This year, we did a lot of reading, writing, talking, and presenting. Of all the stuff we did in English III, my favorite was our last lecture. During the Last Lecture's, I was able to learn a lot about my fellow classmates. The Last Lecture made me think about how cruel life can be. Listening to other people's stories made me realize the hardship people went through. I never thought the events can be filled with tragedy.
While growing up, I had a happy life, I met people with there own happy stories. The only events I experienced tragedy was when I was reading books. I never thought I would meet people who had experienced something very tragic in their lives. After listening to other classmates Last Lectures, I started to think differently. Knowing someone who went through bad times and is still smiling tells me how strong a person can be.
The only bad experience I have was when I was arguing with my brother. Usually we tend to argue over small unimportant things, for example, food. After arguments I would usually forget them easily and return my life back to normal. Seeing how other people experienced more tragic events, I cannot stop thinking about how people are able to stay strong. If an event is very tragic or important, you cannot lose that memory easily. Usually people would have to grow up remembering these events. This is similar to Gatsby in "The Great Gatsby".
In "The Great Gatsby", Gatsby grows up thinking about money and daisy. Past events made Gatsby trying to achieve the impossible. People tend to say the past makes who you are today, well I think you can become a better person b learning from the past. You don't necessarily have to be who you were in the past, you just have to learn from the past to become a better person. The Last Lecture's helped me realize how people are able to learn and become a greater person.
During this year, we did a lot of reading, writing, talking, and presenting. Of all the stuff we did in English III, my most enjoyable even was our last lecture. During the Last Lecture's, I was able to learn a lot about my fellow classmates. The Last Lecture made me think about how cruel life can be. Listening to other people's stories made me realize the hardship people went through. I never thought the events can be filled with tragedy.
Friday, May 8, 2015
English III #1
In "The Great Gatsby", the green light was symbolic and an important piece from the story. The question I was told to answer was "What is your green light?". My green light is my future. Struggling through school and life helps me realize how important my future is. The future decides how I will end up 10, 20 and even 30 years from today. I would consider my future the green light.
The future is something one cannot predict. Usually if someone wants a good future then they would try there best now to have a better life. Since I cannot predict my future, I tend to imagine it. I usually try my best to do better now, but sometimes things don't usually go the way I plan. In "The Great Gatsby", Gatsby is trying to reach his green light, but is unable to reach it. Gatsby experiences many problems throughout his journey towards his green light.
Reaching for a goal is always filled with obstacles. For Gatsby, his obstacle was Tom. For my obstacle, it would be school. For my future to be bright, I need to do well in school. This is usually what many say to be successful. I think school is a small factor to your future. To make a bright future something as small as numbers and letters on papers should not decide our futures, but instead we should consider our present time and think how it will affect our future. If someone was only focused in creating "A's" and 100's, then the future has nothing to look back at. The times of childhood would be filled with studying and lonely times. To have a good future I plan to enjoy my time now and also focus on school works.
Our future will always be a mystery. Normally we have other people creating paths to guide us to the right direction, but there paths are not what we would want. The paths other people create are what that person wants for you. If you want your future, then you should create your own paths. Gatsby had a goal ever since he was young. Gatsby then created his own path and this lead to his future. Gatsby was able to gain help from other people. This helped Gatsby create a better path toward his future.
In "The Great Gatsby", the green light was symbolic and an important piece from the story. The question I was told to answer was "What is your green light?". My green light is my future. Struggling through school and life helps me realize how important my future is. The future decides how I will end up years from today. I would consider my future the green light. The question I have for you is what is your green light?
The future is something one cannot predict. Usually if someone wants a good future then they would try there best now to have a better life. Since I cannot predict my future, I tend to imagine it. I usually try my best to do better now, but sometimes things don't usually go the way I plan. In "The Great Gatsby", Gatsby is trying to reach his green light, but is unable to reach it. Gatsby experiences many problems throughout his journey towards his green light.
