I read this book for the summer assignment. Since I’m on summer break, I decided to read books about school and student. At first, I didn’t know why I’ve chosen this book to read. I had other books that were about school and student, but now I know why I chose this book. Justin kept made me think back to my elementary school life. Actually, I enjoyed being a student when I was in Elementary. I loved to go to school rather than summer vacation. Dodgeball was the best sport to do whenever we had PE. Well, now I turned at to be a worrier just like Justin. It’s funny how Justin, in 3th grader has same concerns like me, while I’m now in 9th grade. He worried about his friends placed in the different class with him, friendships, and worried about …show more content…
Justin didn’t appear like a 3rd-grade in the book. I think the author should’ve tried writing a 5th-grade student's story rather than 3rd-grade student’s story. Maybe I would recommend this book to teenagers from 5th grade to 7th grade. Justin is a hilarious little boy, and I liked his story telling style. However, I couldn't have a favorite character in this book. Justin Case was written in Justin’s view as a diary, I didn’t get to fully understand other characters in this book. But I could proudly say that this book is quite humorous if you like stupid jokes. One of my favorite parts is where Justin had written what he'd thought during the PE class. This is the part : "It's just hard for me to convince myself to try to keep the ball for myself when a kid comes at me, looking like he wants the ball more than anything in the world. Because the truth is, I really feel like he can have it. I'm happy to let him have it. I'll play with it later if I want to. I know I should not be feeling like that and I'd never tell anybody that's how I feel but I really, really do." (67 Vail) When I read this part, I felt so strange because he was saying the same thing that I’ve said before in PE
After getting tormented continuously, it suddenly stops but Marshall - her best friend becomes the new target. The police gets involved after Avalon confesses to her parents about her suffering. Marshall decides to end his life surprisingly, which changes the whole story.The bullies are unknown but Avalon suspects it is Alice the popular girl, but in the end the person who is the bully is unforeseen. This captivating book has an unexpected ending due to the dramatic plot twist - death and not having the stereotypical bully. “When I was on that roller coaster....” suggests that the events taken place were very eyeopening and abrupt. Every parent and teenager should be compelled to read this text because of the thought-provoking plot structure.
Elementary school is a big step, especially getting ready for middle school. For example, if one is bitter towards someone, meaning jealous or angry, then their middle school years won’t go very well. They will go through being angry and it will make them focus on less important things rather than their studies or sports. Similar to the boy in “The Jacket” by “Gary Soto,” he goes through his life being jealous of kids that are happy or have good relationships and new clothes. The boy does not like the jacket his mother got him and, does not appreciate it enough, even though it gets the job done. In other words, one does not get what they always want, one has to appreciate what they get, this supports the overarching theme and is represented by the symbolism, the setting, and the metaphors.
The author speaks very calm and weary, which is how most high schoolers talk about their school. You hardly ever hear someone talk about the struggles with school and home life in an excited tone. For example, “Masculinity mimicked by men who grew up with no fathers. Camouflage worn by bullies who are dangerously armed, but need hugs.” He also talks in a very serious tone like he is discussing a very serious topic which makes it seem very real to me and I can understand the topics he is talking about. For example, when London talks about his life outside of school like, “Homework is stressful, but when you go home everyday and your home is work, you don't want to pick up any assignments. Reading textbooks is stressful, but reading doesn't matter when you feel your story is already written, either dead or getting booked,” he talks in a weary tone. From this, you can conclude that these things are a big deal to him. I have heard people talk in this way and I can relate to the way he talks about home because sometimes I don’t always talk excitedly about my home life
This novel relates to modern day because most teenagers are known to struggle with insecurity issues in high school. Some students think they aren’t smart enough while others just
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On September 1, 2012, I walked into my fifth grade teacher’s classroom for the first time in my life. Mrs.Cullen was standing in the front of the door with open arms ready to welcome her new fifth grade students. As I made my way to my desk and sat down next to Charlie Schutt and Quin Timmerman, I got the feeling that middle school would be a time of talking to some of my best friends and cruising through classes. As the school year progressed, and classroom seats changed, my thought of how Middle school would be changed as well. On the first day Mrs.Cullen explained our schedule, Homework detentions, and demerits. After about fifty questions, she sent us off to our first class, and the first step of our Middle School journey. The fifth grade
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To begin, the story takes place in a high-school setting. High school students, going through many adolescent changes,
In this essay, I read a story called “Tiffany Stephenson-- An Apology” by Bjorn Skogquist. The story talks about Bjorn Skogquist experience in school. When he was in fourth grade, he moved schools. Started off at a small Lutheran school of 100 compared to a larger public elementary school, Lincoln Elementary. This was his first year at a new school and he was the new kid.
Walking into Booth Middle School on the first day of seventh grade, all I wanted was a friend. I cared little about whether they would make an impact on my life; as a newcomer to Peachtree City, I was open to befriend anyone. Within the first week, I met Annabelle. I was so preoccupied with the excitement of having a new friend that I was unaware of how greatly she would impact not only my first day, first week, or first year of middle school, but how vastly she would affect my future.
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With family, it was too noisy for him to study, and things were centered in the living room. At school, the discussion time allow him to have the time of silence to himself and thinks about his ideas. At this stage, he lost most of his likelihood towards his parents; mainly because he thinks that his parents can’t educate him anymore but his teachers can (pg. 574). He never took the time to try to repair the relationship between him and his family, because books were far more important to him than his family. He does not care about even his own feelings and opinions anymore, because he wanted to be like his instructors. “I began by imitating their accents, using their diction, trusting their every direction” (pg. 568). He sacrificed his personal life, because he thinks that it won’t benefit him in the direction of his goals. He enjoys the feeling of achievement in how much pages he read. It did not matter what kind of book it is, he would even read a book that he does not understand a word just to feel
The first breaching experiment I chose was to look up toward the sky or ceiling in a public place. I chose to conduct this experiment during a church service. I am the drummer, so I knew I could attract a lot of attention by looking up. At a break in the service, I looked up, picked one ceiling tile to inspect, pretended to inspect it for about fifteen seconds, and then looked down. The entire congregation was looking up as well with odd looks on their faces. Leading up to the experiment, I assumed that I would be embarrassed to do such a thing, as I am a fairly well-behaved person that does not do anything out of the ordinary. During the experiment, I felt amused and thought it was hilarious to see the reactions
It's a new school year, and Greg Heffley finds himself thrust into middleschool, where undersized weaklings share the hallways with kids who are taller,meaner, and already shaving. The hazards of growing up before you're ready areuniquely revealed through words and drawings as Greg records them in his
The first year, the time to prove myself had arrived. Classes, rooms, teachers, and some students were unfamiliar. Eventually, minutes melted into hours, hours to days, and days to weeks. It didn’t take long before my schedule was routine, something of second nature. Humor and happiness were found in the form of my advisory family, where school was transformed into something more than going through the same motions of day to day activity. By the closing point of sixth grade, I was having a hard time letting go of what I’d adapted to. “What’s wrong?” my dad asked when I was getting into the car after being picked up early on the last day. I explained how distressed I was that my first year of middle school exceeded my expectations, and that it had to come to an end. Although his outlook viewed my reason for sorrow as trivial, I didn’t.