So this week I spent:
2 hours on my papers
20 minutes at the writing center, I know how to fix my problem now-- hopefully
1 hour finishing Deadly Little Voices by Laurie Faria Stolarz
You haven't seen that title in a while huh? well my book was downstairs and it was midnight and my nook was near so... :D
10 minutes on Me Talk Pretty One Day
I know not a lot but the week was hectic, I plan on reading some later this week-- finishing it maybe??
A total time of:
210 minutes on all this stuff
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
"No greater good/ world peace stuff"
Wow, this is a tough question... well if I could have ANYTHING... I guess I would choose to change a few things.
I want
my dad to not have broken his hip when
I was three and he fell
I want
my best friend's mom to
have survived cancer
again
I want
my grandmothers dog to not be so burdened with problems
like her owner
I want
my brother and I to get along better-- not just
like hugs and stuff but like
actually getting along-- playing
tag and hide and seek
like we used to, having these
actual meaningful conversations, no matter how long
I want
to talk to my aunt in
California-- she never visits
I want
my cousin to have not
divorced her first husband-- he had a
Scooby doo bowling ball
I want
a lot of things I know I cant have...
Including stuff
Just. For. Me.
If I could get
anything--
just for me
It'd be
a slide from my room to downstairs
I've always wanted one of those
It'd be
to learn how develop film photography
you know, the "old fashioned way"
it sounds so cool
and the pictures look so pretty
It'd be
to go to one of those week-long summer
music festivals
where all the bands are on my play list
at home
It'd definitely be
to have one of those ladders on wheels and a track
attached to a huge bookshelf
I'd want to visit
Santorini, Greece, where
the buildings are all
white
and blue roofs on
some
with the gorgeous
water and
view from the cliff
Last
but most certainly not least
And don't judge me on this one
I need to have some star
in here somewhere
I'm a teenage girl--
I'd want
to visit the set of Sherlock and meet
Benedict Cumberbatch and
Martin Freeman
Because they are amazing actors
in and out of the show
And I don't mind a
British Accent
:)
Two characters we have met this year that have really wanted something are Tambu and, well I guess I could say Piggy. Tambu wanted an education. She didn't want to be this wife her whole life-- she wanted to learn and get a job. I liked her ambition and her willingness to move out and live with her uncle and how hard she focused and tried at her studies. She was going to start living like an Englishman and she was going to accept lots of their culture while trying to retain her own culture, which was nice. She wasn't going to forget anything, she was just going to make more memories.
I say Piggy because he wanted to fit in. He didn't want to be a group outcast the whole time and he was such a nice person and I liked his courage to stand up, even if it took a while, and say what he thought and how he stuck by it. Even though he died, he was a great character who wanted to fit in and would stick with people nice to him to be heard and belong.
I want
my dad to not have broken his hip when
I was three and he fell
I want
my best friend's mom to
have survived cancer
again
I want
my grandmothers dog to not be so burdened with problems
like her owner
I want
my brother and I to get along better-- not just
like hugs and stuff but like
actually getting along-- playing
tag and hide and seek
like we used to, having these
actual meaningful conversations, no matter how long
I want
to talk to my aunt in
California-- she never visits
I want
my cousin to have not
divorced her first husband-- he had a
Scooby doo bowling ball
I want
a lot of things I know I cant have...
Including stuff
Just. For. Me.
If I could get
anything--
just for me
It'd be
a slide from my room to downstairs
I've always wanted one of those
It'd be
to learn how develop film photography
you know, the "old fashioned way"
it sounds so cool
and the pictures look so pretty
It'd be
to go to one of those week-long summer
music festivals
where all the bands are on my play list
at home
It'd definitely be
to have one of those ladders on wheels and a track
attached to a huge bookshelf
I'd want to visit
Santorini, Greece, where
the buildings are all
white
and blue roofs on
some
with the gorgeous
water and
view from the cliff
Last
but most certainly not least
And don't judge me on this one
I need to have some star
in here somewhere
I'm a teenage girl--
I'd want
to visit the set of Sherlock and meet
Benedict Cumberbatch and
Martin Freeman
Because they are amazing actors
in and out of the show
And I don't mind a
British Accent
:)
Two characters we have met this year that have really wanted something are Tambu and, well I guess I could say Piggy. Tambu wanted an education. She didn't want to be this wife her whole life-- she wanted to learn and get a job. I liked her ambition and her willingness to move out and live with her uncle and how hard she focused and tried at her studies. She was going to start living like an Englishman and she was going to accept lots of their culture while trying to retain her own culture, which was nice. She wasn't going to forget anything, she was just going to make more memories.
I say Piggy because he wanted to fit in. He didn't want to be a group outcast the whole time and he was such a nice person and I liked his courage to stand up, even if it took a while, and say what he thought and how he stuck by it. Even though he died, he was a great character who wanted to fit in and would stick with people nice to him to be heard and belong.
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Fading
I'm slowly slipping
Falling
Tumbling down
A dark rabbit hole.
Or so it seems.
Will people notice me gone?
Will it be tomorrow
Or will it take days
Weeks
Months...
I want to fade fast
Not like those old posters that hang in store windows forever
Forgotten
The smiles and pretty colors faded to grey over the months leaving behind
This worn out piece of paper
Barely holding onto its tape
Neglected
I want to fade like someone's
Favorite stuffed toy
The one who goes everywhere with them
They are so
Grey and
Tattered and
Patched but
Never get forgotten. Ever.
They are Loved
I get forgotten.
I get left in
Places I don't even know or
Remember
Where will I end up this time
There are numerous possibilities
Real or
Unreal; those are the best
Once you get there you don't seem to ever fade away
I feel faded.
No color left.
But the sad thing is
I miss it
The color
The fun
The laughter
With real people- its not the same here
Wherever "here" is
I didn't want to fade like this
It's depressing and dull.
This is miserable.
I can sometimes come back, though
If I try really hard
I can
Be colorful
Be fun
Be a person I want to be
And its nice
But then I remember
I'm fading.
Like daylight at an early dusk
It comes unexpectedly
Like far sight in a deep fog
frightening me
And I think to myself
I don't want to go
Back
I want to stay.
