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The question, in a culture where we are bombarded with other people trying to define us, how do we make decisions for ourselves, means that people are coming and criticizing the decisions that we make that are best for ourselves. When it says bombarded with other people trying to define us it is saying that people are trying to tell us the decisions that are right for us. Then, when it says how do we make decisions for ourselves it is explaining that we shouldn’t worry about what other people think and do what is best for us. The story //__Out Of the Dust__// relates well with this question. Most people preferred to move west to get away from the dust. Billie Jo thought it was the right thing by staying right where she was. People probably thought she was crazy but that didn’t matter because it wasn’t affecting them and it wasn’t their choice. A quote said from Billie Jo “you can’t run away from something that is inside you.” Which means you can’t run away from something that is in your life and a part of you. If Billie Jo did leave she would leave her dad who has skin cancer alone by himself. In our school the rules try to define us. There are certain things at our school that allows and prevents us to wear. We should be able to define ourselves and not worry about getting in trouble. Some of these rules are taking away our individuality and our style. Even though our school is trying to define us with these rules we still can make decisions for ourselves and what we want.

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=media type="custom" key="8735900"= =12/2/10= 2) sister kenny learn to treat polio symptoms by rubbing the kids backand/or shoulders

6) the docters in the united state accept sister kenny and her treatments before the docters in australia beacause she had lots of children to cure the docters at sheltering arms realized that she cured lots of kids with polio and they need her to cure the kids in sheltering arms.

8) miss ballard compare peg learning how to walk again to being a baby.

11) peg had to learn how to walk all over again so she can regain her strenth to go home and back to school and also she had to learn to walk agian because she needed to learn how to use the walking sticks because she didn't know how to walk that well and she didn't know how to use them as well as her and the nurses imagined.

19) the differnce about pegs school at the hospital was that they had dirrerent books then the time that she had at her old school before she had polio. =__11/22/10 __= Respond in a paragraph: What does this quote mean? How does Peg use figurative language to get her point across? Also, what does it reveal about Peg's character?

In the book small steps: the year i got polio by peg kehret on Chapter 9, "Sunday Visitors," by the quote "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." she means when her room mates were listining in on her conversation she want them to stop being nosey but then she realized nobody goes and visit the girl so she felt bad and just let them listen in on the converation. by "A window of understanding opened in my mind" she meant that she could understand why they would they were eavesdroping. she said she thought they were eavesdroping because they all havent seen there parent in over about 3 years and peg saw her parents every sunday so thats what she meant when she said "A window of understanding opened in my mind, and the breeze of compassion blew in. peg uses figurative language to get her point across when she said "A window of understanding opened in my mind, and the breeze of compassion blew in. she didn't really get up open a window and let commpasion in or when she said a window of understanding opened in her mind when theres not even really a window in somebody's mind. finally this reveals that peg character is creative smart and thoughtfgul she i she is creative because she thought of a great figuritive languge quote, she i smart because she put it in a way a professional would , and finnaly she is thoughtful because she thought about her roomates and realized they dont have noboidy at the moment this is what i think it reveals about her character.

11/15/10

In the story small steps: the year i got polio by peg kehret peg got mad at the nurse for not turning her. a reason peg has to be mad with the nurse is because the nurse didn't turn here knowing that peg had polio and i know if i had polio i would want to turn and i wouldn't be able to move because i would have been parilized. another reason peg has to mad is because the nurse was being mean and the nurse could have just explained it to her. in the story i think peg does the right thing by telling her parents about the situation but peg could have put her self in the nurse situation and noticed that if the nurse turns her she would have to turn everyone else so i got to go with both peg and the nurse.

11-2-10 In The Foot Steps Of Peg Kehret's parents

if i was to put myself in pegs parents footsteps i would fell sad, depressed, and scared. i would feel sad because i wouldn't be able to see my child. scared and depressed because i dont know what or when anythings could happen to peg. the thoughts going through my mind was what is going to happen to peg and is she going to make it. i think that peg will make it even though she got three types of polio. the first type of polio she has is bulbar polio, spinal polio, and respiratory polio. the worst polio she could have is the bulbar polio. if peg were my daugter i would call her every day just to let her know im still thinking of her and tell her that i love her just incase it's my goodbye. i would write her every day and in my letter i would would tell her again i love and send her pictures of the family so she wouldn't feel so bad. also in my letter i would let her know what going on at home and how much i miss her. i wouldn't want to be in peg's parent situation because i wouldn't be able to stay that far from her i atleat would go to the hospital and see her through a window. this is what i would do if i was in peg's parents fooy steps.

In the story small steps: the year i got polio by peg kehret peg got mad at the nurse for not turning her. a reason peg has to be mad with the nurse is because the nurse didn't turn here knowing that peg had polio and couldn't move another reason peg has to mad is because the nurse was being mean. in the story i think peg does the right thing by telling her parents about the situation but peg could have put her self in the nurse situation and noticed that if the nurse turns her she would have to turn everyone else.