(The title happens to be some random song that popped into my head. I think it might be HSM2 O_O )
I like American Lit class. The atmosphere is very informal and everyone seems to respect each other. I can write whatever I want in my journals and in my blog posts. As long as I put some effort into it and write, I get a 100% (insert smiley face). We don't have a ridiculous ultimate-AP grading scale and we don't have to do ridiculous things like having to copy and define vocab words by ourselves.
I tend to be a very introverted (shy doesn't sound quite right...) person, so even though I don't participate in class discussions, I like listening. People tend to have really good ideas, sometimes they make me feel dumb and uncreative.
But I think that what we need is to write more. Not just essays, but stories that help us wield our creative minds and develop good vocabulary (outside of the vocab book). I guess I just find it really hard to force myself to write in my free time, because I don't have free time anymore, and also because I don't really have much to write (art class is draining all my creative juices). I tend to be very self-critical, and currently I dislike my writing style because I don't like my current vocabulary, and it in general doesn't really apeal to me anymore. Journals are nice, I guess, but sometimes I don't have anything to write about, and I don't have enough time or spur-of-the-moment creativity to make my response into a story excerpt and/or beginning.
A five-page short story would be nice. Haha, as much as I dislike homework...
-JY
hmm i'd actually like more creative writing too. i remember dr. blolands historical fiction paper. i really enjoyed writing it.
ReplyDeletei also like listening to the stuff we talk about in class as well. it's really interesting how philosophical it gets.
what about classes in general? do u think there's something wy can do something about its overall curriculum? or cps schools?
maybe not a 5 page paper...haha.
ReplyDeleteBut yes, some creative writing would be nice. I kind of think our blogs can be a similar substitution for this, but if we had a topic, like write a story, it would be awesome :)