Most recent public comments by Madison Allen https://nowcomment.com/users/93474 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231819?scroll_to=2532687 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231819?scroll_to=2532687 Janie's grandma had realized that Janie had been growing up at this point. Janie's grandma also thought that in this moment that she was ready to become a house wife because she had caught her "little" Janie kissing a boy. Tue, 31 Aug 2021 08:33:10 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231819?scroll_to=2532685 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231819?scroll_to=2532685 Janie hadn't thought too much about her race because she had lived in a white neighborhood and nobody had ever pointed out or treated her differently because of her color. This was also just a bold statement to say in the book. Tue, 31 Aug 2021 08:29:35 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231819?scroll_to=2532680 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231819?scroll_to=2532680 Tea cake was meaning that the boy was younger than her. Janie's grandma was nor happy she had ran off with a boy, but they will allow Janie to get married to a man four times her age. Tue, 31 Aug 2021 08:22:52 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263250?scroll_to=2380348 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263250?scroll_to=2380348 The author said, "she crawled back into the computer." Reading that sentence alone I would think of someone like crawling into a computer monitor and be living in there, which sounds really weird. Reading that sentence with the text stated before it actually sounds really cool and a great choice of words used. It shows that she goes back to looking at the computer and is probably looking like she is staring very intensely at the computer but that is because she is taking the test. Wed, 17 Mar 2021 15:00:01 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263250?scroll_to=2380341 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263250?scroll_to=2380341 When the author did say the names, they didn't capitalize them. Why wouldn't the author do that, since it is basic english knowledge? Wed, 17 Mar 2021 15:00:00 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263250?scroll_to=2380335 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263250?scroll_to=2380335 When I first read over the poem I realized the author decided to use names. Why did the author decide to do that? The author could have easily replaced the names with a guy, boy, them, or a girl. Does he think maybe we can picture them better? Maybe someone has a picture of what a Stefon looks like in our mind, or a Michelle or Kandence. Wed, 17 Mar 2021 15:00:00 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263250?scroll_to=2380304 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263250?scroll_to=2380304 The poster being there will not do them anything. It might not do anything to anyone. It is what you do with that information that the poster gives you. Wed, 17 Mar 2021 15:00:00 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263250?scroll_to=2380294 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263250?scroll_to=2380294 The speaker is saying that he holds the potential of being something great. If he tries to take off, he could change the world for them or for everyone. Wed, 17 Mar 2021 15:00:00 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263250?scroll_to=2380260 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263250?scroll_to=2380260 I noticed that in the text the author is using a lowercase "i" but also capitalizes youtube. That was the first thing that stood out to me when looking over the text. Wed, 17 Mar 2021 14:59:59 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263250?scroll_to=2380228 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263250?scroll_to=2380228 James Baldwin wrote a lot on racial social issues. He was also well known for writing about how it was being a person of color in America. Wed, 17 Mar 2021 14:59:59 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263250?scroll_to=2380109 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263250?scroll_to=2380109 Quartez Harris wrote a book called "We Made it to School Alive" which focused on self-worth. Wed, 17 Mar 2021 14:59:57 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263250?scroll_to=2380098 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263250?scroll_to=2380098 I wonder if making it to school was a struggle when first reading the cover page. Was it more of a huge step to make for them? Wed, 17 Mar 2021 14:59:56 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263250?scroll_to=2380086 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263250?scroll_to=2380086 The wings could mean that they feel more free since they have made it to school. They don't feel grounded down anymore, their parents might not have to watch them 24/7 everyday now. Wed, 17 Mar 2021 14:59:56 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263250?scroll_to=2380074 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263250?scroll_to=2380074 I was thinking the wings may have to show they blossomed from a caterpillar to a butterfly. It shows they have blossomed from a child into a kid that has made it to school. Wed, 17 Mar 2021 14:59:56 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263224?scroll_to=2376811 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263224?scroll_to=2376811 To want to move to a different country to learn the language seems difficult and stressful. I would just want to take a different language class in my school or hire a tutor. You would probably learn the language quicker and want to study as much as possible so then you can understand people though. It would also be like studying that language 24/7 since everyone is speaking it. It seems to be more effective in the long run but very stressful. Fri, 12 Mar 2021 12:52:59 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/262700?scroll_to=2374667 https://nowcomment.com/documents/262700?scroll_to=2374667 Malcolm London says lessons on lessons but never learn to swim. Students can't learn that much just by looking at a lesson once or taking notes over it once and never looking back at it. You have to look over the material, maybe look over it a hundred times. You might even have to rewrite the notes but take your time rewriting them so you think about everything you have written down. You have to engage in school to really learn the information. You got to want it, you do not want to drowned. Thu, 11 Mar 2021 12:25:50 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/260954?scroll_to=2362300 https://nowcomment.com/documents/260954?scroll_to=2362300 