The novel really spoke to me about life and growing up and learning to deal with tragedies and other unexpected things. One of the things that you learn from the novel is that sometimes things happen and you can't do anything about it. Sure it might really suck but you have to learn to live with it.
One lesson that I learned from Jem and Scout is that no matter how much someone else's views differ from yours you can never judge them on what they say for that is what they believe. It doesn't matter how horrible they appear, they could be an extremely brilliant person.
I can relate to some of Scout's experiances since I have two Uncles who are lawyers, however I have never seen them in court, but I can understand where she is coming from and I can see how a child could get the wrong impression about their parent if they were seen questioning a witness.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
My Boo Radley
One person who has helped to shape me and make me who I am today is Mr. Pendergrast. He he was my orchestra conductor from sixth grade and halfway through eighth grade. In eighth grade he died in the the hospital. I am not sure of the exact cause, I believe numerous things had gone wrong during a surgery.
Mr. Pendergrast taught us about about being in a group and how to come together perfectly. Some of the things you just never forget about him were his sports similes, how he would compare football or baseball to playing the violin or cello. When I first heard about Mr. Pendergrast I was just a little fourth grader barely able to produce a sound from my mysterious instrument. It wasn't until fifth grade that I saw him for the first time at a strings festival. I saw him conducting the middle school orchestra and thought to myself that one day that would be me up there. The next year I finally got to meet him, he was my first middle school teacher. I was just a little sixth grader terrified of the new school and all of its inhabitants. But when we started to play I was instantly calmed. Throughout the next two years our class grew with Mr. Pendergrast and I believe he grew with us. That was what I looked forward to every morning as I got on the bus and rode to school, I worried about the tests and the grades I would get, but I always new that no matter what I would always just keep playing. He taught me that, that special kind of perseverance. Mr. Pendergrast truly shaped me into who I am today.
Mr. Pendergrast taught us about about being in a group and how to come together perfectly. Some of the things you just never forget about him were his sports similes, how he would compare football or baseball to playing the violin or cello. When I first heard about Mr. Pendergrast I was just a little fourth grader barely able to produce a sound from my mysterious instrument. It wasn't until fifth grade that I saw him for the first time at a strings festival. I saw him conducting the middle school orchestra and thought to myself that one day that would be me up there. The next year I finally got to meet him, he was my first middle school teacher. I was just a little sixth grader terrified of the new school and all of its inhabitants. But when we started to play I was instantly calmed. Throughout the next two years our class grew with Mr. Pendergrast and I believe he grew with us. That was what I looked forward to every morning as I got on the bus and rode to school, I worried about the tests and the grades I would get, but I always new that no matter what I would always just keep playing. He taught me that, that special kind of perseverance. Mr. Pendergrast truly shaped me into who I am today.
Friday, September 17, 2010
First Real Blog
As a reader and a writer I love fiction and almost all types of fantasy and make-believe. I am the type of student that will get work done. As an english student I am fairly good at poetry and fictious wrighting. Someone who follows my blog would expect to see new ideas and different techniques in wrighting. I feel I will 'enlighten' the onlign world with my figurative analogies and colorful stories. The meaning of english is to learn to comunicate with the world and to be able to wright with full capabilility.
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