THE MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE

In class we had a discussion about emails. Right after that discussion I learned that what we consider "private" messages are not exactly private. I also learned that the channel or in other words medium that we use in order to send messages can change the meaning or connotation of the message. Then it got me thinking that I already knew that anything we put out online is not safe at all. But, I never realized that our messages change depending on the platform we use according to my teacher.
For example, when I text my friends on messages, Instagram, or Snapchat I don't use proper grammar and I use abbreviation. But, when I write an email or text my mom or older relatives I use proper grammar and I don'y abbreviate.

SO THIS GUY GOES FOR A WALK

We started reading Goodman Brown and right off the bat there were a lot of thought going on in my head.
For example, as we were reading the beginning of the story it started off kind of in an awkward position. So the story stars off with a couple saying goodbye to each other because Goodman Brown had to leave to go somewhere. So me being the reader I immediately have a lot of questions like you is this couple, where is Goodman Brown going, is he really going to leave his wife. As we continue with the story we find out that the wife's name is Faith.
Now the story doesn't mention any details about Faith it only mentions that she wears a pink ribbon in her hair and that's about it no other details about her. Continuing the story it keeps mentioning the ribbon so I automatically know it's significant and symbolizes something.
While reading the story it start to get eerie because there are actions and thought that have no explanation.
Although we still haven't finished the story I can't wait to find out what's going to happen.

YOU ARE NOT ENTITLED TO YOUR OPINION

Have you ever relied that your not actually entitled to your opinion. Now I know what I just said might sound offensive to some people but it's the truth. Now a days we become more and more closed- minded to the things we believe and as the days go on and we become more sensitive to the world and its words. Once we set our minds on a goal or achievement we tend to close everybody else opinion on the subject because we consider our self right and everybody else wrong. But, when you close everybody off you're missing out on a new perspective or new information. Before I read "The Right To Your Opinion" made me realize how wrong I had been this whole entire time. Now that I look at it even if we argue about our opinion that's OK because that's how you find the truth.

SOCRATIC SEMINAR PART 1

Socratic Seminar main topic: Why is love involved in all types of art?

• Love is one of many relatable feelings in the world
• Everybody understands it and has gone through it in their lifetime
• It's one of the things that makes us human 
• even if it's good or bad it leaves us with an impact on our life
• There are many kinds of love for many different kinds of things whether it be people or objects

HACK TO SCHOOL

Dr. Preston's AP English class at SMHS is all about helping us improve our comprehension of not only reading but writing as well. But, it's not the usual textbook and paper kind of way. Dr. Preston's way of helping us is through making a blog were we can express out thoughts and opinions.

So far there isn't anything hard we had to do and there isn't much work either. The easiest part of this class is as I have mentioned before is that instead of using a textbook and paper where there is only one right answer our class went into the direction of creating our own blogs wee we express our thoughts and opinions and it's not considered right or wrong.

I would say the only hard thing is that since our blogs are online and not physically in our hands you tend to forget that it's there. So without having my blog physically there I have no reminder to do it.

Learning is not a one time thing it's a never-ending cycle that helps us as we grow older. It's important to ask questions because that's how you learn and grow as a person.

I AIN'T GOT TIME FOR THIS

Most of my time allocations goes towards my education/studying family time, and other activities/relaxation. Although I have many things to do I try and balance them as best as I could with the amount of time I have or get. So far my main goal is to get into a college to pursue my career. So I'm trying hard to do my assignments and other work so my grades look impeccable so it looks good on my college resume. I like to think that I use my time efficiently bu there are those time I do procrastinate. Sometimes its really hard to balance the schoolwork, homework, and other activities. It's hard because do to all the work I do I sometimes miss out on family events and parties. One day I hope all the hard work pays off.

I CARE ABOUT YOUR UNDERSTANDING

Today I am writing with the intention of being understood. I'm not just writing this post because it's part of my English assignment but to express myself and get thoughts out of my head. Sometimes on this blog there will be post, responses to work we read in class or by yourself, and on occasions videos will be posted. Even when I'm writing this my mind is thinking on so many other things that I'm loosing my train of thought. So even though my post may not be in order and are scattered around I hope you understand it at least a little and try to get a peak into how I think and express myself.