Sunny Youth Journal

Many people think that reading is a very important thing to do. In life reading can lead to really good things. Such as becoming a very skilled reader, and a very talented writer like Jacqueline Woodson.

Jacqueline Woodson is a very talented writer. When Jacqueline Woodson was a little kid, she had the passion to read. Soon later it taught her more about writing. In the ted talk “What Reading Slowly Taught me About Writing.”  Talked about how she started to write from her reading.

Reading is a really good skill to have in someone’s life. It doesn’t matter who but it is a very good skill. When someone reads really slowly he or she will get more in depth in the story. Sometimes even feel like they are in the sense. This happens to Jacqueline Woodson. She was a kid that read very slowly. Dragging her hands under the words she was reading. Unlike her sisters. They would read fast and wouldn’t get the important details that are in the story.

When Jacqueline Woodson said “Slow reading will lead to deep, committed friendship. The friends may be fewer but they will be very close.” This means that when you are reading and getting more deeper in the story you get closer to the characters. The part “The friends may be fewer.” Means when she was reading the story there weren’t many characters. But she knows the characters well. This shows that when she kept on reading in her life she kept on getting better. Soon later she became a very talented writer and started to write books for everyone all around to world to read and enjoy. 

The story starts in a schoolhouse and Roger is the main character. Roger had a very very nice teacher before, she let the students take breaks from work, she joked around with the class a little and made school seem a little bit fun. But when she gave him homework, he just didn’t care.

When she left to go to Omaha for a trip, the children got another teacher. Unlike Ms. Wilson, Ms. Orville was strict and mean and she came in with a bunch of homework and a plant. She didn’t give the class breaks, she didn’t play with the students, and she made school seem like solitary confinement. She also told students to redo their homework if it wasn’t perfect, took toys away from students, and made students fear her just by looking at her.

Since the students hated her, they thought of evil ways of getting rid of her, some said to beat her up, another said to put a string in front of the door so she would trip, and another said to pluck the leaves off the plant she owns.
But by the end of the week, she says that she was only strict so that the class would be better. She also says that whoever destroyed the plant, to feel bad.

The moral of the story is to not judge a book by its cover.
Somethings might not be what they look like.

Graphene is made from graphite, and is incredibly durable and lightweight at the same time. It is 1 atom thick, and it is arranged in a honeycomb pattern. It is also very conductive, the most conductive material we’ve every found. It can end up being 10x stronger than steel if made properly.

For graphene to be worth using widespread, it must be better than the material it is trying to replace, which it wasn’t. Europe invested 1 billion euros into graphene, and all they got were some products that technically used graphene, but weren’t good enough to justify the massive price increase.

It is also much harder to make, which makes it even less viable. This is why many people are trying to find a good way to make graphene, such as reusing objects with high co2 to make them into graphene by heating them. People are also using tools like 3d printers to arrange the graphene. People are constantly innovating to make graphene as useful as possible,

In conclusion, graphene is an amazing material with many properties. It is very strong and lightweight. The problem is that it is hard to make. People are trying to find efficient ways to make graphene, and are pretty close to getting some good methods. Graphene is an incredible material, but we can’t skip steps and must do all the research before mass producing it.

The book Miss Awful is about a sub that is very strict. Most of the students really hate her. I think that she is very strict but she thinks that she is trying to help them because their teacher was a very laid back, and she let them take a nap in the middle of class.(Keep in mind that these are all third graders and they are not pre-schoolers. The teacher disciplines them and actually teaches them instead of letting them do whatever.

Most of the students hate her because she is being mean to them. They never had a teacher that was strict so they all thought she was just being mean and forcing them to do work unlike their previous teacher. Rodger was someone who was very bad at spelling, and the teacher was teaching how to spell better.

During the last day of school the students destroyed the teachers plant and when the teacher saw she was very sad. Rodger felt bad for her and stayed back. He showed her how his spelling improved and that she had helped him a lot and that she didn’t just spend all her time there just to have her plant to be destroyed. I think this made her feel better showing her that she helped one of the students get better at something.

