ADHD Article Response

The article was very interesting. I learned a lot about ADHD that I never knew. It was interesting that there is no cure for ADHD and that the drugs for it only affect 3% to 5% of kids that use them. I also never knew that their working memory is weak, so they can't remember half of the directions that are given to them. Tis article on ADHD was very interesting and told me a lot of stuff I did not know.

The experiment that Rapport did was very interesting also. The way he put that device on their wrist to measure how much they move. I found it very interesting how when they did the test the kids fidgeted and when they watched the Star Wars clip they all stayed still. The experiment that Rapport did was very smart of him.

Twelfth Night by Shakespeare Act 1 Reflection

There are a lot of different things going on in the Twelfth Night. I don’t know why viola has to pretend to be a eunuch. I also think that sir Toby and Sir Andrew set a bad example for kids because they are always drunk. The language in the Twelfth Night is a little bit hard to understand but it is easier with the translations there. It is a little confusing but all in all it is pretty good.

            Viola is pretending to be a eunuch in the play so she can be with Duke Orisino. I think that you should be who you really are. It is almost degrading to women because he can respect her when she is a boy but not a girl. It is also causing a problem because Olivia likes Cescario who is really Viola and Viola does not like Olivia. I don’t feel that Viola had to become Cesario, I think it was a big mistake.

            Sir Toby and Sir Andrew are always drunk and I think that it sets a bad example. Now people can think that being constantly drunk is a good thing. kids may think that being drunk is a good thing because Maria basically told Sir Andrew to go and get drunk. Being drunk all the time is not a good quality to have and it is not good thing for people to remember you by.

            Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night is a pretty good book from what I have read so far. It was a little confusing but I’m getting used to the writing and I understand what is going on better. I am looking forward to reading the rest of the book to find out what happens. 

To Kill A Mockingbird - Jem 10 pg254

A couple days ago on Halloween we were at the school. Scout and I walked there and back together. On the way there Cecil Jacobs had scared us, so on the way back we heard something and thought it might have been him again. All of a sudden someone jumped out we didn't know who he was. He grabbed me and I fought back. He broke my arm and then I passed out couldn't remember anything else. Scout said she saw someone carrying me home. She said it was Boo Radley I didn't believe her but Atticus backed her up. They also said it was Bob Ewell who was trying to hurt me. He ended up killing himself with his own knife. It was a crazy day

To Kill A Mockingbird - Jem 9 pg162

Today was Tom Robinson's trial. We went into the courtroom after Atticus was already in because we didn't if he would want us in there. The court house was packed, all the white people were on the floor and the negroes were on the balcony. We sat with Reverend Sykes p on the balcony because there was no were else to sit. The trial was very interesting. I thought we would win, by the way Atticus was defending Tom. The jury was out of the room for two hours making their decision. When they came out the said Tom Robinson was guilty. We were very disappointed because we knew Tom did not do anything. It was a sad day.

To Kill A Mockingbird - Jem 8 pg149

Tonight I decided to take a walk downtown to see where Atticus went. We went and got Dill and we made our way into the town. We saw a light outside the jail, there normally isn't one there. Dill saw a long extension cord going toward the light it was Atticus sitting outside the jail. A long chain of cars pulled up in front of the jail, we knew something wasn't right. I think they wanted to hurt Tom Robinson. Then Scout ran out to Atticus, this was not good. Scout started to have a conversation with Mr. Cunningham. She was telling him that she knew his son Walter. This conversation ended up ending all the commotion, and everyone went home.

To Kill A Mockingbird - Jem 7 pg127

Today Aunt Alexandra came to visit, she said that she was going to stay for a while. In Maycomb County that could mean a few days or a long time. I asked her if Uncle Jimmy was coming too, but she said that he was going to be staying at the Landing. It was nice to see Aunt Alexandra I just wondered how long she would be staying. It was unusual for her to visit and I had a feeling there was a reason for her being here and I didn't know what it was.

