Who am I?

I'm Jean Hsu. I'm someone who's really short, energetic, spazzy, loud, social, and happy. I'm a person who always tries so cheer people up and be positive about almost everything. Who am I? Well, I'm a complicated person. I'm a person who always try to be happy, but deep down, I have more than enough stress about everything around me. It's easy to define who someone is by their personality, and to relate personality it's what they do, their hobbies. I play basketball for the PAS basketball team, from that I met new people that influenced me. I've become a person who's more willing to work harder, think more, and I became a bit more mature.
Other from hobbies, I'm defined by my friends and the people I talk to. Ever since I became friends with the girls in my grade, I've learned to do more. For example, I learned that sometimes, you really just need to be quiet, and I've learned to do that. There's not much people in our school, so when I'm hyper, I'm never as hyper as I was back in the states, and that's because I've been influenced by the people in PAS. I've also been influenced by the people I talk to. I talk to the people from the basketball team, and by talking to them, I learn more about basketball, and how to think in basketball terms. Also, by talking to people older than me, I've learned more about PAS and the people in PAS.
Everyone and everything around me defines who I am. I am a student at PAS and I live in Hsin Chiu, Taiwan. I like food, people, laughing, singing, dancing, spazzing out, and being crazy. I hate things and people that annoy me, homework, boring moments, sad moments, and waking up early in the morning. That's only a little bit of who I am, but more is defined by not just what I like and dislike, but little things that I don't even know about. So to fully answer the question "who am I?", the answer is "I don't know." I still need time to find myself in this community, so right now, I'm just a young girl who's trying her best to learn from her mistakes in life.

Disguises Vocabulary Test

5. Just when I thought I blew the evil winds away, it blew right back.

Quick write- Duty or Friendship?

I think betraying your duty is just as bad as betraying friendship, but if I had to choose, it'd be betraying friendship. Betraying friendship is worse because it involves feelings. Trust is hard to gain but easy to lose. After betraying a friend, it'll be really hard to gain back their trust. As for betraying your duty, it's bad, but if the duty is a bad thing, then betraying it can actually be good! Duty is important, but it doesn't always mean it's right, so betraying your duty is a freedom of choice. When deciding between those two, I have to keep in mind that which choice is more important, and which choice is more ethical.

Sniper Quickwrite- under stress

Qualities that enable people to perform well when facing heart-pounding fear or stress is the ability to calm down. The ability to calm down and think through what you're going to do, but also do it within a small amount of time. The most important quality is being able to think fast, clear, and not do anything irrational. People taking action when the stakes are high are really brave. They know the stakes are high, but yet they still go for it. For a lot of people, it's really hard to take action because they don't want to lose anything. It's even more incredible if people took action and it worked out. Sometimes, people makes decisions fast, but they don't always think it through. It's important to take things step by step. But when you're facing heart-pounding fear or stress, you have to go through the steps fast and without mistakes, and that's the hard part.

Theme : songs

Two songs:

Your Love is My Drug by Ke$ha
The theme is "love is addictive."

The Climb by Miley Cyrus
The theme is "life's a climb."

Disguises - p.259 #7

7. What is your opinion of the young man's actions at the end of the story? Do you think most people would behave like the young man and go out of their way to help a stranger? Explain your response.

My opinion of the young man's actions at the the end of the story was that I was glad. I was glad because it's nice to know that there's good people like that in the world. I wasn't surprised because there really are people who would go out of their way to help a stranger. But, I didn't exactly expect that the young man would do it, but when he did, I felt glad and happy for Mrs. Chen. I think most people wouldn't of behaved like the young man did. A lot of people are selfish, even if they don't know it. They sometimes put their needs infront of others who's obviously less fortunate and needs help. However, not all people are like that. Not a lot, but there's still a decent amount of people who would behave like the young man and go out of their way to help a stranger.

Friends and Enemies Quick write

Friend: - nice, loyal, close, understanding,  fun, friendly personality, caring, helpful, and loved by others.
Enemy: - mean, hated by other, unkind, bad personality, annoying, and selfish.
Both: - can be close to you; know you well, argues with you(depends), and knows your weaknesses.