I think Atticus's parenting style is good. He lets the children do what they want but if they've done something wrong then he's sure to discipline them. An example of this is when Jem gets very angry with Ms. Dubose and ruins all her flowers. He tells his father what he did and he has to go back to her house and apologize. He then has to go over to her house everyday and read to her. Even though he hates her and does not want to do this at all, Atticus still makes him. He's open with them. When they have questions he answers them with truth. In other words he doesn't shelter them as many parents do. He explains everything they ask in full detail. Atticus lets Jem and scout call him Atticus instead of having them call him father. Some people might view this as disrespectful and wrong but it's really not. Atticus tries to show his children the right way in life. Instead of raising them to be racist and think they're superior he raises them to believe in equality. He has a black women in their house all the time to cook for them. He let's the children talk to her and be around her. He raised the children to stick up for other people and to invite people over for food. People of Maycomb think that Atticus is raising Scout wrong. He lets her play outside in the dirt, wear overalls etc. Atticus views scout as a young girl who just wants to have fun while she can. After all, Atticus isn't worried about how his children present themselves. He's more interested in the virtues they have.
Even though Atticus is criticized a lot during the book, most of Maycomb respects him. This is true because he shows respect to everyone and he's a single dad who tries to raise his children the best he can. Even when people are being hard on him he stays respectful. An example of this is when Ms. Dubose was saying that Atticus needs to raise his children better. He tipped his hat and asked how her day was. Most of the women in Maycomb talk about how Atticus should raise Scout (Jean Louise Finch) better because she doesn't dress or act as a young girl should. Many of the folks in Maycomb think that scout is going to grow up to be a non proper lady. Her aunt Alexandra is tough on her because she thinks that Atticus isn't doing a very good job of raising her. Atticus is also highly respected during this time in the book because he was chosen to defend a black man against a white persons word. Some of the town respected him but also pitied him.
In the beginning of this book, the relationship between Boo Radley and the children is not very good. Atticus, the children's father has to often tell them to leave him alone and to not go over there. As kids always do, they don't listen. The kids are terrified that Boo Radley is an ugly freak of nature, that went crazy during his younger years . Throughout the book, they share their thoughts on him, what they think he looks like and what he does in the house. (He never come out of his home). The children (Jem, Scout and Dill) try many times to torment boo by sending notes and sneaking into his backyard. They never get a reaction and they never see him. They only thing that happens is that they get in trouble. As the years go on the children become less scared of him and don't try to get him to come out. They move on slowly and start to become interested other things and they get fascinated with new activities. They've come to understand that Boo Radley needs to be left alone and that it's not right to torment him or anyone. They still have to pass the Radley house on the way to school but now they don't race past in fear. They walk pass and still think about what he would look like or what they would do if they saw him outside. Now he's a memory and they don't try to bug him anymore. The skills that I have improved on are researching and working with people. I have improved on researching by going more deeply in the things that I am researching like looking for people who are connected to it or looking at more then one opinion. I write everything down that I learn and I reference it. I have improved on with people because in all the things we did as a class we did together. I became more comfortable with sharing my opinion and thoughts with the others in my group. By listening to my peers talk and give their opinions it helped with my listening skills because I had to listen to them closely in order to understand and give them my opinion. The skill that I need to go further in depth with is my independent work. I need to go more in depth because when I work on my own I find it harder to do the work and stay on task and not talk to anyone.
The setting of our book is on a reserve. The reserve is on otter lake in Ontario. It's based on recent times. Otter lake has a small population, young and old people live their. On the reserve everyone knows each other and everyone talks to each other. Otter lake is a lively place and fun but also sometimes boring because everyone knows each other. People are rarely on edge most people are easy going. The community looks to one person to keep the reserve going strong and healthy. It takes about 2 hours to each side of the reserve and there's one restaurant on the reserve. There's obviously a lake in otter lake and that lake is very large. On the other side is where an island lays.
Hello! I'm going to talk about ringette today. Ringette is played on ice with most of the same equipment as hockey player, but instead of having hockey pants we wear girdles and long pants. Our stick has no blade on the end, we have a white tip. We use a blue ring and we pass it to our team over the two blue lines. I love ringette because it's a fast pace game and you have to be a team player because you always have to pass. As a player you cannot carry the ring over the two blue lines (that's just a rule) and you cannot at all go into the goalie's crease. Ringette is my passion and I'm always doing something that's involved with it, no matter if it's training or helping out with teams and such. Ringette is mainly for girls because boys have hockey so most of them want to play that and not ringette. All in all I think ringette is an awesome sport to play! I hope someone who reads this goes and checks it out. It's never too late to join!
I am going to talk about To this day... bullied and beautiful. I truly felt touched with this ted talk because it really clicked with something inside me. Shane koyczan did an amazing job telling his story and sharing his poem. He was bullied all his life. Even through all his bullying and sadness he became an amazing poet and author. In his younger years when people asked him what he wanted to be when he got older Shane told them he wanted to be a writer and they told him pick something more realistic. So that shows there that no matter what people said, he was going to become an author. But not only did he become an author he became an amazing poet. Canada is very lucky to have this guy. My dogs are something awesome I'm going to right about today. My first dogs name is diesel. He's a cockapoo. He is 7 nearly 8 in dog years. I have had him for close to seven years. He has black fur with a bit of white fur on his chest that he's always had. He's a bit bigger than an average sized chug. He's very energetic and a fast runner. He loves the snow and water very much. Diesel is always there for me when I'm sad, and he knows when I'm unhappy or upset. When he knows he comes up to me and lays at my chest and licks my and while I pet him. He's an awesome dog.
My second dog is Baron. He's a black lab and he's six. I've had him for four years, and I love him lots. He has black fur and a tiny bit of white fur on his chest. He can be extremely lazy some days and other days he can be greatly energetic. He loves food, and he loves people food too. Baron is a sweet boy, when you're upset, he brings you a toy so you can play with him and calm down a little. He makes you laugh a lot just by doing the stupid things he does, for example, when there's a screen door, and he wants to go outside he'll run right into it and keep doing it until the door is out of his way. These are my awesome dogs. |
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