To Kill A Mockingbird - Jem 6 pg118

Today Calpurnia took us to her church, First Purchase. While we were walking up This one lady wanted to know why Cal brought us to a black church. She didn't like the fact that there was going to be white children in the black church. She was the only one who cared everyone else welcomed us to the church. Inside the church there was no hymn books, Cal said that only a few of them could read. The church ceremonies were very different then the way we did it in our church. It was a little bit weird that we were the only white people there but I got used to it. It was a good experience.

To Kill A Mockingbird - Jem 5 pg105

Today was the first day I had to read to Mrs. Dubose. I had to read to her because of the controversy over Atticus defending Tom Robinson. While I was reading to her she kept interrupting me to correct me. Mrs. Dubose's interruptions grew farther apart. We looked toward the bed and saw that something was wrong with her. The alarm clock went off and scared us to death. Jessie, Mrs. Dubose's assistant, came in and made us leave, she said it was time for her medicine. I have to read to her every week and it is not going to be fun.

To Kill A Mockingbird - Jem 4 pg 64

This morning when I looked out the window and it was snowing. Scout was yelling that the world is ending but Atticus told her that it was just snowing. We had never seen snow before but I knew what it was. School got cancelled for today, they said it has not snowed in Maycomb County since 1885. I wondered how you could make a snowman, Atticus had no idea either. I wouldn't let scout walk on the snow in our yard because it would waste it all. Instead we went to Miss Maudie's yard to play in. Me and Scout took snow from her yard and built a snowman made out of dirt and snow. It was pretty fun, I wish it would snow more often.

To Kill A Mockingbird Movie vs Book

There are several differences between the movie and the book. One major difference was the scene when Dill and Jem tried to communicate to Boo Radley. In the book they tried to leave a note in his window. In the movie they tried to look in the window. Then when they ran away and Jems pants got stuck, they left out the part when Atticus made Jem explain were they were. 

A second major difference is Tom Robinson's arm. In the book his arm was crippled in the movie they didn't mention anything about it. In the book when Tom was shot while trying to escape they said he would have made it if he had a normal arm. In the movie they left that sentence out. The movie and book were different in several parts.

To Kill A Mockingbird - Jem 3 pg 59

Today we were walking back home from school when we saw something white in the tree knothole. Scout reached in and pulled out two small images carved in soap. One looked like a boy and one wore a dress. She was frightened by the similarities of them to us and threw them to the ground. I picked them up and saw that they were very good, I had never seen soap carving this good. I realized that the dolls were us. Now we just had to figure out who did them. There was the possibility of Mr. Avery or Miss Stephanie Crawford but they weren't this good. I threw them in my trunk and left them there.

To Kill A Mockingbird - Jem

Today Scout found some stuff in a tree knot-hole at the Radley house. We had no idea were it came from, but someone was definitely placing these things here. Scout had found some gum in it a couple days ago. We came up with the idea that we would keep the stuff we found in the knot-hole until school started again, them we would ask the kids if it was theirs. I thought that this was very weird. Who would put all this stuff in a tree knot-hole near the Radley house?

To Kill A Mockingbird - Jem

Today we met a kid named Charles Baker Harris but was called Dill. Dill had white hair, blue eyes and was from Meridian, Mississippi. He was visiting Maycomb County this summer with his Aunt, who was Miss Rachel. Dill was fascinated with the Radley place and gave us the idea of making him come out. Dill was a lot of fun and would probably come back next summer.

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee ch 1-3

The story is about a two siblings, Jem and Scout, that live in Maycomb, Alabama. Over the summer they hang out with a boy they call Dill, who stays with his aunt in Maycomb over the summer. They tell Dill about one of the neighbors that never comes out of his house, his name is Boo Radley. Dill leaves Maycomb and heads back to Meridian, Mississippi. Scout looks forward to going to school for the first time but when she gets there she does not want to go back. Ms. Caroline, Scout's teacher, does not handle children very well. She tells Scout not to read with her father anymore and Scout does not like that. During school Ms. Caroline asks to see all the kids lunches and she notices that Walter Cunningham does not have one. Scout tries to stand up for him but it doesn't work. Jem invited Walter to dinner and Walter hesitantly agreed. Also during the school day a bug jumped out of Burris Ewell's head. Ms. Caroline tells him to leave school and wash his hair. Burris informs her that he wouldn't be back, he only comes to the first day of school, this is what the whole Ewell family does. After school Scout tells her dad what happened at school and how she doesn't want to go back. Atticus, Scout and Jem's father, tells Scout she has to go to school and makes a deal with her that they will still read without the teacher knowing if she goes to school.

