The New Creations

In the beginning of the new creation era, there were four gods and one goddess. The first of the four gods his name is Pelotas, he is the creator of dogs and all small creatures. The second god is Maximums; he is in charge of making the rivers, lakes, oceans and the mountains. The third god is Dodge; he is in charge of the wind and rain all over this new world they have discovered. The fourth god is Decade, he is in charge of the weather and the seasons and he has the decision to make it hot or cold. The first and only goddess is Examis she is in charge of the moon and the sun rays. At night all the gods turn into different animals and roams the planet that they have created so that they can get a feel of the planet. Soon after they had the planet done Maximums and Examis had decided to go a head and have children.

They only had two children a boy and a girl the first child’s name was Mannie, he was in charge of keeping man kind in shape when they reproduce. The second child’s name was Spectrum; she was in charge of making the planet have human life on it. Their parents were not able to make any more kids so it was up to Mannie and Spectrum to make the planet bigger, when they started having kids they taught them to worship Examis and Maximums and do what they say for them to do.

The main Gods and Goddess’s that created the planet is Pelotas, Maximums, and Examis, the planets creation started with straight blackness and a fire ball dropping to the planet making a crater in the ground. All the gods made the planet all together but some did more than others also, the way the water ways were formed is by Maximums getting his heart broken and his tears made crests in the planet and formed rivers that turned into lakes and oceans, and his runny nose dripped down and kept piling up and formed mountains. Pelotas made all the animals with his DNA from himself. And that’s how the planet was made.

Before the Gods and Goddess’s kids had kids they tried to make the humans out of clay but that didn’t work because when it would rain or snow the clay humans would just deteriorate so they had to find out a new way to make up humans so worship them, they tried to make them out of wood but that didn’t work because when they’d get into fights they would be breaking their limbs off and their wood would warp also, finally they had their kids make kids and the gods taught them how to plow and keep the planet growing and keeping up on stuff.

The Buddah Creation

In the beginning, there was four gods. The sky gods name was Hakalulu, the sun god name was Tulu, the moon goddess name was Kiki, and the earth goddess name was Paprika. They all we’re doing what they normally do. But the Hakalulu the sky god was bored and deiced to make something…. He started blowing wind on the earth goddess, after a second these trees started coming out of her, he was so surprised at what happened he started doing it again but thinking of other things that might be more interesting. All the rest of the god and goddess we’re so excited they started to try it for themselves, but they notice that blowing wind didn’t work for them. Tulu the sun god started spinning in circles and mountains rised from the ground. The moon goddess Kiki started singing and she made the stars for the night and the water for the ground. And the earth goddess just sat there because everything that the other god and goddess we’re doing was coming out form under her and creating this wonderful beauty on her. So together they made the universe. A couple days after figuring this out, they stared thinking about humans so they can take care of this land. So Kiki and Tulu went together and made twins, the twin we’re different in every way. One girl and one boy. They we’re not related at all so the girl Noemi and the boy Tagalua went off and made some more kids. Soon there was a lot of humans running around and the god and goddess we’re vary please but there was one thing missing… there was no food to eat for the people so Tulu started spinning again and animals started coming form every direction but Tulu didn’t want the people to eat them all at once so he set different animals in different places. But he made sure that the humans had some things to fear. The gods we’re so pleased at what they had created and no more we’re they unsatisfied.

Neaten the powerful god

Once there was a god so powerful that he was powerful enough to perform a talent so good he made the earth, lands, water, everything people see now. One day this person gave himself a name called Neaten because he was so neat at his work he always performed, neaten was a very unspectacular person anyone would ever imagine. He was a rude and angry person so he made man on this earth, just son he could be rude and cruel To all the Man. Neat got sick of treating people rudely so he created some beast like creatures to do the job for him. A couple of weeks went by when neaten was hit with an idea of making another human of women. So he did create women so that the women could have children so he can raise some of them himself to be gods when he dies.

Another couple of weeks went by when all of a sudden a glum like shiny dull light appears in the sky when it explodes and creates another world called palace of one.
This palace of one had one girl god with the name zeta she was always complaining about this and that when finally Neaten went to her world and asked her to marry him
Just she would shut up and well it worked. Neaten and Zeta had very few kids a little after they got married. They had kids named Ribald, maniacally, and Spear. When they were born they had a ritual where Neaten would put burning acid on his kids foreheads To put a extra eye because it would help them see there lives a lot better then ever. Soon after that they were hunting for some healing powers just incase they needed them and all of a sudden again Ribald steps on a stone and they end up in some type of ugly, nasty, dirty cave like darkness. They got frightened and was trying to find away out couple days later they find a way out but no where they expected to be.

Soon they ran into some wizard like person and they start talking and the wizard says That he made the earth and that he would have to fight Neaten for it but we all know Neaten would win so Neaten won and he stayed the same so did every thing else. And this a made up myth I did.

The Creator

Before time began there was only chaos and darkness and the was no one but the god Meetaya he was the god of fire, water, earth and the sky he also had a brother his name was Dak he controlled others emotions. He did this by getting in their head. There was also a couple female gods their names were Keri, Hope, and Faith. The king of all the gods was Zek. He was the creator of all things. He created man, animals. There were volcanoes all over the world man had nowhere to build their homes and building that the gods wanted them to build so men and women prayed to the gods to get rid of some of the volcanoes. They prayed and prayed until their prayers were answered. The gods made some of the volcanoes into mountains. So Meetaya made sue to make a land where all the pure people to go. The only problem was that the only pure people were the gods and this made him upset so an earthquake was big it wiped out all of the people except for two of the smartest people their names are Lane and Sage they hid underground and when the quakes were over they came out side and they found no one alive except for them and them only. By then Zek the creator all things was really mad at Meetaya for what he had done to his wonderful creations and decided to take his powers from him and make human himself and see how he likes being one of them and after a few century’s he would let him back in Laon and he and his sister both ending up having to pay for his mistake that he made his sister was so mad she ended up killing her own brother and the sister ended up back in Laon and things have been the same since then the year this happened was 200B.C.

