puzzling

I started working when I was sixteen and i soon after began paying for all of my personal belongings, including a new car. I actually had been paying for myself for a long time. Now i work at Kroger and i work with people who are much older than i am. These older people are mostly mothers who are raising kids, paying for houses, cars, groceries, everything. And i wonder how they can support all of that with a minimum wage salary or slightly above. Its hard for me to even control all of my finances and i have a lot less stuff to pay for. Its sad sometimes and i wonder why these people go to college or find something better. College was always in my future no matter what because of my parents, but i wonder about the parents of these people and how they were raised.

on being a cripple

I think that the story is coming from an interesting perspective. Because the author is a cripple herself, she gives a good insight into the life of a cripple. I like how the author says that she doesn't want to be called handicapped or disabled. Those terms to me seem more and i can understand where the author is coming from. I also think its interesting how if the author could get rid of her disease, she wouldn't because she knows that God gave it to her for a reason. i think thats an interesting outlook on life and suprisingly positive. 

An American Childhood

The story "An American Childhood" is about a young girl struggling to make it through her adolescence. Obviously, teenage years are a time of change for young people, and emotions run wild. It is normal for annie to blame her parents for how her life is changing. Annie has lots of anger built up inside and it seems like a self vs. society situation. It is interesting to me that she takes out alot of her frustrations on music. Even though she is basically destroying the instruments, she now has an outlet for her emotions. There seems to be alot of self reflection happening even without the character knowing about it. She starts to figure out and adress her inner anger and isolate it in a healthier manner.

Sonja interview

Sonja is the type of person who is very goal oriented. Leaving her hometown and getting a higher education is something that is important to her. I know that another one of Sonja’s goals is to meet new people in the dorms and to become more social. I believe that Sonja is accepting of change because she wants to talk to a wider range of people and be less awkward around them. Sonja is a theatre major and her favorite actress in Hayden Paniettere. Sonja likes her because even though she is famous, she is laid back and she doesn’t have a big head. One thing about Sonja that is interesting is that she would rather be behind the scenes than on a stage. I think that’s interesting because that shows that she doesn’t always want the attention focused on her. Sometimes it’s better to help out with something and be a part of it than be leading something. But one thing that Sonja does lead is her goal oriented life.

Interview

I think that it is really hard to describe myself to another person in only a few words. If I tell my interviewer one thing, that may stick out over other things that people hear about me. I don't want to be misrepresented or misunderstood. Ever.
I also think that the questions I asked my partner work well for this exercise. I interviewed Sonja, and I definitely understand her better now. I thought that we wouldn't have anything in common, but i realized that we both prefer to be behind the scenes rather than on a stage. There is a shy element to her that is similar to me. I definitely understand that her hopes for college were to meet new people and to become more social, and I think that everyone is in the same boat.