MY LEARNING FALL AND RISE

      On August 12, 2019 it was my first day back to school as a Junior. I was feeling very nervous, so far I was all good with all my classes. It was time for me to go to my fourth period class, as I walked in I saw the desks formed for like a socratic seminar. It was way different then what my other classes were. I was thinking " are we already going to do a debate on the first day?" I was feeling more nervous. The walls were empty but with only a few CD records. Usually English classes have like a lot of stuff on the walls, like how to make a paragraph, what a semicolon is, how to start a conclusion, and all that other stuff. But this class was empty. When the teacher started talking about open source learning and traditional English I was sort of confused, he said we had to chose and when we had chosen we had to call him in to walk back into class. He walked out of class and we were all so confused. It was something a teacher has never done. Usually teachers decide what we are going to learn about and how the class is going to run. I'm pretty sure none of the other teachers have done open source learning, or know what it even is.  I found it pretty cool on how he gave us the option on how we wanted the class to run. I never thought open source learning was going to be like this.

     
      Before I even started the class I was not that good at writing, usually when I wrote I couldn't express what I was thinking. In English classes we just had to write paragraphs on like books we read or about the lecture's. But in this class we write about our thoughts, feelings, and experiences. Which is something I have never done, but now I find that I am good at it. My learning skills have improved a lot since then, now I can take notes when a teacher is talking. Because, once Dr. Preston was reading Emerson and we had to take notes while he was reading which was a really good skill to learn. My listening skills have also improved.  I improved so much since then and I feel as if my writing has also improved. Now I help some people with their writing by proofreading it or by telling them what they are missing. My favorite blog post that I ever wrote was "The story of my life" because I got to share something that happened to me when I was with others. I had to start off with something very interesting. I had to think about all the things that happened to me, so I had decided to write a story on how I broke my arm and my emotions and thoughts, when it happened. One of my favorite journals was 11-4-19 because I shared my opinion on something, and I thought my opinion was very good. I usually just write what I think, and I believe that, that journal really spoke out.


      The class started getting a little challenging for me, because my time management wasn't at it's best. I started forgetting to post on my blog which made me like ten blog post behind. And then there were new ones popping up every time. I decided to get back on track and do all of them which, I did catch up to in the end. In the beginning I had only done journals in History, so I was fine with the journals. But the blog was something different for me, it was something I had never even seen. As  the course went on I was fine with everything. Then came the memorizing poems, I mean I was good at memorizing stuff if it was very important. The poem " Richard Cory" was a poem I still sort of remember till this day. It really didn't take me that long to memorize, but I had never had to memorize a poem. The only thing I had to memorize, ever was vocabulary words. So the poems were definitely something different, and plus I don't even read poems.  As  more poems came, I saw that they got longer which was more challenging. The one I had the most trouble memorizing was " The Laughing Heart" I don't know why it was challenging for me, but something about it made me mess up, and forget the lines. I really found the essay from Emerson very interesting. I liked when Emerson said " To be great is to be misunderstood" I have had that stuck in my head.

    The hardest thing for me was the interview, that made me just want to quit. I had never done an interview in my life! That was something I had never even done at school . Well now that I remember I did have an interview once, and it was to get into a program called AVID, but it was nothing compared to this one. I just thought to myself "what if I mess up, what if I just freeze up there, what if I faint." I had all these "what if's" in my head which didn't help me a lot. I had also been going through some personal problems which was not very good timing. I was also nervous because I thought that my skills that I had, and my answers were not good enough.  I had to email my teacher and talk to him about what I was going through, and he was very understanding which I was grateful for. I learned that not everything in life was easy, and that I might have some struggles in life. But sometimes in life you learn from those struggles and get through them step by step. And I hope that people going through the same struggles in life, they get through it.

    I decided that everyday I had to have a calendar and write down everything I had to do for all my classes, and that made it very easier for me. Before, I used to just try to remember what homework I had and then I would forget. Now I finish all my work and that gets me to the grades that I have now. Which I am very proud of where I gotten and all the things that I was able to accomplish this semester. Back in August when we had started the blogs I used to procrastinate a lot, like I was the hugest procrastinator ever! But then I started falling behind which got me so stressed out that I couldn't even handle my own stress. Now, I do all my work in class when there is extra time and I get all my things done which is a good thing for me. I have really improved in the last four months, and I think other teachers can see my progress too. You can also tell by my blog posts from the last four months.

