Part Two (Rachael Kobey)

Writing Strategies
1. I think that she was very judgmental at first and then as the story continued she started to judge herself because she was in there position. When you are in a pageant you are judged and then on the other end you do not now to fell.
2. The public should know about Bosley essay because I think that people can read this and relate to her. At some point in our lives we can all feel the pressure to do well at school and in sports. Even if you do not know much about pageants you can still understand the pressure part of it.
3. What I like most about the essay is that she tells how she lost to pageant from the beginning to end and left nothing out. The main suggestion I have about the essay is that she should have never told anyone about her mom and being lonely.
4. The title to the story How I Lost the Junior Miss Pageant tells the reader about how Bosley lost in the pageant she was in. The point to her telling her story is that she was not the average pageant girl she was poor and wore whatever she had in her closet not the newest things. She lost the pageant because of what she told the judges about her mom being lonely.
Exploring Ideas
2. The pageant world can be very competitive there is the pressure to be perfect and on a child at the age for six or seven they do not understand why they are doing this because I know that I wouldn’t be able to. The mom’s sometimes what their child to win more than their son or daughter wants. When you see the pageants on TV you think why would they ever do this be perfect and stand in front of people who judge them on things that really do not matter in real life. Money is also a factor you have to be able to travel, have the costumes, and the people to help your child succeed in the business.
3. I don’t have any experiences with a social going-on my parents never put me in that position nor do I ever want to be. That is not who I am and not the way I was brought up and I always stand up for myself and what is right for me.
Ideas for Writing
1. When I started karate my goal was to get my black belt. So as the years moved on I moved up belt by belt. The one thing that was standing in my way it was the black belt training; it was extremely intense training for about three months. The training part was not the issue it was the three mile run that we all had to do. I am not or have ever been a runner and it was hard and I cried every time I had to run or do the run with the black belt training team. I got to the point where my instructor made me so mad that I quit and I have never quit anything. So I never got my black belt but I look back and I know that I should have kept with it but I was young and could not make a decision for myself.
2. Skiing is my favorite sport of all time if I only had start must younger I would consider competing. I have been skiing for six years and when I am out there flying down to slope I fell as if no one can touch me. Also the people that I ski with make a difference because they are my family and they do not judge me. Another thing that makes it fun it that my helmet that I have has speakers in the ear pieces so I can just hock my ipod up and listen to my favorite music and tune everything out and resently got new ski’s and I love them.