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Bridge to College English
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Yesterday in Shannon’s English class, we finished reading a novel by Sherman Alexie, a Spokane born native who grew up on the Spokane Indian Reservation and now resides in Seattle. Our class started reading The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian the first day of the semester and finished it on March 7, 2017. Students had to complete worksheets for reading comprehension and assignments.
The novel was extremely relatable, especially the end of the book when the main character faced another tragedy. Junior, the main character whose real name is Arnold Spirit is a fourteen year old freshman in high school. In my eyes while listening to Shannon read the novel aloud, I sat there thinking “This could easily happen to anyone in the real world; not just a Native American that was born with cerebral spinal fluid that experienced decreased thinking and breathing in addition to enduring the physical pain of two seizures weekly.” The novel brought me to different realizations in the real world. No matter how old you are, anyone has the capability to obtain the characteristic of wisdom at a young age. A friend of my Mom’s has told me repeatedly that I am “wise beyond my years.” At first when she wrote this to me when I was fourteen I remember thinking something along the lines of “If only I really was.” However, after finishing the novel I came to the realization that I can be smart and wise beyond my years as Marilyn stated. ~Bre |