watch?v=lFHk6sw1gzI is a link to a fitting video. In the Roles and Responsibility unit we took tow poems that had a similar meaning. One of these titled “Paper Matches” a young girl narrates it and is noticing that roles of males and female are different. She doesn’t like it and feels that she is being used, just like a paper match. The other poem “St. George” was similar in meaning. In myth St. George was supposed to have slain a mighty dragon making himself a hero. In this story a girl and a dragon are best friends, but a brave knight comes along one day and kills the dragon. The girl is sad at this and despises the knight for it going against traditional roles. We also read the story, “Everyone Talks Loudly In Chinatown” about a young Chinese girl who was stuck in a world of tradition, but longed to live a modern life. Against her parents will she started dating a white boy. All these stories dealt with people going against traditional values and moving into more modern ideas, which was kind of annoying seeing as all the issues seemed petty, to me anyway. This unit was alright, but defiantly my least favorite of them all. Here is a link to a relate arcticle. This is a comment.

watch?v=EHwoRFe70jk is a part of the movie The Miracle Worker. In the Values and Goals there were many things that I learned. It awakened a realization that the world I live in has lost most of its moral values. I discovered that to be one who cares about morals is one who is rarely found now in our generation. The story that we read about Helen Keller was amazing. I wouldn’t have believed it possible that one with so many troubles could overcome in such a wonderful way. I enjoyed it much!  The story that we read about poverty was very touching as we read of one woman’s desperate struggle with circumstances beyond her control. I couldn’t help but feel for her! I thought the poem “The World Is A Beautiful Place” was very striking. It sung an ancient chorus that is not realized enough by our generation. That is past all the fun and excitement of the moment past all the fun and joy we are still humans and still have an appointment with death. Our panel discussion was ok, but in my opinion some of the questions went overboard. After it is all said and done I enjoyed this unit that we did! Here is a discussion on morals. This is a comment.

watch?v=tNGGvGth6ds&fmt=18 is the trailler for the movie To Kill A Mockingbird. In the unit Looking Back and Looking Forwards, as a class, we read and discussed the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. This book gave us all so much into a past world that was not so very long ago. The book explores the racial issue found in the United States that led to much conflict between the black and white peoples. The story was fascinating because it was told from the innocent eyes of a little child who narrated what she saw, not what she understood. The novel was completely captivating as it told many stories of the prejudice that many people had in days past. Scout and Jem are two little childre3n growing up in Alabama with their lawyer daddy Atticus. Atticus exposes the children to a horrible world of unfairness when he takes on a case where he must defend a black man against a white mans word.

I thought that this story was very well written and was so powerful because its storyline was so sad. One couldn’t help feeling sorry for those who were hurt mentally, physically and emotionally by the cruelty of others. I learned a lot about what I would do in situations like it by trying to read myself into the story. I really enjoyed the Looking Back and Looking Forward unit! Here is an arcticle dissucsing the themes of To Kill A Mockingbird. Here is a comment.

watch?v=6h7KG_Ni-DgHere is a funny video about a curious child. In this ELA 20 unit about reflecting on the past it has really made me think about my own childhood. It has been neat to see how, really, it is hard to trust our memories when we have become so different with time. All the things we have done in childhood seem so far away because everything we used to do then we no longer do. I like the story “Back to Wolf Willow” because it made this point clear. Then when we wrote are own essay’s it brought it down home and you could actually see in your own life how things are very different from childhood. It was a really great unit I enjoyed it. This is an article about one person who decided to go back home: Going Back Home. This is a link to a comment.

watch?v=VLBsAPZ2DDE is a video about childhood experiences! In the Wonder and Imagination in Childhood unit I learnt the meaning of innocence of youth! Watching those grades ¾ kids read out the Screaming Millie poem with no shame was quite something thing to see. I hope nobody every used my youthful innocence to get me to do stupid stuff (sadly this is not the case lol)! I remember once when I was a kid my sister got me to take pictures with pretty little flowers everywhere because it was so cute. After doing the study on fairy tails, I was kind of glad Winnie the Pooh was my favorite show growing up. Those fairy tails are scary! Summing it all up, what I got most from this unit was that kids don’t really consider what they are doing, they just do it if it is right for them. This is an article about the topic that we had on Fairy Tails: Fairy Tails Good or Bad? This is a link to a comment

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