think that this post makes since, but I do not agree with what he is saying about places not being what they seem and Alameda soon turning out like Oakland. Jesse said that Oakland started out nice and then turned bad, and that Alameda will do the same. I did some reading on Wikipedea, and I do not believe that this is the case. Here is what happened that turned Oakland into a dangerous place:



During World war two there was high demand for war supplies. As a result manufacturing jobs quickly appeared all around the country. One place where manufacturing became very successful was Oakland California.

At the same time this was happening, many African Americans in the south, in order to escape oppression, moved to these places that offered these factory jobs requiring little mental skill (Southern Africans were for the most part uneducated because of the poor quality of black schools).

These manufacturing jobs did not last long though. After the war there was no need for excess supplies. This caused the jobs to disappear along with the richer people of Oakland (mostly white). This period of time where whites left the poorer cities was known nationally as the White Flight.

So i will agree with what Jesse is saying this make sooo much sense you don’t even know how much. Alameda is now a nice place or i should say a decent place. Since their are many things that happen in alameda that is not okay. if you mean to say that alameda is so safe then why didn’t it make to the safest places to live? the closet place around here, close to alameda county 94601-94501 is San Jose. San Jose used to be #1 in the country the safest place and this year recent it dramatically changed and lost its place in first going down three levels until now becoming 4th in the country. San Jose changed because of its neighbors and where it is, its location and its nearby towns. Many things travel and go throught to neighboring places. The amount of people and what they do will spread and go to places near it. all the gangs go looking for new places that are near to find and create territory and soon the rival gangs find out and they try to find and take that land as well. The battle begins, there is shootings and the end deaths as well.


Even though alameda is an okay in the safe category it is missing some major parts and keys that end up making a very successful place to live their without anything to worry about. Since alameda is so suburban and small it lacks many many things. For example, alameda does not have a freeway. It doesn’t run through a place where there could be a freeway. When there is a major earthquake or event crisis how are alameda people going to leave? O wait they cant since that have to cross the bridge to be able to get on a freeway, or go through a tunnel. Alameda not only lacks a freeway but also many necessities that are needed to make it a very good place to live. People in alameda always have to cross and go somewhere else to find resources such as a Wal-Mart.

LCD discussion #3

The discussion was a success in the way that it helped and contributed to helping people further understand their  thoughts an concepts. The discussion began with my thoughts ad how the book completely changed and became a whole another story. My group members reacted and explained their thoughts with points, situations and quotes from the story. One of the things that we were explaining and discussing included the thought and the feelings that the book gave such as the topic of teachers in their own little world. Mercedes had interesting facts proving our thoughts and backing it up to a point where it became incredibly clear that in the story and in real life people the teachers in high schools don’t give importance and are very gullible. Teachers don’t notice the acts and the students  give up to build an impression and hide what they are feeling. Many people in life hide themselves and their feelings to give an impression of who they really are.

We began to bring al of the thoughts and the compile them into this conversation with the spectrum of feelings that it gave to people about school. School is like to door to everything wrong that happens to many people. In the way that people, are bullied, killed, harassed, hiding from parents. Schools are also a place where people can act up and do whatever they would like, people abuse the rules. Lastly, the teachers do not do anything. Do teachers drive and help the bullies. I have seen and in the discussion I learned of stories where the teachers witness things where people get hurt and they don’t act to help or to stop it in any way. How can this change as a group we weren’t able to come up with  solution.

The end of the book in the last paper clip there was a change in the way that Melinda acted and represented herself to people. Melinda began to grow courage and power to be able to stand up for herself and speak of hat she was really feeling and what she thought of people that spoke to her, spoke in any way that was directed to her etc.

responce to Rohksor

I am shocked. If anything, Alameda is the coolest place to be …


… (My dad works in Oakland and he has seen people get shot but he loves it there and he says he would not want to work anywhere in the world but in Oakland but you do not see him talking trash about Alameda.)

I want to re4spond and talk about Rokhsor thoughts and views on what Aleah was saying. I mean everything and different places have different things that they have an offer to a community and the people living their. Everything has different views because of the position that they stand. For example, even though Oakland may have danger doesn’t any other places have them as well?

We began talking about this after our discussion in a way talking about how there is so many middle age creeps in alameda that just stare and like stalk people in harassing ways. I have heard more than 15 people personally state and also defend this argument. In the morning in the discussion one of the peers that I was talking to brought a new fact to my attention. They explained how recently there has been a cluster of registered offenders living around Alameda high? How safe could that be, being completely surrounded by registered offenders. The person also brought to my attention that the alameda police was asking about a close neighbor who happened to be an offender. Another person living in alameda also mentioned to me that they too had more than one offender in less than a ¼ mile radius of their house and how they witnessed and were also questioned about that person who was arrested for a DUI violation. I mean I do not know that I have not seen or witnessed this because where I live. I found there is no close offenders until about a 5 mile radius of me.

