I found English class a little difficult because I wasn't comfortable with posting my work online so that everyone can see it. But its actually proven to be very helpful because your peers can read your work and tell you what your strengths are and what you need to work on more. I've always been so used to just doing worksheets or printing out my work to give to the teacher to mark. But since we are doing all our assignments online, I can go on and change the work with the feedback I get from my classmates and make it even better. I try to finish every assignment to the best of my ability's and on time. I can get off task sometimes, but usually I am focused and try to finish the assignment as soon as possible. I think I work better at home because at home I am not surrounded by people who are talking and distracting me and I can actually think in a quiet and peaceful place. I'm always on time to class, and try my best to be present everyday but I have missed a few classes due to being sick and doctors appointments. I always try to comment on everyone's blog, and I try my best to comment something that will be useful to them. But I don't always feel comfortable giving criticism. I try to participate in class discussions by answering and asking questions, but I could try harder. I always try to come to class with a positive attitude and a open mind. So far English 10 has been enjoyable, and I hope that continues!
Wednesday, 16 October 2013
Monday, 14 October 2013
Relationships
In class we reviewed three poems and each poem
showed us different types of relationships.
The first poem that we did was called, “How Is Your Heart” by Charles Bukowski. This poem is filled with negative thoughts and it talks about what the author, Charles, went through. When you read through the poem you can tell that it isn't a happy poem at all. He talks about how he used to sleep on park benches, used to get into fights, and he never found true love because no girl liked him. Even though he was surrounded by people, he still felt alone, he never had anyone to call his own. He never had a perfect life but for some reason he liked it. For me, the whole point of this poem was to say that in life not everything is going to go your way, but you have to learn how to deal with it and smile. If you’re happy with yourself, you can get through anything. My favorite line from the whole poem was “what matters most is how well you walk through the fire.” I connect to it a lot because being in high school, we all have to deal with a lot of drama, pressure from our teachers and parents and etc. But the most important part is how we deal with it. We can either just give up, or we can smile through the difficult times and get through them.
The second poem we discussed was “To a Stranger” by Walt Whitman. This poem is about how Walt imagines a life with a women or a man. We don’t know if he’s seen this person for the first time, or if he’s had a relationship with them from the past. All he wanted was the person to be his because he had already imagined a whole perfect life with them. Everyone one does this. Everyone dreams of a perfect world where the person they love loves them back and that they are happy all that time and that everything goes their way. But that doesn't happen. This poem talks about how you can have an imaginary relationship with someone, and it can be the realest thing to you, even though no one else can understand it.
The third poem we talked about was “Unentitled” by Jennifer L’Hirondelle. This poem talks about how even though she may be far away from home, it doesn't feel like it. She’s with someone who makes her feel right at home. This person makes her forget everything else, and helps her focus on the little things.
Not every relationship is simple and easy. They can have big impacts on people; they can sometimes literally make or break a person.
The first poem that we did was called, “How Is Your Heart” by Charles Bukowski. This poem is filled with negative thoughts and it talks about what the author, Charles, went through. When you read through the poem you can tell that it isn't a happy poem at all. He talks about how he used to sleep on park benches, used to get into fights, and he never found true love because no girl liked him. Even though he was surrounded by people, he still felt alone, he never had anyone to call his own. He never had a perfect life but for some reason he liked it. For me, the whole point of this poem was to say that in life not everything is going to go your way, but you have to learn how to deal with it and smile. If you’re happy with yourself, you can get through anything. My favorite line from the whole poem was “what matters most is how well you walk through the fire.” I connect to it a lot because being in high school, we all have to deal with a lot of drama, pressure from our teachers and parents and etc. But the most important part is how we deal with it. We can either just give up, or we can smile through the difficult times and get through them.
The second poem we discussed was “To a Stranger” by Walt Whitman. This poem is about how Walt imagines a life with a women or a man. We don’t know if he’s seen this person for the first time, or if he’s had a relationship with them from the past. All he wanted was the person to be his because he had already imagined a whole perfect life with them. Everyone one does this. Everyone dreams of a perfect world where the person they love loves them back and that they are happy all that time and that everything goes their way. But that doesn't happen. This poem talks about how you can have an imaginary relationship with someone, and it can be the realest thing to you, even though no one else can understand it.
The third poem we talked about was “Unentitled” by Jennifer L’Hirondelle. This poem talks about how even though she may be far away from home, it doesn't feel like it. She’s with someone who makes her feel right at home. This person makes her forget everything else, and helps her focus on the little things.
Not every relationship is simple and easy. They can have big impacts on people; they can sometimes literally make or break a person.
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