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1) I have changed a little during the beginning of the year, in the beginning of the year i had glasses and was around 4 foot something. now i got contacts and am around 5 foot 5. the beginning of the year i haven't read a single book. and now i have.

2) my least favorite topic or book was the Greek research paper. i didn't like it because it was too long and was difficult and i just didn't like doing it. and it was challenging with all the stuff you had to look up and study on.

3) the most challenging topic to study was the Greek thing. because you had to look up a lot of information and had to do a lot of steps to get to one part of it. and was kind of boring.

4) my most favorite topic subject was romeo and Juliet because you could find all information about it on the Internet. and basically had to do nothing. and we didn't have to read we could just listen to that tape and watch that movie.

5) the advice i would give an up coming freshman is to don't slack off and do your work and study and listen to teachers and don't get into trouble. and be nice to people.

Under Age Drinking

1.) The percent of 8Th graders using alcohol is 48% in Sussex and national is 41%.
The percent of 12Th graders using alcohol is 88% in Sussex and national is 75%. This is basically stating that the older they get the more their going to want to drink.

The number of under age drinkers that got caught under the influence was 583 in 1996 and 651 in 2006. The more they drink the more danger there will be on the road.

2.) What i learned from reading these statistics is that the older teens get the more they want to drink and the more they drink the more dangerous it will be for them. I also saw that through out the years there is more and more under age teens getting arrested from drinking. What i also saw too was that the more they drink around other under age teens they would start too.

3.) In my opinion under age teens choose to consume and abuse alcohol because they think they are in charge, like adults. Since adults drink alcohol the under age teens think its OK because the adults do it, and because they think they are in control like the adults. Another thing is Pier pressure, the under age teens might think its OK since their friends do it so they can too, and just because their friends did it it makes them feel cool like the others, they think it makes them fit in with the crowd.

1)In your opinion, do young people grow up too quickly in today's world? Give specific examples to back up your thoughts.

In my opinion young people do grow up too fast in today's world.

In today's world young people such as children do grow up fast because of the ways they learned when they were young. The way their parents treat and raise them give them like a kind of head start on their teenage and adult years, and also how their relatives and other family members react with them.

2) How is Gerald's life different from the life of an average high school student? How have these differences affected the kind of person he is growing up to be?

Gerald Spark's life is different from a normal high school student because he didn't grow up in a safe or reliant place. When he was growing up he was treated and taking care of poorly by his mother, such as the when he was playing with his moms cigarette lighter that he found on the ground; he then accidentally lit the apartment on fire. That problem occurred because she left him home by himself, and she left her lighter on the ground. He wouldn't know any better because he was only three years old. He was also had been beet by his mother because he would either do something wrong or she would come home drunk and beet him for no reason.

Being not the same as a normal teenage boy served a purpose because he has grown into a stronger and more confident teenager from being treated that way in his past. He now has a bigger responsibility now since his step-father has come back now he has to look after and keep a good eye on his sister and make sure Jordan doesn't go anywhere near her or harm her in any way.

3)A: Take on an adult responsibility
An adult responsibility I had to take is when I had to babysit my little sister because my parents went out. I had plans that day because I was going to my friends party, and my brother went to his friends party so he couldn't watch her either. I was so angry i couldn't go to my friend party that day because I had to babysit my sister. But my mom and dad had to go somewhere really important so I was stuck home with my little sister while my brother was enjoying his Saturday night and his friends party. This was one of the adult responsibility's.

Name Calling: This technique involves attaching a negative label to a person or a thing. Rather than explain what they believe in, they prefer to try to tear their opponent down.
Name calling applies to snowball in Animal Farm. Like how in chapter 4 Napoleon and Squealer attack snowball with negative labels and telling everyone how snowball is a traitor and a negative influence on everyone, and he was the one who broke and destroyed everything on the farm, just so the others would look up to Napoleon and follow in his footsteps.

PROPAGANDA - or persuasion used to manipulate a reader/viewer's thoughts and emotions, is something that we deal with - consciously or unconsciously - on a regular basis. Propaganda also refers in the book between napoleon and squealer. Like practically throughout the whole book when the two pigs squealer and napoleon are trying to "manipulate" everyone to worship and believe in him that they will keep the farm better than it was when Mr. Jones was running it. They are trying to manipulate and influence everyone to stay on his side and not to overthrow him to make the farm a better place.

Plain Folks: This technique uses a folksy approach to convince us to support someone or something. These ads depict people with ordinary looks doing ordinary activities.
Plain Folks refers a lot towards Animal Farm, because throughout the whole book the Napoleon and Squealer are trying to convince everyone that they should stay the leaders and that the farms is twice as better now that it was when Mr. Jones was in charge of the farm; and finally the other animals should always follow him and do what told because supposedly Napoleon is a great leader and should stay the leader for the Animal Farm.


Plain Folks: This technique uses a folksy approach to convince us to support someone or something. These ads depict people with ordinary looks doing ordinary activities.
Plain Folks refers to me because when I wanted a dog I was making trying to convince everyone in voting to get it.For example I was convincing everyone how great it would be to have a family pet and how it would treat us responsibility and how everyone would just enjoy it.And we eventually got the dog but had to give it away when my sister was born.

Bandwagon: The "bandwagon" approach encourages you to think that because everyone else is doing something, you should do it too, or you'll be left out.
Bandwagon refers to me a couple of times because when I was little everything my brother did I basically wanted to do too. I always looked up to him and though that everything he does is cool so I would eventually do the same. And I still do look up to him but we do stuff a little different now.