13 reasons why

The novel that I am reading now is called thirteen reasons why. The book is about a high schoolgirl named Hannah Baker who kills herself over a number of things that other students had done to her kind of like bulling her but not in such a harmful way like most bullies do. The acts that were committed to her were silly acts, but harmful to her. For example the two people she made friends with first because all three were new to town were part of the thirteen reasons. The girl was very fake and had to have anyone like her no matter what and she used people to her advantage. This girl's name is Courtney Crimsen she used Hannah to get a ride to a party then told some guys an untrue story to get them to talk to Hannah. There is one story about a "pepping tom" his name is Tyler Down. Hannah caught him taking pictures of her while she was in her bedroom. She caught him by asking Courtney to come over and they talked and acted like the were playing around so they could here the snap of the camera. Alex Sandall is on her list as well, he is also the boy who became her friend at first. Alex, Hannah, and Courtney all were friends at first and Courtney and Alex had a thing or at least Courtney knew Alex liked her. Any way the point of Alex being on the list was because he named Hannah best ass for the high school year book and Courtney in the not section which caused a fight between Hannah and Courtney. Not a big fight but still the fact was that Alex did it just to make Courtney mad and jealous and it worked. The boy narrating the novel is on the list I haven"t made it to his section of the tapes yet but his name is Clay Jensen. He remembers how he liked Hannah and how they made out at a party once. The thing he remembers the most is how he liked her but never had the courage to ask her out. Basically so far the novel is about a teen who kills herself because of what some fellow students put her through and she made thirteen tapes giving the reasons why and who caused the pain. There is a real life situation that just happened. A girl hung herself back in January because of nine students that harassed her everyday for several months at school and on the Internet until finally she killed herself. They harassed her for everything right down to the upper class man she had dated. Bulling people may seem to be fun at the time but when it is so bad that it makes them kill them self then it is not so fun and you can get charged with serious felonies like those student who bullied that girl. They are being charged with things such as assault and some form of manslaughter. the worst part about that situation is that the school new all about it and did nothing to intervene. I know this blog was suppose to be all about the book but I heard on the news yesterday about that poor girl and thought it was odd because I was reading a book about a girl who killed herself because of others so I thought I would related the book to a real life situation.

Spring break is now over and I believe that I spent mine very well. I made sure to get my midterm project done in plenty of time. I even got some homework for another class done ahead of the schedual. I almost got two chapters ahead but I stopped myself. Having that week off helped me get things in order for the rest of the semester and catch up on some much needed sleep. The only thing that was bad about the timing of our spring break was that my daughters is not until next week it would have been nice to take our breaks together but there is nothing I can do about that. I was very proud of myself for finishing the book" Liar" before the time was up. I am not a big reader like I said before so that was quite an accomplishment for me. I also prepared myself for the next book which I started reading last night and got to page ninty-two way past the number of pages I had set for each week. Go me! I believe I will have this book read very quickly because it is actually very interesting. The book I am going to be blogging about is called "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher. I will tell you this he got the idea for this book while in a museum listening to the lady over the intercom telling everyone about what it was they were looking at. That was a very interesting way to get an idea for a book but it worked and so far worked very well. I have also been thinking if I do get my new novel done in plenty of time and have time for another I just might read another but I am not going to get ahead of myself we will just have to see how things go. I hope everyone had a wonderful spring break like I did.

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This class is not at all difficult and that is thanks to Stephanie Scott. I took the same class in 2007 and that teacher made everything way more difficult than what is should have been. She was nothing like the few teachers out there that make a difference in students lives. I personally have had very few of those teachers - four to be exact-. I remember everyone of there names also.
My third grade teacher Mrs. Freeman was the very first. I was not the best student but in her class you would have thought I was. She made every little bit of homework the most fun possible. She was great at making projects and assignments the most understandable so every student did great. My fifth grade teacher Mrs. Sarff was also great. She was a very patient, soft spoken -except when she need t correct bad behavior-, and determined to every student. She met each and every students needs personally. My ninth grade/homeroom teacher Mrs. Renner was extremely awesome. She made everyday as interesting and understanding so everyone did well. She also took the extra time to explain anything to the fullest. Mrs. Renner did not talk down to or act like the student was stupid or ridiculous for not getting it right away. She made you feel as though you were the smartest student in the class. The way your parents make you feel smart. I remember one day she had us all dress in sheets to make it look as though we were wearing togas. This activity was to help us understand Greek Mythology and the individual gods positions. She made us act out a famous Greek feast -can not remember exactly which one now but then I did-. That was the best day ever and made us all understand everything she was teaching that day.
Now I can add Stephanie Scott to my list. I have never been a big reader, actually i did not enjoy it at all. Stephanie has shown me a way that I can read in sections and take notes while still reading the whole book at hand without getting discouraged about reading. Books, I can now face you with the will to read any that seem interesting to me. I am not saying that I am going to become a big reader but they are not out of the question like they were before.