Memories of Summit High
By: Dani
I think my favorite memories of Summit High would be how much fun the classes are. I like to come to school and have easy classes because that will help me graduate, but at the same time I like a challenge.
I think another thing that I like is that I have fun with the people that are fun. Not everyone has a good day, but when most people are it is way fun to just chill with friends and talk about crazy and stupid things. I will miss all the people who make me laugh.
Another thing is that I liked the fact we had prom. That was SO much fun, even though I almost didn’t go because I thought it was going to be lame.
I will never forget my time at Summit High because it helped me to catch up on my graduation. I can’t wait till next year I am graduating and it is going to be amazing.
I will also miss all the people that have helped me through all the hard times I have had at this school, even though I didn’t deserve their help. It shows a lot of courage that people are willing to be my friend even though I am a very hard person to get along with. So, thank you all the people that have helped me.
I am very sad to go, but next year I am going to a new school like normal, but this time it is my choice, so I am happy.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
I think the quote “Tolerance” relates to Persepolis and Hotel Rwanda in so many ways. I especially like the first sentence “ A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe” because it’s saying to me to not classify ourselves by race, groups, sex, anything like that, we are all a people in this world and we all need to contribute our own verses in it. Being a person who wants to shun people away and kill them off is wrong. They need to live and help out in this world.
I think if we were to not veil women and kill of people just because they are not like us is way more then wrong. I can’t explain how much I hate these things. We need to just all get along and let each other express ourselves without violence like we have for the past billion years. And I’m afraid of our generation being the new leaders of the world because I’m not sure anyone in our generation is ready to stand up for what is right, even though we know what we need to do I think we are scared to stand up for it.
I really want a lot more people not just in the school but every where; need to know what is going on in other world countries and not just what’s in our back yard. People need to just come together and realize we are not the only people that go through hell; people everywhere else are going through a lot worse stuff. People are dying not only in America but every where. We need to stop being selfish and help everyone not just ourselves.
Zach
I think if we were to not veil women and kill of people just because they are not like us is way more then wrong. I can’t explain how much I hate these things. We need to just all get along and let each other express ourselves without violence like we have for the past billion years. And I’m afraid of our generation being the new leaders of the world because I’m not sure anyone in our generation is ready to stand up for what is right, even though we know what we need to do I think we are scared to stand up for it.
I really want a lot more people not just in the school but every where; need to know what is going on in other world countries and not just what’s in our back yard. People need to just come together and realize we are not the only people that go through hell; people everywhere else are going through a lot worse stuff. People are dying not only in America but every where. We need to stop being selfish and help everyone not just ourselves.
Zach
MEMORIES
Rachel
I’m not going to miss this school. I came back thinking that it was going to be ask great as it was last year, but it didn’t even compare. I’ve met very select few people that I think I’ll stay in contact with. If I had to pick the very best memory, it would be Clear Creek. It was one of the best things that has happened this year. It challenged me with some of my fears, emotionally, physically and mentally.
As the year comes to an end, there’s a part of me that’s sad. I’m going to be a senior next year and my life is just beginning. I know there’s tons of things ahead that I’m going to have to do throughout life that are going to be hard, fun, etc. It’s all how I look at it I guess.
The staff is just amazing. You are truly heroes in my eyes. The way you strive to reach out to kids is outstanding. I don’t know if I could do the job.
I’m not going to be coming back to Summit next year. I think that my senior year should be spent in a mainstream school, so I can experience what I’ve been waiting for since I was a little girl. I wish the best to all of you. I truly hope that your life takes you where you want it to go. You can have the life that all desire and the life that everyone envies, you just have to want it bad enough. Be willing to step out there and help others to the top.
Rachel
I’m not going to miss this school. I came back thinking that it was going to be ask great as it was last year, but it didn’t even compare. I’ve met very select few people that I think I’ll stay in contact with. If I had to pick the very best memory, it would be Clear Creek. It was one of the best things that has happened this year. It challenged me with some of my fears, emotionally, physically and mentally.
As the year comes to an end, there’s a part of me that’s sad. I’m going to be a senior next year and my life is just beginning. I know there’s tons of things ahead that I’m going to have to do throughout life that are going to be hard, fun, etc. It’s all how I look at it I guess.
The staff is just amazing. You are truly heroes in my eyes. The way you strive to reach out to kids is outstanding. I don’t know if I could do the job.
I’m not going to be coming back to Summit next year. I think that my senior year should be spent in a mainstream school, so I can experience what I’ve been waiting for since I was a little girl. I wish the best to all of you. I truly hope that your life takes you where you want it to go. You can have the life that all desire and the life that everyone envies, you just have to want it bad enough. Be willing to step out there and help others to the top.
TOLERANCE
Rachel
“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space.” –Albert Einstein. We are part of everything. It’s sort of like cause and effect. We choose to do something whether it is good or bad for us or others and it sets off a chain reaction to all these other things. Everyone has a limited time on this earth to find out what they’re meant to do; to find their true purpose. In the graphic novel Persepolis, Marjane-the main character- finds herself in a country she doesn’t know. She is very young and becomes interested in some bad habits. She gets to “experience herself, her thoughts and feelings”, without anyone really telling her that she can’t do this or that. I know that it’s good to have some kind of direction in your life, but it doesn’t always come from the ones that should give it to you.
“This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us.” I flash back to all of the goals I’ve wished to accomplish in life, all the people I’ve loved and all the people I thought loved me. It’s hard to be hurt so many times and still have that thought in your mind that there’s still another boy out there. It’s hard to give someone your heart and trust them not to break it, and then after they do, try again. It’s hard to fail time after time and keep pushing on to achieve what you want. If some of us weren’t stuck in this “delusion” as Einstein puts it, think how much better our lives would be! Marjane is sent away from her family to keep her safe from war, she is in and out of homes of people she’s never even met! I think of myself and all the other children I know in Foster Care and how much it hurts to be taken from the ones you love. Even if it ends up that you being taken were truly the best thing for you it doesn’t take away that pain and the longing you have to actually belong somewhere, to someone.
“Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.” From the beginning of this book I’ve thought about how strong she must be to live on her own at 17 on the streets. She is forced to become independent until she can return home. I believe that she did free herself from the prison of delusion and she saw the people of our world for who they really are. She started developing feelings for her boyfriend Markus and she thought she loved him. They broke up after a devastating scene Marji walked into. But she got out of the prison. She expanded her compassion for others and found her husband. That relationship didn’t work out either, but it definitely proves the point I think. We can all do as she did, and become tolerant of the world we live in.
Rachel
“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space.” –Albert Einstein. We are part of everything. It’s sort of like cause and effect. We choose to do something whether it is good or bad for us or others and it sets off a chain reaction to all these other things. Everyone has a limited time on this earth to find out what they’re meant to do; to find their true purpose. In the graphic novel Persepolis, Marjane-the main character- finds herself in a country she doesn’t know. She is very young and becomes interested in some bad habits. She gets to “experience herself, her thoughts and feelings”, without anyone really telling her that she can’t do this or that. I know that it’s good to have some kind of direction in your life, but it doesn’t always come from the ones that should give it to you.
“This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us.” I flash back to all of the goals I’ve wished to accomplish in life, all the people I’ve loved and all the people I thought loved me. It’s hard to be hurt so many times and still have that thought in your mind that there’s still another boy out there. It’s hard to give someone your heart and trust them not to break it, and then after they do, try again. It’s hard to fail time after time and keep pushing on to achieve what you want. If some of us weren’t stuck in this “delusion” as Einstein puts it, think how much better our lives would be! Marjane is sent away from her family to keep her safe from war, she is in and out of homes of people she’s never even met! I think of myself and all the other children I know in Foster Care and how much it hurts to be taken from the ones you love. Even if it ends up that you being taken were truly the best thing for you it doesn’t take away that pain and the longing you have to actually belong somewhere, to someone.
“Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.” From the beginning of this book I’ve thought about how strong she must be to live on her own at 17 on the streets. She is forced to become independent until she can return home. I believe that she did free herself from the prison of delusion and she saw the people of our world for who they really are. She started developing feelings for her boyfriend Markus and she thought she loved him. They broke up after a devastating scene Marji walked into. But she got out of the prison. She expanded her compassion for others and found her husband. That relationship didn’t work out either, but it definitely proves the point I think. We can all do as she did, and become tolerant of the world we live in.
Persepolis final
I chose the tolerance quote and this is how it goes.
“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. –Albert Einstein
This quote relates to both Persepolis and Hotel Rwanda. In Persepolis, Marjane, the main character, has many problems that lots of teenagers go through: drugs, parties, issues with the law, and many others. I think that at the time she is going through these stages she is just exploring herself. Then she starts to think about how her family would feel if they were seeing her in that position so she cleans up her act and goes into the phase of her personal desires and her families needs. She drifts back and forth exploring and caring for her family. She starts to care about others when she leaves Iran permanently.
In Hotel Rwanda, Paul Rosessabegina is a man with a very important job at a hotel, has good connections, and has a Tutsi wife and he is Hutu. Later in the movie when it becomes a bad thing to be a Tutsi because they are all being brutally murdered, Paul wants to save all of the connections that he has until his family needs help. He says that he can’t help the neighbors or anyone but family. He is in the delusion phase when the only thing that matters is him and his family. When Paul and his family get the chance to leave the war zone, you can see the change on his face when he decides to stay with the many people who are stuck at the hotel. He quickly went from the delusional phase to where he cared about others in the world. He knew that other people needed his help and he gave it. He was a wonderful man.
Aubri
I chose the tolerance quote and this is how it goes.
“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. –Albert Einstein
This quote relates to both Persepolis and Hotel Rwanda. In Persepolis, Marjane, the main character, has many problems that lots of teenagers go through: drugs, parties, issues with the law, and many others. I think that at the time she is going through these stages she is just exploring herself. Then she starts to think about how her family would feel if they were seeing her in that position so she cleans up her act and goes into the phase of her personal desires and her families needs. She drifts back and forth exploring and caring for her family. She starts to care about others when she leaves Iran permanently.
In Hotel Rwanda, Paul Rosessabegina is a man with a very important job at a hotel, has good connections, and has a Tutsi wife and he is Hutu. Later in the movie when it becomes a bad thing to be a Tutsi because they are all being brutally murdered, Paul wants to save all of the connections that he has until his family needs help. He says that he can’t help the neighbors or anyone but family. He is in the delusion phase when the only thing that matters is him and his family. When Paul and his family get the chance to leave the war zone, you can see the change on his face when he decides to stay with the many people who are stuck at the hotel. He quickly went from the delusional phase to where he cared about others in the world. He knew that other people needed his help and he gave it. He was a wonderful man.
Aubri
Over coming Adversity and Challenges
By Nick
“We acquire the strength we have overcome”- Ralph Waldo Emerson
This quote applies to Persepolis because Marjane goes through almost everything you can go through as a kid and a teenager, between drugs and war to being cheated on by her boyfriend. After all she goes through in life she pulls her self together and overcomes her challenges and pulls through all her adversities. She turns her life around and becomes something better then some people thought she was going to be, she wrote a graphic novel.
