Final Reflection

    The three most important things I learned this year is managing time, being on task, and the education I received. There is more work to be done in this class than in other classes, so I had to learn to use my time effectively. This also tied in to being on task, because if I did my work in school I would have less work to do at home. The education was obviously also very important because I learned many things that may help me in my future life.

    I think I will remember all the fun we had in here. Unlike other classes, this one seems to be different. I think we do more things together as a class that we will remember. For example, stoven (not that I liked him), or me getting pranked by the vocab test. That’s some of the things that made this class memorable for me. And we also brought in food together, as a class, which none of my other ones did. I think that is what made this class very unique.

    I think the nicest thing that anyone has done for me is Mrs. Larson teaching me. Obviously it’s her job, but she could have chosen any other one. She takes the time out of her day to teach children, although they might be difficult to deal with. That’s pretty nice if you think about it. One thing that I was able to teach the whole class is how it is possible to use the same joke on someone three times. I feel pretty dumb for kind of believing that there was a test when there was not, but it was just so real at some points. I hope my jokes will last that long on people.

    I improved on doing my work a lot. Last year it was difficult for me to complete all the work assigned to be. But over the months I have improved on this which will help me do work in different situations. The most challenging part of the year for me was doing my 20 book challenge. I was stuck on IT for so long that I didn’t read any other books. Even after I finished I still didn’t feel like reading that much, so I wasn’t able to get that may books read.

    This one might not be true, but I think my best piece of writing was my stoven diss poem. Sure, it may have been short, and it may have been made up on the spot, but I still got to strike back at that dumb bear for insulting me so much. My favorite book I read this year was Of Mice and Men  because it was such a unique story with interesting characters and a good plot. It made me sad when Lennie **** (spoiler) but then I got over it and was actually happy. It was still a good book though.

Finally, my advice to next year’s class would be to enjoy what you’re learning. If you do that then you may find the topic intersting and even have fun. And do your work because it will save you a lot of time and effort. And most of all have fun, because you will.

3rd Quarter Reflections

The area I think I have improved in is managing my time in ELA. Since I get the most work from this class, I had to be able to complete it and also do other things. So for example, if I had to read and study for a test, I would study first and then read. So it also helps me in other classes, I can finish one work then start another. Although, sometimes I forget to do the work altogether, so there are still more ways that I can improve.

The most challenging part of the 3rd quarter for me was reading books for my book challenge. I never really took the time until recently to read any other books besides IT. I finally finished it recently and I started reading A Series of Unfortunate Events but even though I started new and shorter books, I still don’t feel like reading them. I’m currently on book 3 out of 13. Hopefully this quarter I can put Fortnite aside and just zoom through the series.

I have read 6 books so far in my book challenge. I don’t know where the sheet is, so I can’t say for sure. The books are: Holes, IT, Of Mice and Men, Bronx Masquerade, The Bad Beginning, The Reptile Room. I really need to read more, this is a very low number. I just don’t feel like reading. Although, I kind of wanna reach 25 books by the end of the year. I just need to set aside time to read the books, and I’ll be fine.

Poetry Reflection

1. Poetry doesn’t really have a place in my life, I’m just writing them now because of the unit we are having. Poetry can belong to anyone, really. They can express themselves through poems, or just do it for fun. It’s kind of fun to write some types of poems, but not all.

2. Some poets like to base or tie in their poems with their life and experiences. This can make the poem have a deeper meaning, and you life can also affect what content is in your poem, if not something from your life.

3. My poems don’t have any literary devices, but there is this very common poem that has rhyme and structure. The roses are red one. Everyone may use this poem and edit it to form it to their needs, I know I did.

“Oranges”
“The Batman”
“Where I’m From”
“War Heroes”
“Rise Up and Walk”
“Billy Beats the Bully”
“Sorry not Sorry”
“You’ve Got a Friend in Me”

Free Choice Poem - Oranges

Roses are red
Violets are actually purple, but everyone says they’re blue
Bananas are yellow
But oranges are not, they’re orange

Slice of Life - Unplugged

 You have probably watched the AT&T commercial where there’s a family who loses their WiFi for about 20 minutes. They make it seem so terrible, and it really is. Try to imagine losing WiFi for not just 20 minutes, but for 1 whole month and beyond. That’s exactly what happened to my family. It really wasn’t fun.

