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Monday, December 15, 2014

OBC - I am Malala




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  1. I wanted to read this book because i wanted to learn more about what happened and hannah said that it was a good book and she suggested it highly, also her story is really powerful and i want to learn more.......

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  2. I chose this book because when we did the research I had a lot of questions that I wanted to know and I didn't want to look them up because I wanted to wait for this book.

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  3. I chose this book because I wanted to learn more about Malala and how everything in her life happened and impacted her.

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  4. I chose this book, because everyone that read the book, told
    me it was a really good book. I just really want to learn more, about this amazing girl.

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  5. I chose this book because it looked and sounded interesting. Also I want to learn more about Malala. I want to learn everything that happened the day she got shot.

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  6. I chose this book because it sounded the most interesting out of our book club books we researched. Although, I have a little background knowledge on Malala I still want to know more. I want to basically know more about her shooting.

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  7. I chose this book because I felt that she sounded like a girl with brains and a really good speaker and I really wanted to learn her ways of speaking and spreading out the news of the Taliban.

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  8. I chose this book because I wanted to find more about malala and know how she wasn't afraid knowing she was about to die.

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  9. This wasn't my first choice book but I guess I chose it because I wanted to learn more about the shootings and the Taliban.

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  10. I choose this book because in 6th grade I did a project on her and I would like to know more about her. I would also read about a girl that is about my age that stood up for her self and others. I want to know how one girl can do so much.

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  11. I chose this book because i want to know how a girl can almost die trying to fight for her rights and not being afraid of dieing. Also I want to know how she inspired a whole bunch of other people.

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  12. I wanted to read this book because last year I learned about her in Social Studies. I was interested in her since then. So when I heard this was an option I knew that this was the wanted to read.

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  13. I am confused about why they have two schools one for girls and one for boys. I want to know the reason they slip them up.

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    1. because maybe boys are against girls going 2 school.

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    2. This isn't like America not everyone gets what they want and they are still in that age were not everyone is treated equal. Kind like what we had 200 years ago.

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    3. Schools are different there, i'm pretty sure girls aren't allowed to be in the same room as boys that aren't family. Also most of the men and boys there believe girls shouldn't even have an education.

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  14. I am confused about the TNSM. At first Malala was saying how they were scary and then she started saying how they came to help rebuild buildings and clean up the town after the Earthquake. So does she think that they are mean and scary, nice, or both?

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    1. I think that she is more scared than thankful!

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  15. I felt it's confusing when Malala wanted to know what it was like
    to be dead, I don't understand why anyone would want to know how
    that feels. I know she wanted to tell people what it kinda feels like, But
    I still find it confusing, Out of no where she wanted to know what it felt
    like.

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    1. Ruth she probably means what happens after you are dead. It's just a curiosity thing.

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    2. Ya i agree with Colleen. She probably wanted to know what if felt like so she could tell people and to know what to look forward to.

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    3. I think see just wanted to know so she could tell people that it isn't fun or there is no point to be away from everyone you love.

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  16. On page three I'm confused on the part where she was talking about England, so is she talking about the house she moved in after she got shot or was she dreaming that she had house and that she lived in a place like that.

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    1. after she got shot

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    2. After she got shot I think. She was saying how houses in england are so nice and how they have electricity and good water.

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    3. I had that question to!!!!! Apparently, she lives in England

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    4. I think she was talking about how before she was shot she lived in
      a house that wasn't so good. But, then after she go shot she and her family moved and got there new house in England and how she likes it.

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  17. No specific word confused me. What confused me was when Malala said how another family lives in her house. I never knew that her and her family moved out!!!!! I though that they were just away in America until further notice.

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    1. no they live in england now and another family lives in her home.

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  18. I wonder why they (the women) want their tea milky? I though tea was supposed to be sweet.

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    1. It must just be something from their culture.

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    2. Well we put cream in our coffee and I guess cream is related to milk.

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  19. I want to know what a cardamom is?

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    1. A cardamom is a type of plant and ginger is in its family so kind of like roots.

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  20. I was reading the book and I was wondering do you think this book was written in English or if it needed to be translated into an English form? Some of the words I didn't know were fickle and cricket but when I looked at online pictures I realized and remembered what it was.

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    1. I think this book was written in English but they use some of the words from her country to make it more realistic.

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    2. Kinda what lacey said that it was written in english but some words are different because she is from another country.

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    3. I think that it was in her language and they translated it to English but most of the fancy words they kept in the book.

