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toc =My Journal=

Water Issues
I like. I wish. I wonder. I like how I got to learn all sorts of things about our environment. I also like how all these pollutants that I have never thought possible like birds moving trash from landfills to water. I also did not know that factories clean their water.

I wish I could make all the water problems in this world disappear. I wish people would just protect the environment. When Dusty had the chance to be good to the environment that hosted his ship he instead dumped waste into the water. Also, I wish that oil spills didn't happen so those poor animals can survive. I wish that factories didn't dump waste into rivers and streams. I wish the government had better control of what goes in to the water.

I wonder why people can't just recycle and pick up trash, so we could keep our waters clean to swim and fish. I wonder why some people have to dump things they wouldn't want to drink in the water. I wonder what will happen in the future if we keep polluting the waters. I wonder if our scientist will find a way to purify these tainted waters so that our successors may live on with clean water.

A Long Walk to Water
If our government decided to chose one religion for the entire country to follow there would be arguments. Those arguments would lead to fighting. The fighting would lead to bloodshed and blood shed would lead to war. As a result entire states would be bombed and hundred of thousands of lives would be lost.

Refugees To this day there are over 2 million Syrian refugees. Every day over 4,400 Syrians flee their country. 75% of the hello m are women and children. Over 100,000 people have been killed by this war.

=Wonder= 1/21/14

Different
I have felt different in many different places but one has stood out more than the others. When I was playing with my friends who lived down the street a long time ago they were adventurous. I however am not. they wanted to cross a giant gorge in our forest. They all agreed, I was saying that we could kill our selves, as it was a few feet across. I said no and they said I was missing out. One of them ended up in the hospital. That is when I felt being different is good.

Ordinary
Auggie means that its how he looks. No one can seem to look past what he looks like and realize that he's the exact same as the rest of them. All others stare and run when they see him. They can't realize that other people have feeling like they do. They need to figure out that if we ran away and stared them that they would feel as bad as others do. I think that if I were Auggie, I would never go outside my property. I would be to scared and sad

The Grand Tour
I think that most people are presumptuous. Some people will think, "Oh, that person has a deformity. They must be daft." like Julian Some people are nice enough like Jack Will and Charlotte. I've seen people look at deformity's and treat them like a baby. They talk slowly and act like they don't know anything. I think those people should be treated that way and see how it feels to be in their shoes.

Around the Room
1/27/14 I think the teacher did not know enough about Star Wars or else she most likely would have said something. If she had known she most likely would have yelled at Julian. If Mrs. Petosa had known I also think that she would have asked is their anything special about Darth Sidious that you think he would like. If I was August I would say that Julian said that because he and I both know that Darth Sidious is deformed from sith lightning burning and melting his face.

Choose Kind
I would want to have Mr. Browne as a teacher because he knows on the inside everyone is the same. For example, In Auggie's homeroom when Mrs. Petosa's eyes passed over him she stopped talking. When Mr. Browne saw him he kept on talking like nothing was wrong. Also, Mr. Browne always has precepts and I could always know if I needed help I could talk to him. I would also think of him as someone you could talk to whenever you're feeling down.

The Bleeding Scream
1/29/14 At this point I have very sour feelings to Jack Will. He acted like Augusts friend for all that time falsely. Then on Halloween, he was talking to Julian badmouthing August behind my back. This has happened to me multiple times before, especially in Fifth grade. If I were Jack Will I would A) feel extremely bad about myself, and B) I would draw the lesson of you don't know who's watching, so always speak kindly of each other. For I I were August, I would not only feel betrayed, I would think that I was really that ugly. I hope that Jack Will felt very bad after this.

Part Two- Via
1/30/14

A Tour of the Galaxy
When Olivia said that the galaxy was changing, I think I know what she meant. She meant that she was losing friends, or in ter metaphor, meteors and comets. I know what she means by the galaxy was changing, for I have moved schools multiple times. Via's friends, Miranda and Ella, changed and in turn left Via behind. Via said that Miranda usually didn't go extreme on clothing, but on the first day of high school she had her hair dyed pink and a tube shirt. I have felt like that before in first going to second grade. At the end of first grade my friends were nice and we all liked the same thing. The summer went by and when it was time for second grade they would barely even talk to me.

Time to Think
I think while Via's speech was helpful in explaining normal, I don't think it will convince Auggie to go back to school. Even though August yearns to be normal, he most likely will say no because he will think that everyone will treat him that way. If I were him, I personally would be terrified. If I were August I wouldn't go back because he will feel even worse when Jack starts acting like he never said those bad things about Auggie. If he thinks normal is where people say bad things about him behind his back

Part Three- Summer
2/2/14

November
I think of Summer as a good friend. Summer is a impossibly nice person to sit with "Zombie Kid" on the first day of school. Even though that she had a seat at the popular kids table, she felt bad for Auggie and sat with him. I also think that Summer is a outgoing funny person. The reason I say that is because she says funny things like "cool beans". Summer also is a caring, loyal person because she promised to keep the secret from Jack, since August didn't want him to know. To me my friend like her would be Chibu. He is always so nice and helpful and I can always count on him to be there for me.

Part Four- Jack
2/5/14

Hypocrite
Jack was beginning to feel how Auggie felt on the first day at lunch. Jack called himself a hypocrite because he had decided not to sit with Auggie. He knew how it felt to have no one who would want to sit with him. I personally have never had that happen to me, but I can tell it is difficult to be alone. Jack must have felt happy even though on the first day he didn't sit with Auggie, Auggie was friendly enough to invite him over.

Part Five- Justin
2/5/14

The Bus Stop
I think I have a reason why Justins chapter was not capitalized was because he is simply a teenager. I believe that he important because of all the characters in this story, he is seeing this through how we would see things. Its not like Via or Jack who are used to him, we get a firsthand perspective on how others react to Auggie. He is also important because he gives Jack protection from Julian and his goons.

Part Seven- Miranda
2/10/14

I feel Miranda has a important part in this story. I think that she gives us a break from Auggie and into the reality that even life without a deformed face can be as hard or even harder. I also think I know why Miranda would feel safer in the Pullmans house rather than her own. She is barely connected to her mother and her father lives with a new wife and kid that she barely sees. In Via's house, the family is always their for each other and they care about each other. I think that via and Miranda will be friends again. I think so because they are both very fond of Auggie and Miranda had a wake-up call. Elle had the choice of seeing her friend perform or go to a volleyball game and she chose the game.