Eigth day down, twenty-two to go
Today was another typical day. However, the heat was unbearable. The morning started off cool and breezy, but when I got home it was just horribly hot. I want the fall/winter to come soon! Anyways, I didn’t do much today. Just work and home. I passed by the mall before I got home. I went into Zellers and was just browsing around. I just couldn’t believe how many jars or boxes people open to “see” what’s inside. Why the hell would people open up a jar of peanut butter? It SAYS PEANUT BUTTER! Not a mystery!!
It just irritated me so much. I can’t stand people who open things and don’t buy it. Arghh.. Anyways, I got home and mom was cooking and she was making up food she read off the net. It was yummy! I love Ramadan because mom tries to be creative and uses the internet productively! hehe.
Then we were randomly talking, my mom and I, and I said, “I am tough!” Then she said, “inty fa2eera wa miskeeny, wallahy el wa7ed beykhaf 3aleeky.” Translation: “You are poor and helpless, I swear we are always worried about you.” I looked at her and looked at the ground. I told her, “my friend thinks the same of me too. 
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I know I may talk the talk and think I am all tough, but everyone knows I am as vulnerable as a bunny. Oh well. I thought about it and I think my mom was right for once. I am not tough and I am really quiet and always by my self. My mom says, “no wonder your sister is tougher than you and always hits you and screams at you!” I said, “I am scared of her.. she is EVIL!” Hahaha..
Aah.. funny funny.. Isn’t my mom and sister funny!!
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Well, dimwits at markets will never change – I would go & tell someone to take it if I see them
My mom also tells me the same thing whenever I tell her not to worry about me bas add the word “Habla” to the convo. LOL :lol: .. it’s hard being sensitve now adays, people tend to take you for granted you know
Some people can’t read labels. There was study done and something like half the Canadian population has trouble reading and writing. My Mom came across a woman who couldn’t even read the choices on the vending machine and she had to ask my mom for help!
wow Sapphire – really? that is sad.. Half the pop?
Well according to the Canadian Council on Learning who did the study, many Canadians are struggling with literacy. I can believe it too. When I was growing up, I was one of the few kids in my grade that liked reading books for fun. I don’t recall there being too many bookworms in my class. I could count the number of kids I saw reading for pleasure on one hand. The more somebody reads the better they are at it and the better their vocabulary becomes. What has happened is the school system has made reading a chore so many children don’t like to read plus there is a shortage of books in the school libraries, which doesn’t help. Also, some of the teachers were very poor at teaching English to students. Students today are passed on to the next grade whether they are reading at the appropriate grade level or not. It is not uncommon for even college and university students to need remedial English! It is a disgrace that schools are graduating students who can barely read and write. That is why standardized testing has come into being because of this sad fact. Now that they have made the curriculum more rigorous, our high school drop out rate has jumped which isn’t good. That tells me that students are not getting the help they need to succeed in school. In this day and age, nobody should be illiterate.
High illiteracy risks health: Study
By ALAN FINDLAY
http://www.torontosun.com/News/Canada/2007/09/20/4511108-sun.html
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Writing on the wall
http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/loveofreading/template/index.html
thanks for the detail.. I know about this stuff cause I work in a Canadian Literacy Organization!
but still the numbers are absurd!!