Liyah’s Thoughts

   Ray Bradbury wrote an interesting story. The type of story that you might have to read a couple of times in order to understand it. Although this story maybe a bit confusing, soon you will start to put the pieces together and then it will all click. Let me tell you the gist of it.    In the beginning of the story, this man named Leonard Mead was a simple guy who enjoyed going on walks throughout November because he loved the weather. He was an author and he would write books and magazines, but soon they started to not sell so he wasn’t really employed. Nor was he married. This man lived alone and pretty much had nothing better to do than to walk for hours, it was a daily thing for him.    He was walking through a silent and dark neighborhood minding his business and talking to the houses. Talking to the houses was a thing he liked to do because well, he didn’t really have anyone else to talk to. As he kept walking along his way he noticed that he was...

 As young teenagers we all make dumb decisions. Some may not be as bad as others and other decisions might be worse. Now, if you know me right now you’d probably think that I wouldn’t do anything so stupid that could cost me my life. You’re right, me as of right now wouldn’t. However myself in 2017 did.   One day in the month of September, 2017  I was planning on going to a quince with some of my friends. I got ready, and had to clean the house because Mexican moms don’t let you go out anywhere unless you clean! After that my mom and I went out to eat some food. Later on that day at about 6 is when my parents took me to the quince. The quince was located at Telephone Rd. If you’ve been there you know what the road looks like, straight and a lot of gravel. So once I got dropped off I said goodbye to my parents and met up with my friends. The party was pretty boring at first, but then we saw a few of our other friends.   We asked them what they thought about the pa...

The reason why Ray Bradbury wrote “The Pedestrian” was to bring awareness that many people have been treated unlawfully by police offers for not doing anything wrong. What happened in his life contributed to this story because he was a simple, honest man who was simply just strolling the neighborhoods but also since his work wasn’t selling and he didn’t have a wife his life seemed depressing. Which is a reason why he would talk to himself and how the cop thought he was crazy.

One thing I learned from the conversation today in class is that people can do things differently. For example, with the definitions for some of the words I would describe them in my own words. As for my partner, she took the definition from google. I would also like to add that I too took definitions from google, so this shows that people can have the same idea but also do it their own style as well.

Meme - a picture that is funny. Virus - a disease that can infect a human being. Viral - a person/thing that instantly goes famous across the internet. Blog - a website used as an online journal for yourself and others. Wiki - a website that allows collaborative editing of its content and structure by its users. URL - the address of a World Wide Web page. Website - a location connected to the internet that maintains one or more pages on the World Wide Web. Www - World Wide Web is the universe of network- accessible information. Internet - a global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using standardized communication protocols. 2.0 - used to denote a superior or more advanced version of an original concept, product, service, etc. Open source - denoting software for which the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed and modified.

1. Kudos - congratulations Kudos on that new apartment you just got! 2. Reply - say something in response to someone/something Hey did you reply to Dr. Preston’s post on his blog? 3. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - wonderful Mary Poppin’s is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. 4. Intuitively - without conscious reasoning My mom intuitively knows how to deal with my little brother when he’s acting up. 5. Uncanny - strange or mysterious The detectives behavior was very uncanny. 6. Torrent - a strong and fast moving stream of water or other liquid A torrent broke out in Florida recently. 7.  Affirm - offer someone emotional support or encouragement I affirm to my siblings when they need someone. 8. Individualism - the habit or principle of being independent and self-reliant One word to describe me is individualism because I’m very independent. 9. Exacerbate - make a (problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse. My brother tends to exacerba...

After high school I plan to attend a university but I also am planning to join the navy. One reason I am thinking about joining the navy is the benefits they offer. A recruiter came to one of my classes and told us that right now they are giving seniors a $3,000 bonus just for joining. They also pay for you housing and give you money for books. Although this is plan as of right now, I am still debating on whether if I should do cheer next year or if I should get a job to save money. Doing cheer and looking for a job is extremely difficult because not many places want to work with a busy schedule and mostly every place wants you available on weekends which I am not.

 Dear Everyone,                       To be honest I don’t know who I’m writing this letter to. I don’t have anyone in particular that I would like to talk to yet. Or maybe this letter is to everyone. When I am out in public sometimes I  evaluate how one person acts. Some people are kind, while others aren’t. So that brings me to questions that are always on my mind. How can one individual be so mean?  My parents and I talk about this a lot. When someone is rude to me I would of course defend myself but sometimes I don’t always  have a better “comeback” or can be as mean as they were because I’m genuinely a nice person and it takes a lot for me to be mean to you. So when I go home and tell my parents they always say that sometimes people act like that because they aren’t happy with themselves or at home or that that’s just the type of person they are. However I would like to help those people. Being nice doesn...