In the book, Miss Awful, it tells a story about Roger getting a substitute teacher because his old one, Miss Wilson is going to Omaha for a week. The new teacher, Miss Orville, is the worst teacher the kids ever met. She drilled them like a drill sergeant, ripping up messy notebooks and confiscating the toys Roger brought. The kids end up ripping the leaves off her plant.
But, towards the end of the week, Miss Orville explains how much of a privilege it is to get a education, after all,thousands of kids don’t get a proper education. Than, she tells the class how the world needs good people. I feel that the theme of don’t judge a book by it’s cover. In this case, Miss Awful is the book. The students all thought she was a witch. But underneath, she is a person who highly values education. At the end of the week, Roger gets his toys back and realizes Miss Awful isn’t that bad. In fact, he gets to know her better, discovering she isn’t a bad person. Roger impresses Miss Orville by knowing how to spell the two words. That is because Roger once had to spell the two words in front if the class. He got humiliated when he couldn’t. Later, thanks to Miss Awful, he decided to study harder. His grades also improved greatly.
This is why I think that the theme of Miss Awful is don’t judge a book by its cover. Miss Orville turns out to be a nice person after Roger gets to know her.

Teachers have one of the most underestimated jobs. They are the heroes who shape the following generation for success. Teachers have great responsibilities which are to be remembered. Of course, not all teachers are great, and different people can have distinct opinions on a single teacher. The short story Miss Awful is about a class that has an extremely nice and allowing teacher called Ms.Wilson. One day, a strict substitute teacher, Ms.Orville who is also Ms.Awful, takes her place, bringing hate to all the students. In the story, Ms.Orville is the better teacher because she truly cares about the student’s futures and is stricter in a good way.

When Ms.Wilson was their teacher, the students took advantage of her, and they do not even complete their homework. Despite this terrible act, the teacher simply does not care and provides no consequences. This teaches the students that homework is unnecessary, although it obviously is necessary. Ms.Wilson, being a bad role model, spoils her students and basically says one is not required to learn. Even after many months of learning, Roger, one of the students, does not even know how to spell simple words such as “flower” and “castle”. Obviously, Ms.Wilson does not care for her student’s education. On the other hand, Ms.Orville cares about the students and their homework completion. When the students first enter the classroom, she requires them to act with responsibility and discipline. Although this seems strict, it is an effective way to create civilized individuals. The teacher also requires her students to finish their homework, ensuring they have mastered the material learned in school. Additionally, the teacher informs one’s parents of their child’s weaknesses, something that Ms.Wilson probably never does. In just a few days, Ms.Orville has taught Roger how to spell, which is something Ms.Wilson could not accomplish in months. One who does not care for an individual’s future does not match the criteria for educating the generation who will become the leaders of the world.

Not only does Ms.Orville care about the student’s futures, but she also is stricter and less manipulative. In the story, Roger stated how since Ms.Wilson was so nice, they never even had to attempt their spelling homework. He also stated how spelling words incorrectly had absolutely zero consequences in return. Ms.Wilson better suits a baby daycare than a school because of how “weak” and easy to manipulate she is. When Ms.Orville is the teacher and finds out her students were not completing their homework, her reaction was completely different. She fiercely would rip the students’ papers to show anger. This way of action seems extremely strict, but it is the optimal strategy when trying to teach a group of “mind-washed” children. Ms.Orville’s strictness gives her power when in the classroom, allowing her to outperform Ms.Wilson by a milestone.

Critics argue that Ms.Orville is too strict which makes her a bad teacher, but this viewpoint is blurred. First of all, people judge off comparison. It is a property of mankind proven in many textbooks and science museums, such as a station located in the San Francisco Exploratorium. In the story, the story mainly follows the student’s perspectives, which says that the students think Ms.Orville is mean. Previously, these teachers had an extremely nice teacher, causing them to overthink the strictness of Ms.Orville. In reality, Ms.Orville’s strictness might just be a teensy bit above average. Even if she is extremely strict, it is only to cleanse the minds of her many uncivilized students. Additionally, an extremely nice individual does not suit the job as a teacher. A school is a place for learning, not goofing around.

Ms.Orville is a much better teacher than Ms.Wilson. Ms.Orville also takes the time to appreciate her student’s weaknesses and truly cares about their future. Ms.Orville is also stricter, allowing her to have more control over teaching in her classroom. A good teacher is difficult to find.

Graphene was made by two scientists. They made it by placing the tape on graphite. Then when a layer of graphite is on the tape, they folded it until it is one atom thick. It is much stronger than steel and is also lighter and thinner than silicon. That is why many people have high expectations for it. if it is that good, why is it not used all over the world now?

It is because researchers didn’t research enough. they just started to make things out of it. When they put graphene things out on the market, everyone was disappointed. The price of the product was much more expensive, and the products didn’t significantly surpass the others. Now they are starting to research and are trying to improve.

