In this class, I had a lot of fun. I really enjoyed creating this blog and being active on it. I feel I did good in this class with writing my papers. During class I was always really engaged in what we were doing and learning. When writing my papers I put in a lot of effort and really loved doing it. But I’ll have to admit, my biggest challenges was having to write a specific paper where I wasn’t the one to decide what it was about. For me I have always been the kind of writer who has a story to tell. So for me being given a certain topic was hard, but I always found a way to work around that.

If I could rate my performance I’d give myself a B overall, because some of papers weren’t as good as the others. But if it was just were I could write whatever I wanted to write then I’d give myself an A, because then all my papers would be, to me at least, really good.

From this class I have grown stronger in my reading and writing skills. I learned a new way to look at what the author is trying to say while reading their work and what their thought process might have been. I have also learned new ways to write and how to show my thinking process while writing my story.

I’d have to say the area I felt most confident about was my blog post during the final project where I talked about my grandpa. My favorite two paragraphs from that post are: “The way he carried himself with so much grace and kindness was unbelievable. He had an amazing sense of humor, a big heart, and a spirit like no other. But when I was in third grade he got diagnosed with stage 3 prostate cancer. But he never let that break who he was. He was so strong about it. Yes, he tried to get treatment to help cure it or give him at least some more time, but in the end he lost that battle”.
“On January 5, 2011, he passed away. I was in 4th grade at the time, in the middle of snack time, and I didn’t even know yet. But as I was sitting in snack time at 1 in the afternoon, this giant wave of sadness hit me and I started crying. I didn’t know why or what was going on I just knew that I had this feeling that my life has forever changed and not in a good way”. Not too many people out there are able to talk about something like this. But I don’t see it as something sad. I am grateful for the time I spent with him. I am confident about this because he was my everything and still is to this day, and he is forever the person who changed my life. He’s forever my biggest role model.

I’d have to say my proudest post is the week 5 final project post. I’ve never been able to explain what goes on in my head but in that post I did. My favorite two paragraphs are:

My life, if I am going to be completely honest, hasn’t been sunshine and rainbows. As you already know I was severely bullied growing up, and I suffered a major loss as a kid. But, I also struggle in many other ways too. 

For me, I have my days where the absolute last thing I want to do is get up out of bed. No, not because I’m to comfy or I want to sleep more, but because that can be the hardest part of my day. But, I do it, I get up and get ready. Many people think that it’s because my parents make me. When in reality it’s because even tho I don’t have the drive to, I still fight the thing holding me back. WEEK 5: FINAL PROJECT

Id have to say overall this class was amazing. I have learned so much about myself and broke myself out of my shell. The final project was my favorite. I was able to tell my story and share it with out any shame or fear.