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	1. Group E---jboisvert27 By cstubbs10 2 weeks ago \| Last Post: 3 days ago Forum Perspective Discussion #1
	In my book The Sun Is Also A Star by Nicola Yoon is about a girl named Natasha that is struggling with facing deportation because they are non-documented immigrants. Because of this, Natasha is trying to wrap her head around the fact that she’s being taken away from the life she’s lived for so long and the only thing she really remembers. Those that are involved in the deportation process are telling her that she will be fine back in Jamaica, but nobody knows the life she lived there before moving. Natasha struggles with nobody understanding what it's like back home in Jamaica and how her life here is the life she wants, not back in Jamaica. Her deportation officer is saying she will be fine back home, but nobody understands the life she had to live when she was back home. “ I’ve been to your country. I’ve been to Jamaica’ he says. He’s smiling at the memory of his trip. ‘ I had a nice time. Everything is irie there, man. You’ll be alright.’” ( Yoon 21 ) This shows that nobody will understand the life she had to live, people on every see the vacation side of Jamaica. 3 days ago By gbehn... In my book, Out Of Nowhere, by Maria Padian, there are technically 2 main characters, but were going to focus on Saeed, the boy from Somalia. He is an extremely talented soccer player and is very important to his team. Tom, the other main character, doesn't understand Saeed too well, and it can make it awkward at times. The book shows perspectives from immigrants, and it can be fascinating to learn about some of their differences. Some difficulties Saeed has are dealing with language barriers and having to deal with bullying or people simply messing with him. He has support from his soccer team and from Tom. One of the first things Tom did for him was help him sign up for the soccer team and helped fill out his papers. “‘I’ll put my mother down as Saeed’s second emergency contact. And I’ll write my doctor and dentist. When you get your own, you can change it” (Padian 19). This quote shows where Tom was helping Saeed fill out his papers, and this made it easier for Saeed to trust people, especially Tom. 3 days ago By csimp... The connection the story Sweet, Difficult Sounds by I.M. Desta and Brighter than the Sun by Daniel Aleman is two very hard working girls who are persistent on getting what they want. In both stories Sol and Nothukula struggle with fitting in and adjusting to what their “new life” has come of. Both stories include sayings in their own home language encouraging them to be the great woman their family can see. Both women in these two stories mainly show the idea of strength from the indigenous when they start fresh and try new things, it gives an insight on how they feel with the new and very big decisions. In the story, Nothukula finds her comfort person that gives her the confidence to speak freely and say the words that Americans say so smoothly, In Brighter than the Sun, Sol finds her best friend that helps her along the way through her harsh move from her home to her friends home to supply and support her family. “All these eyes staring at you. Except they're not really there. They're not really staring at you. Practice your poetry with this in mind. Keep reminding yourself as you speak and soon it won't matter if they are really there or not.” (I.M. Desta 67) “After i finish eating, i thank Nancy and Ari a million times for saving me food and sitting at the table with me, while they insist it’s great to have me here.” (Aleman 58) What difficulties does your character face? Do they have support from others during these difficulties? Does having the support of others (family, friends, etc) help them overcome their difficulties? For participants: -Never use a peer’s real name, only use their username -Respond to the question based on your book, not your personal opinion -If the question doesn’t directly apply to something that appears in your book, be clear about what you’re seeing instead -Make sure to include a summary of your book so far -Include a quote with the proper citation to give context to your answer -Acknowledge your lead’s reply to your response with a comment that clarifies information, offer a question to them about their book, or simply give a thumbs up To exceed: Incorporate a quote from a different Ted Talk or a different CommonLit text that has not yet been discussed in your group 2 weeks ago By cstub...
