Test advice

Ok so I have 4 tests this week! I have no idea how to prepare for all of them. I would love some advice from anyone. I have math, social studies, science, and spanish all on the same day. Does anyone have some tips or advice on how to prepare?

The Giver play

One of the scenes in the book that I found very important was when the plane flew over the town. This scene was important because airplanes weren’t allowed to fly over the community and it introduced the reader to the main character, Jonas. Also when that plane flew over the town, every citizen was frightened. I was waiting for that scene to happen in the play, but it never did. When the cast moved to the next scene I was confused and asking other people why they didn’t show the plane. I think what they should have done to include this part was to have a sound effect of a plane and have all the cast members look up and look frightened. They could have also had someone talking on an intercom telling everyone to run into their homes immediately, just as they did in the book. That is one of the changes that I would have made to the play if I was the director.

Another part of the play that I found odd was that they had the same actress for Fiona and Lily. This part of the play was difficult to understand because Fiona and Lily have two way different personalities. Fiona is a nice, sincere, young lady, and Lily is a whiny, loud, brat. When I saw the actress play Lily I liked how she played her personality, however when she went to play Fiona I couldn’t get the annoying, loud actress playing Lily out of my mind. Another flaw with this was that Fiona and Lily had the same color hair and the same style. This was confusing because when the actress played Lily and was loud I thought for a second that she was still Fiona. What I would have to done to fix this problem would be to get another actress to play Lily or Fiona. This change would make the play less confusing.

The Drinking Fountain

During my seventh grade year I was bullied by a teacher. It all happened when I was with my friend at the drinking fountain. He was getting a drink of water and I was poking him. Since he was my friend he didn’t care that much and he was laughing. Well, the teacher came up to me when I was about to get my drink of water and she shoved my head into the bubbler. She forced me to take a drink and told my friend to do to me what I did to him. Maybe she thought I was picking on that kid but he was my friend and still is one of my best friends. At that moment my own brother and his friend saw this happen and the teacher stopped and pulled my head back. The way she reacted was to laugh. What my brother and his friend did was to take this to the principal. I was called down to the office one day about this whole fiasco to talk to the principal about it. I had to write down on paper what happened that day. I was not alone in the office. The other people in the office were my friend, my brother, and his friend. They were in there because they all saw what happened that very day. They also had to write about what happened at the drinking fountain. The day after this teacher was in the office along with me. She was called in by Mr. Daul so she could apologize to me. I accepted her apology and no one spoke about it again.

How not to get targeted by bullies

You should have a close group of friends. Bullies tend to look for kids that walk alone. When you have friends bullies will stay away from you and look for the alone ones.
It may be hard, but you should try to be nice to everyone. Even though bullies will pick on you for no reason, if you are nice then you have a chance not to get bullied.
Don’t bully back. If you are getting bullied do not bully them back. If you do then you are just as bad as the other person.

Helpful tips to stop bullying

Use the crowd. This means that if you were the victim then you would talk to the bystanders. You could say things like “Did you guys just hear that?” Talk loudly to the crowd so that they hear you. Wait for their response and embarrass the bully.
Smile and walk away. If a bully is picking on you then smile at them and then walk away.
Agree with the bully. If the bully is calling you names then agree with the bully. For example, if the bully calls you stupid then you say, Yeah I know I am. The biggest reason a bully picks on you is to make you miserable. If you agree with the bully then they don’t have the satisfaction of making you miserable.
Be the bigger person and walk away. If you are getting bullied and they call you a name then you can say “Cool” or “Ok.” You don’t have to waste your time on bullies.