Its finally the end of my junior.. .taking the next step in life. Its a bit scary, but I have to think to myself look at all the people that have made it. In our english class we have been writing blogs, and getting insight from other bloggers. Mr. Sheehy asked a few questions about how our year went.
What was your favorite thing that we studied this year? Why was it your favorite?
-My favorite thing that we studied this year was probably, “Of Mice and Men.” I loved the story which made it even greater, but we also watched the movie. The reason it was my favorite was because the book interested me, and watching the movie helped visualize the story.
What thing did we do or study that you disliked the most? Please explain.
-The thing we studied that I disliked the most was the story, “The Devil and Tom Walker.” It was hard for me to dig through the story and pick out little symbols that mean something great. Another reason i didnt seem to like the book is because, the story seemed to have to many plots… such as Tom Walker’s stange dissaperance of his wife, and the greed.. just confused me a lot.
What advice would you offer one of my students next year?
- Have fun, and make sure you do your reading, because if you dont you will be so far behind.
- I enjoyed assignments when we would just read a short story and than we would have a short blog also. The reason I liked it was because I could get great insight with other bloggers, and also it was fun to just get things done fast.
- During the first semester, when we learned about, “the Old Man and the Sea.” I learned how to pick through reading material even if it was harder to understand, and find the really important details and sort out the minor ones. I believe I was successful in this because we read the story as a class, and went into the themes and plots together.. which helped me understand.
- It is so much fun, you learn things fast and at your own pace. If you read you will do well, if you dont… good luck.
- I really liked the class so there isn’t anything I would really change, this is probably the best english class that i’ve had during my school years. I have learned a lot and also i have found some new things about the internet and how you can use it to express your insight to others.
