Sunday, October 28, 2012
"Thanks to Gowans" Weekly Blog Post #6
Blogging? Let me tell you how reluctant i was to make a blogspot account for my english class. I thought Mr. Gowans was CRAZY to expect us to actually do the work he gave us for his Language arts class in the first place not to mention he expected us to do weekly blog posts along side the assignments he would normally give us. I remember thinking how ridiculous he was acting, the third or fourth week of school we made our blogs and were required to write and publish a 200 word post for the blog! I was irate. Where does he think he is? I wondered if he knew he was teaching students at GRHS. We had rarely be required to do anything for school. Now just after the first quarter has ended i find myself enjoying my english blogspot so much that i have even made my own writing blog! I give credit to my AMAZING English teacher, Mr. Gowans. Thank you so much for requiring me to live up to my potential! If anyone is interested in reading some fun short story ideas or possibly critiquing some of my entrees feel free to visit. Happily Ever After.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Relaince (Final draft) due oct 22
In the story of “Chango,” Bony is a grown man, living in the comfort of his parents home. He finds a severed monkey head “Chango.” Time that could be used to better his own life is then spent with garbage. “Train Time” is a short story of Major Miles and Eneas, Eneas lives on an indian reservation taking care of the elder indians. Major miles finds interest in the boy because he is so willing to share his time to take care of others. The story of “What You Pawn I Will Redeem” is a vignette about a homeless indian man, Jackson Jackson ( or Jackson squared) and his quest to buy back his grandmothers regalia he found in a pawn shop window. The regalia had been stolen from his grandmother long ago because it had been so long Jackson felt it was his duty to return it to his family. He is given 20 dollars by the pawn store owner to start him off on his journey. These three short stories are evidence that people in society are often too dependant and reliant causing them to be selfish and lazy, those that are independent are successful.
Bony find a friendship with a monkey head he discovered in his parents front yard. He lives off his father and mothers money, Bony does not have a job, house or family of his own. He is an example of someone who is too dependant, he cannot survive in the world without the safety of his parents. His parents often ask him when he will start caring about his life. They tell bony to do something with his life. His father's opinion is clear “Bony needed to stop lying in his calzoncillos [underwear] every morning and go out and find a job, earn some money” (Casares, Chango, 42). Bony is solely dependant on his parents for his shelter nourishment and entertainment. He is a man, not a young boy. He has found little success in his life, and has become very lazy and selfish, not only does he not do anything for his own benefit but does not care that having a monkey head in the yard takes away from his mother’s business, “What were her customers going to say? Who would want to buy perfume from a woman living with such an ugly thing in her front yard” (Casares, Chango, 42). Bony has no sympathy for his mother, of course she isn’t pleased with her son keep trash by allowing a dead money to stay at there home. Bony was shows nothing but apathy for the situation, “He was getting by, except for his parents hassling him about finding a job he didn’t have any complaints” (Casares, Chango, 42). Not only does Bony not care that his actions are negatively affecting his family but is annoyed with them when they show love by encouraging him to do better with his life. Bony has become selfish and completely lazy.
Eneas is the opposite of lazy, he fends for himself and still finds the time and energy to take care or the Elder Indians. Major Miles recruits/finds kids on the Indian Reservation to send to school outside the reservation in order to give them an opportunity to have a successful life. “Something about the boy made Major Miles forget his determination to depart. Perhaps it was his wordlessness, his uncomplaining wordlessness” (McNickle, Train Time, 93). Eneas does not complain about the work he does. This made Major Miles care about him, Eneas wasn’t some punk for a kid. Major Miles “had decided that day that he would help the boy in anyway possible, because he was a boy of quality” (McNickle, Train Time, 93). Eneas showed independence in his life, this was noticed by others and rewarded. Major Miles picked Eneas to be sent to school and receive an experience that would almost guarantee a successful life for him.
Jackson Jackson wanders through town everyday, one day he stumbles upon a pawn store that has a traditional Indian Regalia in the window. He enters the pawn store to find out how much the pawnbroker is asking for the item. He explains to the pawnbroker that it was stolen from his grandmother when she was young and that he cannot spend much money on it because he only has five dollars in change, the pawnbroker decides to sell the regalia to Jackson for a very low price if he could come up with the money by noon the next day. Then the man handed him twenty dollars and wished him luck. “I carried the twenty-dollar bill and our five dollars in loose change over to the 7-eleven and spent it” (Alexie, What You Pawn I Will Redeem, 442). The first thing Jackson did with the money given to him was spend it, he continued this irresponsible behavior for the rest of the day till the point he drank himself silly at a bar and was waken up by a police officer the next day on the train tracks. He begged and begged for money “Do you have any money I can borrow?” (Alexie, What you Pawn I Will Redeem, 443). The money he received from begging he spent, he was reliant on others to pay for the regalia, but then the money went wasted. Jackson returned to the pawn shop at noon that day with only five dollars and then the pawnbroker gave it to him for the five dollars. This indirectly encourages the selfish lazy and irresponsible behavior exhibited in the story of Jackson Jackson.
These stories are evidence that laziness and selfishness are a result of people in society being reliant on others and in turn they reap what they have sown and eventually find themselves living an unsuccessful life full of disappointment and dismay. To avoid this, it would be wise to follow the example of Eneas in the story “Train Time” by being self reliant and caring about others, then will be the reward of others caring for those that care for themselves and show it by being independent.
