Theme of Charles

In the story Charles, there were a few themes but they related to each other. The theme of honesty of children come in. Children often are very sneaky and have many ways to deceive you. They don’t like to be frank. They make up many different ways to hide themselves from the crime. Also, another theme that appears showing children is that children want attention and they will try any possible way to get you to notice. For parents, it is important that when sometimes, when you try to find out the wrong problem and can’t find it, often times it lies on you. Also, it is important not to believe everything your child tells you. There is also another part of honesty. When you lie, you will eventually get caught. Also, don’t always do what someone else tells you to do. When Charles told the little girl to say it, she did it without hesitation. Sometimes, you must think first.

My Ideal Teacher

My Ideal Teacher is a teacher who is truly willing to help children/teenagers or anyone learn, whether it’s in a classroom or helping someone out with the ATM. The teacher occasionally can joke around but most of the time must be serious and strict so that students actually learn, instead of talking and chatting and do whatever-you-wants. The teacher must exercise discipline but also must allow students to have a chance to speak. He/She must not have a monotonous and same voice throughout or else it’ll be drown the class with boredom. Instead, the teacher must have a pleasant and interesting voice. The teacher must also be creative, having students do projects that show that they understand the topic. The teacher must also be willing to explain concepts, unless, that is, the students are in college or the teacher has explained for 20 times or more. The teacher must not be prejudiced towards students. They should give all children the same respect and thoroughly put aside their biases for race, gender, and other. The teacher should also be a person that can be trusted with students’ secrets or problems. In a word, the teacher is a friend. The teacher must show the students to a new world and different insights.

Writing:ResponseAnalysis p. 282 (Tribute)

I have a “connection” with my violin. It’s important to me because it is an object I get to put my feelings into when I play. In a computer game, you only feel adrenaline and excitement, only slight feelings of frustration and surprise. However, with a violin, you get to play and when you’re sad, you just play sad by making the song go smooth with tons of vibrado. When you’re anger, you play fast and hard, stroking the bow hardly up and down and sometimes, you may even move your body with it. It affects my life by allowing me to release and cope with my pressure. If I was to give me violin a name, I would give it the name of Earth inspired by the best violin in the world, the Soil Stradivarius. Because the violins’s name is Soil, I would make a name similar to it which would be Earth. Here is my Tribute to my Violin.
In my house, the magic comes when the case is opened. The whispering music springs into action, flooding the house with wonder. The bow dances with the strings the violin holds the bow as they dance like the waves of the sea. The violin is an angel; it plays nice and soft, with light steps. The violin is a demon; it plays heavily with its strong staccato and long pressed strokes. The violin is a car; it speeds along with its trios and 16th notes. The violin is a box of wood, with glue, and strings. Yet it flows and plays like a stream. It is filled with a magical desire to fly, to take sounds, and to show its feelings. Its soul doesn’t stop. It continues to fly to the end of eternity.

Quickwrite p.271

If someone told me that their best friend was a computer, I wouldn’t be too surprised. That statement could tell me that the person was anti-social and depressed. I could infer that he probably is quite alone and doesn’t have a lot of friends. I would also think that the person is weird and has psychological problems if he/she were serious. I would also guess that person isn’t happy in his life and is very annoyed at people and is very snappy. At school, he might be very reserved and nervous. He would be extremely dull and doubtful person which is why he doesn’t really have friends. The person would be gloomy and grouchy. He/She would be a very stubborn person. The person could also be a very lazy, insolent, and rude person. Finally, I would think the person is overweight since he’ll probably spend too much time at the computer.