I believe speech 5/24/16

                                           "I Believe In Caring For Your Sibling"

             I believe in being there for your siblings when they need you.  We have experiences that make us who we are. We all have experiences that change who we are.

             I found out that I would have a younger sibling during 2009. I was delighted. However, a thought slithered into my mind. What if I wasn't a good older brother? She was born on May 11, 2010. Eventually my sister started Kindergarten and when she would be dropped off at school she would cry, saying she did not want to go. This lasted for months. I tried to comfort her, so that she would feel better. I had to be there for my sister, since this was a traumatic moment for my her. I had to take charge, so that she wouldn't be scared. It would take some time, but we would be able to get my sister to go to school without crying.

           The situation impacted my family and through this I learned that being there for your siblings is important.

    

Final Quarter Reflection

Final Quarter reflection 

Anybody entering Mrs. Larson class should know that this class is not for the lazy and slackers. You will have homework on the daily and must be able to turn the homework in on time and the work must be high quality. One of the things to make this easier is to be organized, as their is nothing worse than not being able to find work and getting in trouble for it even if you already did it. Time management is very important, as you will have lots of work you will need to manage your time.  The final thing that a new student to Mrs. Larson class should know that if slacking off and not listening in class is not a way to succeed in this class.

The book that I enjoyed to read this year was “Sylo” by D.J Machale because the book was fun and interesting to read.  I was able to get invested into the book, as the book embodies two of my favorite genres science fiction and mystery. The book deals with the mysteries death of a fit football player that evolves into an adventure involving the government and a mysterious item that helps people become better athletes. The book has very interesting character that get you involved in the story. The book is just for a good time and I founded very enjoyable.

I believe that the hardest part of the school year was having to write my argumentative essay. It was the hardest part of the school year was the fact that I had to revise my essay multiple times until the essay was good. Making the M.L.A citation was difficult, as making the M.L.A citation on the Ipad is difficult. However I believe my argumentative essay was my best work of writing I have made this year was my argumentative essay, the reason being I worked so hard to make the essay good.

I believe I have made the biggest improvements in my writing this year. I notice when I looked back at my seventh grade blogs that I would start many sentences with “As well…” However I have found other ways to transition from sentence to sentence, while managing to keep the follow of the paragraph.  I also, learned how to properly use commons and how to properly form an independent clause. I was able to learn these things from my teacher which helped me be a better writer.

The nicest thing that anyone did for me this year was helping me in my writing. Even though it was not only one person that helped me it was the nicest thing anyone did for me. I needed help with my writing this year and when people helped me better my writing I was glad that I could get the help I needed. When I got help it made me feel great and it was very help full.

I believe that the things that I will never forgot was the party we had after we finished reading To Kill A Mockingbird. Being able to eat food from the location of TKAM, was very exciting and fun. The ability to talk with my friends in class, while eating food was a great experience. This was the one of the best parts of the year and is something that I will never forgot. 

One of the most importing things that I learned this year, was how to properly use commas and in which occasion to use them and when to not. Learning this was important as being able to use a comma properly is fundamental part of writing. The second most important thing that I learned this year was how to properly write an independent clause. I knew how to write independent clauses, however I did not know the complete and total ways to write an independent clause. The third most important thing that I learned this year was how to properly proofread an essay. I had prior experience on proof reading, however I needed more experience.

Tuesday's with Morrie project blog

My aphorism was "Money is not a substitute for tenderness, and powers is not a substitute for tenderness." The aphorism tells that money cannot replace the care of a parent or some that you care about. Money cannot replace care or tenderness because love from a loved one is a special things that can not be replaced. Power can not replace care, as well do to the fact that power cannot replace care if you are able to get what you want you cannot care and love.

My aphorism "Money is not a substitute for tenderness, and power is not a substitute for tenderness" relates to a Mexican Telenovela called "Los popres mas ricos", which translates to the "The Poorest Most Rich". The telenovela has a story of a rich and powerful family struggles to have a good family live however a poor family seems to great family live, but do not have enough to make ends meet. The rich family does not have a good family life because they try to throwoney at all their problems instead of giving love and the tender care that they needed. Throughout the telenovela the rich family lose their money and power and live with the poor family, however the rich family begins to get a better family live because they learn from the poor family. Without their money the rich family has to deal with their family problems with love and care.

I agree with the aphorism "Money is not a substitute for tenderness, and power is not a substitute for tenderness", because the love and care of a parent or a guardian is important and if you do not get that love, but money you might have a challenge growing up.  In the chapter “The Eighth Tuesdays we Talked About Money” where Morrie says, “These were people so hungry for love that they were accepting substitutes. They were embracing material things...” “But it never works.” (p.125) The quotes shows that Morrie believes that people that cannot find love try to substitute love with material things. The quote, as well shows that even with the material things they gained it cannot replace the love they did not gain. When someone is given power and uses that power to get what he/she wants will miss the tenderness that they cannot acquire.  On page 127  were Morrie says, “Mitch, if you're trying to show off for people at the top, forgot it. They will look down at you anyhow.”  Power and showing off will never get you the care of other people. Even if you try to show your power you will not get the care or tenderness of others you want it from

Without empathy a society can not function.