Bony find a friendship with a monkey head he discovered in his parents front yard. He lives off his father and mothers money, Bony does not have a job, house or family of his own. He is an example of someone who is too dependant, he cannot survive in the world without the safety of his parents. His parents often ask him when he will start caring about his life. They tell bony to do something with his life. His father's opinion is clear “Bony needed to stop lying in his calzoncillos [underwear] every morning and go out and find a job, earn some money” (Casares, Chango, 42). Bony is solely dependant on his parents for his shelter nourishment and entertainment. He is a man, not a young boy. He has found little success in his life, and has become very lazy and selfish, not only does he not do anything for his own benefit but does not care that having a monkey head in the yard takes away from his mother’s business, “What were her customers going to say? Who would want to buy perfume from a woman living with such an ugly thing in her front yard” (Casares, Chango, 42). Bony has no sympathy for his mother, of course she isn’t pleased with her son keep trash by allowing a dead money to stay at there home. Bony was shows nothing but apathy for the situation, “He was getting by, except for his parents hassling him about finding a job he didn’t have any complaints” (Casares, Chango, 42). Not only does Bony not care that his actions are negatively affecting his family but is annoyed with them when they show love by encouraging him to do better with his life. Bony has become selfish and completely lazy.
Eneas is the opposite of lazy, he fends for himself and still finds the time and energy to take care or the Elder Indians. Major Miles recruits/finds kids on the Indian Reservation to send to school outside the reservation in order to give them an opportunity to have a successful life. “Something about the boy made Major Miles forget his determination to depart. Perhaps it was his wordlessness, his uncomplaining wordlessness” (McNickle, Train Time, 93). Eneas does not complain about the work he does. This made Major Miles care about him, Eneas wasn’t some punk for a kid. Major Miles “had decided that day that he would help the boy in anyway possible, because he was a boy of quality” (McNickle, Train Time, 93). Eneas showed independence in his life, this was noticed by others and rewarded. Major Miles picked Eneas to be sent to school and receive an experience that would almost guarantee a successful life for him.
Jackson Jackson wanders through town everyday, one day he stumbles upon a pawn store that has a traditional Indian Regalia in the window. He enters the pawn store to find out how much the pawnbroker is asking for the item. He explains to the pawnbroker that it was stolen from his grandmother when she was young and that he cannot spend much money on it because he only has five dollars in change, the pawnbroker decides to sell the regalia to Jackson for a very low price if he could come up with the money by noon the next day. Then the man handed him twenty dollars and wished him luck. “I carried the twenty-dollar bill and our five dollars in loose change over to the 7-eleven and spent it” (Alexie, What You Pawn I Will Redeem, 442). The first thing Jackson did with the money given to him was spend it, he continued this irresponsible behavior for the rest of the day till the point he drank himself silly at a bar and was waken up by a police officer the next day on the train tracks. He begged and begged for money “Do you have any money I can borrow?” (Alexie, What you Pawn I Will Redeem, 443). The money he received from begging he spent, he was reliant on others to pay for the regalia, but then the money went wasted. Jackson returned to the pawn shop at noon that day with only five dollars and then the pawnbroker gave it to him for the five dollars. This indirectly encourages the selfish lazy and irresponsible behavior exhibited in the story of Jackson Jackson.
These stories are evidence that laziness and selfishness are a result of people in society being reliant on others and in turn they reap what they have sown and eventually find themselves living an unsuccessful life full of disappointment and dismay. To avoid this, it would be wise to follow the example of Eneas in the story “Train Time” by being self reliant and caring about others, then will be the reward of others caring for those that care for themselves and show it by being independent.
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Saddle Up Weekly Post #5
“Courage is being scared to death and saddling up anyways.” -John Wayne.
I have chosen this quote to represent me this year in the 2012-2013 Green River High School Yearbook because I’m a country girl. I love to ride my horse, Dear Prudence. It takes bravery to be able to look at something you have a fear towards and go ahead with a goal in mind and achieve it. In life we can look at fears as something to overcome rather than flee from the problem. Many people look at their fears and run, these people never learn to use that disadvantage of fear to their own benefit. The feeling of accomplishment that comes after overcoming a trial is worth the struggle it takes to beat the conflict at hand. Choosing to “saddle up anyways” gives the person an upper hand in life. Learning to have fears and overcome them is a very useful tool that everyone can use in daily life.
I have chosen this quote to represent me this year in the 2012-2013 Green River High School Yearbook because I’m a country girl. I love to ride my horse, Dear Prudence. It takes bravery to be able to look at something you have a fear towards and go ahead with a goal in mind and achieve it. In life we can look at fears as something to overcome rather than flee from the problem. Many people look at their fears and run, these people never learn to use that disadvantage of fear to their own benefit. The feeling of accomplishment that comes after overcoming a trial is worth the struggle it takes to beat the conflict at hand. Choosing to “saddle up anyways” gives the person an upper hand in life. Learning to have fears and overcome them is a very useful tool that everyone can use in daily life.
Sunday, October 7, 2012
You are how old, and have a boyfriend? weekly post#4
Lately I have heard many complaints from children about their relationships. I see on social media networks such as Facebook and Twitter, post and tweets about how awful their boyfriend/girlfriend is treating the along with the “I love you so much” posts. To me this is absurd! They wonder why their relationships aren’t working out. Hello children, its because you are in 6th and 7th grade! Your relationship isn’t successful because you are not emotionally stable enough to handle your own issues let alone having to share someone else’s problems. Many parents set restrictions for their kids by not allowing them to date until they are at least 15 or 16, if not older. I give props to these parents, they are wise. Children should not date, youth should wait until they’re of an age where they are both physically mature and emotionally stable for the following three reasons; it can have a negative effect on their social development, it is the cause to many childhood cases of depression and distracts them from what is really important in their lives at the time. For these reasons I support parents who encourage their children to not date until an age at which they are mature enough to handle the added responsibilities that come with dating.
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