Chase+Journal

Journal Entry 1/7/15 I think Auggie is making very big deal about birthday parties. Think about it, if you were to go to every one of your friends birthday parties, you would have no time to anything else other than parties. To me I would be fine if I didn't get invited to a friends birthday party but I would be a little ruptured if I didn't get invited to a close friends party. Say he talks to a neighbor or a school friend a lot he probably thinks that there best friends. If he doesn't get invited to that friends party he would probably be destroyed on the inside. I think that since people treat him unfairly that parties are probably a big part of his life. He has to choose his friends wisely like I do. Someone who is nice, loyal, and will stick next to me even in the worst situations. I can imagine that someone would probably tell them that he can come to their party but he was never invited, but I think he needs to accept the fact that he will look like that forever and take it head on. There is also another way to look at this. Imagine if you were in his shoes how would you feel. So I personally think Auggie is making kind of big deal but there is reasons why he is not too.

Journal Entry 1/9/15 I think Mom is more scared than Auggie at this point because she is his mom. She should be more scared than him. She cares so much about him that she is nervous that one of the kids will be mean to him. She probably knew that she would be like this before she came to this tour. If I were his mom I would be worried too. Also Mom is scared because she doesn't know how Auggie will react to these kids. She is scared that he will react negatively to the kids.

1/12/15 I think the tour told a lot about what Auggie is gonna have to face when school starts. There will be some people like Jack Will and Charlotte who thinks he's just a person and no different then them. Also they are helpful so he can probably trust them for help. Then, there are also people like Julian. Who keep asking questions and just can't get over how Auggie looks. For the most part, I think the tour went well other than Julian asking some abrupt questions. Julian is an example of what he will face in school so I think the tour was a very helpful thing that show Auggie what it will be like in school.

1/12/15 I think the chapter "Home" was a very important chapter. It showed that Mom was a little too worried about Auggie and then she said that Auggie didn't have to go to school if he didn't want to. I think at the end of the chapter Auggie knew he had to go to school for better education and he knew he would have to face people like Julian. After Mom said that Julian was nice Auggie said he wasn't when earlier she asked if he was and he said yes. So I think Auggie kind of stood up for the kids at the beginning and then he let it all go and told them what they were really like.

1/16/15 After part one my feeling for Jack have changed. I really thought that around this part in the book that Jack Will would help Auggie get through the pain of the staring and mean feelings, but after hearing he would kill himself if he looked like him thats what told me that he was never a true friend. Say Jack was a true friend he would have said no and said he is a person like us or something like that back to what Julian Said but he just followed along with Julian. Also after hearing that I feel that some other kids who hang out with him sometimes may have the same feeling about Auggie just like Jack did.

1/16/15 I think there were a couple of reasons that changed Auggies mind about going to school.The first is what Jack said about him looking like a shrunken head and saying he would kill himself if he looked like that. Another reason is that Auggie thought Jack was one of his best friends so when Auggie heard that his self confidence probably dropped through the floor. Thinking of myself I probably wouldn't have gone back to school because I can get embarresed easy. I really hope Auggie tells his parents what happened because his parents have helped him thrive through everything so If he justs ask them I think they can get his confidence back and get him to go back to school.

1/16/15 Well, I learned a lot in part one. I expressed some of my feelings on twitter but heres what I learned. I learned that your not judged by what you look like but by how you react to other people and their looks. Which means that if you ever saw someone like Auggie would you react by looking away and pretending you didn't see him (which Auggie hates) or would you look at him as a normal person. Also this can relate to Mr. Browns September precept, "If you had the choice between right and kind. Choose kind." So the path of a being right would be to look away and act like you didn't see him and your following your mind on that decision. Also, theres the kind path, where you don't react to him as if he is a freak but like he is a normal person, that is following your heart.

