Senior Year

All throughout high school, I have waited for my senior year. No more worrying about grades, no more giant projects, and no homework to deal with. On top of all the work that I do not have, I get to leave school at 12:20 every day which is very nice. I don't know how in our last year of high school, people are still stressing about getting worked turned in, college apps, and a number of things I have heard people complaining about. I guess I have just been really lucky to get the schedule and easy workload I have right now. Getting out at 12 every day allows me to work more hours and make more money than anyone of my friends that work. I realize that senior year doesn't mean the end of work forever, but it is still nice to finally get a break and be able relax more often instead of wondering whether I was going to do my homework every day. Senior year has definitely been one of the best years of my life and it is going to be great to look back on when I head back to school and start working.

Some may believe that being extremely intelligent would be a great thing, but both Victor and the creature prove that it isn't easy having that kind of knowledge. Victor's knowledge about creating life turned into nothing good. The creature became violent and killed Victor's brother, but Victor didn't take responsibility for his creation. Victors knowledge isolated him from his friends and family. He was so lost in his work that he lost his social life as well as becoming ill. His illness eventually led him to his death. The extreme amount of intelligence that Victor had led him to his death, because he couldn't balance his knowledge and social life.

Like Victor, the creature contain the amount of intelligence. He learned about humans and how different he was from them. His lack of acceptance by the humans, led to his loneliness and depression. Although the creature understood his being, the humans did not and feared him. The frustration within the creature led to his violence and and anger against Victor.

Despite the idea that having great knowledge would be good, having too much leads to isolation and depression. Both the creature and Victor became emotionally isolated and depressed.
          
-Ashley M

Where Has The Time Gone?

     It seems as if underclassmen are groomed to believe that senior year is pure bliss. However, for the past couple of months, I have felt imprisoned in the suffocating blue walls of my bedroom. I feel the mental "to-do" list in my head growing, and I feel powerless and unable to prevent its proliferation. On top of everything else, I watched as the stress caused an increased amount of my precious hair to fall out in puddles on my lap, which caused me even more grief. But no matter how much I have to do, I can always think of numerous reasons to not do it. Why should I complete supplements on a Friday night when I still have 48 hours until the end of the weekend?  Maybe because when Sunday night rolls around, I am telling myself that I still have five hours until I should go to bed. Though I have always been a light sleeper, I never thought I would start averaging about four hours of sleep per night.

     Every college seems to have its own personalized set of requirements and deadlines, and with the massive number of colleges I am applying to, it feels impossible to get everything done. My original plan was to reuse a majority of my supplements for multiple schools, but no matter how tired I felt, I could not get myself to use a duplicate and risk the topic not matching up with the question provided. Now that November 1 has passed, I feel a great deal of weight lifted off my shoulders, but I still have to brace myself for the work ahead. At the beginning of the year my life seemed pretty bleak, but I am finally starting to see the light ahead.

                                                                                              Heather H. 

Always Another Side

As the creature in Frankenstein shares with Victor the tale of his whereabouts, the creature is able to portray himself in a different light. Prior to the creature's narrative Victor told of a horrid beast who was at fault for killing his little brother. Since Victor was not present during this time the story he shared was biased. Hearing the creature's point of view altered my perception of him. I empathized with the creature and felt that Victor was responsible for contributing to the creature's hate for human beings as well as the death of William and Justine. The way the novel was written is a story within a story, within a story, within a story:  the creature's narrative, Victor to Walton, and Walton in the letter to his sister. Although there is evidence that everything being said actually occurred, the story is told differently by each character. I found that this connects with reality because in any situation not one person sees something the same way as someone else- there will always be another side to every story.

-Lauren B.

Where I am From poem Ali B-

A few weeks ago we went over the Where I am From poems and I waited to post this:

I Am From
I am from remote controls
From Playstations and Call of Duty
I am from the chips hidden under the couch
I am from the fake fichus, lying all dusty in the corner

I am from donkey riding and nuclear ambitions,
From Morteza to Mehdi,
I am from the world travelers, and the high class blockbuster rewinders
From the you have an excuse for everything and the how many games do you need?
I am from getting ahead by disregarding consequences, from lying, cheating, and stealing

I’m from Tehran and the Behbahani tree
From kabobs and rice
From the bullets shooting out of my dad’s throat the time I spilled my soda during a wedding – twice
I am from the shoe box, with old baseball cards who always call my name to take them out
To satisfy my need for collectibles
I am from those moments soon to be forgotten but nevertheless always remembered




Ali B-

To be of Use response

So i didn't really know what to write so i decided to post up my poetic response to "To Be of Use"

The people I love the best
Well, they're a little eccentric
They don't worry about what people think
They're not inhibited by the woes of the world.

I Love people who are comfortable in their skin
People who are free no matter the issue, no matter what's said
People who are reliable and trustworthy.

I want to be with people who love
People UNAFRAID of emotion
People who attach themselves to the world
People who's only goal is to give and recieve love.

These are the people that I TRULY love.

So what do you guys think?

Juliette

After taking the literary movements quiz, i realized that you cant be prepared by memorizing a study guide. The actual test was nothing anyone expected and had almost nothing to do with memorizing the chronological order of the literary periods. Even though most people had the order memorized, the test was more question based and actually a little easier than expected. Hopefully the literary periods will help us understand how literature changes as time changes. With every major event in the world comes a new literary period to reflect it. For example, after every major war a new type of literature and poetry was shaped around post war and how dramatically things can change over time. Even different races had different periods of their own opinions. The Harlem Rennaisance was literature from African Americans voicing their opinion on freedom and civil rights, which was one of the biggest issues in America at the time. As time continues to pass, new forms and genres of literature will constantly be created to reflect different events all over the world.