Art Show 2009

Yesterday at the art show, I saw many marvelous pieces of art. The one piece of art that I really liked was by Amanda S in Photo 3. I really liked the bright colors and the crazy layout she chose. I liked the hippie vibe it gave off. The quote she chose was:
Today you are you
That is truer than true
There is no one alive
Who is youer than you.

I thought the quote was cute and really tied in to the art work.

Predictions

I think that by the end of the book that Kate will be still sick and that Anna will give in and help her sister. I think this because of the way Anna describes the past. Like with the past family holidays and how some of them were normal I think that Anna wants to help her sister but doesn't want her mom telling her she has to do it. If I was in Anna' s position I wouldn't want to help my sister if I was always forced to help her. I would want to make that decision on my own time; Kate however doesn't have time which is why I think the mother in the end will lose both of them because she is losing the one to cancer and pushing the other one away.

Commencement Speaker for the Class of 2009!

Over the years at Wissahickon we had many laughs and many crys. We stuck with each other through the thick and thin. As we depart from Wissahickon, I hope we take a little bit of each other with us. I hope we treasure all that our peers and teachers at Wiss has given us. When we leave here today Wissahickon is a memory, a memory of the times freshman year we ll thought we would never make it to Senior year, even graduation. Now it is time for us to fly and take what we learned over the past four years and apply to our lives. We need to truly ask ourselves what impact do we want to make on the world and how can we make it happen. I wish you all the best and next year and the years to come. Live each day like it will be your last and have fun because we are in the real world now. Good Luck Class of 09!

Independent Reading post number 2

Prompt 3:
Write about something that happened in this section that moved you and explain why. Why was the scene or event so powerful?



There is really no specific thing that moved me. The events that helped move me were when Anna finally stood up for herself because she didn't want to be expected to be her sisters donor anymore. I was moved with how she presented her case to the attorney and how she has the guts to stand up to her mom. It almost seems as if she is developing into a new Anna and I am excited to see if the case follows through and what happens to the family.