People learn better in different ways, so maybe he figured that he is best being more of a visual learner. Repetition helps your brain keep that information in there, so seeing it and then writing down the information would help him. He talks later on about "Over and over," that will help your brain familiarize the information. He is taking the best steps that anyone could make with learning new information. Tue, 02 Mar 2021 13:59:20 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/260954?scroll_to=2362268 https://nowcomment.com/documents/260954?scroll_to=2362268 I agree with you on the dictionary being the hardest book to read. I haven't even read the dictionary, but that probably gave him a really good base to start with. The dictionary gives a pronunciation text. If he learned how to read those words then he also knew the meaning of those words along with it. Tue, 02 Mar 2021 13:33:31 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/260283?scroll_to=2354957 https://nowcomment.com/documents/260283?scroll_to=2354957 I like the quote, "Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional" by Chili Davis. You can still have your moments where you act like a kid or do something you did when you were five. I still will go back and watch Disney movies and my 42 year old mom will watch them with me. Aging is just another year to learn something more about this world or you. Your mind will keep growing with the years but you will still have that younger you inside of you. Fri, 17 Sep 2021 11:24:25 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/260279?scroll_to=2354952 https://nowcomment.com/documents/260279?scroll_to=2354952 Ms. Jones could have flipped out on him and he could have, maybe, gotten in legal trouble for what he tried to commit. What Ms.Jones did probably made him feel worse than her calling the police on him. He probably felt bad, seeing how nice she was in return when he was going to steal from her. He probably won't want to do that to someone again because she kind of guilted him of what he did. He would have probably tried stealing from more people but tried to be better at it if she would have called the police on him. Tue, 20 Apr 2021 22:01:29 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/258111?scroll_to=2333078 https://nowcomment.com/documents/258111?scroll_to=2333078 I was thinking that also, it is terrible how she has to feel as though she needs to include that in the poem. Race and gender probably have something to do with it, I don't know exactly because I didn't live in those times. Thu, 11 Feb 2021 14:16:40 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/258111?scroll_to=2333020 https://nowcomment.com/documents/258111?scroll_to=2333020 With the author saying lynch rope and gang rape, it makes it seem as though she felt she only had those choices. Between the two choices neither of them seem like good choices at all, especially for someone that could be completely innocent Fri, 12 Feb 2021 12:12:06 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/247092?scroll_to=2300363 https://nowcomment.com/documents/247092?scroll_to=2300363 I understand the feeling of a grandparent saying that. It makes you feel sad because they are feeling that their life is coming to an end. It makes you feel that you need to prepare for when you here the bad news come from someone else. I am also sorry your grandma feels that she has to say that. Thu, 28 Jan 2021 19:38:10 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/247092?scroll_to=2299565 https://nowcomment.com/documents/247092?scroll_to=2299565 I agree with Emma about money can't buy happiness and is short term. When you buy clothes you are happy with the clothes then you get old of it or it becomes out of fashion. Then you want new clothes. Thu, 28 Jan 2021 14:11:17 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/247092?scroll_to=2299476 https://nowcomment.com/documents/247092?scroll_to=2299476 I agree with you, when I say I am going to have a good day then I usually end up having a really good day. If I say oh I'm going to have a bad day then I'm usually not motivated or looking at everything in a bad way. Thu, 28 Jan 2021 19:24:45 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/247092?scroll_to=2299468 https://nowcomment.com/documents/247092?scroll_to=2299468 Although I do like having freedom to myself, I also do miss the times where my parents would do anything for me. I wouldn't have to make my own food a lot or clean my room every night. My younger brother gets babied still, so seeing it everyday makes me miss it sometimes. Mon, 01 Feb 2021 12:15:10 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/246060?scroll_to=2274035 https://nowcomment.com/documents/246060?scroll_to=2274035 Just seeing this picture makes me feel uncomfortable. I get uncomfortable when I see people come around me with no masks on. It also is crazy thinking about the day I went home from school thinking we would only be out for a month at the most. Wed, 13 Jan 2021 22:57:46 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/246060?scroll_to=2264810 https://nowcomment.com/documents/246060?scroll_to=2264810 I agree with you on families not being able to see each other. I have not seen my aunt, uncle, or one of my little cousins because he has cystic fibrosis. My older cousin works so he is living with my grandparents because if my younger cousin gets covid he would not make it through it. This is really making a toll on my aunt and uncle with not being out. These times really make families separate a lot. Thu, 07 Jan 2021 23:31:20 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/240008?scroll_to=2193985 https://nowcomment.com/documents/240008?scroll_to=2193985 Tue, 10 Nov 2020 23:18:36 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/240008?scroll_to=2193966 https://nowcomment.com/documents/240008?scroll_to=2193966 I agree with Zach, when I saw first guy with disabilities it kind of made me smile. I don't see too many movies with an actor that has disabilities in the movie, especially a movie that seems to be focusing on disabilities. The movie did open up my eyes on people with disabilities, just because you kind of see him on a day to day basis and I personal do not have someone around me that has those disabilities. Tue, 10 Nov 2020 23:00:17 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/238472?scroll_to=2175147 https://nowcomment.com/documents/238472?scroll_to=2175147 I am feeling that the genre of this poem is more persuasive. It's saying that you need to let them be there for you. Some people do not want help, they think it will show that they are weak, but we need to accept that everyone has bad days and it is so much better working through it with someone at your side. Fri, 30 Oct 2020 10:36:14 -0400