Literature Analysis #3

The book I read over my Thanksgiving Break was " Obsessed" by Allison Britz, which was about a girl who was obsessed with brain cancer. ( not in a good way). She was afraid she might get it because of a dream she had that felt so real. She started saying that if she stepped on a crack she would get brain cancer. So she always walked everywhere so carefully and trying to not step on a crack on the sidewalk. The thing that drew me to the book was the first page, it started off so interesting. As I kept reading I felt like I understood the reader on how she had to study and not be able to go out. On how she would try to study during class time. I read the first 50 pages because I started to get annoyed on how she kept repeating in mostly every page " If I step on a crack I will get brain cancer."  Usually I don't read a lot but I started to read more so I can improve on my literature.  The author said it was a memoir of her life with OCD, so if you have OCD I would recommend this book for you!

Studying with you!

Hello, so this is me posting my 31 vocabulary words that I have memorized over the past few days. I will just be using the definition I memorized in my own way.


Uncanny: strange or mysterious.
Mood. the way the text makes the reader feel
Gratuitously: without good reason; unjustifiable
Theme: central message of a text
Tone: the author's attitude towards a subject, character, or audience.
Myth: a traditional story designed to explain a world view.
Symbolism: The practice of representing ideas with objects. ( I peeked once haha)
Technology: the study in use of cleverness in using tools
Culture: The quality of a person or society
Personification: the embodiment of an idea.
URL: the address of the work wide web. Universal resource.
Packet Switching: a method of efficient data transmission
Insatiable: impossible to satisfy
Internet: the back bone of the world wide web
Reply: to respond to something someone has said
Characterization: a representation of a character in literature through direct or indirect characterization. Indirect means a dialogue, and direct means literal description. ( I had to look at this one)
Diction: the words an author chooses
Network: any netlike combination of filaments, vines, passages, lines
Connotation: suggested or implied meaning.
Hack: to gain unauthorized data.
FOMO: a feeling of anxiety or insecurity.
Denotation: Explicit or direct meaning
LAN: local area network: a system of linking private telecommunications
Sentient: the ability to experience sensations.
Affirm: state as a fact
enmity: the state or feeling of being actively opposed
Allusion: a reference to something the author thinks the reader should know.
Syntax: the way the author arranges words for grammatical correctness.
HTML: hypertext markup language: a standardized system for tagging text files.
Anthropomorphism: the attribution of human qualities to inanimate object.
Alliteration: style device in which several words being with the same consonant sound and stress.

I MADE IT, I WILL CRUSH THIS TEST. ( except for the spelling part if we have to)

MY BRAIN ON THANKSGIVING BREAK

During Thanksgiving break, I didn't do much. I had my cousins that I hardly see stay over for a week. So I had to spend time with them. I did keep thinking about school though. I kept thinking about my literature analysis. I did read a book over the break just the first 50 pages. I still need to post about it. The rain made it so much more relaxing. I remembered that the teacher said that he was going to post final tips. So I went on the blog every day to check if anything was posted. I did see that he was going to post on Tuesday, but I never saw it. I was going to email the teacher about it but I thought he was enjoying his break with his family. The one thing I forgot about was the extra credit where we had to comment to get extra credit. I mean I did see he article but didn't comment. Then later on the week I saw that he had posted the vocabulary, I took a glance at it and looked over the ones I didn't know. I feel like my break wasn't really even called a break I was so worried about my interview and what's to come next on finals. This year is such a stressful year, I have stressed so much it's gotten to the point where I feel like I can't handle it no more. But I know I'll get through it.

Same Words Different People

My group had the same words, but we each had different definitions for them. We didn't know which one was the correct definition of the vocabulary words. So me and my partner searched it up on duck duck go, google, and bing. They all had different definitions, I didn't realize how many meanings one  word could have.

