our class had just read the book "Does my head look big in this?" This book was about a 16 year old girl named Amal who decided to wear a hijab. Amal thought about her decision for 4 days. our class was talking about the time she gave herself deciding on if she watned to wear the hijab. we were talking and thinking that 4 days to come up with a decision is a big deal! i dont think that i have thought about a decision for that long, so this was a big deal for her. when Amals mother did not want her to where the hijab i thought about my guest speaker, Gulunar when she did not want her daughter to where the hijab yet. i belive that the reason why they did not want them to where the hijab at that age is becasue thats when they are concidered grown up, they are not kids anymore.:( Especially at the age of 16 your a teen now and a junior in high school. This is definatly huge because at that age there are alot of teasing and immaturity. and for Amal to decide to where it at that age it is alomost like she wanted to remember that day. She put her religion first and did not care what would happen because of her decision. to me this shows who she is. she is very confident, sure of herslef, positive, patient...even when it came to boys she put that on hold because of her religion.She knows who she is as a person!