Would We Be Killed Response

The White Americans marginalized the Native Americans by making them change from what they believe into what the Whites wanted them to be. In the article it says “ Kill the Indian,save the man,” was Pratt’s saying.” This shows that they really didn’t want to kill the human ( Native Americans ) They just wanted to get rid of the pride the Native Americans had, and make them into what they wanted them to be (White Americans). They also wanted the kids to go to school that taught them how to be white so that the Native American kids won’t know how it feels to actually be them selfs. In the article it says “Native Americans were living on reservations, barely surviving on food and cast-off clothes provided by the U.S. government.” This shows another way that American Indian’s were marginalized if they didn’t want to change the way they nationality. 

      

The purpose of the story Shanice Britton is to show that all nationalities are not the same. It also shows the reader how a girl who everyone expects to be like all Native Americans but she actually acts like normal American teenager. Shanice maybe Native American and does things as a normal American would but she still have her things and acts of showing that she is a proud Native American. For an example it says in the article “ (I did bring some deer jerky to my dorm room, because it’s familiar and reminds me of home.)” This shows that she wants to be reminded of home so that she feels like she’s not that far away and also something she could share wight the people at her college to let them try her food her family and herself eats. It also says in the article “Sometimes my classmates will tell me that I talk differently, because I’ll say something in slang “from the rez.” But that’s OK—it’s part of who I am. I’m not trying to hide that. In fact, I often wear my beadwork jewelry proudly around campus.” This shows that she is also not affriad to show that she is Native American and that she has a lot of pride for being Native American. 

Blog3 Quarter4-Rules

The book I am reading is called Rules. The author is Cynthia Lord. The main characters are Catherine and her autistic brother David. David is austic which means he learns and catches on things a slower and different way than a person who is "normal" person would. His sister who is 12 years old teaches him the right way to do things. Every chapter in the book are different topics he has to learn. For an example in the chapter "Keep Your Pants On In Public." In this chapter Catherine shows him that he can't take off his pants in public.

People like David, who has autism, brain doesn't work like a normal brain works. There are different kinds of autism. The author doesn't tell the reader how old or what kind of autism David has, but you could tell he has high functioning autism. You could tell because in the chapter "Pantless Brothers Are Not My Problem" Catherine give him a piece of paper he has to read and he reads it out loud. A lot of people with autism can't talk or read. I could relate with Catherine because she wants to help and show her brother how to grow and do everything a normal person would do so he knows when he grows up that its not okay to behave off of what ever his first thought is. I also could relate to her because I want to help and show kids not just with autism but kids with any disabilities and show them how to work as a normal working human.

Tolerance-

Tolerance- The ability or willingness to allow the existence, occurrence, or practice of something, in particular the existence that one does not necessarily agree with
Tolerance to me is accepting someone who is different than you and just let them believe in them and what they believe in. You can't just judge a person off of what they like.

Blog 2-Quarter 4 When You Wish UPond A Rat

The main character’s name is Ruth. She is an 11 year old girl who favorite aunt died and before she died she gave her a pet mouse. She is a sky young girl who doesn’t know how to really cope with her problems, so when ever she had a problem she would go to her aunt but her aunt died. Her mom and dad are not really good parents to Ruth. She finds her self doing jobs that the parents are suppose to do like in Chapter 4 she has to find a way to get money to pay the bills. Reminding you this is an 11 year old. She is not the only child so she has younger sibling to watch and take care of, you would think they would be nice to right? Wrong. They make fun of her and play jokes on her. She doesn’t like school because her friends are jerks. Her pet mouse is not a normal mouse. The mouse could let’s say change her life. 

I like this book because it was very different from the other stories I read. I think Ruth is a strong young girl who will have high hopes for her self. She had to learn at a young age how to take care of her self and what it feels like to be on her own. My favorite part of the book is when she finds the rat that her aunt left behind for her. If I got the chance to meet the author and  ask 1 question, it would be, “What made her aunt give her a mouse?” 

Blog1-Quarter 4 Letters To My Mother Teresa Cardenas

The book I am reading is called Letters To My Mother Teresa Cardenas. The  book is about a young girl who mother died and she writes her mom notes and she's really young and she lives with a family that I would say the family treats her as their own but they also don't treat her as she's a stray.  But she feels as if they are only taking care of her so they don't feel bad about everything she is going through. She misses her mom and she just starting to get the feeling she's going to be alone for a long time.
A character trait the main character has is she's is really positive. I think she is positive because she always thinks about why spend your whole life being sad? I also like how she stays positive through out everything. There is many reasons why she could be sad and just mad at the world but she always finds a way to get a good look of everything, even with her mom dying.

Blog 8- Middle School Is Worst Than Meatloaf

The book I just finished reading is called " Middle School Is Worse Than Meatloaf" the overall book was about Ginny ( the main character) doesn't like school so she write a to do list for middle school and everything she has to do on the to do list is the opposite of what happens. Her dad died in a car accident and her neighbor is going to ask her mom to marry her. She has so many things on her mind that she can't handle all the stress. Her grandpa writes her letters with money. Something that keeps her positive is her count down to spring.
Something I like about the book is the way the other of events happen. For an example, when Ginny gets a letter from her neighbor asking to marry her mom, the author says creative like words to express how she feels and what's she's thinking. In the book In the book Ginny was writing a note and the author makes it as she is being sarcastic, it says, "Im sure if we follow these rules we will all get alone like a family". This shows that she feels like if they respect and have rules for each other they will get alone.A connection I have with her is, school is not for me sometimes. But the only difference is she doesn't know how to cope with the things that come up pond her.

Blog 7- Middle School Is Worst Than Meatloaf

The book I just started reading is called Middle School Is Worst Than Meatloaf. The main character are Ginny who is just starting middle school. Ginny is a shy young girl who hates middle school. I know this because when everyone was making friends on the first day of school she just thought of negative things about everyone and didn't talk to no one.Its actually the beginning of the year. She has no friends and she just doesn't like the thought of school. She tries to get threw 7th grade with the list of things she knows and been warned about, but however, it doesn't work out the way she planned. It seemed like to her after everything was happening everyone found out sooner or later, so it would be hard for her to make friends.

Something I like about the book is, the sense of humor and the details the arthur says when she's having a bad day or how she feels. I could relate to Ginny because when I fist started school I didn't like it, I had a bad idea and feeling about it. The only differences between me and Ginny are she faced way more obstacles than I did in 7th grade. I think if Ginny gives school and chance and actually try she would have fun and learn a lot.