1/26/15 On page 83 when Via said, "The planets are falling out of alignment" I think that had a lot of meaning to it. One thing I think it means is that since Auggie is now starting school he will have to start standing up for himself. So he will be able to get bullied and teased when his parents and Via used to protect from the things people could say. Also she could have meant that he now has to feel what its like to go to school and now that he will now have responsibilities. Also another reason is that she was probably a little bothered by the fact that all the attention was on Auggie and not on her and now since Auggie is going to school she probably thinks the attention will even out. So I think that the comment Via said was directed for the good way and all little to the bad direction because she was a little frustrated because of attention.

1/26/15 I think on the blanket paragraph that Grandma was one of Via most loved people and when she died to me it almost seemed as if a light bulb died in Via's heart. When grandma said Via was her favorite I think Via was just lit up to hear someone cared about her more than Auggie. Via was exposed to a world where everybody's attention was on Auggie and now she knew someone cared about her. So I think the blanket scene was a moment that Via would keep in her heart forever and even though grandma was gone Via would still have something and many more things to remember grandma.

2/2/15 Summer left the party for many good reasons. One because everybody was saying she was Auggie's boyfriend and things like that. Another reason is everybody was talking about how much more popular Summer would be if she didn't hang out with Auggie. Also they kept asking her why she sits with him. Everybody is always calling Auggie Zombie kid and Summer doesn't like that they are calling him that. Knowing me I would have left the party too. I would hate to see someone gossiping and teasing one of my friends. So I think Summer did the right thing in leaving the party and not letting everybody make fun of her or August.

2/9/15 After reading the emails and letters from Melissa Albans and Lawrence Tushman I learned why Julian is Julian. Julian's mother is a one universe person. In the middle of her email she said that every measure will be taken to make sure this doesn't happen again because nothing is more important than Julian to her. She also said that Auggie is a special needs student and this is not an inclusion school so Auggie shouldn't be at Beecher Prep. I think that Mr. Tushman replied to Melissa Albans with what she needed to hear. That her son needs to be like Jack, friendly, adjustable, and empathetic. Also he said that August is and excellent student and belongs in this school which is true and Melissa need to learn.

2/9/15 I definitely would have forgotten Jack for what he did. On Halloween Jack was just caught in Julians Web of evil. If I was August I would have known from the beginning. Jack is Augusts most trustworthy and respectful friend he has ever had and August wouldn't want to lose him. Jack was just caught in the moment and Jack definitely didn't want to lose his friendship with Auggie because he said that August is the one person that gets him nd will do anything for so both of them would have lost a great friend.

2/9/15 In this war it is obvious which side I would choose. I would definitely choose Jacks side of this war. Now Julian is just a mean kid overall but this is taking it too far. Ok, first, why is he even getting revenge on Jack when he caused Jack to punch him. Second of all, why would he even try to get revenge on Jack instead of just forgetting him and going along with their life but he had to make it worse. Then he told everyone not to talk to him and pretend that they are not his friend. I would like to see how Julian felt if that happened to him. So I am with Jack for this war.

2/19/15 I think it is obvious on whether Auggie should tell Mr.Tushman or not. I think he shouldn't tell Mr. Tushman or even mention anything about this to anybody else. I think they need to handle this themselves and get through the mean notes and bullying. There are some pros to telling Mr Tushman but also some cons. The biggest one would be Julian getting in trouble and him facing the consequences. This would also give Jack and Auggie some self confidence from Julian bringing them down. A couple cons are Julian and his group would call August a snitch and bully him. Another is if Mr. Tushman gets deep enough into what was happening he could find out why Jack punched Julian. So I think it is better if they just keep this to themselves and ignore the bullying and teasing and deal with Julian themselves.

2/23/15 From reading Wonder, I have learned family is the most important thing in life. A family is not judged by how rich they are, the things they do, or the things they say but by how much they love each other. Auggies family supports each other and helps each other when something is going wrong. I learned that a family has to solve things together and sometimes you have bumps in the road. Like when Auggie found out Via didn't tell her parents about the concert because she didn't want her friends to see Auggie. But they got through it together and solved the problem. So I learned you have to have a caring loving family to live a good happy life.