The Pregnancy Project by : Gaby Rodriguez

Right now I am reading the book the pregnancy project and it starts off as a back ground summary to Gaby's life time. Gaby is in high right now and everyone in her life is saying that she is going to end up pregnant in high school. The reason people are saying this is because both her mother and siblings had children at a young age. Most of these pregnancies were during high school. Gaby and her family struggled a lot as they were all growing up. Neither Gaby of her siblings have their father with them at the time. She looks up to her mom a lot because she knows everything she has been through to take care of Gaby and all of her siblings. However, Gaby does struggle a lot on her own too because of everything people are saying about her. She goes want to finish high school and have a good future. Gaby doesn't want to have kids in high school because she's seen everything her and her family have through when they had their children. When Gaby was younger her sister just had a baby and was living with the father. But once the baby began to grow, Gaby's sister always left him with her until her mother told her that she could no longer leave the baby with Gaby. After that she saw her sister go through a lot and not one of Gaby's siblings made it through high school. As the book goes a long I wonder what Gaby is going to do about all the rumors going around.


In my opinion the way I see Gaby is that I honestly think of her as a very strong girl. The reason I say that Gaby is a strong and brave is because all her life she has been told that she will be become a teen mother. In the book there are many examples of how Gaby shows how strong and brave she really is. In the text it states that Gaby's father is no longer in her life and that now Gaby sees her mother as a mother and father. She doesn't get sad about the fact that her dad isn't with them anymore she knows that her mom has worked hard enough to get them where they are now. If I was in Gaby's position I don't think I would have been as strong as her and what I really enjoy about this story is that it can relate to many girls lives. I infer that as the book continues it is going to tell more about what people say about Gaby and how everything her family has been through in the past is also going to affect her. However, I also think that Gaby is going to be strong enough to fight back what people say about her.

Goals For 2015

Academic Goal :

One academic goal I want to achieve this year is to get higher grades in science. The reason I want to achieve this goal is because last year I got low test scores. They changed the way the teachers grade so the way the grading system works is by learning a task and then take a test to see what you need to improve on. Last year, I wouldn't really study the way I should've and the outcome of it was lower grades. I let people get in my way to get where I wanted to be. So the way I plan on achieving this goal is by taking more notes and giving it my best to pass and get a good grade. In the end I would like to have a good grade for the end of the quarter.

Personal Goal :

One personal goal I want to achieve this year to be on more sport teams. Last year I was only on two sport teams. The reason I want change it up this year is because I feel like since its my last year I want to get more involved with activities. So this year I plan to be involved with at least 4 more if I have a chance.

The Dairy of Anne Frank

The Diary of Anne Frank is about a girl that writes about her life story while being in the Holocaust. Anne Frank wrote in her diary everyday for two years while she was hiding with her family, since she was a Jew. The diary begins with Anne writing about how it was her birthday and for her present her parents got her her diary. Write now I am reading about how Anne is finally getting used to the fact that she has to live in a secret attic hidden behind a bookshelf. At first she was very uncomfortable because of the lack of space there was in the attic. She would explain that everywhere she went she would bump into her family, because it was her, her mother and father and her older sister. She was also very upset that they had to move because one she could not bring her cat and since Anne is 12 she likes to play around and in the attic everyone had to be quiet because if they were people would her them, and the Germans would be able to find them easier. A couple months later it got worse for Anne because another family had to move in because her father said that there was room for more people. The good thing that came from the family was that there was a boy Anne's age, and she knew him because their dads were already friends. In the beginning they ignored each other because Anne felt like it was unfair of him to bring his cat and she felt like he was taking more of her privacy. But then as she started getting into more conflicts with her mom she found a hiding spot at the very top of the attic. Petter, the boy found her and Anne started talking about how she feels that no one understands her and she feels so alone. In her diary she talks about how she just wants to be a real girl/child, she wants to be free and she wants the Holocaust to end. I will keep reading the Diary of Anne Frank to find out how her story ends. If you want to know more about what happens to Anne and her family then read the Diary of Anne Frank.

