Mercedes blog

Fifteen beds. Fifteen charts with names, Fifteen people without a family tree. Fifteen bodies for whom torture is medicine and pills. Beds over which the crimson blood of ages spills. Fifteen bodies that want to live here. Thirty eyes seeking quietness. Bald heads that gape from out of the prison. The holiness of the suffering, which is none of my business. The loveliness of the air, which day after day Smells of strangeness and carbolic. The nurses that carry thermometers Mothers who grope after a smile. Food is such a luxury here. A long, long night, and a brief day. But anyway, I don't want to leave The lighted rooms and the burning checks, Nurses who leave behind them only a shadow To help the little sufferers. I'd like to stay here, a small patient, Waiting the doctor's daily round, Until, after a long, long time, I'd be well again. Then I'd like to live And go back home again.

1- What does learning about the life of the main character in your book teach you about how you want to live your own life? Learning about Rauch’s story and his journey through the holocaust being a German soldier with Jewish blood taught me that just because we have certain differences doesn’t mean we aren’t equal to each other. Throughout the book, Rauch meets many different people of many different beliefs  and backgrounds. Most of the people he met did not know he was Jewish but still talked and treated him like normal. Showing that just because someone is different doesn’t mean they are deserving of bad treatment or should be treated differently. “She would be rushing to catch the next bus back to Vienna, for after all, the Jews hidden in the attic had to be fed and cared for, and life must go on.” Pg. 19. This shows that his family is disobeying the law yet he is still going to be sent off as a Jewish german army soldier. 2- How do the choices people made during the rise of

1- What did you learn? I learned that progressively the laws got worse and worse. It started off with minor things like not being able to go to sports clubs and things like that. As the years went on, the laws got more and more restricting and problematic. In 1938 a law was passed that Jews were prohibited to enter certain parts of Berlin, Germany. Then in 1942 things like Jews not being able to get milk and eggs with their ration cards or having to turn in valuables like typewriters, jewels, wool and fur. 2- Why do you think this monument was built? I think this was built to honor and almost apologize to the Jews and Jewish families effected by it and to remember the injustices done there so the world never forgets what had happened. It also reminds us of how things have changed over the years and gotten better for the Jewish community. 3- What did you notice about the number of laws passed in certain years? So when the laws started in 1933 they came out with quite a few. Ov

in the summer of 1943 when Elli, twelve, longs for the exciting life led by her older brother, Bubi. Elli spends her days doing typical things young girls of her age do with her friend Bonnie and she sometimes go to the Danube to swim. The river also serves as a place for watering herds of animals, such as sheep.  Elli lives with her parents at a time when Germans are threatening most people, other than the Aryan race. Elli and her family, Jews, are soon targeted. They are forced to wear the bright yellow star on their clothing at all times, Elli refused at first to go out, though Bubi wears the star like a badge of honor. When Elli attends a final school function, the school having been closed due to the impending war. She encounters a classmate who notes the star on her coat. Elli notes the sadness in his eyes as he looks at the emblem and it seems that he already knows that those of Elli's fate will be facing hardships in the days to come.

1. Of the books you have read this quarter, which was your favorite? Why? My favorite has to be the giver because we did it as a class and it was fun like talking about the book with other students. 2. In what area do you think you made your biggest improvements in English Language Arts?  Annotating, because before I would never annotate any of the books I would read and annotation helps me read the book and understand it better  3.  What is something you have accomplished since the new year that you are proud of? I started customizing shoes for people I’ve done two pairs of shoes for people 4.  Where are you in your Book Challenge? Behind, but I’m trying to catch up. 5.  What has been the most challenging part of 2nd Quarter for you and what did/can you do to help overcome this? Definitely Blogging I’ve been trying to blog more and get more comfortable with it but  I still struggle sometimes. 6.  What strategies have benefited you?  Annotation again it helps me p

January 8th 2020, I’m Mercedes and I’m in the 8th grade.  Haven’t written on this blog in a long time  but I’m back I guess. I graduate middle school this year, class of 2010. 8th grade year has been decent lately, not much happening. Very cold here. I guess that’s it