Reflecting back on AP Language and Composition

When I first entered your class I didn't know what to expected. At first the work seemed like a lot but when you start doing it there was no problem. The things that I liked the about this year were the satire essays, the synthesis essay, and my favorite was the rhetorical analysis. I felt that they were some of my best things that I did this year. You taught us very well on the synthesis and the rhetorical analysis, but I feel like I wasn't taught enough on the argument essay. That would be one of the only things that I think you should work on is spend enough time on each essay. The imitations didn't really help us with anything, but I did like doing them a lot. I would say that this has been a great year, even though we had some challenges to get through it still was great.

Beyond the Book

7. The question of naming is an important one in Invisible Man and for African-Americans in general in light of our long history of slavery.  The narrator is nameless to his readers; he is renamed by the Brotherhood as slaves were renamed by a new master. In refusing to give us either of his names, what kind of statement is the narrator making about his identity? Assuming that the book ends on a hopeful note, do you think that one day the narrator will have a real name?

~The statement that the narrator is making is that as a black man it doesn't matter what his name was, back during that time, he was still going to be invisible with no identity. I don't think that by the end of the book he will have a name because he still didn't have a real identity to himself.

Shelby County Schools decision run to 3 Germantown Schools

In U.S. Government class we have been talking about how they are mad that the SCS has decided to keep the Germantown schools.  I feel that they don't need to be trying to make their own school districts with these schools.  We merged together for a reason so I don't think that they should be trying to change things.  Another reason why people want to make their the school their so that they won't have any blacks students in their schools. I think that they are trying to keep us away from them and all their good schools.  They already didn't want us to merge together in the first place.  They should all just deal with what is going on and try to make things better instead of running away from the problem.

Virgo: My Astrology

           Through the dates of August 23- September 22 your zodiac sign of Virgo. The Virgo is the sixth sign of the Zodiac. Those born under this sign are able communicate and use their mental skills to maximum advantage. A Virgo's brain is in overdrive most of the time, this is why we get things done. "People look up to Virgo for friends because they are straight thinkers and solve problems logically. They are truthful, loyal and determined. Some people might find them cold or emotionally detached because they live in their minds, not in their emotions and feelings."-from http://zodiac-signs-astrology.com/zodiac-signs/virgo.htm. I feel this is true. I have many friends that say I am mean but I am really not. I think that they misunderstand what I say or do and that's why they say I'm mean. I think Virgos are really good friends; they help solve problems.

"Virgo needs to get in touch with their feelings, this is why they usually seem cold or detached."- from http://zodiac-signs-astrology.com/zodiac-signs/virgo.htm. I also agree with this quote.  I try to stay away from my feeling and stay focused on other important things. I feel that most things people say about my Zodiac sign are true.