Story Of My Life

It was just like any other day, I remember this day perfectly it was a Friday morning. Good Friday to be exact, April 3rd. My family members had just came to visit, we don't really see each other that much since they live in Bakersfield. It was like around 75 degrees outside. I was in 6th grade that time so I was like 12. My uncle wanted to go to the beach, so he invited us to go with him, me and my sister said " yeah just let us get dressed". We put on our shorts and a sweater because it was actually windy but not that kind of cold windy. We got in his car and he drove us to the beach.  We arrived at the beach and enjoyed that nice beautiful sun. We stayed  there for about like an 1 hour. Then my uncle said "let's go to the park" we all said " yeah let's go". We went to buy pizza's first because we were hungry, we took the pizza's to the park and me and my cousin went on the playground. We were eating our pizza's, but since I didn't eat pizza crust I wanted to throw it away. I had seen my friend Elizabeth with her mom, so I said hi. I still needed to throw my pizza crust away, so I went running. Forgot to mention I had sandals on and still the same clothes I took to the beach. While I was running I tripped over a crack on the cement. I didn't realize I feel with my arm under my stomach, I stayed laying on the ground. I didn't know what to do, I didn't feel any pain while laying down there. Until my sister picked me up and asked if I was okay, that's when I felt my arm ache. It hurt so bad, I told her and she started to wiggle it and it hurt so much. I saw like a bump on my arm, my uncle said it was my bone sticking out. We went home really fast and my sister helped me get changed. I had scrapes on my knee's and my forehead. My parents wanted to take me to get my arm massaged, they didn't think I had my arm broken. They took me to this lady, when she started to massage my arm she said she couldn't help me. She said it was definitely broken, I couldn't even move my fingers. My mom then had to take me to the hospital, we waited in the waiting room and then I got called up. They asked me what had happened so I had explained everything, they asked if anything else hurt I said no. They took my arm to get X-rayed, it was my right arm that was broken. They put a cast on my arm and gave me a sling, they also gave me pills for the pain called Tylenol. I had to drink those pills whenever I couldn't handle the pain. It was the worst thing ever, made my life a little more complicated. From then on, I try being careful when running.

The Value Of My Time

Selling time: 11 hours
Passing time: 3 hours
Giving time:  4 hours
Bio time (eat) : 1 1/2
Bio time (sleep):from 9:50 to 5:50 am  8 hours
Bio time ( chores): 1 hour

Self-reliance pt.5

Emerson tried to tell us that we see ourselves as a low class person as a person who isn't worth much, but what if that was just a fantasy. What if what we really are actually royalty. We think we know ourselves but what if we actually don't.  What if what we think might make us, us isn't actually it. There probably is so much more to us than what we think there is.

SELF-RELIANCE PT.4

Emerson says that we are all scared to trust ourselves. That may be true for many people. We are all afraid to be us at one point, because we feel like we don't fit in well. Why should we contradict ourselves?  One thing I learned from Emerson was that not being consistent is a good thing because if you are consistent, your soul has nothing to do. Emerson states " A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." Which means a foolish consistency is the mischievous imp of our little minds. Half of the time we are misunderstood but Emerson states " To be great is to be misunderstood"

SELF-RELIANCE: PT 3

Emerson starts off the sixth paragraph by saying " Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind." Which means that nothing is connected with god but the quality of you being honest with your own mind.

ON SELF-RELIANCE PART 2

Emerson talked about how we don't know what we can do until we try it. I agree with that, most of the time we say " I can't do that" when we have never tired it before at all. He also mentioned how we are ashamed of the best part of us, at school we only show the part that we need to show. Like the part of us that gets us awards and good grades. We don't fully express ourselves at school , there's that side of us we are ashamed of, that we don't want to show to get in trouble. Emerson was celebrating us being different and our thoughts. He thought that we are not our best selves if we do not believe. We are champions of our own self. As an adult we might feel judged and rejected.  Emerson said " The virtue in most request is conformity." Which meant that the high standards in most request is compliance with rules and laws. I agree what he has been saying all along, his point of views back then are from us now. We all don't believe in ourselves because we fear being judged. We are all different in our own ways and we should be accepted, our thoughts and ideas are valuable.

FIRST IMPRESSION: ON SELF-RELIANCE

  "Ne te quaesiveris extra" , you're probably wondering what that means right? Well let me tell you it means do not look outside of yourself. I've never heard that in my life either until my teacher read it to us from an essay. To me that essay had a lot to say on self-reliance. That essay told us about how if we have an idea to say it out loud, don't be afraid too. Live your idea. "To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men..." That sentence is from the essay, I believe that sentence means that you just have to believe in your own ideas, you never know your idea might be a great idea and help others. "Our acts our angels are, or good or ill." I believe that quote means that our actions can be good and bad. Overall, I learned a lot from that essay and learned something new. I like the way it talked about how our ideas should be heard, and that we should say them out loud because it can be a really good one. I find it really important when you have an idea because your opinion can be valuable for people.