Creation Myth

This story begins with a young and reckless god named Hypos, he was the god of everything there is. He created the sun, earth, water, and plants. He was very pleased with his creation and out of his excitement he formed his brother Yertis. Yertis also has the same power as Hypos, except Yertis is the evil one. They both helped each other out making planets and other things. They were the first to wonder if there was anyone before them. So they searched for anyone else and they found nothing but themselves and their creations. So they decided to create monsters. They created them out of their own image. They made a man on earth and a very elegant woman that Hypos fell in love with. Yertis was also in love with her and the two brothers started fighting. Each hit that missed sent a shockwave so powerful to shake everything on earth. Thus, mountains were created. The woman that they created ran away with the man they created. The two brothers were angered by this and created animals to find them. They waited patiently for the animals to bring them back, but the animals were not smart and didn’t do anything but take care of themselves. The two brothers made monsters to search for them. The monsters brought them back but by the time they got back to their creators they were very old. The two brothers were astounded at how they changed and forgave each other. The brothers commanded the monsters to populate the world, gave them seeds for the growth of food, planting trees, and metals. The monsters did as they were told and meanwhile the two brothers were lonely, so they made two goddesses. One named Opay which became Yertis’ wife and the other named Aliesh which became Hypos’ wife. Both the brothers had one child each. Yertis had a girl and Hypos had a boy. The two were not the same as their parents but the two children grew up more powerful than their parents and destroyed their parents. The particles that was left of their parents became the stars and sky that we see today. Opay and Aliesh destroyed all the monsters on the earth by fire. The ashes that was left was made into other humans that we see today. All the animals stayed unharmed as a reminder of Opay and Aliesh’s parents. The humans found the seeds for food, trees, and metals. Opay and Aliesh taught the humans how to use everything. The humans learned how to plant the seeds, plow, and get the food when it was ready. Opay and Aliesh told the humans to make temples in their name and worship them. The humans didn’t know how so the Opay and Aliesh taught them how. The humans built many temples and made buildings to live in, which is what we see now.

Myth

Once there was a guy so powerful he could do everything he could think of. This guy was a god he was a half lion and have human his name was lord Artec first he thought how to make fire and he made this huge ball of fire now there was light ion the darkness. The light looked so bright he called it the sun. The sun was so lonely that the god gave him sons but they were far away from them so that he could not burn them, he called these little ones the stars. The darkness was mostly all full of light except the spaces were they were apart from each other. The god Artic liked what he had created but he thought that it wasn’t enough. He crated this little rocks each of them he gave a name and differences. One was full of water the other with rock the other with just gas and one with just rock. The god liked the one with just rocks so he put more time in it he added earth to it, but he thought that it was to dry so he added water. Now the rock had puddles of water almost everywhere. The god putt different kinds of plants on that rock and other stuff like animals. He called this rock planet water since there was so much water. These little animals that the god put in this planet was starting to change they were furious so he called them dinosaurs. But he needed them to show him love but they just wanted to kill each other and didn’t have brains so he send a little rock and wiped all of them so they died. The god started to think more and he thought of people that could move and he created men out of the bones and flesh left from the dinosaurs. The god didn’t want his creation t start eating each other like his creations from the past so he gave them fruit and plants that tasted good. God wanted them to put other things in there so he put animals but now they were much smaller. But the men started to eat them so god put in animals that could defend themselves so they would be there much longer. The men were lonely so the god gave them women now they had all they wanted and were now praying to there god but later on everyone started to be different and they started to think of other gods instead of Artec. Artec did not liked this idea he was so mad that he started to shake the planet water and all the water started to flood the earth and all of his creation was now gone.

Melinda's School

Yes, I think that Melinda’s school can be a safer and better school if they address the school issues. If they did that and in force the school rules it would feel better then it use to and people will like the school even more. I guess you can say that the school isn’t so bad it’s ok but sometimes it gets out of hand and that’s not good for the kids that want to do well and be successful in life. If they had a better security kids wouldn’t be bringing drugs or alcohol or even getting into fights and that’s not a good thing to have in a school that is filled with nice students and teachers. My old school use to be like that. There would always be something bad going on like kids bringing drugs or people getting into fights, but now its better it’s safer to go to and have fun while you’re learning. If Melinda’s life would be better just if her school was better so that she won’t be scared to go to school and have to worry about some kids that go there that creep her out.

Speak

I think that Melinda’s experience in ninth grade is very different compared to mine, because first of all I didn’t go through the pains of not having any friends and being a loner. I was liked by a lot of people. I believe that she has a bad attitude toward everything. I also think that she should speak up and tell someone exactly what happened at that party she went to. You can’t just sit there and expect nothing out of it. you will go through a lot of pains, worry, and withdrawal from the world. The only reason I know this is because I have been through the same thing she has been through. The only big difference is she doesn’t have as many friends as I did. So, I think that she should speak up and tell her parents or one of the school councilors. I also think that she should confront Andy (IT) about what he did to her. When she goes to school she should tell one of the school councilors, stay away from Andy, and just focus on her school work. This book speak makes you want to speak up for her and stand up for her, because of her situation.

Speak

When I first went t ninth grade it was kind of scary because it was a new school and I had no friends because I was new. In my English class I had to write a poem about my first day there. It was kind of embarrassing but that’s how I showed people who I really was and how I felt about my first day of ninth grade.

I think that mine and Melinda’s experiences are alike cause we were both shy and both alone but she was alone the whole year and I had friends the next day. But I have a lot of the same problems that milinda has so I can really relate to her so much. I think that Melinda shouldn’t have kept quiet for as long as she did but at the same time it is really hard to speak up. Mostly because you are scared of what is going to happen next but I always know that I can count on the counselors here at summit.

