Second speak response

Statement #9 Parents simply don't understand the problems teenagers go through.
     I still agree with this statement because in the book Melinda didn't want to tell her parents what the problem was, but if she did they could have probably helped her. They could have helped her get through the year and could have probably cut her some slack. She didn't think her parents would understand they might not have understood entirely but could relate to some extent.
     All though at one point in the story her parents didn't understand her. At Christmas time her parents got her a sketchpad and pencil. " They give me a handful of gift certificates, a TV for my room, ice skates, and a sketchpad and pencils. They said they noticed me drawing." pg.72.They noticed she had been drawing a lot lately. She was really only drawing because she was having problems. Her parents misunderstood her completely. Which made her feel sad and about to cry. They were just trying to help. Parents most of the times can help and understand but sometimes they don't understand and try to help but make it worse.
  Also in the book she just wanted to lay in bed and do nothing the whole vacation but they made her work. " I had 2 days before my parentsdecided I wasn't going to "lounge ariund the house all vacation" I have to go to work with them." Her parents cleary did not understand what she was going through. But if she just told her parents in the first place maybe she could have stayed home and didn't have to go through going to work.
       All in all I think parents do understand it is just you have to make sure that you are clear with telling them the problem. They are always there to help and always willing to help. Thats why I agree with this statement.

Charatcer Analysis

Melinda is a typical teenage girl just trying to fit in. The only thing stopping her from fitting in is that  she is a total outcast. No one likes her. She is allways depressed and has a closet she hides in at school. She a had a friend in middle school named rachel. Rachel was the one that invited Melinda to the party. That party is what brought Melinda's reputation down because she called the cops. As the story goes on she eventually she starts to make friends like David and kind of Ivy. That is what Melinda is like during the book

compare/contrast

Melinda reminds me of my cousin who lives in New Hampshire and she always says that she feels like an outcast and says she has no friends. Ironically she has a one friend named Kristen and she is very loud and abnoxious. But that was last year things are getting better and ahe is starting to make new friends and is a lot happier now.

Response move for second marking period

Repetitions, Patterns, Motifits:
I See that a lot of time she is always getting bullied by other people. Melinda also always has something bad happen to her. Like the first day of school the lunch that got spilled on her by the "basketball pole" Then is the second marking period he comes back and Melinda has to teach him to do a free throw shot. So a lot of the characters come back in different parts of the story.

Speak Reading Response Move

Readers response:
When I am reading this book a lot goes through my mind. This book makes you feel sad and you feel really bad for Melinda. I don't like how everyone is mean to her and her life as an outcast, but sometimes we forget how mean people can be and how misunderstood people could be. This is definitely not a up-lifting passage. This paage always makes me think if anything will ever get better or will at the end she will not be an outcast anymore.

Speak Statement

Statement #9: Parents simply don't understand the problems teenagers go through.
          I disagree with this statement because parents were once teenagers and do know what we go through. Most parents went through high school dealing with the same types of problems. Our problems and their problems might be a little different but there are all generally the same.
     Everyone goes through problems every once in awhile and odds are you are bound to have problems in high school like fitting in, finding a good group of friends, and not trying to fail every class possible. Parents had to go through these already and know how to deal with it. They can relate to a lot of your problems and even if they are different they can alter their scenario into yours to get a good outcome.So in a way they do understand.

 The more specific problems like somebody texting about you behind your back, or a online problem might have some issues because you think your parents could not have possibly went through, Yeah they probably didn't have friends texting behind your back but there is a good chance that a friend was talking behind their back instead of texting. Parents generally had the same problems that we have. Our problems might be a little different like on a phone or online. But our problems and their problems have a lot of similarities, and they also have some differences.
Not only do some people think parents do not understand about problems also when they want to hangout with their friends, Parents say no and they think oh this isn't fair. Sometimes parents just want to keep you safe. Or what if you had relatives coming from across the country or from across the world. I learned to trust my parents that when they say no it is for a good reason.

Parents may not understand a lot because of all the new technology coming out. But that doesn’t mean that they didn’t have to worry about online chatting and texting, like we have to today. They understand what we are going through. My parents didn’t have texting and Facebook but they are always trying to help. That’s why I disagree with this statement.