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"Live like the thorns on the roses don't hurt you." 10nC

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A Teen Female Football First

1.The main point of this particular article is a teenage first female football player. The main point first emerges in the first subtitle when the author introduces Karlie Harman as “the first girl to win Player Of The Year in a Washington, D.C., area youth football league.” Laura (the author) then goes on to explain the importance of her achievements. Including details about the team that Karlie plays for -Dulles South Thunder- and how she is the only girl on that team. The main point develops throughout the course of this article. Laura tells us that the boys on the team started respecting the teen female football player after they saw that a girl could “take a hit [and] showed she could lead a team.” At the end, we see that she was also the “first girl to lead a team to a county championship game.” The author makes it clear that Karlie will not be the last female to play football even though she was the first to win that award. Girls can play football as well, no matter the circumstances.

2. ** Organization--> The organization was well done and logical. At first sight, I recognized the physical appearance of the article itself. The font size of the title (which was the main idea she wanted to inform us about) and the smaller word-sized subtitles. The author also included pictures that showed us Karlie wearing normal clothes and in her football kit. I like that she placed the pictures at the top so we can get a better mental image of the article. Due to the pictures, font size and ideas in the titles, the structure helped increase my understanding of the actual information within the text. The order of ideas in the text was helpful because throughout the article Laura gave us information about Karlie intermingled with her opinions followed by facts. It really helped me understand why the first teenage female football was such an amazing accomplishment.

** Purpose--> The main purpose of this article focused on Karlie Harman is, to inform us about this particular female football player.The author has done this well by stating many facts and raising awareness about female athletes being successful, just like boys are. She informs us well by adding two big pictures at the beginning of the article. By showing us pictures, we see factual evidence.

3.** When was it published? If there is a date and it is recent, then we will know that this certain article has a higher chance of being a reliable source. If it was published a year ago for instance, then we would probably have to check the source of the article. If there is no date at all anywhere, then we won’t be able to rely on it either.

** Where was it published? If it was published in a daily informational newspaper, then we will know that the information is credible because a respectable newspaper always double checks the facts of the information that is in an article. For instance, if this article was published on a gossip website, then this article would not be reliable because people post lies and gossip on those types of websites. If it was not published at all, then it would be as credible as a personal journal entry.

4. I believe that this is article is reliable source because it states the date directly at the top of the article. The date might have been published a year ago, but if there was no date at all then it would definitely be unreliable. After checking out the site this article was published on, I saw that it was a credible, well-known and educational website for scholars and teachers. By knowing the where and if the article was published, I saw that even if the date was old, the website has a fact checker. My final reason as to why this is a reliable source is that the author took credit of her work. If the author didn’t let others acknowledge that she wrote this, then it is less credible.

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A human actually did this is public. o_O

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Definitions

Vex: Due to the great lateness of the student, the vexed teacher demanded Starbucks for the rest of the week. Vindictive: After witnessing Anna scroll pass her best friend's Instagam picture without liking it, vindictive threats flew from Elsa's mouth.

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Definitions

Bombastic: Adjective: high-sounding but with little meaning; inflated. ;Flamboyant, writing or speech Synonym: pompous Vex: Verb: make (someone) feel annoyed, frustrated, or worried, to irritate; annoy; provoke: Synonym: annoy Pejorative: Adjective: expressing contempt or disapproval ; derogatory Synonym: disparaging Vindictive: Adjective: having or showing a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge. Synonym: vengeful Ebullience: Noun: the quality of being cheerful and full of energy. Synonym: exuberance

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I thought that this whole song suited Christopher's particular situation when he was grabbing his things to get out of the house that contained his lying father. This was in the morning when he got scared that his father might still be in the house after spotting a few of his belongings. Mainly, the chorus was the section that really called me to pick this song for this scene. Chorus: "Rain came pouring down when I was drowning That's when I could finally breathe And that morning, gone was any trace of you, I think I am finally clean" What the writer of this song meant by 'clean' was not hygiene clean, it was emotionally clean. After Christopher found an opputunity get out of the house for good and go live with his mother in London, he grabbed it. Even though there were challenging obstacles on the way and he may or may not have showed it, he was glad to finally to be away from his muniplulative father and back with his long last mother, Judy.

