#11 ch 17

the boys were mad with the end of the story because the man could have one the contest but instead throws it and threw up over everyone. Gordie might have said that because if someone know how things are with you it might mean they are to close to you or family. the one cardinal rule for kids then was not to be out past curfew. what we learned about chris chambers is... well i honestly i don't remember hearing anything about him so personally i didn't learn anything.

#10 bullying

My opinion on bullying is it dumb. I mean the only reason it happens is because he/she has problems and is too stuborn to talk about them or when someone gets it in thier head that their better than someone or everyone. it really bugs me when it happens because there is no reason for other people to suffer because you are stuck up.

#9 body theme

a theme in the book "the body" would be emotional i would say. I chose emotional because in the book their seems to be alot of seens/stories that involve it. For instance the story about tommy and his ears being burned by his father or when tommy and the guy from the junk yard got into it. I remember the man saying things about tommies day. I also picked it because every book seems to have alot of emotion because of creating the rising action.

#8 CH 14

the train incedant in chapter 14 will effect the boys relationships by making them less trusting with eachother and maybe blaming one another. it was a possible life ending event that none of them will probebly wanna take the blame for so they might scapegoat. they might get over it in a bit of time but right away they will be super defencive.

#7 scape goats

The tori Stafford is an example of scapegoating. Near the begining of the case people seemed to attack the dad. Simlpy because he was so upset about his daughter had gone missing and he couldn't bear to speak about it. people seemed to take that as he was suspicious he had been hiding something. It turned out it wan't him and people just had no answers so they were looking for anything. This was a scapegoat because people had no facts, no answers and no fingers to point so they picked the weakest victim and went for it.

#5 teacher fired

A teacher fired for giving a zero and breaking the "no zero's" agreement. he clams that the student didn't hand in the assignment so he put a zero down. I personally don't see what he did wrong if the kid failed to meet the dead line then he deserved it. In the real world if something is due you have it in on time no excusses. the guy did nothing wrong unless preparing kids for the real world is a crime.

#6 The Body ch.13

Teddy got so angry about milo pressman bashing his dad because, he was bringing up the truth that teddy dint see what teddy blocked. althought his dad burned his ears severly he doesnt have his mom anymore. His dad he will care and like no matter what he is the only thing left. it didn't help that tommy had been making fun of the guy and taunting him. it tends things seem worse when you go from a good time to a bad time.

#4 My celebrity chosen

The greatest conflict my celebrity would have faced is getting out of his country and being seen. He came from a poor little city that isnt really spoken of and seen. Type of conflict would have had to been person .vs. world. Another example he had to impress the "world" directly (ex. coaches, fans, players, sponsers). overall person V.S. world would have to be the conflict.

#3 The lunch date

The more interesting charactor would have to be the black guy. He is seen in the station when the girl gets a salad and leaves her salad and gets a fork. When she comes back she assumes he had taken the salad and had been eating it. turns out it wasnt her salad her salad was a booth over and he still shared it. After the salad then goes and gets some coffee. This carachtor seemed to be the most interesting because they mad him look and actions look bad ye he turns out to be a good guy.

#1 back to the past

Dear 12 year old Nick
over the course of four years i have learned that well it doesnt get easyier. I say this because well you still go to school you will still have bad teachers but but you will also have good ones. high school.. well it ionteresting a lot more freedom you can go out for lunch and well teachers wont be nagging you to do this do that , as much. i probebly should have started with grade 8 but insted i jumped to high school well because its not really bad four years and your out in the real world, anyways grade 8 well again interesting but by the end of it you will feel ready and set to go to high school. One last thing before i go well becareful high school has gone by faster than i have realized.

#2 school year in three words

interesting, good, bad

This year in english

In English this year i would like to get a 75% or higher. I would also like to improve my ability to read and write better. i want to accomplish handing in my homework more. i would like to improve my vocabulary and learn more about the meanings of words. lastly i want to improve my punctuation.