Tuesdays with Morriie Socratic seminar

           The past four Socratic seminars have helped me with the understanding of Tuesdays with Morrie as certain parts of the book I had trouble interpreting. Morrie tells Mitch a story as Morrie and Mitch are having one of their Tuesdays. The quote between pages 179 and 180 Morrie says, "All waves are going to be nothing! Isn't it terrible? The second wave says 'No, you don't understand. You're not a wave, you're part of the ocean." Which I did not understand until our Socratic seminar. The meaning of that story is that even though we will all die we are still part of a greater cause. This showed me that even though we will die and what we do you might not stay forever we are still part of the world helping the greater good.

          One of the big trends that I found in my work durning the Socratic seminar was that every Socratic seminar I was having more and more trouble talking. I was having trouble talking, because more and more people were talking. Another reason that I was having trouble talking was that the conversation was flowing much quicker which made it hard to talk. To solve this problem I will have to be more aggressive and quickier to start my own conversation.  I as well have to be more attentive to the situation, so that I am able to jump into the conversation. 

   One of the biggest trends that I found during the Socratic seminars was that many of the same people were talking through out the conversation. This became a problem as those same people seemed to be talking with each other and not bringing others into the conversation.  When I tried to get into conversation I would be cut off by some of the same people that were talking early.  I saw this happening to the people sitting next to or those that I could see. A way to fix this would to get the people speaking to past the discussion to those that have not talked during the seminar. 

Tuesday's with Morrie blog 4/28/16

            

Tuesday's with Morrie 

Prompt: what Tuesday has influence you the most?

Pages:81-114

        The Tuesday with the most influence was the fourth Tuesday because it talked about death.  Death has always been a topic that I have had trouble dealing with and this Tuesday helped get a better understanding. The Tuesday influence me because it helped me get a better understanding of death this is shown on page 81 were Morrie states "do what the Buddhists do. Everyday, have a little bird on your shoulder that asks 'Is today the day? Am I ready? Am I doing all I need to do? " the quote showed me that we should live life like we could possibly die. Which makes me think we should think about living are lifes to the fullest.

        The second reason I picked this Tuesday was the fact that Morrie talks about religion. however he does not have a specific religion as he borrows freely from all religions. This is shown on page 81 were Mitch says "Morrie borrowed freely from religions." Which shows that it does not matter if you follow one religion or all religions. The quote shows that you do not needed to follow anyone religion, instead take the parts that are good from a religion and use them to live your life in a better manner. The quote as well shows that as a person you do not need to follow one religion which is something I have had trouble doing.

          The final reason this Tuesday has influenced me was the fact that Morrie was living your life with meaning and not without purpose. In the book Morrie and Mitch our talking about death and Morrie tells Mitch he should listen to the parrot on his shoulder. This is shown on page "Well the truth is if you really listen to the bird on your shoulder, if you accept that you can die at any time- then you might not be as ambitious..." Which helped me to understand that sometimes trying to over achieve can cause stress which is one of the things that I have done. The quote as well shows how sometimes it is good to slack off and relax.

             

Tuesday's with Morrie bucket list

In the book Tuesdays With Morrie Morrie is diagnosed with A.L.S. and he tries his best to life his life without help. However Morrie does not care about the fact that he will die does not bother him as he feels as though his life is complete since he has lived life and has done what he wants to do.   While the narrator of the book has lived a life of regret where he decided to invest himself in his job instead of the things he wanted to do. I have many that I wanted to do before my death. If I am going to die I wanted to be able to say that I am okay with the life I have lived and have no regrets. 

Go to the Eiffel tower. 

Visit every state in the U.S

Start a family

Visit every Continent 

Run a marathon 

Run for a political spot.

Own a business

Throw the first pitch in a baseball game

Go to every major theme park in the world. 

Skydive 

Eat food from every state that is famous for

Thrid quarter reflection.

In the third quarter there has been many difficult task that I have to complete in E.L.A however the hardest one was keeping up with the work. I had to make sure that every week I had all my work. I as well had to make sure that the work is in the best quality possible, so that it can be work that I can be proud of.  To over come this problem I had to be organized to not let work sneak up on me. I as well had to be time efficient.

I believe that I have improved the most in my writing over the third quarter. One of the weakest parts of educations was writing so, I have to improve was my writing. Through the courses of the third quarter I tried to improve my writing my double checking my writing and making sure that everything was spelled. I also had to make sure that I do my best when writing the paragraph to make them cohesive.  

I am most proud of this quarter is improving my writing quality overall. The reason I am most proud of this is that being able to write is an important part of my education. Writing is important as a majority of jobs require the ability to write at an advance level. I am also proud of this do to the reason that I was able to overcome my inability to write at the best of my abilities and now I am able to do it. This has shown me I can over come other parts of my education that are as strong as they should be.