REFLECTION #1

           This year has certainly been different from others. We have all made our sacrifice. But thanks to those sacrifices we have been given an opportunity. For the students that go to Santa Maria high school now have a chance to learn another way. I am one of  those students. This program offers me a way to make learning exciting and interesting to me. It lets me connect my boring regular high school classes to things that I want to do in life. I can still learn the basic classes but I can also learn a lot more. 

        For starters we are about one week into the program. I can say it has been easier to get in contact with my teacher and ask questions. Before I was needed to email multiple teachers and which they wouldn't reply when I needed them to. Also before I was needed to wake up at different times every morning. My sleep scheduled was often messed up. That when it came to the end of the week my body felt sore and my head felt like it was over worked. I always felt like after I got one assignment done there was a pile waiting for me. 

        I have always wanted to learn Korean. I've been fascinated with there culture and language ever sense I was a little girl. In high school you need two years of foreign language at the regulars high school classes they only offer Spanish or French. But with this program I can learn Korean and it counts. I get to do something I enjoy and still get the credits I need to pass high school 

        Another thing I wanted to try was coding. I was always fascinated by the way computers worked. I one day want to be able to fix my own computer and not have to pay lot of money for it. Coding was interesting to me. In a way coding is math. I can learn coding and math because they go hand in hand.

        Engineering teaches me math and physics. I need to know slope and algebra so solve how of a material I need or how much space there is. In engineering its problem solving just like math. Your given a difficult situation and now you need to solve it. With math to solve a problem you need to use numbers and with engineering you use materials. 

        I also wanted to do student exchange. This year I wanted to go to South Korea. When I go there I will learn about there culture and there way of life. I will learn there history. Like how they are still at war with North Korea. Koreans have such a different way of living than us and I want to experience that.  

Overall I fell like this program gives me the opportunities that I need to accomplish my goals. 

MUSIC PLAYLIST ( January 2021)

   Music playlist Summary:              

      I have always wanted to share my music playlist for the month. So every month I will make a post and post my top 10 favorite songs for the month. It will include the songs and the artists so you can listen to them. Now, a disclaimer: some of these songs aren't going to be the most recent ones. Some of them will most likely be older songs.

     What are your favorite songs? Please leave your favorite song in the comments. There will be a special category where I put the song suggestion you guys leave for me. I hope you enjoy this and have a lot of fun. 

January playlist: 

1) Fall -- Exo 

      

(694) EXO Fall (Color Coded Hangul/Rom/Eng Lyrics) - YouTube

                                                                                                                     2) MKTO--Classic 

                                          (694) MKTO - Classic (Lyrics) - YouTube 

3) Blackpink-- How do you like that 

(694) BLACKPINK "How You Like That" (Color Coded Lyrics Eng/Rom/Han/가사) - YouTube

                                                                                                                      4) BTS-- Heartbeat 

(694) BTS (방탄소년단) ‘Heartbeat (BTS WORLD OST)’ 💜 Lyrics [Color Coded Han_Rom_Eng] | minamochi - YouTube

5) Zhang Bichen-- Listen to snow 

(694) ● Listen to Snow ● Zhang Bichen (Chi/Pinyin/Eng) - YouTube 

                                                                                                                     6) NF --Time 

                    

                                                  (694) NF - Time (Lyrics) - YouTube               

7) Miguel -- Sure Thing                                                       

(694) Miguel - Sure Thing (Lyrics) - YouTube

                                                                                           8) Henry -- Its You 

(694) 헨리 (HENRY) – It’s You Lyrics While You Were Sleeping OST Part 2 - YouTube

9) Philips Philips -- Gone Gone 

(694) Gone, Gone, Gone - Phillip Phillips (Lyrics Video) - YouTube   

                                                                                                10) Billie Eilish--  You should see me in a                                                                                                                                           crown 

(696) Billie Eilish - you should see me in a crown (Lyrics) - YouTube

FINAL REFLECTION FOR WORLD LITERATURE 2020-2021

         This semester was unlike any other. It was very complicated and stressful and for some students it was very depressing. There were certain classes that just gave you your assignments and called it a day. There were others that helped you threw it and spent time out of there day to help you. 

         From the begin I  knew this class was different. I knew it was different by it being the only class that didn't use canvas. But a different place that is easier for students to navigate.  Not only that but it was easy to make a meeting with our teacher. He was available most of the time. So when we did meet him he listened. To took into consideration what the students said. This has been a really  hard time on most students so it was nice to see a teacher make an effort to get to knows. As well as hep us out he went out of his way to make a work product page for students. It wasn't necessary for him to make but he did it because he saw that his students were struggling. 

        Looking back the most meaningful moment was when we are a class were all able to voice our opinions. In most zoom calls students wont participate. To be honest most students will feel discouraged and unmotivated to try in class. But in this class students turned on there mic and some even turned on their cameras. It was meaningful to see that some students haven't given up. But instead they put in more work. One time a few girls even shared their dream job. I thought it was cool that they felt secure enough to share that with us. 

    Out of all the work I have done so far I am most proud of is the journal entrees that I did. Some of them were scary stories others were personal times that I went threw but I was happy to share them. In the beginning it was difficult to know what to write so most of the time. But as the class went on I just wrote my own ideas down. It in its self gave me my own sense of freedom and a calming sense of stress relive. I felt like it was a way to release stress for me. 

    I wish I could've tried more. I wasn't able to give my best for this class. There are some missing assignments I still haven't done. Even like blog post I haven't got to or like other things as well. I also wish I could've done better effort in my journal entrees. I know that are mistakes in some and that some aren't that interesting for others to read. 

