The Outsiders Response Journal Ch. 1-4 November 17, 2009

The Outsiders so far has been really interesting and things that happen in the book are happening right now all around the world. There is always people running away from home and people getting beat up because they are poor and the other people are rich and think poor people are losers. I don’t think that is right to beat up people just because they have less money than you.

The Characters in this book are a little odd but living in a small town you don’t really know what happens in the real world. Ponnyboy and Johnny are pretty much the main characters. They both have a hard times at home and have just about the same problems and they are about the same age too. Ponnyboy has a hard time at home because his parents are dead and Johnny’s parents just don’t love him and abuse him whenever he gets in trouble. Johnny and Ponnyboy are 2 guys that are apart of the greasers and are always getting jumped by the socs. By the sound of things, I think Johnny is really hurting inside because he doesn’t really have anyone to love and anyone always looking after him. Johnny’s kind of is jealous that Ponnyboy has someone that is looking out for him and tells him positive things about him not just the bad things that happen, but he also haves someone that is always yelling at him too . Now that they have ran away it may make them both have time to think of ways to make them have a better life at home and go back.

All the characters in this book are more like gangsters. They are always doing bad things against the law and not to many times they are doing good things that they are allowed to do. I don’t really know how the parents of the gangs are handling them, either they don’t care or they are trying really hard to control their child but just don’t have that much power.

School This Week October 30, 2009

In school this week was a full week so it was a little tough but it went by pretty fast. Mr. Fisher was gone for 2 days because he was sick, so we had to have a sub for 2 days. Our internet was down for a day when we had a sub so we were a little lost because we were doing a lot on our Google docs. We had to do a writing assessment and and we are doing this 100 mark project on Ancient Egypt.

For the Egypt project we have to do a Essay and the Grade 8’s need 800-900 words and the Grade 7’s have to have 600-700 words. Than after that we have to make something that shows are topic that we are doing on Ancient Egypt. I did Making the Pyramids. There was a lot of information that I did now when was searching on the internet. Lots of people liked to do the pyramids because they are so amazing others did Pharaohs and gods, things like that.
Than for the writing assessment we had to do this story about our community, school and home. It is for people to read in 200 years that live in our same community. Than it needed to be around 600 words so a page or so. So we had to do a lot of writing this week. Lots of people aren’t even close of getting done both things and others are long done both. So we are quite spread out in our work.

Now that it is Halloween weekend no is going to want to do homework because they will want t eat all of their candy. The weird thing of living here is that we have our Halloween Today(Friday, October 30th) because of school so that you can dress up at lunch come in your costume in the afternoon than have a little Halloween party. Than you go out and go trick-a-treating right after school. So one Saturday it is going to be like a normal Saturday like every weekend.

Well that is about all that is happening this week in school.

School In October October 6, 2009

This week in school the people who are always talking and can’t get their work done fast without getting out of their desk made Mr. Fisher make those rule happens. I think it is a good idea to make them try and work hard because people that don’t care if they fail they must not understand that it is just extra year in school. And even to just getting a little job working a Mc. Donald’s you need to have your grade 12 diploma. With less talking in the class room I can concentrate on getting good marks and getting no homework. I know there are a couple of people mad but maybe they will try and work hard so things will go back to normal.

Also this month our school doesn’t have very many school days. This week on Wednesday (Oct.7) we get out early at 2:20. Than next week it will be Thanks Giving so we have a long weekend and get Monday off. Than Thursday and Friday (Oct. 15-16) we have all day off.  The Week after that we go to school on Thursday (Oct. 22) till 11:45, than again on Friday (Oct. 23) all day. Than we go back to normal the week after that. It is going to be a big change to go to school for 5 days straight. But on Friday (Oct.30) we will have our Halloween party in the afternoon. Then we will go trick-a-treating because here we aren’t going to have it on a Saturday we will have it on Friday.

Week 3 September 25, 2009

This week went by so fast I can’t believe it is already Friday. Today we have picture day. Where my cousins live they have picture day at the starting of the year and than again at the end of the year to show how much they changed in a year.

This week we had a normal schedule, and everything is rolling good. But for home EC, we haven’t started cooking yet and we won’t be starting till we have assistant helping in the class because we have to have, half of the class doing work and the other half cooking. Everyone wants to have the assistant in soon, and so do I. I love cooking in Home EC, it is way more fun than doing book work.

On Wednesday we already had a sub in our class, well that was because Mr. Fisher had to go and be the principal for the day because our real one was gone out that day. Than on Wednesday night it was Open House, that is were all the parents come and see their kids class room.

Well that is all about that happened this week and hopefully next week we get to cook in Home Ec and that we don’t have a lot of homework.

First 8 Days September 21, 2009

Theses first 8 days in school went by pretty slow. So I have a feeling that the entire year is going to be like that, but I hope it doesn’t go by slow. This year we found out that we were going to be blogging with people from Thailand, last year we got to blog with people from L.A that was pretty fun too.

Last week all we pretty much did was get ready for normal going days and things that we had to do every year at the beginning of a year.

Now this week was pretty busy with the artist in the school. The guy that came in is from Winnipeg and he is teaching us how to hip-hop dance he is just teaching grades 7-12. When we are done practicing, we have to present them to the entire school. I am not very comfortable doing thing in front of people so I am really scared.

Also this week we have to do more school work that are for marks. So this week we got all started and ready to go for the year. Hopefully this year will go by fast like it did last year.

