Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Article Response

https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2017-03-27/trump-signs-legislation-rolling-back-obama-era-regulations

The author of this article is making nullified regulations knows to the readers. He/she wants to make sure that the readers understand the main reasoning behind these decisions. The author also wants to further explain the decisions a little bit more. He/she gives background details about the points to help the reader learn more.

I believe that this article is well written. Even though certain things within the articles work could be controversial, it is a well written piece of writing. The author deserves to be rewarded for his or her work and time that was put into writing this. This piece is written to further the knowledge of others.

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Comments

Ricky: https://rickyenglish1.blogspot.com/2017/03/learning-reflection.html?showComment=1490223125293#c3602395004857681827

Free Post

Poetry is something that I am highly passionate about. It is my version of "hunting" or "fishing" or "shopping" or something like that. In order to write poetry I have to be 100% ready to commit. When I actually write the work, the words flow out of me. When I finish a poem I go back and either delete all of it or delete some of it or maybe just change a lot about it. Poems are never finished.

I am never content with the way my poems turn out. For instance, an important person in my life asked me to write a poem about hunting for them. I said yes and spent 3 hours working on it the first day. Then the next day I can back to it and decided it was horrible and that I hated it. It wasn't my best work. I was a failure, but I sent him the poem to show what I had so far. By surprise he really enjoyed it and said that I had a talent, but for me it still wasn't good enough. It might sound stupid or something to think of writing as a skill or a hobby but to me it isn't just those things it's also a very important part of my life.

Refection

So I don't try my hardest in school because I feel that if I try and then I fail then I'm a complete failure. That isn't smart I get that, but sometimes life isn't smart. I've decided that I'm going to try my absolute hardest and that if I fail then whatever because life sucks and failure is real so I have to learn to deal with it.

Life is made up of many parts, some being: failure, change, loss, hurt, hate, love... etc.. but at the time that these things are happening we might not always think about them and how they affect our future. Change happens for a reason. Failure makes you know not to fail again. Loss makes your stronger. These things are all part of life and in the past month or so I have realized that. So I am trying to change who I am and make an effort to succeed and not think about failure.

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Free Post. (makeup work) 1/30

Growing up sucks. I hate having to buy clothes, I hate having to meet new people, I hate having to learn how to work with others. My mom always says "Bea don't say hate, hate is a strong word," and I get that but sometimes its the only word that is circling around in my mind. I get that this blog looks like omg Bea's messed up... but really my only point is that I'm soooooo tired of having to grow up.

Change can be good, but not all change IS good. Take forced change for instance. Being forced to change something about yourself, or about the way that you do or approach something can suck. Having someone else tell you what to change about yourself. Where do they get off saying that stuff. But in the end everything happens for a reason. And even if I hate it... Change is necessary in the end.

Response. (makeup work)

During the research paper research process I had difficulty reading the information. It was hard for me to think about people going through such a horrible event, and then having to learn to cope with it afterwards. Sometimes during my research I would have to stop and take a break because of the information that I was reading. My topic really had an impact on my heart and I was very interested in it even though it was tough at times to have to read.

Another thing that I struggled with was making the website. I love technology and so I chose to make the website. It was a fun way to be able to express my creative abilities while also sharing this touching information with my peers. After a while the website began to work slower because of all the information that I had added to it. I guess it was good that I had that much information, but it wasn't fun to have to wait 5-10 minutes for my computer to load the website.

Monday, March 6, 2017

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hurt
thats how I felt when you betrayed me
betrayed us
betrayed yourself

choices
need time, thought, consideration
choose one thing
lose another

laughter
no longer a factor
when our faces
reach disaster

words
spoken through lies
hiding behind a cover
shielded
fake
blind

loss of words, loss of trust, lack of friendship

Song

Crossfire, by Stephen, has a complex rhyme scheme. Certain lines rhyme, but others do not.
The lines: 
Heaven if you sent us down
So we could build a playgroundFor the sinnersTo play as saintsYou'd be so proud of what we madeI hope you got some beds aroundCause' you're the only refuge nowFor every motherEvery childEvery brotherThat's caught in the crossfireThat's caught in the crossfireI'd trade my luck to knowWhy he's caught in the crossfireAnd I'm here wakin' upTo the sun and the sound of birdsSociety's anxiety

rhyme, but lines before and after do not. This song is about someone who wakes up and realizes that the world isn't so great. That the streets are filled with tyranny and that people turn against one another.


The beginning of the song says:
He'd trade his guns for love But he's caught in the crossfire And he keeps wakin' up
But it's not to the sound of birds The tyranny The violent streets Deprived Of all that we're blessed with And we can't get enough, no

This brings the idea of giving up everything for love, but being betrayed by others. To me this song has a deeper meaning than just to be a brilliant piece of music. It was made to help persuade people to work on how we treat others and improve the way the the world works together.

https://www.musixmatch.com/lyrics/Stephen-4/Crossfire