pass. She had told us that we would have to attend a Saturday class to focus on the subject wefailed. I thought she was joking, so I said out loud "Shut up, mp way" and the whole class was looking at me in shock and the teacher sent me to the deans office. I learned my lesson after that incident. When I am not in class and hanging out in the dorms I can be myself but at the same time I am still respectful because my friends don't know me as well as my family.
when I am around people I don't know or just met I use a different kind of Englishes. I am more considerate and respectful when I talk to them. I am a little shy when first people, so I won't talk as much with them then I do with friends. When I am at work I meet so many ne people. When I talk to them I am nice and kind. I don't talk to them about my personal life; I just greet hem and thank them for coming. Many times with my managers I act the same way I do with my teachers. I try and use appropriate words. I never use slang with my bosses because it makes me look bad. A situation happened with a girl I knew and her boss , when the girl told the boss something very disrepectful using slang and her boss fired her right on the spot. I knew never to talk to any of my managers in a disrespectful way because of the consequences but that incident reinforced that in heard NEVER to do anything like that.
My language changes in these situations because I respect people who are older and more knowledgeable than I am. When I am with my friends and family though, we like to act goofy, I think that makes us more comfortable together.
At home, school and with people I don't know or who I just met I use these differnet types of Englishes.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Plaits
I think in the book Mee Street Chronicles Frankie Lennon is trying to say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. In the story Shirley Temple represented beauty. She had beauitful golden hair. Her curls bounced and swayed as she tap danced. All the young girls wanted hair like hers especially Frankie. She thought that if she had hair like that she would be beautiful and kids won't tease her because of her plaits. Frankie got tired of the teasing and the hair pulling she went through to get the plaits, so one night she decided to cut them off. She woke up in the morning realizing that she ad messed up her hair and that it didn't look the way she planned. Her mother also reminded her of a play that she was going to be in where she wanted to have Shirley Temple curls but could no longer get them because her hair was too short to curl.Society puts a lot of pressure on women and young girls to look a certain way. The media makes them believe that if they don't look that way that they are not pretty. I think beauty is on the inside. It osn't all about looks. I think that if a woman is confident in the way she looks then she is beautiful no matter what the media or anyone else thinks.
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