So, the last time I blogged was about two weeks ago and there is a lot of catching up to do! A lot has happened in the past two weeks that needs to be discussed. Where do I start? How about with recieving our progress reports?! Well, I did fairly well on my progress reports, all a's and b's, but that is not the problem. Progress reports get me so stressed out, its awful. I hate the week before grades close when teachers are cramming in last minute tests and quizzes that are most definitely unneeded. I end up failing half of them and my grade goes from an A to an F in the blink of an eye. Okay, that was quite the exaggeration but still its crazy.
Another thing that was missed was Mr. Bresnick assign us that wonderful essay that is actually do tomorrow. I chose to discuss publicly bearing your sin instead of holding it inside. In general it sets you free from the burden you would be carrying around of lying and feeling guilty. Though others would chose to keep it inside, I would not. It is all just a personal preference depending on the situation itself.
A final thing that was missed was our vocabulary quiz! There was thirty words to memorize for it and of course I chose to wait until the last second to study. I made flash cards the night before the test and crammed all night and until the morning of the test. Though that was not the smartest idea, I had memorized the words. I ended up walking in class that day and the test was bumped. I had more time to study to truly be prepared! How lucky was I? Now I know this will not always happen so I have to make sure I prepare earlier.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Coulrophobia.
It was brought up in class today, a discussion about clowns. Why was this a part of classroom discussion? That answer I still do not know. All I know is that it was brought up and I hated every second of the conversation. If your wondering what I am getting to with this blog, well here it is... I, Claryssa Cunniff, absolutely hate clowns. Now your probably thinking that that is stupid and ridiculous, well, I begged to differ!
I know your all thinking, what could have possibly happened in her life that was so traumatic that led her to her hatred of clowns. Just your luck, I am about to tell you! Ever since I was a little girl my fear of clowns only continues to grow stronger. When I was younger, one halloween, I dressed as Mulan. I had the dress, the stuffed animal mushu and the comb. I was officially ready to go trick or treating. I had gone to a couple of houses with my friends and parents and then I came to one house. The decorations were really creepy and at first I was afraid to go. Then I saw the best thing ever...a bowl of candy just sitting there on the stairs! Every kids dream to have a bowl of candy sitting there calling your name. Of course because I knew there was that much candy at the house, I had to go. So I began to trail over to the walkway followed slowly by my friends who were still timid about going. I reached my destination, the candy bowl and began throwing candy into my bag. I yelled to my friends I would save them some. Then out of no where a clown jumps out at me. I scream at the top of my lungs and begin to cry my eyes out. I throw my bag of candy on the ground and ran to my parents. The clown walked pacefully behind me honking his nose. I thought this was a nightmare that I could not wake up from, but that was not the case. It was reality and I was scared. I ran to my parents and they were laughing. It turns out that it was my neighbor playing tricks on the trick or treaters. Though he apologized, I was scarred for life. From then on my halloween has never been the same.
Now obviously your thinking that that was the stupidest story you had ever heard, well that is not that only reason I hate clowns, that just adds to it. Now another reason I hate clowns is the movie "It". I do not recommend that movie to anyone because I am officially scarred for life. Clowns really freak me out for one other major reason. That reason being, the face paint. I can not tell the emotion of the clown because the smile and entire face is painted on. It just gives a creepy appearance and the clown is constantly smiling even when he might not be happy. Does that seem normal to you? I did not think so! So that pretty much summarizes why I absolutely hate clowns.
I know your all thinking, what could have possibly happened in her life that was so traumatic that led her to her hatred of clowns. Just your luck, I am about to tell you! Ever since I was a little girl my fear of clowns only continues to grow stronger. When I was younger, one halloween, I dressed as Mulan. I had the dress, the stuffed animal mushu and the comb. I was officially ready to go trick or treating. I had gone to a couple of houses with my friends and parents and then I came to one house. The decorations were really creepy and at first I was afraid to go. Then I saw the best thing ever...a bowl of candy just sitting there on the stairs! Every kids dream to have a bowl of candy sitting there calling your name. Of course because I knew there was that much candy at the house, I had to go. So I began to trail over to the walkway followed slowly by my friends who were still timid about going. I reached my destination, the candy bowl and began throwing candy into my bag. I yelled to my friends I would save them some. Then out of no where a clown jumps out at me. I scream at the top of my lungs and begin to cry my eyes out. I throw my bag of candy on the ground and ran to my parents. The clown walked pacefully behind me honking his nose. I thought this was a nightmare that I could not wake up from, but that was not the case. It was reality and I was scared. I ran to my parents and they were laughing. It turns out that it was my neighbor playing tricks on the trick or treaters. Though he apologized, I was scarred for life. From then on my halloween has never been the same.
Now obviously your thinking that that was the stupidest story you had ever heard, well that is not that only reason I hate clowns, that just adds to it. Now another reason I hate clowns is the movie "It". I do not recommend that movie to anyone because I am officially scarred for life. Clowns really freak me out for one other major reason. That reason being, the face paint. I can not tell the emotion of the clown because the smile and entire face is painted on. It just gives a creepy appearance and the clown is constantly smiling even when he might not be happy. Does that seem normal to you? I did not think so! So that pretty much summarizes why I absolutely hate clowns.
Friday, October 1, 2010
ATTENTION: DAN FRAZEE!
On Wednesday, Mr. Bresnick gave us a chance to work in groups to fix our thesis statements for our essay. He put us in groups of two or three to discuss necessary changes that needed to be made in our thesis statements. I liked this idea because I personally needed helping starting and getting ideas for my thesis statement. I am not so good at writing them and this gave me a chance to get the help I needed.
My group was Mitch Viall, Dan Frazee and I. Although we were in a group together, we each had different topics that we chose for our essays. Dan chose to write about Abigail William's motivation. Mitch chose to write about ignorance as a major theme in The Crucible . I personally chose to write about theme also. My theme talks about how people tend to ignore things that they do not want to believe is true.
Some may not agree that this is the major theme and I would wish to hear other opinions. My examples for characters who represent this theme are Parris, Abigail and Proctor. Each character chooses to ignore the truth about reality because they cannot face it.
Although my topic is a major theme in The Crucible, it is also a reoccuring theme in society. If someone does not want to believe a true statement, they tend to continue to ignore it to please themselves and some times others also. For example, when a person has a crush on someone who does not like them back, they try to ignore the fact that the person does not feel the same way. That example relates back to Abigail Williams who believes John Proctor is madly in love with her when truth be told, he does not.
My group was Mitch Viall, Dan Frazee and I. Although we were in a group together, we each had different topics that we chose for our essays. Dan chose to write about Abigail William's motivation. Mitch chose to write about ignorance as a major theme in The Crucible . I personally chose to write about theme also. My theme talks about how people tend to ignore things that they do not want to believe is true.
Some may not agree that this is the major theme and I would wish to hear other opinions. My examples for characters who represent this theme are Parris, Abigail and Proctor. Each character chooses to ignore the truth about reality because they cannot face it.
Although my topic is a major theme in The Crucible, it is also a reoccuring theme in society. If someone does not want to believe a true statement, they tend to continue to ignore it to please themselves and some times others also. For example, when a person has a crush on someone who does not like them back, they try to ignore the fact that the person does not feel the same way. That example relates back to Abigail Williams who believes John Proctor is madly in love with her when truth be told, he does not.
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