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Cody Lee

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How do we define who we are?

We can define who we are by what we like. What we do. What we have. What we need. I guess you could just say we define who we are by our personality. Our personality determines a lot about who we are. Without a personality then you can’t define who you are. A personality is what somebody remembers you by Everyone has a personality. Including me. My personality is smart and good at video games. This is what everyone remembers me by. Without this no one will be able to tell what I do and who I am. This is why a personality is so important. It shows what and who you are. I can relate this back to a book I recently read, Maniac Magee. In this book there is a kid named Maniac who likes to run, care for others, and untied coble’s knot. Everyone knows about him because of what he did. This is his personality. Everyone knows about him by his personality. Your personality is what everyone will remember you by.

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== =__ 11/22/10 __= ====**In Chapter 9, "Sunday Visitors," Peg gets a visit from her parents. At first, she is annoyed by her roommates' involvement in their conversation, and Alice's reaction to her parents. Reread pages 83-84.**==== ====**Now consider the following quote from page 84: "A window of understanding opened in my mind, and the breeze of compassion blew in. From that moment on, I was glad to share my visiting family with my roommates."**==== ====**Respond in a paragraph: What does this quote mean? Does she literally mean that a window was opened? If not, then why did she say there was a window? Also, what does it reveal about Peg's character?**====


 * In the story Small Steps By Peg Kehret, the quote means that she understood why alice didn't ask for anything when Peg's parents asked Alice what treat she wanted. The reason why alice didn't ask for anything is she has been in Sheltering Arms for so long that she didn't know the outside world and what she was missing. Peg dosen't really mean that a window was open. She said there was a window open because she meant that she knew why Alice didn't ask for anything.**
 * What this reveals about Peg's character is she shares. She shares her parents with her roomates. Also, when Peg's parents bought Peg a radio, peg always shared her radio with Tommy too. Then, when Peg left the hospital, she let Tommy keep the radio.**

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 * Consider the following open ended question. Then, answer the question in ASSI format. Remember: ASSI is two paragraphs long and clearly uses the book to support the answer.**


 * In Chapter 3 of //Small Steps//, Peg has a problem with a nurse who refuses to turn her, even though she is in pain.**
 * **What reasons does Peg have for being angry with the nurse?**
 * **Do you think Peg does the right thing by telling her parents about this incident**


 * In the book, Small Steps by Peg Kehret, the reasons Peg has to be angry with the nurse is because when Peg was in pain and needed to be turned, the nurse refused to turn her. Peg said that her one side was hurting really bad and needed to be turned. But the nurse said that she was just tured no longer than 10 minutes ago and did not turn Peg. Another reason she is angry is the nurse was rude to Peg and very impatient. Instead of explaining why she could not turn Peg, she acted as though Peg was being a brat. This angered her even more.**


 * Peg had the right to tell her parents about the incident becasue Peg was in pain and wanted to be turned and the nurse rufused to turn her.** This is like when I was three years old and I had to wear glasses. My first eye doctor made me wear bifocals and I did not want to wear them because they were hard to see out of. Then my parents went to another eye doctor and told them about my problems with my bifocals. The newdoctor listened and gave me new glasses. I never saw the old doctor ever again and I wore my new glasses all the time. Just like my parents helped me solve the problem of my glasses, Peg's parents helped her solve her problem with the nurse. Telling her parents was the right thing to do.

10/21/10

put myself in peg's shoes. how would I react?

If i were peg, i would be very scared. I have three types of polio and all my ways of living will be destroyed. I wou__ld be in a respirator and not be able to move my body. Also i would not be able to swallow or be able to talk. If i had any trouble i wouldn't know how to tell the doctors. I can't move. Ican't talk. I would have to just sit there and do nothing but put up with the pain. Unless i get lucky and a doctor comes in just as something go's wrong__ 4. Peg worked hard in school because she didn’t want to get held back in the eighth grade. 5. Peg had to learn how to play the accordion because it strengthened her arm muscles. 6. They accepted the sister Kenny treatments because the doctors in Australia thought her treatments of hot packs won’t work. 11. Peg had to learn to walk all over again because she had to learn how to use the walking sticks. 15. She promised Alice that she would sing for her if she forgot the lyrics. 16. She proved getting promoted to the eighth grade by proving she could attend school and having polio at the same time. 18.what challenged her was that her friends kept trying to motivating.