In the book the Diary of Anne Frank, she is always asking herself when is the Holocaust going to end? Or sometimes she ask who will put an end to it and when will she be able to go back to how things used to be? These kind of questions make me wonder about what she thinks will happen if the Holocaust stopped. I wonder if her Diary would have ever been noticed even if the Holocaust stopped. I feel like the Holocaust helped many people realize that they shouldn't stay quiet when bad things happen. I wonder what kind of life she would have had if the Holocaust did not last as long as it did or as long as she described it to be. I think that the story will just go on and Anne Frank is going to keep telling her story about what happens while she is in the attic. There are some parts in the diary where she explains that she sees or hears some other Jews or people being captured or sent somewhere else. I wonder if she has any friends that were Jews and if she knows anything about what happened to them. I think Anne Frank is just going to keep telling her story until she gets captured because as some people already know Anne Frank's father was the only one that survived. If you want to learn more read the Diary of Anne Frank herself to find out.

The Holocaust

I believe that many people just stood by and watched the Holocaust take place because they were scared if they stood up and said something to try and help Jews or anyone else being affected by the holocaust, they would be the ones that would either get killed or also hurt. I think what inspired others to stand up and or even resist the Nazis was that they saw so many people and some of them being friends, being hurt or even killed when the Holocaust was happening. I think that those people who stood up just wanted to change the way things were going. I think that those people were tired of being scared and not being able to do anything. I learned that the people who stood up didn't just sometimes just killed, but some also lost their family members because of it. Many people that were upstanders didn't think much before they said something and tired to stop the Holocaust. The reason I say this is because if they did think too much about what they were going to do they might have just thought about themselves and stayed out of it. But the great part about them not thinking about themselves is by not being selfish they were able to get out their and try to stop what was going on. Of course some people did not get far on their protest because they were killed or something happened that they had to stop trying, but the ones that did get far in what they wanted to do to change the way things were helped save so many wonderful lives.

The Perks of being a Wallflower by : Stephen Chbosky

The Perks of being a Wallflower is all written from a boy named Charlie, and his perspective of his own life. The book is about Charlie telling his own life story about how right now he just started high school and he just lost his best friend who committed suicide. Charlie is now starting a new life with new friends and many problems that come with having those friends. Charlie is one of those kids that doesn't really have much friends but then theres this senior in his shop class named Patrick but its a freshmen shop class which makes it funny because of the fact that Patrick is a senior. The first day of shop class Patrick thought it would be funny to make fun of the shop class teacher but then he walked in and asked for Patrick's name, told him that he could either call him Patrick or nothing. After that day Patrick was known as nothing for a while. A couple days later there was a football game and Charlie found nothing sitting with a girl, her name was Sam. Nothing recognized Charlie from shop class so he told him to sit down with him and Sam, and that day was when their friendship started. Right now I am reading about how Charlie has a crush on Sam but Sam had already told him that she is in a relationship and that Charlie is too young for her. Christmas just passed and Sam and Patrick had a party at there house, Patrick and Sam are brother and sister, and each year Sam and Nothing's friends have a party the last day before there winter/ christmas break. Charlie is starting to enjoy hanging around his new friends, but theres a little situation because Patrick is gay and is kind of dating this guy Brad which no one known he is gay and now the word is getting out about how people think is gay. Now, Patrick is having a hard time and Charlie has to be there for him as a friend even though he has his own problems at home. Read "The Perks of being a Wallflower" to find out whats been going with Charlie and his family. I will keep reading to find out anything else that happens next.

While I was reading my book The Perks of being a Wallflower I noticed that the author, Charlie, keeps mentioning something about his aunt that passed away a couple years ago. Charlie keeps saying that his aunt died because of him. In the book it explains that Charlie's birthday is the same day as christmas, and his aunt Helen was the only person that got him two presents every year. One year his aunt Helen told Charlie that his second present was in another place and she had to go drive and get it for him. Then hours later police showed up at his house and announced to his mother that Helen had passed away in a car accident. Charlie blamed himself for it and still does because he thinks she died getting his present. I think that there is something else behind him being so worried about his aunt Helen, and that its not just that she went to go get his present. I infer that later on in the story it is going to explain what kind of connections he had to his aunt Helen and why he has been blaming himself for her death for that passed few years.

