“Be Happy”
Gabe Chavez
This I believe happened when I was a child, I have always believed if you want to do something, just go out and do it. When I was a little boy, I have always doubted myself. I was overweight for my age and small for a child. On the other hand, Dr. Howard my fifth grade teacher would always have a positive attitude when I came into class. He wouldn't care about what people said about him, he would tell the whole class silly stories about his experiences in life, and sometimes they're were depressing. He’d also playfully make fun of us. He would always say speeches in the begin of class to get us in the zone. But on this one day, he said “ If you're not happy in what you are doing, then what is the point of doing it?”
This speech didn’t hit me at first, but after a couple months, I realize that if he didn’t say that speech I would not be the same person I am today. For example, this one time I volunteered to play baseball. I had to attend practice constantly, and I got so tired and didn't enjoyed it at all. So I quitted and decided to play basketball. So till this day forward, I play basketball for that reason. And now I'm one the best basketball players in my school. If you doing something doesn't make you happy, don't do it.
I believe that people should do something that they are happy to do. Do what makes you happy in life and not what people want you to do. Be excited when you're doing the activities that makes you happy.
Friday, May 26, 2017
Thursday, May 11, 2017
2nd Trash blog
One essential question that I came up with Trash, by Andy Mulligan, is that what was the significance of having the suitcase and why is the police trying to hunt it down? As I kept reading more into the novel, I then realized, the importance of the bag. The suitcase lead the three boys (Raphael, Gardo, Rat) to find a locker key with a code. This code leads to six million dollars, it was stolen by the vice-president. The police find out and they ask some question about the bag to Raphael, but he doesn't cooperate.
Both the article and book are about child property. In the article “Child poverty in the U.S. is among the worst in the developed world”, by Christopher Ingraham, he talks about the child property rates in the US. In the article it explains that, “Nearly one third of U.S. children live in households with an income below 60 percent of the national median income in 2008 - about $31,000 annually. In the richest nation in the world, one in three kids live in poverty. Let that sink in… With 32.2 percent of children living below this line, the U.S. ranks 36th out of the 41 wealthy countries included in the UNICEF report. By contrast, only 5.3 percent of Norwegian kids currently meet this definition of poverty.” Then the it says, “ More alarmingly, the share of U.S. children living in poverty has actually increased by 2 percentage points since 2008. Overall, 24.2 million U.S. children were living in poverty in 2012, reflecting an increase of 1.7 million children since 2008.” Both of these quotes explain a lot about the United States of America, it shows that we are barely doing anything to help these kids.
Trash, has many people talking about the story. Raphael talks about his city(Behala), “... there’s a lot of things hard to come by in our sweet city, and one of the things too many people don't have is toilets and running water. So when they have to go, they do it where they can” (1). This quote is from Olivia, “ The Behala children are beautiful, and to see them on the rubbish tips all day can break your heart. If you come to this country, do the tourist things. But come to Behala too and see the mountains of trash, and the children who pick over them. It is a thing to change your life” (84). Both of these quotes explain explicitly about the city of Behala. But the government system is really broke.
Mulligan, Andy. Trash. London: Definitions, 2015. Print.
Both the article and book are about child property. In the article “Child poverty in the U.S. is among the worst in the developed world”, by Christopher Ingraham, he talks about the child property rates in the US. In the article it explains that, “Nearly one third of U.S. children live in households with an income below 60 percent of the national median income in 2008 - about $31,000 annually. In the richest nation in the world, one in three kids live in poverty. Let that sink in… With 32.2 percent of children living below this line, the U.S. ranks 36th out of the 41 wealthy countries included in the UNICEF report. By contrast, only 5.3 percent of Norwegian kids currently meet this definition of poverty.” Then the it says, “ More alarmingly, the share of U.S. children living in poverty has actually increased by 2 percentage points since 2008. Overall, 24.2 million U.S. children were living in poverty in 2012, reflecting an increase of 1.7 million children since 2008.” Both of these quotes explain a lot about the United States of America, it shows that we are barely doing anything to help these kids.
Trash, has many people talking about the story. Raphael talks about his city(Behala), “... there’s a lot of things hard to come by in our sweet city, and one of the things too many people don't have is toilets and running water. So when they have to go, they do it where they can” (1). This quote is from Olivia, “ The Behala children are beautiful, and to see them on the rubbish tips all day can break your heart. If you come to this country, do the tourist things. But come to Behala too and see the mountains of trash, and the children who pick over them. It is a thing to change your life” (84). Both of these quotes explain explicitly about the city of Behala. But the government system is really broke.
Mulligan, Andy. Trash. London: Definitions, 2015. Print.
Friday, May 5, 2017
Trash Blog
In the book Trash, Fourteen year olds Raphael and Gardo, have been knowing each other the longest, and with a younger boy, Rat. To figure out the mysteries bag Raphael had found during their daily life of sorting through trash in a third world country's dump. One day, Raphael finds something very special. He came into a conclusion to keep it, even when the city police offers a reward for its return. All three dumpsite boys have no education, no parents, no home, and no money. The book is also in different people's perspective through out the whole book.
Out of the two weeks that we have been doing lit-circles, I've noticed many things Trash that could happen in reality. This might be one of my favorites books that I have ever read. This book has taught a lot of things, like you might have to do everything yourself in reality. Trash, is a different is something else, when you compare the books that I have read to Trash. All in all, Trash is the G.O.A.T (Greatest Of All Time).
If the author was here, I would like to ask Andy Mulligan that how did he come up with the whole plot. After that, I will tell him what amazing job he did with Trash, and how it changed my thinking in a whole different level. Then, talk about who helped him to create Trash. And when did he come up with it.
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Out of the two weeks that we have been doing lit-circles, I've noticed many things Trash that could happen in reality. This might be one of my favorites books that I have ever read. This book has taught a lot of things, like you might have to do everything yourself in reality. Trash, is a different is something else, when you compare the books that I have read to Trash. All in all, Trash is the G.O.A.T (Greatest Of All Time).
If the author was here, I would like to ask Andy Mulligan that how did he come up with the whole plot. After that, I will tell him what amazing job he did with Trash, and how it changed my thinking in a whole different level. Then, talk about who helped him to create Trash. And when did he come up with it.
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