Speak

I think her friendship with David is a good positive relationship. I think it is good that both of them have found each other to hang out with. I think there friendship is a lot more real and nicer than Heather and hers. I think David is a positive influence on Melinda because he doesn’t put her down he helps her feel better about herself that’s why I think David would be a good boyfriend for Melinda because he would know how to treat her. You can tell that he wants to date Melinda but he is scared of how she will react. I don’t think he has ever dated a girl before. They both are way shy, so it would be hard for them to break out of their shells. But I think David would know how to treat her. He would treat her right. But since Melinda’s been raped I think she has a problem trusting guys, and doesn’t feel comfortable around them like she used to. She needs to be shown how she deserves to be treated, and David should do that for her. I feel really strongly about them getting together and dating that would be awesome for both of them.

Speak

I think Melinda handles her isolation just a little bit better because she’s still having trouble talking to people and speaking about what she thinks and feels about things around other people she’s talking more and more a little at a time I think its like in life I think she’s just like that because she barley knows anyone in school so she still feels shy and the new kid. When people go to new places they feel new and shy or nervous. The newcomers are different to others and they are different from the school they don’t know what to do around so they isolate themselves and not talk for a while. Like me when I go to new places I feel nervous like I don’t know how people are in school I isolate myself for a couple weeks but then I slowly start meeting people like I don’t go meeting others they notice me and approach and talk to me and then we kind of start meeting and shish . so I just pretty much isolate myself even from the teachers from their help. I don’t think about others and I keep it to myself all the time. Like when I came to summit I was shy and didn’t know anyone for a couple weeks and then I started getting boosters but still ignored them I just kept it to myself but I still do keep it to myself sometimes.

Speak

Melinda’s and my experience is way different in the ninth grade because I was a very social guy in jr. high. Everyone wanted to be friends with me because I was very nice and out going, I didn’t try to be or act like someone I’m not, like try to act hard or anything. Melinda; people thinks she is weird and doesn’t belong there; she never talks to anyone at school. She just sits by her self at school and skips outta school by her self because she didn’t have any friends. When I skipped outta School I went with a big crowd. I was a trouble maker in school and she isn’t really. How the experiences were the same or similar is that at first I didn’t really like it but got used to it kind of how she is trying to do and open up to the school and her parents and try to talk to them a little more but it is still hard for her. When you’re in jr high it feels like your on top of the world because your in jr high and out of elementary school there is a big change.

Speak

Melinda’s experience in ninth grade was a lot different then mine but sort of similar in some ways. First of all I wasn’t raped or rejected like she was. We are similar by the way we enclosed ourselves within ourselves. When I was in ninth grade, I didn’t have that many friends and most of the time I felt alone. Just like Melinda, she sort of was popular until she was raped and no one knew she then became the outcast. Melinda didn’t have any friends she was truly alone. We are also the same because truly deep down no one knew how we felt no one listened to my feelings and my beliefs and thoughts. Just like Melinda but not exactly I had some friends who eventually left me for sports teams and other extra-curricular activities. I am different from Melinda though I decided to speak up and start from the top of the pyramid. I fell for a cheerleader and tried my hardest to get her to notice me, an unknown kid who was stupid and reckless trying to win the heart of a beautiful goddess, the cheerleader. Unlike Melinda, who went completely silent and wouldn’t talk to anyone. Not even to her parents. So in conclusion Melinda and I are the same in some ways but mostly different from each other. We ditched for personal reason we got in trouble we were quite we are who we are.

She realizes that Heather wasn’t really a friend to her and that she just used her. Melinda thinks the friendship was all a lie; nothing was real with their friendship. The ending of the friendship to Melinda means that she didn’t really have a true friend, and that friends are hard to come by. Heather is sorry about it but she likes hanging out with the preppy people. Melinda’s parents think her problem is that she doesn’t care anymore. The principal and the guidance councilor thinks she is having problems and don’t have to go to school the meeting didn’t really help Melinda it mostly hurt her and now she bluffs schools a lot more and doesn’t even go to class that much any more. She doesn’t really like school after all that stuff went down with her and Heather, she tries to avoid her and school as much as possible and she just gets on the bus and goes where ever she wants but then at the end of the day she feels like she messed up and wants to go back to school but at the same time she doesn’t want the drama with Heather.

I think Melinda’s parents thinks her problem is that she’s not talking and she’s not expressing her self or making friends. She doesn’t speak when someone’s talking to her or asking her a question Melinda’s not speaking up. Her counselor thought she was getting beat at home because she wasn’t speaking to any one or and she was not speaking at all to any one when the counselors was pulling her into their offices to talk to her about speaking and talking to people and to talk if they are beating her of her parents then they called her parents in to talk about a lot of things like if they are beating her or if she’s to shy she doesn’t speak up to anyone she’s to afraid to speak up of her opinion. The counselors and the teachers asked her something but she didn’t speak up and her parents freaked out telling her to speak up but she {Melinda} didn’t speak up she just ignored and daydreamed. But I also think that if Melinda learns to speak up and be more mouth active to talk she would be better off because she would have a lot less stressed out parents people or others wouldn’t think differently about her like the counselors did about thinking that she’s getting beat at home by her parents 

Melinda and Heather's Relationship

            I think Melinda realizes that she doesn’t have anyone and that she is alone. They both didn’t have any friends so they both decided to be friends with each other. So they didn’t really get to know each other they just jumped into their relationship not knowing anything about each other. Heather doesn’t really care about their relationship because she’s going to go be friends with the Martha’s. For Melinda she is going to be alone all the time now. She literally doesn’t have anyone except for her art teacher to talk to you. I think their relationship was very fake. Heather acted like she cared about Melinda but I don’t think she really did. Melinda really did care about Heather she really wanted to be her friend and be there for her. Melinda doesn’t deserve to be treated like Heather treated her. She needs a real friend that’s going to be there for her and actually care. Someone that Melinda can speak up to. I don’t think Heather is a good friend; she just cares about herself more than she cares about anyone or anything else. But Heather is just going to go be fake with the Martha’s.

Melinda's Parents

What do Malinda’s parents think her problem is? They think that she is a mute because she won’t talk. The principal and guidance counselor think her problem is that she is doing bad in school and she is skipping school because she is not doing well in school. I think the meeting hurt Malinda more than help her. It hurt her because she now can’t even talk to her mom and dad without them not trusting her. I think Mr. Freeman helped her because in art she can express her feelings through art and Ms. keen has helped her because in P.E. she con get her aggression out on Andy. She is able to connect to life through them by art and P.E. I see that she has changed for the better of her self. I think it is symbiotic that she goes to the hospital so that she can let the pain and suffering she is going through.  