Reaching for a goal is always filled with obstacles. For Gatsby, his obstacle was Tom. For my obstacle, it would be school. For my future to be bright, I need to do well in school. This is usually what many say to be successful. I think school is a small factor to your future. To make a bright future something as small as numbers and letters on papers should not decide our futures, but instead we should consider our present time and think how it will affect our future. If someone was only focused in creating "A's" and 100's, then the future has nothing to look back at. The times of childhood would be filled with studying and lonely times. To have a good future I plan to enjoy my time now and also focus on school works.
Our future will always be a mystery. Normally we have other people creating paths to guide us to the right direction, but there paths are not what we would want. The paths other people create are what that person wants for you. If you want your future, then you should create your own paths. Gatsby had a goal ever since he was young. Gatsby then created his own path and this lead to his future. Gatsby was able to gain help from other people. This helped Gatsby create a better path toward his future.
In "The Great Gatsby", the green light was symbolic and an important piece from the story. The question I was told to answer was "What is your green light?". My green light is my future. Struggling through school and life helps me realize how important my future is. The future decides how I will end up years from today. I would consider my future the green light. The question I have for you is what is your green light?
Friday, April 10, 2015
Emancipation Proclamation
I believe Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863 primarily
for humanitarian reasons. During this time Abraham Lincoln was the president of the United States of America. Lincoln believed in what he thought was right by writing the Proclamation. At first the Emancipation Proclamation was not accepted and many despised it, but later the Emancipation Proclamation became an important document that allowed slaves to be free in certain places.
During Lincoln's presidency, Lincoln soon realized the treatment of slaves in certain areas of the United States of America. Knowing every person should have equal treatment, Lincoln created a document. This document would later help certain slaves gain freedom in certain states. This document was known as the Emancipation Proclamation. In the document Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln stated that all enslaved people within the states in rebellion was to be free. Creating a better nation is the goal of all presidents. This idea was also one of Lincoln's promised goals.
Lincoln, like most previous presidents, wanted to create a better nation for the citizens and the world. With states rebelling against Lincoln, Lincoln could not accomplish his goals. Knowing the problems of the States allowed Lincoln to create an interesting idea. Allowing slaves to gain freedom from the rebelling states gained a lot of attention. At first Lincoln's idea was disapproved, but Lincoln never gave up and later the Emancipation Proclamation was approved. In the text, Lincoln stated by the power given to him, he allows the enslaved people to be free. Lincoln's creative ways allowed him to gain many followers, but also gain haters.
Creating the Emancipation Proclamation was a tough process. Getting many people to approve of Lincoln's decision was difficult. Creating something something and ending it was impossible during the era of slavery. Many people who detested Lincoln's idea of freeing enslaved people in certain states created anger, distrust, and broken loyalty. As the haters grow with more hatred, Lincoln was later assassinated by one of his haters. Lincoln, knowing the hate people had toward him, stood his ground and never showed fear toward them. Lincoln stayed with his ideas and beliefs. This allowed him to create the Emancipation Proclamation and take a step toward ending slavery.
I believe Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863 mainly
for humanitarian reasons. During this time period, Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States of America. Lincoln knew the difference between right and wrong and decided to write the Emancipation Proclamation. At first the Emancipation Proclamation was not accepted and many despised it, but on Lincolns second try, the Emancipation Proclamation became an important document that allowed enslaved people in the rebelling states to gain freedom.
for humanitarian reasons. During this time Abraham Lincoln was the president of the United States of America. Lincoln believed in what he thought was right by writing the Proclamation. At first the Emancipation Proclamation was not accepted and many despised it, but later the Emancipation Proclamation became an important document that allowed slaves to be free in certain places.
During Lincoln's presidency, Lincoln soon realized the treatment of slaves in certain areas of the United States of America. Knowing every person should have equal treatment, Lincoln created a document. This document would later help certain slaves gain freedom in certain states. This document was known as the Emancipation Proclamation. In the document Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln stated that all enslaved people within the states in rebellion was to be free. Creating a better nation is the goal of all presidents. This idea was also one of Lincoln's promised goals.
