Who was Helen Keller - By Leslie Garrett

The book, Helen Keller: A Photographic Story of a Life, by Leslie Garrett is about the life of Helen Keller and what she came to be. She was born with her senses of seeing and hearing but at a young age, she was diagnosed with an illness that left her blind and deaf believed to be called scarlet fever. But she overcame her obstacles in life and was still able to succeed even though she was deaf and blind. That didn't mean that was going to stop her. She became an author and lecturer for the handicapped. She wanted to help others that were also blind and deaf. She has become one of the most influential people in life.

I really learned a lot about this book, how someone even though in life, at moments it can be hard, people could still pass through their obstacles and never give up. I also learned how one person can change how we see life through positivity. Overall, I liked this book and got to learn more things about Helen Keller's personal life. It was very interesting how she never gave up and was a happy women even though she was blind and deaf. I would suggest people to read this book, it is such an inspiring book.

Looking for Alaska - By John Green

The book, Looking for Alaska, by John Green is about this group that likes to pull pranks off campus to other students and teachers. This young teen named Miles Halter, nicknamed Pudge, before he went to Alabama for boarding school, his life would change forever. His life will no longer be safe and everything will change. He gets into a group that does pranks off campus in Alabama. Pudge gets in love with this girl named Alaska in the group. But Alaska was always a mysterious girl. She never talked about her past. Everyone else did, why not her? Once Pudge, starts going out with her, he starts to realize what has happened in her past and realizes why she likes to do pranks. But one night, Alaska goes missing and no one knows what has happened to her. Did she die, commit suicide, or went somewhere, where she can be alone? Who knows but what really caused her to leave everyone's life, was because of her past, and knew that everyone would not look at her the same if they ever found out.

In my opinion, this book was really phenomenal because I love mystery books, where you don't know what happened in the book, where the book makes you go on and on to read it and find out. In the beginning of the book, it was a little boring but then towards the middle there was a mystory and st the end, I found out the real cause of what cause Alaska to leave everyone's lives. My favorite quote was, "The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive." It was favorite quote because in life, we have to learn to forgive, if not, we will always live with hate, and life is to short to be hating on anybody else. We are all human, we need to forgive others because we all do mistakes. Overall, I liked this book, as it went on, it kept getting intense, which got me really into it. There was also a lot of imagery because the author used so much description.

Life is Beautiful

In Life is Beautiful, it is basically about a family during the Holocaust that tried to do anything possible to survive and be together once again. Guido, a man that is jewish, falls in love a women that isn't jewish, named Dora. Since this movie is based on the time during the Holocaust, one day, the Nazis take him and his family. Even though, Dora wasn't jewish, she still went with them because she still wanted to be with her family. This malicious group called The Nazis take them into a train to go to the concentration camp. It is a love story, but also a story that is sad because they try to do anything possible to be together once again with their son, named Goisue.

The similarities between the movie, Life is Beautiful, and what we've read in class is that it told us about how Jews were hated on just because of their religion. This movie is similar to the readings in class is that jews were taken into trains that didn't have much space for them and how they we're then sent to the concentration camps. The jews were either put to work for them or if they were old or too young, they would be killed. They were told by the Nazis that they needed to go take showers, so they thought they we're going to take showers, when actually they were killed by gas chambers. The differences between the movie and what we've learned in class is when Guido and Dora would talk for so long and would'nt even get caught. In the readings, it tells us how jews couldn't have the freedom and never were put together with families. In the readings, jews were always watched by the Nazis. A huge difference is that in the movie, it had more happy moments than the readings, that were really crucial on what happened to the jews.

This movie at the same time is homorous and suspenseful. It was homorous because throughout the movie, Guido and Dora are doing everything to be together and never be seperated from each other. It is also humorous when Guido and his family are taken into the train that was headed to the camps, and Guido tells his son that they are playing a game to win, since Guido didn't want him to know what will happen to them. The movie is suspenseful when Guido is killed by the Nazis guards and when you wasn't sure if the son would get caught or not.

Life is shown as beautiful throughout the movie because it showed us how a family would do anything to stay together and not get seperated. It told me that no matter what, nothing will ever seperate them. They cared more about there families than anything else. It was also beautiful at the beggining of the movie, when Guido and Dora fall in love with each other and are both happy.

Earth Day

This year it was my second time participating to clean up the community for Earth Day. I am not going to lie, I participated for Earth Day because I didn't have enough points, and if I attented and helped out clean up the community, I would earn 15 points. The school put us into groups and assigned a speific area around heritage. My group and I set up a game that if whoever collected more trash at the end would win. Not only did this make it fun for us, but it made have alot of energy and proud of really caring for our community. At the end, although, I didn't win, I felt proud of myself and felt useful that I helped out the community. I collected sticks, wrappers, etc. I participated in Earth Day not just for points but to clean up garbage around the city. I truly hate seeing trash outside on the ground. People don't care if they litter and it makes me mad. What if a tourists comes or a visitor that is trying to live in our community? They will infer that we are irresponsible people and that we don't care if we litter our community. But if we take care of the Earth and the community, others will see how we actually care about the Earth. Overall, at the end, cleaning up the community was a nice experience.

Graduating 8th Grade

This year, I will graduate from 8th grade and go onto high school. I feel successful that I have accomplished a lot of hard things in middle school and will keep doing that through high school. My parents and I are very proud of myself that I have accomplished 1 of the many worthy moments in life. Going onto high school is like moving one step further into my future. Day by day, I am growing, learning more and more things, and overall, accomplishing things in life. Personally, I feel happy that I am finally going to high school after 8 years and starting to become more independent, successful, and responsible. I really evaluate my education because it depends on my future, the type of person I am in life, and how I live. High school makes me worry a little though. I've been planning my future and what classes I will take in high school, so I can be successful. I'm determined that I will do good in high school through hard work and perseverance. Everything I do right now, will impact my life.

Having a Baby Sister

My dad, brothers, and I waited patiently and anxiously while waiting for my baby sister to be born. I knew my baby sister will change my life in a positive way because I never had a sister before, I am the oldest in the family, and I have two brothers. I always wanted to have a sister because I wanted someone that I could take care of and defend her. I had to wait a whole night in the hospital and then the next day, in the morning, my baby sister was born and my whole family, even my mom, were all happy that god gave us another family member to the family. I was so happy, I can't even explain in words, but I already had the love for her ever since I first got to hold her and hug her. my baby sister has had a big impact in my life and love her to death. She is so loquacious and is always a pain in the butt, but I still love her no matter what. Everyday, when I get home from school, she is screaming like crazy and smiling. She gets happy when she hasn't seen me for a while and comes to hug me every time I get home. Here and there, she gets me to play with her and chase her around the house. She is so joyful and is the blessing of my entire family.

Going Camping

Last year, during summer, it would be my first time going camping, which I was really excited for. My family and I stayed for three days with my uncle's family too. All those three days, I experienced a lot of things when I went camping . We would put music full blast at night, while cooking. My cousins, brothers, and I would also spent the whole days riding bikes around, playing soccer, and going swimming. We would also talk about real life stories while eating marshmallows. My Dad and my Uncle would also make teams, and we would play soccer. I really liked going camping, and might go again this summer. I liked going camping because I like being out in the fresh air, and enjoying time with my family because we got more closer and got to interact with each other more. One of my favorite moment when I went camping was when we got to race with two four-wheeler motorcycles. I mostly won all the races between my cousins and my brothers, but then I couldn't beat my dad. Overall, I loved going camping and do all these fun things than sit at my house and watch TV and play video games.