Speak

I don’t think that Melinda told her parents what happen because, she is afraid of what they will say, or do. So she is in that position where she doesn’t know what to do. She also doesn’t want to cause she will get in trouble for sneaking out and going to that party when she wasn’t supposed to go. So I think that she wants her mom and dad to tell her what’s wrong and maybe then she will tell them. But then again maybe they will not support her and maybe they will she doesn’t know at that moment. But all she knows right now is that she should not say anything and that maybe it will all go away. but she knows that it wont and that’s why the book is called speak cause she does not say a thing.

I think that she knows that she will have to tell someone soon cause she cant hold it in any longer and that’s why she feels bad for the frog cause it cant say anything and its dead too so that’s why she p-asses out and ya so right now she doesn’t feel comfortable any one so ya.

Speak

         I think that Melinda thinks back on things too much to where she feels depressed about all the things she’s been through. I also think that she needs to take a chill pill and start talking to people, talk to a therapist, and get her problems out. That way she can get to know more people and find out what she needs to do. In her biology class, Melinda faints because of something that they are doing to the frogs. They pin the frogs arms and legs and it reminds her of when she was raped. She was pinned at the party. I think she really just needs to talk to someone about everything that happened and get it all out. I think that Heather the new girl will help her get the help she needs by going to the councilors about what has happened with her or something similar to that. One thing that I think that Heather will do is be her friend no matter what is going on with her. Even if Melinda starts cutting herself, Heather will be there for her. If Melinda and Heather stay friends for the rest of school then I believe that they will make it through all the challenges and changes in school. 

Speak

            I think Melinda will connect with Mr.Neck, just because he is the one that interacted with her on the first day of school and pays attention to her and what she is doing and tries to help her out with everything and asks about her and what she wants to be when she grows up. He talks to her bout the school and how the kids are there and see’s who she is friends with.

            The teacher I think Melinda will have trouble with is her Spanish teacher because she will try to talk Spanish to the class and not English so that the class can learn how to speak Spanish faster, she thinks that if she talks to them in Spanish a lot more than English than the kids will catch on faster than just learning out of the book. The other teacher she will probably have trouble with is the art teacher just because she doesn’t really get along with any of the students and Melinda doesn’t get along with the art teacher either just because the art teacher thinks he is better than anyone else and if u cant paint than she looks down on you and mocks your drawings

Speak

They are similar because they both are very stressed out at work. They are different because they have different things that they have to do in their jobs. And they have different jobs and different responsibilities.  I think that she sympathizes with her dad more than her mom. I think this because she and her dad get along better because he did not get mad at her for getting blood on the papers and the envelopes. I think that these experiences impact that way that she expresses her self to others.

I think that she does not tell her mom and dad about what happened at the party or that she went to the party in the fist place. She probably did not tell them about the party and what happened to her is because she is scared that her parents will think different about her. I think that if they fight less they might find her to be a little more honest with them even though they do not know that she is lying to them.

Why do I think that she fainted in biology class is cause she felt that she was probably pined to the ground and was raped. It references her getting raped at the party.

Speak

 The number one reason why she didn’t tell her parents what happen to her that night is because she was scared. She didn’t want them to freak out, if she told them that she went to a party instead of Heathers house. Her mom will be really mad and maybe she wouldn’t care much about her that night. The other reason why she didn’t tell them is because her parents were really tired and she didn’t want them to stress anymore since they’re all tired. They were all happy that day to, so probably Melinda didn’t want to get them all down and mad. If, Melinda told her parents that night things would probably be a little bit better then how they are right now. Her parents would be more trustworthy wit her and would let her do anything she wants and maybe she would be doing good in school so her parents wont give her crap about it. Melinda just needs to be more open and express her feelings a little bit better. If she did that she would be more, happy and will be making better friends and would trust them more then her old ones. She’s a good person to be with if you really get to know her.

Janitor's Closet

I think the janitors’ closet becomes a symbol of Melinda’s state of mind, because it’s closed off. It’s away from the world. She doesn’t have to worry about anyone saying anything to her. Her mental state is definitely isolated, she is killing herself inside. She doesn’t want to be part of the regular world. She doesn’t have to put on a front for anyone when she is in the janitors closet. She can hide out. I think she is also happy because she doesn’t have to have people see her alone. So she can hide out in there.

            Melinda’s thoughts are eating her inside. She can’t think or be happy, her being raped is always on her mind. It’s like a drug she is constantly thinking about it. She wants someone to listen to her and she wants to tell her secret, but no one will listen to her. In the closet she can be herself and be happy somewhat. It is like her own little paradise, which she feels on top of the world. No one will judge her in there. She can let her thoughts wander and think about other things. That is how it becomes a symbol.

Speak

I think that the closet reflect Melinda’s mental state showing that she likes to be Recluse to space.  She likes being alone.  And I think that she is really happy that she found this space because she can be herself in there. She can be whoever she wants to be in there.  She can imagine and think whatever she wants without anyone there to affect her imagination. I think that its good that she can go there and just have some time to herself to just breathe.  Just block everything out and just think.  But also I think that I could be a bad thing if she keeps going there to just get away from the world.  You got to face your problems sometimes instead of running away from them.  I think that if she will speak and talk about then things will turn around for her.  And she wont have to live such a crappy life.

Speak

I think Melinda fainted because she just made friends and she’s actually talking to some people and she’s kind of realizing it in her stomach I don’t know. Feelings and she’s hadn’t had friends or any one to talk to for a long time, So maybe this,  actually because what made her faint Is the person who raped her Melinda saw his face in her mind and that’s what made her faint. I think Melinda thinks way to back on things that’s probably why she’s not making friends because she’s always thinking about the past. The past is making her depressed even though its not happening right now it’s over and done with so she needs to worry about the present and the future. Melinda has one friend and its heather but heather I think she uses Melinda just a little bit because she asks Melinda to do posters for the food drive because she’s in some type of group with some other girls and they do some stuff for school. And heather needs the posters done right or she’s getting kicked out of the group by Martha, so shes asked Melinda to do it that’s why I think she’s using Melinda because Melinda’s good  she asked her just so she doesn’t get kicked out of the group. 

