karenthaat

= WELCOME TO MY WIKI PAGE'(: = My name is karen.I currently attend the Humanitas academy at Torres High School. Something that I wouldn't mind you knowing about me is that (im drug free) and I like the pittsburgh steelers.WOOT!.WOOT!.:D.....

March 14,2011 Dear 2nd period, A Million Little Pieces by James Frey was the first memoir he wrote. The book was pretty much about his addiction to various drugs, and all the troubles it cost him. His family and friends saw the way it was affecting him, and messing up his life. So they wanted to get him some help. And then his parents had no choice but to take him into a rehabilitation center. And he explains the struggles he faced towards being sober. At some point he wanted to leave because he felt his addiction was taking over him. He would have dreams of it at night as he tried to go to sleep. And he would feen and crave it all the time. He was surrounded with people just like him, or with similar dilemmas. James wasn't that of a sociable person but he met some men, that he described as very nice people. Soon enough they became friends, because he was going to be their for quite a while so might as well have someone to talk to. Men and women were separated in the facility, and it was prohibited for them to have contact with each other. he still had the chance to look at them and one really caught his attention, he met the girl whom he turned to talk to without the people in charge finding out. He then starts fallin for this girl and develop some feeling for her, and she does to. The people in the facility eventually end up finding out about them two and, start to keep a closer eye on them. Meaning they couldn't see each other anymore. It was devastating for both of them not to see each other anymore. And I really liked the way he would describe what he's been through and what he's going through. All his words were very specific and understanding, I actually got into what he was feeling. And I really liked the fact that he wanted to give up, but he didn't because he knew he needed the help. And I would so highly recommend this book, I would say it was one of the greatest books iv'e read so far. sincerely, Karen.(:

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Writing About Reading: Some Openers **//Try some of these to help you get started on letter-essays.// **

Title-__The Abstinence Teacher__ = //Choose 6. Please write at least 25-50 words for each response.// =

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margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"> **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 27px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The genre of this book is non-fiction ** <span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"> **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 27px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’d say the theme of this book is ** <span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"> **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 27px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I wish that the narrator would of not made the mistakes she made, but I mean thats the whole point to the story. ** <span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"> **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 27px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I didn’t agree with ** <span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"> **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 27px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I understood what the main character was feeling, because of the way she explain her thoughts and feelings. ** <span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"> **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 27px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I couldn’t understand ** <span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"> **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 27px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Why did ** <span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"> **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 27px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This is how I read this book: it was a really good book it was really understanding and it got straight to the point. 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=HOW MAINTAIN CAR ENGINE HEALTHY.= 1.What will i need? well to start of your going to need an engine 2.Will it be easy? it takes time nut its pretty simple 3.How long of a process will it be? not that long,and its only a once a month thing 3.How do i change the oil? you need to change the oil every month 4.How will i do it? you put in where it goes 5.Is their anything important i need to know? well probably that keeping check on the engine will actually help a lot 6.Whats the main part in a engine? it has no main part, all parts all equally as important 7.What are the names of every part under the hood? too many to name 8.How does the thing work? all the parts work differently 9.How to know when something is wrong with the engine? its pretty easy to spot when something goes wrong you just have to be checking up on it monthly 10.Do I need to know anything in special? not really

http://www.samarins.com/maintenance/engmain.html http://www.freeengineinfo.com/ http://autorepair.about.com/ http://www.bennettautocenter.com/Repair-Services/repair-services.html http://www.wonderhowto.com/topic/fix-an-rc-car/

=**ARTICLE #1**= Fixing a car engine is something that probably everybody will have a problem with once they own a car. Nothing last forever, so as time goes by your engine will start having problems and getting it fixed will cost money. And whats not better than saving money and doing the job yourself. Well, it's not as hard as it looks, butt knowing for sure how everything functions under the hood will take time. You have to learn the names of the parts in the engine and how they work. It also depends in what car you have and how old it is, because they may have different engines. Most importantly you have to know how be keeping it clean and checkin up on it every once in a while, so it wont be that much of a problem

AFTER READING THIS ARTICLE I FOUND THE FOLLOWING TO BE INTERESTING:
 * 1**.its easier than what it looks
 * 2**.that you have to change the oil every month
 * 3**.it helps a whole lot to have a monthly check up on the engine
 * 4**.every part is different meaning that you have to do know how to work everything the right way

The article was in my opinion very well detailed and i like the information it gave. It specifically tells you the steps toward keeping an engine well maintained and in good shape. I think it would actually be somewhat of a fun thing to do, to actually try it.

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Few tips on engine maintenance."How To Fix A Car Engine", www.smarins.com.maintenance/engmain.html[URL], MAY 11,2011 This article is pretty much giving you tips on how to keep your engine clean and not cause serious damage to it. It's really helpful because it also showed pictures of how the parts are supposed to look when their healthy, and some of how it looks when poorly maintained. It also gives great tips on what kinda oil it needs, were it goes, and how often you should change it. It also tells you how the battery and the engine cooling system works and how important it is to be checking up on it. And thanks to the information it gave me I will know how to take good care of a car once I own one.

I chose this topic because I didn't no what else to choose so I just stuck to this one. But it actually turned out to be really interesting and I found out something that I wasn't aware of. It's actually a good topic because It will probably help me in the future, when I actually get to own a car or help somebody else with theirs. And Imo sure im not an expert because ive never actually tried it, so i look forward towards actually trying it.
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