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My Opinion Development of Social Media📱📱

Overall, my opinion of social media hasn't altered much over the pass six weeks. I have always been one that supported the positive use of social media. Although this particular project has seemed to confirm what I always thought social media could do. I always wondered if it was possible to use social media for educational purposes, and this project just proved that it is an effective and easier way of teaching debating, confidence, and communication skills. Even though my opinion has remained more or less the same, the things I have learned made me like social media more. I wouldn't have been caught dead using tumblr before this project for school reasons, but I have learned the reasons and effects of doing this project. I am very pleased that I learned from myself and others. If I had to argue that tumblr was actually useful and was educated me, I would state that this could have given the people with anxiety or self-esteem issues about their writing a chance to see other people's work. They could read others' work and improve confidence. Also the grade drop was the motivation to actually post something. This didn't just benefit them, it benefited the other students who were alright with posting their work to the public. The deadline and grades were everyones' motivations to write quality and on time work. It taught us the importance of time management and consequences if we post foolish work. Not only will Miss Chloe see it, everyone will. We learned new vocabulary and how to used it correctly. And MOST IMPORTANTLY it taught us how to use social media for education and responsibly.

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“Portraying people with disabilities in entertainment media is unfair.”

 I don’t think it’s unfair because if someone who has a disability also has a passion for the arts, then they shouldn’t be stopped. As long as they aren’t being offended or offending others then its fine. For example in “Switched at Birth” the leading female character is deaf aswell as other characters actually quite interesting because you learn so much. Some of the actors that portray a role on the show are actually deaf in real life, so if they aren’t offended at all then it’s fine. The show uses a lot of sign language with subtitles and I actually managed to learn some words in sign language. I think it is totally fair if we are gaining knowledge on the disability. Another show that has people with disabilities is “Glee”. There’s a girl who has Down Syndrome and no one makes fun of her and she is treated equally.

 We read books to entertain ourselves as well as for educational purposes. The Curious Incident Of The Dog InThe Nighttime is about a boy who has aspergers syndrome and how he deals with it. Aspergers Syndrome disables a person from fully understanding emotions and wanting to isolate yourself. It is not unfair to display a person with Aspergers Syndrome, as we are gaining lots of knowledge about the disability and get to understand the leading character. I think people with disabilities can be portrayed and it’s a great chance to learn something new.

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I completely agree with you on this particular subject. A human is human and all humans have interests and dreams. Those dreams shouldn’t have to alter because of peoples view on the beholder. Anyone with a disability should at least try to accomplish their aims. Many able people are scared to chase their dreams. Imagine how incredibly brave it is for a disabled person to do this! For instance, there are so many writers, actors, and performers making a name for themselves because they dared to chase their dreams and didn’t care about what other people thought of them. I find this admirable as well as instantly inspirational. I strongly disagree with the statement “Portraying people with disabilities in entertainment media is unfair.”

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I S O L A T I O N

1. “It was nice in the police cell.”

2. “I knew that it meant "happy" like when I'm reading about the Apollo space missions, or when I am still awake at three or four in the morning and I can walk up and down the street and pretend that I am the only person in the world.”

3. “Sometimes when I want to be on my own I get into the airing cupboard in the bathroom and slide in beside the boiler and pull the door behind me and sit there and think for hours and it makes me feel very calm.”

-- Obviously, Christopher enjoys being alone. As told in the examples above, it gives him a sense of happiness and calmness. It might be easier for him when he is by himself, because the only person that can judge him, is himself.

Q1: Christopher prefers to be alone, but knows he’s unable take care of himself on his own. Is there a contradiction here?

-- When Christopher is alone, it makes his life a little more sane and comfortable. I think he enjoys being alone because he doesn’t have to deal with emotions and expressing them. And other people doing the same. Even though being by himself is definitely more enjoyable for him, it does contradict his inability to take care of himself. If can’t take care of himself, being alone cannot last long. It wont be long until he will need help.

Q2: Why is Christopher okay touching animals, but not humans?

-- Christopher has Asperges syndrome. Two of the symptoms are not liking touching and lacking to understand complex emotions. Humans have complex emotions. Touching them could mean many various things and you touching them might mean various things. For instance, one can touch another in sympathy for a certain circumstance or in anger for a particular problem. Christopher is not quite certain how to distinguish between the two well. Therefore, he likes dogs and doesn’t mind physical contact with them because he believes that they have simple emotions.

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"There is no such thing as ‘normal’ when it comes to human beings.”

I strongly agree with this quote, in fact I’ve been waiting for this word ‘NORMAL’ to come to me one day, in order for me to show the world it’s true color. What is normal? Someone define it for me. What will you say, normal means behaving in a certain way. You can’t define it, because it has no definition, it’s just a word consisting of letters. Every human being is created with different personalities, different characters, and different behaviors, in short we are all unique. Each one of us acts in their own way. So WHO on this planet has the right to use the word normal as a description of humans? NO ONE. 

