Week 8 at Whitney Young

This week was actually pretty okay. I didn't have too many quizzes this week, but I have a lot of projects this weekend. In gym, we had to go outside in the 40 degree weather in shorts and t-shirts, which wasn't very fun. In mandarin, I have like a million assignments due next week. In English, we had an essay due today. I think it was a pretty easy prompt to write off of. In world studies, she gave us one of the biggest projects that I'm pretty sure any of my classmates have ever received. In art, I have a finger print portrait due soon. Finally, in Geometry I passed some of my standards! I'm also doing better at understanding what I'm doing in the class. Also, boys high school swimming starts soon, and I'm planning on joining.

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Essay

Julian Green

Period 4

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Essay

    Arnold Spirit is a Native American that lives on a reservation with his family members. His family is very poor and most people become alcoholics when they get older. Arnold’s father, in particular, is an alcoholic who will sometimes not come home for days because of his drinking problems. Arnold also was born with many birth defects. On the reservation, he was made fun of because of his big head, big feet and hands, skinny body, stutter, and lisp. He was often bullied at school and even belonged to the, “Black-Eye-of-the-Month-Club.” Arnold also draws cartoons to portray the emotions he feels since he thinks that “words are too limited” (pg.2-5). Finally, Arnold was convinced by his Geometry teacher, Mr. P, to leave the reservation to find hope; and he listened.

    Arnold Spirit is an assimilationist who abandoned his people. Arnold left his reservation   to go to Reardan to find what Mr. P called, “hope.” He basically tried to make his life better in a place with no hopeless, thrown-in-the-towel, negative Native Americans that would most likely end up staying in the reservation for the rest of their lives. Arnold also admired the kids at his new school. On page 50-51 of the book, he describes the white kids at Reardan as magnificent, beautiful, smart, epic, and filled with hope. Arnold also had to travel over twenty miles to get to school. This is significant in justifying that he wanted to find hope out of the reservation so badly, that he’d go anywhere to get what he needs to become something better than most Native Americans became. Thus, proving that abandoning the reservation was the only way to not get mentally “killed” or become hopeless.

    Arnold’s life at Reardan is significantly harder and more lonely than his life on the reservation. At home, Arnold would be surrounded by family members and friends that he had spent his whole life with. He had friends and family that made him laugh and enjoy being Native American. But, at Reardan, he was a social outcast. On page 83, it states that he had no friends, no one talked to him, no one sat at lunch with him, and no one barely even looked at him. He was basically invisible to his classmates, and that certainly must’ve made finding hope at his new school much harder. But, some might argue that when Arnold left the reservation, he could’ve been trying to find hope in himself so that he can bring hope to the reservation and end the stereotypes and hopelessness that surround the people he’s grown up with. But, leaving the reservation, abandoning the people he knows, and starting his life over would be the only way to bring up his community and bring hope to the reservation.

Emily Dickinson Power Point Link

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1oGjbaEVwtHnVBMQGrWYX_OpuJZu1mrr4iTBQFFN4tGo/edit?pli=1#slide=id.gd073393fd_0_10

Week 7 at Whitney Young

This week surprisingly went by quite fast. But, this week was also a pretty hard week.  I had quite a lot of homework this week. Usually I only do homework until about 10:00 at the latest, but this week, some days I was up until about 10:30 doing homework. That was pretty stressful. I also had some pretty hard swim practices this week. That sucks because I have a swim meet this weekend and I'm swimming 6 events. I also didn't have very many tests this week. Only in Mandarin and Geometry. Hopefully next week will be even better than this one.

Week 6 at Whitney Young

This week went by really quickly. We only had two full days of school because of holidays and testing. Monday was Columbus Day; although I'd rather call it Indigenous Peoples Day. Tuesday was a full day of school, and it was pretty hectic. My teachers notified me about all of the tests and quizzes I had and I got really stressed out. Wednesday was PSAT testing for Sophomores and Juniors. All 7th, 8th, and 9th grade students didn't have to get to school until 12:00. So, I got to sleep in during the week, which rarely happens during the school year. Thursday was third Thursday, so we got out of school at 1:40. Friday was the second full day of school during this week. Friday was also pretty hectic because I had to take a couple of tests that could really make or break my grades. Overall, this week was pretty nice.

Week 5 at Whitney Young

This week was pretty long, but also pretty fun because this week was spirit week. Monday was pajama day. I wore red and black pajama pants and a black t-shirt with a grey sweater. Tuesday was twin day, and I twinned with my friend Kaela. Our outfits were mostly the same, but the sweatshirt I wore was blue and green while her sweatshirt was only green. Wednesday was way-back Wednesday. Unfortunately, this way the only day that I didn't have anything to bring. Thursday was class color day. The freshmen class color was green, and since my last name is green, I won candy in my World Studies class. Finally, Friday was Whitney Young color's day. I don't own very much orange, but I had a giant blue sweatshirt and blue shoes to help complement the orange bead necklace around my neck. This week was also pretty hard because I had around 8 quizzes to study for. Progress reports also come out next week, and I have all A's and a C in geometry (which is way higher than the F I had last week).

Pronoun Agreement / Grammar Lesson Link

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