The Road not taken

LET ME WALK YOU THROUGH THE PEDESTRIAN

The real world feels just like the story "The Pedestrian" by Bradbury. The story is about a man who takes a walk in the city, where no one ever goes out, the streets being empty, people staying in their homes with the lights being off, and watching Tv. This man likes to feel the fresh air, and see everything outside his home. The story is basically about a lonely guy in a lonely looking city even though there are people, just in their homes all the time. This feels just like the real world because some people don't even go out, they just stay at home on their phones. People also have a hard time communicating because they mostly communicate through online. some people might even relate to the character.   The character has so much different feelings , humanity in that city to me doesn't look like it even exists.  The whole theme of this story is just basically how someone can feel so alone, knowing that all those people he is surround by are locked up in their houses. There is like no sign of communication, everyone in that city is like antisocial. 

        The tone of the story is sorrowful, I believe the author wrote the story sorrowful because he probably felt alone too. Bradbury probably also felt judge by others, or related to the character some way to make him want to write it. The way he put so much feelings into the character, and the way he described the place is probably how he felt or saw the world. Many people feel lonely in this world, how no one likes them, how everything can be so lonely. Everything can be seen in a different perspective. So I feel like Bradbury must have seen or felt this way. The world can be lonely to a lot of people. The story to me felt sad, it felt like the character was unhappy in that world. 

       The character felt lonely, I mean he had nobody, he had no wife so he most likely had no children. He had no friends, because everyone is just locked up away in their houses just watching Tv. He was all alone in this world. He would walk the streets every night all alone. There was no one to talk to, it was an antisocial world. Leonard would wander around and let his mind wander off. He would take a walk to get some natural fresh air, and he would also just look around.  Leonard seemed very unhappy in that world with nobody by his side. Towards the end he felt judged just because he didn't have a wife. I don't think there was a chance for Leonard to get a wife because, everyone started staying in their house with their lights off, just watching a screen. So Leonard got left all alone.

    The plot of this story was just a quiet place, no one outside, and the streets being lonely. There were no cars roaming at night nor people walking outside. So Leonard goes for a walk until all of a sudden a cop car pops up. It was surprising to him because he hadn't seen a cop car out, there used to be 3 but then it got cut down to 1 because of the law change. The cop got out and asked him some questions, the cop asked for his name, address, what he was doing, and if he had a wife. Well he did not have a wife he was alone. Then all of a sudden the cop tells him to get in the car. The police was taking him to a Psychiatric Center for Research on Regressive Tendencies. I feel like the character felt judged at the moment, the cop had no right to take him without any reason.  But the cop did anyway, no matter what Leonard said he wouldn't be able to get out.

   Overall, Bradbury expressed everything through tone, characterization, and plot. This all showed what the author was thinking, feeling, or been through. The way he said everything made the audience feel different things, and think. The author, Bradbury put so much perspective to it, he showed how the character saw things. This all sort of in a way relates to the real world, how one day the world can be like that.

LITERATURE ANALYSIS #2

The book I am reading now is called " The Latehomecomer" by  Kao Kalia Yang. My sister had been reading this book for her college English class, she had said it was interesting. I decided to also read this book too, like give it a try. This book is about a family who immigrated to a refugee camp. They had struggles there. The book is a bit confusing since its like a college book, but the parts I understand were very interesting.  I expected this book to be very boring but it is very interesting. The author focuses on the main character to show her perspective on the things she was going through. For example, it talks about how the character see's people. The protagonist is like flat, because she doesn't have a lot of drama with her. She was just an immigrant going through struggles while immigrating.  I have only read the first 20 pages, and so far that is what I got! I have not finished the book yet so I am not sure how I will feel about it towards the end.

VOCABULARY WE NEED

meme: a humorous image, video, piece of text, etc., that is copied (often with slight variations) and spread rapidly by Internet users.













virus:

an infective agent that typically consists of a nucleic acid molecule in a protein coat, is too small to be seen by light microscopy, and is able to multiply only within the living cells of a host.

Viral: relating to or involving an image, video, piece of information, etc., that is circulated rapidly and widely from one Internet user to another. 

INVESTING IN ME

After High school the way I will start fundraising for my life, is by getting a job, going to college. I would need to go to college to get my education and from there get a job. Hopefully a good paying one. I would need to settle in, in one spot first. I know after high school it might get tough because there is more responsibilities but that's why you have to have your things planned out.

