Calendar 3/21

To Do:
Finish my English essay
Overcome my sickness
Finish my math hw due tomorrow

Should do:
Clean my room
Be smarter in the challenges I'm thrown with
Call some family members & Check up on them

Need to do:
Stop procrastinating this week
Study for the "Things They Carried" test
Study for the vocab test

Vocab # 5

Hubris (n)
excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance.
"This initial incident is the beginning of Creon's hubris" P. 176
Synonyms: Audacity- People who have audacity aka (nerve) , usually a prideful and hubris person. Thinking they could say/do whatever they want.
Insolence- These are usually people who come off very rude or sassy. Relates to 'hubris".
It's very easy for me to tell when a hubris person walks into the room. They are usually the one's with their nose in the air, that make no eye contact at all because they feel above and beyond everyone else.

Culminating (v)
to reach the highest point, summit, or highest development
Synonyms: Peak- The top , highest point. Can't go any further.
Ultimate-It can never get any better than this. This has alot to do with "Culminating". Your at the very end.
Once I am finished with college, I hope that I have reached my culminating point. I wan't to know I have gone as far as I could go in success.

Imminent (adj)
Likely to occur at any moment
"Dope might help him cope with the very imminent and engulfing presence of death." P 152
Synonyms:Unavoidable- It's something that toy cannot stop from happening.
Forthcoming- Can happen anytime at any moment. Forthcoming.
Death is something that I know is imminent. Everyone will experience it one day. Nobody can escape it.

Reflection # 5

So the end of the school year is coming faster than I ever thought it would. As much as I hate admitting it, I have noticed that I am always the most motivated during the begining of the year. That is because I walk on campus with high expectations and promise myself that no matter how hard it gets, I am not going to lose that disposition. But unfortunately, I always tend to let go once the middle of the year hits. I don't neccessarily give up completely, but I do lack some of the commitment that I had walking in to school. I believe I really need to work on this bad habit. This is not a goot trait to carry on with you, and I do understand that it is important to change this before it gets the best of me. But I also understand that I am only human , so I do the best I can and try not to put to much pressure on myself. As soon as I feel about ready to close the book I just think about how much dissapointment I am going to feel when I fail an exam, or seeing a huge fat ZERO next to an assignment. It's not the best feeling in the world. So why not just avoid it and take care of my responsibilities? I plan on it. :)

Reflection Post #4

My long term goal is to be successfully dependent, have a beautiful family, a career that I am very happy with, and to travel and see ,many different parts of the world.

Dear Mom & Dad , 1/3/19

I just left japan with my family. We had an amazing time. I got to see many different things, and learn all about the asian culture. It was AMAZING! Hopefully you and dad are doing well. I just got a call for a job position yesterday and thought long and hard on if I should take it or not. But I realized I love the job that I have now, and couldn't ever trade it for anything in the world no matter how much it pays. The kids are doing great, they haven't been having many problems in school and they don't complain much. They've been asking about you guys. They miss you alot!! Well I'm about to get on the plane back to California. See you guys soon!

Love, your daughter.

Weekly Calendar

To Do:
Study for Math test Tuesday
Finish this blog before it's due tonight
Finish rough draft for English

Vocabulary List #4.

Feign:(V)
to make believe; pretend
"The letter covered seventeen handwritten pages, its tone jumping from self-pity to anger to irony to guilt to a kind of feigned indifference." P.96
Syn:Imagine- Something that takes place in your mind.Unreal.
When I daydream my mind is filled with feign thoughts.

Salvaged:(N)P
The act of saving.
"He watched the young soldier wading through the water, bending down and then standing and then bending down again, as if something might finally be salvaged from all the waste. P.101
Syn: Retrieve-Like going out to save someone, your retrieving something.
I salvaged her from school once I noticed there was a storm headed.


Blatant ( Adj)
Very obvious
"Often they were exaggerated, or blatant lies, but it was a way of bringing body and souls back together, or a way of making a new bodies for the souls to inhabit."P.126
Syn:boisterous- Something you know is true, without even being told.

Vocabulary List #3

Reticence-
disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved.
"To an extent, I suppose, his reticence was typical of that part of Minnesota, where privacy still held value." Pg.55
Syn: hesitation: The word "Restraint" is when you hold back ,you are very hesitant. Using this as a context clue helps me remember the word.
I can't hang out with many people that show alot of reticence because I am very outgoing, I wouldn't wan't to make anyone feel akward.

Impassive-
not revealing or affected by emotion; reserved
"You crouch in ambush as a cool, impassive moon rises over the nighttime paddies" Pg 89
Syn:Nonchalant: Many "Nonchalant" people are very careless about everything, nothing can get to them. This makes the perfect context clue because the words are very similar.
On a bad day you may see me as a very impassive person because I don't feel like soacializing. It might come off as if I don't have a care in the world.


Credibility
capable of being believed
"The Things They Carried," was more..It's a question of credibility. Often the crazy stuff is true." Pg. 61
Syn:Probability. This word is a great context clue because it means that there is a high possibility. The word credibility means something is capable of being believed. It works both ways.
The credibility of me becoming a billionare off of a lottery ticket is very low.