Let’s take Christopher as an example from the story. Christopher’s character is full of weirdness, that i agree, but it doesn’t mean that he is not normal. He is normal in his own way. Everyone is normal in their own way, so how could you call someone not normal just because his/her  behavior doesn’t clash with yours? The word NORMAL does not exist in the human world. If it did then we would all think, act,and behave in the same way, and my dear fellows we wouldn’t have had a developed world.

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I must say that I full on agree with you! At first I thought that their there was no right or wrong answer, but now I believe that if someone tells me that there is such a thing as “normal”, I will laugh and walk away. Everyone is too individually unique, to pin down such a thing as “normal”. People are different and we can’t say that there one right way of doing something and that is the normal way. There are many right ways to do things. Just like there are many many many types of normal. Every single one of us is special and is normal in their own way. You are allowed to be different, because your differences might be the things that make you seem normal other people. Normal is either non-existent or everyone is it. I am not normal and neither are many of us.

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Violence can be a reasonable response to an unreasonable situation.

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I have to disagree with the person that said this. Violence is a negative means of getting what you want or satisfy some sort need. VIOLENCE COULD NEVER HELP ANYONE. No matter how unreasonable or senseless a situation is, it is never okay to deliberately physically endanger another. A reasonable response is not punching someone in the face or mentally torturing them. Violence can only make a situation worse. Violence is just a result of being to angry or protective, but that is no excuse for harming someone else to satisfy yourself or to feel fulfilled.Violence is a form of greed because its selfish to think that physical fights are beneficial. For example: In the book we see that after Christopher’s father finds out that Christopher has been writing the book about the mystery of Wellington’s death. As soon as Christopher’s dad finds this out, he goes full on crazy. They were both surprised, but obviously Christopher’s father was angrier. They fought over the book and at the end of the day, they were both physically hurt, and Christopher suffered memory loss for those moments. His father was injured and felt really bad after it all happened.

Another example are the wars going on around the world in different countries about different things. One country might be wrong or both might be at fault,but both of them get violent. In an ideal world, there would be world peace because the violence will be silenced. Everyone would be at peace and no houses or population will be ruined. To conclude, I strongly believe that violence truly helps no one in anyway. It doesn’t benefit anyone. Many people might argue that violence is a useful way to get their way, but people that think violence is even a remote option, then those people are “unreasonable”.

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Picture 1: Logan Lerman--> “Christopher” I think he would defintely be a suitable candidate to play to the role of Christopher in the movie. Because he has played an actor much like Christopher, he will find it easy to play a interesting, smart boy. Logan Lerman played a shy, mentally different young man in another movie with similar characteristics to Christopher.

Picture 2: Melissa Ponzio--> “Christopher’s mother” She will portray the role of caring ,yet scared at times, mother perfectly. In the hit tv series ‘'Teen Wolf’, she plays a single mother that got scared and almost abandoned her son. Melissa’s character in the show is similar to Christopher’s mother.

Picture 3: Brad Pitt--> “Christopher’s father” Brad Pitt is just purely amazing. He could play any role and nail it. He has years and years of acting and character experience. Since he played so many characters with so many individually challenging stories and personalities, he could easily play a caring father with anger issues. He has played a dad, a psychopath, an angry man, and many more. He could dig into his years of talented acting and act this part.

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Normal? 😕👻😳

“There is no such thing as ‘normal’ when it come to human beings.” Christopher says that in the book. I completely agree. At times people might feel like the people around them are normal and they are just observing the normal do normal things wishing that that could be them. Little do they know that the 'normal’ people might feel the same way. I think people mistake the word normal and common often. Just because something is trendy or common doesn’t mean that that is the normal way of doing things. There are common or socially easier ways of doing things, but that doesn’t make it normal. Normal is boring. It is similar is perfect but in a bland way. Certain people think that perfect is some fantastic gift that few posses, but truthfully, perfect is normal. Normal is unoriginal. Every single person is different. Some choose to embrace it and others choose to ignore it. I think those are the 'normal’ people. Being 'normal’ might be easier but being different is more interesting and less boring.

No one is normal in this book. All of them have different problems and different talents. Christopher is highly intelligent but he lacks in basic human skills. Christopher’s father has a good heart and didnt abandon his son when things got tough. Even though he posses that lovely quality, he also he’s angry very quickly. He might not mean to, but he does. Normal is average and I don’t believe anyone is average. There is something special about each person deep down. Not trying to be inspirational or cheesy, but that is very true. No one is average. No one is normal. It doesn’t exist. Personally, that’s what I think and I am happy about it.

