Roy’s English Blog

 Summary: Today we were supposed to do an assignment about a story called A Rose for Emily, but one, I wasn’t here for the first part, and two, we didn’t even get the right set of questions. Reflection: I think he said this is the last week that I have to do these, which is nice because every day in 5th period I remember that I have to do this, and because of my love for instant gratification, I decide “I’ll do it in 6th period”. It follows that I do not do it in 6th period. Evaluation: I can’t really focus on any other class at all this week but AP Psych. Because until Tuesday, I hadn’t actually started studying for the test on Thursday. But this weekend, the plan is to do ALL of the work from the last week, projects included. Which, I suppose is easier said than done, but I spent the last 8 days on AP Classroom. Anything is better than this. Reveal: I’ll be damned if I don’t do well on this exam. I think I deserve it.

 I had the AP Gov exam today, and wasn’t here for class. I’ll also be doing the same thing for Thursday and Friday.

 Summary: Today we did the presentation we were supposed to do like 4 years ago where we copy information from the career stuff to a Powerpoint. Reflection: I was just doing math practice for the first 20 minutes of class, because I didn’t think the powerpoint would take a long time. And I was right. Evaluation: Honestly, I don’t know why this was such a priority. It’s just a reiteration of information from a different assignment. Maybe it has something to do with time constraints that it doesn’t make sense to me as-is. Reveal: I am so locked in, I am honed in, and I am tapped in.

 Summary: Today we wrote a short poem based on what we read on Tuesday. We also had to pick an image from online to write the poem about, whether to represent a theme or illustrate an image in the poem. Reflection: I mean, descriptive imagery is really fun when I GET TO CONTROL IT. So this one was enjoyable, because I got to choose the scene. And today was a very “walking home from school on a slightly rainy and uneventful day” day. Evaluation: I was worried to write another poem because I don’t actually like writing poetry (it just feels weird and pretentious for me), but this kind was better suited to my taste. Reveal: I’m tapping in for the SAT rematch this weekend. I did a reading practice test today for it and i got a 770 out of 800. Although, the math came in at 520, so I do need to work on that.

 Summary: Today we didn’t have WiFi, so we had to do a stock poetry assignment which I actually thought was interesting. The poem was “The Great Figure” by William Williams. Reflection: I really like the atmosphere of a rainy night on an empty road in a city. I don’t know why. I think it’s just cozy- aside from the implication of frequent crimes. Evaluation: I can’t say I’m surprised that you just had a poem in reserve for a day like this, but at least it was a good one. I’m also proud of the drawing I did, even if it was only because I was bored of studying and wanted to do something with my hands. Reveal: I’m honestly starting to feel better about the AP Exams. I’m studying like a *REDACTED* this week and it’s already looking better for me.

 Summary: Today we had to do another thing about college. This time it was about schools we might want to go to, as opposed to jobs we might want to work. Reflection: Even though they’re all pretty out there for me, I chose Georgia Tech, Emory, and University of Georgia for my examples. The only real reason is that I’ve toured them, but other than that it’s just the first 3 I saw on the list. Evaluation: I can’t say I haven’t done this exact same series of assignments for at least 3 other teachers, but O don’t really see anything else we could be doing to occupy our time after the EOC (except maybe, like, studying for the real final exams) Reveal: Next week is going to SUCK