But I cant.
I never can.
I have to fade.
I have to go.
Not forever
Maybe not for long.
I'll be back someday.
I promise.
I'll be fun
I'll be colorful
I'll be "me"
But its time to fade
Time to blend in with the background
To recess into the trees
To become part of the lovely scenery.
So until next time
In this poem, I used enjambment to emphasize certain points and words to make a statement and to make simple phrases more dramatic within the poem as a whole. I alluded to the book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll because Wonderland is this fantasy place that is made up by the main character- Alice- that she just falls into and how it seems so amazing but when she gets back she's glad she's back. It's like how the narrator is feeling in the poem-- how its so wonderful because she doesn't fade but then she wants to go back because its not the same. I used anaphoras to connect ideas with one theme-- what the narrator wants to be, what she has to do, what she isn't anymore. I put similes into the poem to show how she fades. Its not this sudden thing, and it comes back, so she gets back, but it gets dark and foggy and she has to disappear to her "Wonderland".
Falling
Tumbling down
A dark rabbit hole.
Or so it seems.
Will people notice me gone?
Will it be tomorrow
Or will it take days
Weeks
Months...
I want to fade fast
Not like those old posters that hang in store windows forever
Forgotten
The smiles and pretty colors faded to grey over the months leaving behind
This worn out piece of paper
Barely holding onto its tape
Neglected
I want to fade like someone's
Favorite stuffed toy
The one who goes everywhere with them
They are so
Grey and
Tattered and
Patched but
Never get forgotten. Ever.
They are Loved
I get forgotten.
I get left in
Places I don't even know or
Remember
Where will I end up this time
There are numerous possibilities
Real or
Unreal; those are the best
Once you get there you don't seem to ever fade away
I feel faded.
No color left.
But the sad thing is
I miss it
The color
The fun
The laughter
With real people- its not the same here
Wherever "here" is
I didn't want to fade like this
It's depressing and dull.
This is miserable.
I can sometimes come back, though
If I try really hard
I can
Be colorful
Be fun
Be a person I want to be
And its nice
But then I remember
I'm fading.
Like daylight at an early dusk
It comes unexpectedly
Like far sight in a deep fog
frightening me
And I think to myself
I don't want to go
Back
I want to stay.
But I cant.
I never can.
I have to fade.
I have to go.
Not forever
Maybe not for long.
I'll be back someday.
I promise.
I'll be fun
I'll be colorful
I'll be "me"
But its time to fade
Time to blend in with the background
To recess into the trees
To become part of the lovely scenery.
So until next time
In this poem, I used enjambment to emphasize certain points and words to make a statement and to make simple phrases more dramatic within the poem as a whole. I alluded to the book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll because Wonderland is this fantasy place that is made up by the main character- Alice- that she just falls into and how it seems so amazing but when she gets back she's glad she's back. It's like how the narrator is feeling in the poem-- how its so wonderful because she doesn't fade but then she wants to go back because its not the same. I used anaphoras to connect ideas with one theme-- what the narrator wants to be, what she has to do, what she isn't anymore. I put similes into the poem to show how she fades. Its not this sudden thing, and it comes back, so she gets back, but it gets dark and foggy and she has to disappear to her "Wonderland".
Monday, April 8, 2013
Reading over the Break??
Well, my reading for over the break happened on the last few days... oops?:)
Anyways, here are my times for the week before the break: I picked up Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris again!
It's amazing... haha these aren't the times... but these are:)
Wednesday, March 27: pages 109-120, 15 minutes
120-134, 15 minutes
Thursday, March 28: pages 134-158, 30 minutes
Friday, March 29: pages 153-158, 5 minutes
158-168, 10 minutes
not much of a gap here!! Haha only maybe like 9 days..? (oops)
Sunday, April 7: pages 168-196, 40 minutes
196-216, 35 minutes
Total: Well this is cool, 150 minutes even (I promise I didn't plan this:) yippee!
Anyways, what's really important, book response stuff:
This book, wow. At first, sorry I wasn't all that into it-- the guy, David Sedaris, spends a lot of time explaining different jobs and stuff he did, this book is like a written documentary but funnier and pretty cool once you get into it, which includes quite a few choices that a 15 year old, or anyone really, should be making. But that's not the point-- but if you read that really long, run-on sentence in the middle there you'll realize why. Or better yet read the book, because at page like 115, it really gets good.
Sedaris' word choice and how he describes all the stuff he did-- living in Paris, New York life, food, the movie theaters in Paris, America vs. Europe through others and his eyes, his family and what they're like, and his Walkman radio (just to name a few)-- are written in a way that sounds-- in your head(unless you read out loud which is cool)-- like a friend talking to you which is really cool. Also, the way each chapter has its own mini-story in it while connecting to previous ones in references and the fact that its in the same book, well its really neat because you get all this information about him.
Writing in first person is fun to read because its like you're saying it and experiencing it after a while of just straight reading the book. And, to my great excitement, on page 172, the book all made sense, even though there's more to it. I even underlined the phrase... and I don't write in books often, or like at all really.
Anyways, Sedaris' book Me Talk Pretty One Day, is just absolutely amazing and I am excited to be 3/4 through it because it seems his life is getting more interesting while he does less and, I don't know, this book reminds me of The Elegance of the Hedgehog, which I read a while ago because of the complex meaning that seems to be there. Hard to read at first but by about this mark you're laughing and yelling with the character(s) and its just really awesome.
So yep!! Wow its late, 10:00, so night!
Anyways, here are my times for the week before the break: I picked up Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris again!
It's amazing... haha these aren't the times... but these are:)
Wednesday, March 27: pages 109-120, 15 minutes
120-134, 15 minutes
Thursday, March 28: pages 134-158, 30 minutes
Friday, March 29: pages 153-158, 5 minutes
158-168, 10 minutes
not much of a gap here!! Haha only maybe like 9 days..? (oops)
Sunday, April 7: pages 168-196, 40 minutes
196-216, 35 minutes
Total: Well this is cool, 150 minutes even (I promise I didn't plan this:) yippee!
