My Boo Radley's

In my life I cant quite pinpoint one person who is similar to boo Radley. Instead my dad has a group of friends that he has known since he was in college. These four guys have been at every birthday and major holiday since I can remember. They were the people I went with to see the premier of Revenge of the Sith with at midnight the day it came out and the skipped school to play video games with the day after. Their like my extra uncles who over, time got married and had kids whom I now think of as my cousins.

            Although I love them all very much, when I was younger I was a little nervous when I got around them. When I was six none of them had children yet so I was somewhat of a oddity. Without any experience with children they were easy upset and over reacted when I was a little rambunctious, what six year old up after their bedtime wouldn’t be? so when they told me to calm down or stop doing something I felt I had genuinely done something wrong. The next time they would come over I would act very grown up, saying please and thank you and sit quietly. It was torture, and instead of being praised for my behavior it went unnoticed. I would then feel ignored. What I didn’t understand then was that everything was new to them; they weren’t sure how to act around kids, just like Boo isn’t quite sure how to act around people.

            But eight years later they’re all parents, or are expecting and seem to understand what is and isn’t ok for a little one to do. Sadly, I don’t get to see them very often anymore, between kindergarten and little league games, and the lack of Lucas films coming out there aren’t really any opportunities.

Blog Introduction

          As an English student I enjoy reading and creative writing, but lack enthusiasm in discussing literature. So, on my blog you can expect to see long responses to intellectual questions and shorter less involved answers to questions about the books we've read in class. i also tend to ramble and get distracted so my posts might be a little confusing. but over all they should be complete and interesting.
        
          I think the point of an English class is to get students not only aware of there first language but also to familiarize them with the world that they live in, which is based on language and communication. Think about it, in the modern day we interact by way of speech, whether it be in person or through an ad on the TV. Or through literature, where people express their feelings and share their opinions most commonly, either in the Newspaper or in their own personal journal where they can release all their pent up feelings that were not expressed throughout the day. The present day American culture couldn't function without English.