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Response- The film makes his actions more justifiable, right from the start we see things in order, how Chris experienced things and how his family and the outside world treated him. But in the book there are huge time skips which creates more questions and mysterious which alters how people perceive Chris. Summary- The film makes Chris's actions more justifiable. Reflection- In class we watched the film adaptation of "Into The Wild"

 Response- When growing up I slowly realized that my parents had lied about certain things to cover up how I saw them. It was about what they did but the principle, and it was things they didn't even have to keep from me because of my age, they just straight out lied for no reason and it made me see them differently. Summary- My parents lied about things which made me see them differently just like how Chris started to see his family from another perspective. Reflection- In class we read chapter 11

Response- I think communication and time builds trust in a relationship. And also when you keep your word about things you say your going to do. Lying and hiding things definitely breaks trust in a relationship. Summary- Communication builds trust while lying breaks trust. Reflection- In class we did vocabulary and went over chapter 12 in the book while answering connection questions.

 Response- The chapter that stood out to me the most was chapter 10. It was a specific paragraph that stood out to me, close to the end. It was when mccandless was saying his goodbyes to everyone and started crying. He was seen as someone to not build relationships with people and kept a distance but it surprised me that he had played the piano fluently for everyone, and even cried when he was about to leave. I think he knew that he was risking his life for the sake of finding his identity and being free.  Summary- Something that stuck out to me was chapter 10, when McCandless cried. Reflection- We talked about the into the wild book for class.

 Response- To me, success is being happy In life, achieving all your goals, getting a stable job and life, and having good relationships. Some people may view it differently but in my case getting successful is good grades, keeping my job, and getting into a good college. I think this comes from both my personal values and society expectations.  Reflection- Being successful is achieving your goals and having a happy life. Summary- For class today we read new chapters of into the wild.

 Response- During my freshman year I used to rely on my best friend a lot for advice. I would never listen to her and get myself in trouble and after a while she started getting annoyed and didn't care if I didn't take her advice. It made me feel bad and I decided to start thinking like her and make my own choices. I would make the same choices, because I've been doing that ever since. Summary- I started making my own decisions instead of relying on my friend to help me. Reflection- In class we worked on into the wild book.

 Response- I did take the SAT, My dream score is probably a little over average, 1300. The top schools that I want to get into is either Georgia state, Georgia southern, and I haven't found the third yet. I've visited both and my step brother attends Georgia state. Both campuses were nice but Georgia southern was almost 4 hours away, I would probably get home sick. Summary- Top two I would go to are Georgia state and Georgia southern. Reflection- We worked on the wild book.

 Response- I'm not really that affected by the time change, but I have been falling asleep way later and getting less sleep. It definitely feels like I'm losing sleep but on the bright side it doesn't get dark super early during the evenings anymore. Summary- It's only affecting my sleep schedule. Reflection- I wasn't in class because I had tardies I had to stay in trailers.

Response- The artists young thug and Clairo make me see everything differently. They're both really different music artists but I really like their music its very poetic. Clairo writes very soft music which fits me more but young thug has really good lines but his music is catchy. Summary- Clairo and young thug changed my perspective. Reflection- In class we worked on reading into the wild and answered questions.

Response- Things I would keep If I were leaving things behind would be polaroid pictures of me and my friends, McDonald's giftcard, and makeup. All these things are important to me, and I would keep the pictures for memories and motivation. Something that would be the hardest for me to let go of would probably be makeup because I use it everyday. Summary- Things I would keep would be pictures of my friends, makeup, and McDonald's giftcard. Reflection- In class we worked on new assignments for a block period class, it was about into the wild, choosing themes for certain quotes and a writable assignment.

 Response- One time when I had been arguing with my dad over the summer for days on end, I had to get out of the house to think to myself about what to do. I ended up taking back to back shifts to get out of the house and ended up getting some additional advice from my coworker about what to do. I think its good to get out sometimes to think about certain situations.  Summary- When I was arguing with my dad I had to get out of the house. Reflection- In class we worked on our new book and survival.

 Response- We didn't have time in class to read chapter 1, but we did talk about things we would bring if we went camping alone for months. I chose to bring first aid and a Glock for safety. We also talked about bears and what to do if you see when. We saw a video of a bear chasing someone and it was scary how fast they run, but educated me on how to escape from one. Summary- I would bring first aid and a Glock to go camping. Reflection- In class we wrote 12 things to bring camping and talked about how to survive.

 Response- The easiest word for me was frenetic. This word was the easiest for me to understand because I'm familiar the word. I used an image of a girl rushing to type something to represent someone being frantic. The most challenging vocabulary word for me to learn was recrimination because I've never heard of it before so I was new to it. I made my own sentence about a lawyer using recrimination to accuse the opposing side and a photo of two men blaming each other to help me understand it better. Summary- The easiest word for me to learn was frenetic and the most challenging was recrimination Reflection- In class we worked on a digital vocabulary assignment