Mr. Sweeney’s has
been an adventure. First I thought we were going to write a few papers and be
done, but I actually enjoy being in his class. Mr. Sweeney is very silly and funny
and teachers aren’t usually like that. Others are like strict and unpleasant. I
don’t think teachers are supposed to be pleasant or even interesting for that
matter haha but Mr. Sweeney is. Anyway, I really enjoy the discussions we have
in class. There about serious matters that people would actually care about
rather than something random from a text book. I find it interesting to hear
others views and opinions. The paper topics are great too, they not about
boring things that no one cares about. And on top of that we get to pick the
topic. Honestly, I’m going to miss this class. Every day I leave with a great
experience or a lot of knowledge points. I hope everyone in his class is having
a good experience as I am. Well, have a good week everyoneJ. Until next week. (Maybe)
April's Thoughts
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Things are going
well. This summer is going to be great! I just found out my little brother got
his first job. My older brother is graduating from college May. And as for me,
I’m buying my first car (by myself) and I’m finishing my first year of college.
I’m not quite sure what my major is or what college I want to attend in fall
2014 but I have all summer to figure it outJ.
As you can probably tell, I’m very excited. This semester is flying by so
quickly, were almost in the final month. Honestly, I’ve enjoyed this year
academic wise. Next year I will have a car to actually go places and explore so
I’m looking forward to that as well. After this blog, I have one more that I have
to write to get a good grade but I might keep writing. They aren’t as bad as I thought
it was going to be when he first mentioned it to us early in the semester. Welp,
until my next and possibly final blog, have a great week!
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Spring Break
As we all know Richard Bland’s spring break
begins tomorrow. I always wondered why all of our breaks are delayed compared
to other schools. Anyway, my plans are to work, prepare for the week back to
school and relax. Most people are planning a big trip, partying all week or even
sleep, but I’ve decided not to take that rout, at least not yet. Maybe next
year when I have a car and more prepared financially, to go on a big trip
somewhere. My older brother went to
Miami for his spring break this year. (I was so jealous Haha) This means that I
have to step it up and plan an even better trip, maybe to Miami. Spring break
is supposed to be a break but honestly it doesn’t feel like a break is needed
since we just got back to school just a little over a month ago. Maybe that’s just
me, but instead of using the week to be lazy and lay around, I’m going to use
it to get ahead. Therefore, when I have the proper materials (car, extra money,
a destination, etc.) I’m going to work hard weeks before spring break so when I
do take that big trip, I will definitely have a great time!
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Second essay
The second paper we are
supposed to write is under the topic of crime and punishment. I find this topic difficult because there in
only a few topics that interest me under this topic. I was thinking of writing
about paddling in schools but I’m not sure if I can make the 1500 words. But on
the other hand writing comes easy to me therefore I’m sure I can do itJ. The other topic I was considering
how I think they should change the mental hospital systems but I don’t see how
that fits the topic. Although I find both topics interesting I’m still hesitative
on what I’m going to write about. I should probably get the writing since the
paper is due soon then I’m going to have to write another one under the topic
of education which will be easy because I already know what I’m going to write
about !
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Visual Literacy
Last week I explained
the college we did in art appreciation and last class we sent our colleges
around the class for people to guess what the pictures represented. I must
admit, I was excited to see what people thought about my college. I hoped they
would guess correctly on what my pictures represented. Unfortunately, I was disappointed
in my results. The whole point of this project was to test people’s visual
literacy but based on my results the 3 people who had my college visual
literacy isn’t that great. They looked at my art and saw what was there but not
what each picture represented. For instance, I put a picture of a dog on the college.
Instead of reading what the dog was doing (it was lying down, which was representing
laziness) they just said I liked dogs. Maybe the people who got mine didn’t take
the examination of my art seriously. I
got a good great so, oh well I guess. Maybe I’ll post the college next week to
see if you can guess!
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Me with no words
Were supposed to blog about what we talk
about in class, so I will…just not Mr. Sweeney’s class. Haha, well at least not
in this blog. Anyway, I take art appreciation with Ms. Delano which I thought I
wouldn’t enjoy (Does art appreciation sound interesting to you?) but overall it’s
a pretty cool class. She assigned us to make a self-portrait without using a
picture of ourselves or words. Basically were making a collage with pictures to
describe ourselves. First, I thought this was going to be difficult but when I started
looking up pictures it became fun to describe myself without words. Of course it’s
a little challenging but if it were really easy, I don’t think that would be
fun. I got stuck a few times because I ran out of words but I just asked s few
people who knew me well to help me get back on track. The collage is due tomorrow
and I’m excited to see what people think of it. Maybe for my blog for next week
I’ll explain what I did. J
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Writers block I guess
Today I planned on
writing my paper to turn it in next week. It’s been an hour and here I am eating
waffles as I think “this is going to be harder than I thought.” My topic is whether
abortions should be legalized or not in America, which is a very heated topic.
I’m not sure why I’m stuck but a possibility is that these waffles and 106
& Park are distracting. On top of that
although abortions are serious business, it’s not a topic I personally jump out
my seat for but I picked it because it was one of the most heated topics we
came up with in class. Maybe it would have been a better idea for me to
brainstorm more to pick a better topic to make my paper easier but I already
started writing and don’t want to start over with such little time. Hahaha. Although
I rather have a different topic, I enjoy writing and this paper, like every
paper I write, will be a good one.
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