My Journal Entry Analysis

The two character traits `I don’t like Austin is that he is bitter and rude about most things that happen to him. One example of this would be when he was talking to Mr.Greene (the vice principal)on pg. 129 the last paragraph he was screaming at an adult in a position of power, all because of what he didn't want Tyson to be in the Shadow Club. The only reason he didn't want Tyson to get in because he had a bad first impression. This shows that Jared was bitter because he was scared Tyson would leak to everyone what the Shadow Club is and what they did and rude to not let Tyson in and to scream at an adult. I thought Jared is bitter because in the chapter of “What Ralphy Said” pranks were being pulled that

Holding tightly onto the wooden flower woven box you gave me , I’m in california. The trip was long and hard. I almost froze to death in a snow storm but brave strong John found shelter and warmed me up. We almost made it when indians attacked! I fought them of but a deep bloody cut scarred my arm. But again brave strong John bandaged my wound.

In the real world, you have all these ideas from your older peers as well as some adults in your life that form your opinion on the college life. Some tell you some good things about college life like understanding others and how to make friends, you know things you cant purchase or read about in a book. Other times they'll tell you about the horrors of all nighers and how they studied for soo long and hard and they only just got a C on their final. You know all that grandma's table stories.

Entry #1: I feel like i’m spinning, but i’m standing still everything seems so fuzzy and I can’t stop moving. My friends are starting to notice something's wrong. I see people in the hallway who whisper things like “i’m gonna kill you”. I can’t identify the difference between reality, and what my brain makes up. I told my parents about what the people in the hallway say but they don’t believe me. I don’t know how to tell them how I feel, but I don’t trust them either.

“Girly-girls” are being judged more harshly than the “tomboys.” Girls often watch the behaviors of other girls by how they dress, makeup, bodily presentation, and even their diet. Nowadays, girls are often occupied with sports and they are not being regarded as being a “tomboy.” A “girly-girl” are girls that are being depicted as always getting their hair done, wearing a lot of makeup, always afraid to get dirty, and are mostly the popular ones. Whereas, “tomboys” are less popular, dress more masculine, and can get

In “Why Boys Don’t Play With Dolls,” Pollitt writes about the differences between growing up as a boy growing up as a girl. She brings up the stereotypes that society naturally creates between genders in early ages, which leads to the lifestyle and path that boys and girls are raised in. Parents and feminist alike play a big part in establishing these sex roles. They raise their kids wanting them to be successful at what they are expected to be good at based on their gender and the trend that has been set before them.

I am writing this journal for you so that you will always know our heritage and where you ancestors came from. We may be United States citizens but our culture and homeland is elsewhere. Somewhere I am hoping you will one day visit. Here is a little bit of history about our dear homeland. The island of Puerto Rico (formerly Porto Rico) is the most easterly of the Greater Antilles group of the West Indies island chain. Located more than a thousand miles southeast of Miami, Puerto Rico is bounded on the north by the Atlantic Ocean, on the east by the Virgin Passage (which separates it from the Virgin Islands), on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west by the Mona Passage (which separates it from the

After the identification of tomboys and sissies, the other characteristics that students linked their names to were looked at. The tomboys in 3rd and 4th grade were seen as bullies and would make fun of other students who didn’t fit in with the “social norm”. They didn’t have many friends and weren’t

Diary entry one: As of recently, life has been pretty difficult for our whole family. We haven't been getting much money off the farm since prices on crops dropped. And, my mom lost her job because the company wasn’t making enough money to support its workers. She is unable to find a new job, because the same thing is happening to a lot of companies in the same field, and she lacks experience in any other job. I just really hope that things go up from here because we seem like we have hit rock bottom and it is very difficult.

I disliked the fact that when teachers handed out name tags, girls were always stuck with more “feminine” colours and how we were encouraged to be gentle and nice with boys. These dislikes built up and gradually I started to voice these opinions. Though the memories are now hazy, I remember both the sharp reprimands and gentle disengaging remarks from teachers and fellow students whenever I breached the subject of what “femininity” really meant. This general attitude taught me that I was not to discuss such matters, and it seemed appropriate to follow the leads of the adults. I complied, carefully hiding away the jolts of injustice and hoping that maybe as I grew older, those bursts of emotion would fade. Contrary to my hopes, they only grew stronger and turned into spasms of anger that would rock my young body with a fierce anger. Every movie or TV show I watched, teenage girls were portrayed as being silly little creatures who knew naught of the world and were only important as a pretty asset on the arm of a man. I touched the gates of puberty and experienced the way my sexuality was a taboo but also an accessory available to every media

Reading this chapter and listening to classroom discussion today really caused me to look back at my days in elementary school; I was always the only girl at recess who would play football with all the boys. From my perspective, I thought I was just a normal girl (that wanted to beat the boys at all the games), but a lot of people would call me a “tomboy” and I didn’t really understand why because I had always considered myself a normal girl. From an early age my dad, my brother, and I would play sports and do all the crazy things while my mom and my sisters would watch. Looking back now, I am glad that I was always accepted. There wasn’t ever really a time when the boys wouldn’t let me play with them because I was a girl and I wasn’t good

Today is my first journal! I 'm really excited to start doing these journals as it shows how much you learn over the years. At the end of the year you get to see the slow changes in how you type, write, and more! Although one thing I 'm going to be worried about is accidentally missing a day and miss writing these journals. Now I 'm nearing the end of my journal. Which is kind of sad, well, I can’t wait to see what happens tomorrow!

1.The earliest memory I had of understanding the particular behaviors of a girl was when I could understand the meaning of words. I learned my feminine behaviors of how to be a girl by observation. I watched TV and observed all the women and men around me. I can say I wasn 't pursued to be one way or the other. As I grow up, I wanted to wear fewer dresses and more shorts. I inspired to accomplish daredevil acts that boys did, play football, and basketball. I was labeled as an tomboy by my friends. I wished for nice tennis shoes, not sandals. At that time, I didn’t think about my sexual orientation as a child. I just wasn 't interesting in playing with dolls like an abundance of little girls I encountered.

I know it's been a while, but I knew I needed to get some of the stuff out of my head. And I won't mention that I might be in trouble with Momma, so I decided to come to my room to get out of her way. This has been quite a busy and hot day Sunday afternoon here in South Carolina. My family and I attended church services this morning and had a great time. The church was crowded and the music and sermon were quite uplifting. The minister preached for nearly forty-five minutes about how we must be faithful to Christ as we walk our Christian journey. He spent a great deal of time preaching about our ancestors and how their faith in God and close family relationships kept them strong. He talked about

As a young girl, I was often called a tomboy for wanting to be adventurous and strong. I find myself often frustrated with the differences between male and female. I felt that sometimes I would have preferred to have been a male, though this wasn’t an issue of my gender identification being misaligned with my biological sex. I felt comfortable being female in both senses. What I wasn’t comfortable with is how gender was, and still mostly is interpreted as two sides with no in between. I wasn’t comfortable with how feminine qualities were equated to weakness and masculine qualities were strong. The expectation that gender roles have created in us as a society makes me feel estranged in my body. My issue doesn’t lie with gender’s existence itself; but rather how people interpret and apply it. The question is how does the differences in the way that people define gender lead them to misinterpret and apply gender incorrectly.