Lamb to the Slaughter M. Maloney 5yrs later

Mary Maloney feels guilty about killing her husband throughout all the five years. When she looks back at what she did she feels that it wasn't worth it and should have just let him leave. The nights are rough, she can't sleep and she has tons of nightmares. Sometimes she even has thoughts of suicide. Mary often fantasizes about what her life would be like if she did not commit the murder. She thinks of herself meeting someone who she could of had a happy life with. After the five guilty years she feels that it would be best to turn herself in to the police. Mary calls Mr. O'Malley, the detective on the case, and requests to meet with him. When they meet Mrs. Maloney tells him everything that happened. Mr. O'Malley is horrified by what she did and feels like a fool that the evidence was the lamb that he ate. Mrs. Maloney went to court and was sentenced to ten years in prison. Now that Mary Maloney has confessed what she did she feels a lot better with herself and can actually sleep without any nightmares.

Hills Like White Elephants

A boy and a girl were sitting at a bar in Barcelona waiting for a train. They were talking about the girl getting an abortion. He was saying to just do it and she was undecided. She wanted to make sure that everything will be just like before. They both felt that this was only thing that was standing between them and that he will still love her.

Lamb to the Slaughter

Mrs. Maloney was a caring and affectionate person to her husband. Then he informed her he would be leaving her. Mrs. Maloney was in such shock that when she went to get the lamb leg out of the freezer for super she hit him over the head with it. Mr. Maloney was dead. She knew their would be a great punishment for this, so she put the lamb in the oven and went to the store to get peas and potatoes. She acted very normal like nothing happened. When she got home she called the cops and said her husband was dead. The cops searched for evidence and could not find it. Then Mrs. Maloney said to the officers that she could not eat the lamb and gave it to them. They ate it not knowing that it was the evidence.

Playing For Pizza by J. Grisham - Ch. 26-31

Livvy and Rick went to a resort in the town of Sirolo. The game was against Ancona and would decide if the Panthers would make the playoffs or not. The game was a rather easy one, Ancona had only won one game. The Panthers won and would be playing the Bologna Warriors in the playoffs. Rick and Livvy stayed at the beach for one more day and then on the way home they stopped at a couple little villages and wineries.

Rick and Livvy went to Tommaso's house for dinner.  Tommaso or Tommy was the oldest player on the Panthers and will only retire when the Panthers win their first superbowl. The team plays Bologna this week in the playoffs. The game was high scoring and the Panthers won 51-27. They would be going to the Superbowl for the first time in Panther history.

Rick and Livvy go to Venice because there is a two week gap between the playoff game and the superbowl. Rick makes a deal with Livvy that he will only visit two cathedrals or castles a day. Rick enjoys it more than he thought he would. Rick goes back to Parma for football while Livvy stays in Venice for a few more days. Rick and Livvy talked about maybe staying in Italy together

Rick was visited by two private investigators who were looking for Livvy. Livvy's father had sent them and gave Rick a one way ticket to Georgia for Livvy. Her visa was expired and if she took the trip back to Georgia no questions would be asked. Livvy says she will never return on her fathers terms only on hers. She thinks one of the Panther players could fix her visa problem.

The Superbowl was held in Milan. The Panthers were playing the Bergamo Lions. The game was very tough and the Lions were up 3-0 at halftime. In the locker room Rick made a speech about how he loved playing on the team. The second half was just as intense as the first maybe more. With little time left in the game Rick had to make a split second decision. He had Fabrizio running down field, but Maschi was charging right at him, would he throw the ball and get killed by Maschi or run the ball for safety. Rick threw the ball as far as he could and Maschi hit him hard right under the Jaw, Fabrizio dived at the five yard line and caught the ball in the end zone. The Panthers won their first Superbowl ever.

