Monday, February 25, 2013
Digital Footprint
This is my digital footprint. My digital footprint is how I'm represented and known through the internet environment. It has my school logo, my phone, my most used apps on my phone, my laptop, music symbols because I love music. It also has a Canadian flag, my friends, my dog, dance shoes to show my passion for dance. I chose these because if you go on any of my internet accounts you can see factors of all these things. I think overall this is a good representation of my digital footprint!
Writing Response:
I don`t know what I would like to do with my life yet. I haven`t discovered what I love to do or what my passion is or even what I want for my future career. I just know that what I`m going to do when I`m older is going to need a good education. There are so many people that apply to university, I think that probably a lot of the applicants will look the same, and nothing would really stand out. By creating this blog and updating it as much as possible I feel like this could really help me out for the future. I think this improves my writing techniques and helps me organize my ideas and thoughts in a more creative way. And I think looking at this is a very professional blog and adds a little something to when your applying somewhere because its a shows my writing skills, in a different way.
Weekly Reading Response #3
Book: Tweak
Author: Nic Sheff
Pages Read: 30-80
This week I got really into my book. And even started reading at home. This week in my book I found myself predicting a lot. But when I started to read more I found that all my predictions were off. I predicted that one of the characters would stop using drugs. Or just not use them at all. Next, I flip over the page and the next thing I read is her doing drugs. I'm glad that my book left me wanting to read more. And I'm glad my book caught me off guard and that not all of my predictions were accurate.
I found that I've been having a lot of comments. I've also been meeting a lot of new characters. I also notice for a lot of the characters hes been going back and telling stories from the past. Lately i feel like hes been talking more about the past than the present. Maybe hes getting more into the past because maybe hes trying to tell us why he started using drugs , and what led to it.
I didn`t really have many questions. The only questions I really found myself asking were who were these characters and where do they fit in. But the more I read , he explains why they are here and explains more about them. I think people do drugs because they feel alone and they need something to make them feel not so isolated. In the book, the author Nic Sheff, said that when he first did drugs he felt like it gave him a manual to life. I think drugs provides people with a sense of fitting in, and a sense of feeling wanted. People sacrifice their pride and dignity to maintain their addiction. They also sacrifice their relationships with their friends and family. I remember reading something and it saying that this is a true story by the author. I think I knew that but I guess i didn't really pay attention or I just forgot. Because when I was reading it it just didn't click in that this was about him, and this was a true story. Now knowing that, I respect the author much more and I think by the end up the book he will be clean because if hes the author he must be clean otherwise I don`t think he would be so open about this very hard time in his life.
Weekly Reading Response #2
Book: Tweak
Author: Nic Sheff
Pages Read: 20-30
In the section of the book I was reading I was a little confused. I pretty much know what their talking about, but since I don`t do drugs there`s a lot of words that I found myself looking up because it made me understand the story more, and understand more whats going on. Since I've read other books about drugs before it somewhat feels like I`m reading the same book. And particular things that happen I feel like they're going to happen in this book. Just because they have happened before in a similar book. They talk about being an addict and not having a relationship with their friends or family, its the same in every book. One prediction I did have though was that something was going to happen to his sister. In the book he talks about her a lot. Sometimes he talks about his family but not as much as his sister. That`s why I think something might happen to her.
I couldn't really find an text connections. The only thing I can somewhat compare with is that my parents aren't together, and neither are his. That`s all. But other than that there`s not a lot I can connect with. I don`t do drugs. Nor am I an addict. So I`m not really understanding how he`s feelings when he can`t get high, or when he can`t get what he needs to get. Its very hard to understand his perspective. Its also very hard for me to put myself in his position.
When I said he probably has the urge to drink due to his grandpa I maybe thought that if his Grandpa was an alcoholic maybe that had something to do with him drinking. He never really said anything about his grandpa other than that . I was also think maybe he used to see this grandpa drinking all the time and maybe thought it wasn't bad or it wouldn't do him any harm. I hoped he would find a girl to fall in love with. But not one that would keep him into drugs, and keep up and encourage his addiction. I was hoping with that that it would be more of him being sober. And not just being high all the time but really showing the readers the strength of trying to quit an addiction. I think that shows i have a little bit of high expectations as a reader and maybe that that probably wont happen. Its more what i just would like to happen. I feel like that sticky notes helped me out a lot. I feel this because over the course of the weekend you can forget a lot. So by writing questions, predictions, and comments it makes me remember everything. Not just that it makes me think of thoughts and ideas that maybe I didn't have writing down on those sticky notes.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Reading Response #1
Book: Tweak
Author: Nic Sheff
Pages Read: 1-20
Starting off my book I didn't have many questions for the first little section that I read. I only had one sticky note on questions, and that was, why did he relapse? What caused that? To be honest I thought it was sort of a stupid question. I clearly knew why he relapsed. I've read books about drugs before of course he relapses, hes an addict. I really didn't think the beginning of my book really left me with any good questions, like the ones that you're just dying to find out. One of my questions wasn't why he relapsed but maybe what caused him to relapse. I didn't really like how he started off the book. I don't think he should have started the book off so quick with a relapse. I was hoping maybe it would start off with him being sober and then later in the book him getting back into the drugs. I'm really hoping when i get more into my book it will leave me with more questions.
I luckily had many comments and thoughts throughout the beginning of my book. Definitely more thoughts than questions. I first off have to say that the book caught me off guard. Like I said in my earlier paragraph as to why he started the relapse so early in the book. That's why i think it caught me very off guard. I also thought that when he stated saying that his grandfather drank himself to death, I thought that maybe that's why he started drinking and getting hard into alcohol. I also thought that maybe the reason he'd been getting into bad drugs its because of alcohol and maybe trying all these drugs when he wasn't completely sober. The author also stated that his family says he resembles his grandfather more than anyone. I wasn't very surprised at the ages he said in the book. I always thought that if you were an addict you would have to start experimenting with drugs an alcohol earlier than someone who is not an addict. I feel good about the first part of my book. I find it very interesting I find it interesting because he got a little more in depth and in detail with his writing. I'm glad the first section is leaving me with many comments and thoughts!
Based on the cover of my book I could definitely tell it was about drugs, it said right on the page. I don't know if I should really consider this a prediction. But I'm hoping he falls in love and meets someone who can make him make better choices and someone who will make him stay clean and sober. I found that using post-it notes were very helpful. It made my reading response easier and helped me out a lot! I thought the first part of my book was interesting and I'm looking forward to reading more!
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