Reflection

This freewriting blog assignment has helped my writing. It’s so easy to stop and overthink what you are trying to write and with this assignment, I feel like I have been able to just write. The only problem I really feel like there was was it was public and I didn’t feel comfortable sharing a ton of stuff on a page so public so I feel like I had to hold back on some of my thoughts for somethings. For any other English class I have had, I have never had to make a blog, we kept it all in a journal which I feel is a little more private to express my thoughts. Also before this class, I had never heard of freewriting. I think it is a fun approach on how to teach writing without forcing the students to write a ton of papers. Another part of this was everyday I went to the page on Ms. A’s website that had all the writing prompts and randomly chose one. Some that I got were really fun and some made the think about things I had never even thought of before. I also liked that we had free range on what we wrote about, most of the time my teachers have given me writing prompts and I had to write about that. In this case I got to go to that page and if I didn’t like the one it gave me, I could choose another one. The freewriting was definitely a different experience that I’ve never done in any of my other English classes. After this class is over I will probably try to continue to freewrite just to keep my writing at a good rate and continue to work on it.

7/17/2015

Entertaining myself

My writing prompt today was write about how you would entertain yourself if you didn’t see a soul in six days. I probably couldn’t handle being by myself for that long. But thinking right now I would probably watch some tv, since I hardly ever have time to sit down and actually watch a movie or something, that would be really nice. I would try to catch up on things I needed to get done, such as homework and things around the house. If I was done with everything I would really like to catch up on some sleep, since there’s hardly any time for that now days. I always wish that when I was little and had to take naps, I would have actually taken them. I would also try to pamper myself, as much as I can without seeing anyone, probably take a nice long bath, do like an at home facial, or do something really special with my nails. I would probably also go through all of my clothes and decide what I really need. I have a ton of clothes that I hardly ever wear that I would like to go through and give to charity, but I never have time to go through all of them. There is five things that I would do if I couldn’t see anyone for six days. A bad thing that I would probably do is eat a lot because I’d get so bored. I wonder if I could still call people and talk to them or if I can’t have any sort of contact with people. This was a really interesting writing prompt. What is one thing you would do if you couldn’t see anyone for six days?

7/15/2015

Taking Risks

My writing prompt today told me to write what I think this quote means, “If you don’t risk anything, you risk more.” To me this quote is saying that you should take risks or you will be losing more than you would by not taking the risk. For me this is applicable in my choosing a college. It’s nothing super “risky” as in dangerous, but for me it is an opportunity that could change a lot of things in my life. If you’ve read any of my past blogs, you would know that I got an offer to cheer, but at a college pretty far away from home. For me deciding to go and cheer in college has in a way been a risk. I am risking growing apart from all of my friends back home, not feeling as comfortable as I do in my own home, and really just having to fend for myself. But I know that if I was to stay home I would be missing out on the opportunity to continue cheering and making new friends. It will also be a really good chance for me to learn how to be on my own. This quote just says that although you may be scared, it will be worth it in the end rather that not going for it and not making any changes in your life. I enjoy taking risks, nothing that could put my life in danger, but something that’s going to make a change that I might be a little frightened of at first. Any risk you take could end in failure, but you still got that experience and if you wouldn’t have taken that risk, you would have lost that experience and probably wouldn’t have learned some good lesson while doing it. Stepping out of your comfort zone is pretty much the best thing you could do for yourself, even if you may not want to.

7/14/2015

A Story

Today I am writing a story using certain words given to me. Plastic bottle, hockey puck, dirty handkerchief, crumpled note.

