Week 3 Day 5 (Friday)
1) What did you read about today? Be specific.
1) The mom started telling everything to Darlene and John about Richard, and they were always full of lies. However, Darlene ignored her and comforted Richard. His mom found out about his drug and alcohol use. His new life became fragile, and translucent. Nothing was ever kept private. Darlene asked Richard about him getting his driver's license and was curious on why he couldn't get one and she started asking his mom about it. Some of the kids at school had the same life issues as him and were always on drugs. Everyone had life issues and didn't know which path to take, they were all so lost. Richard started drinking and going out to parties often. Richard would usually consume cocaine with alcohol. The principal had called his mother saying he wouldn't get any scores because he had been absent for more than half the year and his mother once again didn't care. He meet another family and the couples names were Judy and Robert and whenever he was uncomfortable talking to Darlene and John because of embarrassment he would talk to Robert and Judy. He would consume a lot of his mom's vodka. He started becoming miserable and horrible just like his mom. He had beats with his friends on who could hook up with more girls throughout the school year. Christmas came around again, which was the hardest day out of the year for Richard. He would drink at the park and often just sleep there. He started crying because he felt he was so out of place, so desperate, and so misunderstood. The hardest thing in his life was on how to deal with his confused thoughts and emotions. He would keep all the things in his diaries and his soul but one thing he couldn't write on paper was of the china cabinet that stood in front dining room in California. It was of him when he was a little boy and he would squeeze into the tiny space. He started talking to Mormon missionaries, and he started understanding he wasn't alone in his struggles.
2) How do you feel about what you read today?
2) I was sad, Richard has started become a drug and alcohol addict which I didn't want, but I knew all of the drugs and alcohol he took was an effect of his mother when he was younger. He just was raised wrong.
3) Think about your favorite character. What happened to him/her today?
3) My favorite character, Richard, became a drug and alcohol addict. He left his life direction and he was so confused on who he truly was.
4) How would you feel if the same thing that happened to him/her, happened to you?
4) If that happened to me I would be really sad and I would try on someone to quit drinking and the usage of drugs and if I lost my life direction and was confused on who I truly was I would be sad and would want to seek advice from someone older than me that have might gone through the same thing as me when they were younger.
5) What questions do you have about what you read today?
5) I want to know if Richard will overdose himself with the drugs and alcohol.
6) What do you predict will happen next in this story?
6) I think Richard will overdose himself because of the drugs and the alcohol.
1) What did you read about today? Be specific.
1) The mom started telling everything to Darlene and John about Richard, and they were always full of lies. However, Darlene ignored her and comforted Richard. His mom found out about his drug and alcohol use. His new life became fragile, and translucent. Nothing was ever kept private. Darlene asked Richard about him getting his driver's license and was curious on why he couldn't get one and she started asking his mom about it. Some of the kids at school had the same life issues as him and were always on drugs. Everyone had life issues and didn't know which path to take, they were all so lost. Richard started drinking and going out to parties often. Richard would usually consume cocaine with alcohol. The principal had called his mother saying he wouldn't get any scores because he had been absent for more than half the year and his mother once again didn't care. He meet another family and the couples names were Judy and Robert and whenever he was uncomfortable talking to Darlene and John because of embarrassment he would talk to Robert and Judy. He would consume a lot of his mom's vodka. He started becoming miserable and horrible just like his mom. He had beats with his friends on who could hook up with more girls throughout the school year. Christmas came around again, which was the hardest day out of the year for Richard. He would drink at the park and often just sleep there. He started crying because he felt he was so out of place, so desperate, and so misunderstood. The hardest thing in his life was on how to deal with his confused thoughts and emotions. He would keep all the things in his diaries and his soul but one thing he couldn't write on paper was of the china cabinet that stood in front dining room in California. It was of him when he was a little boy and he would squeeze into the tiny space. He started talking to Mormon missionaries, and he started understanding he wasn't alone in his struggles.
2) How do you feel about what you read today?
2) I was sad, Richard has started become a drug and alcohol addict which I didn't want, but I knew all of the drugs and alcohol he took was an effect of his mother when he was younger. He just was raised wrong.
3) Think about your favorite character. What happened to him/her today?
3) My favorite character, Richard, became a drug and alcohol addict. He left his life direction and he was so confused on who he truly was.
4) How would you feel if the same thing that happened to him/her, happened to you?
4) If that happened to me I would be really sad and I would try on someone to quit drinking and the usage of drugs and if I lost my life direction and was confused on who I truly was I would be sad and would want to seek advice from someone older than me that have might gone through the same thing as me when they were younger.
5) What questions do you have about what you read today?
5) I want to know if Richard will overdose himself with the drugs and alcohol.
6) What do you predict will happen next in this story?
6) I think Richard will overdose himself because of the drugs and the alcohol.