Reflection #3

My plans have been very tight this past week. I have planned to keep up with all of my homework and not wait until the last minute to finish assignments. The study skill that I plan on using efficiently is SQ3R.This method has worked the best for me, and helps with any course I am taking. It has been very successful because it helps me fully grasp the material I am reading. I plan on carrying this method with me throughout college. Some adjustments that could help me are to take more time while I read and not rush through everything. I think I am doing pretty well on keeping my school work together, but everyone could always use some extra attention torwards there schoolwork. I plan on doubling my study time, and clearing out my agenda so I could spend a little more time in my textbooks.

Reflection Post #2

My life is not the most extravagant, So I can't give you a story that's going to blow you away. Although I do have a story that many people my age could probably relate too. Growing up, school was not always something that interested me. It took me many years to actually start taking school seriously, and to start making it a priority in my life.

It felt like my parents and everyone around me had just given up on me. I mean why wouldn't they? I had basically given up on myself. Looking back at high school, I never thought I would be where I'm at today. Having a seat in college is still very quite shocking to me. My life would have been so much different if I would've made the choice to not make school a commitment in my life.

This may not be a sad sob story like the one's in the story, But I feel that everyone who has ever been told they CAN'T do something should know that nothing is impossible. But let me get to the story .. Graduation day had to one of the happiest days of my life. For most kids graduation is just the day when you become an adult and leave your childhood. For me it was so much more then that. It was the day when I had proved everyone wrong. All the people who doubted me got a taste of karma.

But besides the fact that I got to change everyones face expressions, and scream "I TOLD YOU SO!" there was something so much better. The feeling that I gave myself. From feeling like there was no hope in me, and like I just would never be good enough, it gave me the confidence and courage to help me take on any of my dreams. I've learned alot from this experience. Nobody can ever tell you what you can or cannot do. It's only up to you.

Calendar

To do list -

Homework
Study
Clean

The Things I Carry ,

I carry black sunglasses to hide my face. That way, If I'm having a bad day I can stroll right along and not make eye contact with anyone , since that opens the door to conversation. & Even if I did happen to catch their eye , they would never know. That's the best part. Occasionally, I use them for the sun. But that's pretty rare, I guess you could just say it's more of a fashion statement. I've always been into clothes and accessories. Many strangers would probably see me as some stuck up girl with not a care in the world, Little do they know.

Another thing you probably wouldn't know is that I carry insecurities. Some that can eat me alive. But along with those insecurities, I also carry poise. My poise will usually take over and hide the insecurities very well. Just like how my sunglasses hide my face. But besides my shades, I carry a purse. Filled with tangible elements that make me feel comfortable. Like my cell phone.

I carry my cellphone for the simple reason that I hate feeling alone. Getting a txt or even a phonecall lets me know that I crossed someones mind for atleast a second. As much as I hate to admit it, being alone drives me insane. I need to be associating with someone to feel alive and exuberant. If not, I would probably just end up txting myself, & That wouldn't be very exciting.

The one thing I carry that is very special to me that I also need to survive, My backbone. I speak how I feel and mean what I say. I also love taking on new challenges , dangerous ones. I guess you can say I'm pretty wild. Not only is this a part of my body that keeps me alive , but it also keeps my back straight giving me a nice tall posture. The posture that I carry is called "Confidence." The most important thing a girl should always carry with her.

Vocabulary List # 1 & 2.

Foxhole (n)

A small pit , usually for one or two soldiers, dug as a shelter in battle area.

"In the late afternoon, after a day's march, he would dig his foxhole, wash his hands under a canteen, unwrap the letters, hold them with the tips of his fingers, and spend the last hour of light pretending. P.1

The synonym "Hide-out" is a good context clue because the foxhole is a place that soldiers use to hide from their enemies.

To avoid being shot at , the two soldiers hid in the foxhole for protection.



Perimiter (n) the border or outer boundary of a two-dimensional figure

"Slowly, a bit distracted, he would get up and move among his men, checking the perimeter, then at full dark he would return to his hole and watch the night and wonder if Martha was a virgin." P.2

The synonym: "boundary" relates to the word Perimeter because it is an area that you cannot cross.

The perimeter of my house is 10,000 Sq ft.



Poncho (n)

a blanketlike cloak with a hole in the center to admit the head, originating in South America, now often worn as a raincoat.

"Because the nights were cold, and because the monsoons were wet, each carried a green
plastic poncho that could be used as a raincoat or groundsheet or makeshift tent." P. 3

The synonym: "coat" is a context clue for this word because it is basically another word for Poncho.

My poncho was a great item to have with me when it started raining.



Taut (adj)

tightly drawn; tense; not slack.

"It was an action shot-women's volleyball- and martha was bent horizontal to the floorm reaching, the palms of her hands in sharp focus, the tongue taut, the expression frank and competitive." P. 4

The word "Firm" is a context clue for Taut because it is a position of being serious and tense.

When a part of you is serious and tense.

All the excercising paid off , his body was so strong and taught.