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How does what others think about you affect how you think about yourself? “You’re a dork” if someone said that to you, would you really think you were a dork? It really all depends on what you thought of yourself before. Some people take other peoples words and think of whatever anyone says they are they are. Personality, I think that people should make their own decisions about how they look and their personalities.  The book, Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli, relates to this question. It relates because Maniac gets called Fish belly, and he is homeless. So he gets made fun of for that, even though it’s not his fault. Would you enjoy being called names and considered being homeless just because of your appearance? Even though your parents died when you were a young age, and you ran away from your mean aunt and uncle? Isn’t that mean and messed up for getting made fun of that? I think that it should be fair that Maniac got treated like any other person back in that time. I have something that could relate to this question. For example, just yesterday someone said “you’re short.” I just said “Yes I know I am thank you tall person” and walked away. Sense I know I’m short I don’t yell or scream anymore. If you were me and you got called short or small or you look like a mouse you would get used to it

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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?**

Peg has reasons for being mad at the nurse?Well she wanted to get turned over because he back and legs were killing her. Turning Peg over 1 more time is something the nurse can do, not just walk away!! I'm sure that if peg is in pain then all the nurse can do is turn her over. I'm sure if the nurse had 3 different typs of polio then she would understand how much pain Peg is in. Peg did do the right thing by tell her mom and dad about the incident. If Peg didnt tell her mom and dad the same thing could happen the night after. Plus after Peg did tell her mom and dad, a different nurse came in and she was extreamly nice.

//Put yourself in pegs shoes,how would you react?// 11/2/10 **If I could see my self in Pegs shoes i would feel so scared. If the docter told me i was diagnosed with 3 different types of Polio i would freak out, i would cry in panic. I would not like to be stuck in the hospitle for days monthes or even years. Plus what if my nose way itchywhat would i do then?i wonder what would happen if i could not move at ALL! I would not want to have Polio. If i was alive back then and if i knew**

=__ 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 page 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?**====


 * The quote, " A widow of understanding opened in my mind, and the breeze of comassion blew in. From that moment on, I was glad to share my visiting family with my roomates", is from the book Small Steps. It means, she feel really happy to share her family to her roomate because no one ever comes to see them. She said there was a window open, that mean that, Peg just relizes something that happened. What does it reveal about Peg character? It reveals that Peg is kind and thought full. Most people will just be like "Yep this are my mom and dad, good bye", but Peg fell like she is liked more by making other people happy. Well not liked more but she feels like every one thinks she kind and nice.**
 * 3. Shirley couldnt go to school every day because it hard for her to sit up for a long period of time.**
 * 6.The docters in the United States accepted sister kenny and her treatments before the docters in Australia did because the Austalias docters ignored her successes and didnt try her ideas.**
 * 10.Kenny had to carry Peg down the aisle because, it was was too big for her wheel chair down to fit, and to hard for kenny to help her with her walking sticks.**
 * 14.Mary and Josephs cue to start walking down the aisle was the word "//taxed''//**
 * //17.The girls didnt know the boy nthat was going to play Joseph in the pageant because he was in the mens ward and we never ventured there.//**
 * //20.Sister kenny was having trouble gettingh docters to recognize her treatments because her treatment//**