Anyways, what's really important, book response stuff:
This book, wow. At first, sorry I wasn't all that into it-- the guy, David Sedaris, spends a lot of time explaining different jobs and stuff he did, this book is like a written documentary but funnier and pretty cool once you get into it, which includes quite a few choices that a 15 year old, or anyone really, should be making. But that's not the point-- but if you read that really long, run-on sentence in the middle there you'll realize why. Or better yet read the book, because at page like 115, it really gets good.
Sedaris' word choice and how he describes all the stuff he did-- living in Paris, New York life, food, the movie theaters in Paris, America vs. Europe through others and his eyes, his family and what they're like, and his Walkman radio (just to name a few)-- are written in a way that sounds-- in your head(unless you read out loud which is cool)-- like a friend talking to you which is really cool. Also, the way each chapter has its own mini-story in it while connecting to previous ones in references and the fact that its in the same book, well its really neat because you get all this information about him.
Writing in first person is fun to read because its like you're saying it and experiencing it after a while of just straight reading the book. And, to my great excitement, on page 172, the book all made sense, even though there's more to it. I even underlined the phrase... and I don't write in books often, or like at all really.
Anyways, Sedaris' book Me Talk Pretty One Day, is just absolutely amazing and I am excited to be 3/4 through it because it seems his life is getting more interesting while he does less and, I don't know, this book reminds me of The Elegance of the Hedgehog, which I read a while ago because of the complex meaning that seems to be there. Hard to read at first but by about this mark you're laughing and yelling with the character(s) and its just really awesome.
So yep!! Wow its late, 10:00, so night!
Just Give me A Reason
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/pink/justgivemeareason.html
Here are the lyrics!!!
Anyways, I am going to analyze the song "Just Give Me A Reason" by P!nk and so... yep!!
Assonance is shown in the words, start, were, thief, stole, heart, parts, talking, and many other words. By calling the guy a "thief who stole my heart" she's implying that hers isn't out for the taking and it says how good looking and apparently how great he is because if you say that he won her heart its like he tried but by stealing it, it was unexpected and therefore better, really.
Then P!nk goes on to talk about how the guy is talking in his sleep about things he'd never tell her in person and by repeating our love at the end of the phrase, its like saying that its theirs and its important to at least her and by not telling her this stuff its making her feel questioned about their love.
Then the guy sings. By adding a new voice, its making it seem like a clam argument kind of because he starts out with how he doesn't know where all of this doubt and accusation is coming from and he tells her that "its all in your mind" so its like saying that she shouldn't doubt him and that everything is fine and that nothing bad is wrong with their relationship.
The chorus, the second time, has both of them singing and the two paragraphs are like both sides of the argument-- one asking him to give her a reason about all the talking and one of him telling her that they can get through this just fine.
By the end, with all the back and forth its like they have figured out the problem and are going to fix it.
The chorus is iambic but the meter itself changes on the line.
Written in the scars on our hearts, and in the stars is a metaphor saying how the two are meant to be together.
that's all I got... I am so confused...
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Did I do this right??
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Here are the lyrics!!!
Anyways, I am going to analyze the song "Just Give Me A Reason" by P!nk and so... yep!!
Assonance is shown in the words, start, were, thief, stole, heart, parts, talking, and many other words. By calling the guy a "thief who stole my heart" she's implying that hers isn't out for the taking and it says how good looking and apparently how great he is because if you say that he won her heart its like he tried but by stealing it, it was unexpected and therefore better, really.
Then P!nk goes on to talk about how the guy is talking in his sleep about things he'd never tell her in person and by repeating our love at the end of the phrase, its like saying that its theirs and its important to at least her and by not telling her this stuff its making her feel questioned about their love.
Then the guy sings. By adding a new voice, its making it seem like a clam argument kind of because he starts out with how he doesn't know where all of this doubt and accusation is coming from and he tells her that "its all in your mind" so its like saying that she shouldn't doubt him and that everything is fine and that nothing bad is wrong with their relationship.
The chorus, the second time, has both of them singing and the two paragraphs are like both sides of the argument-- one asking him to give her a reason about all the talking and one of him telling her that they can get through this just fine.
By the end, with all the back and forth its like they have figured out the problem and are going to fix it.
The chorus is iambic but the meter itself changes on the line.
Written in the scars on our hearts, and in the stars is a metaphor saying how the two are meant to be together.
that's all I got... I am so confused...
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Did I do this right??
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Monday, March 25, 2013
Revisions, revisions, revisions...
I will be revising my Literary Analysis for this project thing-- what exactly is it?-- and I am doing this because my main problems were formatting, although not that big a deal, and formality in the voice, which I have lots of trouble with. And since that is the main problem that I seem to have in lots of places-- I'm not disagreeing but I have slowly realized this...-- I feel like its a good idea to work on it.
Also, I feel like I could have explained what I was trying to get across better, even though I am still trying to figure out how to exactly, but I think it would be a good thing to work on.
The writing center appointment, yeah... I still have to schedule one of those things so I'll just go on now and get to that...
Later!!
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Also, I feel like I could have explained what I was trying to get across better, even though I am still trying to figure out how to exactly, but I think it would be a good thing to work on.
The writing center appointment, yeah... I still have to schedule one of those things so I'll just go on now and get to that...
Later!!
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Reading Times!!
Well, because we were reading Nervous Conditions, I put aside the books that I was previously reading, which were Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris and Deadly Little Voices by Laurie Faria Stolarz. I have picked back up Sedaris' book and have read that one this week. This counts as a new book right??
Times:
Jane Goodall's dilemma: 25 minutes
Figuring out what paper I had (reading the comments): 45 minutes
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris-- 90 minutes
Total: 160 minutes
Me Talk Pretty One Day is this book, similar to The Elegance of the Hedgehog in that it makes you think. It's not just this book with set characters and a plot and there's this amazing story, well it is, but it makes you think and I don't really know how to describe it, but its really good. The first, well, like 200 pages I was SO bored-- the book didn't seem good and I was just like well I want to finish it because its supposed to be good and I don't want to wander about what may have happened, but, after taking a (much needed) break from it, I have found that it really is good-- maybe that's the different chapters or maybe its just that I needed some time off to not be so stressed with what I do not even know...
