Shreya

toc =My Journal=

Water Issues
I Like.I Wish.I Wonder. Mrs. Denion was very kind to come, see and, talk to my grade. I liked the way she taught us about how their was so much water pollution problems that we could help solve. We all can take shorter showers, do community service to clean up the rivers, and so much more. I wish people would realize that saving water not only helps the environment, but helps people in countries with less water, like my poor people in India. They aren't as lucky as we are have to walk to a river and get their water, carry it home, boil it to get the germs out, let it cool, and finally take a shower and brush their teeth. I wonder what the world would be like with no pollution. Would the world be cleaner? Would it be better? I think thats that for us to find out.

Long Walk to Water
What might happen if americans were forced to be all one religion? Americans that would not want to convert to another religion might boycott and protest. It would also not be following the Constitution of Independence and the amendments. Our country would probably end up in a civil war.

Refuge Camps

In Syria there is and estimated number of 1,750,075 people in refugee camps. The USA should help the people there, not only in Syria but around the world. The USA could help by shipping food, clothing, water.

Ordinary
1/21/14 When I went to India I felt different and some people made me feel different. I was fair skinned like key dad to most people in India, so they they were very interested in my skin. I felt tremendously awkward because in America there isn't people that talk that much about my skin. The also thought that I was was very tall. Most people thought I was about 20, which scared me a bit. People also loved that my hair was very light so they always wanted to play with it.  August thinks he's not ordinary because every body thinks he's not ordinary. "Don't judge a boy by his face." Auggie, August, is normal, it is just his face that is extraordinary. Just like when I went to India, I was ordinary, but it was the people that were there make me not feel ordinary. Plus, the way that he talks about himself make me feel sad for him and ,also, that he could use some more self-confidence. I want Auggie to know that it's OK to be different, because every one in the world in different in their own way, whether their exceed in something or are terrible at something, whether it's even the way you act or look. If August was real I would want him to know that deep within my heart he is as normal and different as me.

The Grand Tour
1/23/14 The other kids on the grand tour were surprised that Auggie was taking science elective because science elective is supposed to be the hardest elective, and they didn't think Auggie had ever been to school and learned what they learned.. They probably think that Auggie was also mentally slow because he had physical disabilities. I think some, not many, people with physical disabilities are also mentally slow. My cousin Janvee has some physical disabilities and also is mentally slow, but with special classes she is starting to learn faster and play normally. I also know a boy in my Indian community that has physical disabilities that is in an honors class at school. I believe a couple, few, or some people that have physical disabilities also are mentally slow.

Lamb to Slaughter
1/27/14 <span style="color: #56e1e1; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I think Ms. Petosa didn't know much about Star Wars. When Julian asked August why Darth Sidious wasn't his favorite character, he meant to hurt August because Darth Sidious face got deformed when Sith lightning hit his face, and both of them had deformed faces. I feel that if Ms. Petosa had more knowledge of Star Wars Julian would have gotten in trouble. I also felt bad for August because comparing August's face to Darth Sidious was an insult saying that his face was deformed. Plus I feel that many other students had knowledge that Julian was bullying August and didn't be an up-stander.

<span style="color: #56e1e1; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Choose Kind
<span style="color: #56e1e1; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">1/27/14 <span style="color: #56e1e1; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Mr. Browne is August's English teacher that is really tall man with a yellow beard. So far he is a kind teacher and seems like a great teacher for August. He makes the learning process fun and interesting. I also think that Mr. Browne is going to be a great teacher for August because he shows that being kind is very important. Slipping my feet into Augusts shoes, I feel that at the end of English class that I felt that someone else was on my side of being nice and kind. "WHEN GIVEN THE CHOICE BETWEEN BEING RIGHT OR KIND. CHOOSE KIND." Mr. brown would also show me that there's a great year between the both of us.

<span style="color: #56e1e1; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Bleeding Scream
<span style="color: #56e1e1; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Jack seemed like a really good kid, but truth is that he wasn't. He talked behind Auggie's back even though he was right there. Maybe he is a double face and just said that because Julian was there, but you never know. Jack bullied Auggie and I think he should find better friends like summer. Even If he just said It was because Julian there, he should have never said that in the first place. WHEN THE CHOICE OF BEING RIGHT OR KIND. CHOOSE KIND.

<span style="color: #56e1e1; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Tour of the Galaxy
<span style="color: #56e1e1; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Via says that Auggie's the sun, her parents are planets, and family's is the asteroids. Auggie might need more attention than other kids, and Via doesn't. She sounds kind, but also jealous. She was an only child when she was little girl and got all the attention, but Auggie was born all that attention flew away. I kind of she how she feels beacause sometimes I feel that way, Like no one notices you.

<span style="color: #56e1e1; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Weird Kids
<span style="color: #56e1e1; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Summer is a kind, bright girl in Auggies grade. On the first day of school the meet each other by sitting with each other on the Summer table. On Page 118 Summer is kind bey saying, " because he's a nice kid."

<span style="color: #56e1e1; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Why I Didn't Sit Next to August on the First Day of School <span style="color: #56e1e1; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Jack calls him self a hypocite because he's being a double face. The meaning of hypocrite is ,"A person who puts on a false appearance of virtue or religion or a person who acts in contradiction to his or her stated beliefs or feelings." He wants to sit next to Auggie, but he doesn't want to be uncool by sitting next to Auggie. He acts nice to Auggie and likes him, but he doesn't want to be the weird person sitting next to Auggie. He didn't exactly "CHOOSE KIND", he chose to be neither kind or right.

Justin
2/04/14 I think the author included Via's boyfriend in the novel because he has the point of view of being nice to Auggie because it's his girl friend's brother, but also the kid that kind of doesn't want to. I think Justin will be nice to Auggie when Via's around, but a bully when she's not there. Just also might be the opposite by being nice to him the whole time or mean the whole time.

After Thoughts
I think the author didn't use capital letters because it confuses people. Justin is a confusing and different character. Also, the author might have wanted use to encode or unlock the cunfuseness of Justin. Plus, putting myself into the authors shoes I wouldn't use capital letters because the character himself might write that way or be dyslexic like me. I know some people that are very confusing and when you find out about them the uncapitalized letters and words become capitalized.

Question 1
Miranda is a big character in Wonder. She has always been like a sister to Auggie. To her it doesn't matter what Auggie looks like, but after camp she got a bit unstable about the way she thought about it.

Question 2
Miranda feels safer at Via's house than her own because her parents are divorced and the family's a bit shaky. At Via's house her parents treat Miranda as one of their own children.

Question 3
I think Via and Miranda will be friends again. It might take some time but they will always be true friend. Destiny and I are true friends and always tell the truth to each other and understand why the other might be mad at us., but at the end nothing split us apart.