	1. Group E---swood27 (Replacement A) By jennifer.chick@rsu4.org 2 weeks ago \| Last Post: 3 days ago Forum Perspective Discussion #1
	In my book The Sun Is also A Star by Nicola Yoon is about a girl named Natasha that is struggling with facing deportation because they are non-documented immigrants. Because of this, Natasha is trying to wrap her head around the fact that she’s being taken away from the life she’s lived for so long and the only thing she really remembers. Those that are involved in the deportation process are telling her that she will be fine back in Jamaica, but nobody knows the life she lived there before moving. Natasha is told out of nowhere thats he is being deported, meaning that she doesn't have much time left in NYC. Natasha had to adapt to NYC pretty quickly. Some examples could be the new food, maybe a new language, maybe a new lifestyle or way of living. “He had a cousin in America who’d been doing well for himself in New York City.” ( Yoon 15 ) This is showing that in Jamaica, there wasn't a lot of m,oney being brought in so they needed help financially. Adapting to this could be a challenge for Natasha because seeing her family not struggle financially could be a shift for their family. 3 days ago By gbehn... In my book, Out Of Nowhere, by Maria Padian, there are technically 2 main characters, but were going to focus on Saeed, the boy from Somalia. He is an extremely talented soccer player and is very important to his team. Tom, the other main character, doesn't understand Saeed too well, and it can make it awkward at times. The book shows perspectives from immigrants, and it can be fascinating to learn about some of their differences. Saeed automatically feels like he needs to assimilate fast, get used to American culture, school, and language. The thing that pressures him most is language, and a quote to show that is “‘You like Soccer?’ I’d asked. Pointing to his shirt, i used the English name: ‘Football?’ Relief flooded his face. He understood. ‘Soccer’ he repeated” (Padian 3). This quote shows how quickly he had to adjust to saying soccer instead of football. Saeed’s biggest interest is soccer, so having to assimilate to school isn’t really the biggest worry for him. 3 days ago By csimp... In Phuc Tran’s book, Sigh, Gone, he discusses the difficulty of figuring out his identity as an immigrant in a mostly American neighborhood. From questioning his name to determining where he fits in the social structure of his high school, Tran has to navigate learning who he is with an additional barrier to the average teenager, having a whole other culture as a large part of his life. One way that Tran finds ways to carve out his place is to read, not just to improve his vocabulary, but so he can have the same cultural references as the typical white guy, using Clifton Fadiman’s The Lifetime Reading Plan as a guide. Early in the story, Tran talks about his family’s relocation to the United States after fleeing Vietnam. After being bounced between multiple camps and multiple countries, they finally started to settle in Pennsylvania, “We needed to blend, adopt our new country as it had adopted us. My parents were navigating all the straits and inlets of living in America, holidays like Halloween and Thanksgiving, driving in the snow, the difference between ketchup and catsup.” (Tran 20). Based on this idea and the ideas from your book, how quickly are immigrants pressured to assimilate? What aspects of culture do they need to assimilate to early, and what aspects can be avoided or pushed until later? For participants: -Never use a peer’s real name, only use their username -Respond to the question based on your book, not your personal opinion -If the question doesn’t directly apply to something that appears in your book, be clear about what you’re seeing instead -Make sure to include a summary of your book so far -Include a quote with the proper citation to give context to your answer -Acknowledge your lead’s reply to your response with a comment that clarifies information, offer a question to them about their book, or simply give a thumbs up To exceed: Incorporate a quote from a different Ted Talk or a different CommonLit text that has not yet been discussed in your group 2 weeks ago By jenni...
	1. Group E---zryerson27 By jennifer.chick@rsu4.org 2 weeks ago \| Last Post: 3 days ago Forum Perspective Discussion #1
	In my book The Sun Is also A Star by Nicola Yoon is about a girl named Natasha that is struggling with facing deportation because they are non-documented immagrents. Bceuase of this, Natasha is trying to wrap her head around the fact that she’s being taken away from the life she’s lived for so long and the only thing she really remembers. Those that are involved in the deportation process are telling her that she will be fine back in Jamaica, but nobody knows the life she lived there before moving. Natasha has always seen the “darker” side of Jamaica, where as her officer has also been to Jamaica, but has seen the vacation side. He says, “ I’ve been to your country. I’ve been to Jamaica’ he says. He’s smiling at the memory of his trip. ‘ I had a nice time. Everything is irie there, man. You’ll be alright.’” ( Yoon 21 ) This show stereotypical activity because he is stereotyping Jamaica, but Natasha has honestly seen the worst part of Jamaica. 