Great Expectations

When we last left off, our central character Ji-Li was hurrying away from Junior High School sending an excuse to Teacher Zhang for not joining the Blackboard Newspaper Team. As she remembered her earlier Primary years she thought
"People were jealous of me because I was favored. I remembered the humiliating talk with the Red Successors, the terrible accusations of the da-zi-bao. Why should I go through that again?"
Ji-Li decides to run away from being the best and instead tries her best to be mediocre (being okay). Will she be able to be happy being mediocre? Would you?

Assignment #4 Due Thursday March 12
1. In your own words talk about Ji-Li's reasons for not joining the blackboard Newspaper team.

2. Respond to Ji-Li's decision to be mediocre instead of trying to excel, will she be happy being just 'okay'? Would you?

3. Have you ever purposely tried to be just 'okay' at something even if you knew you could do better? Is yes, describe the situation. If no, give possible reasons why a person might try to be bad at something.

Welcome to our English Blog!

Welcome! I am happy to start our first ELA/ESL blog for class 803!

So lets get started!
RULES:
1. Sign each post or reply with your NAME- you will get credit only if I know it is you!
2. Answer the questions thouroughly in COMPLETE SENTENCES
3. This is a SCHOOL blog not a PERSONAL blog- no personal discussions desired (any violation of this rule will result in you being blocked from the blog and made to do the assignments by hand
4. This is a class blog which means ALL of my students are able to see your response, please avoid sharing anything you wouldn't want them to read
5. Answer the questions by the DUE DATE for full credit

Assignment 1:

1. Name some examples of the "Four Olds." If the Cultural Revolution were to happen in the U.S. today, what among your family's possessions would be considered "Four Old?"

2. How would you feel if someone wanted to search your home?

3. What do you think about having to blog for ELA?