Monday, March 28, 2011

Journal 6

5 best Decisions you've ever made:
1. To go to school
2.Get a job
3. Buy my horse
4. Said no to drugs
5. To adopt my dog

5 Worst Decisions:
1. Made friends with the wrong people
2. Decided to eat fast food
3. Decided to stay in swift current
4. Never went tanning all summer
5. To spend all my money in one night

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

What do you think is the main issue facing this girl? What lyrics provide evidence for this?
This girl is suffering from a learning disability. She can only concentrate on violins and she is trying to concentrate on what her mother is reading to her. There is evidence in the song lyrics.

What makes you embarrassed? What do you do to cope?
It makes me embaressed when my mom says silly things in front of my friends. I try to cope by changing the topic.

Albert Einstein
-Suffered from Dysgraphia
-He is famous for his intelligence
-This disorder relates to someone’s writing abilities and how something is output. It also can affect fine motor skills like tying your shoe laces.

 

Tommy Hilfiger
-Suffered from Dyslexia.
-He is famous for his clothes line.
-Symptoms include difficulty reading and writing.

Monday, March 21, 2011

What do you think is the main issue facing this girl? What lyrics provide evidence for this?
The girl is suffering from learning disability. She can only concentrate on violins and she is trying to concentrate on what her mother is reading to her. There is evidence in the song lyrics.

What makes you embarrassed? What do you do to cope?
It makes me embaressed when my mom says silly things in front of my friends. I try to cope by changing the topic.
Albert Einstein
-Suffered from Dysgraphia
-He is famous for his intelligence
-This disorder relates to someone’s writing abilities and how something is output. It also can affect fine motor skills like tying your shoe laces.

Find 2 celebrities/famous people who live with a learning disability. Research them and asnwer the following questions.
a) what do they suffer from?
b) what are they famous for?
c) what are the symptoms of their disability?
d) provide a picture of them

10 Things I Should Have learned by Now

10 things that I should have learned by now:
-How to cook simple things(KD, soup, chicken fingers, pancakes, cookies, ect)
-How to drive
-How to forget and forgive
-To know right from wrong
-How to saddle my horse
-How to take responsibility for pets
-How to clean my room
-How to stay clean
-How to dress myself
-How to make a fire