    As I look for ward to the future I learned how to look more in to something I read. To look in between the lines and try to understand the authors point of view. most of the time I read I usually only pay attention but this taught me how to look from the author view and how to see why the author said this or chose to put this. doing this can help me by learning to read a persons personality. It teaches me to pay attention to the little things. 

    A text that I read this year was Five ancestors: Tiger. when I was reading this book I really needed to use a symbolism. In the book the author used the weapons that the monks use as a symbol. I enjoyed that book so I read the next one in that series it was called The five ancestors: monkey. The theme to this book was relatively different from others. It told the same story but from a different character prospective. It was vey interesting to read so I read the next book in that stories which was The five ancestors: Snake. With this book I had to use characterization. The snake in this book was different and he was a little bit odd for a character. Over all I suggest for you to read this book series. It talked about 5 young monks going on a journey. Plus you can even learn so Chinese along the way.  

Spooky Entrees ( WARNING READ AT YOUR OWN RISK ) Journal Entrees

 October 1st

Entry: Elizabeth Bathory 

She is nicknamed the "blood countess". Elizabeth Bathory is one of the earliest to be recorded in history as a Serial Killer. She was born in 1560 in the kingdom of hungry. Also she was born into one of the most prominent families of central Europe at the time. Her parents were actually first cousins. Which many historians believed may have contributed to her violent seizures she frequently had. Back then one way they used to treat this was to drink the blood of a non-epileptic person. Which is to believed to have inspired her lust for toured and killing. She mainly focused her toured on young peasant girls. She felt they were easy to disposed of. Her toured chaining victims until there wrist were purple, sticking needles underneath there finger nails. And even forcing them to cook and eat there own body parts. She was believed to have killed more than 650 people in a span of 20 years. 

Entry: La Planchada  

La Planchada is a Mexican ghost story of a nurse who is often seen in hospitals. The story takes place in the 1930s. It tells a tale of a nurse who took great pride in her job. Always made sure her uniform was clean, crisp, and perfectly ironed. She ended up falling in love with one of the doctors at the hospital. they were engaged shortly after that. The doctor left town to attend a medical seminar. Weeks went by an she hasn't heard from him. She had found out that the doctor married someone else. The nurse was extremely heartbroken. She feel into such a deep depression that she started to neglect her patients. Soon enough one of her patients passed away. Then she got sick and passed away. It is reported that when a nurse neglects one of her patients, This ghostly nurse takes care of them instead. When patients are asked how they miraculously recovered they say " a nurse came in and healed me !" 

Searching ( Essay)

  

            Have you ever wondered what the world would be like if everyone got along and the world was at peace? What if there was a way, we could do that. We look at arguments as a way of fighting but what if we look at it as a way of searching. If we look at it as a way of searching, we could motivate others, make our own lives better, and unite. We could use theses to stop arguing and work together.  

              

             How does searching for the truth make our own lives better? While for starters searching for the truth can be seen as a way of having your amends to yourself. Making amends to yourself can be really healing. A lot of us keep pent up emotions in us and memories that haunt us. If we make amends to ourselves and work on ourselves better this could help us improve our personality. Also searching for the truth in our own lives can make us feel proud you will find something in you that you never thought you could find before.  

               

                 How do you searching for the truth to make our country better? Well we could start off by saying it would Unite people together. Many people are separated by their color of the skin, by the race who they are, by their gender, and many more. But if we all search for the truth in our country it will Unite us, and we'll be able to make more decision together. For example, we get to choose the next president. If we all look at the facts and try looking at it from different angles instead of just looking after one angle, we could discover something different about the person instead of something we've heard. The truth unites us together so we could make a better place. 

 

How does searching for the truth make the future secure for the next generation?  For instance, it could teach the next generation that working together and being united would make a brighter future for us. This shows that people of the many different race can work together and not against each other. It also proves that people of the next generation can look forward to being in a better place. They will get to make better decisions for our country. Also lead our country into a world of greatness. For example, the next generation can work together by making a way to improve health care.  

   

I believe that if we all look inside of us, and work together we could make this a better place for the next generation. We could prove that arguing isn't all about fighting but it could be about searching. That if you let the bad stuff go, and work with someone without caring about their race we could make this world a better place. To where waking up in the morning isn't all bad. This is how we could make this place better with our fighting but with searching.  

Hack to school answers

1. What has been the hardest part of starting school during the pandemic? 

The hardest part for me is not being in a classroom setting. I work better and more efficiency in a classroom. 

2. What have you enjoyed the most about starting school during the pandemic? 

The most enjoyed part is that I am home more and that I don't have to get ready everyday. I could just go in Pajamas no one will notice. 

3. What are your goals in this course this year? What do you want to learn or get better at? 

During this course my goal is to learn more about writing. I want to lean about how i van make my writing more easier and enjoyable. 

4. What's one habit you can start, stop, or improve to support your success? 

One habit I can start is going to bed at a earlier time, One habit I can stop is Procrastination, and a habit I could use for success is to be more organized. 

5.What grade do you expect to earn on the semester report card ? 

The best grade that I can get. I want to have A. But if I don't get the grade I want as long as I know I did my best to earn the grade I got. 

My Opinion Rights

For the most part I agree with "The Right to my Opinion". I think that we all should have the right to express what are feeling openly. But if you are to explain your feelings have a back up. Without a back fact or something to back it up it would basically be a statement with no evidence or reasoning. These are simply just my feeling on the subject.