So, yep, that's it!
Times:
Jane Goodall's dilemma: 25 minutes
Figuring out what paper I had (reading the comments): 45 minutes
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris-- 90 minutes
Total: 160 minutes
Me Talk Pretty One Day is this book, similar to The Elegance of the Hedgehog in that it makes you think. It's not just this book with set characters and a plot and there's this amazing story, well it is, but it makes you think and I don't really know how to describe it, but its really good. The first, well, like 200 pages I was SO bored-- the book didn't seem good and I was just like well I want to finish it because its supposed to be good and I don't want to wander about what may have happened, but, after taking a (much needed) break from it, I have found that it really is good-- maybe that's the different chapters or maybe its just that I needed some time off to not be so stressed with what I do not even know...
So, yep, that's it!
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Plagiarism Problem
Plagiarism is a very serious problem which has serious consequences. You all have heard this before-- hopefully-- but plagiarism is basically stealing the work of others without saying you did. This happened with Jane Goodall's new book: Seeds of Hope: Wisdom and Wonder from the World of Plants, in that some of her sources that she used for phrases and such that were useful she did not site properly, which isn't good.
To evaluate this, you would need to look back through all the sources that she said she used and either compare it with all the book or just go through and make sure that everything is right. It takes time to do this, but it's good someone found this. What makes this situation more serious than it already is is that, well really that it happened, and that the problem was discovered after the book was already published and ready to go on sale.
What makes this less serious sis how Goodall says how she is going to fix it and how sorry she is that this happened and how her publisher says they're sorry. Her co-author, though, Gale Hudson, seems to be partly at blame for just running something like spell check and computer programs and then passing it on, and then she didn't express and remorse about what happened, so that's not too good on her behalf.
Goodall, Hudson, and the book's publisher could fix this problem by, next time or right now, going through their book, each on their own, to go through it completely and check all of the sources with what they have as being from there and any other passages, just in case, and then they might/probably would've found what was wrong.
To evaluate this, you would need to look back through all the sources that she said she used and either compare it with all the book or just go through and make sure that everything is right. It takes time to do this, but it's good someone found this. What makes this situation more serious than it already is is that, well really that it happened, and that the problem was discovered after the book was already published and ready to go on sale.
What makes this less serious sis how Goodall says how she is going to fix it and how sorry she is that this happened and how her publisher says they're sorry. Her co-author, though, Gale Hudson, seems to be partly at blame for just running something like spell check and computer programs and then passing it on, and then she didn't express and remorse about what happened, so that's not too good on her behalf.
Goodall, Hudson, and the book's publisher could fix this problem by, next time or right now, going through their book, each on their own, to go through it completely and check all of the sources with what they have as being from there and any other passages, just in case, and then they might/probably would've found what was wrong.
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Next Year??
Well, in my opinion, the 9th graders next year should read Nervous Conditions, because although some of the book was really boring and seemingly pointless, the projects really helped out with understanding the book at the end, even though they took a bit of time. They were really fun and the book really got better after the first, say, 100 pages or so so it wasn't too bad.
They should read it because you learn a lot about post colonial life in Africa, which isn't too good for those who don't have much money, and you get let into the life of someone who lived it, that someone being the character Tambu and you can see how British society differs from it from clothes to general cultural rules and education. You get to read about how society affects different people, upper or lower class and how they feel "trapped" or completely amazed by the new lifestyle or just disgusted by the whole idea of it.
This book doesn't just show problems that are only prevalent in Africa or Europe at that time, but problems that were happening in America then and now. You get to see how those problems play into the feelings of the people living in the different society and, in the end, not only how the society affects the person, but how the person acts as a result of these affects, whether it be by leaving, completely losing it, or severely beating someone you supposedly love.
All in all this book turned out to be pretty good and it lets you see how nice we have it compared to places like that. Sure we hear that a lot but seeing it on TV, hearing about it in lectures, and reading about it all give you different perspectives on the matter, and quite frankly I believe that next years 9th graders might enjoy the book... after they finish it... but that's not the point. Its not so bad once you really get into it but you can only do that if you really want to... if you are willing to jump off that high dive and get into the book so that you can actually benefit from it and not just read it for the sake of doing some projects for a grade.
I think it depends on the student.
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They should read it because you learn a lot about post colonial life in Africa, which isn't too good for those who don't have much money, and you get let into the life of someone who lived it, that someone being the character Tambu and you can see how British society differs from it from clothes to general cultural rules and education. You get to read about how society affects different people, upper or lower class and how they feel "trapped" or completely amazed by the new lifestyle or just disgusted by the whole idea of it.
This book doesn't just show problems that are only prevalent in Africa or Europe at that time, but problems that were happening in America then and now. You get to see how those problems play into the feelings of the people living in the different society and, in the end, not only how the society affects the person, but how the person acts as a result of these affects, whether it be by leaving, completely losing it, or severely beating someone you supposedly love.
All in all this book turned out to be pretty good and it lets you see how nice we have it compared to places like that. Sure we hear that a lot but seeing it on TV, hearing about it in lectures, and reading about it all give you different perspectives on the matter, and quite frankly I believe that next years 9th graders might enjoy the book... after they finish it... but that's not the point. Its not so bad once you really get into it but you can only do that if you really want to... if you are willing to jump off that high dive and get into the book so that you can actually benefit from it and not just read it for the sake of doing some projects for a grade.
I think it depends on the student.
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Reading... or really "project-ing" times
Happy St. Patrick's Day!!
All of my time this week has been spent on Nervous Conditions projects:( I'm excited to actually read next week!!! OK so here goes nothing...
Sunday 3/10:
play list songs for each chapter: 90 minutes (so much harder than I originally thought)
through out the week:
play list reasons and lyrics: 85 minutes (chapters 1-8)
Sunday 3/17:
film study: well I watched Bend it Like Beckham and the time spent on the paper portion would be about 25 minutes
interview: 45 minutes
play list reasons for songs and lyrics: 20 minutes (chapters 9 and 10)
Wow the play list ended up to be pretty challenging but I think that Morgan and I did a good job of it and the movie, Bend it Like Beckham, was SO good!!! The paper portion took some thinking but I finally got it, or at least I hope I did. The interview wasn't so bad and I guess I did alright but won't know until its graded ha ha so yep!