Lincoln, like most previous presidents, wanted to create a better nation for the citizens and the world. With states rebelling against Lincoln, Lincoln could not accomplish his goals. Knowing the problems of the States allowed Lincoln to create an interesting idea. Allowing slaves to gain freedom from the rebelling states gained a lot of attention. At first Lincoln's idea was disapproved, but Lincoln never gave up and later the Emancipation Proclamation was approved. In the text, Lincoln stated by the power given to him, he allows the enslaved people to be free. Lincoln's creative ways allowed him to gain many followers, but also gain haters.
Creating the Emancipation Proclamation was a tough process. Getting many people to approve of Lincoln's decision was difficult. Creating something something and ending it was impossible during the era of slavery. Many people who detested Lincoln's idea of freeing enslaved people in certain states created anger, distrust, and broken loyalty. As the haters grow with more hatred, Lincoln was later assassinated by one of his haters. Lincoln, knowing the hate people had toward him, stood his ground and never showed fear toward them. Lincoln stayed with his ideas and beliefs. This allowed him to create the Emancipation Proclamation and take a step toward ending slavery.
I believe Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863 mainly
for humanitarian reasons. During this time period, Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States of America. Lincoln knew the difference between right and wrong and decided to write the Emancipation Proclamation. At first the Emancipation Proclamation was not accepted and many despised it, but on Lincolns second try, the Emancipation Proclamation became an important document that allowed enslaved people in the rebelling states to gain freedom.
Monday, February 9, 2015
Feb 6, 2015
This week was interesting. The best part was the presentation of our sermons. Hearing different sermons and others opinion was acctually fun. Except for the part where we had to go in front of class and present. That was the scary part!! But, after the speech was finished everyone seemed happy and glad. At first I thought this was going to be a disaster but, it turned out better. I'm glad this is over, but sad it ended so quick. I hope you guys enjoyed the semons too!!
Monday, February 2, 2015
7 billion
7 billion is allot. Especially 7 billion people. This is the amount of people that are currently living on earth. So many things changed in so little time. We were once faced with the challenge of losing our population but now we face the challenge of gaining to much of our population. Everytime we are faced with a challenge, we succeed and improve, but after that we are faced with a more difficult challenge. No matter what, all we can do is improve. What do you think will be our next number? 9 billion? 10 billion? 20 billion? Like I said, all we can do is improve.
Friday, January 23, 2015
Jonathan Edwards Sermon
The purpose of this sermon is to show Jonathan Edwards long time consuming thoughts and his idea of wanting to tell the people about his thoughts. People are meant to respond by agreeing with Jonathan Edwards saying they understand what Jonathan Edwards wanted to convey and how they should agree with him too. This piece is translated by changing few words to modern english so people can read and understand the sermon today. In 1741, it may have been recieved as a strong and truthful piece. The most striking part of the semon for me was when he writes "unconverted men" instead of enemies, bad people, etc. It grabs my attention because Jonathan Edwards chose to write it like that and how jonathan wanted to write unconverted men so it sounds not as harsh as enemies.
Edwards, Jonathan. Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God a Sermon, Preached at Enfield, July 8th, 1741, at a Time of Great Awakenings, and Attended with Remarkable Impressions on Many of the Hearers. Schenectady: Printed by Riggs & Stevens, 1815. Print.
Edwards, Jonathan. Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God a Sermon, Preached at Enfield, July 8th, 1741, at a Time of Great Awakenings, and Attended with Remarkable Impressions on Many of the Hearers. Schenectady: Printed by Riggs & Stevens, 1815. Print.
Friday, January 16, 2015
Time Management and College?
Hello, welcome to my first blog. If your reading this, I thank you for taking your time to click the link that leads to this blog. I really don't know what to write (sorry:c ), but I guess I can write about my week. This week has been tough!! The main lesson I learned was Time Management. This week was mainly about studying and getting work done on time. Not using time wisely can throw off the your course of being successful. Waiting till the last minute to finish work was NOT a great idea:( (and it never will). In addition to studing and doing homework, there was a conversation about college in my family. No matter how hard I try to avoid this conversation, I always get caught. *sigh* life is moving way to fast for me. Theres so many confusions about what college I want to go to, what subject I want to major in, what I would do after college, I wonder if its just me who asks these ques. Weelllll, thats all for this post, it would be nice if you can reply with helpful tips on time management and college. Thanks!!
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)