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  21. I was confused when Malala said that they made shoebox dolls and i was wondering how they they make them.

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    1. Maybe they keep the extra cloth from the clothes they make and then just use that.

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    2. I did a Google search and I don't think they made the dolls out of the shoe boxes but instead they made doll houses.

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    3. I did a google search as well and I it said nothing about dolls but when I looked at images and it looked like they made doll houses.

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    4. I'm pretty sure shoe box dolls are just dolls made from scraps of items like maybe they might make a dolls body out of a stick and put scraps of ripped clothing on it for a dress.

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  22. I am confused about how old she is. Did anyone catch it?

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    1. In 2014 she is 17 years old.

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    2. i dont think it says but maybe she is 13/14

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    3. No, I think Lacey's right.
      She is 17 years old. I understand how it's kind of tricky to find because the book bounces back and fourth

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    4. she was 10 when the taliban invaded their coumntry

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    5. yeah i was telling brooklyn in the book that she was 10 when the taliban invaded

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    6. She was shot in the head at 17 and the Taliban invaded when she was 10 years old.

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    7. IN the beginning of the book she is 15

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  23. i am confused on what the holy quale is

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    2. the holy Quran

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    3. I did a Google search on it and it said quale is a form of conscience.

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  24. I think they made a mistake on Chapter 4 when it said the children were sent us home.It sounds weird when you say it over and over.

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  25. p. 23 It talk about how the moms of the girls don't have a great education like how they can't read. What would u think if your mom had a lower education than yourself.

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    1. If my mom had a lower education than me I would feel a little frustrated because i'm always asking my mom a whole bunch of questions, but if there is no one to answer my questions that I have easy access to then that would make me a little annoyed that my mom couldn't have the same education as me. Also I would try to teach my mom the basics like learning how to read, wright, and do simple math.

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    2. I think I would be really weird and frustrating because she goes to school now and probably has homework and she can't have her mom help her with it because she doesn't have an education. And I would do what Makaya would do and teach her some of the basics.

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    3. I would have a feeling like I know too much and my Mother can not help me with anything more. Like I'm on my own and I can not do somethings on my own.

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    4. I would feel pretty frustrated because if I didn't know the answer the a question on my homework my mom is the one to answer it. So if she didn't know that it would make a life a little more complicated.

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    5. I think that would be strange. I think parents should be smarter than there children. I think life would be way different if I was smarter than my mom.

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    6. If my mom had a lower education than me I would be sad. I would think that if i'm living in a place where kids are getting smarter than there mom at a young age what has my home town become?

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    7. I think it would be really weird if I was smarter than my mom since she is a lot older than me but I would also feel bad for her.

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  26. In Chapter 1 "Free as a bird" She said that she is not going cover her face. Do you think she made the right decision? or is is going to hurt her in the future. I think that if she does stick with that and doesn't cover her face when she goes out the Taliban is going to harm her. What do you think?

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    1. I think she is just trying to stand up for herself but in the future I think it may hurt her when the Taliban like what Lacy said. I think it is a good thing for a small girl to stand up because later on other women will find out and stand with her.

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    2. I agree with Katelyn, I think if she sticks with not covering her face she is going to get harmed by the Taliban

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    3. she's is just trying to stand up for all the other girls, but the Taliban might do something

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  27. In Chapter 1, When her friend Safina stole her favorite toy, the pink phone.
    Do you think it was okay for Malala to take a bunch of Safinas trinkets?
    Why, or Why not?

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    1. I don't think it was ok because like what some people say to wrongs don't make a right, so I think that she should of just told someone and then been don't with it.

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    2. I think it was wrong I think Malala just should have to her face to face and asked for it back. I think she just wanted her friend to feel what malala was feeling when something was stolen from you. Even though it was the wrong thing.

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    3. No, I do not think it was okay for Malala to take them because just because someone does something to you does not mean you have to do it back. End the battle.

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    4. I don't think I was because 2 wrongs don't make a right but you have to remember that she was little and probably didn't know that yet.

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    5. no wasn't right but i still think that malala and her friend were both in the wrong....

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    6. I don't think it was right for her to take Safina's stuff because Malala was older than her and she was setting a bad example and not being a role model to her younger friend.

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    7. I don't think that a pink phone was a big of a deal so Malala shouldn't have taken something of Safina's but I can understand if Safina took something that was passed down from generation to generation.