All of the projects I did seemed to require thinking about/knowledge and undertsanding of the book and since I knew about it-- I read it-- the understanding part kind of got me at a few point so that was hard about the projects...
3...2...1..lift off!!!
To infinity and on to Wordly Wise cards!!
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All of my time this week has been spent on Nervous Conditions projects:( I'm excited to actually read next week!!! OK so here goes nothing...
Sunday 3/10:
play list songs for each chapter: 90 minutes (so much harder than I originally thought)
through out the week:
play list reasons and lyrics: 85 minutes (chapters 1-8)
Sunday 3/17:
film study: well I watched Bend it Like Beckham and the time spent on the paper portion would be about 25 minutes
interview: 45 minutes
play list reasons for songs and lyrics: 20 minutes (chapters 9 and 10)
Wow the play list ended up to be pretty challenging but I think that Morgan and I did a good job of it and the movie, Bend it Like Beckham, was SO good!!! The paper portion took some thinking but I finally got it, or at least I hope I did. The interview wasn't so bad and I guess I did alright but won't know until its graded ha ha so yep!
All of the projects I did seemed to require thinking about/knowledge and undertsanding of the book and since I knew about it-- I read it-- the understanding part kind of got me at a few point so that was hard about the projects...
3...2...1..lift off!!!
To infinity and on to Wordly Wise cards!!
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Reading Times
Well, for the past week (again) all I've been reading has been Nervous Conditions and I can finally say that I have finished it!! OK so these are my times:
3/4: 45 minutes, 15 pages
3/6: 30 minutes, 12 pages
3/7: 65 minutes, 43 pages
3/9: 50 minutes, 39 pages
Total: 190 minutes, 109 pages, and a new book to start reading!!
I mean I ended up not being completely against anything involving this book, but the ending...really? She basically told us to read her sequel to hear the rest but the thing is, this book was at a point to where if she just added an epilogue or something or took out some of the pointless parts (sorry but she rambled some at times) then she would have had room to add some stuff about what she wants to talk about in her book or something like that... Am I making any sense at all? Anyways, this book ended up being actually OK so that's good, but, honestly, I am glad to be able to finish and then start new books that I have picked out:)
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3/4: 45 minutes, 15 pages
3/6: 30 minutes, 12 pages
3/7: 65 minutes, 43 pages
3/9: 50 minutes, 39 pages
Total: 190 minutes, 109 pages, and a new book to start reading!!
I mean I ended up not being completely against anything involving this book, but the ending...really? She basically told us to read her sequel to hear the rest but the thing is, this book was at a point to where if she just added an epilogue or something or took out some of the pointless parts (sorry but she rambled some at times) then she would have had room to add some stuff about what she wants to talk about in her book or something like that... Am I making any sense at all? Anyways, this book ended up being actually OK so that's good, but, honestly, I am glad to be able to finish and then start new books that I have picked out:)
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Sunday, March 10, 2013
How to Act
Well, at home I can really just be myself. The only rules really being don't set the house on fire, don't knock the stuff off the mantle/bookshelf/console, don't sneak out (even if there is no way to), don't talk back (too much), go to bed by midnight when a friend is over, and wake up when woken up so we don't miss the bus. The expectations that are set out for me are good grades (A's and B's), doing all homework, and just not acting out at school, at home, or anywhere else. Those are the rules that my mom really has. My dad is sort of the same but his has do the chores that I need you to do ex. weeds in a difficult place for him to get to, laundry on Tuesdays because Mrs. Gloria comes on Wednesdays, and things like that. He expects me to have good grades too but he is big on paying attention. He always brings home new words/stories for us to read, every night, and if he comes in to explain something on the sheet, its better for you/polite to listen, and zoning out isn't great even if you couldn't care less about the subject he's talking about. Turning on the alarm when people leave, lights out in empty rooms, fans off, things like that are the rules I follow.
At school, the rules are pretty basic: follow the dress code, try not to get sent to the honor council (not really a rule but you still should try not to be sent), no PG-13 PDA, don't steal, and all that stuff that would get you sent to the honor council? don't do it. Expectations are to strive for excellence in classes and sports because we're Episcopal, your parents are paying for this great school with great education and great sports, so do well!
Certain classes expect certain things too and have different rules such as band: rules: don't throw your/the school's that you're paying for instrument, don't yell, don't talk when Mr.T is talking, and send in your band tests on time. Expectations are you can play the music he gives you. For me its just to be quiet in voice but to be louder when playing, only one of those really works for me, you can guess. That you'll understand and carry out correctly the drill charts for this years performance thing. Marking time right, doing the moves right, not hitting anyone in the back of the head while walking too close by accident is something to really try not to do in band. In math the rules are no gum, no cheating, for our class no hoarding math books because the other side of the room always has them and you have to share, and pay attention to the lesson. expectations are to keep up and do well, for me there's to actually go up to the board more than one time in a school year, which I have accomplished and to not get C's in her class, according to my parents.
Science: don't fail. English: participate and do all homework. Latin: do notebook, homework, and participate in class. PE: dress out and participate for a grade unless physically unable.
At the camp i work at there are rules too. When it's at Dufrocq: don't run under the lower ceilinged (my new word:) portion of the auditorium, don't go on the stage, don't spill (too much) paint on the carpets, and don't run down the halls. When at the art gallery: don't run in the gallery, don't touch the fire trucks in the museum or the art on the walls, don't let kids ride the elevator unless they have to, and don't be too loud because people are working in the offices next door. Expectations of staff no matter where the camps are are to make sure the kids follow the rules, to fill in when a teacher isn't there, and to pay attention to the kids during the classes, not out phones, and not a friend we work with.