3 days ago By gbehn... In my book, Out Of Nowhere, by Maria Padian, there are technically 2 main characters, but were going to focus on Saeed, the boy from Somalia. He is an extremely talented soccer player and is very important to his team. Tom, the other main character, doesn't understand Saeed too well, and it can make it awkward at times. The book shows perspectives from immigrants, and it can be fascinating to learn about some of their differences. Saeed definitely experiences some stereotypes, as people see him as an outsider, just because he is from Somalia. “I didn’t quite get Paul’s attitude about the Somalis. Maybe it had something to do with how he works hard and hates freeloaders” (Padian 11). In this quote its explaining how Tom’s Uncle Paul automatically thinks they are freeloaders just because they are Somali refugees. Saeed doesn’t do much for the stereotyping, and he really only focuses on soccer and doesn’t let the stereotyping get to him. I feel like it could hurt over time, but he will eventually overcome it, and he will continue to not really care. 3 days ago By csimp... could you clarify on the point “Brighter than the SUN"author Aleman talks mostly about the journey Sol has while moving/living in the U.S with her friend." and how it connects with the story. 3 days ago By zryer... view all posts
	1. Group D ---krussell27 By jennifer.chick@rsu4.org 2 weeks ago \| Last Post: 4 days ago Forum Perspective Discussion #1
	In my book, very similar to yours. The male main character, Daniel is having the pressure of his rest of his family to become a doctor since it's the family legacy. Which is forced on him by the social and religious part of his family. He has to hide the things he really does and wants to be. Such as being a poet. 4 days ago By kruss...
	1. Group D---abulick27 By cstubbs10 2 weeks ago \| Last Post: 5 days ago Forum Perspective Discussion #1
	My Response: in my book Out Of Nowhere by Marina Padian Tom Bouchard is a great student and a great soccer player and has a hot girlfriend but he is a bad diction maker and is not always doing the right things and he deal with lots and lots of racial diversity Saeed is Somali and doesn't speak English so he has a hard time communicating with English speaking people for example “a riot of conversion followed,absolutely foreign to me. Somali is a no-holds-barred language.”(pg17) 5 days ago By iadam...
	1. Group B---iraftice27 By cstubbs10 2 weeks ago \| Last Post: 5 days ago Forum Perspective Discussion #1
	In my book Out of Nowhere by Maria Padian Tom Bouchard is a great student, a good soccer player, and a bad decision maker. One night he and his best friend went to the Maquoit school and wrote “you suck Maquoit” on their school rock. He gets in big trouble with the school and has to do like 100 hours of community service so he can walk at graduation. Tom is in control of his own life until his friend gets the best of him and they vandalize property, then he is forced to do community service if he will not graduate. “You’ll also have to do some community service. One hundred hours each and your graduation in the spring depends on whether you complete those hours” (Padian 37). 5 days ago By jgree... In my book, “Breathe and Count Back From Ten” by Natalia Sylvester Veronica has many friends. She has lived there since before she can remember so she's never had to think much about fitting in unlike her mother and father. They push her to be very perfect and do nothing wrong, but while they think it's for the best they are really taking away all her freedom and choices. Rather than her trying to fit in because of her ethnicity she has to fit in due to her hip injury; her hips are lopsided, and she just found out her parents have been keeping a huge secret from her. She thought she was finally starting to heal but the truth is the tissue around it is dying and it can fall apart at any minute. She has to deal with fitting in through her injury, she can’t do what most people can. She constantly has to think about covering her scar and not limping so people will just treat her like a person rather than a scared animal. She has never dealt with people treating her differently due to her race but trying to fit in caused by her own body is a daily thing. “My hip socket cracks like Pop Rocks in an open mouth, sharp but soft enough that I’m sure he doesn't hear it.” (Sylvester 11) This is showing how even while she's just walking along she's still extremely conscious of her hip and nobody notices it. In the ted talk “How a penny made me feel like a millionaire” Bazooka bubble gum is such a normal thing to most people but in this case they actually had to find money to get it, once they get this it's kind of like the first sign of her being able to fit in. “ So we find this penny kind of fossilized on the floor, and we think that a very wealthy man must have left it there because regular people don’t just lose money.” (Luna) Her family is so poor that a single penny makes her feel more human and more like a normal person. She can actually get herself a piece of bubble gum just like other people. 