Which Tuesday Has Inspired You? (Tuesday with Morrie Blog #2)

5/28/16

Which Tuesday Has Inspired You?

The first reason the eighth tuesday inspired me was when Morrie said that money was not a replacement for tenderness and/or love. This is because it is a really unfortunate really life situation and a lot of people need to learn about. Some people really want to deny and think it is not true but it really won't buy them happiness. All it will do is buy them things unnecessary things that won't really mean anything when they eventually pass. Most people don't really see the sentimental value in life and really don't value things like family or friends, all of them need to wake up and come to the realization that they are not living life like they are supposed to.

The second reason is that the eighth tuesday Morrie said to give what we have to offer. This inspires me because it tells us what most people (including me) don't do, give to your full potential. This has inspired to work harder than hardly work because I have been lazy with my work lately and I want to get better. The aphorism does tell a really good lesson and truth that such be spread to all people and teach us to give in any way we can.

The third and final reason the eighth tuesday inspires me is that Morrie says to do kind things from the heart. This is inspires me because it teaches us to do things with the most sincerness and kindest and give people hope and may be even change someone's life. To a family member, a friend, or even a stranger, do something with them or for them that will improve them and more importantly yourself, that's what we can do. It would be a better, kinder, and happier world if connected with the aphorism and went out and tried to do it.

Tuesdays With Morrie Blog #1

4/20/16
Tuesdays with Morrie Blog #1

From what I have read so far the book has really made me think. The first example of this is the idea of a living funeral. It really never hit me that the person never really gets to hear the loving and thoughtful words that are said at their funeral, so those words semi go to waste. The second thing to make me think would be how Morrie didn't want sympathy, but wanted to be treated how he has always been treated. He wanted to live the rest of his life like he regularly would and have his friends and family do the same.



I haven't really came up with a bucket list but here are a few things I have came up with. One of the things I want to do is to meet my mom's side of the family in the Philippines. This is because I don't face to face and some of them I don't know at all or exist. The second thing I want to do before I die I want to go Italy, just to see it is the entire reason I want to go there. There is small chance I have family there and if do that adds more reason to go. Third thing I would want to do is graduate college with a bachelor's degree, even if I have to push myself.

Bucket List:
- See my family in the Philippines
- Go to Italy
- Graduate College with a Bachelor's Degree
- Meet my favorite music artist(s)

3rd Quarter Reflection

4/8/16

3rd Quarter Reflection

Prompts: 

- *In what area do you think you made your biggest improvements in English Language Arts?

- *What is something you have accomplished this quarter that you are proud of?

- *What has been the most challenging part of 3rd Quarter for you and what did/can you do to help overcome this?

The area I think I have made the biggest improvement in is how to format sentences. I would usually just format them by what I think would be expected, but then learned there really was more to it. For example, when it came to introductions I just did what needed to get attention from that paragraph, then I learned that there is a really precise way of doing it. I just thought, if it sounded good I would be expecting a good grade from that introduction. How to properly do the conclusion was easy to understand when it came to the essay, and that significant helped with my writing.

I think writing the argumentative essay is what I am most proud of out of the third quarter. At first, I thought it was going to be frustratingly painful to finish, but looking back it seemed to be easy once you understood it. I was really happy with the topic I chose because I really care about the wellbeing of animals and keeping them away from all the test and experiments seemed something I was willing to fight for. It was actually really hard to find legitimately good sources and it took a long time to find information from the decent sources. Some provided more help than others and some of the things pulled out of those sources was not the best information, so I left a lot of that out. The hard work was worth it though, through the revisions the essay got better and better, which is because for some reason I just felt really focused with that project. The biggest reason I think I am proud of this is because I didn't really ignore this assignment like some others.

I think the most challenging part for the third quarter has been catching up on my reading. The battle of the books was fun for me last year because I made a good amount of progress from the start, but now it seems like I am dramatically falling behind. I think I really should just keep as much focus on this competition and really try and not neglect the little time I have left. I hope somehow I can actually break through this problem because my group and I have been through some difficulties with one of the shortest books and that set me behind. I really need to push myself more when it comes to this, I need to be more committed.