The quote applies to Hotel Rwanda in a way even greater then Persepolis. Paul, the manager of the hotel saves tons of refugees from death by taking them into his hotel and risking his life by making that choice. The challenges he had to overcome were the fact that he is risking his and his family’s life for the refugees. I believe that at the end of the movie he wouldn’t care if he died as long as those women and children lived, and that made him the strongest man in the world.
In Swing Kids the main character overcame adversity by swing dancing even though it was strictly illegal and could get you sent to a work camp, the challenge he overcame was being a Hitler youth and hating it. Even as a Hitler Youth he still did swing dancing and he was arrested for it and sent to a work camp, when he was in the truck on his way to the work camp he stands up and yells “Swing Heil”. Which shows even in a very dark time in his life he still overcomes adversity.
By Nick
“We acquire the strength we have overcome”- Ralph Waldo Emerson
This quote applies to Persepolis because Marjane goes through almost everything you can go through as a kid and a teenager, between drugs and war to being cheated on by her boyfriend. After all she goes through in life she pulls her self together and overcomes her challenges and pulls through all her adversities. She turns her life around and becomes something better then some people thought she was going to be, she wrote a graphic novel.
The quote applies to Hotel Rwanda in a way even greater then Persepolis. Paul, the manager of the hotel saves tons of refugees from death by taking them into his hotel and risking his life by making that choice. The challenges he had to overcome were the fact that he is risking his and his family’s life for the refugees. I believe that at the end of the movie he wouldn’t care if he died as long as those women and children lived, and that made him the strongest man in the world.
In Swing Kids the main character overcame adversity by swing dancing even though it was strictly illegal and could get you sent to a work camp, the challenge he overcame was being a Hitler youth and hating it. Even as a Hitler Youth he still did swing dancing and he was arrested for it and sent to a work camp, when he was in the truck on his way to the work camp he stands up and yells “Swing Heil”. Which shows even in a very dark time in his life he still overcomes adversity.
I really like the Persian proverb that says “when it is dark you can see the stars.” To mean it means two things, one meaning is that when we are going through the worse times there is always some hope somewhere, even if it seems dim and far away. The other meaning is that during the worst times in history ordinary men and women can become heroes. We are finally able to see the compassion and the love that everyone including ourselves posses. In conflict and trials we find our most notable heroes.
In the graphic novel Persepolis we find a hero in the protagonist and author Marjane Satrapi as she has to live amid the religious upheaval of Iran in the seventies and the war between Iran and Iraq in the eighties. Even after escaping her homeland, Marjane has to survive in a strange country where she is called an Ausländer, foreigner. In Iran Marjane protests against the dictatorial Shah, or king, of Iran, even though people are stabbed, stoned, and shot at these rallies. After the take over of the country by the fundamentalist Muslims, Marjane keeps her independence by listening to American music and wearing American clothes, a crime that could be punishable by death. When Marjane finally gets out of Iran and into Austria, she survives for months on the street in the winter. Marjane got and education so that she could make something of herself. Finally, Marjane got a divorce from her husband, which in Iranian culture made her a sex object because she was no longer a virgin.
In Hotel Rwanda, a humble hotel manager becomes the savior of more than a thousand refugees, at the risk of his own life. The manager, named Paul Rusesabagina, gets caught in a civil war between the Hutu and Tutsi peoples in the small country of Rwanda. Daily in the civil war people are shot in the street, houses are burned, and buildings are firebombed. Paul has to pull as many favors as he can from the white European tourists he has met to keep the hotel itself from being overrun by the Hutu army. Paul is faced with the task of keeping his Tutsi wife and Hutu and Tutsi neighbors from being killed, so he takes them to the only safe spot he knows, the hotel. Paul nearly loses his life trying to get food and water for his hotel guests by meeting with militant suppliers, the only ones with food and water. Finally Paul uses his wits to get his refugees evacuated to Tanzania, saving their lives.
In both of these periods of time ordinary people accomplished the extraordinary. A girl fought against a revolution and a hotel manager saved his neighbors and friends. When it gets dark, we really can see the stars.
Nick B.
In the graphic novel Persepolis we find a hero in the protagonist and author Marjane Satrapi as she has to live amid the religious upheaval of Iran in the seventies and the war between Iran and Iraq in the eighties. Even after escaping her homeland, Marjane has to survive in a strange country where she is called an Ausländer, foreigner. In Iran Marjane protests against the dictatorial Shah, or king, of Iran, even though people are stabbed, stoned, and shot at these rallies. After the take over of the country by the fundamentalist Muslims, Marjane keeps her independence by listening to American music and wearing American clothes, a crime that could be punishable by death. When Marjane finally gets out of Iran and into Austria, she survives for months on the street in the winter. Marjane got and education so that she could make something of herself. Finally, Marjane got a divorce from her husband, which in Iranian culture made her a sex object because she was no longer a virgin.
In Hotel Rwanda, a humble hotel manager becomes the savior of more than a thousand refugees, at the risk of his own life. The manager, named Paul Rusesabagina, gets caught in a civil war between the Hutu and Tutsi peoples in the small country of Rwanda. Daily in the civil war people are shot in the street, houses are burned, and buildings are firebombed. Paul has to pull as many favors as he can from the white European tourists he has met to keep the hotel itself from being overrun by the Hutu army. Paul is faced with the task of keeping his Tutsi wife and Hutu and Tutsi neighbors from being killed, so he takes them to the only safe spot he knows, the hotel. Paul nearly loses his life trying to get food and water for his hotel guests by meeting with militant suppliers, the only ones with food and water. Finally Paul uses his wits to get his refugees evacuated to Tanzania, saving their lives.
In both of these periods of time ordinary people accomplished the extraordinary. A girl fought against a revolution and a hotel manager saved his neighbors and friends. When it gets dark, we really can see the stars.
