I just recently started reading the series of “The Clique Summer Collection” by Lisi Harrison.  And this book is about Claire. Basically, so far in the book Claire moved to Orlando for the entire summer. She got a job, spends time with her friends and her loved ones. However, in less than 4 weeks, she has to move to Westchester so she’s leaving everything behind. Her main goal is to be able to make those entire 4 weeks interesting and fun.

I chose to write about which character’s perspective was missing. And believe it or not, I think the main character; Claire’s perspective isn’t really there for several reasons. One of the reasons is due to Massie the “queen bee “of the pretty committee. No one likes her, she’s just there. One of the reasons the pretty committee even has their high reputation is due to her. She’s the “prettiest” of the group, and she basically controls everyone. For example, Massie sent Claire a list of stores she’s allowed to shop at during the summer, and a list of stores she shouldn’t even get near too. I thought that was just plain stupid, like who are you to tell anyone what they can or can’t do? And what bothers me most, is Claire doesn’t stick up for herself or her friends, she just goes along with it, and actually listens to Massie! Who cares about reputation…. No one should feel being taken advantage of.

                Another example of Claire’s perspective missing is the part about the pageant show. So, her friends wanted to participate in a pageant show during the summer, and Claire had a bad feeling about it. Claire didn’t want to compete with her best friends, because she knew she could put their friendships in jeopardy, She was worried about losing her friends, since many best friends who previously competed in pageant shows had the shows tear their friendships apart. However, instead of Claire actually telling her friends how she really feels about pageants, and how their friendship means so much to her, that she’s not willing to lose it, she keeps to herself. She just says all these thoughts in her mind, and to the reader, but never actually confronts her friends about it.

              Hopefully, as I read on, Claire will begin to open up more, and she will change from this shy being to a very open person.

 

    I have just read “How Do Genetically Modified Foods Affect Your Health” by Rachel Mount. I decided to read this article because in science we are writing an essay about our opinion on genetically modified food, so I thought it would be interesting to make my blog post on this.

     Turns out more than 85% of corn and soy grown in the United States come from seeds whose DNA has been rearranged. This means that more than half of the corn and soy grown isn’t natural instead it goes through being genetically engineered. The process of genetically modifying food allows farmers to produce food with fewer chemicals, which results in a cleaner environment with much cheaper groceries. Genetically modified foods have been out there since 1994, and have been experimented on animals. They can lead to kidney and liver malfunction, and even reduced fertility.

         It may even be that genetically modified foods cause allergies. As genes are transferred between plants, allergenic proteins such as peanuts or wheat will come up in weird places. Researchers are running tests to try to prevent that from happening, because it can harm the health of a person. Even though there are many risks in genetically modified foods, more and more appear each year. However, it is impossible for consumers to tell genetically modified foods from regular foods.

      In my opinion I think genetically modifying our food is great. This article did talk about more of the bad things that result out of genetically modifying your food, however since I’ve read a lot more articles on this topic I’ve found more cons rather than pros. I think have a much cleaner environment is amazing. Since there is a lot of pollution, and littering, we are in very much need of a cleaner environment and genetically modifying food can help us with that. Also producing food with fewer chemicals is very healthy for any human being. And lastly, cheaper groceries can help us save a lot of money.