Week 11 Reading Post

This week I read The Blind Side by Michael Lewis for 1 hour and 48 minutes.

The first chapter I read discussed the Egg Bowl-a famous rivalry gamed played between the Ole Miss Rebels and the Mississippi State Bulldogs for an egg shaped trophy. Before getting into the game, Michael Lewis showed how Ole Miss' attitude toward black people affected their recruiting. Michael then went into how offensive line coach George DeLeone did not want to play Michael Oher as a freshman. Instead of letting him play left tackle, DeLeone played him at right guard where he could receive help. Ole Miss had a terrible season and topped it off with a 35-14 loss in Starkville. DeLeone and the offensive coordinator were fired, and Michael was put back at left tackle. The next chapter dealt both the childhood of Michael Oher's mother and Michael himself. Michael's mother had a drug addiction while trying to raise her ten kids. The police took the children away and placed them in foster homes. Michael, however, wanted no part of that and would frequently run back to his mom. Michael Lewis then again goes into Michael's relationship with Big Tony. The final chapter began with Michael almost beating a fellow football player to death for making sexual comments about his mom and sister-the Tuohys that is. The book ends with Dwight Freeney. Dwight had heard that there was a college lineman who thought that he could take him right now. Dwight said he couldn't wait to play him.


Goals for Spring Break:

During spring break I plan on spending my reading time going through The Scarlet Letter one time before we have to read it in class as Mr. Strusz said it would be the most difficult book we would read this year. If I have time, I also may try to get one more book in before the end of the project, but I have not decided which book that would be.

Totals: 47 hours and 21 minutes/ 2012 pages