REFLECTION 3

REFLECTION FOR OCTOBER 5, 2009

Many people have problems with how they look or even how they are but I learned that having an intelligent mind is good. Because some people see others for how they are and not have a good friends. Because people who have friends, but do not know who they really are, can have bad experiences. This is because at first they can be ok but in the end they can get into problems. This is because I know people that I see on TV. Who gets in problems and get in a bad form of not being ok. Then having friends who like to learn and help is good because people who do not have good manners are bad. Also, when I see people who do not learn, I would like to encourage them to learn. I would like that people can be good in many ways. Also, people even get jealous, and it’s bad. When having a friend who cares about one’s own family, is a good thing.
Then also need to understand that a new friend cannot be with you all the time because they need to work and study. Then also need to help a friend if he needs help to make him know that he can become a better person. Then know that many people are different and have a good humor. Having friends that you can communicate and trust can help the friendship grow. So getting a friend is like having a new family member.

REFLECTION 1

REFLECTION FOR SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

The people have said that learning and having time to read and have more time to learn is better. This is because learning can help people because many people have problems learning. Also, people need to dedicate more time to their learning if they want to become someone. This is because when I was a child my parents would by me books and a lot more things, like taking me different places to learn all different things. When I was little I loved to do sports also I even went to take ice skating lessons because I wanted to become an ice skater but I got sick and was sent to the hospital. This was when my dream of becoming an ice skater ended, but I wanted to at least see it on T.V. Then I said to myself that I should work hard and concentrate more on school, I did that for a while but then I got sick again and I was sad.
The thing that I will never forget is what my grandfather told me; it was to never give up. The words that he told me were, first school, then, have fun. This was because if a person finishes a career or becomes someone professional they can have success. Also have a good life and a good job and my mother and father have a career and even my uncles have careers, and my cousins are going to have careers, and also if I have a career it would make me very happy.

REFLECTION 2

REFLECTION FOR SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

There are people that with there appearance have many chances in the world this has taught me that I cannot have also have time and help with whatever they need. This is because I have help but not help, because I am different and have problems. I would like to have a better life and also have friends. I have friends that are family and when I did have friends it was fun but when they found out what I had they would not be my friend because they thought it was contagious. Then I was sad a lot. But what I found out was family and being with my parents is good. I then found out that just being alone and only dedicating me to school was better. This was because I learn and have fun and be with my parents. Then when I see my parents happy and when we go out wee have fun just the three of us.
The people that protect others are good because I think that they are good people, because they help me a lot and are always there when I get sick. Also, people need to know that the help they get is good in many ways because if it weren’t for the teachers I would not be able to be where I am now. These learning strategies that I learn are good. This is because when I have to learn I like to go to school. I get stronger in mind and more.

APATHETIC

The Word: Apathetic

Part Of Speech: Adjective

The Source Sentence and (Page Number):
I told my father that his “Ship ʹEm Abroad” program didn’t sound too democratic to me, that perhaps included in the freedoms in this country is the freedom to be apathetic. (PG. 118)

Context Clues:
She was totally uninterested in my work.
He’s not uninterested in politics.

Definition:
Having or showing little or no emotion.
Not interested or concerned; indifferent or unresponsive.
Feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent.
Feeling or showing little or no emotion; unresponsive.

Your Original Sentence:
Parents are apathetic to their children when they don’t watch over them or care for them.

NOXIOUS

The Word: Noxious

Part Of Speech: Adjective

The Source Sentence and (Page Number):
Without taking a break, I scrubbed intensely, trying my best not to inhale the noxious fumes. (PG. 127)

Context Clue:
Alcohol, smoking and drugs are unhealthy for people.

Definition:
Harmful or injurious to health or physical well-being.
Morally harmful; corrupting; pernicious.
Harmful to living things; injurious to health.
Harmful to the mind or morals; corrupting.

Your Original Sentence:
Drugs are noxious to health.

ENVIABLE

The Word: Enviable

Part Of Speech: Adjective

The Source Sentence and (Page Number):
Even though their condominium has only a tiny garden, they have managed to cultivate an enviable cornucopia of figs, pomegranates, sweet lemons, and herbs. (PG.98)

Context Clues:
He’s a fortunate person.
He was very fortunate to find a job.
You are fortunate in having no financial worries.
It was fortunate that he came.

Definition:
Worthy of envy; very desirable.
So desirable as to arouse envy.

Your Original Sentence:
The house is enviable in the entire village.

Exempt

The Word: Exempt

Part Of Speech: Verb

The Source Sentence and (Page Number):
The Christian and Jewish children at my school were exempt from religious studies, a face that caused much envy among the rest of us. (105)

Context Clues:
The right of free speech.
Many Countries are free of religion speech.

Definition:
To free from an obligation or liability to which others are subject; release: to exempt a student from an examination.

Your Original Sentence:
Each year more people have been let go from their jobs, and many even return to their native countries each year.