Graduation Day Book Report

Through reading my novel Raw for the last 3 weeks, I have struggled to make a personal connection to the reading material. I couldn't say that my life has involved me robing a liquor store or being sent to a rehab farm in the middle of a rural countryside in Sydney. In fact, my life is quite different from Brett’s. Brett is the main character in Raw. He is a troubled 16 year old that dropped out of school not too long ago. Because of this, I would classify Brett as a rebel. The character of Brett relates to a person in my life that grew up a reckless teenager, and has now evolved into a kind gentlemen and a proud father. This man that he reminds me of is my uncle. They are quite similar because as the story goes, Brett was a wild teenager that made out to be untameable but Sam (the warden of the farm), saw deep down that he is a good kid. In the end he pulled his head into line and picked up a lot of essential life skills from the rehab farm.

Throughout the book I felt connected to one character, that character was George. George and I share similar qualities and our lifestyles can relate. One major characteristic I found in George is his ability

During the Holocaust, many townspeople were aware of the events occurring within the concentration camps. In the book, Night by Elie Wiesel, the townspeople remained complacent with the Nazis. Some people even went as far as taunting the Jews when they were transported through towns. The Nazis during that time had a very strong influence and used fear to incite citizens to remain cooperative.

“Washington… was a ‘promised land’ to many a freeman… it was the capital of the nation– that is, of the North that had set them free.”

The book Nineteen Minutes ended with an shocking conclusion. In the scene Peter Houghton had just finished shooting his way through the school, when he encountered his old best friend Josie Cormier and his long-time bully Matt Royston in the locker room of the high school gym.When Peter held up his gun to shoot Matt, Josie screamed which startled Peter, and made him drop his backpack which caused another gun to fall out of his bag. The gun skittered across the floor and Josie grabbed the gun and pointed it at Peter while Matt cowered behind her. In this moment Josie had the decision to either shoot Peter or let him kill Matt and possibly her. Shocking the two boys and herself Josie turns around and shoots Matt in th stomach instead.As

The senior year, a year that has many faces. With only one year of school a student can possibly learn so much, but is this statement still true when it is senior year? Senior year is infamous for being the lazy year, and often many students have fallen prey to senioritis or a lack of motivation. As a senior myself, the thought about if senior year is necessary has been on my mind.

I haven’t wondered what it would be like to be a sixteen-year-old kid and kill people for a living. This book explains it perfectly though. In the beginning of my book Ben (I will refer to him as Ben because we don’t know his real name yet and it is his fake name later in the book) goes into a different friend’s dad because he was told to. Later in the book Ben is given the task to kill the mayor of New York. Connecting The James Bond theme to Ben, Hit me with your best shot to Sam, and Domo arigato Mr. Roboto to Ben.

It was an awesome book by Enid Blyton. This book is set in Scotland and certainly has a Scottish feel to it, with its mountains, castles and golden eagles, though the country is not specified until The Mountain of Adventure, when Jack recalls observing an eagles' nest at a castle in Scotland. It is the Easter holidays and Jack, Philip, Dinah and Lucy-Ann are on holiday with Mrs Mannering at Spring Cottage, which is set on a hill below a castle. Out on the hillside they meet Tassie, a local girl who lives in a tumble-down cottage with her mother and is allowed to run wild. Tassie cannot read or write but has a deep knowledge of animals and the countryside. She is excellent at climbing, sure-footed and has a good sense of direction, relying on

acts young people should have in their life. The Search Institute released these in 1990. John is lacking restraint, family support, and school engagement; the absence of these assets affect his life by not helping him grow and get the things he needs to become successful.

Her domestic landscape shapes her. Her connection to her mother makes her a kinder and appreciative person while her disconnectedness to her father makes her rebellious but also more resilient. The tone towards her mum is much more positive and warm while towards her dad it is colder. This shows the difference that the level of connectedness can make on an individual’s identity. I will compare her story to her cousins, whose father being the older brother of the dad grew up the same way. His story is however different, he perceives the disconnectedness as a threat, whereas the girl perceives is a thing that just happens. Even though living with a similar father figure, the ways that two grow up is different. She is more optimistic and laidback while the cousin becomes more timid and afraid of other people. The way she writes about is quite incoherent, writing anything that pops into her head, symbolising the disconnectedness she has with her father. However when she talks about her mothers its smoother and connected. The way she thinks and talk about her father shows the rebellious streak she has developed.

I can relate to a character from the novel Tears of a Tiger to my own life. For example In the chapter “DEAR LORD” B.J’s Prayer, On page fifteen it says “Andy and Rob and Tyrone all knew that i didn't drink.” ”They never really bothered me about it.” Also the author states “Maybe I shoulda tried to stop them that night” B.J. Was the good kid in the group so he feels guilty for not saying or doing anything. I can relate to B.J in the story. One night a couple of cousins and I went to a party knowing their would be alcohol there. All of my cousins were drinking and trying to get me to drink but I did not. I knew if I drank my grandad would find out someway, because he finds out everything I really do not know how. I was trying to get them to

Senior year! Every senior is eager for graduation, their making college decisions, taking their SAT tests, getting senior portraits, and looking forward to getting ready for graduation day. Thinking back now, almost every adult told me my high school years would fly by, they were right.

“As a teenager, people often underestimate me”(Zadoff 12). The book I am the weapon is about a teenager who ends up in the “program” as a teenage assassin. He has to kill the New York mayor with only five days to do it. He tries to get close to his daughter to be able to get to her dad. I will be predicting, evaluating, and visualizing.

You’re surrounded with dime-store fitness fads and joined the cult of low carb dieters. You sweat for hours cross training and use a Fitbit. How can you still feel so….old? Let’s change that. Staying Young is the de facto Bible for anti-aging. Dr. Corey Mote, the winner of the 2010 Fitness Britain bodybuilding championship, writes a tour de force book that takes readers on a fascinating journey through age reversal. Staying Young is a step-by-step guide that revamps your nutritional intake, amps up your workout, rejuvenates your skincare, and radically alters your time clock with hormone therapy. Dr. Mote even covers plastic surgery and med spas. The book’s philosophy is simple: How you age is directly proportional to your health and positive

This class, UWP 104FY, has lead me to realize the areas I struggle in and how I overcame those struggles. When I entered this class, I lacked practice with writing and was unable to adjust my habits to accommodate the flow of this course. I had not written an essay, except for research papers, since my fall quarter of freshman year. It was especially hard for me to adjust my time to account for all the activities in the class. Since the course is a hybrid course, I only had one face-to-face meeting with the class. Half of the class requires self-pace and constant checking of what needed to be accomplished. With my initial abilities, I was unable to excel in the course. However, as the course progressed, I was able to change some of my