Monday, August 31, 2015

Journal 2 Carli

I am Carli Swisher I went to Ridgedale High school and I played volleyball and softball. I like to be out doors doing things such as hunting and camping. My major is early childhood education I plan to get this degree in 3 years. I got engaged this summer to a boyfriend of 3 years. I also can't wait to become a teacher.


Me with a baby deer at a deer farm
                                                      


The book we began to read was called "A long Way Gone". There were many themes in the first chapter of the book. One I would like to talk about is family. In the story the boy talks about his family a lot. His parents are divorced and he goes to see his mom about every three days or so. His father had gotten remarried and he dislikes his step mother a lot because she makes his dad very distant from him and she doesn't like it when his dad talks to him or acts like he cares about him. He has a brother that is very close with him and he has friends that they both hangout with often. His mother is very loving but cannot afford to take care of them. I think that the family aspect is very important to the boy and its sad that he has to be taken away from his family because of the war around them he and his brother and friends take off into the woods away from the war that is coming towards them. I think we take for granted our family and who we have in our lives. We never know when one day they could be taken away from us and if we don't spend time with them we will regret it later when they are gone.
 

4 comments:

  1. I agree with you about the book, also that is a cute picture!

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  2. What you said couldn't be anymore true. People are so busy with their own lives, many forget bad things can happen and take it for granted.

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  3. I completely agree with you in the sense that family is important. I think people today forget that, or take advantage of their family. Many people today don't realize how lucky we are that war isn't taking place in our town, or our country for that matter. Although many families are being torn apart by war in other countries, as well as our countries. War may not be being fought in our country, but we are sending our families over seas to protect us. I just think that it is very important to remember that, and to realize how truly lucky we are as Americans that we don't have war in our backyards.

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  4. I completely agree with you in the sense that family is important. I think people today forget that, or take advantage of their family. Many people today don't realize how lucky we are that war isn't taking place in our town, or our country for that matter. Although many families are being torn apart by war in other countries, as well as our countries. War may not be being fought in our country, but we are sending our families over seas to protect us. I just think that it is very important to remember that, and to realize how truly lucky we are as Americans that we don't have war in our backyards.

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