Me Again September 17, 2009

Hi my name is Jamie and this is my second year of blogging. This probably is my last year of blogging unless you have to blog when you go to high school or unless I fail, which I hope I don’t. I still live in Snow Lake and I have lived in Snow Lake for my entire life. There is nothing different here except it has got way smaller. I only have 1 litter sister than me and she is 2 years younger than me and she will be blogging next year. It is going to be fun talking to people on the opposite part of the world. I have never been over on the other side of the world yet but I think that it would be pretty cool to go. People from Thailand sound pretty interesting and can’t wait for the year to really start up with regular days!

The Past and Up Coming Weeks May 20, 2009

The Weather in Snow Lake is very cold. It is snowing every weekand then melting, in MAY. I really do hope that the weather is going to get hot and we are going to have a very hot summer because our winter wasn’t a very nice winter either. The hottest day we had this month was about +24 but that was only for the afternoon that we were in school for. But ut was still really nice because we weren’t used of that really hot weather. At nights it can sometimes get to about -15. We have a big lake that is in Snow Lake and you can see a lot of water at some places but at others all you can see is ice but the ice isn’t white it is a grey kind of colour, which means that there is water right underneath it.

School is so close of being done, only 4 more full weeks till exams. My goal for this year is to make sure that I get exempted for at least 2 exams. I really do hope that these weeks go really fast. After exam week the week after is just 2 more days of school, for cleaning everything out and getting everything home and then the next day will be our awards.

New Delhi May 19, 2009

This is New Delhi it is the capital of India. New Delhi is known by the many loving people there. I picked this place because I knew that India had a lot of tourist that go there and see alot of stuff there. In New Delhi it is a very big place and have lots of people there. Also in India there is lots of old buildings, there are also some people that would dream about to go to new delhi and see them. Also in India and New Delhi the weather is very nice and hot, in the summer and in winter.

The Wave- Chapters 13-17 March 26, 2009

It started off when Laurie was going to the football game to tell Amy something. She got to the stands and Brad made her stop. He said that she could not go up there unless she did The Wave salute. She fought against Brad but he said that most people in the stands had to say The Wave salute.  The next day Laurie was printing the new paper about the Wave. Than Laurie went to go and talk to Amy again. Laurie told her about a guy that had gotten beet up because he didn’t want to join the wave. She didn’t care at all, because she knew that the wave was the right place to be. The Grapevine was a very big hit for this week. There were also rumours going around that teachers and parents had been to the principal’s office and been complaining. David and Brain had this plan that they were going to talk to Laurie and tell her to stop making those stories in the news papers. Ben and his wife were at home and Christy told that he has gone way too far and that he needs to stop the wave group soon. Ben finally understood and was planning a way to stop the wave without hurting the kids. Laurie was in the office cleaning it up. When she was done she went to her locker and when she was standing there she heard someone walking down the hall way so she quickly ran out of the school. When she got to the tennis court she saw David and he came over to talk to her. He was telling her to stop writeing the stories in the new paper and through her down on the ground. After a while Laurie told him what she thought and he saw her point. So David and Laurie went to Ben’s house and told him that you need to put a stop. The next day at school sounded Mr. Ross was making to group even better. So David and Laurie spoke up and got sent to the office. Mr. Ross got all the Wave members together and told them that the Wave group is over and also showed the video that he showed the class at the starting of it. Mr. Ross was sad that the group was over and so were all the kids that were in it.

I don’t understand why David would even want to try and hurt her because she is just trying to get everyone to stop being in the wave so it doesn’t go WAY out of hand. At one part of the chapters there was a plan that David and Brain were going to tell her to stop having stories on The Wave and David the one that had to talk to her but he didn’t know if it was a good idea to do it or not. But when David was talking to Laurie by the tennis court he go so mad that he through her down on the ground and he felt bad after when she was picking up her books so he asked her if she was ok. Laurie also thought that David was going to get back with her because he wanted to talk but she did not want to get back with him at all.

I like the parts were Mr. Ross finally understands a little bit that the wave group is going a little bit out of hand and it has gone way too far. Then he decides to stop it and also promises Laurie and David that everything is going to be ok and by tomorrow the Wave will be like it has never started in the first place. When he gets to school the next day and the way he made it sound to the class was not the way Laurie and David planed it to be like they thought that he was that he was trying to make the wave group keep on going and make it better than what it was. Than Laurie and David spoke up and was telling them that the wave has to end than they got sent to the principal office for only trying to help Mr. Ross stop it. I think that at that point Mr. Ross was being too hard on them about that and he should have listened to them all along and it may had been easier for him to end it and easier for the students.

Smart Set- Week 3 March 14, 2009

On the map New Delhi  is 28 degrees north and 77 degrees east. New Delhi is on the right bank of the Yamuna River. It is known as a state of lively people. New Delhi is the second-largest metropolis in India and the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population.

New Delhi is a capital that is all about the streets. On the streets they are always jammed packed with cars and motorbikes. In New Delhi there is lots of shopping. On the streets there are streets sellers that sell what they like to do or their talent for money so they can afford food or just for some people to see what they like to do. The power lines from people’s houses are also running up on the streets, the cords are very messy and not organized; it looks like a bunch of strings that are impossible to get out.

 

The climate in New Delhi is very hot and humid. There are rainy days there and some days are very hot. Winter mornings it is very foggy outside with a thick layer of smog everywhere you look. The best time to visit New Delhi is November to March because those are the winter months and it is not so hot there. If you go in the summer time it is too hot to go or do anything there.