Anna's English Blog

 A conversation that changed me was a conversation that I had with my mom recently about life. We talked for about an hour discussing the cycle of life. She said how it felt pointless that we live in constant worry and stress, because we all wake up, go to school, get a degree, go to college, work for the rest of our lives, then die. We said how we were going to stop stressing out about every little thing and enjoy it the most we can. I said I would do my best and get through school, but not push myself too hard. We are going to accept life for what it is, because we are born the way we are, and have the life we have, so we should be grateful for it and live it to the fullest.  today we took notes on how to obtain evidence from readings, then we created claims on the impact of social media on teenagers. After that, we drew evidence and support from two different articles. Today I learned that evidence can be summarized, it doesn't have to be a direct quote. 

 A fear I have overcome is embarrassing myself. Although I still struggle with it sometimes, I consider it to be overcome because I have made decisions to purposefully embarrass myself, and I realize that it isn't that serious. I used to be extremely scared of saying the wrong thing, or doing the wrong thing, and everyone judge me. However, when I learned to look at the bigger picture of life, I have realized that it's everyones first time living. People make mistakes and embarrass themselves all the time, and if they make fun of you it's probably because they don't want to embarrass themselves.  Today we practiced writing claims and opposing claims.  I learned that it can take 5 years to complete college if you have more credits to get. 

 As I grow older, I've realized politics are a big part of our society, and it shows through daily conversations subconsciously. Politics are a very sensitive subject for the people of our country, and it's the biggest reason of division currently. Your beliefs as a human show throughout the words you say and actions you take. As I watch the people of our country divide, and the gullibility of generations increase, It makes me realize that I need to defend my points and speak louder about my beliefs because they can impact society.  I was absent this day. 

 A truth I was afraid to accept was that I am growing up fast and I need to start thinking about what I want to do in the future. Although I know that I have time, it tends to move really fast. I was told the same thing all throughout middle school and freshman year, but now it's junior year and time is creeping up on me. I still don't really have an idea about what I want to be yet. I am going to have to start looking at colleges and taking surveys to see what Im interesting in, and doing volunteer work or looking into careers with my interests.  I was absent this day 

 One time that I was judged unfairly was when I was in middle school and I was wearing leggings with a regular t shirt. The dress code then was that your shirt should come down to your fingertips if you wear leggings. at that time, my arms were so long that if I wore a t shirt like that it would be a dress. My shirt wasn't short, but it wasn't super long either. I was called to stand up in front of the entire class and was told I couldn't wear that. I felt really judged by my teacher and I thought it was unfair because I saw many of boys breaking their dress code, but they never got in trouble.  today we completed a commonlit I learned that you can treat fear as an emotion and embrace it. 

 The one presentation that caught my attention the most was the one about dreams. This poem stuck out to me because it reminded me of my own dreams. It had a great poster that was very intriguing and beautiful. It made me think about how my dreams are like clouds, they come and go and flow away. today we did presentations I learned that everyone creates poems differently

 If I were learning about Hispanic heritage for the first time, I would be curious to see what kinds of holidays they have. I would wonder if they celebrated Christmas, or if they had something else they celebrated that day. I would also be curious to what kinds of music they listen to. Lastly, I would want to know what types of foods they have and if they have cultural deserts. Today we did a cluster and took notes on thesis statements and reasons. I learned that the Thesis statement comes at the end of the topic paragraph.