READING REFLECTION 4

I have just finished reading another chapter in my book "the lost boy". I am starting to feel that these reading reflections should only be done beginning middle and ending of a book. Once a week is definitely too much to be writing about a book especially when I only read maybe an hour and a half in a week. I am a slow reader, therefore I feel like im saying my same predictions and comments and questions over and over again, but this week I got to the point in the book where it was a typical happy ending and seemed as if the book should be done, but no. I am only a half way, not even through it. This confuses me because now I literally cannot make a prediction because to me it seems like everything that was supposed to happen, has happened already. I keep saying to myself, “what could possibly happen now”. I hope that the book has a different climax still that doesn’t end so abruptly. When I first starting reading this book, I knew from my past experience of books from this series, that it would be very jumpy and random.

PERSONAL ADDITION

Kind of mean, but this happens SO much to me. You are sick of talking to someone so you say goodnight and then end up on facebook. Coincidentally you get a great status idea..

WRITING REFLECTION 4

This past week we have been working on our “Moment” stories. I found this to actually be very difficult to write about. I felt that I knew what I wanted to write, but I really couldn’t get out how this moment I chose was life changing. My description of the story probably could use some work with more descriptive words and visuals. The solitary confinement we were put in to get these stories going I feel didn’t work for me. I feel I work better when I’m not alone, almost as if seeing others working motivates me. Also being with others you can discuss things you may have questions about. As far as my blog goes, I so far feel pretty accomplished looking at my 16 blog posts. I definitely need to get going on my personal additions though.

PERSONAL ADDITION

Someone just texted me saying that this really weird weather is the starting of 2012. I am going to be completely honest and say that I am so scared the world is actually going to end. I always tend to believe, believable things. Comment if you believe or dont believe !

READING REFLECTION 3

Up until now I’ve been reading the sequel to a child called it, the lost boy.  I constantly have questions about why this person in the book does what he does; this book actually makes me very mad. Knowing this is based on a true story makes me even more frustrated. I’m predicting that this book will never end like it should. I would really enjoy if the mother in this book would either go to jail or get beaten herself. I’m almost at the point where I want to stop reading the book because I really feel like it’s going nowhere. At this point I feel like I cannot relate to this book anymore because it is getting so stupid and it seems as if the people in the story don’t even know how to use common sense anymore. I also am always commenting on even though I really want to stop reading this book, for some reason I NEED to finish it. I feel like I know what is going to happen already but I’m still intrigued somehow. This book is very patchy, meaning it jumps around a lot and doesn’t finish certain parts and then it returns to it later. Still easily comprehendible but takes effort.

KONY 2012

Kony 2012 is a powerful youtube video that persuaded viewers and or turned them away quite easily.

Tonnes of people out there are currently criticizing this campaign for the good or bad, either that it is a really good idea and people want to move forward with it or that it is just another "bandwagon" deal where everyone is down for this change for a week and it slowly drifts away.

In my opinion I feel like this will not last because it really only developed over the internet, which because of that then made it to the news. Making him famous will only get the world to know his face. Its not going to allow us to arrest him any sooner or easier just because we know now what he has been doing.  It just doesnt make sense to me that NO ONE knew about this at all until the past week considering they've been working on this for the past 9 years.  

However, thinking about the youtube "phenomenon" thing now, we will not know where it'll go until it happens. "What are we to make of these criticisms if we are supporters of the Internet as a medium for people to forge, share and voice opinions?" It was our choice to watch the video or not. We can either use it or ignore it, just like everyone has done in the past 26 years (ignore).

There is also talk about the fact that they have mostly targeted young adults with this campaign by putting it on the internet where it is most likely to be found by the easiest persuaded kind of people. "Rather than criticise Invisible Children, I think we might celebrate the growth in awareness among young people"

Invisible children's website shows that the reason they want Kony in the public eye is for the world to come together and watch him be taken down "The goal of KONY 2012 is for the world to unite to see Kony arrested and prosecuted for his crimes against humanity". In my opinion this can be done without making this as huge as they did and in a way blowing it out of proportion. I am all for this, but I am not willing to spend money to get a poster and a bracelet, which coincidentally they don't even have enough product to get it shipped out before april 21st, making it pointless. It all seems fishy to me. Another odd remark is, how did they get a picture of him that close which is in the video?

Overall I feel that as a class we should discuss out loud why and why not this is a good idea after researching it.

READING REFLECTION 2

I am currently reading the sequel to “a child called it” which is called “the lost boy”. Since I enjoyed the first book so much I knew I would love this one just as much if not more. All the questions I had when I finished the last book have been answered already within the first two chapters I’ve read.

The first chapter in the first book ended abruptly and never continued throughout the rest, it however continues into this book. The structure of the novels is very odd, but makes a lot of sense to me. I’ve so far not been as mad at the story as I was in the first book. All the things I wanted the main character to do in his life, involving his mother his health and family he finally did.

I am no longer mad at the novel and want to keep reading as much as I can at once to figure out what is going to happen next, which I can honestly say NEVER happens with me.

I’ve found I don’t use the sticky note technique too well because when I have a question or comment I forget that I should be writing it down and by the time I think to do so, I’ve forgotten what it was that I found important. For now I am just keeping It in my head.

SIX WORD MEMOIR- CONFESSIONS

This is the six word memoir that represents confessions. This is a picture of my cat Sadie; she means the world to me and is always there for me and when I’m upset she somehow knows. “Can truly rely on two people”, one of them being her and the other my mom. I live with both of them full time therefore they are constantly with me and I know their always there.  

taken by: myself

SIX WORD MEMOIR-FAMILY

This is my six word memoir that represents my family.  The ducks in the picture represent how my family always sticks to together and works together much like the family of ducks. We are also a very dysfunctional family, which if you watch a family of ducks you know when something is wrong. “my family is dysfunctional, but great” shows that no matter what happens we’ll always be there for one another,  making them great.

taken by: burningbuilding.blogspot.com

SIX WORD MEMOIR-MY PAST

This is my six word memoir that represents my past. The couple in the picture I chose represents my boyfriend and I. “Where would I be without you?” shows that I’ve been through so much with him and have changed and grown so much as a person that I really don’t know who or where I would be if things didn’t happen like they did. I feel very fortunate that I don’t regret anything about my past.   

taken by: bromden.deviantart.com