Final Blog On "Where She Went" By Gayle Forman

Last week I left off at the part where what I think could happen after Adam goes to see Mia perform live at New York. While Adam is watching Mia, so many memories flash back in his mind from three years ago. He thought about when they were together, happy, and he remembered their first date it was also the first time he had kissed her. When the concert started he thought about seeing Mia after the concert but he thought that there wasn't a really good chance of seeing her because he thought she was going to leave right after her concert. Little did he know that once he tired to see her Mia wanted to see him too. After the they found each other, they went for an all night tour of New York. Mia and Adam walked around all night remembering all the things they went through together three years ago. After they got together they go through so much deciding weather or not they should and want to be together again. Right now I am at the part where secretes begin to come out that happened three years ago too, in the book "If I Stay." While Mia and Adam are together, Adam finds out Mia knows his secrete about what he promised Mia if she would stay and live. I feel like things are going to take a twist if Mia tells Adam that she heard everything going on around her while she was in the hospital. Of course once Mia starts showing that she does know what Adam did/said it is obvious to Adam that she knows something. I'm still reading and thinking about what could happen next if Adam just admits what he said/did. I can't wait to find out if these two end up together, so read to find out if Adam and Mia put aside the bad events in the pass and move forward together. Read "Where She Went" By Gayle Forman to find out more, and "Where She Went" is a sequel to "If I Stay", in order to know what Adam said, you have to read both!

It all started when Adam found out Mia had a concert in New York. He was shocked to see her perform again after she left her home to go to college in New York. Adam hadn't seen Mia for three years until when he went to her concert. After her concert he was the only one that stayed behind in his seat. He wanted to wait for Mia to see her one last time. After that they went for a little walk down memory lane. Mia showed him around her new home in New York city and they talked about everything they went through. Then Adam starts thinking about all the girls he's been with for the passed three years since Mia left him. He's been with so many that he can't even remember all of them. Adam then remembers this one girl that he actually thought he had some what feeling for. But the only reason they met was because of Mia introducing them to each other. He starts to feel bad about it but tries to remember what it was like when Mia left. After that Mia and Adam are having a lot of trouble with deciding on weather or not they should be together. Then it finally comes down to the moment of truth around the ending of the book. Secrets start pouring out about what happened during the time at the hospital and the words said then and there. While this happens it is one of the main reasons Mia and Adam decide if they should be together in the end. In order to know what secrets about the passed are discovered you have to read "Where She Went" by Gayle Forman.

Workers Rights

The argument in the article "Fight for fair treatment of Workers Rights : Don't Buy Nikes" is about how the people that work at the factory that makes Nikes are not being treated fairly. The reason I say this is because in the article it talks about how the workers are only being paid $1.25 a day and their being abused by their bosses. With the money the workers get they can only afford about an 8 by 8 apartment and water. The workers should be given way more money than what they get. They can barely afford that apartment and not to mention all the food they might need if they have to support the rest of their family. The workers are being kicked, slapped, and shoes thrown at them if they make a simple mistake. It worse if the boss thinks the mistake they made messes everything up because they force the workers to stand outside in the hot sun. I think that the workers need to be paid so much more for what they do because it isn't fair for them to work their butts off and not get anything from it but a $1/25. If they can barely afford water than what do they do about food? The workers should not be abused for something so simple or even if the bosses feel like hitting them. These workers have rights, no one should be abused or forced to do anything they don't want to do. By making them stand outside in the sun they are being treated like animals. I learned that so many workers everywhere not just at Nike factory but any other factory too, are being treated unfairly. I honestly think that people should change the way workers are being treated at sweatshops like these.

The argument of the poem was that the person writing it felt like a machine instead of a person because of how their life at work is. I have many reasons as to why I think the argument of the poem was that the person felt like a machine. One of them is that in the poem it clearly says "I feel like a machine" but the main thing about that statement is that they were describing what a machine might feel like. When they described those feelings they connected it back to what they felt themselves. Another thing is that the person explains that they have the same thing going on every single day, and nothing changes. The person feels like a machine because machines don't do anything different. Machines are always going to do the same thing but a person should always be able to do something differently everyday. The person feels alone and trapped because he/she doesn't have any more choices in what to do next its the same thing over and over, their like slaves. The poem is very different from the article because in the poem it explains the role of the job and what its like to do the same thing over and over. It explains what a person feels like being treated like a slave, its like their not even a person their like a machine, and in the article it explains what the bosses do to the workers, like disrespect them and treat them unfairly. The way the form of this poem affected my under of it was by describing what it felt like to be a slave and not have choices. I have many choices right now in what to do in my everyday like but when I read this poem I can some what understand what some workers working at sweatshops must feel like in their everyday life.