Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Post 1: Pre-Reading Perspectives
For one of the statements on the anticipation guide for this novel, you composed a 200+ word reply. Comment on this post with the number, the statement and your response. After at least four of your classmates have posted, reply to at least two comments.
Comment due Wednesday Dec. 4
Replies due Thursday Dec. 5
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ReplyDelete3. There is a difference between being quiet and being withdrawn.
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The pressures of fitting in at high school are greater than any other point in one's life is an opinion that i would have to completely disagree on. Most teenagers of this generation may believe that being popular and fitting in is the only thing that matters while they go through there high school years. If you think about it and think about all the things that may happen in your future than fitting in will not seem like a big deal. Other things are way more important like acing that test so you pass the class, graduating from high school and college, Having and holding your first born child are all things that involve a lot of pressure. Your opinion is just what you think is more important and i don't think fitting in is that important. high school is supposed to be the most important years of my life and i do not want to spend it worrying about if i fit in with the crowd or not.
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DeleteI disagree a little with you on this, because a lot of teenagers in bigger schools do have trouble fitting in, and even get bullied for it. So, for them, at that moment, it is greater than any other point in their life.
DeleteI disagree with you Emily, because even though it may seem very important in that moment, later on you will look back and see that it was a very insignificant moment compared to other obstacles you will most likely face in your future.
DeleteI agree with Samantha. I mean, highschool is a big part of your development, but if you take into consideration that as soon as you're done with highschool, you have to take everything you learned about being social and how to conduct yourself and put it into action. Yes highscool SUCKS. But it is not the hardest part of your life.
Delete8. If someone is drunk or high, he or she is very responsible for their actions. If you give them the right to not be responsible for the things they do under the influence, it will be used as an excuse so that they can do something they’re not supposed to. The person then learns that because they were inebriated, it wasn’t their fault, and they will use that as a backbone. For example, a lot of the time, rape is a problem where someone is taken advantage of by some who has used alcohol or drugs. Sure, if you give them the opportunity to make excuses, they will say that they didn’t know what they were doing and get off the hook. But where does that leave the person they violated? Letting them make excuses only permits them to do things they are not permitted to do. Let’s say Jill is under the influence and kills someone. Would she still get charged for murder even though she ‘didn’t know what she was doing’? You bet she will. Telling someone that, because they were intoxicated, it wasn’t their fault and they didn’t know what they were doing, is just giving said person permission to do whatever they please while drunk or high.
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I do agree with your opinion and i also think that it goes for the victim as well. If they are drunk or high and they are harmed or violated they shouldn't be ignored or blamed because they were high or drunk.
DeleteBy that, I meant the victim was not under the influence.
DeleteI agree, people who have been drunk or high do seem to take advantage of it.
Delete9. Parents simply don’t understand the problems teenagers go through.
ReplyDeleteI understand that parents have gone through high school and probably haven’t or have gone through some of the same problems that we have had as teenagers but after time it seems they forget what it is like to be in high school. Personally I have had many problems in high school, the only people I have to talk to it about are my parents and they can’t listen. I always receive the response: “Just deal with it you’ll be out soon.” It’s not that simple! Parents don’t seem to understand how it affects us young teens mentally. Once you have been out casted it is fearful to try to stand up for yourself or talk to anybody who puts themselves as more superior than you, you may even fear to talk to their friends. In fact my parents don’t understand why I am always hanging out with a variety of people, it’s because whenever I think I have something it’s gone or taken. I wish my parents could understand and help me not give me the code on how it needs to be and that I need to suck it up. Just listen.
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You are right but i also think parents don't understand what teens go through because they grew up in a different generation and don't understand what teens have to deal with.
DeleteExactly Sam, they had different problems to handle, they had different "Fads" that the school went through and a lot of the time they tell us to suck it up, but thats the problem, pent up anger isnt healthy. AT ALL.
DeleteThank you for the feedback fellas, it is great add-on to what i had originally wrote.
DeleteAlmost every teenager goes through a phase where they think they know everything and that their parents are just dumb; I am still kind of going through that, and I know that pretty much everyone else in this high school is too. We do it, and I can almost guarantee that our parents did too. Not everyone has the same experiences in high school, but similar things happen to most teens. Times are always changing, but parents will still understand at least partly where you are coming from. I cannot say that most days I will confide in my parents and tell them all of my problems, because that is not true. I usually tell myself that they will not understand anything that is going on in my life, but in reality, it’s just hard to confide in them. Sure I will tell them some things, but only on rare occasions. Of course I think my parents are dumb most of the time, but let’s face it; our parents are smarter than they look. Every adult has survived their teen years one way or another, and they probably learned a couple things while they were at it. So even though we refuse to believe that our parents will comprehend anything that happens in our world, the truth is they probably do.
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I definitely agree.
DeleteI fully agree 100%
Delete#4. “Students who are depressed are simply afraid to deal with their real or perceived problems” is one of the most ridiculous things I’ve ever seen. Depression is “a serious medical condition in which a person feels very sad, hopeless, and unimportant and often is unable to live in a normal way” (Webster dictionary definition). It’s not a choice someone makes someday to be, it happens, it’s unplanned, usually because the person is trying to fix their problems to find a solution, but hasn’t been capable of it and resulted in them feeling hopeless and unable to be happy. Fear has nothing to do with it in my opinion. I feel that trying to solve a problem and not getting the outcome one would hope for, feeling like they can’t be happy and that they are stuck isn’t fear, but depression; depression can creep on someone when one feels like a failure. Trying doesn’t sound like fear to me, it sounds like courage and bravery. Honestly, I feel that if someone says that depression is causing someone to be afraid to face reality and deal with it, is someone with that very fear. Fear and depression are both very common, but are also both very different. Fear can cause depression, just as depression can cause fear, but I don’t think that depression is fear, but a momentary road block on the path to a stronger, more stabilized, and organized future. WORDS: 240
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DeleteI completely agree, I have been depressed and my parents told me it was a 'phase' in life to where i am just fearful of my feelings.
DeleteI agree. There may be a problem that someone is very afraid to face, but I don't think the fear alone is what causes depression.
DeleteThanks girls, I know we all have had a days, weeks, months, even a few years that have gotten to all of us, its almost impossible to avoid, but i love you girls and im here for you.
Delete10. There is an issue in this country about judging the quiet people. The People who do the judging generally think that the person(s) who are quiet tend to have a secret that stays hidden due to embarrassment or fear. That can be the case, but sometimes it is not always that way. About half of the time, people are quiet because they like to be. They have no secret to hide and prefer the quiet they make. They feel satisfied as being known as "the quiet one". But what if they are hiding something? It is not right and friendly to be judging someone for it. We have our secrets. They are ours and nobody’s business. If they are quiet, let them be quiet. If you are concerned, talk to them and try to comfort them. Stop judging. No one is perfect. If they are quiet, then let them be who they are, a quiet person. Word count: 173
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