I think the picture she drew was a good idea. It talks about her very much. Like the lightening hitting the tree, that shows that the tree has been hurt just like her she’s been hurt and ashamed and the only thing she can do is keep to her self just like a tree does. A tree doesn’t talk, she doesn’t really talk to. So a tree is a very good example for her to show how she feels. Just like a tree you need to take good care of it and like Melinda she needs good friends so that she can be her self around them. If she has friends they will help her out, that’s if they were really her friend and if they were she can be better and she can share her feelings with her friends. If people would understand where she’s coming from then they won’t hate her so much they would be trying to help her out, but since no one likes her they don’t want to understand her like other people do. A tree is a very good example of showing how she feels.

Speak

         In the first section of the novel, how would you describe Melinda? Is she likable or unlikable? Why?  I would describe Melinda as a shy girl that doesn’t have much confidence in herself. I personally think that she is both likable and unlikable, because her friends kind of just left and don’t want to be around her at all. I also think that she is likable, because shy girls can be kind of hot sometimes and the new girl form Ohio likes her. The new girls name is Heather and she asked Melinda if she was new too. I think that, so far, this book is alright. I think what will happen next is that she will make some friends at school later on when she is not as shy as she is and maybe become popular. I think that this book might teach me some lessons about life. I also think that this book might be kind of lame later on, that is just my opinion. When Melinda makes friends with this other girl Heather she will help her to talk to people more and answer. That is just a prediction of what I think will possibly happen.

I think that Heather and Malinda’s friendship is not true. Heather is very negative influence on her and she acts like a bitch to her. She except her as a friend because no one else will. I think the tree and the lightning going through it represents what she is holding in from others about getting raped. It is a sign of her being stressed out. And it is a sign of her wanting to let out some words to relive the stress. I think she should not be friends with her because the influence is not the best for her. She is very rude and she is also very mean and puts her down all the time. She is not a very supportive person to be around. And she made friends with the wrong people and she went to the wrong place and did the wrong thing at the wrong time by going of with some random guy she didn’t even know. I think that if she would just talk about what is going through her head that her life would be much better.

Teacher

I think that she is going to connect most with her art teacher. She already seems like she has a connection with him already. You can tell she likes art and has a peace with it. Just like when she called the art class sanctuary. It makes her feel comfortable. She goes to art class and feels like she can just be herself. She feels like she has no cares in the world, like she fits in. I think the teacher she is going to have the most trouble with is the guy gym teacher, she met in the hall. He seems like the type of guy that only likes people that play sports. He was very rude to her in the hall. He wouldn’t even give her a break even after she had mashed potatoes thrown on her. He could’ve been nice and asked her if she was okay. Instead he didn’t care about anything, except for if she had a hall pass. I think her and the art teacher are going to bond very well. He is going to be able to give her advice and be someone that supports her. They are going to be great friends.

Ways I can describe Melinda is that she seems like a shy embarrassing person in school and or at home. She seems like these because she lets people push her around and beat her up or tell her what to do like she’s their you know what. She is to shy to share her feelings in things to others; she is also to shy to speak out to others. She has no friends. 

She’s got the shyness in her she won’t talk to anybody to make friends. Melinda seems to much of a keep it to herself type of girl. Students, she’s like the type of student at other schools like the losers would sit by the garbage can and the popular students would sit by

Some good view of some type I don’t know.

I think Melinda chooses to draw the tree with lightning behind it because it kind of describes herself by she lets others pick on her and do to whatever the hell they want to her. They get her like lightning she wont stop it she’s afraid to say something to tell them to stop doing what their doing. There I’m done this is it. ok

Speak

 Melinda is a person who is afraid to take a stand and say what’s on her mind. Melinda is hated by her old friends. The toss food at her, tell her they hate her, and avoid her at all costs. All this is due to an event where she called the cops while at a major summer party and fled the scene. Leaving everyone else to deal with the cops over summer break. I believe Melinda will most connect with her art teacher because he speaks her language. He’s given her an opportunity to talk without using words. Mainly through her projects she’s creating. Mr. Neck on the other hand, I believe that Melinda and him will not get along to well with each other, because of the tension of the no hall pass confrontation. Qualities that make a great teacher would be one tat helps the students learn but on there own terms with little help and let them learn on their own pace. Students on the other hand. What make a good student is one that is willing to learn, like the art teacher having the students chose their own path and draw the name of an object to focus on during the term and turning it into art so that it speaks to whoever sees it.

How I can describe Melinda. Melinda is a quite girl she keeps to her self, so she doesn’t get into something that will get her into trouble. I think she still has a great personality ever after what happened in her past. She’s probably really out going and is a very fun person to hang out with. It would be way hard to go through the things she is, not having anyone to talk too, her parents are always gone and her old friends hate her. Melinda is a very likeable person, already. She just needs to talk to someone, to let it all out. No matter what, because it could effect her in the long run, just like it is now. Melinda is way scared and way nervous, I could understand why. She doesn’t know what to do and I don’t think anybody would either, she’s a lost teenage girl, and it doesn’t help when she can’t let it go. I think she is a good friend but no one knows that anymore because their to busy trying to be popular but when the popularity goes away, what will they have than, being popular is the only reason why they all left her alone, and Melinda says that they we’re good friends but good friends wouldn’t just ditch out on her like they did. 

Malcolm X

 Malcolm only met Martin Luther King Jr. once in his life. It was in a news meeting. His house was burnt to the ground when he was only four years old. His father was shot and killed when he was fourteen years old. He got denied of his dream job. His dream job was to become a lawyer.