Swim practice: ( I know the season is over but I spent a lot of time there so I'm gonna put it in)Rules: no running on the deck, don't get in before a coach is out, do entrance and exit abs, do the dry land circuits right unless you want a lecture and repeat, don't slack, water bottle at EVERY practice is the big one, meet with Alex/Coach Anderson before and after your races, and come to all meets/practices unless solid excuse. Expectations: to keep up with the lane you're in, to have fun, to swim your best at the meets, and to play a rough rock paper scissors game to get your chocolate milk.
Those are my rules/expectations on how to act.
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At school, the rules are pretty basic: follow the dress code, try not to get sent to the honor council (not really a rule but you still should try not to be sent), no PG-13 PDA, don't steal, and all that stuff that would get you sent to the honor council? don't do it. Expectations are to strive for excellence in classes and sports because we're Episcopal, your parents are paying for this great school with great education and great sports, so do well!
Certain classes expect certain things too and have different rules such as band: rules: don't throw your/the school's that you're paying for instrument, don't yell, don't talk when Mr.T is talking, and send in your band tests on time. Expectations are you can play the music he gives you. For me its just to be quiet in voice but to be louder when playing, only one of those really works for me, you can guess. That you'll understand and carry out correctly the drill charts for this years performance thing. Marking time right, doing the moves right, not hitting anyone in the back of the head while walking too close by accident is something to really try not to do in band. In math the rules are no gum, no cheating, for our class no hoarding math books because the other side of the room always has them and you have to share, and pay attention to the lesson. expectations are to keep up and do well, for me there's to actually go up to the board more than one time in a school year, which I have accomplished and to not get C's in her class, according to my parents.
Science: don't fail. English: participate and do all homework. Latin: do notebook, homework, and participate in class. PE: dress out and participate for a grade unless physically unable.
At the camp i work at there are rules too. When it's at Dufrocq: don't run under the lower ceilinged (my new word:) portion of the auditorium, don't go on the stage, don't spill (too much) paint on the carpets, and don't run down the halls. When at the art gallery: don't run in the gallery, don't touch the fire trucks in the museum or the art on the walls, don't let kids ride the elevator unless they have to, and don't be too loud because people are working in the offices next door. Expectations of staff no matter where the camps are are to make sure the kids follow the rules, to fill in when a teacher isn't there, and to pay attention to the kids during the classes, not out phones, and not a friend we work with.
Swim practice: ( I know the season is over but I spent a lot of time there so I'm gonna put it in)Rules: no running on the deck, don't get in before a coach is out, do entrance and exit abs, do the dry land circuits right unless you want a lecture and repeat, don't slack, water bottle at EVERY practice is the big one, meet with Alex/Coach Anderson before and after your races, and come to all meets/practices unless solid excuse. Expectations: to keep up with the lane you're in, to have fun, to swim your best at the meets, and to play a rough rock paper scissors game to get your chocolate milk.
Those are my rules/expectations on how to act.
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Chapter 10-- the last one!
Nyasha-- wow. I still cant figure out whats wrong with her and whatever it is not really good. I feel bad for her:(
The convent seems like a cool place but the place wears a mask. Like sure its prestigious and its hard to get in because of the number of girls they have to choose from but they are segregated, unlike the mission. Unlike anywhere else Tambu had been. She has one room with 5 other girls, 4 wardrobes, really only two to share, hand me down uniforms that cost a bunch, and she doesn't even realize it! or at least it doesn't seem like she cares because she is too amazed by the amazing-ness of the campus and how nice it looks. Its an interesting situation. But then when Nyasha wrote her and she never wrote back because she wouldn't make the time or whatever was rude and her just flat out really ignoring her until the letters stopped are one thing I think contributed to Nyasha going off the handle like she did.
Nyasha has referred to something she said on page 98 in the book multiple times throughout it and its about her being trapped. How she wont be trapped because shes not a good girl, because you always have to keep moving or you'll end up like her mom. She has this fear of being trapped by her parents, and her future mainly.
I'm not too sure, but that's what I think
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The convent seems like a cool place but the place wears a mask. Like sure its prestigious and its hard to get in because of the number of girls they have to choose from but they are segregated, unlike the mission. Unlike anywhere else Tambu had been. She has one room with 5 other girls, 4 wardrobes, really only two to share, hand me down uniforms that cost a bunch, and she doesn't even realize it! or at least it doesn't seem like she cares because she is too amazed by the amazing-ness of the campus and how nice it looks. Its an interesting situation. But then when Nyasha wrote her and she never wrote back because she wouldn't make the time or whatever was rude and her just flat out really ignoring her until the letters stopped are one thing I think contributed to Nyasha going off the handle like she did.
Nyasha has referred to something she said on page 98 in the book multiple times throughout it and its about her being trapped. How she wont be trapped because shes not a good girl, because you always have to keep moving or you'll end up like her mom. She has this fear of being trapped by her parents, and her future mainly.
I'm not too sure, but that's what I think
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Chapter 9
The nuns-- at first I was picturing like those nuns in the movies (Sound of Music, Sister Act etc) wearing the black dress thing with the hat and such but I mean I don't think that they would be disappointed if people from a prestigious school came to look at my class and they just looked off from what I would expect but i understand what Tambu means by that.
But then after taking that test-- the questions seemed weird to me-- she was in her interview and she kept rambling about her amazing life at the mission because Babamukuru was in that life of hers and then she got confused because the nuns wanted to know about her real life at the homestead, and she should have understood why-- because its better to talk about what you've had your whole life than something you've just got that just makes you look fancy and it's not really what you should like most.
She's really smart to have gotten into that school, but all she thinks about is how everything will be better there from food to furniture and it seems like she has really forgotten about all that has happened for her to get here and how she was before when she kept telling herself that she was going to stay the same and not change at the mission and now she's about to change yet again.
Then everyone is talking about her future and all that good stuff and Tambu made a good observation that "[marriage] was irritating in the way it always cropped up in one form or another, stretching its tentacles back to bind me before I had even begun to think about it seriously, threatening to disrupt my life before I could even call it my own" (183), and she finally, for however briefly, realized that everyone was always going to make her future for her and she was never really going to make her own as it was as of that time. Her mother is interesting because to everyone else she's all like "don't take Tambu away! My baby! It'll kill me!!" and then when talking to Tambu: "you're going to become white and I wont be able to talk to you-- you're just being used for someone else's advantages." and so on and so forth and it's confusing as to how she really feels about her daughter.