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Christopher’s Decision

Christopher just found out some distressing news about his mother and Wellington. It turned out that Wellington was murdered by Christophers father and Christopher's mother was still alive out there somewhere. Christopher's father had lied about both of these things. This was a great shock to Christopher so he made a decision. Christopher decided that he had to get out of the house because he didn't feel safe living under the same roof as his father. He decides this on page 128. He came to the conclusion that he should live with Mrs Shears. Unfortunately she didn't answer the door so he decided that he would go live with Siobhan, then he remembered that she works at the school and she couldn't take care of him. After that, he decided to go live with uncle Terry but changed his mind. Next option was Mrs Alexander but then he remembered that couldnt because she was not family nor was she a friend. Finally, after logical reasoning, Christopher decided to go to his mother on page 129. He figured out that this was a logical and safe place for him to be.

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“The struggles I'm facing, The chances I'm taking Sometimes might knock me down, but No I'm not breaking, I may not know it, but These are the moments that, I'm gonna remember most, yeah Just gotta keep goin', And I, I gotta be strong Just keep pushing on, 'cause”

Miley Cyrus, “Hannah Montana” star (Miley Stewart), was facing major issues at  this time. While she was writing this song. People judged her because of her eating disorder and told her she couldn't act nor sing. Singers, actors, and famous people face adversities every minute of everyday, but Miley didn't allow it to get the better of her. She released this song and so did the producers of the “Hannah Montana” show where she debuted her singing and acting talents. She overcame and she procceded forward becoming extremely famous.

This entire song is about overcoming adversity, but I think this section captures the whole concept perfectly.  The things that we face in life that we do not ask for might hurt us and knock us down, but we don't allow it to break us. We stay strong and sturdy even though there are people and things out there that try to hurt us and challenge us, we don't allow it to get the best of us. We rise above it and accept it. And fight back. Hence know as overcoming adversity.

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People say that you always have to tell the truth. But they do not mean this because you are not allowed to tell old people that they are old and you are not allowed to tell people if they smell funny or if a grown-up has made a fart. And you are not allowed to say "I don’t like you” unless that person has been horrible to you.

Chapter 73 , page 46-47

Christopher is confused about the world. He thinks logically and not emotionally. You and I understand why we cannot say these things, but Christopher doesn’t. We know that this is wrong to do because it might bruise their feelings, which is bad. But all Christopher understands is that he you shouldn’t say it even though it’s the truth. He doesn’t getthats it’s good to tell the truth under most circumstances but better to not say anything in others. The world is more confusing because Christopher favors logic over feelings. And because he doesn’t understand the reasons behind truth-telling, and with-holding truth.

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Social Networking

Social networking helps us better connect with the world in many different ways. There are many disadvantages and advantages to social media, and this just so happens to be one of the good things in my opinion. It helps you connect to the world. Social networking can help introduce us to new businesses and help them flourish. We can be exposed to things we never thought we needed before, until someone or something shows us what we’ve been missing. For example, if someone had a special problem and they didn’t what to do, they could just search it up online, and find all sorts of things about the particular topic. They could find out the symptoms, the side effects, treatments and more! Then social networks can direct to a company or place that makes or sells a treatment or mental help to process this thing. Social media/network can help a lot when you are in trouble and you don’t know what treatment you need. Social networks also allows you to be anonymous, so you can connect with others who share the same troubles or tribulations.

Social networking can bring someone that is socially different out of there shell. Because social sites allow you to anonymous or use a different name, you are not forced to interact under pressure. People don’t have to be pressured to be something or someone they are not. Social networking lets you interact with people around the world and connect better. For instance, if there was a student at school that didn’t have much experience or desire to talk face to face, because he or she was scared. Social networking can help that person connect with people online, instead of being left out. He or she might have a lot to say but he or she has a problem so it’s harder to talk. Talking online might make this person confident enough to talk outside of the Internet later.

Last of all, social media can help us make stronger connections to the people we already know. For example, your friend posts a picture about a charity or disease and shows compassion. You might have never known how she felt about this subject until she posted about it. You already know your friends family, but social networking can make you connect in closer way based on the things each other posts, shares, likes and comments on.

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This woman above was denied the ability to posses both legs, but that didn't stop her from doing activities that require legs. She could've been all negative for the rest of her life and felt sorry for herself for not having legs, but she didn't. Many people would've done that and so many people do do that. Which is highly understandable for people that face similar circumstances. Because not all people can accept the fact that they have a disability or disorder, but she did. Obviously that must've taken her some time and effort. But accepted it and then adjusted. She accomadated herself when she knew that she wanted to run races. She didn't just think of it as just a dream, she thought of it as one of her goals. Even though there were many obstacles and challenges that were against her, she made her goal into a reality. She was given something that she didn't ask for, and she tried to cope and move on. She had to cope with this tragic disability and she made it work. In other words, she overcame this adversity in her life, and accepted it as a part of her.