There once was a guy named John. He was a great hockey player and today was the day he was going to have the biggest game of his life. There will be lots of college scouts there to watch him. The only thing is, he has to remember to go clean the rink before he could play. He was suppose to be at the rink at 11 A.M. to start. John slept through his alarm and didn’t wake up until 10:50. He got up and got ready as quickly as he could and got to the rink, immediately he started practicing so that he would be ready for when the scouts were there. Towards the end of the showcase, John was going up to hit the hockey puck, right as he swung for it his skate hit a plastic bottle that was on the rink because he forgot to clean it. The scouts didn’t know what to do, as one of them blew on his dirty handkerchief and watched John get back up, he decided to walk down to the ice and make sure John was okay. After making sure he was, the scout went back to his seat and continued to watch. Later that day when John got home, he noticed a crumpled up note that his mom had written him to remind him to clean the rink before he started. He thought he wasn’t going to need a reminder. He realized then that maybe if he had seen the note he wouldn’t have fallen down in front of all the scouts.

7/9/2015

Challenges

Today my writing prompt was asking me about a challenge I have faced in the last three months. A big challenge that I am thinking of right now is choosing a college. I recently got an offer to go cheer in college, but it is a very expensive school and even with my scholarship I will still have more to pay, and it is far away. I always just figured I would get my general education classes out of the way at OTC since they are free because of my A plus. Then transfer to MSU for my bachelors degree. But ever since I got this offer I have had to make a really hard decision. I’ve thought about it for awhile and still am not able to make a decision. I would like to go so that way I can get a little taste of being on my own, without really “being on my own” but I also don’t want to be so far away from my friends and family. They mean the world to me and I don’t know that I really want to leave them. Another thing is it is really expensive and even though I would be getting scholarships, I’m pretty sure that it probably won’t cover the whole expense. That’s a big thing for me because I have free college here at home. So I am still looking at this challenging decision and working towards deciding soon, weighing the pros and cons. I know whatever I choose will be the best for me, but right now the issue is going to be a very stressful decision. No matter what I choose though, I am very much looking forward to my future and all that I hope to accomplish.  I can’t wait for this new chapter of my life.

7/8/2015

My biggest fears

I am going to write about two different kinds of fears here, physical and mental. A physical fear of mine would be spiders. They may be little but they are probably the scariest thing in the world to me. I don’t know what it is about them but they are just so creepy. I was going to kill one one time, and right when I went to smack it the stupid thing jumped, I still to this day have no idea where it went. That was the scariest event that has ever happened with a spider. A fear I have about killing them is when I smash them it could be pregnant and the babies would go everywhere, that happened to one of my friends once. My biggest mental fear would be that I won’t accomplish any of my goals. Like I have said in previous posts, I want to go to graduate school. Everyone is always talking about how hard it is to get in. I may try my hardest, but what if that isn’t good enough to get me in? That is for sure one of my biggest fears. But I also have enough confidence that as long as I try my hardest, things will just fall into place on how they were suppose to. I don’t know what else to say about my fears, they are pretty upfront. I’m not sure I really enjoyed the topic I randomly chose from that website we got, it was kind of a sad topic to talk about.

7/6/2015

What to do when the power is out

The power hasn’t been out in a while at my house. But I do remember way back to the ice storm when the power was out for weeks and we had to find something to do with our time. Even though it was cold and our water wouldn’t work, and our stove wouldn’t turn on, a lot of things weren’t working because pretty much everything takes electricity now. But it was one of the most fun times. I got to spend a lot of quality time with my family, which hardly ever happens because we are all so busy, but since we were all trapped in our houses there was plenty of time. Way back then, I think I was around nine or ten, and my favorite way to pass time was playing my Nintendo ds, I know, I’m a loser. That was the coolest thing back then. Another one of my favorite times was when my family and I would gather around and just talk. That’s probably what made the ice storm bearable. It was so much fun to actually get to talk to my family and hear stories from them about past ice storms from when they were kids, those stories from my grandparents and my parents. We found a way to make being trapped in the house with absolutely nothing to do fun. I don’t really know what else I would do when the power is out. Now that I’m older, if the power was to go out I would probably grab a book that I’ve been wanting to read but I haven’t had time to. Reading would be a really good pass time during a power outage, as long as it’s a good book. I’m curious, what do you do when the power is out?

7/4/2015