Enrique+Rodriguez

Group Essay Christian Dennis and Enrique Rodriguez In a culture where we are bombarded with other people trying to define us, how do we make decisions for ourselves? In a culture where we are bombarded with other people trying to define us, we make our own decisions by my personality and by the worker/achiever I am. In the classroom Christian Dennis and I are over achievers and hard workers but we do tend to fool around in class occasionally but we show our respect to the class and to the teachers. We follow our personality and do not care what other people say. Some may call us nerds but we both know that we will end up with a better education. These traits allow us to make wise decisions ourselves and our actions. In the book __Maniac Magee __ by Jerry Spinelli Maniac Magee is ignorant to the racism between the East Enders and the West Enders and the town. He doesn’t see the difference between the East Enders and the West Enders and Maniac Magee thinks they should be treated equally. Maniac is harassed for going on the East End which is the black side and gets into a bunch of predicaments with a young black. His name is Mars Bar Thompson. Maniac becomes popular with some friends and infamous with others the reason why many others do not like Maniac is because they think every West Ender is racist against the East Enders, also no one on the East Enders is brave enough to cross over to the West side and vice versa. The negative influence from both sides does not change the opinion of Maniac Magee. People have been called nerds, geeks, dweeb, and freak but they agree that they are a nerd, geek, and dweeb because they make decisions for there-selves and they make up who they are because they have a higher level of intelligence. Some kids never agree and let it go to their head but most just agree and forget about it because they know that they will end up with a better career than them. Some kids are racist and tell you, you are a disgrace to your culture and try to put you down but you should never give up and take in negative comments and turn them into positive comments. Some kids let negative comments go to their head that they could never be as smart as me but I tell them brains mean nothing It’s how you use them is what matters. What other people say to me does not change my opinion about myself and it allows me to make a decision that will benefit in the best way.

The subject of my Talent 21 Project is recycling plastic. In my project about recycling plastic I used the sights Google.com and Ask.com.

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Enrique 12/2/10

2. Sister Kenny learned how to treat the polio symtoms by when Sister Kenny recognized that a little girls agony was cause by severe muscle spasms, and she knew the relaxing power of heat. She tore a wool blanket into strips, dipped the in boiling water, wrung them out, and placed them on the child. The little girl stopped crying and fell asleep.

3. Shirley could not go to school every day because Shirley was to weak to stand up straight on her wheel-chair. Shirley could only stand up straight on her wheel-chair for a period of time.

8. Miss. Ballard compared Peg to a 4-year-old baby because she was taking her first small steps on her sticks. But Peg compared her-self to SuperGirl because she went through polio and through isolation and even through the Sister Kenny Treatments!

11. Peg had to learned how to walk all over again because she was paralized for such a long time and she didnt walk for such a long time that she forgot. And also another reason is Peg didnt hhave as much feelings in her legs. And plus she was still going through the Sister Kenny Treatments to relax her legs and then she has what she calls torture time.

15. One nice thing Peg did for Alice was Peg offered to sing with her if she had singing problems at the pegeant.

Enrique 11/22/10

In the book __Small Steps__ by Peg Kehret Peg says "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" that quote means that since her roommates parents never came so she felt compassionate. When Peg said "a window of understanding opened in my mind" that quote does not mean that a actual window opened and it blew compassion in her. That sentences means a metaphor.

11/10/10 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 story "Small Steps" by Peg Kehret, Peg has a reason for being angry at the nurse for not flipping her because what if Peg had a sour back and she was laying on her back?! She would only be calling the nurse because she didnt want the polio to get worse with a sour back. But the nurse refused because if she turned Peg she would have to move everyone else because that would seem unfair to the other people who wanted to get turned and didnt get turned. Peg does have a reason for being angry but the nurse does the right the thing because it would be unfair to everybody else that wants to get turned. Peg was wrong by telling her parents because if the parents convince the nurse into flipping her then all the other moms and dads have a reason to fight for their child or them to get flipped. And all that would do is get exausten into the nurse. And she would be bracking the rules because Peg told her parents then one of the other parents over-heard that then they fought for that right and added that she flipped Peg so the nurse would have to flip Peg.

Enrique Rodriguez 10/2/10 __If I Had Polio__ If I had 3 kinds of polio I would feel so bad I would want to slap myself in the head for not being careful. But I couldn't because I would be paralized from the neck down. And the only thing that I would be only to move is my head! And I would hate that. Then I would be kept in the __isolation__ room! And the only people I would be able to see is the doctors and the nurses. I would never be able to see none of my family members! The only thing that would be going through my mind is "how could I get polio? How if nobody has polio in my town? How could this be"? That would be the only thing going through my head the whole day and I need food and I'm in the __isolation__ room where all the people that have __contageous__ deased. I would cry myself to sleep evryday! That would be treacherous for my life and all my family members that love me! And then if I had 3 diffrent kinds of polio then I would be positive to spend my years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, and seconds as best as I could. Just watching the cieling and looking at other people suffering the same dease that I have. I would feel VERY bad for the people that die of the same dease that I would have. Then that would just make me worry about when would I die? Where would I die. How could I die at young age? Why am I paralized from the neck down. Therefore, I would hate to have 3 diffrent kinds of polio.media type="custom" key="7920146"