Reflection on Learning Community

The most successful skills I've had was working in groups when we did our work in the Evergreen. When we did that, it made it easier to workout any problems we had and had more support to answer the problems. One assignment I found difficullt was the Double Deuce assignments. When we first was assigned to read the first chapters, i read them. But then we had a quiz on the whole book and I didn't know we had to read the whole book. Also for the essay, it was kind of hard for me to annotate information. I thought that we should of had more practice on that and more time to do more assignment during class.

My Environment Being Toxic

A toxic enviroment has something to do with food being everywhere. For example, Mc Donalds, Wendys, KFC, etc are known to be have a chain of restaurants that can easily accessed by anyone. Ways my life are toxic are that I rely on Car transportation more than walking to work, because at first I used to walk to work seeing that its down the street from me. Also even though I have food at home, I seem to always go out to eat with my friends after work and then my dad would say I should save my money. Another way its toxic is I dont get enough exercise, only when I'm walking during work, but thats not enough for a daily workout.

My eating expeience (Saturday)

Well it was a Saturday morning, theres usually nothing in the house to eat. So I was lucky to find one cup of Easy Mac to eat before i went to work. I love it very much, the chesse tasted great even though it was very hot, but it managed to full me up the whole day. Then after work, i had ordered a chicken ceasar salad, to be honest, it was alright, except i tasted onions in it, which kindof ruined the taste for me. Then finally, i had McDOnalds. A large number 10 and and extra Large fry and a McFlurry, seeing that i eat the same thing every Saturday night, im used to the great taste of the fries, and drikning sum refreshing Hi-C orange to kill my thirst after work, after eating all that, the McNuggets were the best for last, I can never get tired of them lol.

Double Deuce Representation of the Characters

The characters from Double Duece, Spenser and Hawk are better represented from the book then the TV show because it gives more in depth detail. The first reason I believe that the book is better because it describes more detail than a TV show would. For example, in almost every scene in the book, Spenser talks about how the environment reacts around him and how he makes it descriptive. Like when he mentions in scene how the rain made Hawk's dark green Jaguar look black as it beaded out and got in his car.(Page 137) Another reason is that in this story, Spenser is also able to mention how someone else is feeling during a suspensefull moment. For example, Spenser talks about how Hawks motives are and what type of guy he is. Like in chapter 41 where they face off against Major in the stadium, Spenser describes how Hawk was relaxed and knew he wanted to kill Major.(Page 204) A final reason why the book is better is because it also gives descriptive detail about the love feelings that occured during the story. For example, the story also talks about the relationship between Spenser and Susan was getting serious. In chapter 31, Spenser talks about how he enjoyed listening to Susan on the phone. He thought it was an interesting perfomace that made him love her more (Page 149). These reasons demonstrate how the book can represent the characters deeply in detail and still keep the reader intrested in the story.

Double Duece First Person

I was in a cubicle at the Department of Youth Services, talking to a DYS caseworker named Hawk. He was a muscular man with low cut haircut and was well dressed with his clothes nicely pressed. His fully groomed beard was black and his eyes were brown. He wore black dress pants and a white shirt with a navy blue tie. "John Porter is his real name", he said. He had a huge folder open on his desk. "It sounds like a street handle but it's not. His given name is John Porter. In his first twenty years he was arrested fouty times." "When he turned twenty-one he went off the list?" I said. "He's no longer a juvenile," he said. "After that you'll have to see his probation officier or the youth gang at BPD."

16 and Pregnant

16 and Pregnant shows how it can be challanging for a typical teenager to raise a child during their time in high school. The aspects of this show are how Chelsea has to deal with a premature child and her relationship with her boyfriend. They have go through tough times where they figure out who will watch the child, which can be hard if you're attending school and have a social life.

Helicopter Inventor: Paul E. Williams

Paul E. Williams is the inventor of the Helicopter. It was created in 1964. Helicopters have a huge effect on popular culture. They serve as transportation for certain celebrities when appearing at a award show. For eample, when R&B singer Rihanna arrived by helicopter at the Hamptons. Also another example is, in certain movies actors also known as celebrities, use helicopters in certain scenes that include action. Finally, people use helicopters to view celebrity homes and famous areas on helicopter tours. There are many uses for the helicopter that made it a unique way of travel in the air.