Other Classes #1

I can’t wait until accounting class Tuesday. I am really looking forward to it. I took a class in high school, my senior year, and that is what really helped me to decide that that is what I want to pursue as a career. I do not know exactly what makes me enjoy it so much, maybe it is the fact that I had a really good teacher back then and have one now, or maybe it is just because I actually understand it. everyone thinks that accounting would be hard because they say "too much math" or things like "too many numbers", but I think as long as you follow along with the instructor and the book or even just get some hands on experience, it is actually easier then it seems. Also I think that the math is relatively simple, all it is is adding and subtracting. I think people get scared of it because they see all of the numbers and words and it takes them back to algebra with a mean teacher or some bad experience they had in math. If they try it I know that they would not find it so threatening and maybe even come to like it. It is something that I look forward to every Tuesdays and Thursdays. It stinks though because it is my first class so I am always tired and just want to sleep but other than that I try to keep my eyes open, pay attention, and go through the class with a happy go lucky spirit.

RR on Juno

                In the evaluation of “Juno”, I think that it is good. I like how unbiased it is and how she really doesn’t just rant or rave it. She has many good points and very good details from the movie that help to back her up. She talks about how negative it is but also how positive it is. I like how she clearly defines the movies flaws and also how she doesn’t just rant on and on about one thing but how she briefly talks about it and moves on to another subject of discussion. The thing I dislike is that I think that she isn’t a good role model. I think that she is sending mixed feelings in whether or not it is ok to be pregnant. I know they cannot portray the full 9 months before birth and then a few months after, but I think it could show the audience a little more of the negatives to having a kid at such a young age. The movie “Juno” is good in portraying some parts of the pregnant life as a teenager and also it helps to deter young, adolescent adults from having sex and getting pregnant at such a young age, but also I think it can send the wrong message to teenagers about how they could just give their child away and not have a mental or physical attraction to their kid. I liked the structure of this evaluation but I didn’t like the movie. It wasn’t my style and I wouldn’t be able to evaluate it because I would rant about it more than balance it out.

The Stranger With No Name

The hall was quiet until she heard the loud screech of what seemed to be nails on a chalkboard. She wondered what could have made that noise. Interested in what it was she trekked down the hallway but took her time because not only did the noise intrigue her but it also sent a trickle of fear down her spine. As she got farther down the hall she heard the noise again, but this time louder, she knew she was coming closer to it. There at the end of the hall way she could see a door. The door was wooden and seemed to be older with cracks running all down it. There was a window in the center of it that only let light through but you couldn’t see through it because it was all jumbled and dirty. There was a light on in this room. She wondered if she should enter. She got up to the door and decided to grab the handle. The handle is a sort of faded gold color. When she grabbed it she could feel the cold spread throughout her hands. She turned the knob and slowly began to open the door. As she opened it there was a loud creaking noise that echoed throughout the hallway. Finally after opening the door she peered into the room and seen a person up by the chalkboard writing on the board. She couldn’t clearly make out what it said but she didn’t recognize the person. After being in the school for eight years she thought she would have known everyone but not this person. It was a stranger dressed in all black. As he turned around she saw his face, dark and gloomy as if he was sad and hurt. Then the stranger took off and jumped out of the window. She ran to the window to find him but she saw nothing but trees and grass. She then walked up to the chalkboard to see what was wrote and in a slanted way it said “I’m sorry..”

3rd In Class Writing

                Today in class we watched a video from the TV series of how I met your mother. I enjoyed this video. All three of the guys were having problems in their lives but they overcame them. No matter how down one was the other two would try to help him. I like how they would always have a positive mental attitude. It’s what you need with friends. No matter how bad things get they will get better. Even though they tried to say how their lives were going to be it all changed when they got to the future. You can’t predict the future, sometimes things aren’t always going to go as you plan. That’s when you need to pick your head up and keep trying harder. I like how they knew what they wanted to be but ended up doing something different and still being happy. No matter what road you choose you can always find happiness. No matter what they wanted in the end they got all that they needed and that was everything they needed to make them happy. You can tell they had a strong relationship and they all supported each other’s dreams no matter how bizarre. It’s crazy to wonder what my life would be like in 3 years. I couldn’t really say. I could dream about what I wanted and who I wanted to be or what career I wanted but only time will be able to really tell all of those things.

2nd In Class Response

                Today I brought a picture of my Grandma, my sister, and . I brought it because when I was younger my grandma was a big inspiration to my reading. When I would go to her house throughout the week just to visit she would always read a little fairytale to me or make up some story of her own. My grandma was an artist so she was very creative about coming up with ideas to make a story about. In my picture I am a toddler and my sister is about 7 years old. I am sitting on my grandma’s lap playing with a toy. My grandma is kind of short with black poufy hair. She always wore droopy earrings and she is dressed in a white shirt with a black coat over it. I can hear her soft, sweet voice today talking to me, playing with me and my sister. I can her hear making the noises of a horse, “naayy.” The toy is a plastic horse with a teddy bear on it. The teddy bear has soft fur and is brown. The horse is white and hard as a rock. I smell a candle burning, a cinnamon one because that was my grandmas favorite kind before she passed away. I can taste the baby slobber in my moth getting ready to run down my chin. My little sister is wearing a wrapping bow on her head because today is my birthday and she helped me open my presents and thought it would be funny to wear it around for a while. My grandma would always wear beautiful jewelry. Her favorite were necklaces. There is a wooden bench in the background used for her little dolls or miscellaneous things she would put on it.

The Canary-Colored Caravan of Death

                In the comic, The Canary-Colored Caravan of Death, a young girl talks about her experience with her family. I didn’t particularly like this comic, mainly because I didn’t see a point. I don’t understand what the point of the comic really was. What was it trying to do? To show people that even through struggles writing can help? Or was it really just, basically a narrative about herself? This is the main reason why I didn’t like it. Also I feel it was a bit too gloomy for my taste. There was no excitement that I could really point out. I do like how she used more knowledgeable vocabulary though. It caught my attention. It made me ponder upon the words and made me more curious upon their meanings. When I looked them up it helped me to understand the comic a little better but still I was lost. I guess I think there should be something there, something to build off and something that brings me in, a string. I really liked the ending captions where she talks about finding creativity in being separated from her family. I like how independent she became and the fact that she didn’t have to rely on anyone to help her. It seemed like her family mostly neglected her and wouldn’t do anything to really help but to provide the necessities; food, water, and shelter. It must have been tough for a girl her age to grow up on your own, she even had to learn to feed herself before long. It is easy to tell that her family was not wealthy at all and that there were plenty of arguments throughout the whole family.