Then there's Nyasha-- why is she becoming bulimic??
But then after taking that test-- the questions seemed weird to me-- she was in her interview and she kept rambling about her amazing life at the mission because Babamukuru was in that life of hers and then she got confused because the nuns wanted to know about her real life at the homestead, and she should have understood why-- because its better to talk about what you've had your whole life than something you've just got that just makes you look fancy and it's not really what you should like most.
She's really smart to have gotten into that school, but all she thinks about is how everything will be better there from food to furniture and it seems like she has really forgotten about all that has happened for her to get here and how she was before when she kept telling herself that she was going to stay the same and not change at the mission and now she's about to change yet again.
Then everyone is talking about her future and all that good stuff and Tambu made a good observation that "[marriage] was irritating in the way it always cropped up in one form or another, stretching its tentacles back to bind me before I had even begun to think about it seriously, threatening to disrupt my life before I could even call it my own" (183), and she finally, for however briefly, realized that everyone was always going to make her future for her and she was never really going to make her own as it was as of that time. Her mother is interesting because to everyone else she's all like "don't take Tambu away! My baby! It'll kill me!!" and then when talking to Tambu: "you're going to become white and I wont be able to talk to you-- you're just being used for someone else's advantages." and so on and so forth and it's confusing as to how she really feels about her daughter.
Then there's Nyasha-- why is she becoming bulimic??
Chapter 8
Tambu has a right to feel angry at Babamukuru for putting her parents out there as a show of his wealth and also for pretty much blaming them for all of the family problems, but she ends up not being mad, or as mad really, at him after she realizes who she's getting mad at, which is annoying because sure Babamukuru is this educated smart man but everyone needs opinions and needs to be able to say what they think without fear of punishment, right??
And then there is the Lucia/Takesure drama which is totally understandable-- why would you, a woman who can do her own work and is beautiful, want to be stuck with this useless man at this house where your sister's husband wants you too?? Anyways, then Tambu's mom fusses at Lucia for trying to get her out of the homestead and she points out good points such as it doesnt matter what she wants and such because that's how the culture is and then she has her baby-- which is awesome and there's all that family stuff and Lucia gets a job-- which I think was smart of her to do because now she can stay with her sister and make money and not have to deal with takesure and that's all pretty awesome.
Then Nyasha is smart when she says to appreciate and thank Babamukuru but not make him to be a hero because it's like feeding his ego and power and such and he'll be more likely-- as if he isn't already-- to want people to listen to all that he says for no other reason really than that he is Babamukuru. Tambu needs to stand up to him too because its her parents that are getting married and when she finally does she gets beaten which is Babamukuru really being a jerk for her not wanting to go and see her parents be made into some joke- as she thinks the wedding a big one.
Maiguru did the right thing, in my opinion, by leaving and staying away but then Babamukuru brought her back. Why would he do such a thing--- he's the one who let her go in the first place and so I mean there's tons of drama in this book... jeez.
Long post for a long chapter
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And then there is the Lucia/Takesure drama which is totally understandable-- why would you, a woman who can do her own work and is beautiful, want to be stuck with this useless man at this house where your sister's husband wants you too?? Anyways, then Tambu's mom fusses at Lucia for trying to get her out of the homestead and she points out good points such as it doesnt matter what she wants and such because that's how the culture is and then she has her baby-- which is awesome and there's all that family stuff and Lucia gets a job-- which I think was smart of her to do because now she can stay with her sister and make money and not have to deal with takesure and that's all pretty awesome.
Then Nyasha is smart when she says to appreciate and thank Babamukuru but not make him to be a hero because it's like feeding his ego and power and such and he'll be more likely-- as if he isn't already-- to want people to listen to all that he says for no other reason really than that he is Babamukuru. Tambu needs to stand up to him too because its her parents that are getting married and when she finally does she gets beaten which is Babamukuru really being a jerk for her not wanting to go and see her parents be made into some joke- as she thinks the wedding a big one.
Maiguru did the right thing, in my opinion, by leaving and staying away but then Babamukuru brought her back. Why would he do such a thing--- he's the one who let her go in the first place and so I mean there's tons of drama in this book... jeez.
Long post for a long chapter
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Chapter 6
Wow.. Babamukuru really overreacted (in my opinion) and doesn't really know how to raise his daughter (again my opinion) because he's all like "Act according to my culture" and then has his house according to British standards and such so it's like he is putting her in two environments and telling her to act one way at certain times and another at others and it's not fair to Nyasha.
But then Nyasha knows not to talk back because she knows it really annoys her father and so it makes sense that he got annoyed but he wouldn't have to if she just kept to herself really and never stepped out of line-- which isn't fair to her.
Tambu thinks the white people are holy and I mean I get that, from what she's heard of them, but it also seems like they're all amazing but not really that great-- like Nyasha in standards and such... yep. This was definitley an interesting chapter.
But then Nyasha knows not to talk back because she knows it really annoys her father and so it makes sense that he got annoyed but he wouldn't have to if she just kept to herself really and never stepped out of line-- which isn't fair to her.
Tambu thinks the white people are holy and I mean I get that, from what she's heard of them, but it also seems like they're all amazing but not really that great-- like Nyasha in standards and such... yep. This was definitley an interesting chapter.
Monday, March 4, 2013
Searching through the book
Using the "Search Inside this Book" feature on Amazon, I chose to ficus on how the word 'water' was used throughout the book.
At first, you see water being used for cleaning mainly and its from the river, carried in bucket by Tambu every day, and its cold and its later in running pipes and it can be hot too and its kind of like a status symbol-- the hotter the water and if its from a bucket/pipe the richer you are kind of thing-- and at the homestead water is like this necessity and they don't always have enough of it and then at the mission they have an abundance of it and can afford to use it in way more ways than they can at the homestead.
Then it turns into a description Nyasha uses about herself in relation to how Babamukuru treats hr, always expecting her to do whatever whenever with whoever which is like water-- you just pour it where you want it and it does'nt talk back or anything, it just does it.