6 days ago By mpete... The novel “The Sun Is Also A Star” by Nicola Yoon shows how two teenagers experience the first stages of “love at first sight” in their own unique ways. Daniel is a lot more spiritual than Natasha in the fact that he believes in fate and love. Poetry is one of the things he loves which his parents think is basically a waste of time. He is fairly different from the rest of his family, his older brother goes to Harvard and he feels the need to be like “the perfect son” and his parents are being pushy for him to go to Yale while he tries to follow in his brother’s footsteps but also trying to make his own decisions. Especially when Natasha comes into his life. Natasha is a “keep to herself” kind of person. She is scheduled to be deported back to Jamaica, but she’s nervous to go back to her old life that she’s already left behind. Being deported is not her decision, it’s the government’s decision because she is an illegal immigrant, with a false social security number, which is also not her decision. Unfortunately the day that she is set to meet about the deportation she, literally, bumps into Daniel, or “Red Tie” and starts to fall for him. Daniel’s parents are immigrants from South Korea but he was born in New York City so he doesn’t really have to change himself to a new life, this has been his life since birth. He is not entirely “normal” as some could say because his family does have strict traditions and they still speak their language. Natasha, on the other hand, has been in New York since she was eight years old so she has had to “adapt”. I don’t think she had to adapt her personality or anything like that because she is a very independent person, she changed her mindset to “this is my home now”. She did get a fake Social Security Number to stay hidden longer, “How it feels every time I write down my fake social security number on a school form?” (Yoon 111).Since she got there at a young age she, in a way, was raised there. Her father went to N.Y. about two years before her, her mother, and her younger brother named Peter. He went there to pursue his acting career and make money before they came. When Natasha and her family got to N.Y., she noticed how her father had changed, the way he spoke was different and how he smelled was different, but she could tell he was still her father on the inside. 1 week ago By omans... view all posts
	1. Group C---gparlin27 By jennifer.chick@rsu4.org 2 weeks ago \| Last Post: 1 week ago Forum Perspective Discussion #1
	In my book Brighter than the Sun by Daniel Aleman Sol a 16 year old girl who's a Mexican immigrant grew up in a town called Tijuana in Mexico, had to cross the border every day to go to school as she was mixed and could. So she’d go there for school because they teach better there but then she had to move into the US with her best friend so she could get a job in the US because the US also paid better than in Tijuana so she lived in the US at her best friend's house working. She left Tijuana because her family needed the money because their restaurant was going downhill. Sol handles balancing the struggle between her Mexican heritage and now living in the United States by working a ton whether it’s before or after school she buries herself in work even though it stresses her out a bit it helps her keep her mind off of the fact she couldn't go home. “I meet Ari’s eyes. Now that she knows the truth about how overwhelmed I’ve been feeling, I find it much easier to smile at Nancy and say, “”Longer than I expected.”” Nancy shakes her head. “I swear to God, they’re trying to kill you with these schedules.” “Yeah,” I say. “But… the more hours, the better.”(Aleman79) Tania in the ted talk how a penny made me feel like a millionaire she handled balancing the struggle between her heritage and new culture by hoping for something new and something better than what she had already which she had happen “About a year later, I get to feel that way again when we find a bag full of stuffed animals in the trash, and suddenly I have more toys than I’ve ever had in my whole life.”(Luna) 1 week ago By lfort... The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz features different stories from three family members, a son, his older sister, and their mother. The book goes over different parts in their lives and how they all struggled with their family and culture. Lola, the older sister, struggles with the expectations put on her by her overbearing and abusive mother. She’s expected to be a traditional Dominican girl, but wants to spread out and be more American. This eventually leads to her rebelling against her mother’s wishes and drastically changing her appearance and personality, “A punk chick. That’s what I became.. The puertorican kids on the block couldn’t stop laughing when they saw my hair” (Díaz 54). 1 week ago By dodon... How does your character handle balancing the struggle between their heritage and their new culture? For participants: -Never use a peer’s real name, only use their username -Respond to the question based on your book, not your personal opinion -If the question doesn’t directly apply to something that appears in your book, be clear about what you’re seeing instead -Make sure to include a summary of your book so far -Include a quote with the proper citation to give context to your answer -Acknowledge your lead’s reply to your response with a comment that clarifies information, offer a question to them about their book, or simply give a thumbs up To exceed: Incorporate a quote from a different Ted Talk or a different CommonLit text that has not yet been discussed in your group 2 weeks ago By jenni...

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