The team gathered at a local Pizzeria in Milan to celebrate after the game. They replay the game video for all to watch. A few days later back in Parma Sam asks Rick if he will be back next year. Rick says he doesn't know because he thinks he suffered a fourth concussion when Maschi hit him. Rick does not remember celebrating with the team. Rick said he will get back to Sam after he goes to the beach to think about it. Livvy has a bunch of travel plans for the two of them.

Playing For Pizza by J. Grisham - Ch. 21-25

Rick went to Toronto to talk to Rat Mullins about playing football in the Canadian football league. Rick turned his offer down and said he couldn't leave his team in the middle of the season. Then he took a flight to Cleveland. He went to the Cleveland Post building and said he was Roy Grady from the Cleveland Indians. He went to see Charley Cray, when he got in his office he took off the baseball hat and shoved Cray. He grabbed him by the throat and said "its me, Rick Dockery, your favorite goat." Rick punched Cray in the Jaw, and left the building and headed back to Italy.

Friday and Saturday of that week Rick and Livvy, the Georgia Student, toured Parma. Friday night when they went to Polipo's for dinner with the team Livvy was introduced to everyone. When Sunday came they had to play the Rome Gladiators in the pouring rain, it was a mud bowl. The Panthers won. Rick said goodbye to Livvy Sunday night at the train station. He was exchanging emails that night with his mom and Arnie. He also sent an email to Gabriella telling her there would be no need for further contact.

While getting ready play the Bolzano Giants Rick thought about playing the NY Giants in the Meadowlands. The game against Blozano was challenging but the Panthers still won 56-41. Next week they were playing Bergamo the biggest game of the year and the players were already getting anxious about it. While sitting in the locker room and looking around at all the players Rick realized that he was happy with himself.

The Panthers  Are getting ready for their big game on Sunday against the Bergamo Lions. Livvy showed up in Parma with her luggage and rick wondered how long she will be staying with him. They went sightseeing and visited some castles, Livvy enjoyed seeing them while Rick did not. On Saturday they explored a couple more churches in Parma. Saturday night the team went to Cafe Montana for a pregame meal, there was no women present, the little restaurant could barely hold all the players. Sam sent everyone home before eleven.

It was game day and the locker room was very intense. The game was hard and brutal. Maschi, the Lions middle linebacker and their best player, was taunting rick by calling him goat. Then Rick called out their special play "Kill Maschi", their would be large hole in the center of the line so that Maschi would blitz on Rick and then Franco would come out of nowhere and hit Maschi with the element of surprise. The play worked beautifully and the hit was tremendous. The game was very violent and very intense. The Panthers beat Bergamo 35-14. 

Playing For Pizza by J. Grisham - Ch. 17-20

The team was embarrassed about their loss.Fabrizio was nowhere to be found and Sam informed the team that Sly had left. Sam wanted to know if Rick knew anyone who would want to play. They came up with getting Fabrizio back. Sam did not like the idea. Someone called Sam's cell and it was Fabrizios agent, he wanted money and a contract to play with the Panthers.

A Cleveland reporter, Charley Cray, was in Parma after finding out the greatest goat in football (Rick) was hiding in Parma. He wrote a harsh article about Ricks game in Parma. Trey Colby had broke his leg that game and they lost because of it.

They were visiting Trey in the hospital and were discussing Fabrizio. Arnie had called him and told him about the article in the Cleveland post. Judge Franco handled the negotiations for getting Fabrizio back. They came up with eight hundred euros a month. Now the team knew that Fabrizio was coming back and was getting paid. The team also heard and saw the article about Rick they felt bad for him and thought it was unfair to follow him to Parma. With Fabrizio back they won 62-12 against the Lazio Marines. Charley Cray was back again and wrote another harsh story about Rick.

Arnie got a call from Rat Mullins a Canadian football coach. Rick does not want to leave Parma and needs to sleep on the decision. The next day he went to Florence, the Panthers had the week off. He called Gabriella and she said she would meet him for a drink. Arnie called again Rick still did not want to leave. While sitting in the cafe a group of exchange students came in he got the girl's number. Gabriella didn't show so he left. He went out to dinner with the student from Georgia Tech. After dinner they went to a Gelato stand instead of a club. They said their goodbyes and both went back home.