Defending Oakland, in its own way it is productive in ways which there is many variety and diverse population living in Oakland. And oo yeah who has a WAL-MART, ZOO, and like Bart? Ooo yeah Oakland does and alameda doesn’t!

Speak, 2nd LCD

This new discussion was a new start and a place to be able talk about the thoughts of the story characters connections and things that would help us to be able to comprehend things in the book and express our feelings hidden inside us. This new recent lit circle discussion was more of a success compared to the one that we had done in the past. Even though, this discussion was still started by me once again just like one, it was more intuitive and the flow began to run through the conversation. The conversation that I started began explaining about how the book began to reveal more in dept action/ conflicts, thoughts, and feelings that the character revealed through her actions. Some of parts of the conversation included the fact that many people not only in novels but also in life are ignored and try to find a way out of that by acting a totally different way than what they did before. People change because they try to hide things they do not want people to see. That topic was most of the majority of the conversation.


This discussion varied from the first since their were now more people being physically active and participating in it, rather than having a few or selective amount of group, people or cluster from the group. I enjoyed this Lit Circle discussion more than the first since I literally heard the sides and point of views of different people’s in different perspective about one topic. The conversation led to many small but very interesting views that played a big part in the book itself but also in society and a basic human society’s life. The connections and opinions sparked in the conversation, the whole conversation flowed smoothly throught the time. The conversation even began to get intense in some parts, some people stood on different sides but we were able to overlook the whole thing and were able to accept both views. I also really liked how we were able to get the attention of Mr. Sutherland and we asked him a question that was answered truthfully!

ASTI; Jerseyfied/ Jersey Shore

I am responding to karens blog post avout jersey I couldnt agree more!

I just had to blog about this! This show is one of the best shows on television! It’s so funny and a great way to pass time. I personally love it so much. I’ve learned so much from it. The reason I love it so much is because of the characters, they couldn’t have picked better characters than them.



My least favorite one is Angelina,I mean she’s pretty but she’s a two faced,shit starting type of person. She always tried to get the others to turn on each other and fight. I’m not that into the Situation because he’s old,creepy,and to cocky. He always took off his shirt, I was like no boo put it back down ain’t no one wana see that sorry. Ronnie cheated on his girlfriend and didn’t deserve a second chance and he put his hand up to a woman that is not cute! Sammie I wasn’t all that into her because she’s too dramatic and emotional and claimed that most females are fake that’s why she doesn’t have a girl best friend. I dislike her because she forgave Ronnie and started hating on Jwow.


Jersey shore is just one of things that mostly 99.9% of the people in the whole wide world like! the show is awesome and shows peoples true personalities and how they act. Even though, there has only been two seasons everyone loves is and is waiting for the new season to be shown in television (P.S it has already been taped in JERSEY and is ready to come on, on TV!) everything is going soo well for the crew on that show! Everyone loves them except for like Angelina and the situation. Everyone in schools love them! For example, Cameron began school and now occasionally yells and screams like Pauly D (who has like a problem controlling himself and shouting things, it becomes apparent throughout the seasons), Ronnie, Vinny “the cabs r hea!”, “its t_ shirt time” etc. and making my word trenade popular which has some jersey shore incorporated! Those are just some small parts on how Jersey shore has spread at A.S.T.I, but theirs waaaay more!

(and Karen remeber dont go near angelina, "the Staten Island ferry" because "everybody gets a ride and it's free" - The situation. Even though, its free dont go near it!)

1st Lit Circle Discussion post

The book began with many questions and uncut ends to thoughts given to the reader about what the book is about. The book began to reveal background explaining the story with vivid and strong details. In the story, there was a mix of many quotes, thoughts to self, and ideas in everyone’s perspectives. The book came on and stuck to me, since it gave the impression of what a normal high school in the country would seem to be. The high school in the story has it is making having similar to the other schools, having the components of the jocks, bookworms, cheerleaders/popular, outcast etc.


The conversation/ Lit Circle Discussion began with one person beginning it and then the others conversing and building on what with their perspective was. I began the Lit Circle Discussion by stating some of the main point of what the story was showing and demonstrating on an overall level. I began the whole conversation with stating how the main character that the story revolved around on how they acted and the reason that I believed they acted like that. To back up my thoughts and opinions I had many choices to be able to show to my Lit Circle partners. From those they included many quotes and small sections and paragraphs in some of the main parts in the big important Chapters.

The discussion went well in the thought that the people who had something important to say about what they saw and noticed were able to discuss and express it to get there point through. At one point in the whole discussion, the talking was focusing more on specific people. Another thing that the discussion had was a thought and feeling of some people being scared or ashamed of what they thought or had in mind about the book. One specific person was beginning to close about their thoughts without saying a word. As a group we tried to encourage and help the person to be able to get there point across. The point became semi accomplished in the way that the person explained their that about our specific citing in the book. Even though, as a group we would have liked to encourage more self-thoughts, inferences and connections the point was that people participated.