I agree with some of you guys comments on the part when Sonia and her mother was shopping for a coat and the coat was to small. They went to the saleswoman to ask if they had her size and the lady didn't seem to interested in helping. Sonia's mother mention that she wanted to give her the coat as a gift for going to college. When the saleswoman ask what school she was going to and she said Princeton her whole attitude changed. She started acting all nice and she made a phone call to make sure she got her coat. I found that to be so fake and phony. Just a few minutes ago they weren't important and now they are. I think it's kind of weird how sometimes people treat your poorly until they find out that you have a certain status. Whether it's where you live, work, go to school, dress or the amount of money you have. Even Sonia's mother Celina is being treated differently at work. She said that doctors that would never speak to her have came to her to congratulate her. I think everyone deserves to be treated with respect regardless of the level your on. I feel like you should never look down on anyone because how that saying goes the same people that you see on the way up is the same people you see on the way down. which basically means don't think because your in a good position in life that things can't change and you end up in the same position as the person you was looking down on. And now that person you were judging is now in a good position and now your in a situation where you need their help. So watch how you treat people because karma does exist.

Princeton and how it changed her life

I think that she was really shocked and a little over whelmed by how when she got into princeton everyone in the area treated her different. They gave her the respect and attention that she never thought she would get. Since she was puerto rican during a time of discrimination she didnt know what it was like to be socially accepted. The biggest eye opener for sonia was when her mom said even she has been treated differently at work, it was almost as if she was now in a different social class. My favorite part of the chapter was when her mother wanted to buy the sweater at the store and the lady was being so mean to her until she brought up that it was a present to sonia for when she goes to college. The lady asked what college and her mother said princeton and the lady changed her attitude completely, was polite and helpful with the transaction. I just think this is a thing that happens today, people in place are treated different based on their economic class, and or people change the way they look at people once they find out that certain people they think are broke are really rich.

Sonia Sotomayor

Sotomayor tells us in her book that no everything is how it seems, I am pretty sure that many people like me though that this wonderful woman, our judge from the Supreme Court of United State, always she had has a lifestyle of abundance and comfort. We can see that it was not like that. Sonia Sotomayor as many students worldwide, she had many obstacle to reach the position that she has nowadays, an episode of her life that touched me was when the women from the Prospect Hospital collect money to give it to Sonia so that she could buy a new shoes for college. 

My Beloved

It is very sad Reading about Nelsons’ heroine addiction. Sonia admired him, and  he was very talented, Sonia said that Nelson was her genius sidekick. l guess that he was going through a lot emotionally and he turned to drugs for comfort. Also Sonia was very upset that Nelson showed up at Abuelita’s funeral in such a state, Sonia felt that it was very disrespectful. It shows that the choices that we make in life will either make us or break us. In my opinion, l think that Nelson chose that path because he was not strong enough emotionally, and he did not have the support to talk to someone about what he was going through!

I find it interesting that in page 159, Sonia's mother said the doctors who never talked to her with any respect before, are now coming up to her and congratulating her on her daughters acceptance to Princeton. Why would the doctors give her that attention? What does attending Princeton show about the person? I think it might mean she will be getting a world class education and probably become a useful asset to the community and she was smart enough to be accepted into a Ivy League school, that many are unqualified to attend.

My beloved world

Hi everyone, in class we discussed about page 121 and it says that " The boys need rules, law, order, to keep their worst instincts in check. The conch they blow to call a meeting or hold for the right to speak stands for order, but it holds no power in itself. Its only power is what they agree to honor. It is a beautiful thing, but fragile." This mean that someone is in trouble or they are threating them bad is some kind a way.

I think its sad how Sonia's mother lost her mother at the age of nine which was the same age Sonia lost her father. I know that a child needs both parents in their life but I feel like girls look up to their mother as a role model  on how to be a woman. And boys the same thing with their father. For a young girl to loose her mom I'm sure that had to just break her heart in pieces. I couldn't even imagine. The thought of it just makes me sad. I feel like Sonia's mother had to grow up fast. Celina's mother was sick and it affected her mentally. She would wander off in the middle of the night and Celina would wake up go find her and lead her back to bed. It's sad for a kid to experience something like that. I think it's amazing that even with all that she was able to get recruited into one of the first Puerto Rican units of the women's army corps.