Hmmm... who am I thankful for?

It might just surprise you how many people other than your family and close friends you are really thankful for. In our class, there are several people I'm thankful for.

Indigoe Timms- Also known as "E" in our class is definitely someone I'm thankful for. This is the second year in a row I've had an English class with her and I can already tell it is going to be another good year. I love the fact she sits right in front of me making it very easy to communicate with her in class when I need to[and when I don't :-)]. She's super fun to be around and American Lit just wouldn't be any fun without her.

Natalia Kata- I know we only met this year, but I'm glad that we did. You are extremely funny and I love the comments you make during group work time when you and Joanne come sit against the window :-) I definitely wish you sat closer to me in American Lit and Chem, but then again I feel like we would get separated for talking and laughing to much in our little area, and then that would suck. Anyway, I looking forward to knowing you better during the year!!!

Joanne Bryja- OMG Are you talking about the super cool girl I definitely had Biology with last year? YEH!! It's guaranteed that anytime I'm around you, I'm going to be laughing. I love how sometimes we get so off topic in American Lit. And I love you for the time you were playing with the little fringe things on my boots and I could not even finish whatever I was writing from laughing. Anyway I really hope that we become closer this year! :-)

Thomas Pietryla-What happened to my cookies that I thought I convinced you to bring me? :-) I only met him this year, but I have almost every class with him so we have ample amount of talking time. If it wasn't for Tom, I would be really bored in so many classes, especially World Studies which he is so AWESOME at!!! I mean every quiz we have, he does well. Soon enough, I'm going to need him to tutor me. :-) Anyway, We always have good conversations especially in Pre-Calc. I feel like we are never paying attention in that class because we are always talking or looking at the clock. :-) Anyway I'm really thankful that I know him and I'm looking forward to classes the rest of the year.

I Am A Plow

I am a Plow. Currently I'm sitting in the warehouse waiting to be shipped off. The plow next to me told me that today would probably be the day that we were shipped off to various places. I guess I'm excited to meet my new owner and find out where I will be staying for a little while. I just hope I don't accidentally mess up or break down. I heard one time, a plow completely broke down on the job. He thought the owner might replace the broken parts and he would be ready to work again. But the owner just got really upset and sent him to a junkyard where he would rot for the rest of his life. Again I got this from the plow next to me. I'm really debating on whether to believe him or not. He's a little crazy to me.
Finally I see humans. I have no idea why it takes them so long to do things. I've been ready to leave this warehouse for HOURS! Anyway I can see the big trucks they are going to use to take us to new places. I'm in the first row so I guess that means I'm going to be one of the first ones to go. I just hope they take me somewhere nice and hot. That way when I'm working, I can get a tan! :-)

A Direction The Class Needs

There are always things about the a class that a student might not like. For example, a student might think their teacher gives way to much homework, or they have to listen to way to many lectures or they just may not like the class in general. I will admit that I have classes like this to that sometimes just make me feel like yelling about it and there are probably some things I could suggest to make these classes better.
In American Lit, I don't really have a lot of issues with the class and I really can't give a specific direction that the class needs to go in. The two things that really only bother me are journals and blogs. I'm not really the type of person that likes to do a lot of writing, discussing and explaining. I like to get straight to the point without giving any explanation which is probably why I really like math. In math, you have a problem, you have to solve it. That's it. It doesn't really matter why you do it a certain way. You only ask those questions if you are trying to be difficult.
Like I said, a specific direction I can't really give, but just some things that don't like, I can definitely think up a few things.

Modern Day Slavery

Hundreds of years ago, slavery was very popular. One example is when the Europeans were coming to America. They used the Native Americans as their slaves but they also Brought Africans on huge slave ships and in most cases, the Africans did not make the journey to the new world. In today's society I don't think we have slavery going on like it was; working all day with no pay and poor treatment. However, I do think that we might be enslaving ourselves mentally and hindering ourselves when it comes to thinking.
In the case of the Europeans and the Africans, the Europeans realized that they needed to keep the Africans illiterate or else they might figure out how they were being treated was wrong and definitely not normal. Therefore, the slaves really knew nothing.
With that example, no one else is hindering us to learn, we are doing it to ourselves. For example, cheating. When you cheat off of someone else, what are YOU learning? Nothing. You are hindering your own self and remaining ignorant about what ever the subject matter is. Another example is the fact that we are so closed minded sometimes. Because we don't try to let anything else in besides what we already know, we miss out on many learning opportunities that we could really use to better ourselves and our knowledge.
In terms of modern day slavery, the only thing I can really make a connection with is mentally and what we actually know.