So it seems like, even though water is this kind of luxury thing it is very easy to deal with and not how a person should be but Babamukuru thinks otherwise but he didn't rise her like that even though he wants her to be different.
So... um yep!
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At first, you see water being used for cleaning mainly and its from the river, carried in bucket by Tambu every day, and its cold and its later in running pipes and it can be hot too and its kind of like a status symbol-- the hotter the water and if its from a bucket/pipe the richer you are kind of thing-- and at the homestead water is like this necessity and they don't always have enough of it and then at the mission they have an abundance of it and can afford to use it in way more ways than they can at the homestead.
Then it turns into a description Nyasha uses about herself in relation to how Babamukuru treats hr, always expecting her to do whatever whenever with whoever which is like water-- you just pour it where you want it and it does'nt talk back or anything, it just does it.
So it seems like, even though water is this kind of luxury thing it is very easy to deal with and not how a person should be but Babamukuru thinks otherwise but he didn't rise her like that even though he wants her to be different.
So... um yep!
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Sunday, March 3, 2013
Nyasha's persona
Babamukuru comes home:
How am I supposed to talk to Tambu and all my old friends and family?? I haven't seen them in so long... how do they live like this? and I feel over dressed, but why do they keep looking at me like I am in nothing? My dress is not that short, its all the rage back in England. I cant believe that I don't remember the language anymore, but at least Tambu gets to come with us to school!! We can actually talk and get along again!! I hope she doesn't think that I have forgotten her...
After Babamukuru beats her:
Why does he hate me?? He complains that I am ungrateful and that I don't act like I should when he's the one who's supposed to raise me!! and I have no friends to talk to and I feel like I don't even belong in this family. it was nice of Chiso to stand up for me but I doubt he'll be doing it again considering how dad responded... and mom thinks I don't notice but she is always taking dad's side, no matter how wrong it was! I don't even know how I am supposed to act and no one will tell me!! I mean, I see the difference between Tambu and me but why wont they teach me?! At least I can talk to Tambu and she'll be there for me..
Did I even do this right??
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How am I supposed to talk to Tambu and all my old friends and family?? I haven't seen them in so long... how do they live like this? and I feel over dressed, but why do they keep looking at me like I am in nothing? My dress is not that short, its all the rage back in England. I cant believe that I don't remember the language anymore, but at least Tambu gets to come with us to school!! We can actually talk and get along again!! I hope she doesn't think that I have forgotten her...
After Babamukuru beats her:
Why does he hate me?? He complains that I am ungrateful and that I don't act like I should when he's the one who's supposed to raise me!! and I have no friends to talk to and I feel like I don't even belong in this family. it was nice of Chiso to stand up for me but I doubt he'll be doing it again considering how dad responded... and mom thinks I don't notice but she is always taking dad's side, no matter how wrong it was! I don't even know how I am supposed to act and no one will tell me!! I mean, I see the difference between Tambu and me but why wont they teach me?! At least I can talk to Tambu and she'll be there for me..
Did I even do this right??
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project reflections
I think that the projects I chose to do were good ones in that characters and their descriptions/actions help me when understanding a book and I like seeing how people act in the real world and how it changes in books depending on setting and other characters.
The blog posts I like because I don't like answering questions off of what I've just read because all of the answers and such just confuse me and writing about what I've read and talking about what I liked and disliked is a way I like.
The book discussion is pretty cool and I like it, even though I am not that much of a talker (in class), and I like talking about what I am confused about (which can be a lot sometimes) and I like hearing other people's questions and getting a new perspective of the book and such.
I like the choices I made in the projects but maybe next book I'll to annotations because I cant read this book without annotating, although it's probably not as much as I would need for the points and such so I might not. But it all depends on the book.
Anyways, that's now I feel about the book and these projects.
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The blog posts I like because I don't like answering questions off of what I've just read because all of the answers and such just confuse me and writing about what I've read and talking about what I liked and disliked is a way I like.
The book discussion is pretty cool and I like it, even though I am not that much of a talker (in class), and I like talking about what I am confused about (which can be a lot sometimes) and I like hearing other people's questions and getting a new perspective of the book and such.
I like the choices I made in the projects but maybe next book I'll to annotations because I cant read this book without annotating, although it's probably not as much as I would need for the points and such so I might not. But it all depends on the book.
Anyways, that's now I feel about the book and these projects.
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reading details
Well, the only reading I did was Nervous Conditions and the C layer 1 projects. So here we go!
Sunday-- part of chapter 4, 30 minutes
Monday-- the rest of chapter 4, 15 minutes
Tuesday-- 1/2 of chapter 5, 35 minutes
Wednesday-- rest of chapter 5, 30 minutes
Thursday-- chapter 6, 40 minutes
projects:
bookmark: 45 minutes
4 blog posts: 20 minutes
During these chapters, I have found the book to get very interesting and complicated. There's the fact that Babamukuru doesn't like his daughter because of how she was raised even though he's partially to blame and then there's Tambu and her new life and a clear look at Nyasha and how she acts at school versus home and how that plays a factor in social life.
Tambu seems like she might end up like Nhamo, not really liking her old home after she returns, later on in the book and Babamukuru seems like he's going to turn out not as wonderful as he seems. I'm excited to see how everyone turns out at the end and how different it is from the beginning or if they change at all.
Sunday-- part of chapter 4, 30 minutes
Monday-- the rest of chapter 4, 15 minutes
Tuesday-- 1/2 of chapter 5, 35 minutes
Wednesday-- rest of chapter 5, 30 minutes
Thursday-- chapter 6, 40 minutes
projects:
bookmark: 45 minutes
4 blog posts: 20 minutes
During these chapters, I have found the book to get very interesting and complicated. There's the fact that Babamukuru doesn't like his daughter because of how she was raised even though he's partially to blame and then there's Tambu and her new life and a clear look at Nyasha and how she acts at school versus home and how that plays a factor in social life.
Tambu seems like she might end up like Nhamo, not really liking her old home after she returns, later on in the book and Babamukuru seems like he's going to turn out not as wonderful as he seems. I'm excited to see how everyone turns out at the end and how different it is from the beginning or if they change at all.
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