Just until recently, on the day after Presidents Day to be exact, I didn’t have WiFi. We lost our WiFi at the beginning of January. We lost it because we didn’t pay our bill. Not that we weren’t capable, but because Comcast was charging—get this—$60 a month for just 25 mbps. 60 dollars! You pay that much money if you have either a 60 mbps plan, or a plan with WiFi and cable! So we couldn’t take it. We also weren’t even getting close to 25 mbps, more like 15-20. We literally need WiFi to progress through essential tasks, like paying the bills. We still have a landline, and that didn’t work because we didn’t have WiFi. I couldn’t play games on my PS4, we couldn’t use our technology. It was a really bad situation.

Our phones’ cellular data still worked, however. So we used the mobile hotspot to act as an artificial WiFi. This worked, but, it had may problems. First of all, our phones’ data plan is 10 gigabytes, so we were limited to our usage. Second of all, the speed was not reliable at all. Even less so than the likes of Xfinity. Third of all there is no third reason that I can think of right now. So this plan (no pun intended) worked for a while, but then came crashing upon us. I used the hotspot for my PS4 and going on my iPad. My mom used it just for her iPad, but she uses it a lot for many different tasks. Soon, my mom’s plan ran out in maybe a week. I was already using my phone for the hotspot, but with 2 connections, it would be very slow. So, I had to break out a third phone for my mom/me. And that Android phone was already pretty slow. At this point, we all needed our WiFi back.

My phone had 20 gigs in its data stash, so in total I had 30 gigs. But we were burning through that quick. I begged my parents to get WiFi back, but they always said that we had to switch it from my dad’s account to my mom’s, and then do this and that, blah, blah, blah. Short story was, I had to wait. Maybe a week after my mom’s phone was lost, the poor Samsung was lost as well. My phone was still going, but I maybe had under 7 gigs left. Thankfully, the month of January passed and now we were in February. All of our phones were refilled, so that was good. We just kept on doing the same stuff over and over for some time.

One week before my birthday, I went over to my cousins house. Then they said that we were going to the Chicago Auto Show. It was kind of like a birthday present. We picked up my mom, and drove to the auto show and hour later. It was pretty cool, considering I love cars. There was a bunch of cars, obviously. But there were some good ones, like the Kia Stinger, Ford Mustang, Dodge Demon, Audi R8, BMW I8, and my all time favorite, the Nissan “Godzilla” GTR (only car people will understand). There was also a Lamborghini Huracan and an Aventador but I didn’t get to see them :(. So, you may be wondering, what was the point in telling you this? Well, turns out there was a Comcast booth, which my mom went to. She signed up and prepared the WiFi stuff. So when we went home she told me. My first reaction was, “WHAT, REALLY, WIFI?!? THANK YOU JESUS!!”. It didn’t come that day though.

It came the next day, and boy, let me tell you, I was very, very happy to say the least. 

“Billy Beats the Bully” (Nonsense Poem)

Today Billy went to school

Pablo always had something mean to say about Billy

Pablo called him a dingleshmurf

Billy tried to ignore him

But then Pablo walked up to him and kerpowed him in the bonker

Then Billy blopped on him and the powkow was over

Pablo never made fun of Billy again

“You’ve Got a Friend in Me” (Choice Poem)

One day I went to school

It was a free choice day

If you had a buddy

you could go into one door and have fun

But if you didn’t, you sat in a room all alone

Everyone, including me, had a buddy

Except for one student, who had no one

He was sad and downcast

My friends beckoned and called

But I felt bad for him because he had no buddy

I didn’t know him, I’d never talked to him

However, I went up to him and asked him

if he wanted to be my buddy

His face lit up with joy

So we walked through the door

And that has made all the difference