Jack through the chapters

           Throughout the first few chapters, Jack has always been a rood arrogant boy. He has a huge trouble with power and authority. At first, all it seemed for him to care about was being chief and in charge. Now, he is absolutely focused on hunting. It's part of his "tough guy" image. All of his comments are just to intimidate others and boost himself up. Such as, "We'll have rules. Lots of rules.", "Who cares what you believe-Fatty!" That reminds me, Jack has some kind of deep hatred for Piggy. The only thing that he reveals as why he would not like him so much is simply because of his weight and slowness. I'm sure it is something deeper than that, but for now, it just comes across as discrimination.
            Another thing, Jack seems to only care about himself. Just listen to the way he talks to others, especially to Piggy. I can't help but wonder about his past at home. This must be something dug deep down into him. It's not just his personality. It can't be. Something must have happened long ago, and this is just how he deals with it. I am curious to see if he ever reveals anything later in the book. For now, we must wait.

Midterm coming up

          As far as midterms go for this class, I'm not too worried. English is a subject where if you understand the material, you don't really have to cram the information into your head. I've personally just paid attention in class and basically remember everything.
          There are still some hazy areas here and there. I am a little confused on the literary elements. I'm sure if I reviewed them, I'd remember, but when I hear those words, I automatically assume that some elaborate list should pop into my head, but it doesn't. Anyway, with review in class and studying at home, I'm sure I'll do fine.

TRAPPED

If my classmates and I were trapped on an island along with a group of first graders, I think we would manage. Staying alive in a situation like this certainly wouldn't be easy, but considering our discussion in class, we would put our minds together and make it out of there alive. The key thing to remember is that everybody has something to contribute. Some people are loud leaders, while other quietly observe. The hard part is finding out who can work together.
One thing we had plenty of in our class was leaders. Diamond was keeping us all organized and making sure things didn't get out of control. Alex and I were taking charge and assigning roles to everyone and establishing a "game plan". Emory was working on how to keep us from fighting by creating a small government. The disadvantage was that there were a lot of people that kept quite even though they had great ideas. Akbar finally spoke up and decided that the first thing to do was scout out the island and find a water source. That was a necessary task and to be honest, I overlooked it. It may take one to lead, but for us to live through and experience like that, we would need to all work as one. I think we would.

FREE POST

            I never know what to write about in these, but I guess I could write about the LSU women's basketball team this year. We did really well for a while and made it to the final four a couple times a while ago, but we lost our coach Pokey Chatman a few years ago. We're finally starting to adjust, and it should be a good year considering we got some new freshmen that are supposed to be great.
            There is one problem though: Pat Summit, Tennessee's previous coach for years, has retired because of her early-onset Alzheimer's  (I want to show some respect for her and what she's done for Tennessee's program over the many years. She is one of the best coaches of all time!) ...but, back to the problem: Our current coach, Nikki Caldwell, was a previous Tennessee player. I worry that after this season, Tennessee will make a coaching offer to Nikki, considering what a great job she has done at LSU. Understandably, I would expect her to take the offer and go coach at her own school. Hopefully, she'll stay with us for a few years, but I guess we'll just see what happens.

Reading Response

          This week, we got a little break from short stories, so I finally got to get back to my book, "Geno: In Pursuit of Perfection".  A little refresher, Geno Auriemma is the Uconn Womens' Basketball coach. He has won multiple championships and was this year's Olympic team coach.  Basically, the whole book is just Geno going through each season he coached, talking about the players, and all of their accomplishments.
          Since one of my goals is to be play college basketball one day, it is really interesting to get a coach's point of view on what they look for in players, how they recruit, and quite honestly, what completely turns them away from a player. I have always admire Geno and his coaching style. A lot of people think he's a complete jerk because of how blunt he is. He doesn't sugar-coat anything. I love coaches like that. The varsity coaches at EHS are Coach Bourgeois and Coach K. Both are also football coaches, so you could imagine that they are not afraid to yell at us just like they do the guys. I've also had coaches who are just too sweet and just care about "trying your best" and "doing what you can do". I hate that because here's the  thing: just trying your best is not going to get you anywhere once you're playing at a higher level. I feel that when one of my coaches just looks at me and says, "Julia is you mess this up one more time, you're running, and by the way that was a terrible pass," it makes me better. Yeah, it may make me a little upset at first, but I know it will make me improve in the long run. Anyway, I'm enjoying this book a lot and suggest it to any other basketball players looking for something to read.