Q4 Week 2 Comments

I commented on Sarah's blog.
https://sarahcenglish1.blogspot.com/2017/03/political-post-human-trafficking.html?showComment=1490707794707#c557969705611706961

I commented on Kaelyn's blog.
https://ksenglish1.blogspot.com/2017/03/political-article-gun-control.html?showComment=1490708014855#c3240965408146631651

Political Post

In this article, it shows how Trump is proposing that private schools should be given part of the governmental funds for its tuition. This being said, public schools will not have much attention anymore considering the funds. However, this article states that even if some of the tuition is paid for, the amount would not be significant enough to completely pay for the tuition of any private school. For example, it says that this amount would come out to around $1,800 for each person compared to the overall price of private school tuition being more than $11,000. Also mentioned in this article is the lack of funds that the less wealthy, public school children would receive. These children wouldn't get as much, if any, of the money they used to get that helped with their school careers. Also, this proposal is being depicted even worse in this article when it shows how kids receiving these funds to go to private school are not doing as well academically as they were in the public school system.

The focus of this article seemed very negative towards this proposal by Trump, and I would have to agree. I think that this choice to help the school system is a good idea, but it doesn't seem like it would be helping the entire school system. Most of the kids attending public school don't have enough of the funds to attend a private school, so why would we take away more of their funds so that they can't attend public school? The only kids that this is affecting for the better are the private school kids. This is a twisted idea of giving more money to the people who at least already have enough funds to pay for its tuition. This is the reason I chose this article. As I was looking through news articles, I came across this article on US News by Neil Campbell. It really intrigued me how Trump could think of taking more of the funds from the less wealthy and giving it to the somewhat or decently wealthy. Even though Trump might be trying to benefit the school system and its funds, it would hurt so much more of the population to carry out this proposal.

https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2016-09-09/donald-trumps-education-plan-boosts-private-schools-hurts-kids

Q4 Week 1 Comments

I commented on Sarah's blog.
https://sarahcenglish1.blogspot.com/2017/03/learning-reflection.html?showComment=1490017112152#c8495355370967553200

I commented on Hudson's blog.
https://huds0ngenglish.blogspot.com/2017/03/free-post-beauty-and-beast.html?showComment=1490017224664#c4984171847632438690

Daily routine after school

When I get home from school at 4:00, I am usually very worn out and tired. Although I might want to take a nap or watch tv, I have to grab a snack and do my homework before I have to go somewhere. Whether it be going to tennis or just walking the dog around the neighborhood, I usually do it around 5:30. So, this leaves me around an hour and a half to quickly do as much homework as I can and hopefully finish. After I get home from my activity anywhere from 6:15-7:15, I have to eat dinner with my family. This will usually last for around an hour and it's a good time to talk with my family and relieve stress. After, I shower for around a half hour. Finally, the last activity of the night is to finish any of my homework so that I have more time to watch tv or relax.

This routine is usually very successful, but I have some things I would want to change about it. For example, when I get home from school, I would like to have more tie just to sit down and reenergize before I have to work again. Also, I have a little issue with dinner time. Even though I mentioned that I usually relieve stress during dinner, this isn't always the case. Sometimes dinner can linger on and I'll get stressed because I think I'm wasting time. Even though I might not be wasting time when talking with my family, if I have a big test the next day I think that I should be studying for that test all night. The best part of my schedule is the last part. If my routine doesn't start to slow down then I usually have some free time at the end of the night.

Learning Reflection

So far, I have learned a bunch about myself this freshman year. As a student, I have especially learned some key learning techniques like not procrastinating and working ahead. In middle school and all of the grades below, I used to procrastinate and wait until the last possible minute to do an assignment or study. Now, however, I usually work ahead by at least a day or two so that I don't get too stressed out close to the deadline. As a reader, one thing that I have found out through this year is that I have progressed in my reading time. I used to be a really slow reader and it would stress me out when it came time to take a standardized test. Now, since I started to read more as a freshman than I did in middle school, the time that it takes me to finish a book has decreased. Another thing that could be helping my reading time is that I have started to find books that I really enjoy reading, rather than having to fight to finish the book.

As a writer, I have learned a lot as well, but one thing that I didn't know about writing for me is that I like to learn about poetry. When we used to study poetry in past years, I didn't mind it, but it wasn't my favorite either. This year, I actually liked learning about it and having the freedom to write whatever type of poem we wanted. Even if Dr. D gave us a topic to write about, it was usually broad or well chosen. I felt like I always had a lot to write about when she gave us these topics. Using this information about how I have progressed, I will better know how to get assignments done fastest, how to take standardized tests faster, and what types of writing I like best. For example, I will look forward to more units about poetry in the future and I will maybe even get more ahead on assignments. 

Q3 Week 7 Comments

I commented on Kaelyn's blog.
https://ksenglish1.blogspot.com/2017/03/free-post-service-project.html?showComment=1488921401705#c2437964309682016831

I commented on Sarah's blog.
https://sarahcenglish1.blogspot.com/2017/03/free-post-poem.html?showComment=1488921495134#c5002249513367762676

Umbrella

In the song "Umbrella," Rihanna continually uses assonances of "ar" in the middle of words to link the lyrics together. This creates a rhyme that is easy to follow along to. Rihanna also uses metaphors to describe her devotion to the person mentioned in the song. For example, Rihanna says, "you'll still be my star." This directly states that this person who is mentioned is "her star." Rihanna also uses a hyperbole when she states, "here for infinity." She is implying that this person will be here forever but obviously exaggerating.

Not only does Rihanna use poetry in her lyrics, but Jay-Z as well when he features in this song in a rap. Jay-Z also uses assonances in his lyrics like when he sings words after one another like "hydroplane" and "fame". This makes his raps flow more smoothly and easier to say faster. Rihanna uses anaphoras to show the future in her lyrics. For example, she sings "when" at the beginning of two lines to show how her devotion to him lasts beyond the present. Lastly, Jay-Z uses an oxymoron when he states "come" and "gone" in the same line.


http://www.metrolyrics.com/umbrella-lyrics-rihanna.html