English 12

Who am I?

            I am organized yet scattered. I am smart though my grades don’t reflect it. I am interesting yet boring. I am all of these things at the same time. It is hard to describe myself as having one personality or trait. I organize my life in a planner but somehow always seem scattered. I leave things to the last minute like your typical teenager. I take on too many things at once and try my best not to fail. I yell at my mother and I come home after curfew. I tell secrets and keep them. I do things my parents wouldn’t be proud of if they knew. I curse at times. I call in sick when really I am hung over. I listen to music my mother may not approve of. My love for my family is endless though at times I say I hate them. My sister is my best friend. I confide in her and she knows all my deepest secrets. My brother is my protector. He will defend me always. My father is my guardian. He watches over me from a far. My mother is my savior and teacher. She holds me when I cry and teaches me right from wrong. I cry into my pillow and I slam my door when I don’t get what I want. I dream of the future and reflect on my past. I make mistakes and learn from them. The most important thing in my life is me.

I am your average American teenager.

Silent reading book review

The novel “Go ask Alice”, an anonymous novel of a young girls life seems very unrealistic in my opinion. The way Alice is slipped LSD unknowingly at a party and suddenly forms a roaring addiction does not seem real. She not only craves LSD in the book but also other drugs she is not familiar with. Alice expresses in her diary of how she craves other drugs such as marijuana. I personally would not recommend this book to anyone because I do not see the benefit of reading it when I feel there is no truth behind the story. Though the novel is based on actuality it still seems unrealistic in my point of view. I truly believe the novel was intentionally written to frighten young teen out of getting involved in drugs. This book can often be encouraged by adults for that same reason, in hopes of scaring the option of drugs out of young people. The way I was raised was to feel free to try anything that might interest you in a safe environment. Alice tried LSD unknowingly in a safe environment. Most teens would be terrified in the moment of not being aware of the affects your body is going through and not be willing to experience it again, rather than crave more. I strongly disagree with the message this book is sending out and would not recommend it to anyone with the same mind set as myself.