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Beethoven's 5th symphony

Blog Post 6

For my last and final blog post I decided to post about an article I read in my lacrosse magazine, titled                   .

Blog Post 5

For outside reading I started with reading The Carlyles by Cecily von Ziegesar from the series, Gossip Girl: The Carlyles. I read the Gossip Girl series last sumemr and loved it, so I decided to give these a try!  It was about the Carlyle tripelets who moved to New York City and about them getting used to life on the Upper East Side. This book reminded me of the original Gossip Girl books and the hit television show Gossip Girl. Not just because it is a part of the series, but I can see the similarities between the characters in this book, the other books, and the television show. Jack Laurent reminds me of Blair Waldorf because she is the alpha and she is with the "hottest" guy in the upper east side. J.P reminds be of Nate because all of the girls want to be with him. Baby Carlyle reminds me a Jenny Humphrey because she doesn't really quite get the ways of the upper east side yet.

Blog Post 4

I haven't had enough time to get to the library within the past week to check out "Tuesday's With Morrie", so for this post I am going to blog about an article I read titled " An Immigrant's Struggle To Get His American Dream", On WCCO 4 News Online.  The article is about Wael Muhammad, an immigrant trying to get his citizen application papers processed to become an American citizen. This article goes to show how much our country has changed since September 11th. The rules and regulations regarding immigrants and air control have become extremely strict since the terrorism attacks. Wael has been overcoming adversity during his life, being born in Egypt, trying to fulfill his lifelong dream of becoming an American professor. People like Wael, face judgment and discrimination everyday based on their ethnic background that might affiliate them with terrorism, which make it very difficult to accomplish anything. This hasn't stopped Waell in his path to getting his green card although it took him five years. Overcoming this obstacle shows great determination and dedication, which inspires me, everyday and makes me appreciate that much more, the life I have been given. I deeply admire those qualities in a person and I strive to have those. This article was a great article that makes you reflect on your blessings and to be grateful for what you have and privileges you have as a citizen.

Blog Post 3

This week I finally finished the book.  I read from pages 146 to 196 all in one sitting because I just couldn't put it down!  The chapter I started on was titled, The Fourth Person Eddie Meets in Heaven, and it was about his desist wife Marguerite.  Marguerite was/is a very significant figure in Eddie's life, she was his wife until she suddenly died of a heart attack at around age 60 or so.  Eddie then spent the rest of his life alone, which was very difficult for him, especially because he loved Marguerite so much.  For him to see her again for the first time in many years was a very magical moment in the book.  Albom did a great job of allowing the reader to feel how Eddie felt when he saw her, embraced her, and talked to her.  She taught him many things while he was visiting with her in heaven but then she had to leave, she was not Eddie's last stop and it was time for him to move on.  The fifth person Eddie met in heaven was a five-year-old Asian girl.  This baffled him because he had never seen this girl before, or so he thought.  It turns out this young girl was the person he thought he saw in a house that he bombed while he was in the war.  Everyone else he was with convinced him that no one was there and he argued but eventually listened, this girl was actually there.  This really hit home with Eddie and I understand this feeling on a much smaller scale.  This relates to my life because I have thought or believed things and then let others get in the way of what I truly believe and it always ends up turning out for the bad.  I feel the message of this chapter is, listen to your heart.  Over all I really enjoyed this book and am looking forward to reading "Tuesday's With Morrie" very soon.