ready to read, Dr. Preston

Lets be honest, we were all scared the first day of school. August 12, 2019, I didn't know you, you didn't know me but somehow we managed to make it through 4 months without killing each other. To be honest I thought you were probably some crazy man who broke into our school pretending to be a teacher but that wasn't the case. You were just another species of teachers. I was so excited to have a teacher so laid back but at the same time really caring about how we learned. When you walked out and let us decide as a class on what we wanted to do and how we wanted to learn I thought you were going to come back in and say you were joking but I soon realized you were being dead serious. Open source learning was a new experience with the blogs and having to keep up with them everyday. The memorizing of the poems wasn't something new because I did it a lot in Jr high but having to do it in only a week was very challenging. Also having to post it on Youtube and then to our blogs was a new experience. As well as the journals everyday weren't that new because I did it a lot in avid and I got used to it. When we started doing essays and analyzing pieces of writing it got very difficult for me to stay on task because I didn't feel as if I understood any of the writings unless we did it as a class and sometimes even then I felt lost. Something that really got my attention in these writings was when I read "If you act like someone that someone else wants you to be the it diminishes you from being your true self, you put to much effort into being that and not yourself ". I really believe this is true and not many people are able to see this. Something else I wont ever forget is when you were telling us a story about when you were younger and said something like as if we felt as if were missing out on life because were too focused on school. I related to this so much because sometimes I feel as if I'm wasting my time trying my best in school but seeing you so successful and still doing the things you love really inspires me. Throughout the time we were analyzing pieces of writing I felt as if this course was getting a little to much for me to handle and I didn't feel as if I wanted to keep going with it. I knew though, that with your help and my classmates I would be able to take on any task even though it was going to be a little challenging. While I was still getting the hang of this class I had a lot of help from my classmates which really contributed to me being able to succeed in this class. I used study cards on Quizlet for my vocabulary and when it came to doing blogs I would put the title of each blog and leave it as a draft so I would remember to go back and do them. I feel as if this really helped because without it I would probably forget I even had a blog to post to. I know bad habits are hard to break but I feel as if now I am a strong minded person and I am able to control how much I procrastinate and when it comes to getting things done I can and will.

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