PROMPT: Your best quality is ____ Your worst quality is ______Explain how these qualities impact your life.
My best quality is that I am trustworthy. Parents have trusted me with the care of their children since I was eleven years old. My mom has trusted me enough to not hire a babysitter to watch me since I was in the second grade. My friends trust me enough to tell me anything and know that, if need be, I will keep it a secret. My trustworthiness has impacted my life because all of the trust bestowed upon me has led me to grow up to be responsible and respectful in every aspect of my life. I hope that people will always view me as trustworthy throughout my life.
My worst quality is my laziness. If I could, I would sleep until atleast noon every day. I have a tendency to do my homework in other classes at school so I do not have to bring it home. I would rather read a non-school related book or go on the computer than study. My laziness has impacted my life because my sleeping late leads to missing out on things that occur before noon. Mostly it affects my school work- I sometimes do not to my homework at all because I do not want to bring it home. I often perform to a lesser ability on tests than I am capable of, and it brings my grades down. Laziness is something that I wish to change about myself and I am working on it.
APRIL BLOG #1
Thursday, April 30, 2009
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11:02 AM
PROMPT: Write a history of your hairstyles.
I have had a few different hairstyles throughout my life. My hair has always been really thick, and I had a bowl cut for a while when I was little. After that, it was boy-cut short from as early as I can remember until the fourth grade. My mother claims my father was the one who took me and had it cut like that, but she kept havi
ng it cut that way. To this day I am not happy about looking like a boy for most of my childhood. I do not have any plans to cut it short in the future at all. When I grew it out after fourth grade, I kept it shoulder length and I had bangs. In the seventh grade, I decided to grow out my bangs. They took a while to grow and they had a tendency to flare out toward the sides of my face, like wings, which did not look so good. In the eighth grade, after they had grown out, I cut my hair to chin length, which is the shortest it has been since the boy-cut. I let my hair keep growing after that, and since then, my hair has been long, straight, and simple.
I have had a few different hairstyles throughout my life. My hair has always been really thick, and I had a bowl cut for a while when I was little. After that, it was boy-cut short from as early as I can remember until the fourth grade. My mother claims my father was the one who took me and had it cut like that, but she kept havi
ng it cut that way. To this day I am not happy about looking like a boy for most of my childhood. I do not have any plans to cut it short in the future at all. When I grew it out after fourth grade, I kept it shoulder length and I had bangs. In the seventh grade, I decided to grow out my bangs. They took a while to grow and they had a tendency to flare out toward the sides of my face, like wings, which did not look so good. In the eighth grade, after they had grown out, I cut my hair to chin length, which is the shortest it has been since the boy-cut. I let my hair keep growing after that, and since then, my hair has been long, straight, and simple.
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MARCH BLOG #3
Friday, April 3, 2009
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9:46 AM
PROMPT: How do you think your parents’ views would change if they lived your life for one day?
My mom already has a decent understanding of my life, but I think that if she were to live it for a day she would get a much better perspective of it. She would finally know why it is that I am able to do all my work for other classes during Spanish. She would know how hard AP history is and why I’m not getting the A she expects from me. After spending a day in my life, she would meet all my different groups of friends and see how high school has changed since she went. She would know why I some days I like my job at Stop & Shop, and other days I can’t stand it. All in all, I think it would make it would give her a fresh perspective of my life and make it easier for her to relate to me.
My mom already has a decent understanding of my life, but I think that if she were to live it for a day she would get a much better perspective of it. She would finally know why it is that I am able to do all my work for other classes during Spanish. She would know how hard AP history is and why I’m not getting the A she expects from me. After spending a day in my life, she would meet all my different groups of friends and see how high school has changed since she went. She would know why I some days I like my job at Stop & Shop, and other days I can’t stand it. All in all, I think it would make it would give her a fresh perspective of my life and make it easier for her to relate to me.
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MARCH BLOG #2
Friday, March 27, 2009
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11:15 AM
PROMPT: Describe a time your hard work paid off.
This year I am taking AP US History. I had not expected when I signed up for the class how much work it was actually going to be, and I was not prepared for it. As the first semester progressed, I saw myself getting much lower grades than I am used to getting in any class. I finally realized that I needed to put much more effort into the class when I saw the grade I got on my first semester final. It was not good. Since then, I have been trying much harder. I am already seeing an improvement, as my test grades have been significantly higher and I understand the class more and more. Already, my hard work has been paying off, and I hope that it shows when I take the AP exam in May. Before this semester, I was worried about the exam and was afraid that I was not going to do well on it. But since then, my outlook has improved and I am not worried anymore- I know that my effort is going to be paid off.
This year I am taking AP US History. I had not expected when I signed up for the class how much work it was actually going to be, and I was not prepared for it. As the first semester progressed, I saw myself getting much lower grades than I am used to getting in any class. I finally realized that I needed to put much more effort into the class when I saw the grade I got on my first semester final. It was not good. Since then, I have been trying much harder. I am already seeing an improvement, as my test grades have been significantly higher and I understand the class more and more. Already, my hard work has been paying off, and I hope that it shows when I take the AP exam in May. Before this semester, I was worried about the exam and was afraid that I was not going to do well on it. But since then, my outlook has improved and I am not worried anymore- I know that my effort is going to be paid off.
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MARCH BLOG #1
Thursday, March 12, 2009
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8:03 AM
PROMPT: Think of a teacher, relative, or adult whom you respect and want to impress. What is it about that person that makes you want to do well for them?
Someone I respect and want to impress is my Algebra 2 teacher, Mr. Tilton. I had him sophomore year and he ended up being my favorite math teacher so far. I feel the need to impress him for the basic fact that it was hard to do so. He always gave praise when we did well, but there were only a few times when we could tell that he was truly impressed. I don’t have him for a teacher anymore, but I still feel the same way. My friend Kellie is in his class now, and one day I had been talking to her about imaginary numbers, something they hadn’t learned yet. When Mr. Tilton asked her class if anybody knew what an imaginary number was, Kellie was the only one who knew, and she told him she learned it from me. She told me that he said that he was impressed, and that if she ever needed help in his class she should come to me because I had done really well. When Kellie told me this, it made me feel really good and proud. Even though I don’t have a class with him anymore, I still respect Mr. Tilton and I still want to impress him.
Someone I respect and want to impress is my Algebra 2 teacher, Mr. Tilton. I had him sophomore year and he ended up being my favorite math teacher so far. I feel the need to impress him for the basic fact that it was hard to do so. He always gave praise when we did well, but there were only a few times when we could tell that he was truly impressed. I don’t have him for a teacher anymore, but I still feel the same way. My friend Kellie is in his class now, and one day I had been talking to her about imaginary numbers, something they hadn’t learned yet. When Mr. Tilton asked her class if anybody knew what an imaginary number was, Kellie was the only one who knew, and she told him she learned it from me. She told me that he said that he was impressed, and that if she ever needed help in his class she should come to me because I had done really well. When Kellie told me this, it made me feel really good and proud. Even though I don’t have a class with him anymore, I still respect Mr. Tilton and I still want to impress him.
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