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    8. I think it was okay and not okay

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    9. I think it wasn't okay because she could have been the bigger person and just told someone and not try to get even because she just got in trouble just for trying to get even so that's why I think it wasn't okay for her to steal Safina's trinkets

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  28. In chapter 4, page 30, Malala talks about earthquakes. It sounds pretty bad there. Did you think when they have smaller earthquakes it is like nothing is happening and keep going on with live? Why or Why not?

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    1. I think that they still notice smaller earthquakes but they don't seem like that big of a deal. If we had a earthquake here it would freak us out cause we don't get them but it seems very common there so I think that they don't freak out about them.

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    2. I think they know about the little earthquakes but, they don't really scare them because, they are more scared of bigger earthquakes.

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    3. I think they notice them because earthquakes any size still are harmful and I think they take cover for some but not all the smaller ones.

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    4. I think they don't mind when little earthquakes happen but they get mad if a vase fall and breaks or something like that.

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  29. There is a whole chapter on Radio Mullah. Later in that chapter she says that he is a high school dropout and doesn't have credits to be talking about the stuff he is talking about. If you listened to Radio Mullah a found this out would you continue to listen or not? Why?

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    1. I would keep listening because they talk about people who died, kids who dropped out of school, and events that are going on with the Taliban and the town and I would want to know all of that stuff.

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    2. I wouldn't listen because he isn't qualified to be talking about this so why listen to someone if they don't know what they are talking about?

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    3. I would continue to listen because even though he may not be qualified most of the stuff about what's happening in the country is probably right.

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  30. If you were in Malala's place and all the schools were being bombed down and a whole bunch of people were getting killed would you be brave and protest against it risking the life of you and your family, would you hide and leave the country with your family, or would you leave the area but continue to protest against what's going on like Malala?

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    1. I would leave the area and continued to protest, so I could keep protesting and not be risking that, that would be stopped.

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    2. I would leave and continue protesting because without protesting a lot more families and innocent children would keep dying for no reason at all

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  31. In many parts of the book she says that girls keep dropping out of school because the Taliban are saying stuff that are scaring them out of it. She says there are some girls that stay in school and the other keep dropping. Would you stay in school or leave? Why or why not?

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    1. I would stay in because I would want an education and I wouldn't care if the Taliban killed me or not because I would would be sticking up for what I believe in.

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    2. I would stay in school because I believe that education is key to a persons life and for my career it will take a whole lot of school.

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    3. I would want to stay in school because school is where you learn how to get around in this world and it lets you have that dream job you've always wanted, but I would fear for my life even if i'm standing up for what I believe in and whether I like it or not my parents would fear for my life to and pull me out of school.

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  32. if girls wouldn't allowed to have an education and you were in malala's shoes what would you do? Stand up? Or let it happen?

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    1. I would feel bad for the the inequality that those girls are going through but could never do hat Malala did!!!!!

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  33. If you were one of Malala schoolmates and the Taliban showed and and said "where is Malala Yousafzai" what would you do?

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    1. To be honest the way they were treating those girls I would most likely stay quiet until they threatened to hurt me or if they actually did hurt me I would tell them.

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    2. I would keep my mouth shut and look away, and if they threatened anyone I would do something to distract them like maybe start fake crying, but if they threatened me, wanting to protect my life, I would have no choice but to tell them where Malala is.

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  34. Why did nobody stand up to Radio Mullah in chapter 7 it is clear that someone should stand up to them but nobody is! Don't they have an army to help them because they just seem so defenseless.

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    1. Nobody stood up because they were scared. They did not think there beliefs were more important than there live.

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  35. What would happen if malala didn't really wanted to go to school?

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    1. I think she would still stand up for the right for girls to get an education even if she didn't want to go to school because she is the kind of person who believes in equality for all. She does not believe that anyone should be given less than what any other person.

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  36. Why do you think that the Pashtunwali code mean so much to Malala and her people, why is it a big deal if you break a few rules????????

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  37. What do you think would've happened if Malala died when she got shot and Explain why?

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  38. What surprised me is that she is in the hospital and she almost died and she is worried about her parents bringing her books so that she can study for her exams. What are your thoughts on that and would you worry about that or would you worry about you almost dying.

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    1. she was probably worrying about that because she didn't now what happened and if i was in that situation i would probably feel like that too because you do not now whats going on.....

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    2. Well, I think I would try to rest and not worry about my exams until
      I got better, specially if I almost died. I would be worried if I focused to much it would hurt my head.

