"i can see clearer"

I think i am actually beginning to understand an assignment in English for once! Of course i need a little help along the way but, i think that my essay might turn out to be ... decent. To my surprise being in groups has really help me because if Mrs. Frailly is busy someone in the group or the entire gruop could help solve the issue. After all "two heads are better then one!". My paper and its structure have progresed and i am proud of my "very rough" draft. I have and plan on spending more time on this assighnment and hopefully in the end my hard work will pay off. I am really determined to do better on this assighnment. It's a lot easyer once i understand the assignment, and i hope once i'm done with my revision it will be smoth sailing for me, and all that i will need to do is edit and style. One can only dream : ) .

Tuesday night

I'm almost done with my draft that i have been working on for about a week and a half. I went onto the Lit website to get some additional information on my poem for my essay earlyer on today. Tonight i am trying to finish writing most of my draft I'm not quite finished but technically i wont be until i turn in the final. Today has been a long day for me and tomorrow is only going to be longer. Hopefully i can stay awake just a little bit longer so that i can at least add one more paragraph to my draft.

something that i found intresting in Art hisotry class that ties into ealuating English-113 poems!

I have an Art history class and we are learning how to evaluate art the correct way. Today during Art history realized that evaluating visual art is a lot like evaluating a poem. Like a painting with your first glance your going to view it as well, what it is or what you physical see, is how your going to view it. But once you understand a little about the authors back ground and the time format you become more familiar with the artist or the writers "prefered" style. And as you continue to evaluate the painting or the poem certain things began to pop out at you that you didn't notice before. So you began to explore and you realize that the painting or poem some how expresses something personal to you. I think that it's amazing how Art can effect anyone if they just start with the right mindset and search in to it with a non-biased eye.

Poem project!

Today after class Ellen was nice enough to stay a little while in the library and help me with understanding my poem that i have chose. I feel a little more prepared for this project then i did the first one and i really want to improve! That is my main goal. My poem is set around the 1700's and i began to really research so thing about wemen's roles in the 1700's and i found out a lot. in fact researching the time frame helped me better understand what the narrator was trying to say or explain. Hopefully this weekend i will be able to produce a very decent draft for wensday thanks to ellen : )

The Barbie Doll by:Marge Piercy ( me reflecting on how this poem effected me).

Today in English we started reading poems and today we read "The Barbie Doll" by Marge Piercy. This poem really disturbed me and started getting me think about the situation in this story and how this happens every day and it doesn't really emotionally bother me until i read this story. Especially the ending when it sates " Doesn't she look pretty? consumption at last. To every woman a happy ending" (836). I feel like what the speaker is doing here is mocking and basically slapping everyone in the face who caused the young girl so much pain. I also picture the quote in a very sarcastic tone.
Americans society today constantly dwells on being perfect and staying tin that standards or trends that may seem categorized for adults are now being presented to today's youth. Which is sadly disappointing because everyone is always talking about iner-bueaty and at the same time that exact person probably doesn't publicly express her true self. Today's youth is slowly corrupting And hardly anyone is noticing or is wanting to notice. But as usual most people feel like if they don't here about then it doesn't exists. And sadly it is happening and it does exist.

Today

I am done with my classes for today and right now i am working on some home work. Tom morrow my short story essay is sue so once i get home i am going to finish editing my paper. Today wasn't to bad except i have some computer home work to do which is a downer but i will get it done and hopefully with a smile. I have a ton of house chore to finish and i just wish that i had more time during the day because i hate doing school work or house work at night because, i feel like that my winding down time for me. Well i am off to go and finish editing my paper.

it's time to be optimistic!

Lately i have been having the hardest time with just ....life. I mean nobody said that life was going to be easy like one of my favorite quotes " it wasn't easy for the saviour how dare! you think it would be easy for you!". With each coming day I find my self struggling and spiraling into sadness so, right now I have just decided every time that I feel down I am just going to start thinking of 3 things that I am grateful for. I am so use to always having my twin with me. Brittany is my best friend and my better half. This year in particular has been horribly hard with out her because, in my family i have always been ignored and have just learned to shut out my feelings and neatly secure them behind a bright welcoming smile. Well I want to be more positive, more optimistic! I want to smile and mean it. I want to go to bed with out ending my day in tears. I also want to be a good example for those around me. I want so badly toj ust have all of my burdens and gloom uplifted like a "back pack full of rocks" i want those "rocks " to be removed. So I have decide with each new day I am going to take my challenges a step at a time and try my best to be and do my best after all " Christ chose to be perfect" why cant I ?

Not! another snow day! (who danced the snow dance last night!)

Boooo Snow ! I love snow i really do but, I dont like it when school is canceled because our paper is due Monday and today would have been our last day for help with this paper. Also I am tired of make up homework for snow days I spent most of my weekend (last weekend) completing them. I seriously would have walked to school this morning just so I wouldn't have to do any snow day assignments. I guess the good thing is that. . . I am not in school but i actually like school. I guess I can just get and early start on my paper this morning. I hope everyone is enjoying their day off from school more then me.

So LIttle time for home work and life!

Hello everyone today after I finish a computer quiz along with writing in my history journal and reviewing form upcoming test I am going to add on to my short story paper. I feel like there isn't enough time in a day. I am also having a hard time with my o'l enimey, procrastination. I also ways have so much work to do and, the bad thing is that I focus on the what can I get done in 30mins and be finshed with kind of home work.

whenever I focus on assinments like that I skip over the one's that envolve critical thinking and actual time to outline and organize. When I eventually come across those types of assignments I find my self stuck and frustrated. I did this a lot last semester and it really showed in the classes that I did that to. This semester I am going to try my hardest to manage my time better so that I can find more time for not just studying but my self.

It's coming to me but, slowy

Hello everyone! this past weekend i have been working on my paper and it has been frustrating as usual. i decided to write my paper on a different short story called "the rocking horse winner" i am a little familiar with this story because i read this short story in my high school English class my senior year. I figured out how i what i wanted to write about however i did discover during my english class that it was difficult for my group to understand what i was t5alking about and where i was "going" with my thesis statment. this was mostly because none of them have read the short story so i thinki actually might need help from Ms. Frailly hopefully she will look over my paper in .DOCs
I know what I want to write about and my main points. I just need to sit down and organize. I think once I go home I will re-read the short story and highlight and write notes. I also need to skim through the passage to find really good qoutes that will help support my arugment. This morning at the beginning of class I was a little confused but after working with my group I have grasped a better understand and I now understand how working in groups effectively can help you with your paper assignments.