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Section/Pages: 101-150
Members Present: Karl, Antonio, Chris

Discussion Highlights
-We learn about ourselves more deeply when reflecting upon others
- We can look upon others mistakes to not repeat them in our life
-Also, when we read, learn more about life and sometimes ourselves
-Examples: We learn from Chris McCandless to never go hiking or into nature without the proper supplies and knowledge
- Mr. Ramsey is not a believer in religious things but finds self-consciousness about it interesting.

-Sexism existed heavily back then and many believed that women weren’t as smart as men

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Section/Pages: 51-100

Members Present:  Antonio Ruffo, John Distefano, Karl Holle, Chris

Discussion Highlights:

- The narrator is surprised that Frost read the poem in a comedic way

- Some of the themes that are shown in chapter 3, Frost, in Old School is things such as the tension between truth and friction, and the impact of literature.

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Section/Pages: 151-195
Members Present: Johnny, Chris, Antonio, Karl

Discussion Highlights:
- As a group, we did not really enjoy the book all to well for a couple of different reasons.
- One of the reasons why we did not like the book is because it was very repetitive in what it was trying to get at and we wish it would have switched up the message.
-   Another reason is because there is no real action in the book and the narrator is just recalling his life in detail.
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Something we see a lot in this chapter is we find out a lot more about the school and how it operates. There is a founder named Ayn Rand who is a big advocater for the school and helps them grow in popularity with more buildings and people. Another thing we see in this chapter is the protagonist seems to have a crush on a girl and he describes her as a “redhead with beautifully arched eyebrows and pouty lips.”(65) This shows good character development by showing he can find that special someone in his life.

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Name: Antonio Ruffo

Email: 25337ar@chaminade-hs.org

Name: Karl Holle

Email: 25180kh@chaminade-hs.org

Name: Chris Sloma

Email: 25369cs@chaminade-hs.org

Name: John Di Stefano

Emails 25104jd@chaminade-hs.org

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Section/Pages: Chapters 1-2
Members Present: John Di Stefano, Chris Sloma, Antonio Ruffo, Karl Holle.

Discussion Highlights:
- Our first impressions were that most of think the book is boring while one or two of us think that it is kind of interesting. We hope that it gets better and there is more action involved. - Karl Holle
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Meeting 1 Date: First meeting
Pages / Section: 1-50

Meeting 2 Date: Second Meeting
Pages / Section: 51-100

Meeting 3 Date: Third Meeting
Pages / Section: 101-150

Meeting 4 Date: Fourth Meeting
Pages / Section: 151-195

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The book starts off with talking about how the school operates and how each person has their own rank in the school. For example, athletes, singers, scholars, etc, have a higher and more leverage in the school compared to other students. - John Di Stefano

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“Where I really recognized myself was in the momentary, undramatic details of Ruth’s life” (125)

“As if my inmost vault had been smashed open and looted and every hidden thing about me was spread across those pages.” (125)

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“You can tell your boy there that this is pretty good work. Pretty damned good work, consider. He knows what he is writing about, more than he is telling and that’s good.” (Pg. 135)
This quote shows how well he did on his “Summer Dance” work and how the main judge, Hemingway, tells him he did very good. We can imply the end of the quote to today, that can help us with our works in English.

“I didn’t want Ernest Hemingway’s advice, I wanted his attention.” (Pg. 136)
This shows that he either wants to work harder to get his attention and be notices or that even though he is happy, he is ungrateful for the advice that Hemingway gave him.

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At what point of our lives, can we truly understand the world? Many people don’t figure out the world until they’re elder years while others feel like they understand it during their youth. “For once I had a complete picture of the world” (Pg.71)

-Antonio Ruffo

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One of the themes portrayed throughout the novel, Old School, by Tobias Wolff is Competition. The school had writing competitions each year to see who would have the “best” work. For example, “George Kellogg won the audience with Robert Frost.” George was a rival of the narrator and they went toe for toe each year competing to write the best text.This competition was taken very seriously by all students. This theme is very important to me because of Chaminade. I find many similarities between our school and theirs. For instance, we have Skylight throughout the year and the best works are included in the book Skylight.

-Antonio Ruffo

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“You can tell your boy there that this is pretty good work. Pretty damned good work, considering. He knows what he’s writing about, more than he’s telling, and that’s good.”

“Plagiarism’s bad enough, Goss said. But from a girl? I cant believe you’d plagiarize from a girl.”

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Which lines from the poem Frost do you find to be the most moving?

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1. Discussed how people have different ranks throughout the school based on sports, scholars, etc.
2. Talked about how the school is filled with rich kids trying to act not rich.
3.Discussed how this quote, “Loyalty might also become betrayal” relates to real life.

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1.  We miss some of the deeper meanings in the text and miss out on important info or we do not recognize it.
2. We can prepare better by writing better journals. The journals help us get the main info that we need and they are even better prepared if we have quotes and important things that are in the book.
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1. We were able to connect ideas and come up with conclusions of our thoughts
2. We came up with predictions on what we think will happen in the book
3. We organized what pages we are reading for next class.

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1. John Di Stefano - I would not recommend this book to anyone because it was very boring and plain compared to the other books that were options. I think this book should get off the list entirely because I know nobody that enjoyed it.

2. Karl Holle - I definitely would not recommend the book. This has got to be the worst book I have ever read in Chaminade. There is almost no action and the book is insanely boring. It was also about school which is something I ideally don’t want to read about.

3. Antonio Ruffo- I wouldn’t recommend this book to anyone because I feel that it is very vague and boring to read. It is all about school which is something most people are tired of. However, I liked how it reminded me of Chaminade and my life here.

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I’m going to write a short story about the themes that occurred throughout the story “Old School.” I’m going to try and resemble what happened in the story and compare it to my own life and maybe my own school.

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I am writing about 5 poems on the themes and important events that one would come across in “Old School.” For anyone who didn’t read the book, the poems will try to get across the main points that happened in the story.

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I am going to create a new book cover for the novel. I will also explain why I chose to depict the cover the way I did.

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I will write around 5-7 poems based off the main themes and events that took place during the novel. I will also try to connect the similar themes demonstrated in the novel and here at Chaminade High School