Angela+Constantino

Angela Constantino

Expository Essay When I look into other people lives it teaches me how lucky I am. For example, when I see a poor person on the street I see how lucky I am to have a home and have food in front of me every night. Also, when I see someone who is mean and disrespectful to their elder I see that the consequences to their action aren’t so good so that teaches me to respect my elders. When I see other people life’s it shows how to control my actions to learn from other people mistake and study their ways to know how lucky I am and how to make the same mistakes they did. What can you learn about your to their self by studying the lives of others? We can learn about our self by studying the lives of others in many ways. One way is in the book __Maniac Magee, __Jeffery Magee goes threw a situation where he doesn’t know about the racism in life. If I was in that situation It would be hard for me knowing that I can’t communicate or have a friendship with any type of race. That shows me how lucky I am to be in a time period where I can be friends with different races. In the book Maniac Magee, Jeffery (Maniac) is homeless because his parents died in a car accident. And has to live a rough life. I know if that was me I would go crazy. He also had to live without his parents. If I had to live without my parents I couldn’t live at all. Going through life without a home or parents and education must be very hard. It shows me how others life help me make the decision for mine. I remember the time when I saw my friend talk badly to her mother and father and parents. Her consequences weren’t so good. It teaches me to respect others. To treat others the way they want to be treated. She also treats her friends very badly and lost a lot of them. Friendship and family is the best things in life. You have to learn from mistakes. From studying other people’s lives, it showed me about how lucky I am and how not to make a lot of mistakes. By studying the lives of others, it helps me learn about myself!

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12/2/10 Comprehension Questions chapters 13- 15 questions 2, 4, 8, 11, 19 2. How did sister kenny learn to treat the polio symptons? Sister Kenny learned to treat polio symptons by hot packs. 4. Why did Peg workr so hard in school? Peg worked so hard in school becasue when she could get discharged and could go back to school she wanted to be at the same level with the rest of the kids. 8. what did Miss Ballard compare Peg learning to walk again to? Miss Ballard compared Peg walking to small steps, beacsue when Peg was walking fast she said small steps. 11. Why did Peg have to learn to walk all over again? Peg had to learn to walk all over again because she paralyzed from the neck down for 3 months and she lost the mobility. 19. what was different about peg's school at the hospital? What was different about peg's school was that her desk was more comfortable. and at her old school it was 8 hours, and at the hospital it is only two hours long. And the hospital has different books.

Angela Constantino 11/10/10 Open Ended In the story "Small Steps" by Peg Kehret Peg gets mad at the nurse because every 30 minutes you are supposed to get turned. Peg wanted to get turned again and it was only 10 minutes that had went by. The nurse isn't aloud to turn Peg over whne only 10 minutes has gone by. It is a hopital rule to turn the patient evey 30 mintues. And the nurse was following the hospital rules.I think Peg does the right thing by telling her parents that the nurse wouldn't turn her, because if it were me or the nurse. You would expect that your paralyzed and when you say you want to be turned that you would get turned. Then the next day Peg got a new nurse. I know how Peg feels because when I was little I was in the hospital and I was really sick and I asked for something to drink and the nurse said I couldn't have something to drink because I was in a room where you couldn't have something to drink, so I told my mom who worked at the hospital and I was able to have something to drink, and it was free.

11/2/10 Put yourself in Peg's place, how would you feel? If I was in Peg's place, i would feel depressed. I Would feel depressed and because having three different types of polio, and can't see my Mom or Dad and have to be very far away from them and can't go home. I would be depressed because I am in a hospital room by myself and just found out that I have another type of polio! The thoughts going through my mind would be why is this happening to me, and how did polio even diagonis me? Every possible thought would be in mind saying how did I get polio? It was hard enough finding out that I had polio but finding out that I have three different types of polio, spinal, respitary, and bulbar. I would just want to go home back to my house be with my parents and hope that polio would go, away. I would have alot hope and won't stop hoping.