Malcolm was born in Omaha Nebraska. He died on February 21, 1965 New York, New York. His role model Islamic leader, his name was Elijah Muhammad. He met Martian Luther King Jr, only once in his forty years he lived. Malcolm was six years old when his father died. He got shot and killed by members of the K.K.K. When he dropped out of high school, he moved to Boston to live with his sister. Then he got involved in criminal activity such as street hustling, drug dealing, and became the leader of the gang called the gang of thieves in Roxbury and Harlem. He was sent to prison his sentence was eight-ten years. He was released from prison six years instead of eight-ten years. Moved to Chicago to live with Elijah Muhammad. He got married in 1958. He had a total of six daughters. He learned Elijah committed adultery. At 3:10pm, in 1965 he was shot fifteen times at close range and confirmed dead on arrival at the hospital. His wife died in the year 1997.  Her name was Betty Shabazz.

One of his greatest achievements was that he helped free the blacks. He also was a cosmetic and powerful speaker. He organized The Afro-American Unity. He also met Martin Luther King Jr. at a news conference.

He was an example of personal growth, spiritually as a kid he grew up as a Christian as a young adult-an adult he was Muslimism. Another example is that he overcame adversities and challenges. He did this by overcoming his father’s death, mom going into the nut house, and going to jail for six years.

This is my report about Malcolm X. I want you to know that I loved doing this report. I think I could never deal with the things that Malcolm had to overcome. He was a very brave and courage’s man. I don’t think could ever be that strong with the kind of things I need to overcome. What ever happens in your life always keep pursuing to your dream and or goal.

Rosa Parks

 That she was in the bus and she was in the front and same guy side that she cant set there and she headed to move back because she was black and black and black people don’t have that mach rights because only where black and she did a speech about rights and hoe they can have more freedom and there life’s         

In 1957 Mrs. Parks and her husband moved to patriot and when she arrested on a Thursday evening and at the age of 11 she enroiled in the Montgomery industrial and that when she use the bus they cant set on the front of the bus or they well get arrested because they cant set there only white people can set there and they well get mad only because they are black

That when she was little she went to a private school  founded by liberal-minded women  from the northern united  states  

Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth was one of the best baseball players that have ever lived. He had a challenging childhood; his mother passed away, and his father was very busy running a business. He led the New York Yankees, to seven World Series. He was also one of the first five players to make it into the hall of fame. He really showed personal growth in his life, he came from nothing and turned into an incredible baseball player.

            George Herman Ruth had eight kids in his family. He was raised in a poor family. He was raised in a poor family. His father owned a tavern, so he rarely spent time with his family. I think this information is very important, because it shows even if your family isn’t wealthy you can still follow your dreams. His mom died while he was young, that toke a very big toll on him, and that struggle made him even stronger.

            Babes’ greatest accomplishment is that he led the Yankees to seven World Series. He had 56 major batting records before he passed away. He was one of the first five players to make it into the Hall of Fame. Total in his lifetime he had 714 home runs. I believe this is some of his greatest accomplishments, because all of these things are incredible. Not many baseball players have accomplished these things in their lifetime.

            The aspect of the student creed that he follows is personal growth. He came up from nothing and no support and made it to the top. A lot of people come from bad circumstances, but that is no excuse to not to be successful. Babe was born into the great depression, and didn’t feel much love from his parents. He took baseball in and put a lot of passion into it. He was very grateful for all that he had. I think he was very grateful, for every last thing he had and because of that it made him an amazing person.

            Babe Ruth really showed personal growth in his lifetime. He was treated very bad when he was younger. He helped the New York Yankees go to seven World Series. I think every one could reach their dream. Just like Babe Ruth did. He had a great influence on me and showed me you can do anything you want if you set your mind to it. We should all have the motivation to reach our dreams just like Babe Ruth!

                       

            Work Citied

Fischer, David. Babe Ruth. Legendary Slugger. New York: Sterling, 2010.

“Babe Ruth Biography. “Encyclopedia of World Biography. (2011) March 16, 2011.

http://www.notablebiographies.com/ro-sc/ruth-babe.html    

Jesse Owens

When Jesse Owens was a child he was very poor and was abused as a child. When Jesse was in high school he set a world record for the 100 yard dash and the 200 yard dash. Jesse graduated from high school with pretty good grades. He didn’t go to college after high school. Jesse trained everyday to try and get into the Olympics. 

Jesse Owen was born in 1936. Jesse had a hard time growing up. He was abused as a child. Jesse was the first African American track star athlete. In high school Jesse broke the 100 meter and 200 meter world record while he was in high school. Jesse overcame adversity with school because his mother didn’t make him go to school but he went anyways and ended graduating with good grades.

            Jesse had accomplished a lot in his life time. But I think that he opened a lot of African Americans that liked to run. Jesse also has broke world records. One of the one’s that he said that he feels best about is being the first African American to win the Olympics

I think that Jesse follows education I’m going to school now and passing all my classes, getting A’s and B’s. Life long learning are the keys to life long learning. He was a leader and did what he wanted. He had a motto and it was like “Success is the best revenge”

Jesse Owens grew up around bad people. People that don’t go to school, people that do drugs rob people just all negative people. But Jesse could see through everything Jesse stayed out of trouble, Jesse went to school and graduated. He went to some tech school to go to a better school for track.

Giuliani, Jim. Jesse Owens. Gold Medal Hero. New York: Sterling, 2010.

“Summer Olympics 2008” Feature. (2007) March 16, 2011.
www.Factmonster.com/spot/summer-olympics-jesse-owens.html

Lance Armstrong

Lance Armstrong is a athlete and a professional bike cycler. Lance Armstrong was also in the Olympics to do achievements. When lance was thirteen years old he wanted to prove himself to others. So he started to do cycling and training to be an athlete.

In lances life he didn’t really have much friends and encouragement from others. Pretty much all lance had in his life was him, mom and his rude step father. Lance got punished a lot and brutally from his step father. He also didn’t like his father’s way of being disrespectful to him and his mom. so pretty much lance had an unhappy life. Soon after his mom left his step father. Lance still continued for cycling, and Olympic awards. He also continued training while his was beating and punishing him before his mom left him. And the most major things he had in life was what happent with him having cancer, super heart and muscle enhances.