HOW I READ

I learned a lot from the post " How I read" it made different perspective of my reading. I learned that  Amateurs comes from the Latin verb "love" because amateurs love what they do. I did not know that, I thought it was interesting. I also learned that in our English class technology means the tools we use. Something I absolutely did not know about was the phrase " Sapere Aude " means dare to be wise.  This post "How I read' was very interesting to me, I really liked it and felt like I learned a lot from it.

HAWTHORNE & POE ON DREAMS

In both the poem and the story Hawthorne makes us feel like we don't know whether we are dreaming or not. He tells us we see things, feel, and hear things, but it is all just a dream in a dream. He makes us think outside the box. We might never know if it's actually a dream. Like we sometimes say "oh do you remember when I told you.... oh wait never mind that was a dream" but was it really, was it really a dream you had or was it real life it's just that you both might not remember.  There might be a slight chance it was not. Our mind goes through so much stuff it might be confusing to think "was that a dream or did it actually happen" and we might never know because we don't remember. Hawthorne shows us a different perspective in the story, many people debate it was a dream or that it wasn't. Hawthorne see's the world different in the story. He explains to us how easily we can think something was not a dream. He leaves us hanging. In the poem he also explains the same thing, but a little more detailed.

My dream within a dream

https://youtu.be/rTkfYMc7qgM

edit: realized I forgot to say " yet if hope has flown away"

FIRST IMPRESSION OF A DREAM

I found the poem "Dream Within A Dream" interesting, I never thought about my dreams like that. I never thought of things as a dream. I always think dreams are just not real, that it's just things that I feel that are going to happen when they are not. Things I just make up in my mind. The way the poet wrote it as if we will never know what is real or what it was not.

MY ESSAY ESSAY

        The story "Young Goodman Brown" is about a man who apparently takes a walk, but we never know if he actually did. It could've all just have been a dream. Goodman Brown takes a walk down a dark forest path, as he is walking he see's and old man. The old man tells him that he is late, and he say's that his wife kept him back. The old elder man was dressed as his grandfather. Then all of a sudden the old ma turns into a living serpent which is the devil. Later on the walk with the serpent he see's all the leaders of government with the devil. But again we don't actually know if it was all real. He believes that his wife Faith has been lying to him all along, he lost his faith in everyone that day.


        The author Hawthorne communicates his theme in many ways, he uses tone, symbolism, characterization, foreshadowing, diction, and syntax. The way Hawthorne described the character as an honest person and then at the end all of it changing, to the main character Goodman Brown lost all his hope on everyone. From one simple dream it changed his whole perspective on people. The author used the pink ribbons for foreshadowing.

YOUNG OLD GOOD BAD

I think Hawthorne wrote this story to say that you trust people once but once you know something about them that trust can all go away. I think Stephen King was affected by that story because that story says so much about something. Our imagination is something big and powerful, it can create things that seem so real but in reality it's all in your head. Our imaginations an create scenes that have never happened before, and sometimes we think it has. Our minds evolve over time, with the more knowledge we get. Do we really know people 100% do we know what they are actually thinking, I feel like some people feel like they can trust people but we really can't there is so much we don't know about them it can be a really completely different person.

YOUNG GOODMAN BROWN QUESTIONS

I think  Hawthrone's purpose of writing this story was to show well tell, that not everyone can be trusted completely. I think Brown's wife's name "Faith" doesn't fit her completely because he doesn't have faith in her, he probably think she isn't his truthful wife anymore. I think the pink ribbons signify his wife Faith. I think that what Brown witnessed was a dream because not everything disappears all of a sudden. For example he stated " when he found himself amid calm night and solitude, listening to a roar of the wind, which died heavily away through the forest."  things like that don't just disappear. It only happens in dreams. I think the old man is the devil because in the story the author gave us a huge hint, " The devil."  I think the staff represents Brown. It makes Brown feel that everyone he trusted was for nothing, that everyone in his life has betrayed him or like lied.  If Brown didn't walk into that forest he would still be trusting everyone and would have faith in his wife Faith.  And yes I believe he would still have his wife faith. 

Fox and socks

https://youtu.be/5uhxH80uDOY

FOR THE WIN

One thing that I felt that I did really good in this course was the memorizing the poems, I felt that it was very easy. One thing that I feel proud of as I look back is getting a 4.0 GPA in Junior High, which a 4.0 is all straight A's. And for also getting 2 medals in junior high, I never thought I would get all straight A's when graduating but I did.

