Judgment In Girls Like Us

Snap judgments are decisions made before all necessary information and facts are gathered. I sometimes catch myself doing this very often throughout these past couple weeks I've been doing that very much unfortunately with some of the work that I have been reading here at Bethel University sometimes I'm so anxious to finish a task that I don't go back and read what I wrote and it causes me to get a low-grade. Sometimes I might catch myself reading an article just trying to find what keywords to a question that I might be trying to answer when in reality I might be missing a lot more information from things I'm not reading. Unwarranted assumptions are believes and ideas that are taken for granted sometimes I catch myself doing this as well

This book by Laurie Halse Anderson follows Melinda a teenage girl with a huge secret to hide from her friends-well that is if everyone did not hate her already. With the traditional teen angst and the pressures of high school this book looks at how speaking or not speaking can either hinder or hurt you. In the end which is better to stay silent or speak up? With a positive message Speak is an adored book that deals with real issues and how to resolve them.

Often, people can be similar through their basic details such as gender or general location, yet they can be vastly different in all other aspects of life, including their personalities. Eudora Welty depicts this in her novel by showing two completely different people put in the same position. Fay and Becky are both married to a high ranking official, move to a new town where they hardly know anyone, and have to overcome death and disease. The novel The Optimist’s Daughter portrays two contrasting characters, Fay and Becky McKelva, through the honor of society, the love of a husband, and the idea of selfishness.

''Tis the season for boys, boys, and more boys. That's what the world think most teenage girls think of, right? Wrong! Okay, well, sometimes, I guess, at least in Cali Boys by Kelli London. There's so much to a girl's heart and mind. In this book Kelli addressed a lot of problems what teen girls encounter, in addition to their boyfriend issues, friend issues, disloyalty, a girl's rite of passage into womanhood, weight problems, bullying, and of course self esteem. The first character is Kassidy Maddox who has everything-beauty, brains, and confidence to spare. She was fresh from New York into California who meets multiple guys and now can’t choose who she wants to be with. The second main character is Jacobi Swanson who is a late bloomer and is insecure about herself and has a crush one two guys she met when she moved to California from New York. Let's find out how they overcame adversity through self resisting confidence.

One girl has boy problems, the other family troubles, a growing young woman can’t win. Adjoa and the girl from Checkouts both face issues in completely different social environments. The grandmother in The Girl Who Can is continually downgrading Adjoa for having long, supposedly unnatural legs. The girl in Checkouts finds herself completely infatuated with a boy she has never met, yet somehow it makes her rough move a little less so. Each is growing and learning as situations arise, adapting as much as possible. Checkouts and The Girl Who Can show ways that young girls must learn from experiences and adapt to different environments as they grow and mature.

Gabi A Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero proves that just because life can be hard, that it can be painful, that it can be full of problems; teens should never stop following their dreams. Cindy, although having a baby was still able to graduate. Sebastian, who was rejected for being gay by his family found someone who loved him for him and supported him. Gabi came to realize that no matter what she looked like, she was still beautiful. Young adult novels may be sometimes harsh and have strong context, but they teach a lesson to those in need of help and serve as a purpose to relate to their readers. It teaches teenagers who are just looking for a meaning in life. Like Sherman Alexie said, “I write books to give teenagers weapons-in form of words and ideas- that will help them fight their monster.” Teenagers will always find troubles in life, no matter who they maybe, but there will always be a path of light leading

“Suzy and Leah” by Jane Yolen is a story two girls changing relationship. In the beginning of the story, Suzy and Leah hated each other, because they didn’t understand each other’s past experience, but in the story, they get to know each other by exchanging diaries. The reason their relationship changed so much was because they began to understand each other. The main lesson of the story is to not judge a book by its cover like Suzy and Leah did in the beginning of the story.

