Week 4 Day 2 (Tuesday)
1) What did you read about today? Be specific.
1) Richard got high once again. He wanted to go to the Nicholo's family's house but he just couldn't. He was just to overwhelmed with shame. In a few days he finally got a little courage to go and ask the Nicholo's family. He didn't tell them much because he felt a lot of emotion for them and he didn't want to disappoint them. Darlene told him that he had to take the road and go to the YDE. He knew Darlene was right and had to make a move. He called the YDE and they told him he had to come in for a simple interview. YDE was located in Hawaii and his Gram took him to the airport so he would get their carefully. He felt really bad for Keith but he knew he had to escape he wondered if David felt the same way when he was leaving. There were 2 dorms, 6 rooms, and each room had 2 teenagers. There were 8 dorms in total. Richard told Luna, the leader in his dorm on why he was there. He told him about how crazy his mother was. He told them everything trying to trust them but Luna didn't believe him. Richard started thinking that it was it wasn't anyone but himself who was wrong. He had to talk to Clay and he didn't believe him either and said that he was in need of special attention. He consumed more and more drugs, this time with other kids around him. Since he was taking drugs he was called into the office. Dale, another leader at YDE yelled at Richard saying that his mother didn't care about Richard and wanted him dead. Clay made Dale leave and he talked to Richard and made a deal with him. Apologizing about him not believing him and said to give him another chance at life but in return Richard had to quit the usage of drugs and alcohol. Richard agreed to it. Richard felt really happy, knowing he had another chance. Clay had to take Richard to a different place in Maui because then the other kids would know that he didn't get kicked out and the kids would start misbehaving.
2) How do you feel about what you read today?
2) I was disappointed and sad when the people at the new foster care didn't believe him about what his mother had done to him. I was so happy when Clay gave Richard another chance and maybe know for once he could live his life as he wants.
3) Think about your favorite character. What happened to him/her today?
3) My favorite character, Richard, got accepted into YDE but was blamed for telling lies when asked what was the purpose of him coming. However, after receiving a call from his mother to kill Richard Clay knew Richard wasn't lying and then he gave Richard another chance, which made Richard satisfied.
4) How would you feel if the same thing that happened to him/her, happened to you?
4) If I got blamed for telling lies I would be really sad and try to prove to the people that I am not lying and if I had a chance at something and I had ruined it but somehow got another chance at it then I would be really happy and try to do a really good job on doing what I need to be doing.
5) What questions do you have about what you read today?
5) I want to know if Richard could quit his drug and alcohol use for good or not.
6) What do you predict will happen next in this story?
6) I think Clay and Richard will start spending more time with each other and Richard will start expressing how he feels about his life.
1) What did you read about today? Be specific.
1) Richard got high once again. He wanted to go to the Nicholo's family's house but he just couldn't. He was just to overwhelmed with shame. In a few days he finally got a little courage to go and ask the Nicholo's family. He didn't tell them much because he felt a lot of emotion for them and he didn't want to disappoint them. Darlene told him that he had to take the road and go to the YDE. He knew Darlene was right and had to make a move. He called the YDE and they told him he had to come in for a simple interview. YDE was located in Hawaii and his Gram took him to the airport so he would get their carefully. He felt really bad for Keith but he knew he had to escape he wondered if David felt the same way when he was leaving. There were 2 dorms, 6 rooms, and each room had 2 teenagers. There were 8 dorms in total. Richard told Luna, the leader in his dorm on why he was there. He told him about how crazy his mother was. He told them everything trying to trust them but Luna didn't believe him. Richard started thinking that it was it wasn't anyone but himself who was wrong. He had to talk to Clay and he didn't believe him either and said that he was in need of special attention. He consumed more and more drugs, this time with other kids around him. Since he was taking drugs he was called into the office. Dale, another leader at YDE yelled at Richard saying that his mother didn't care about Richard and wanted him dead. Clay made Dale leave and he talked to Richard and made a deal with him. Apologizing about him not believing him and said to give him another chance at life but in return Richard had to quit the usage of drugs and alcohol. Richard agreed to it. Richard felt really happy, knowing he had another chance. Clay had to take Richard to a different place in Maui because then the other kids would know that he didn't get kicked out and the kids would start misbehaving.
2) How do you feel about what you read today?
2) I was disappointed and sad when the people at the new foster care didn't believe him about what his mother had done to him. I was so happy when Clay gave Richard another chance and maybe know for once he could live his life as he wants.
3) Think about your favorite character. What happened to him/her today?
3) My favorite character, Richard, got accepted into YDE but was blamed for telling lies when asked what was the purpose of him coming. However, after receiving a call from his mother to kill Richard Clay knew Richard wasn't lying and then he gave Richard another chance, which made Richard satisfied.
4) How would you feel if the same thing that happened to him/her, happened to you?
4) If I got blamed for telling lies I would be really sad and try to prove to the people that I am not lying and if I had a chance at something and I had ruined it but somehow got another chance at it then I would be really happy and try to do a really good job on doing what I need to be doing.
5) What questions do you have about what you read today?
5) I want to know if Richard could quit his drug and alcohol use for good or not.
6) What do you predict will happen next in this story?
6) I think Clay and Richard will start spending more time with each other and Richard will start expressing how he feels about his life.