SO THIS GUY GOES FOR A WALK

I thought the story " Young Goodman Brown" was very interesting because it is like a similar story I hear about which is about Adam and Eve.  The way the author described the snake and what it says and does, is very similar to Adam and Eve. The story sounds sort of creepy but not really. At first I was like, "hmm this sounds similar."

THE MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE

Given the conversation about our e-mail the way I will select the most appropriate channel for my communication is by using proton email. The way proton email works is that it will keep your things secure, unlike other emails.

I AIN'T GOT TIME FOR THIS

My habits in time support my goals because I try to use my time wisely. I try to do my homework right when I get home. My time usually just revolves around of school, because I get up and get ready to go to school for like 8hrs, then I get home and then do my homework for like hours. Sometimes I like help my mother cook or clean. All this teaches me stuff, I learn from all of this. So this all would be helpful for the future. My homework supports my goals because I mostly just have math homework which takes a lot of time and thinking, and my goal is to pass math at least with a B. So this habit in time supports my goal.

TODAY I WAS THINKING

Today I was thinking about the word mindful and how it can mean different things for so many people. To me it meant like be open minded and to think outside the box. Mindful also meant to me to be in peace and no one to disrupt your thinking.

THE EARTH ON TURTLE'S BACK

Today in class we read a story about a myth that the Native American's told their children and family member's on how the earth was made. They didn't have any idea on how the earth was made so they made up a myth, that would give them at least and idea on how the earth was made. At first I thought wow this is just another fairytale people tell their kids when they are young, like they did when I was young. But this actually had meaning. I thought this was a great way to tell a story to a child. Whenever my parents told me a myth it was one of those scary ones where he would say, "if you don't behave good the llorona will come for you" so I knew I always had to behave good. But the way they explained the story on how the earth was made was very interesting on how creative they were.

I CARE ABOUT YOUR UNDERSTANDING

Today I am going to talk about me being understood. I'm also going to talk about how social media has taken our attention away from the real world. I myself am also kind of addicted to social media, it's like a powerful thing for us teenagers. Kids all ages are now apart of social media. It's like it has sucked them into the technology world. People all over the world use social media as a way to entertain themselves. They sometimes don't see the dangers there is too it. Social Media can be dangerous place for some people, because they can steal your identity or even try to track you to kidnap you. I know right creepy. Some of us don't realize that until we go through that.  Social media has all of our information as we know it, they have everything we let them access to. Such as our pictures, contacts, where we live. We never know who is actually behind that app. I'm pretty sure half of us here don't even read the terms and conditions, because I know I don't. We all just click agree and move on to the more entertaining part of it. It can also be a dangerous place because people do online bullying or harassment. Many people commit suicide because of online bullying or real life bullying. Some people don't know what people are going through online, most parents don't even check what their child is posting or doing. I mean what teenager wants their parents to check their social media, I mean I wouldn't. But I think that parents paying attention to what their child is doing or posting is good because it can make sure their child is not harming anyone in any way.

Everything is a remix

A remix is something you combine, transform, and copy. Domain is being able to speak just like everyone else. I think it was Dylan I'm not sure I wasn't able to quite catch the name but he copied the Great Gatsby because he wanted to know how it felt like to write an amazing book.

The Making Of An Essay

In the past in my sophomore year I used to write good essays. I mean I was decent at them I used to get B's and A's. I used to like writing essay's on my opinions because I like my voice to be heard, well sometimes.  I used to not really like trying on essay's because they were just like any boring essay's, you had to have your topic sentence thesis etc. But today in class our teacher said that we should try very hard on it. And I will if I ever do get an essay to do.

The first 50 pages

The first few pages in my book I was like " what in the world is going on!" I was so lost but as I  re read it I finally understood. I read more than 50 pages I read 60 pages. I actually really like the book, it's  pretty interesting. I judged the book by it's cover first, I was like " I already know I'm not going to like it." But I ended up being into it. The book is about a like 30 year old woman who opens up a detective place without knowing anything about it. She opened up the place with her dads money because her dad had just passed away. The main character Mma Ramotswe didn't think she would get her first case but she did, a young lady's husband disappeared, but turns out an alligator ate him. There's more to it than just that, there are different perspectives in the story, like her father's point of view and hers. In some parts it is sad but it some parts it gets intense. I am so far enjoying the book and can't wait what is yet to come in the story.

