Chris McCandless Project

My experiment was not texting my friends for a whole day.  The next day at school a couple of them walked up to me and asked why I hadn't reply.  They seemed pretty mad. During the experiment I felt bad because I even had read recipient on so the people who texted me saw I read it and didn't respond.  I was not surprised by results.  Even though it was a lot harder than I thought it would be.  Yes, i think you are free to not be like the results.  You could go see the person you need to text instead of just getting mad and no finding a solution.

My Quote

I chose my quote because it is something everyone needs to  know.  Big and little mistakes, you need to know it is okay. My quote, "In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on"( Robert Frost.  This quote relates to me because its something I have actually thought about sometimes.  Just knowing life goes on.  If you lived your life every second like this quote,  you would actually probably do some ignorant things, but also be more brave and stronger than before.

Draft- Jobs and the loan

Joey DiCesare

Mrs. Belden

Honors English I

5 October 2014

`        Jobs

Louis was stuck.  He did not know what to do.  He had a great job at DFU (Dairy Farmers Unite) where he serve ice-cream and candy to children.  He love seeing the happiness of the children getting there candy and it made him feel good.  But the pay working at DFU was not as good as an offer he had received from Sam’s Club.  He loved his job a DFU but knew the money from Sam’s Club would make it a lot easier to pay of his college loans.  Starting monday Louis would work as a greeter at Sam’s club.  Louis would make as a good greeter with his wide smile, positive attitude and big glasses.  

On monday, it was a beautiful morning, the sky orange and yellow like an evenings sunset, with a calm breeze. He got off his blue scooter, thinking it would be a great day at his new job.  He walked in and introduced himself to his new manager, who was pretty cranky which Louis did not like.  He sent Louis to sweep the store before opening.  He was not a fan of sweeping but got over it thinking about the extra money he was making.

When the store opened a few people came in and showed Louis their member card and walked by.  Louis thought their lack of chat and happiness was just because it was early and everyone was tried, but the lack of happiness and joy continue throughout the whole day.  Beside the occasional little kid who would wave and say hello to.  When Louis got a back to his apartment he realized how sad of a day it was, then realized it had to be so sad because it was monday.  So he got excited about the rest of the week, hoping his job would become more fun.  

The next day it was raining and gross outside.  Louis got to work and walked in a started sweeping the floors again.  His new boss approached his and told Louis he would be working as a cart pusher because one guy called of sick.  Louis was up for it, but after 10 minutes his shoes were wet and he was misrable.  At the end of the day he was extremely tried and slept like a rock.

On wednesday Louis got to work and it was just overcast.  He walked in and started sweeping.  His boss was having a bad day and let all his anger out of Louis, yelling and scolding him for no reasons.  Louis felt sad afterward and worked his day with a lack of happiness and smiles.  There were almost no children at the store that day he got to wave and talk to. He was starting to believe this job was no fun.

It was a fine thursday morning with the sun out and birds chirping.  That morning his boss said he was sorry and that he didn’t have to sweep that morning.  Louis got to socialize with his co-workers that morning and made plan to bowling on sunday with them.  Louis was good at making friends fast.  The store opened and a school bus of children arrived! THey were on a field trip to Sam’s Club to learn about grocery stores.  Louis waved to all of them with a smile and the children returned the gesture.  He thought maybe it wouldnt be such a bad job after all!  He continued the day, but no more kids arrived.  He missed the joy of the kids but realized it was alright.  He helped an old lady into the store and she was very kind and asked if he accepted tips, which made him smile but turned it down because of the rules.  Then an angry lady came in yelling at her kids and storming in the store with such negativity.  He asked her if she needed help and then she scrowled at him with a face like she would bite him!  Louis couldnt stand this madness!  He sat down and cried harder than any thunderstorm in history.  

The next day he emailed to his manager the he wasn’t returning to his stressful position as the greeter.  His manager later responded saying he was sorry about the cituatation and he could come back any time but Louis knew it wasn’t about money any more.  It was time for him to return back to FDU where he likes to work even though it will be hard for him to pay of his college loans with the lack of money his was not making.  When he returned to FDU his old manager was excited to see him back and greeted him with ice cream to celebrate his return.

Louis took the next shift avalible that day.  Back to serving ice-cream to happy people and seeing smiles instead of scowls.  He forgot how much he loved his job at FDU, and he knew he was never going back to Sam’s Club.  Then a group of kids who were regulars came in FDU and greeted Louis back and asked where he had been.  He laughed and told all about how his little job change went.

Metacognitive Blog: And Then There Were None

The change I made from my rough draft to my final draft was adding details about my characters feeling of taking the exam, getting the answers and such.  I added these to the Part 3 which I had forgotten to do.

The peer review checklist helped me the most for sure.  I help get my big errors and small errors out of my paper.  The writer feedback helped my the least, but the adult checklist helped me improve the flow of my sentences.  I had both of my parents look over it.

I feel my writing will improve both with lots of practice.  I feel in years past the teachers I've had do not focus on writing enough, and I feel like it is one of my weak points in english.

I think I most room to grow in stating my ideas.  I feel like I have good ideas I just can never seem to say them in ways that make sense.  My goal is to feel like I have less of a struggle saying my ideas on paper, and I think that is a goal I can accomplish.

Unwind Book Essay

I read the book Unwind by Neal Shusterman.  The theme of Unwind is life has value, and not only does every life have a value but no other person should be able to put a value but no other person should be able to put a value on an others life. In the book Unwind, abortion is illegal, but parents have the right to abort there child from the age 12-18.  This action is called being unwound.

Connor, one of the main characters was being unwound because he wasn't smart enough or good enough in the eyes of his parents.  Connor found the forms to unwind a child in his fathers workroom and was confused, discussed and angry.  The only way he could live was if he ran away.  His parents valued his life so little they just sent him to death, but Connor luckily found out before the government came to him.  Connor loved life and valued it enough to run away and fight for it.  He loved himself and his girlfriend.  This is why only he could value his own life.  Only he knew how his valued, he valued himself.
A character named Mai was sent to be unwound because she was orphaned after her mother died and was sent to her aunt's home.  Her aunt already has three children to feed, take care of and send to college and she knew a fourth was to much.  Mai got away to fight for her life somehow. It was never explained in the book.  Her mother cared and loved for her and would never have unwound her.  Mai also liked life very much.  When the situation changed, Mai's life was in the hands of someone who didn't value her life as much as others and she did.  Mai couldn't do anything about it either.  She was stuck with some who valued her life so little compared to what she used to have.  Mai's only option was to was to fight for her life which she did.  This option was not fair though because her aunt placed a value on her life and only Mai has the right to do so.  The aunt did understand the value of a life which lead to Mai being stuck in a bad position.  Only Mai had the right to put a value on her life, but her aunt did not respect that like she should have.

In this book the society had to come to think of life more as money then a life, people could place value on an others life and get rid of them if they displeased them.  The author was showing how in our society today, abortions are just the same as being unwound.  The parents control the life of someone who can't stick up for themselves, or in a real-life scenario can't talk or speak at all.  All in all one person should not be able to place value on a life thats not their own.