Lying

This week’s blog is going to touch on a controversial issue from the text. Agreeing or disagreeing with one side of the issue is going to be very hard. First off, my issue I’m going to state is touching on her 4 lies she admits about. There’s a point were too many lies are abuse to the mind. Remembering what lie goes to which person and what detail goes to the other story. Sure, everyone lies. There are little white lies being said all the time. I can see where she comes from with lying about the kissing situation. With all the rumors going around about Micah, why should see admit to leaning over to Sarah? I know I wouldn’t. Of course I’d never lean over like Micah did either. She had enough to worry about. But lying about everything else is just wrong. Lying about Yayeko was uncalled for. I just don’t see the point. Talking about the gruesome details Micah talked about only would make it worse on her for only imagining. Thinking optimistically about the possibilities of what happen to Zach has to be much better than thinking the worst. Hiding that she didn’t want to hear the fact that he died is not that hard to admit. It’s someone dying. No one is okay when someone they love dies. Admitting things like how you feel aren’t always hard. Sometimes even telling the truth or talking about a problem makes the weight of a situation lighten on your heart. No one should have the weight of lie upon lie on their shoulders

Anatomy Reading

The only books I have been able to read have been my school text books. Not exactly the thing I’d pick for “fun” reading but we all know it’s necessary. When I read chapters from my Anatomy book it was very hard to stay focused. The word “procrastinate” comes to mind every single time I open my book. There are times when I can sit and read it and some things interest me. With a bag of crackers and bottle of water to keep my hands busy, I got through 2 whole chapters! It feels like such an accomplishment. The text covers just about everything, of course throughout the whole book. It gets into so much depth with every little thing. Sometimes I think to myself, “How does one single cell help out the entire body?” It puts in prospective that not just “me” is alive. There are millions of things about me that keep me breathing and walking every second. It’s very confusing at times, too. With all the processes the body goes through. I just got done learning about protein synthesis. Two parts make that happen; transcription and translation. It has something to do with DNA and copying and so forth. What I’ve learned from taking this class is you really have to want to be in it. You have to put a lot of your time into it and even more. Studying, looking over notes, reading the chapters, and asking questions when needed are all things any class would require. Getting these classes out of the way will be quite a challenge. I just hope I can get some free reading in before all this studying kills me!

Guided Response

I’m not much of a reader but I got sucked in easily with 13 Reasons Why. This Hannah Baker sounded like one tough lady. An option asked if the main character is worthy of praise or criticism. I think Hannah deserves both. I’ve never had suicidal thoughts so I don’t want to sound like those who have are weak. Life is hard and is always one big struggle. I’m sure EVERYONE can agree with that. Being tough, staying strong, and staying optimistic is what I think gets me through hard times. During this book she had a lot of stress weighing her down by letting things get to her. If only she would have stayed strong and maybe moved to get away from the drama filled school, I wouldn’t be criticizing her suicide choice. I will give her props, though. Surviving that day in class when classmates were passing around the note that said she was Hot because she had the Best Ass in the Freshman Class would be hell for me. I can’t stand when I’m out of the loop in things, so if everyone would be checking me out and giggling I’d be pretty agitated and confused. I don’t know what my reaction would be but I can definitely say she beat mine. Also when mystery man touched her shoulder and said “I’m only playing, Hannah. Just relax,” I would’ve done the same thing as she did. On her way home she thought of the statement/translation and action/interpretations. I’m proud she put those in her tapes. Guys need to know when it’s okay and when it’s not okay to touch a girl’s ass.

Memior

I was doing some reading and I came across the book The Glass Castle. I hated it. I didn’t actually hate the book, I hated the way the parents treated their kids. This book is told through the eyes of a little girl in the early 1960’s. It was about how her and her 2 siblings grew up, got flung out of the car, moved from city to city, slept in the same bed, ate nothing for days on end and it was okay. As long as they had each other they were going to be okay. This is Jeannette Walls’ memoir. I had to look up memoir just to make sure that this was actually a true story. I was just in awe in how the parents would treat these kids. I understand that being in “lower class” back then would have been very hard to live through. I would consider myself middle class and it does get hard. I don’t think money is so important you turn to alcohol and drown yourself to not have to deal with your problems. I would think that would make it worse. I could understand a few drinks just as a stress reliever but not enough to abuse your wife and kids. What I was impressed with, though, the kids stayed together, were there for each other, and even kept their father in line. It was her birthday and it was around a time when her dad was big into drinking. He asked her “what do you want for your birthday?” and she told him she wanted him to quit drinking. That was the most touching part of the book for me. Overall I was very interested and loved The Glass Castle.