Nick B.
Mark
The quote I picked is about Overcoming Adversity and Challenges and I picked it because it is part of the summit student creed. The quote is “We acquire the strength we have over come.” * Ralph Waldo Emerson. In Persepolis Marjane has to grow up and make her own choice or she could be killed. She also stands up for what she believes in and takes risks to speak out with she thinks. Sometimes you have to go against the rules to stand up for what is right for you or leave.
With Hotel Rwanda Paul over come a lot of challenges with being in touch with the some of the higher powers. He is able to get the French and some Belgium soldiers to come and get some of the people that are staying in the hotel the “Whites”. Then Paul tells everyone to call and tries to get help and the people that got help get passports. But on the way to leave the radio person is informed and told that the hotel is trying to get people out.
Swing Kids over come adversity with the power of the police being ignorant of not knowing the singers or people that sing swing music. The kids band together and join the bad side and learn how to not get caught.
The quote I picked is about Overcoming Adversity and Challenges and I picked it because it is part of the summit student creed. The quote is “We acquire the strength we have over come.” * Ralph Waldo Emerson. In Persepolis Marjane has to grow up and make her own choice or she could be killed. She also stands up for what she believes in and takes risks to speak out with she thinks. Sometimes you have to go against the rules to stand up for what is right for you or leave.
With Hotel Rwanda Paul over come a lot of challenges with being in touch with the some of the higher powers. He is able to get the French and some Belgium soldiers to come and get some of the people that are staying in the hotel the “Whites”. Then Paul tells everyone to call and tries to get help and the people that got help get passports. But on the way to leave the radio person is informed and told that the hotel is trying to get people out.
Swing Kids over come adversity with the power of the police being ignorant of not knowing the singers or people that sing swing music. The kids band together and join the bad side and learn how to not get caught.
Final- Adversity and Challenges
Watching Swing Kids it showed many challenges. The Nazi’s pressured and brainwashed people into joining the Nazi’s. In the movie there were many problems the boy faced like deciding whether to betray his handicapped friend, turn in the book store owner (ids for the Jewish people), and you can’t forget the woman who knew his father (who was Jewish also). He can’t hurt them because he has a heart and that’s why those challenges didn’t corrupt him. The ending he kept swinging, and ended up in a concentration camp, for the fight of freedom of all people (no matter there color or race they are).
Watching Hotel Rwanda there was many adversity and challenges, Paul started out this movie as a man who only cared about the welfare of his family, but changed to now protect his neighbors (refugees). The Hutu soldiers (or rebels) were after the Tutsi’s, there were no countries that were willing to protect them in the hotel, and also they were running out of food (supplies). Paul waited it out and got everyone to the refugee camps, he wasn’t going to let people kill his people. Thanks to the calls from the higher countries saved them many times also.
Reading the book Persepolis was an experience learning that Marji was just like me in a sense just from a different country. Marji faced many challenges from drug problems, suicide problems, war fighting (Iran), love problems, and just swallowing her pride and wear the vial. Marji faced all these challenges and adversities and got out of adolescents and fought back with little rebels actions and got through it. Although living under these conditions. Marji is a woman with will power and strength (rebelliousness), she’s tough.
Madeleine
Watching Swing Kids it showed many challenges. The Nazi’s pressured and brainwashed people into joining the Nazi’s. In the movie there were many problems the boy faced like deciding whether to betray his handicapped friend, turn in the book store owner (ids for the Jewish people), and you can’t forget the woman who knew his father (who was Jewish also). He can’t hurt them because he has a heart and that’s why those challenges didn’t corrupt him. The ending he kept swinging, and ended up in a concentration camp, for the fight of freedom of all people (no matter there color or race they are).
Watching Hotel Rwanda there was many adversity and challenges, Paul started out this movie as a man who only cared about the welfare of his family, but changed to now protect his neighbors (refugees). The Hutu soldiers (or rebels) were after the Tutsi’s, there were no countries that were willing to protect them in the hotel, and also they were running out of food (supplies). Paul waited it out and got everyone to the refugee camps, he wasn’t going to let people kill his people. Thanks to the calls from the higher countries saved them many times also.
Reading the book Persepolis was an experience learning that Marji was just like me in a sense just from a different country. Marji faced many challenges from drug problems, suicide problems, war fighting (Iran), love problems, and just swallowing her pride and wear the vial. Marji faced all these challenges and adversities and got out of adolescents and fought back with little rebels actions and got through it. Although living under these conditions. Marji is a woman with will power and strength (rebelliousness), she’s tough.
Madeleine
Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “We acquire the strength we have overcome”. And I think that this applies for all three Persepolis, Swing Kids, and Hotel Rwanda. It applies to Persepolis by the fact that she has overcome so many things. Like the divorce, and moving to a different country leaving her parents behind. I mean she had to deal with making a whole new life, and then she was in a country that was in war when she was younger. She lived a very learn full life because she had to do a lot of independence starting at a young age. She had to learn a lot of social skills all on her own.
It ties into Swing Kids by the fact that four friends get split up because two go into Hitler youth and swing then the other two continue to just swing. And the two who join Hitler youth don’t stay as good of friends because one strongly believes everything that the Nazis tell them and the other disagrees with what the Nazis teach them. In the end one of the swing kids commits suicide. He learned right from wrong and he was not going to support wrong even if it meant death. The two in Hitler youth fought but realized that friendship is stronger than what was currently happening with the Hitler youth and the Nazis wanted from them. The two eventually split up one goes to a work camp, and the other goes and stays in the Hitler youth.