Say lance Armstrong’s greatest accomplishment was finishing Olympic cycling, and winning awards also achieving goals to pass wards and gold medals. his accomplishment goals started when he was 16 years old through a lot of years. Lance started his career by getting in training for cycling in mountains and canyons. He did a lot of exercising and weight lifts to get strong and better for his accomplishments. This is one of his greatest accomplishments because he had cancer, muscle problems, and a super heart. He also had some pain problems that he really didn’t bug him but he did accomplish these. I think its cool for him having these problems and being a famous winner of the Olympics. 

Lance exemplifies self growth through these times. Lance showed self growth by all the training he did for these achievements because it helped him win medals and the cycling races. Lance also shows self-respect and achieving challenges by doing all the hard training and cycling training because he didn’t give up, he just continued the challenges. Another example is when he was getting tested for muscle, and super human jeans past down from family. Lance did not let these get in the way of his training and goals for the Olympics. He was pushing himself to go forward into the games and races for achievements. He also didn’t let anyone tell him he could not do anything even with his disrespectful dad in his life

     

Another way to explain the traits lance shows in his life is that by reading about lance Armstrong he was a leader role model to others. What I mean by  about that is while he was doing self growth and other traits. Also others would look up to him as a person who would not give up or put himself or others down. Lance was a type of person who could have changed publicity around him because he had muscle something, a really good pumping heart no one else could hardly have and strong mental encouragement for himself. People around him look up to him and see that because if you or someone had an issue or problem it doesn’t mean you have to give up, you could still do something and achieve a lot. Don’t let little things stop you from doing something. Work with a problem and keep going forward and at least achieve and think about the problem later.       

Work Cited page

   Doe den, Matt. Sports, heroes, and legends. Minneapolis barns and noble, 2006.

 Lofgren, Stefan. National geographic news. The science of lance Armstrong. July22, 2005. 3/16/11, http//new.nationalgeografic.com/news/2005/07/722_050722_arstrong.httml

Neil Armstrong

            When Neil Armstrong was a young child he has always wanted to be an Astronaut. He went to college and he started flying on the 16^th birthday when he got hit pilots license. Neil Armstrong is famous for being the first man to step foot on the moon, and his famous statement is “one small step for men, one giant leap for man kind.”  I think he is an example of Personal Growth, he showed he wanted to make his mind up on when he wanted to do. When he grew older he did what he wanted to do and he became an astronaut.

            At the age of 14 he started taking flying lessons, he went to college in 1947 with a us navy scholarship, after two years he was called into active duty and won his jet pilot wings at Pehsacola Naval air station in Florida where he flew 78 combat missions during the Korean War. After transferring to the NACA high speed flight station @ Edwards air force base in California, he was selected as one of the first 3 NACA people to fly the x-15 rocket engine plane.

I think the greatest accomplishment that Neil Armstrong is making it to the moon and back, he went to training and to college to become an astronaut and fulfill his childhood dream of being an astronaut. He’s made seven flights in the X-15 in 1962 Armstrong decided to become an astronaut and applied for NASA selection and training, in 1962 he became America’s first Non-Military astronaut. In January 1969 Armstrong was selected as commander for Apollo 11, july 16 @ 9:32 am he lifted off from Florida.

           

Neil Armstrong fits in the personal growth area because he always wanted to fly in the air crafts, and be an astronaut and he followed up on his dreams and he succeeded in his dreams. He has always liked air crafts and air planes, se because he liked it so much he became an astronaut. After his space travels he still continued to work for the government.

Neil Armstrong is a great example of personal growth, because he built his life up since he was a young child. He’s had his mind set on being an astronaut, also fly planes and become a pilot, and he also followed his dreams and is a successful guy now. Neil Armstrong is famous for being the first man to travel to the moon and his great statement is “One step for man, one giant leap for man kind.” Keep your dreams in mind and keep chasing them than one day you’ll achieve it.

Work Cited:

Dixion, Tara, and Jackson, Mike. Neil Armstrong, One giant leap for man kind. New York: Sterling, 2008

“Neil Armstrong.” Encyclopedia of world biography. (2011): March 16, 2011. www.notablebiographies.com

Harry Houdini

Erich Weiss, also known as Harry Houdini, grew up watching and performing trapeze and magic tricks. He would spend many hours practicing for his future career as a magician. Harry Houdini is known for his famous escapes from hand-cuffs, crates, and water tanks. Houdini resembles commitment to personal growth in his life by training and practicing his tricks so his body would be ready for when he would perform. Houdini would make sure he was perfectly applicable for his stunts and acts before he would perform them to the audience.

As a young boy Houdini was fascinated in trapeze and circus acts. As Houdini grew up he practiced circus acts such as the trapeze standing on a pole. He was always learning new magic tricks and death defying stunts. Soon Houdini was noticed by Martin Beck, who hired Houdini to perform at famous venues. Houdini became famous for his amazing escape acts.

Houdini was exceptionally well known for his amazing escapes especially his hand-cuff escape and straight jacket escape. Houdini would get a challenging act and overcome his challenge no matter the cost. To this day Harry Houdini (Erich Weiss) was and still is the greatest escape artist that has ever lived. After becoming a magician Houdini also became a movie director and stared in his own movies.

In all of Houdini’s life he overcame many adversities and challenges. Houdini would go into a stunt with confidence and would accomplish his escapes in a mind-boggling way leaving people wondering “how in the hell he did that.” Houdini having a life of moving around didn’t lose faith in his dreams and followed them even through all the tough times. Houdini would complete his act even though he was weak or unsure, he still would take a step foreword and accomplish great things. Houdini truly is the greatest escape artist who was faced with many trials and errors but still overcame it all just to follow his childhood dream.

Throughout Houdini’s life he accomplished and overcame many things in his life. His greatest accomplishment was fulfilling his dream and making it came true. Houdini truly resembles a person who started out with something small and made it into something big and grand. He made himself a life. We all have that ability. It’s our dream we have as a child. What we do with that dream is what matter. We all can over come the greatest challenge in our life and fulfill our dreams. We all have one we cling to. If we do whatever we can and whatever it takes to follow them and make them come true, we too can fulfill our dreams just like harry Houdini did. When we live our dream that’s when we truly have lived.

