In week 5 we just got back from winter break and we had a shortened week with having Monday off. We turned in our TIB Digital Stories and I was pretty disappointed in mine but I wanted it turned it before it was known as late. I had some issues with my video when it somehow got deleted after I had it saved and done. After that I was in a time crunch and I had little motivation to start over completely and make it really good again. I felt bad for that but I just wanted to get in on time. This week I also heard everyone's topics of their stories and some were really interesting. I liked Eric's about the connections between people and how technology and social media is coming between that. I liked the examples we were shown in class and they really inspired me to be truly passionate in my TIB story. We also had a very interesting creative writing prompt this week with it being "Who are the people you have loved?" That's a very deep prompt if you think about it.You may have loved people that you can't stand anymore or you have lost without reasoning or before you had a chance to truly make the most out of your love. It's an interesting topic and I found myself very fond of the piece I wrote for it. I wrote quite a lot about it and it made me realize how much I've given and received so far in my life and it got me thinking about the fact that some of the people I will love most in my life I probably have never met. That's scary.
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Today everyone is seen through social media and interacted with through the internet. This trend has created a barrier between people and communication. In society today connections aren't a real thing. It's "Did you see so and so's tweet?" It's kinda sad looking at people slowly losing their communication and people skills. There's so much interaction that could be happening between people that we all miss. People were made to be social. We just need to realize that there's more to life than likes and followers. I learned about more about how to connect than actual lessons. I look at things a little more differently when I started to truly realize how little connections there were in real life between people. In class it also came very apparent and clear that High School is close to being over and I'll be moving onto the next chapter in my life. I don't quite know how the next part of my life will play out but I have an idea on what I'll be doing. I plan on taking a year off of school and pursuing my dreams of becoming a photographer. I love photography and fine a lot enjoyment in taking and viewing pictures. A picture can say a million words and a thousand stories. I love what they can mean, for example, my family has a picture of the family without being visible it's still up in every house. My great grandpa who at the time was in his 80's took the picture and got his thumb in the shot and made the rest of the family not visible. But, in the circumstance we decided to keep it and remember the day. To anyone else that picture would like a messed up picture where someone got their thumb in the way, so why keep it? Well, to us.. it has meaning. This week's blog we were given the option of just blogging about the class as a whole so far. Personally this class has been big to me, I've enjoyed the way we view things, it's quite deeper than how I usually look at things. This class has mainly exposed me to the ideas of connection and how important they are in our life today. In today's society it's more who you know rather than what we know, thus creating more vitality to person to person connections. We've done several projects in this class and they haven't been too hard although I am a slow worker when it comes to English I have been finding myself enjoying our projects but I have been late turning them in. I've also been sick and missed a lot of class and that has made certain things very difficult because I haven't been able to find much time to talk to Mr. Schoenborn about some questions that I have. I have felt bad about turning things in late and missing class because I do really like this class but I have trouble turning in work that doesn't quite match my standards. Reading has gone well and I enjoyed my SSR book a lot! I found yet another book that I can actually be immersed in and enjoy myself reading it. Our BQ books that we're reading is going quite opposite, I've found it difficult to get into the book but I'm powering through to get the paper done because I like the topic of my paper. It has to do with love and if it is a big reason for our lives. To me, personally love is one of the greatest things on Earth. It's a feeling that can't be matched. It's truly beautiful. This week I've learned a lot and it was great. As a class we learned about our This I Believe essays and we heard plenty of examples. I learned that I have plenty of stories to tell and so does everyone else. I believe that it's great for everyone to share their stories and be passionate about what they believe in to easily connect with people. Connections between us would be great for people in our class considering most people don't know each other that well even though we've been going to school together for most of our lives. Interactions between people is becoming very important today in our society considering the advancements in technology. I chose to do my "I believe" essay on music. Everything about it, including how it can influence people's decisions and feelings. Which is all based on how people interpret the music, to me it's like a very complicated puzzle. A group of people can all listen to the same song and feel differently about it, just because of how they interpret it. If someone focuses more on the beat of the music they may feel differently than the person that focuses on the lyrics. To me it's very important to listen to music because of what it can do for you. I've had many personal encounters with music personally influencing me and shaping and molding me into who I am today. |
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