It ties into Hotel Rwanda by the fact that the hotel manager has to worry about hundreds of people. When the president died then the Hutu starting killing off the Tutsi. The managers’ whole family was Tutsi same with a lot of his neighbors. Then the hotel becomes a safe spot for them. In the end thousands of people died and over a thousand survived thanks to one man with some help of the rebels, and the U.N. The hotel manager learned that life is important to everyone. He also learned that in any situation good or bad he can always help out others.
James
It ties into Swing Kids by the fact that four friends get split up because two go into Hitler youth and swing then the other two continue to just swing. And the two who join Hitler youth don’t stay as good of friends because one strongly believes everything that the Nazis tell them and the other disagrees with what the Nazis teach them. In the end one of the swing kids commits suicide. He learned right from wrong and he was not going to support wrong even if it meant death. The two in Hitler youth fought but realized that friendship is stronger than what was currently happening with the Hitler youth and the Nazis wanted from them. The two eventually split up one goes to a work camp, and the other goes and stays in the Hitler youth.
It ties into Hotel Rwanda by the fact that the hotel manager has to worry about hundreds of people. When the president died then the Hutu starting killing off the Tutsi. The managers’ whole family was Tutsi same with a lot of his neighbors. Then the hotel becomes a safe spot for them. In the end thousands of people died and over a thousand survived thanks to one man with some help of the rebels, and the U.N. The hotel manager learned that life is important to everyone. He also learned that in any situation good or bad he can always help out others.
James
My report is on heroes a Persian proverb says that “when its dark you can see the stars.” When I first joined mattew ‘s class I thought that the class was going to be super boring but it turned out pretty freaking cool. I really have had a lot fun and then we read this comic or a graphic novel called persepolis it was a really a touching novel. It was a bout this girl in Iran and about how her life was it was kind of weird to read but it grew on me ha ha. And then I read that quote “when its dark you can see the stars”.
Heroes I have hero his name is Jeremy Lusk he was a part of the metal mulisha.
He was just a small town kid just like my self and he made something of himself by just riding his dirt bike. The biggest reason for being my hero is because he came up from nothing and he used to just ride the track and just skip to the big double in the middle of the track. One more thing that I think why I liked him so much is that he just wasn’t as cocky as the rest he was way down to earth but had high dreams. He threw the biggest whip that everyone has seen ever .
On Febuary 10th my hero was crushed he was at the xgames in Puerto rico doing the backflip heartattack . He wrecked the bike landed on him and it broke his neck my dreams were crushed. But just like that quote it made me just want to ride harder and be just as good or better than he was. And that also puts me in the adversity and challenges quote also but now I am a better rider and that I am.
Jake
Heroes I have hero his name is Jeremy Lusk he was a part of the metal mulisha.
He was just a small town kid just like my self and he made something of himself by just riding his dirt bike. The biggest reason for being my hero is because he came up from nothing and he used to just ride the track and just skip to the big double in the middle of the track. One more thing that I think why I liked him so much is that he just wasn’t as cocky as the rest he was way down to earth but had high dreams. He threw the biggest whip that everyone has seen ever .
On Febuary 10th my hero was crushed he was at the xgames in Puerto rico doing the backflip heartattack . He wrecked the bike landed on him and it broke his neck my dreams were crushed. But just like that quote it made me just want to ride harder and be just as good or better than he was. And that also puts me in the adversity and challenges quote also but now I am a better rider and that I am.
Jake
Final
Austin
The quote I am choosing is “We acquire the strength we have overcome” by Ralph Waldo Emerson. I chose this quote because in order to learn and grow we have to overcome our challenges and learn from what we have done.
In Persepolis, Marjane started out being spoiled by her family in a nice place and having nice things. While she was growing up her country started to get attacked and her views began to change. Marjane Moved to Austria on her own and started learning who she is. She chose some wrongs and some rights. She tried being a nun, a punk, a druggy and lots more! While she was overcoming her challenges and learning who she is she grew older too. With time we can learn who we are by what we’ve done.
Marjane’s family and friends in Persepolis also contribute a huge part to who she becomes. Whenever Marjane was having problems she would think about her grandmother. Her grandmothers’ advice helped her to learn and understand things that were happening to her. When she was in the diner eating and all of the people were talking about her saying how she never says where she’s from and that her parents didn’t care she finally realized that she’s Iranian and there is nothing she could do about it. She was proud of that fact though.
The God character in the book that visits her at night is more just her thinking to herself in my opinion. God helped her solve her problems and learn new things by her past actions. She got mad at him once because He didn’t satisfy her questions, so he disappeared for a while until she began thinking about things again. The only one who understands what you need is usually you. You have to learn and grown from the failures and success’ in your life.
Austin
The quote I am choosing is “We acquire the strength we have overcome” by Ralph Waldo Emerson. I chose this quote because in order to learn and grow we have to overcome our challenges and learn from what we have done.
In Persepolis, Marjane started out being spoiled by her family in a nice place and having nice things. While she was growing up her country started to get attacked and her views began to change. Marjane Moved to Austria on her own and started learning who she is. She chose some wrongs and some rights. She tried being a nun, a punk, a druggy and lots more! While she was overcoming her challenges and learning who she is she grew older too. With time we can learn who we are by what we’ve done.
Marjane’s family and friends in Persepolis also contribute a huge part to who she becomes. Whenever Marjane was having problems she would think about her grandmother. Her grandmothers’ advice helped her to learn and understand things that were happening to her. When she was in the diner eating and all of the people were talking about her saying how she never says where she’s from and that her parents didn’t care she finally realized that she’s Iranian and there is nothing she could do about it. She was proud of that fact though.
The God character in the book that visits her at night is more just her thinking to herself in my opinion. God helped her solve her problems and learn new things by her past actions. She got mad at him once because He didn’t satisfy her questions, so he disappeared for a while until she began thinking about things again. The only one who understands what you need is usually you. You have to learn and grown from the failures and success’ in your life.
