First Quarter This first quarter of school has taught me so much more than I have learned compared to any school year in the first quarter especially in English class. I have learned many techniques of how to write much more effectively and how to structure essays to catch the reader’s attention. I have also learned some guitar chords and how to use finger picking on the guitar. The thing that I have learned the most about though is responsibility. All three of these factors have ultimately helped me progress as far as how I think about different subjects in my everyday life. I think it is safe to say that English has by far been the most effective class of the year so far. I started out in English 1010, but I just did not cut it for the class. I really enjoyed the class and the different concepts the teacher taught, but my mind was headed in a much different direction compared to how the teacher was teaching. I like English this year so much more than I have ever liked English, because this class is much more interactive and it has helped me so much more in understanding who I am and helping understand how a lot of other people work. I could honestly say that I have hardly learned anything in all of my years of English classes. I am finally glad to be enrolled in an English class where my own opinion matters and is part of the curriculum. I am able to stay interested and I learn much more by learning about myself then learning about someone else. I think that schools need to re-evaluate how they teach English in previous grade levels a bit more because the way that they are currently teaching it was very ineffective in my experience. I feel like voicing my own opinion and thoughts helps me learn how to learn much more than being forced to learn about something that I cannot begin to care about. I probably sound like I complain too much, but I’m not I don’t really care how much time was wasted in my other English classes, I am mainly disappointed. I am disappointed in how much time schools waste with how they teach compared to what they can truly achieve by teaching a much less factory style form of busy work and large quantities of lame homework assignments and projects that don’t teach you much of anything in the end. This class has just been such a surprise to me, I did not expect this kind of learning style to take part in an English class because I am so used to constant busy work on a day to day basis. Guitar has been sort of useful for me this year. I cannot say that I like the way my teacher teaches her class either. I have really only learned a few guitar chords and how to finger pick in the class. I have also learned how to read chord charts and that is the primary reason I took the class because just knowing that can help me progress much more than what we are doing in the class. I would not recommend this class for anyone with a basic knowledge of guitar and actually wants to progress a great deal. I think that a lot of the exercises that are distributed in the classes can be effective if practiced seriously, but the way the class is taught proves to just be another waste of time. I have learned much more on my own with just researching techniques and playing styles than I have in the two months that I have been in this class. Responsibility is the biggest thing I have learned about so far this year. Now I have my own car and I am able to make many more decisions and I actually have bills to pay. Even though it sounds really nice, which it is, I now have to make so many more decisions and do things that I never expected to do. I now have to plan out how I use my money around the time that my bills are do when I used to be able to just blow all of my pay checks on drum equipment. Even though I don’t make much profit after paying off my bills, I still like the fact that I have any money to spend at all compared to being jobless. When I was jobless I felt pathetic and even though I didn’t have money, someone would always pay for me to eat and do fun activities. It wasn’t bad but I really don’t like the feeling of relying on other people to take care of me all of the time. Now that I have money though it is just another factor in my life that I need to take care of in order to keep my life in line, if I were to lose my job by chance, my life would be in a downward spiral. My job is basically what runs my life, I could not function today if I did not have a steady income. I would have to completely change my lifestyle to continue my life and keep my sanity without a job. I feel like everything I have learned this year has really played a major factor in my everyday life. From English to guitar to work I have learned so much and I could never compare it to any other year that I have been alive. I think of the world from a completely different standing point and I don’t think I am planning on changing that any time soon for anything in the world. I think I have reached my highest point in life or my highest point of a chaotic life before insanity sets in to haunt me. I actually wouldn’t mind going completely insane either though because it would definitely change my way of thinking and create another interesting turn in my life.
This first quarter of school has taught me so much more than I have learned compared to any school year in the first quarter especially in English class. I have learned many techniques of how to write much more effectively and how to structure essays to catch the reader’s attention. I have also learned some guitar chords and how to use finger picking on the guitar. The thing that I have learned the most about though is responsibility. All three of these factors have ultimately helped me progress as far as how I think about different subjects in my everyday life.
I think it is safe to say that English has by far been the most effective class of the year so far. I started out in English 1010, but I just did not cut it for the class. I really enjoyed the class and the different concepts the teacher taught, but my mind was headed in a much different direction compared to how the teacher was teaching. I like English this year so much more than I have ever liked English, because this class is much more interactive and it has helped me so much more in understanding who I am and helping understand how a lot of other people work. I could honestly say that I have hardly learned anything in all of my years of English classes. I am finally glad to be enrolled in an English class where my own opinion matters and is part of the curriculum. I am able to stay interested and I learn much more by learning about myself then learning about someone else. I think that schools need to re-evaluate how they teach English in previous grade levels a bit more because the way that they are currently teaching it was very ineffective in my experience. I feel like voicing my own opinion and thoughts helps me learn how to learn much more than being forced to learn about something that I cannot begin to care about. I probably sound like I complain too much, but I’m not I don’t really care how much time was wasted in my other English classes, I am mainly disappointed. I am disappointed in how much time schools waste with how they teach compared to what they can truly achieve by teaching a much less factory style form of busy work and large quantities of lame homework assignments and projects that don’t teach you much of anything in the end. This class has just been such a surprise to me, I did not expect this kind of learning style to take part in an English class because I am so used to constant busy work on a day to day basis.
Guitar has been sort of useful for me this year. I cannot say that I like the way my teacher teaches her class either. I have really only learned a few guitar chords and how to finger pick in the class. I have also learned how to read chord charts and that is the primary reason I took the class because just knowing that can help me progress much more than what we are doing in the class. I would not recommend this class for anyone with a basic knowledge of guitar and actually wants to progress a great deal. I think that a lot of the exercises that are distributed in the classes can be effective if practiced seriously, but the way the class is taught proves to just be another waste of time. I have learned much more on my own with just researching techniques and playing styles than I have in the two months that I have been in this class.
Responsibility is the biggest thing I have learned about so far this year. Now I have my own car and I am able to make many more decisions and I actually have bills to pay. Even though it sounds really nice, which it is, I now have to make so many more decisions and do things that I never expected to do. I now have to plan out how I use my money around the time that my bills are do when I used to be able to just blow all of my pay checks on drum equipment. Even though I don’t make much profit after paying off my bills, I still like the fact that I have any money to spend at all compared to being jobless. When I was jobless I felt pathetic and even though I didn’t have money, someone would always pay for me to eat and do fun activities. It wasn’t bad but I really don’t like the feeling of relying on other people to take care of me all of the time. Now that I have money though it is just another factor in my life that I need to take care of in order to keep my life in line, if I were to lose my job by chance, my life would be in a downward spiral. My job is basically what runs my life, I could not function today if I did not have a steady income. I would have to completely change my lifestyle to continue my life and keep my sanity without a job.
I feel like everything I have learned this year has really played a major factor in my everyday life. From English to guitar to work I have learned so much and I could never compare it to any other year that I have been alive. I think of the world from a completely different standing point and I don’t think I am planning on changing that any time soon for anything in the world. I think I have reached my highest point in life or my highest point of a chaotic life before insanity sets in to haunt me. I actually wouldn’t mind going completely insane either though because it would definitely change my way of thinking and create another interesting turn in my life.