Are the Stereotypes Necessary for a Good Book?

In the book The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman the author Ernest Gaines decides to show us what the real story is. Gaines does not go the normal rout in showing all the stereotypical ways of people. Gaines tells it how it was. For example he shows the two sides of each person, white and black. He shows the nice caring side and considerate side but also the rude, inconsiderate side of white people. Gaines also shows the innocent, loving side and then the bad negligent side of black people. Gaines proves that all white people where mean, crude people who just hate black people along with showing the black people are not just innocent or negligent people.

Lookin' Back On Some Good Times...

Out of all the books from my childhood one in particular comes back into my head. I think I really enjoyed the Nancy Drew book because I liked reading about mysteries. I always loved the suspense and waiting and wondering what truth really is.  I guess you could say that the books reflected my personality. When I was young I was always into finding out the truth. So to say the one book that comes to mind from my childhood is the Nancy Drew books would prove a point that it made an impact on the reading I do today.

•  Who is Carolyn Keene?

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Things To Be Thankful For

During the Thanksgiving holiday everyone should really stop and say to themselves, what am I really Thankful for? I already know what I would say to this question. First I am thankful for my family. I could not do anything I do without my mom, dad, and brother. Secondly, I am thankful for my AMAZING friends. I don’t even know what I would do with myself with them. I am especially thankful my best-friends Kylie and Shelby. I don’t know what I would do without them. But most importantly I am thankful for my Lord & Savior, Jesus, who breathed life into me so I could breathe it back out.

Steps of My English Project

The first thing I did to get started on my project was doing research on the types of food they ate. Then I moved on the what time they ate and what they ate with. They, following the instructions from my teacher, put it all into a power point presentation. Next I took some of the foods I found from research and searched for recipes. Searching for a recipe is was took the most time. I ended up finding a recipe for ancient Rome cheese cake bread. Once I found the recipe I went to the store, got all the ingredients, and came home and put it all together. Then I took it all to school and that's that. 

Julies caesar project from pblair97

A Moment of Encouragement

This year while I was preparing for the 2012 Burlingame Studios of Dance Recital I was overloaded with stress. We had to preform all the dances we had done for the past year. The weeks leading up to the recital were not the best but when it came to the week of, I was tested. This year at the recital I was to perform 10 numbers. This included Ballet, Pointe, 3 Jazz, 2 Lyrical, Tap, Hip-hop, and my Solo. The week of the recital we had our normal practice, Monday and Wednesday, but then we had an extra rehearsal Tuesday, then dress rehearsal Thursday and the show Friday and Saturday. The whole week I was continuing to work on finishing my solo, witch I should have had done a lot sooner, and kept thinking to myself I wasn't ready. While all these extra practices were going on I had to work VBS at my church, New Hope Baptist, from 8:30 to noon. I thought I was going to die. Monday through Wednesday were fine, No problem! But Thursday I went to babysit after VBS till 4 and the dress rehearsal started at 6. Not a good day. At that point I was like this can't happen but my Mom and my best friend continuously told me that I had work very hard throughout the year and I could do it, Even if I had to chose not to work VBS that Friday Morning. Luckly the teacher I was working with for VBS was My best friend's mom. So Friday I just slept in late and when to the stage early so I wouldn't be rushed and everything was perfect! After the show my friends and family told me I did amazing! So after that Saturday night was a breeze!

Lessons From Summer Reading

This summer for English I we had to read a summer reading book. Either, The Outsiders, or The Giver. I choice to read The Giver. Now, Everyone who knows me knows I HATE reading, and I DON'T read. This year, since were in high school and its totally different than anything we knew I knew I had to suck it up and read the book. Now just 'cause I read the book doesn't mean I did not procrastinate. Don't worry I waited till the last day of my Florida trip (also five days before school) with my friend Shelby and her parents to start the first three chapters of the book, then read another twelve on the car ride home the next day. Once I started reading the book I thought to myself, Wow this is really interesting. Then I found myself wanting to keep reading and getting excited about what might Jonas do next. This book was a real page turner for me. In fact it was the first "page turner" I had ever read. So my lesson that I learned while reading my summer reading book is, Find a book and commit yourself to reading it!
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