nonfiction blog post for december eating disorders

In the article "Eating disorders" of teenshealth.org  the author of the article discusses eating disorders such as bulimia anorexia and binge eating. Recently I have been writing a picture book on anorexia and bulimia so when i saw this article it caught my eye. Eating disorders are horrible things but the biggest issue is like all mental disorders it is hard to diagnose. Further more people lack the help they need and hide there disorder from the public. Eating disorders don't just make you skinny they take away your social life and mess up your body too. In the article it said that you can actually have heart and kidney failures in result of not eating other severe side effects include swelling and bitterness of  bones, layers of hair to keep you warm without fat, and even loss of hair.

The author had a strong stance on the issue, he believed that eating disorders are no joke and they must be given help. He shows us this by showing us his sympathy for people with disorders. He shows us there is no problem with having these issues but that all adults are here to help. He discuses the harshness and mystery of the diseases by lying raw facts down then he explains how easy treatment is. By reading the text the reader immediately knows the authors stance.

After reading this article i thought to my about the issue. the article really made me think about kids that suffer from eating disorders. How someone could so simply stop eating and do so much to their body. Then i thought more and i thought more and i thought about how many kids there are that don't realize they have a problem.

THE OTHER NORMALS BLOG POST

     Recently I've been reading "The Other Normals" a book by Ned Vizzini. In previous Vizzini books Ned fallows kids during ruff high-school and middle-school times. This one starts out like his previous books with a socially challenged boy from new york when however the plot changes into a new direction completely when Perry the character is sucked into a new world. This world is based off of a world in his role playing bored game "The Other Normals". When he is first sucked into it all i could do is hang my head in disappointment. Perry ignores the fact that he was pulled into the world to save someone and doesn't stop thinking about himself. He says things like "why would you need a kid like me" and worries about how a girl in this world thinks about him and all i want to do is tell him to shut up. However as the story goes on a new side of him opens up.

        When his friend and him get put into a jail cell he immediately steps to the plate and breaks them out. When this happened I was relived the that we wouldn't have to see more of ' negative side. after reading this all i could think about is how maybe sometimes I act like that; with a negative attitude, i act like its just my problem but truthfully it effects everyone. 

The other normals" blog post social topic in the book?: self-esteem of kids

Recently I've been reading the book "The Other Normals" by Ned Vizzini. "The Other Normals"is a book about a socially awkward boy Perry who gets sucked into a world similar to his favorite role playing game: The Other Normals. Throughout the story so far Perry has consistently been putting him self down. On Perry's first day of camp, he sees his best friend Sam, yet hesitates to say hello to him. The reader understand this hesitation because throughout Sam was better then him. the whole story we have gotten to know Perry's behavior: his shyness is so severe it's almost paralyzing him to the point of having virtually no social life. This specific type of issue is not the first of its kind. Throughout the hole story Perry has pushed himself  to think low of him self.

In my school I know a lot of kids that i could relate to Perry. These kids in no way are lame, if anything they are extremely cool and funny, but when they get into situations where they have to talk to people sometimes things change. They don't talk to other people or even let people talk to them. I think that through the story Perry will go through a loss of innocents story and become ok with who he is which is something most people need to go through in there life.