~This made me think of myself, because one day I got a pamphlet about being vegetarian and I read it and I tried to make my dad a vegetarian too.
"In our case, it was the British who came for the oil."
~Is this why we are in a war with them now?
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
America, land of the free
"All the other relatives prepare their favorite Persian dishes and we place them next to the stuffed turkey with all the trimmings."
~I am really confused. I thought Firoozeh was from Iran, not Persia.
"Here can taste something, not buy it, and still have the clerk wish him a nice day.''
~Reading this quote, It made me think of Maple's gelato store because they let you try their ice cream. It's so random.
~I am really confused. I thought Firoozeh was from Iran, not Persia.
"Here can taste something, not buy it, and still have the clerk wish him a nice day.''
~Reading this quote, It made me think of Maple's gelato store because they let you try their ice cream. It's so random.
A dozen keychains
"Except for some sleepovers back in the second grade, I had never spent the night away from my parents."
~I feel like I have many things in common with Firoozeh Dumas because reading her book, I can relate to many things, like the one above.
"Finally, my father, with his "mind of an engineer," came up with a brilliant solution: a Hefty trash bag."
I seriously think that we are the same person. Like, if I went up to a friends house for a sleep-over, I would ALWAYS use a trash bag. I would be like, I can't fit this in a suit case. My Father: Here's a trash bag!
~I feel like I have many things in common with Firoozeh Dumas because reading her book, I can relate to many things, like the one above.
"Finally, my father, with his "mind of an engineer," came up with a brilliant solution: a Hefty trash bag."
I seriously think that we are the same person. Like, if I went up to a friends house for a sleep-over, I would ALWAYS use a trash bag. I would be like, I can't fit this in a suit case. My Father: Here's a trash bag!
Waterloo
"I am the Christopher Columbus of my family."
~I find this really funny because Christopher Columbus was an evil man, and really didn't discover anything new.
Hearing him explain it made swimming seem as easy as baking a Betty Crocker cake from mix.
~I remember this summer trying to teach someone to swim. It was NOT as easy as baking a Betty Crocker cake from the mix!
~I find this really funny because Christopher Columbus was an evil man, and really didn't discover anything new.
Hearing him explain it made swimming seem as easy as baking a Betty Crocker cake from mix.
~I remember this summer trying to teach someone to swim. It was NOT as easy as baking a Betty Crocker cake from the mix!
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
With a little help from my friends
I was lucky to come to America before the political upheaval in Iran.
Is the author talking about the Vietnamese war or something completely different?
We were also asked about electricity, tents, and the Sahara. Once again, we disappointed, admitting that we had electricity, that we didn't own a tent, and that the Sahara was on another continent.
I seriously would have asked those questions. Knowing the answer now creates a much clearer picture or Iran than what I thought it was like.
Is the author talking about the Vietnamese war or something completely different?
We were also asked about electricity, tents, and the Sahara. Once again, we disappointed, admitting that we had electricity, that we didn't own a tent, and that the Sahara was on another continent.
I seriously would have asked those questions. Knowing the answer now creates a much clearer picture or Iran than what I thought it was like.
Swoosh Swoosh
In Iran, meal preparation took up half of each day.
I could never go a half day having to cook. By the end of the cooking process, almost everything would be gone, because I ate it while it was being cooked. "Oh, just a few onion slices. Oh just a few pieces of chicken." At the end there would be like a portion for a baby.
With his pants halfway around his bottom, he hopped around telling us that these were the same pants he had worn on the airplane two months ago!
Man, that feeling is horrible! I know how bad it feels, and I am very proud of their uncle for wanting to lose weight.
I could never go a half day having to cook. By the end of the cooking process, almost everything would be gone, because I ate it while it was being cooked. "Oh, just a few onion slices. Oh just a few pieces of chicken." At the end there would be like a portion for a baby.
With his pants halfway around his bottom, he hopped around telling us that these were the same pants he had worn on the airplane two months ago!
Man, that feeling is horrible! I know how bad it feels, and I am very proud of their uncle for wanting to lose weight.
In the gutter
My father grew up poor in Ahwaz, Iran. His parents died at an early age, brought down by maladies readily cured today.
This quote made me think of all the short stories we have read. Especially "The Photograph." It also made me realize that most people that lived in Iran or Cambodia, or the middle east lost their parents young.
Now he was able to squeeze onto the sofa with the rest of us and catch up.
I don't really understand what the author was trying to say through this sentence.
This quote made me think of all the short stories we have read. Especially "The Photograph." It also made me realize that most people that lived in Iran or Cambodia, or the middle east lost their parents young.
Now he was able to squeeze onto the sofa with the rest of us and catch up.
I don't really understand what the author was trying to say through this sentence.
Hot dogs and wild geese
"He was the only person who actually read each and every document before he signed it."
This made me realize that just because you can't understand something as well as others or you don't have an excellent education in something doesn't mean you are dumb.
''Thanks to my father's translations, we stayed away from hot dogs, catfish, hush puppies, and no amount of caviar in the sea would have convinced us to try mud pie.
This is extremely funny. Hahahah :) Also, this quote made me predict the book will get even funnier if I keep reading.
This made me realize that just because you can't understand something as well as others or you don't have an excellent education in something doesn't mean you are dumb.
''Thanks to my father's translations, we stayed away from hot dogs, catfish, hush puppies, and no amount of caviar in the sea would have convinced us to try mud pie.
This is extremely funny. Hahahah :) Also, this quote made me predict the book will get even funnier if I keep reading.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Save me, Mickey!
"Because we were new to this country, we were impressed not just by the big attractions, but also by the little things-smiling employees, clean bathrooms, and clear signage. "
Where are you talking about?!? I never see smiling employees or spotless bathrooms. In fact, most people find the bathrooms disgusting!
"There is one attraction that stood appart...Disney Land!"
Man, I have never been to Disney Land :( I really want to go! She is so so lucky!
Where are you talking about?!? I never see smiling employees or spotless bathrooms. In fact, most people find the bathrooms disgusting!
"There is one attraction that stood appart...Disney Land!"
Man, I have never been to Disney Land :( I really want to go! She is so so lucky!
Leffingwell Elementary School
Quote #1
"When I was seven, my parents, my fourteen-year-old brother, Farshid, and I moved from Abadan, Iran to Whittier, California."
This quote is connected not only to Children of the River, but to many others who fleed their home land, because they all moved around the north-west-coast.
Quote #2
"The girl's mother joined us, then gestured for us to follow her inside."
I find this extremely nice and I wish that America was like this today because now-a-days the only people asking women to come in their house is if they are a pervert.
"When I was seven, my parents, my fourteen-year-old brother, Farshid, and I moved from Abadan, Iran to Whittier, California."
This quote is connected not only to Children of the River, but to many others who fleed their home land, because they all moved around the north-west-coast.
Quote #2
"The girl's mother joined us, then gestured for us to follow her inside."
I find this extremely nice and I wish that America was like this today because now-a-days the only people asking women to come in their house is if they are a pervert.
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