As I read the quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson that says:”We acquire the strength we have overcome” it makes me think. What does this mean? The more I think about it the more clear it becomes to me. As we go through challenges in our life and overcome them we find a new greater strength among ourselves. Though times may be difficult they are well worth the reward.
In the comic book Persepolis we read about this girl that is growing up during a war. A war between her government, the people and another government. Though I don’t know from personal experience what it is like to live during a war that effects your everyday life I have found that through this womans words that I would definitely not like to have to go through those kind of difficulties. Though I would not want to live in such harsh situations they can prove to be good in a weird sense. When people face difficult moments in their life something inside them changes. People will go from average everyday people to heroes. So many people in this world that you would have never thought would do anything great have risen up to become great heroes. In the book 1984 an average unimportant citizen does great things. The main character Winston does the same thing everyday and doesn’t act against his communist government that he hates. Then a girl comes along and changes everything for him. She gives him the nudge he needed to start rebelling against the utopian government he lives under. After many struggles he helps start the beginning of a revolution.
We watched a movie that was previously unknown to me in English called Hotel Rowonda. The main character Paul was a manager at a very nice hotel. Had a family and an average life. Then war broke out and he being a father and husband did what any human being would do, he protected his family as well as he could. He was doing what he could to make sure his family was safe but was put as the leader of the hotel and felt a strong urge to protect not only his family but to keep safe and sheltered the war refugees. In the midst of blood and hatred this normal person rose up to think of some cleaver ways to trick the enemy and get the people at his hotel to safety. He protected over a thousand people in the end including his family. This proves that normal people can do anything if they just have the urge to. If the can dig deep and find the power to do amazing things it is completely possible.
When I think of Emerson’s quote I think of everyday people doing great things in their time of need. People can overcome any adversity and any challenge.
Alex
In the comic book Persepolis we read about this girl that is growing up during a war. A war between her government, the people and another government. Though I don’t know from personal experience what it is like to live during a war that effects your everyday life I have found that through this womans words that I would definitely not like to have to go through those kind of difficulties. Though I would not want to live in such harsh situations they can prove to be good in a weird sense. When people face difficult moments in their life something inside them changes. People will go from average everyday people to heroes. So many people in this world that you would have never thought would do anything great have risen up to become great heroes. In the book 1984 an average unimportant citizen does great things. The main character Winston does the same thing everyday and doesn’t act against his communist government that he hates. Then a girl comes along and changes everything for him. She gives him the nudge he needed to start rebelling against the utopian government he lives under. After many struggles he helps start the beginning of a revolution.
We watched a movie that was previously unknown to me in English called Hotel Rowonda. The main character Paul was a manager at a very nice hotel. Had a family and an average life. Then war broke out and he being a father and husband did what any human being would do, he protected his family as well as he could. He was doing what he could to make sure his family was safe but was put as the leader of the hotel and felt a strong urge to protect not only his family but to keep safe and sheltered the war refugees. In the midst of blood and hatred this normal person rose up to think of some cleaver ways to trick the enemy and get the people at his hotel to safety. He protected over a thousand people in the end including his family. This proves that normal people can do anything if they just have the urge to. If the can dig deep and find the power to do amazing things it is completely possible.
When I think of Emerson’s quote I think of everyday people doing great things in their time of need. People can overcome any adversity and any challenge.
Alex
Heroes
by Dani
“When it is dark, you can see the sky.” This quote has a lot to do with the heroes that we know. Look at Superman and Spiderman for instance. We all love these fictional characters because they always conquer the bad guys.
We read a book called Persepolis, which was a graphic novel about a young girl named Marji, who over comes a lot of challenges that she has in her life. One of her heroes was her Uncle, who was sent to prison and then later killed because the government found out that he was a Russian Spy. Then she was sent to live with her family friends, who later on sent her to a boarding school. She went through many things here. She started doing drugs, got cheated on, and eventually ended up on the streets. When she went home the war was almost over and she was very happy. The governments made the females wear a veil, which made them hide their hair.
Later on we watched a movie called Swing Kids. It is about some boys who love to dance swing, but the government doesn’t allow swing music in their country anymore. For these boys it was a lot to go against the rules because you can get into a lot of trouble. One of the boys Thomas eventually ends up believing all of the things that the government is teaching them. He turns in his dad, goes against his best friend, and almost kills his best friend. I think the true hero in this film was the boy who stood up for everyone. He made sure that everyone was doing okay and he had fun while he was doing it. It took a lot of guts for him to see what was inside of the boxes. Inside the boxes were ashes of people who were killed.
On the last week of school, we watched a film called Hotel Rwanda. What I watched of this movie was really sad. People were getting killed because they were Tutsis or Hutus. This movie was about a man named Paul who was Hutu and his wife was Tutsi. He ended up saving all of these people who would have gotten killed. He gave everything he had to make sure his family was safe and it eventually paid off. He ended up saving about 800,000 people, with the help of his friends and the army. Now, in real life there is still the war going on only it is in Congo. I think it is very sad that nice people have to go through things. I think that the hero was Paul because he could have been killed, but he didn’t care because he wanted to save his family.
by Dani
“When it is dark, you can see the sky.” This quote has a lot to do with the heroes that we know. Look at Superman and Spiderman for instance. We all love these fictional characters because they always conquer the bad guys.
We read a book called Persepolis, which was a graphic novel about a young girl named Marji, who over comes a lot of challenges that she has in her life. One of her heroes was her Uncle, who was sent to prison and then later killed because the government found out that he was a Russian Spy. Then she was sent to live with her family friends, who later on sent her to a boarding school. She went through many things here. She started doing drugs, got cheated on, and eventually ended up on the streets. When she went home the war was almost over and she was very happy. The governments made the females wear a veil, which made them hide their hair.
