reflections on week #1

1.  Unlike last year, I won't really have anything preventing me from being on my blog,  or attending class. The only activity I have going on is Ballet folklorico at school nd at Hancock, nd then being in the marimba band, but that shouldn't really affect or get in the way of anything.
2. I think my best learning experience was being in Dr. Preston's American Lit class last year, and I am definitely glad I didn't switch back to an AP class last year. What changed my way of thinking and actually gave me a new look on school was our topic on hacking and remixing. At first hacking seems like something computer nerds would do but it made me realize that it's just a new way to see things in your own way. We were allowed to remix subjects that can connect to our thinking and not the standard thinking. It gave us the chance to be creative and an individual.
3. What I'm mostly looking forward to is going over remixes and hacking, to see what everyone can put together. This class already seems comfortable, and not afraid to shout out nd share ideas, so I'm excited to see what everyone is capable of putting together.

Senior Resume

( I wasn't sure if these questions only pertain to this year, or just in general)

Student Activities:

• Ballet Folklorico
• Marimba Band
• Employ at Panera
• Latinos Unidos Club
• Righetti Girls Varsity Wrestling team

Community Activities/ Service:

• Ballet and Marimba band performances
• Red Cross volunteer

Employment:

• Panera
• baby sitting
• lawn mowing

1987 AP Exam

Weeeelllll this actually wasn't as easy as I thought this was going to be, yet since Dr. Preston is giving it to us, I should've know this would be a little challenging. To be honest I found the first set of questions challenging, it took me some time to understand the first passage, and I had to read it over a couple times. 

I think the multiple choice ones were easy to figure out, its just that I really had to read and go over the question to cancel out my options. 

I would say Questions #1 and #7 were hard because you have to interpret the meaning behind a phrase,  and you really had to go over and analyze the little details, causing me to re-read the story a few times. 

The poem was difficult to keep up with, mainly because of the way it was written and the diction. It seem to have that old english style, and though it was fun to read it was a little confusing. 

In question #20 when you have a set of lines that you have to describe and see what the author used, with had difficult to see how a rule or thesis was implied. 

I think what made this hard for me to understand is the vocabulary, I've realized I really need to brush up on vocab, and expand my selection of words. 

Essay #1

 Having to move at a young age would always be a hard and scary experience, yet when one door closes another door opens. In the novel, "Poisenwood Bible" by Barbra Kingsolver, an American family moves to Congo, while fifteen year old Rachel Prince has the hardest time accumulating this new foreign lifestyle. Refusing to see any good in this new adventure, as time goes by Rachel realizes that life in Congo was both alienating yet enriching to her new world.
What caused the stubborn beauty queen to hate Kilanga was her background of status back in Georgia, and being a baptist. Entering Cong was hard for her to get used because of the lifestyle nd the culture of their people. Seeig the "nakedness" offended her, automaticay shutting anyone who tried to associate with her, making her feel more alone and alienated.
As the years went by she became more opened and willing to connect to others. She also got involved with he own hotel, making her a very successful and wealthy person.

My BIG Question!!!

My big question from last year was what is y purpose in this world, yet I feel like that's everybody question, and I wanted something thats more me. So my big question is, how can I be truly happy?

Poetry #1

1. The poem is called Laughing heart, by Charles Bukowski.
2. Since this poem is emphasizing the idea of having you control your own life end live the way you want, I think its ironic that that a corporation would use this poem to advertise their merchandise, because they're using it to encourage people to buy their jeans. When the poem says, " Don't be clubbed into dank submission," its saying don't give in, or let people tell you how to live, yet this commercial is saying they should buy levi jeans. 
3. Charles Bukowski had a very  difficult life growing up with an abusive father, bullying, and a bad skin condition that made him feel left out. I feel that this poem was a sense of hope for Bukowski, from his troubled life this showed him that life can be dark but there is light somewhere.
4. The answers I got from one and three was from going back to my blog from last year and see my earlier post about The Laughing Heart.