           
                        Work Sited

Mullin, Rita Thievon. Death Defying Showman. New York: Sterling, 2007

A&E Television Networks. Harry Houdini Biography. Bio.true story Biography.com. (2011) March 14, 2011 http://www.biography.com/articles/Harry-Houdini-40056

Jackie Robinson

            One of the things that made Jackie Robinson the most valuable baseball player of his time, was when he was younger he led more than one sports to a championship.  And that lead him to be in the National Hall of Fame. His greatest accomplishment was breaking the segregation barrier with sports.

            Jackie Robinson as an African-American baseball player was on display for the whole country to judge.  Jackie was the first baseball player to break Major League Baseballs color barrier that segregated sports for more than 50 years.  I think that breaking segregation in sports is huge, because if blacks weren’t able to play baseball now then I don’t think baseball would be as interesting and exciting.

            One of Jackie Robinsons accomplishment that I think was his greatest, was being a black male and making it to the Hall of Fame.  Jackie Robinson became National League Rookie of the year with 12 homers, a league-leading 29 steals, and a .297 average at the end of his season with the Brooklyn Dodgers.  !949, he was selected as the NL’s most valuable player of the year and had a .342 batting average that same year. He was inducted into the Baseball Hal of Fame in 1962.  I think this is one of his greatest accomplishments because he was one of the first black males emitted into the Hall of

Fame.

            The aspect from the creed that I think Jackie exemplifies is Overcome adversity and challenges.  His family overcame prejudice encounters that his family encountered.  And it strengthened their family bond.  I think that it’s amazing that he and his family still keep their heads up even though people were being prejudice towards them and others of there color.  His life legacy will be remembered as one of the most important in American history.

            Jackie Robinson had many other accomplishments like how he became the first athlete to win varsity letters in four sports: Baseball, basketball, football and track.  Dealing with segregation wasn’t the only struggles he had to deal with in his earlier years of his life.  He had to leave college and enlist in the U.S Army due to financial difficulties.  And his mother raised him and his four other siblings on her own.

Cited Page

Book: Teitelbaum, Michael. Jackie Robinson. Champion for equality. New York: Sterling publishing Co, 2010.

Internet site: Pioneer press. “About.” Jackie Robinson. March 16, 2011. http://www.jackierobinson.com/about/.

Stop It!

You yell and can’t seem to stop

STOP IT!

You keep sipping on that whiskey bottle full of your addiction

STOP IT!

Your making me hate you more and more everyday

STOP IT

You complain to my little sister for getting touched by her brother just

Because you are drunk

STOP IT

You ruin everything you touch. And everything

That I walk past

STOP IT

You complain that our family just isn’t good enough

STOP IT

We can’t move anywhere in our relationship like a father and daughter

Should because you’re powerless

Your powerless over your addiction your killing yourself slowly dad

STOP IT

My fingers want to grab that bottle and smash it cause

Then I could...

STOP IT

 You taught me to never leave someone you love behind

But I seem to be getting farther and farther away from you

MAKE IT STOP.

I want you to live a healthy life and not kill yourself with something that you can not control so if you don’t

STOP IT

I WILL!!!!

Pain

How could you!

Where do you get

Off going behind my

Back, Smoking, Drinking,

 Doing DUSTER!

I hope you know

That I’m going

To start up again

Just to prove a point

To you! Uhhh….

“F” that I know how

Addicting that is and

I’m not going to put

My self in that kind of

Situation ever again!

 You have made me so mad!

I have know

Idea how I feel right now!

Relationships

I like that twinkle in you eye’s

When you stare me deep in my eyes,

I can’t believe all those times I

Made you cry,

Than I began to wonder why,

I caused all this emotional stress

For you

When all you were trying to do is to stay true

And not leave me hanging in the blue,

Then I found out it was true

With you and my cousin Drew,

You both lied,

You both tried to hide it

You tried to make a food of me,

When you weren’t staying true to me,

Now it all turned into a democracy,

Are you freaking kidding me?!

Marines

They are the few

We are the proud

We’ll always serve

As well as protect

You know the saying

We’ve made it quite clear

We’ll quick in your door

To show you what we’re fighting for

This is a simple game

A game of strategy and survival

It’s a mission of success

A test of truth

Our main goal

Is to gain honor and respect

It’s who we are

This is what we’re here for

We fight for truth

We fight for freedom

We’re listening because

We are the MARINES

Lost Your Trust

It didn’t take much to lose your trust

Just one time for you to f*** up

Knuck up

Buck up

Take some ownership

But you can’t even do that much

So you just dip

Try to come back to me

You’ll get hit

I’ll make you look like a fool

And laugh in your face

It sure didn’t take long for you to be replaced

Yes! I’m trying to rub it in your face

You started this all in the first place

You think I’ll take you back

Only if I was wack

So lay off the crack

I’ve moved on.

And starting my new song

The Gold Sun

As the gold sun hits my soul

Laying there, the gold light

Coming from every direction.

It can never be lost.

Ad I lie there blinded

From the beauty

Blinded from the soft tenderness

Of the feeling I have.

The words can’t explain

The feeling I have.

It fills my heart

And soul with loyalty

Love and….

So much more.

Music

This is the best thing in the

World

In my mind it’s the answer for everything

It can help all your problems

It’s indescribable

It’s my therapy

It can help me cheer up when

I’m down

It has all sorts of different

Meanings

If you listen closely

You can hear the message

It makes me feel untouchable

Like there is nothing but peace in the world

Everyone should listen to it

It’s my life

I Hate You…

                        I hate you when you lie, I hate you,

                            I hate you when you steal

                          I hate you, I hate you when

                       You Act like a fool, I hate you, I hate you

                      When you think your cool, I hate you, I hate you when

                      You pick on me, I hate you, I hate you when you

                         Cry like a little beep, I hate you, I hate

                       You when you act like someone else, I hate you

                              I hate you when you disrespect.