First Quarter Reflection

Looking back on the first quarter, I think I could have put a lot more effort into my work. I don’t think I grew as a reader too much, because I found myself cramming reading a book into a few short days, not allowing myself to ready very deeply. I think the reading journals helped me though because I could think about what I read and instead of just reading the story, I often found myself asking more questions.
Writing has never been a strong point for me, but I think I have grown when dealing with the fundamentals and stuff. I find that asking myself questions, allows me to come up with better writing subjects.
I believe that I am a pretty good team-player when it comes to group work and such. I try my best to come to the table with ideas and questions for the group that will help us converse about the book or subject that we are talking about.
My goals for next quarter would probably be to not be so lazy, and keep up with my work and reading journals.

1st lit circle connection

During my Elementary school days, there was always this kid who everyone thought was weird. He dressed goofy, talked awkward, and just presented himself differently then others our age. My fourth grade year I had to sit next to the boy whose name was Jacob. The more I got to talking to the kid I realized that he was just like everyone else.

In this book, Freak was always looked at differently by his pears and picked on and such. But like Jacob and I, the more Max got to know Freak, he realized he was just like everyone else, and somewhat even more special.

This made me think that you should not judge people for how they look or dress or act until you actually get to know the person. Peoples personalities are a lot deeper then just appearance.