Getting to know you

Today's class experience a kind of nice because we got to know what other people liked. I wasn't here that day but that' what I heard from my group. I wish I was there to actually experience the class time, and see what others liked to do. 

Hack To School

This American Literature class is about being able to express what we are thinking, like our critical thinking skills. It also helps us improve our writing skills, and we get to think outside the box. Other teachers don't really do this, so this class gives us the opportunity to write what we got. The easiest part of this English class, is writing on our Journal's and posting on our blog, I mean for some people it may be hard because they don't know what they are going to write about but for me it's easy. The hardest part of this class is trying to memorize the poems, I mean it isn't that hard but at the same time.  I've learned a lot of new vocabulary so far, such as limbic which is apart o our brain. I've also learned how to navigate through this blog. I've also been able to express my critical thinking skills in away other students don't. My big question is whatever anyone has ever  said  is all a lie or the truth, like what the president says or government. Like are they just lying to us so that we don't find the real truth on what's really going on in the world or is it actually the truth?

Training like a memory champion

I thought that the short story "Training like a memory champion"  was a very interesting story, I didn't think that people remembered phone numbers with codes called mnemonics. I thought that was like crazy. I also thought it was kind of complicated to do that, but it seems to have helped people remember phone numbers. I never knew that kind of stuff existed either! It was such an interesting fact to know.

Communication Strategies Of A Hacker

The Mentor's use of diction, syntax, and tone effectively conveys his message, because he wrote something that some of us could all relate too. His diction was a meaningful and powerful message for his audience. The tone was sophisticated for his audience. He is trying to say that we are all alike because in some way, we all do some terrible things, we all do just do stuff. We are just basically all alike.  He knows us in some way we didn't know he knew us. The way he knows us even though he does not talk to us, is because we are all alike.

The laughing heart

I Asked A Question

Today I asked a question which was, if what anyone ever said was not  true? I believe that not everything anyone ever sys is true, sometimes people lie to protect their reputation. Sometimes they even lie because they are just to scared of what anyone might think of them. So just think for a moment, is it all a lie or is all the truth?

Conscience of a hacker

My reaction to the "conscience of hacker", is that whatever he said is what everyone thinks of us. Like I feel like the teachers always think of us as the bad people, well some. I also feel that soon everyone will find where they belong just like he did, well not belong, it's more like where you fit in.

Now I remember

The way I remembered the poem " Richard Cory" was by reading each stanza one by one. So I read the first stanza and memorized that part and moved on to the next one and did the same thing. I kept practicing for about 1hr or so. I memorized it on a Tuesday which as the next day. I had to make sure it was very stuck in my head so before bed I read it again, or asked someone to test me on it. So it basically took me two days to make sure I had it well memorized.

I AM NOT ENTITLED TO MY OPINION

In my point of view, I thought this was crazy, I always said everyone is entitled to their own opinion. But I guess I was wrong, not everyone is entitled to their own opinion because there are certain things we can't say.You must have the support of other people, they must support your right to your opinion. I understood that if someone is entitled to their own opinion they must have well supported evidence.

A SECOND HELPING OF SOCRATIC SEMINAR

Today I learned that we are not entitled to our own opinions, there's a lot of stuff we aren't allowed to say that we didn't know about. I also learned that  right and entitlement mean the same thing. And something that caught my attention was the new word I learned called limbic, which meant the sensitive part from the back of our brains. Which I thought was a totally cool new fact I learned.

Response to : The Socratic Method

I feel as if the Socratic method is a good way to get students communicating and learning those speaking skills. Although, some students may be shy to be speaking, it still gives them the opportunity to share their opinions. It also gives them those critical thinking skills, that they will be using in the real world.  

Response to: The Right To Your Opinion

This was a bit confusing to read, but as I kept re-reading the paragraphs I sort of understood. I feel like everyone should be entitled to their own opinion without being judged by others, and that each person understands each others point of view.

Richard Cory video

https://youtu.be/grnKDGdqUiA

Welcome

Hello, my name is Lesli and welcome to my blog.  Here are a few facts about me, I am 15 years old and I am a very shy person. Also a weird thing, I don't like cake and hate cold water. I know that's weird but that's just me. I'm also kind of really good at English I think that's my favorite subject. I am very bad at math but I'm slowly getting better at it. I sometimes like to go for a jog around my house, but I don't do that often. I hope to learn a lot this school year, and increase my learning skills.