Monthly Review

The book I have read is called A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer. It is a sad book because there are lots of punishment where David get hits or beaten up by his mom. His mom is really nice to the other sons than to David because he is the oldest son in the family. David has to clean dishes and follows his mom directions. If he does not follow what his mother say, then he would get punish by his mom. It is really bad of how his mom hits her own son by using her own hands. Well, sometimes she would use something to hit David anywhere. Even though if David cry, his mom would not care about it. When his mom get mad, he always put anger on David. I think it is not fair for David to take all the blame for his mom. His mom should accept the facts that she does wrong. She always make David starve like for a few days without any food at all. It is so terrible to see David like that.

Well, this book is for teenagers and young adults because of the story. I think the book is for teenagers because it tells you how the kid have to do so much chores at home while the other kids don't have to. I can tell by the book because the words in it are really harsh. So I would recommend the book for mature people. Little kids can't handle all of the things that David did in the book. But teenagers and young adults can handle it because of the punishment. Teenagers would think that the book is sad because of how his mother torture him for mot finishing all the chores in time. Also teenagers will probably agree that David's mom is so aggressive to his own son by making him do the chores. And if he does not finished up the chores, his mom will not let him eat anything but let him starve. Some people will get emotional of this book because of the kid. I would get emotional because in the middle of the book is horrible for David. If the kids read the book, I think it would scare them because of how harsh his mother is. Also I don't think the book is for little kids to read it. If they read it, then they would think that they have to do those chores at home too. Little kids can not handle things like David. David is the person that can really stand his mom for doing all those things to him.

I would describe the author's writing by saying that everything flow. The author's writing is like he's writing about his own life and experience. I think he was the child in the book before. If it is, i will feel so bad that it had happened to him. In the beginning, it was okay because it was just about the introduction. Later on, it was about David and his mom. Also the writing flows because everything sound clearly and straightforward. The writing was simple and easy to read. It is an interesting and sad book because David get beaten up by his mom. And also his family does not really care if David is being torture by his mom. His family just sit and watch what David's punishments are and also his brothers get to play in the garage but he can not. He is a poor little kid because he had to do all the work by himself and also I don't like his mom being mean to her own son. When I first read this book, it sounded pretty sad because they were talking about how David had to do all the chores in the house. David is a little boy that needs to survive from his mom. He has to survive by eating and have a full stomach fills with food.

The character I'm going to write is about David because he's the person that can do lots of chores. There are a lot of things that happened to David. When David's parents were having a good time, the relationship was normal and did not have any arguments around the house. When David's parents are having arguments, David's mom always beat him because she blames everything on him. His mom does not let David eat breakfast or hang out with his own siblings because his mom makes him do chores. If he does not do the chores that he was asked to do, his mom will spank him or hurt him. His mom does not care about David. Another thing that happened to David is when his shoulder got popped out, his mom did not want to get the blame for it. So she asked David to sleep on the top bunk bed for a reason. Her reason was that David fell down and broke his shoulder. Until when David go to school, his teachers asked what happened to his arm. So he said, he fell down and broke his shoulder.

In order to survive, David has to do everything what his mom asked him to do. His mom is going to hit or beat him against the wall. Whenever David get in troubles at school, the principal or teacher would called his mom what happened to him. When David gets home, his mom will tell him to go to his mom's bedroom and start yelling at him. There was one time that his mom did not let him eat anything for breakfast or dinner. His mom made him starve. When he gets starve, he would steal people's lunchbox or go to the supermarket and steal it. At school, he got caught by the principal and teachers. But at the supermarket, he did not get caught at all. David got caught by his mom's friend when he was begging for food. His mom yelled and beats him.

Lit Circle 3

It's really sad that John's dad passed away because of his illness. He has a collection of coins and hid it in the backyard. He told John to find it in the backyard and he did. He found the 1926 D buffalo nickel and there was lots of different coins. He always talked about coins because he had lots of different story about each of them. John was surprised by finding all his father's collection. It will probably worth a lot of money. John was upset because his dad left him. He had a simple funeral and then went to his own house.

John came back from the trip and visit Savannah. Savannah was married to Tim. I felt bad for John to see that Savannah had a ring on her finger. When John came back, Tim was having an illness on the back of his body. Tim has a brother named Alan. I felt sorry for Alan and Savannah because they are scared that Tim is not going to make it. It is really depressing that Alan and Savannah has to face it to Tim. I felt bad for Tim too because he was a nice man. I didn't even know he would have an illness too like John's dad. I felt terrible for Tim to have such an illness.

John sold his dad's collection of coins to the people because he wanted to help Tim by paying the treatments. John felt happy that he wanted to see Savannah and Tim are being happy through the life. Also for Alan too. I didn't even know John would do that for them. John understand what is true love. He does not want to be a third person and ruining the marriage just for him. I think it is great for John to understand what is true love.

Spring Break

During spring break, I had lots of fun because I spent time with my family and friends. On Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday; I stayed at home all day because I did not feel like going out. When I stayed at home, I watched Hong Kong movies and did some of my homework. I spent mostly on the computer because there's a lot of things to do on it.