Later on we watched a movie called Swing Kids. It is about some boys who love to dance swing, but the government doesn’t allow swing music in their country anymore. For these boys it was a lot to go against the rules because you can get into a lot of trouble. One of the boys Thomas eventually ends up believing all of the things that the government is teaching them. He turns in his dad, goes against his best friend, and almost kills his best friend. I think the true hero in this film was the boy who stood up for everyone. He made sure that everyone was doing okay and he had fun while he was doing it. It took a lot of guts for him to see what was inside of the boxes. Inside the boxes were ashes of people who were killed.
On the last week of school, we watched a film called Hotel Rwanda. What I watched of this movie was really sad. People were getting killed because they were Tutsis or Hutus. This movie was about a man named Paul who was Hutu and his wife was Tutsi. He ended up saving all of these people who would have gotten killed. He gave everything he had to make sure his family was safe and it eventually paid off. He ended up saving about 800,000 people, with the help of his friends and the army. Now, in real life there is still the war going on only it is in Congo. I think it is very sad that nice people have to go through things. I think that the hero was Paul because he could have been killed, but he didn’t care because he wanted to save his family.
Heroes
In Persepolis Marji had a lot of heroes. One of those heroes was her uncle that died in prison. I have a hero and that is my grandpa. He has been there for me when I needed him and he has always tried to help me in the most difficult situations. When I was going to have to leave my house in Grantsville before I came to my program, he said to bring me to his house. He said that because he didn’t want to see me go to a foster home. When I was ever hurt, he was there for me. When I got an award, he was always there to see me get it.
Everyone has heroes and everyone can be a hero for someone else. In Hotel Rwanda Paul was a hero. He saved people because he didn’t want them to die. He saved his family and his friends. When he stayed back while his family went on the convoy, he said he wanted them to be safe and he didn’t want to leave his friends that have been with him, so he stayed and protected them until they could get them all out.
In Swing Kids the kids got in fights but they stayed with each other. When one kid was into trouble, they were all there to help each other out of it. They all had there heroes. One kid, his hero was his father because he was there to protect him from the Nazis. You need a hero. We have heroes because we see them as mentors, good examples. We want to be like them. I want to be like my grandpa because he is one of the people that help others like on Hotel Rwanda. He helps others because it’s the right thing to do. If I was sick at home he would be there to make sure that I got better. Ever since I was a little kid my grandpa was there when I was sick to help me get better because he would not do anything with out me by his side.
Tayler
In Persepolis Marji had a lot of heroes. One of those heroes was her uncle that died in prison. I have a hero and that is my grandpa. He has been there for me when I needed him and he has always tried to help me in the most difficult situations. When I was going to have to leave my house in Grantsville before I came to my program, he said to bring me to his house. He said that because he didn’t want to see me go to a foster home. When I was ever hurt, he was there for me. When I got an award, he was always there to see me get it.
Everyone has heroes and everyone can be a hero for someone else. In Hotel Rwanda Paul was a hero. He saved people because he didn’t want them to die. He saved his family and his friends. When he stayed back while his family went on the convoy, he said he wanted them to be safe and he didn’t want to leave his friends that have been with him, so he stayed and protected them until they could get them all out.
In Swing Kids the kids got in fights but they stayed with each other. When one kid was into trouble, they were all there to help each other out of it. They all had there heroes. One kid, his hero was his father because he was there to protect him from the Nazis. You need a hero. We have heroes because we see them as mentors, good examples. We want to be like them. I want to be like my grandpa because he is one of the people that help others like on Hotel Rwanda. He helps others because it’s the right thing to do. If I was sick at home he would be there to make sure that I got better. Ever since I was a little kid my grandpa was there when I was sick to help me get better because he would not do anything with out me by his side.
Tayler
Friday, May 22, 2009
Mark
The book we have been reading has made me think a lot about the war we are in and have been for years. The whole thing with the Middle East is starting to be over rated because of oil and all the stuff being said about the US being over there trying to help. Then we get notice we have to be out with in the end of June. I have enjoyed seeing Marji grow up it has been something I haven’t seen in any books I have read. I have learned more about living in Iran then I knew before we started reading the book. From this experience I would never want to be in the country where the war is happening and having to be scared to answer the phone and find out someone is died from bombs.
The book we have been reading has made me think a lot about the war we are in and have been for years. The whole thing with the Middle East is starting to be over rated because of oil and all the stuff being said about the US being over there trying to help. Then we get notice we have to be out with in the end of June. I have enjoyed seeing Marji grow up it has been something I haven’t seen in any books I have read. I have learned more about living in Iran then I knew before we started reading the book. From this experience I would never want to be in the country where the war is happening and having to be scared to answer the phone and find out someone is died from bombs.
Persepolis
By Nick
At first I thought this “Graphic Novel” was going to be just another dumb book that Mathew was going to make us read and take tests about, but I learned to actually like it a lot. I believe that having pictures in your reading helps put the image in your head, from reading this book I feel like I really know the author well. You may think that even a graphic novel is childish because it has pictures, your wrong. It actually taught me a ton about Iran and the middle eastern countries and the hard times that Marji had to go through as a little kid. Another thing about graphic novels is that you have to be an artist, not just a writer. I believe that when the author draws pictures about what he or she is writing about it helps them get into the writing a lot more. I know when I am writing and I draw pictures with what I am writing, it helps me remember and think of stuff that I want to write about.
What I did not really like about this Graphic Novel is that it focused a little to much on the wars in Iran and those countries, I understand why she did focus on this topic a lot, because it was a big part of her life. But for me It was just confusing I didn’t like having to read all the names and stuff that was going on.
