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My progress on the book is ok but it was nothing like I thought it was gonna be. I never really knew how much goes into a Childress book. All I thought I was gonna do is write a simple story and cut out some pictures but I was wrong. The thought process in every part of the book is crucial. So far I have just written out the story and I am barely picking out the pictures. I never knew how hard it was to come up with a plot and story that is simple enough for kids to read but smart enough that a clear message is conveyed. I’m also struggled with how that message was going to be shown. I was stuck between two story lines that I wanted to go with but I ended going with the simpler version. I thought that it made sense for my book. I also kind of thought a lot about what the characters I chose and what they were gonna do. I picked a rat, a squirrel, and a bird, because I thought it would be easy to find pictures because they can all be found in the same place but that seems to be a struggle for me as well. I’m not really the biggest artist either so I’ll have to figure it out. Overall Though I am really enjoying my time making the book. It’s something I thought I would never do, even if it’s just an assignment.

As a writer I think I have progressed well from when I started. This is my first semester back after about a year and a half away and I know that my writing is way better than it was. I’ve have learned when to use certain punctuations, how to properly plan an essay, and how to better explain my points. The only thing that I never been able to master and still have trouble getting is page minimums. I struggle a lot with writing papers that are over 5 pages. I always end up running of of things to say and I just ramble on about random things. With the the help of this class and all the exercises that we do have helped a bit. I’ve learned to further elaborate and explain my ideas so that way I don’t easily just say everything I have to say in one little part. I learned to branch out my ideas and talk about them individually and it usually opens up another gate.besides that I feel like my writing is heading in the direction I want it just not at the pace I want.

Someone who I truly admire and look up to is my dad. He has always been there for me and my family no matter what. He has shown me so many things in my life I wouldn’t know what to do without him. He showed me how to ride a bike, how to play soccer, and he was always supportive. Since I was a little boy to now almost a full adult, he’s always been there I don’t know how to explain. I know that he does everything in his power to keep us safe and well. From working overtime on the weekends to driving me to practice even though he just got out of work and he’s tired. He has always been there for us. Even in the hardest times he’ll make ends meet . He came from Mexico and built a life for me and my siblings. Although I know that I can never be exactly like him, I want to be any little piece I can of him.

When writing my book it was kind of difficult to choose a truth to right about because I didn’t want my to be the same as others. When I finally decided, I chose to talk about sharing but more in depth greed. I feel like greed is not talked about enough in books. Especially since kids now are always asking for things all the time I thought that it would be a good topic. I wanted to go the route of always taking and never giving back. In my book there is a character that has a chance to solve all of their hunger problem but instead he kept it all to himself. Because of it, they no longer helped him. There’s consequences to being greedy when there is a chance to share.no one likes someone that keeps it all to themselves.

Something surprising about me is that one of my hobbies is fish keeping. My interest first began when I was younger.I was always Fascinated marine life and I liked to watch shows based off of fish. Some of my favorite shows include river monsters with Jeremy Wade or Tanked which was a show where this company in Las Vegas would make theses extreme custom fish tanks for their customers. Some of them includes celebrities, athletes, and superstars. Anyways I got My very first fish tank around 12-13 and it was one with just Goldfish. They were these 30 cent fish but I took care of them and they grey more that double in size. I had those for a while until my dad helped me change the water one time and he poured the wrong liquid into the water and they all died. I took a break from fish after that but my Interest was still there. It wasn’t until 3 years ago that I picked up fish keeping again and this time I got a bigger tank and tropical fish Instead. I now have an angelfish tank with live plants and a corydora catfish to roam the bottom. Although it is a hassle to keep it clean , the end result is really peaceful when it looks nice and the way you want it to.

The picture I chose to write about was one of a girl with a soccer ball saying a what looks like a much older figure and in the middle of them is a plane that is crashing into the fire. The first thing I noticed was the soccer ball, I personally love soccer and it was why I chose it. As I continued looking at the picture though, I started to get a his idea of it. I interpreted this picture as a type of dream or goal slowly getting further away and crashing or not being able to reach the end. I say that he with the soccer ball is her dream of going pro and the plane in the middle is how it’s going for her. And who/whatever she is looking at are the reasons why it didn’t work out. I kind of made a personal connection with the soccer ball because me myself I love soccer. I got the inspiration from how hard it actually is to go pro and I feel like this is showing exactly that.

One thing I will never get is how any type of hate really. It doesn’t matter what it is or wherever but there is always going to be someone that has only negative things to say. it literally doesn’t hurt you or cost you in any way to not say anything about it. It could be clothes, an idea, a car, etc… and it could be brand new, and there will always be some saying something about it. I do understand that people will never have the same things or that some people won’t agree on some stuff but that’s no reason to say something bad about it. For example, I have seen a video where a guy is literally just holding up a sign with a few words, he is literally just holding the sign and people are constantly just attacking him with words and slurs . Some are even driving and they just pull up on the side of the road to tell him something. It’s crazy to me how something so small can bother someone so much to the point where they take time out of their day just to focus on that. I will never understand how someone can get a good feeling out of just constantly taking bad on something.

Something I never got and never will understand is how traffic on the freeway begins. It frustrates me a ton. We are all going in the same direction how hard is it to keep the flow going. I do understand that sometimes crashes occur and stuff but most of the other times I don’t get. like especially when everything is going good and then everything just stops or comes to a hard stop. It usually happens when I need to be somewhere too. Another thing is the slower drivers, there are unwritten rules I think when driving, the Farthest right lane is usually the slowest and it get faster as you go to the left lanes. So there’s should be no reason why a big ole truck for Walmart should be in the carpool or the one before trying to switch lanes all the way so he can’t miss his exit. It just causes a big mess. lastly is the repairs on the freeway. They pick the worst times to do the littlest repairs and they just cause a big mess. Last time I got stuck right before they were just about to start and what usually takes me 15 minutes to get home turned into an hour. All of things frustrate me but there no other things like driving and dealing with other people on the road.

Growing up my favorite toy or toys had to have been these small figure one wrestlers based on the WWE. When I was smaller I would always watch the WWE and I would collect them and make them fight. My favorite wrestler was Rey Mysterio, he had a mask and he was really acrobatic when he would fight. He was my favorite to collect because they always came out with these different editions of him and he always had a different color mask and design. I would collect others but not as much as him and at one point I had a small ring and I would make them fight. I loved the imagination you could put into playing with them and I think that’s why they were my favorite. I would make them fly off the top ropes and fly all over the place. Not only that but the actual show itself was amazing too. So many storylines and different personalities on the fighters made it fun to watch. At the time I belived that the wrestling was real and for the most part It was even when they had these crazy matches with like tables, chairs, fire, barbed wire, etc… although I don’t watch it anymore the figurines that came out because of it will be my favorite toys of all time.

There’s is not a lot I would change about me but the only thing I would probably change is how I process things and take chances. Since I was smaller I have always had these like little opportunities that I pass on because I’m either scared or I think I can’t do it. That is something that I want to change be cause it still kind of happens today. I often think that a lot is out of my reach so I don’t even look in that direction. I often make about my decisions and after think like what would of happened if I had choose that instead. Or what would I miss on if I came here instead of going over there. All these like little thoughts affect my decision making and sometimes it’s helpful and other time it just becomes a mess . My whole thought process gets mixed up and I can’t fully make a decision without having a small bit of regret. It’s not sad in any type of way but I just really overthink anything and I make it harder on my self than it need to be.