My Experience This Semester
My experience overall this semester was pretty good. I enjoyed having you once again for my english class. Even though my grades did not reflect that I enjoyed the class, but believe it or not, I really did! I always like doing things other than just writing and writing and writing. (even though this is what the class mostly for!) But I really liked the fact that we went into poetry like we did and that we analyzed different author’s styles of writing. I also liked the hands on activities that we did in class to help further understand the different literatures that we were readig during the weeks.
I really did not have that many dislikes about this class. But if I were to say one thing was the amount of essays that we wrote. For some reason it seemed like we really didnt have many this go round. I dont know if it was because of the amount of reading we had to get through or what. But it just felt like we didnt get many.
You were able to be a creative once again and thats why I decided to be in your class for a second time. I like that this was one of the more “different” english classes than I have had in the past where like I mentioned before, we did nothing but write the whole time and do grammar stuff. That’s boring!!
But overall I did enjoy the class, even though it seemed like I slacked a little in the beginning. I also enjoyed being able to have you again because I liked your style of teaching, it’s different. This is not me just being sycophant either that was sincere!
this is awesome!
My Paradise
Tropical sun is beating down on the sugary sand
With the calming sound of endless waves crashing
Sitting in a chair with a cerveza in hand
Not a peep of anything just me sitting and relaxing
The day is slowly but surely passing by
No urge for its end for days of these are rare
Looking up through my shades into the deep blue sky
I begin to feel warm the breeze surround me and smell the salty air
As the sun begins to set behind the blue ocean
I reach into my cooler and grab another beer
Nothing has come over me today ‘cept sweet emotion
But I am saddened because this beautiful day draws near
Why does a day like this have to end? It seems so unfair
Sad at the thought of getting up from my chair
With a deep sigh I finish my last drink but then
I’m happy again because I know that tomorrow, Ill do it all over again
Hypocrisy
There is one characteristic in most of us that I don’t really like is when people are hypocrites. A hypocrite in my mind is just someone who doesn’t practice what they preach, or saying one thing and then doing the exact opposite of what they say. Everyone does it every now and then, but to a certain degree.
I know one person that always seems to use hypocrisy all the time. Im not going to be too personal with things but I will share a story about what happened recently with this person. (lets call her Jane) It is quite comical, but in the same sense, it is a little sad to see that someone would be like that.
My friends and I usually get together sometime during the weekend and we will go out to a bar or hang out at one of our houses. One of my friends introduced us to one of her friends and she hung out with all of us one night a few weeks ago. I didnt really know her too well, and she seemed a little ditsy. Im not one to judge but I was already coming to the conclusion that I was not going to like this girl that much. I am not really sure as to how this was brought up, but I heard her tell my friend about her boyfriend or something and how great he was. And they were also gossiping about other girls who cheat on their boyfriends and how they dont EVER do that at all. Just all around bad mouthing others for doing questionable things.
Well long story short, later that night after we had all had a few drinks, one of my old high school friends showed up that I havent seen for a long time. He did not pay any attention to Jane for a while. But I started to notice that she had a look of interest on her face when I introduced him. After a few more hours, I noticed that they were dancing together. (it wasnt just friendly either it was full on dancing like no one was watching. I was hanging out with my buddies and having a good time when my friend Cole pointed and shouted for me to look behind me. I turned around and my high school friend and Jane were pretty much making out on the dance floor.
I couldnt believe that she was doing that when just a few hours before was ranting and raving about not being the type to cheat and is very faithful. Kind of flew all over me to be honest. That is one thing that some people do that I just cant stand sometimes. If youre going to say that you do something, dont go and do the exact opposite just hours after you were talking about that one thing that you say you dont do. I know that this may seem like high school drama but its just one story that immediately came to my mind when I read the topic for this assignment.
no fuck shall be given (Source: brotips)
Free Writing (GDR7)
I really just cant wait for summer to be here. I plan to take a break from classes this summer and just work and spend a little time with my friends and family. I usually take a class or two during the summer semester. But with the stresses that I have from this semester, I recently decided that I was actually going to take a break from all the stress and relax a little and earn a little more money in the process! Hopefully I can take the time over the summer to go on my annual trip to Daytona Beach Florida. I have a ton of friends that go down there each year and we stay for about 8 days. It is seriously a fun time. There are literally around 50-60 people in this one hotel that we all stay at every year. We’ve been going to the same place since I was about 3 years old. (it may seem old but it is really a nice hotel) We have been staying at this place for so long that the people that work there pretty much know most of us by first name basis! This trip cannot come soon enough, though. I am looking forward to seeing some of my friends that live in Orlando that come stay with us there. They are truly awesome people and it is a crazy story to how we all met.
We had been staying at this hotel (Nautilus Inn) and we had a small group that we went with every year from the same area. We would always notice that there was this enormous group of people right next to us every day and they had at least 3 or 4 huge tents to sit under and they literally filled them up! Finally my parents decided to go and talk with them since we had been seeing the same group of people for a few years now and wondered how in the world we would be in the same place at the same time each year. One thing lead to another and we all became very close friends. They all come down to Daytona every year for a family reunion. Most of them live in Orlando, and the rest live in Illinois. We pretty much consider them part of our family because we have known them for so long. So now every year we stay in touch and we plan our vacations at the same time so we can spend it together.
Another cool thing about them is they are all big Florida Gator fans. And as you know my family and I are huge UGA fans. So the group from Orlando meet up with us in Jacksonville in October for the Georgia/Florida game and we spend the weekend together there also. It is really cool getting to see them but it’s sad that I only get to see them a few times a year. I am actually thinking about taking a few days off when the semester ends and taking a little road trip down to Orlando to visit them for a weekend or something. Seems like it would be a good idea! In all I’m ready for this summer to be here very quickly so I can ultimately relax and relieve some stress!!!
Troy Maxson
I dont think that Troy Maxson is actually racist. He just deals with everything that is going on the same way every african-american did in his day. He was constantly discriminated at his job and he often wondered why he was a lifter instead of a driver at the trash company he worked for. He was a bit hypocritical, because he pushed for his family to be responsible and civil, yet he lived his life in the opposite way by rebelling against the discrimination of black workers at his job. He did say that he pretty much did not like whites, but in the same since that does not call him a racist by no means. He was dealing with a time where african-americans were given the “bottom of the barrel” and it was just the way it was. (not condoning this) You could say that he disliked white people because of the way he was treated, but not because they were white.
the first thing i saw was the gas prices…. how sad! :’(
“The only thing you got in this world is what you can sell”
I think that this kind of tells the true meaning of the whole story in Death of a Salesman. Although Willy is a confused man who is trying to make it in the world like everyone else, he is still willing to do anything for his wife and boys. You could say that Willy sells his life away when he commits suicide so that his life insurance will help save his family from this financial slump that they are in. Another way is to sort of sell Biff in that he really does love him, even though he kind of nags him about being a salesman.
I believe this relates the same way for the 1940’s and in the present time. Both are pretty similar economically. The 40’s was probably better than now economically, but in the same sense, people were still wary about how they spend/spent their money. It’s human nature anyways. But the way this relates is, when Charley says “The only thing you got in this world is what you can sell”, he means that if you show that you put everything you have in the effort to sell the “product” (product could be anything from every-day things to a person’s character) then people will be sold and buy the product. Unless you put forth 100% in your effort to sell, then it has no meaning at all and you will be unsuccessful, not only with the sale, but with life period.
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