Reflection Post

Reading for me is enjoyable only when I am very in to a certain book that I like.  Normally the books that the school has chosen for me are not enjoyable to me.  On a regular basis, I usually do not have much time for reading.  When I have a mandatory goal that's set for reading, I sit down and do it but otherwise I usually don't sit down and read.  The biggest obstacles for me for not reading are soccer and sometimes just not wanting to do it.  This year while reading Fahrenheit 451 I did thoroughly enjoy the book as you had led me to believe I would.  The reading of this book would be what I consider to be the worst reading experience of the year.  I like being able to choose my books for myself because normally I think I can choose the correct topic that I think I would enjoy.  Some future goals I have for reading are that I would like to read 5 books per semester instead of just 3.



Blogging this year has been quite the experience.  Although I feel that I did not get the importance of it.  It was simply no fun for me because it seemed like a lot of extra work but it was a reason for me to read this semester.  The best part about the blogs were getting to share a new book with other classmates, the worst part was actually writing the blog.

By putting my thoughts online, it allows others to see my viewpoint on a book and possibly decide if they want to read it based on what I said.

In the coming years, I think to make blogging more part of our curriculum you would have to put more of an influence on it and make it a bigger aspect otherwise people would ignore it and put it off.


As a student, I personally have grown from last year to incorporate more studies in to my regular habits.  I feel like this year some of my best teachers have had a positive impact on me because they made me want to pay attention in the class.  If I thought the teacher was boring, then I was less eager to learn.

One of the many challenges I faced this year is essay writing because I feel I am not very good at it.  It seems harder for me than most other kids.  I feel like because of English class and Social Studies DBQs that they have helped me grow in my essay writing skills.  As a sophomore, I would like to become even better at English writing and that's why I'm taking AP US History next year.

Flyboys

      The book "Flyboys" by James Bradley is a very good book and keeps me ingaged, While I have not ventured far enough in to the book to get to the main story. At the beginning it gives a back story in the world before the war such as how Japan wanted to be an imperial power and how the Japanese wanted to instill a feeling of death is honor and surrender is unacceptable. This book also shows how Japan decided to take over China, attempt to take over Russia and the phillipines and lower islands.
      The amazing story follows the tale of a crew and a former president, although not the president at the time he will grow to become one of the most powerful people of his time. Unfortunetly i cannot go more in depth on the war part of the story but next post I will be.