This week we have been focusing almost all of our time on our first project of the class. I have been very stressed about this project from the very beginning. With every other project I've ever done, I've been given a strict rubric and outline of how the project should be done and presented. With this class however we must rely on our own brain and thinking, something that the education system has not well prepared me for. I have always been comfortable talking in front of people, I talk in front of my psych class at mid, and have done countless numbers of presentations in my lifetime, but yet this project is giving me so much anxiety. I believe that the only thing that will save me in this presentation, is the fact that I can connect with people, and that I present in a unique way. This project has been nothing like I expected it to be. It has caused me to dig deep into a topic that I thought I knew lots about, and proved to me, that I really did not understand the deeper parts of the topic as well as I thought I did. I have found myself getting off task a lot, but I have a hard time focusing, or even sitting still for that matter, so I think I’ve actually done a good job with my worth ethic. I am most of all ready for this project to be over so I can chill and not be so stressed, life of AP classes. http://www.webmd.com/balance/guide/tips-to-control-stress
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6 weeks are finally done in AP lit and we are finally to the end of the first marking period. I have enjoyed the first marking period, and learning with the class. In AP lit, I have been mentally challenged, and I have enjoyed it. We started a projected this week, and I at first was very confused about the whole thing. After the project was explained, it made more sense, and I was excited to get started on it. This class has brought me a lot of stress, but in a good way. We worked on our creative writing, and I this has been by far my favorite part of the class thus far. The creative writing piece really caused me to draw out emotions in myself that I wasn't even aware were there. Creative writing, was different than any other type of writing I have ever done in an English class, and I have enjoyed finally doing something different. In my years of writing for school, we have been writing for someone, some sort of audience that we have to please. My favorite part of creative writing, is that the piece of writing, is for ourselves, and it brings out these untouched, raw feelings, that would have never come out. I believe that this class is going to challenge me in completely new ways.
http://independentcollegian.com/2012/08/15/archives/the-importance-of-creative-writing/ Another week of AP lit down, and many more to go. This week has been the most challenging yet for me, and I feel stressed and discouraged, but I know I need to just continue on. We worked with the poem Bright Star by John Keats this week. It was a beautiful love poem, but for the life of me I could not connect to it. Maybe it's because I have never had a love that strong, or maybe it's that I would never compare my love to a star. I understood the meaning of the poem, but I could not connect to it, could not feel anything as I read it. When trying to analyze the poem, everything felt forced for me, it made sense, yet did not feel like it had meaning.
The poems of the day however, are helping to me enjoy poetry. It’s nice to hear poetry that has a lighter meaning, that gives me emotion. They allow me to find some poetry that I actually like, since I have seemed to hate poetry for so long. As we started our project this week, I am excited to do something that is more in my element. I enjoy independant work and projects, so this is right up my alley. I need to work on doing better when I work in groups. I feel that working on my own gives me confidence, and I can do things my own way without feeling like an idea is wrong. All in all, I enjoy the class and I enjoy how it stimulates my brain. I had a rough week, but who doesn’t from time to time? As long as I push through and persevere, I am not worried. https://www.buzzfeed.com/maritsapatrinos/tips-for-getting-through-this-week?utm_term=.aayBLKExE#.xmxZrax4x |
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