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Casey- Anticipating our next Book

New Book

     I disagree with the idea that if you are in a position of power than you are happy, because even if you have power doesn't mean you have a nice loving family or great friends. I am not saying that all powerful people are sad, but having a lot of power might put a lot of stress into one person. A lot of people who have little to no power are much more happy than the people who have power and everything they want. In the end I think that you can be happy with a lot of power and control, but that is not what makes you automatically happy.
     I strongly agree with the statement of everyone is capable of lying, betrayal, and violence, which are basic parts of human nature. I think that everyone is born with these traits, and that they are changeable at a young age. Personally I think that no one has never lied, because everyone has tried to get away with something by lying to the person accusing them of it. I think that One lie leads to another lie, because you have to cover up your first lie. Overall I think that these are characteristics that everyone is born with.

Hits and Misses

      This year we have done a lot of different writing topics. My favorite one we wrote was the one on the Lord of The Flies. My least favorite piece of writing we have done this year was the essay on our chosen topics about social studies. I feel like I could have learned more while doing this project, but all of the things we had to do with the sources made it very confusing. I think I was focusing to much on just the writing part of the project, and wasn't able to learn much along the way, because I was thinking how I was going to say thing on my paper.
     The reason I liked doing the Lord of The Flies paper is because of how good the book was. The book was very interesting and had many things that you had to pay close attention to or you would have missed it. This made it easy for me to make my paper long enough, and did not have to create bad sentences to lengthen the paper. Overall I think this year of writing has been very good.

My Name

Most people would agree that I have a very unusual name. My first name, Jett, comes from the old  oil movie named Giant starring James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, and Rock Hudson.  James Dean plays Jett Rink in the movie. This movie is my dad's favorite movie of all time. He always said that if he had a son that he would name him Jett.

Luckily, my mom loved the name.  Before I was born, my grandmother used to say "I've got to learn to say his name without laughing".  Gradually, with time, she did learn to say my name without laughing. She actually ended up loving my name and said that she cannot imagine me having any name other than Jett. I like my name and it is a very good conversation piece!

Strategies

     We are currently reading Purple Hibiscus which is a very challenging book. I am no the greatest reader, and do not like to read very much. Since I am not a good reader I had to find new strategies to get through the book faster. My first idea was to just read aloud instead of silently. This technique actually slowed me down so I had to come up with a new strategy.
      The new technique I came up with was to read the material more carefully. This allowed me to not have to reread any sentences which sped my reading up in the long run. This technique helped me understand and finish the book a lot faster. Also this technique allowed me to make better annotations in my book. Overall this technique could help anyone who has trouble reading quick or understanding what they are reading.