The most fun day was Wednesday because I hungout with a group of people at San Francisco. First, we met at Alameda because we ate lunch at subway. Then we took the bus to San Francisco. Also on the bus, the Asian were sitting on the back seats. We took pictures on the bus because there was nothing to do instead of talking and looking around. My sister threw a penny at Kim because she was bored. Kim revenged back to her by throwing a penny to her. It took us about 45 minutes to get there. We had to walk for ten minutes to get to Westfield. We went in the mall and split up because some people are going to different places. And mostly guys did not buy anything because they did not need to but the girls does. The girls takes forever and we spent it wisely. We got four hours to shop for clothes because we still have places to go after that. Also we ate snacks before going to a place. We went to karaoke and spent two hours for it. The guys sang a lot of songs but the girls did not. Like four people were crazy because someone kept hitting each others everywhere such as pinching on the arm and hitting on the leg. Later on, we got kicked out of that place. We went to a restaurant and ate for like a hour. It was the most fun and crazy day. We spent eleven hours on that day. I think we should have more fun like that some days.

On Friday, I went to the library to finished up my math homework because there was lots of papers that are due. And also we got a test on it. My friend helped me on the math problems that I don't get. After a few hours passed, we went to quickly to relaxed and played cards with people in there. I can get tired of playing cards because we can only play a few card games. We played duces, speed, and slap jack with cards.

On Sunday, I hung out because I was so bored staying at home. I went to watch a movie in Alameda theater with a friend. We watched something called Hot Tub Time Machine. It was pretty funny and interesting to watch. I haven't watch a movie for a long time. I rather hang out than staying at home doing nothing. Sometimes staying at home is bored because you can't find anything new to do. When I stay at home, I usually go on computer or do homework.

lit circle 1

Dear Reading Buddies,

Part 1 of the book was okay because it was not really sad. Chapter 1 and 2 was good because it was talking about the good times David's family had. When David's parents were having a good time, the relationship was normal and did not have any arguments around the house. When David's parents are having arguments, David's mom always beat him because she blames everything on him. His mom does not let David eat breakfast or hang out with his own siblings because his mom makes him do chores. If he does not do the chores that he was asked to do, his mom will spank him or hurt him. His mom does not care about David. I was wondering why does she likes to beat Dave? Also why does the oldest son has to do all the work instead of the younger sons?

When David's shoulder got popped out, his mom did not want to get the blame for it. So she asked David to sleep on the top bunk bed for a reason. Her reason was that David fell down and broke his shoulder. Until when David go to school, his teachers asked what happened to his arm. So he said, he fell down and broke his shoulder. Another question I want to say, why doesn't his mom get all the blames? Whenever his mom is not in a good mood, she will always asked David to do something such as cleaning the bathroom and dishes.

In order to survive, David has to do everything what his mom asked him to do. His mom is going to hit or beat him against the wall. Whenever David get in troubles at school, the principal or teacher would called his mom what happened to him. When David gets home, his mom would tell him to go his mom's bedroom and start yelling at him. There was one time that his mom did not let him eat anything for breakfast or dinner. His mom made him starve. When he gets starve, he would steal people's lunchbox or go to the supermarket and steal it. At school, he got caught by the principal and teachers. But at the supermarket, he did not get caught at all. David got caught by his mom's friend when he was begging for food. His mom yelled and beat at him.

Part 2 of the book was getting sad because there is a lot of things happened to David. When David does not finish on times, then his mom is going to kill him. That's so dangerous of killing a son. David thought that his mom won't do anything except saying it. Russell was holding his mom's leg and she told him to let go of her leg. His mom stabbed him on the stomach but still, his mom helped him put some bandages where he was stabbed. When David went to his dad to tell him that he was stabbed but his dad seems like he does not care about it. When David felt weak, his mother helped him put on a t-shirt. And David thought his mom's going to yelled at him but she didn't. Suddenly his mom is being nice to David because he's was hurt. So she let him spend time with his brothers. After the incident, he was back to where he was at the beginning doing chores and eat less food. I thought his mom is going to be nice to David because of what she did to him. And also David felt like a family with them because of the incident.


Your buddy,
Vicky

Goals for Last Quarter

For the last quarter, there are some things that I would like to improve in my writing which is to have more topics to write about. Also have stronger vocabulary. More topics is better than having no topics because you will have to think of what you are going to write. I rather have more topics to choose from instead of thinking one which takes forever. It rakes a long time because I will have to think of what I will write. Having stronger vocabulary really helps me to write a better essay. Also I want to improve is grammar because sometimes when I used present tense in an essay, I would use past tense in it too. I want to improve by writing an essay that everything is all in present or past tense. Lastly, I hope I can comment more on other people’s blog more. I think I have not commented anyone’s blog yet. I think if I read people’s blog, I would get more ideas or topics to write about. I get distracted easily because if something’s interesting is happening; I will not continue to write. I will stop for a while and think of what’s happening. I will not think about what I’m writing about. I think it is bad to get distracted because I will have to think over what to write again. I will improve by ignoring the things are happening around me. I will concentrate more on the writing because I want to have a good essay.

My blog purpose is to let people read my essays. I just want to blog about things are happening in life. I want the readers to learn something or find something is interesting in the essay. Another thing is to let people comments on my blog. I like how people comments things on others blog because you will find what you need to improve or what they say about your essays.

My goals for next year are to keep improving my writing skills and vocabularies. Ever since when we have quick write, I would kind of stop at the middle paragraph because I run out of ideas quickly. So I would have to think of more to write about instead of thinking and stopping. I still remembered how the teacher said if you get stuck, just keep writing I’m stuck, I’m stuck, I’m stuck. And then when you have a idea, just continue writing where you left off. When I get stuck, I would do that but not most of the time because I don’t want to stop.

Next year, I think I can handle my schedule because I like to challenge myself in harder class. I think I will be stress out in the middle of the school year because I will be taking AP classes. Also I will be taking seven classes next year because I want an extra elective for something else. Next year will be the hardest year because college look at junior year the most.