A Wrinkle in Time 4-29-11
Charles Wallace tells Meg, “I think it will be better if people go on thinking I’m not very bright. They won’t hate me quite so much.” (pg 30) Have you ever had to pretend to be something different that what you really were? When? How did this feel? Why do you think you chose not to”be yourself?”
April 29th, 2011 at 1:43 pm
yes I have when someone important was at my house. I chose not to be myself because I wanted him to like are family.
April 29th, 2011 at 1:45 pm
Yes, I had to do this to get my neighboors kids as friends. I did this a few years ago, in 2009. This felt painful as when we played dodgeball or football I was tackled and hit hard. I felt I made a mistake. I chose to do this because I wanted to seem like a normal kid, like all my other neighbors. Yet I failed.
April 29th, 2011 at 1:47 pm
no i haven’t
April 29th, 2011 at 1:47 pm
As you know I’m not the shyest but I still hated ballet because the teacher was a wack , I had to act boring and quiet!:(
April 29th, 2011 at 1:48 pm
yes I have. on april5,2004. I felt like a baby. To make my baby brother happy when he was born.
April 29th, 2011 at 1:49 pm
Yes I have. I once had to pretend I was very happy to go to play outside, because everyone else wanted to.
April 29th, 2011 at 1:51 pm
yes, in soccer my first day. weird because im not that person. to fit in because i was new to soccer and they wern’t.
April 29th, 2011 at 1:52 pm
No I haven’t ever had a situation like that.
April 29th, 2011 at 1:54 pm
NO,i have not felt like sombody else.
April 29th, 2011 at 1:55 pm
I remember when I pretended I was a loner because some people said mean things. So I stayed away from people ALL THE TIME!
April 29th, 2011 at 1:56 pm
No,I have never had to act like I was something or someone that I was not because I feel like if you do act like your someone else,than you are showing that you are not happy with yourself.
April 29th, 2011 at 1:57 pm
At school I am so quiet I feel like I am not myself. I choose not to be loud because I don’t want to get in trouble and I amvery shy.
April 29th, 2011 at 1:58 pm
yes,I have about a year ago I had a friend that was different from me but not like autism kind of meaner than other people.
April 29th, 2011 at 2:00 pm
I’m not a teenager!!!! I really just try to be myself, for example, at dance I might act all weird, and then I might forget to be weird and I will be funny. I think I act freely in this classroom, because i’ve got used of Mrs.Cobb, and she is not strict. She can be, but not usaually. When I went to Madeline’s house, she told I seemed different than at school. So, yes I probably act different.
April 29th, 2011 at 2:01 pm
Nice answer. I hope that you continue to be confident about who you are.
April 29th, 2011 at 2:02 pm
!~~yes,because when im at school im really qiet (but not to my friends) but at home im really really LOUD because it can somtimes be kind of ambracing at school to be really loud!!!:) so im not loud at school~~!
April 29th, 2011 at 2:02 pm
Did it make a difference to the people who were being mean to you? Did this help heal your hurt, or did you feel more alone?
April 29th, 2011 at 2:02 pm
I dont remember ever pretending to be someone else.I dont know why I would want to be someone else because I like myself.
April 29th, 2011 at 2:03 pm
Emma, Have you ever felt out of place, how did you act then? What about the first day of school here at Hanson, were you quieter than usual? Or perhaps at a strange place.
May 12th, 2011 at 5:43 pm
Sometimes if we have adults come over to our house I try to be more polite than usual because I wouldn’t want to make my family look bad.