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    3. yah but she doesn't think about that she just worries about have an education and having good grades

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    4. If I knew there was a chance of me being dead I would worry if my family was alright too and see if they can live without me if there was a chance I could be dead.

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    5. She did not know that she almost died, so knowing that my next question would be where is my family.

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    6. We must remember though how dedicated she was to her education. This just is another way to prove how much she wants her education.

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  39. I was surprised when Malala asked what the bump on her stomach was
    and they told her it was the top of her skull, I was wondering how it got there
    till they explained it. What was your reaction to this?

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    1. i was very surprised like you when malala went to go touch her stomach and they told her that was the top of her skull.

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    2. I thought it was really weird and I would think that they just wouldn't put it back inside her because that is just one more incision that doesn't seem like it needs to happen.

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    3. I thought that when the brain was hit with the bullet that it broke off and fell down there until they explained.

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    4. I thought it was very disturbing until they explained it.

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    5. I would have never thought that any doctors would put your skull in your stomach on purpose. I thought it was the weirdest thing I have ever heard coming from doctors doing that.

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    6. I thought it was super strange when they said that until they explained it then it made sense but it still was super weird that they put in back inside her!

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  40. What you have done if you got shot and had no idea where your parents were or who these nurses and doctors are. or what you're in....

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    1. I would have been very freaked out! It shocked me too when her parents weren't there. To be in a strange place with nobody that you knew would be very scary and nerve wracking

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  41. I was surprised when she was in the hospital and when she first looked at her face in the mirror and she was not sad that she looked that way she did. She was fine all she wanted to know what happened to her. I think I would just have a lot of mix emotions. What would think if you looked in the mirror and saw yourself like what happened to her.

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    1. yah i was surprised also because i would think that she would sad about it, if that was me i would freak out!!!!!!!!!

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    2. I was not surprised because she is alive and that is good enough for me. Sometimes you have to play live day by day.

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    3. I wouldn't freak out because of the reason she had I would rather look like that and have a life than not look like that and be dead, and also you are going to have to live with it you whole life so if you are embarrassed about it all the time you are going to have a pretty bad rest of your life.

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    4. If I almost lost my life I wouldn't care to much about the way I look I would just have to accept it for the time being and be thankful for everything I still have.

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    5. I would be scared and mad. I would want to know who did that to me and I would want to get them in jail. I would also be mad about how it affects the people around me like my family and friends. They would be worried about me and might be in dangour of the person that did that to me .

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  42. I was surprised that the doctors would not tell her what happened and just tell her that "Something bad happened to you, but you are safe now." I would get even scareder if they did not tell me. What about you?

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    1. I would be scared until they told me I was going to be o.k. . But I can see how you would think the suspense would build up.

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    2. It was scary how she couldn't say anything to the nurse. It was like a piece of her brain was nicked and that seemed to be a part of her speaking. I would be very scared if I couldn't talk. How would you feel?

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    3. I would be scared too if the doctors didn't tell me what happen to me. Like what Katelyn said I would want the doctors to at least tell me I was okay and safe. I guess if the doctors didn't tell me anything I would be scared but I would know I am in a hospital safe and alive.

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    4. She probably would have freaked out because this whole situation was so strange but it would have made me super frustrated if they didn't tell me what I wanted to know.

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    5. I would worry even more too because if you were in the hospital and they are not telling you what had happened I would think right away that it was something serious and then I would do what Malala did and keep asking them until they told me.

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    6. I would be more freaked out because if they won't tell me what is happening then that must me something really bad must have happened. I would also just feel very confused and clueless as why I was in a hospital and why am I hurt.

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    7. I would be scared because My eye has a huge bruise over it, My hair is half SHAVED, and i was in the hospital without my family.

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    8. I don't think I would be scared in a hospital but when the Taliban were on the bus I would be.

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  43. I was surprised when they said that there was a part of her skull in her stomach. What would you think if someone told you that?

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    1. I would probably be kind of freaked out, but then interested at the same time. I would just stare at my stomach for a long time thinking how did this happen?

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    2. I would probably freak out too. I would not want the top of my head in my stomach. Also, I would think how is my brain doing without it?

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  44. I was surprised that in the hospital she was worried about her father. She wondered if he was okay over and over again after they told her he was okay, she kept worrying about him. Would you worry about you dad or family like that?

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  45. I don't understand when she was in the hospital and the teddy bear changed colors from the lighting?

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