By Nick
At first I thought this “Graphic Novel” was going to be just another dumb book that Mathew was going to make us read and take tests about, but I learned to actually like it a lot. I believe that having pictures in your reading helps put the image in your head, from reading this book I feel like I really know the author well. You may think that even a graphic novel is childish because it has pictures, your wrong. It actually taught me a ton about Iran and the middle eastern countries and the hard times that Marji had to go through as a little kid. Another thing about graphic novels is that you have to be an artist, not just a writer. I believe that when the author draws pictures about what he or she is writing about it helps them get into the writing a lot more. I know when I am writing and I draw pictures with what I am writing, it helps me remember and think of stuff that I want to write about.
What I did not really like about this Graphic Novel is that it focused a little to much on the wars in Iran and those countries, I understand why she did focus on this topic a lot, because it was a big part of her life. But for me It was just confusing I didn’t like having to read all the names and stuff that was going on.
Persepolis
I really liked this book and I am glad we read it. I still don’t like the Understanding Comics book but I a starting to get why we are reading it. I really like the fact that Marjane doesn’t act like she was a perfect angel when she was young. She actually tells us her trials and how she tried to get over them. This is a really good book for us because we can relate to a lot of the things she does.
One thing that I don’t like is that she keeps repeating the same mistakes again and again. She is getting better but she knows what kind of things that hurt her and her family, but she still does them again. Another thing is that it kind of feels like she is seeking attention for the things she does. I know she has been through lots of trials, but it doesn’t help anyone if she sits around and mopes about it.
I would definitely recommend this book to others but they would need to read the whole thing through and not skip chapters. This book would be good for almost anyone to read because most people can relate to the experiences that Marjane has gone through. This is the best graphic novel I have ever read. I usually hate comic books but this is one exception. I really would recommend this book to anyone.
Aubri
I really liked this book and I am glad we read it. I still don’t like the Understanding Comics book but I a starting to get why we are reading it. I really like the fact that Marjane doesn’t act like she was a perfect angel when she was young. She actually tells us her trials and how she tried to get over them. This is a really good book for us because we can relate to a lot of the things she does.
One thing that I don’t like is that she keeps repeating the same mistakes again and again. She is getting better but she knows what kind of things that hurt her and her family, but she still does them again. Another thing is that it kind of feels like she is seeking attention for the things she does. I know she has been through lots of trials, but it doesn’t help anyone if she sits around and mopes about it.
I would definitely recommend this book to others but they would need to read the whole thing through and not skip chapters. This book would be good for almost anyone to read because most people can relate to the experiences that Marjane has gone through. This is the best graphic novel I have ever read. I usually hate comic books but this is one exception. I really would recommend this book to anyone.
Aubri
I really liked the comic. I feel really bad for Marji. I think she is a very confussed girl. She was very younge when pollotics and crazy things were being thrown at her. She had to choice but to somewhat conform. I would hate tolive there! No games, parties, skin, fun, anything. I think that the reason why she turned into a drug attich and like changed her look was because she didn’t know what else to do. She was lost and confussed. I really liked reading this comic better than a normal book. I had pictures to refur to and it was a lot easyer to read. I felt like we didn’t have to read as much too. I really hate to read so this made the class a lot better. I thik that to live in a society like that would just completely blow. I would be confussed too because no one is really used to it and no one wants it. They find ways to go against “the man” which I think is so funny! I really liked the comic even though it was very sad and frustrating at times.
-Kesha
-Kesha
PERSEPOLIS
Rachel
I actually enjoyed reading this “graphic novel” more that I thought I would have. You shouldn’t even consider this a comic. It helped me see the world we DO live in rather than the world that I thought we lived in. It informed me about the different laws and traditions of other countries. But it also seemed a little sexist if we were talking about clothes. The women would have to wear drapes pretty much and not show a single part of their body other than their face, while men could wear clothing so tight that you could see everything.
I think that this book can really relate to kids in Foster Care. Marjane-the main character- is forced by her parents to move to Austria because of the war that is going on in Iran. In Austria she lives with old friends of her parents. She, like all other teenages, makes mistakes and is kicked out and has to find other places to live, but messes up that living situation. So she leaves to another home. That is totally like Foster Care if you think about it. Kids in the system mess up so they either go to another home or DT. She spends about 3 months living on the streets and then after she caught her boyfriend cheating on her she returns home. It’s her 18th birthday and she was finally an adult. The age that you leave care is normally 18 also.
I would definitely recommend reading this book. I guarantee that it will make you value the people that love and support you in all that you do just that much more.
Rachel
I actually enjoyed reading this “graphic novel” more that I thought I would have. You shouldn’t even consider this a comic. It helped me see the world we DO live in rather than the world that I thought we lived in. It informed me about the different laws and traditions of other countries. But it also seemed a little sexist if we were talking about clothes. The women would have to wear drapes pretty much and not show a single part of their body other than their face, while men could wear clothing so tight that you could see everything.
I think that this book can really relate to kids in Foster Care. Marjane-the main character- is forced by her parents to move to Austria because of the war that is going on in Iran. In Austria she lives with old friends of her parents. She, like all other teenages, makes mistakes and is kicked out and has to find other places to live, but messes up that living situation. So she leaves to another home. That is totally like Foster Care if you think about it. Kids in the system mess up so they either go to another home or DT. She spends about 3 months living on the streets and then after she caught her boyfriend cheating on her she returns home. It’s her 18th birthday and she was finally an adult. The age that you leave care is normally 18 also.
I would definitely recommend reading this book. I guarantee that it will make you value the people that love and support you in all that you do just that much more.
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