Lydia, the main character enters high school and practically lies so much to her family they believe she is living a completely different life than what is actually happening. Lydia goes to the extremes of making fake phone calls to trick her parents into believing she has friends when in reality, she really has none. My similarity to Lydia is not as strong, however, my family and I lost our connection for that first semester when I prioritized friends over family. We read this book around the same time my mom took control of my social life. I realized the effects extreme lacks of communication can have on a family and compared it to my own. After reading this book by Celeste Ng, my outlook on family and the significance of a strong family bond has changed intensely. A book has never had such a great effect on my life and opinions, but because of this realization, this was one of my favorite reads this

A family member once told me never judge a book by its cover. If you open the book and see what is inside instead of overlooking it, you might find it interesting after all. This quote by my family member can easily be tied to “The Myth of the Latin Women: I just met a Girl Named Maria” by Judith Ortiz Cofer, and “Just walk on By: Black Men and Public Spaces” by Brent Staples. Cofer, talks about how she was stereotyped for being a Latin woman in American culture. Then Staples, talks about how he was discriminated for being a tall, black man that worked as a journalist in a predominantly white field. Both of these authors, were being put in categories based on their appearance. People assumed they were a certain way because she was Hispanic and because he was African American. Modern society is quick to judge people based on their appearance; mainly on attributes of race and gender, eventually affecting the person’s outlook on life. People can often be treated and judged in a less than an equal manner. Before they even get to know the true nature of a person, they are judged based on race. Additionally, a female may be overlooked for a certain job and the job is then given to a male counterpart, based solely on gender. Lastly, people will see the world in a different perspective because of the exposure of stereotypes. Being judgmental towards ethnicity and gender will keep us

The book I have chosen to read is Matched by Ally Condie. Matched is a dystopian fiction novel. The main characters in this book are Cassia Reyes, Xander, and Ky Markham. Cassia is a 17 year old girl who tells this story from her perspective as she tries to make the impossible choice between who she is told to be with and who she wants to be with. Xander is Cassia’s lifelong best friend who becomes her Match in the Match Banquet- the Banquet that depicts who Cassia is supposed to spend the rest of her life with. Ky, another boy who Cassia knows very well as a friend, unexpectedly becomes Cassia’s new love interest even though she is told by the society that she is only to be in love with Xander.

The Popularity Papers. These two best friends Lydia and Julie are best friends, the girls want become and have “label” on them as popular. What they do to become popular is take notes on how to be popular, they assume taking notes will crack the code to be popular. In the end they come to the conclusion that being popular isn’t that important that they made it seem. Lydia and Julie are different in multiple ways. Lydia is more bold, Julie is more shy. I consider myself both of those. This is a book that I can relate to because when I was younger, starting middle school I though being popular was the only way you were going to have friends. In the end thats not what its about because the only friends you have at the end of the day is the ones

“Annie and Mitch” was the book I read in week 10. The writer is Fleur Beale. This book is written in novel style that first published in 2006 by Gilt Edge. The story is about Annie, Mitch and Faith. Faith and Annie are best friend and Mitch who is Annie’s boyfriend. Annie meets Mitch in the Friday night party and they fall in love immediately. She thinks Mitch is cute and funny. When Annie falls for Mitch, she falls hard and deep. Annie always misses him and she cannot stop thinking about him. All a dish of gossip between Annie and Faith is about Mitch. After Annie has boyfriend, she never hang out with her best friend anymore, her score is slipping day by day. However, she does not worry about these issues because she has Mitch. When the summer

If August went to our school, I would think he looked weird, but I wouldn’t make fun of him or play any game such as the plague thing the children played in the book Wonder. I would just try to ignore that he existed. It’s still a little mean to ignore people, but I can’t help it. Why do people think that August looks weird? Does the human brain have an ideal way to identify people, or do the brains of humans struggle to interpret odd appearances? Perhaps people are just mean. Whatever it is, humans often treat people who look unusual or different, poorly.

Prejudice against anyone is unfair and no matter what someone may look like we mustn't judge them or treat them differently because of premature judgments. At the same time if someone acts in an unfavorable way once we shouldn't judge too harshly, because one bad action doesn't define a persons whole character. It may be quite a mouthful, but I would say this because I believe it's a big issue in society. A lot of violence is committed from making presumptions about people we don't know or understand. The judgments we carry with us spread to our friends, neighbors, and children. These judgments cause exclusion, misunderstanding, and hatred. I would yell this at the entire world because when I am older I don't want to see my future niece or

This book is set against the backdrop of middle school; the primary focus of which is three girls who are best friends. The main character, Bridget, lives with her musician mother and coffee shop owner father in New York City. The story actually begins several years earlier, when Bridget miraculously survives being struck by a car as she skates through an intersection. The incident affected her significantly, as she then begins to view herself differently and wonders if there was a special reason why she survived.