When Miss Orville arrives as a substitute teacher for Roger’s class, she required that the students be obedient. She was a harsh and strict teacher, that’s why Roger called her ”Miss Awful”. However, on Miss Orville’s last day before she leaves Roger’s class, Roger realized that Miss Orville’s point of being harsh and strict was that she wanted to let them have a better life. Roger learned that we shouldn’t judge people until we’ve been in their shoes. Just like the quote: “Don’t judge a book by the cover”

Roger had the nicest teacher before, Miss Wilson. She played with the students during classes and even let the students take some rest. When she gave homework, Roger didn’t even care about it. Once she left for a week to Omaha for a trip, the students got a new substitute. She was stringent and mean. She came to the classroom with her plant in one hand, and bunch of works on the other. She was Ms. Orville, and students called her “Miss Awful” . Miss Orville confiscated Roger’s toys, ripped the papers of students who didn’t do the homework correctly, marched them in and out from the schools, and complained about the students to their parents. She insulted Roger by calling him the prodigy of misspelling. Then she asked Roger to spell flower and castle but he couldn’t. After this embarrassment of Mrs. and Mr. Clark were surprised to see how Roger became smarter and was afraid of her. Another day when parents came to pick up their children Nancy Reeves, Roger’s friend’s mother remembered that she knew Miss Orville and said that she was evicted from her apartment and was left homeless with her plants.

Since the students hated her they thought of many horrid ways of getting rid of her like beating her up. Another was the idea to rip the leaves of her plant. Miss Awful started her last day with announcement: “If I have been severe with you this past week, it was for your benefit. The world needs good citizens.” Then after when she saw the plant all bare she continued: “You see, Violence and destruction, Whoever is responsible, please feel remorse for your actions.” After the class ended there was no forming lines and some students were in regret while others were happy she was gone. She gave Roger his toys, and he understood why she was stringent to the students.

The teacher, Ms. Orville seems at first strict and demanding, but in reality she is just passionate. She likes things to go the way she wants, and is often harsh, as shown when she said, “You are not cattle milling in a pen. Enough foolish gaping! Come, come, form into lines.” She also has no problem insulting someone. For example, once, she wrote “young Bruce’s penmanship was comparable to a chicken’s– if a chicken could write.”

Meanwhile, Ms Wilson is more relaxed and relatable to the children. She is more leisurely and doesn’t prioritize learning. She interacts with them and isn’t as strict. She becomes close with most of the class, is lenient, and rolls along with whatever the students do.

In the end, the students learnt more in Ms. Orville’s class, but liked Ms. Wilson’s class more.

“Hearts and Hands” by O. Henry is a pretty interesting story.

The story is set on a train. An elegantly attired woman named Miss Fairchild is seated on the train when two men arrive and take the seat facing her. It quickly becomes shown that the woman knows one of the men.

She speaks to this man, Mr. Easton, and then she is rather surprised to discover that he is handcuffed to the man seated beside him. As Easton greets the young woman, ‘He slightly raised his right hand, bound at the wrist by the shining ‘bracelet’ to the left one of his companion.’

Evidently, the man with Easton senses Easton’s embarrassment and volunteers an explanation: Easton is the marshal, and the two are headed for Leavenworth prison. “It’s seven years for counterfeiting,” Easton says. As the conversation continues, the woman is surprised to learn that Easton has discarded his life in Washington to become a marshal out West, but she finds the West agreeable as well.

The young woman continues to chat with her acquaintance, but she continues to stare at the handcuffs. To ease her concerns, the scruffy looking older man tells her, ”Don’t you worry about them, miss,’ said the other man. ‘All marshals handcuff themselves to their prisoners to keep them from getting away. Mr. Easton knows his business.” As the two men stand to go to the smoker car, the young woman bids Mr. Easton goodbye.

All the while, two passengers seated nearby have listened to the conversation. One remarks on Mr. Easton’s appearance, saying that he seems too young to be a marshal. The other eavesdropping passenger corrects the mistake, one that the young woman and readers have likely made as well. Mr. Easton is not the marshal; he is the counterfeiter. ”Oh! didn’t you catch on?’ the passenger says. ‘Say–did you ever know an officer to handcuff a prisoner to his right hand?”

The moral of the story is treat someone the way you want to be treated, or help someone out. The marshal sees that Mr. Easton is embarrassed, and covers him up by saying he is the prisoner. If the woman had known Mr. Easton was the prisoner, she probably wouldn’t have been friendly. The marshal helps Mr. Easton look good in front of an old friend. In the end, it was a pretty interesting story.