End of Week 5: Final Reflection

While being in college for the short summer semester I have had a lot of new experiences. I was surprised to hear that people actually go out and party till the early hours of the morning when they had a test or exam the next day in class. Another thing that surprised me and surprised me the most was how dirty and uncaring people are in the dorms. They leave trash everywhere and live in a pig sty. Ants and other bugs crawling around on the floor, and clothes in a pile on their desk. I just don’t understand why someone would want to live that way. I haven’t had too many challenges here, but I have had definitely a lot of stress. The stress to go to class, turn in work on time, making good grades and trying to have a life was the hardest and most stressful of all. I’ve had it pretty easy compared to other students though. I don’t do my laundry, or feed myself and I have to be home by eleven on school nights because I live with my granny. I don’t think I have learned anything about myself because I still haven’t gotten the chance to live on my own. Although I have learned that I try a lot harder to good here in college, because how I do in college determines what my future holds. I would say my study habits have definitely held up under the pressure. During the day there is nothing to do here in Tally except sleep and study. So I think my study habits have gotten a lot better, because I don’t ever really feel like sleeping, so I study a lot.

End Of Week 4: Process of Writing

I don’t really feel like I have a process for my writing. Most people read the prompt, draw an outline or prewrite, and then start writing from the notes they have down on their paper. I don’t do that. I guess it’s because I have a really good memory. I normally just read the prompt, brainstorm a little and then just start writing. Then when I’m done writing, I reread my paper, fix anything that needs to be fixed and then give it to one of my friends to help improve my paper. I hate prewriting, I feel like it’s a waste of time, and it certainly doesn’t help me. My process of writing truly hasn’t changed since the first day of class. I have done the same process in college that I have done in high school and middle school.

End of Week 3: ART

Does anyone actually know what art is? Most people I know think of art as painting a picture, or making something crafty. My definition of art would have to be the way someone expresses their emotions or feelings in a creative way, like pottery, music, or dance. I love art; it relieves stress, and says stuff that words can not describe. The most creative and rewarding piece of art I have ever constructed was a vase that I made by hand out of clay. I was in the tenth grade at the time, and it took many long hours of hard persistent work to get my pot perfect for firing. I had to cut out a stencil of the shape of the pot and the clay had to line up exactly to the stencil. When it finally got fired I had to create a design to paint on the outside of my pot. It was very hard to choose a design to put on it because I wanted to have a design that no one else would have. I wanted my pot to be unique and perfect. Eventually I thought of the perfect design to go on my perfect pot. I chose an optical illusion design and three colors, white, light blue and dark blue. I had to paint three to four coats of each color on my pot. And with a steady hand I made my pot as perfect as it could get. My teacher fired it again and it looked amazing! In fact, it looked so great that my teacher took my pot and put in the county art festival. My pot won second place in the festival, and I got an A in my art class. My pot is the best piece of art I’ve ever created.