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.

KITE RUNNER BOOK REVIEW

The most shocking and appalling things happen in the book, many situations that leave people wanting more information, but makes them want to close the book at the same time because the information. The Fiction Novel, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini takes place in Kabul Afghanistan in the middle of a battle between the Shi’a and the Hazaras. Baba a Shi’a one of the richest people in Kabul takes in Ali and his son Hassan, a childhood friend that he was raised with. Baba hired Ali who happened to be a Hazara as a house helper. Ali and his son lived in a house on the property of Baba. Amir the son of Baba, a selfish jealous child that envied Hassan. The envy and jealousy is demonstrated throught the entire book. An example that is demonstrated in this situation.

“But before you sacrifice yourself for him, think about this could he do the same for you? Have you ever wondered why he never includes you in games when he has guests? Why he only plays with you when no else is around? Ill tell you why, Hazara. Because to him your nothing but an ugly pet. Something that he can play with when he is bored, something he can kick around when he angry. Don’t fool yourself and think you’re something more.” 

(The kite Runner, Page 77)

He was not a friend Amir, but he was something lower than that. Amir became something so low and sorrow. Amir could have decided whether to deny and go against the allegations against him, or accept them. However, Amir Reacted by staying quiet.




Amir had stood in the position before, in the position where he had also noticed his own behavior treating Hassan differently than the other children that he knew and would hang out with. He knew he treated Hassan as something else, and not as a person. Amir stood out greatly in comparison with the others. He had many problems with many people throught the story. Whether Amir argued, accused or with other characters, he always ended in a place where he hurt people. In addition, not only did he have and add weird and mixed emotions to the story but also he acted in ways that many people would disagree and not understand believed to be morally wrong. Amir had mood swings and moments where he contradicted himself and others by speaking or being a traitor to people around him. To the people who he allegedly loved, cared and respected, in ways he could not understand, and could not do the same. When in need of help or having moments of misunderstanding, Amir never went to ask that of people around him in a situation that he did not like to be able comprehend the exact details and their perspective. Amir reacted by zoning out surrounding himself in a bubble away from others. Don’t fool yourself and think you’re something more.” this reveals and demonstrates the feelings and emotions that Amir reveals and is obvious to others including the town’s bully Assef. Amir could not show much if not any respect to others including his family, friends loved ones and himself. The only act that Amir could show to others was that of being a selfish coward and intolerant B*****D.



In what position did Amir stand after heading to America? Was it a mistake that later led to further situations, problems and misfortune in the story. Did Amir and his father Babba’s decisions lead to them having worse problem that they would have had in Kabul Pakistan their homeland? Not only did the move to the United States change the lifestyle for Amir and his father but for others in their hometown including Hassan. Baba began to live and the work with effort to live and earn their money, but not living well enough as compared to what they had in the beginning of the story. Baba was one of the wealthiest people in the land in Kabul, having a big house and a lifestyle to fit the best of the best. Once they arrived in the United States, Baba and Amir had to work very hard in earning all the income that they would be receiving throught their life. In the United States not only did Babba have to work earning income throught the week at a liquor store, but he felt that it was necessary for him to go to earn extra money to survive and live well. Baba decided he would earn that by Amir and him taking extra time to make more income support their lifestyle. The lifestyle of Baba changed dramatically in different ways including those of seeing and interacting with people that he was not accustomed to being with, conversing, and having moments in which they were together. Not only did the change of locations bad for Amir but it affected and changed things for the people that back in hometown Kabul. Those changes were those of life and death.



The last few chapters in the book become very interesting and eye catching the audience and readers. The story became interesting and eye catching in the way that all began to come together and many exiting details for the reader.



Soon after Amir goes back to his hometown of Kabul to meet with another character, he is informed by letter about Hassan’s life’s great detail and how it developed and changed since Amir talked and seen him. Hassan’s life changed and developed dramatically and became different from peoples expectations.



Amir finally wanted to be helpful, take care of Hassan’s child, and make a difference. Amir finally began to feel guilty about what happened to Hassan in the beginning of the story. Amir was trying to build off of the situation and make a relationship with Hassan, one that he could have had. He wanted to redeem himself into not feeling as such a bad person as he felt on the inside. Amir believed it would change his feelings and let the pain and weigh off of his shoulders.



The purpose of Khaled Hosseini’s novel was to be able to reflect on morality and being attentive on actions and result that shape the future that would come and evolve to change the book. This book demonstrates the purpose in many parts of the book, it is incorporated in many parts to help the reader understand clearly and piece the parts of the puzzle. The characters actions and thoughts are very important and are the main part of the book, rather than the detail that comes after. The book’s focus and ideas are meant to be understood and captured from those of people with high maturity and level of understanding.