Year End Post

One of the low lights of the year is that I wish there would of been more excitment through out the course. It would of been better if we could of done more fun activites that showed our ways of writing, ect. instead of boring essays!! One of the highlights through out the was that I really enjoyed watching the movies after we read books. That was probably one of the biggest highlights and made class more enjoyable. One thing I wasn't a big fan of was the comic books. Some students seemed to enjoy them but I think they should be read on our own time, not school. I would perfer to read a normal novel during class. It was hard to do the comic books because I found it hard to read fluently and it took me longer periods of time to finish a section. I had to do alot of reading on my own time with the comics, and I found it hard to find time for that, along with balancing the homework in all my other classes. If we had more time to do the comics then I think it would of been okay to do that, even though I would perfer not to do it again.

Advice

A)    The best advice I have ever been told is to stay away from drugs. I have watched plenty of friends go down that path, including family. I personally have seen my friends doing drugs, and it certainly is not a path that I would choose to go down. I have lost a family member due to a physical fight over drugs. It would of made a huge difference if someone told him this advice before he went down that path. Perhaps then he would of listened and he would still be here today. When people do drugs, they honestly start to lose their minds and if you try to give them advice, it goes in one here and out the other.

B)    The best advice that I have ever given anyone is to not drink and drive. One night I was out and a couple of my friends were drunk and they were going to drive somewhere to get food or something. They kept saying they were going to drive and they wouldn’t listen to me. They could barely even walk but I finally managed to convince them not to. I could have saved their lives that night. That is probably the best advice I have given anyone in a while.

FLARE Program

I enjoyed spending time with the FLARE program. It was really interesting to see how they acted and certain habits that a few of the students had. It was neat to see how Jason acted with his "Lizzy". It was also neat to see the objects that they used such as the cloth that they put around one of the students that held his arms around his body. At first I wasn't sure about going in to visit the students. I was unsure of how they were going to act. Now I feel at ease whenever I see them.

Journal 6

5 best Decisions you've ever made:
1. To go to school
2.Get a job
3. Buy my horse
4. Said no to drugs
5. To adopt my dog

5 Worst Decisions:
1. Made friends with the wrong people
2. Decided to eat fast food
3. Decided to stay in swift current
4. Never went tanning all summer
5. To spend all my money in one night

What do you think is the main issue facing this girl? What lyrics provide evidence for this?
This girl is suffering from a learning disability. She can only concentrate on violins and she is trying to concentrate on what her mother is reading to her. There is evidence in the song lyrics.

What makes you embarrassed? What do you do to cope?
It makes me embaressed when my mom says silly things in front of my friends. I try to cope by changing the topic.

Albert Einstein
-Suffered from Dysgraphia
-He is famous for his intelligence
-This disorder relates to someone’s writing abilities and how something is output. It also can affect fine motor skills like tying your shoe laces.

 

Tommy Hilfiger
-Suffered from Dyslexia.
-He is famous for his clothes line.
-Symptoms include difficulty reading and writing.

What do you think is the main issue facing this girl? What lyrics provide evidence for this?
The girl is suffering from learning disability. She can only concentrate on violins and she is trying to concentrate on what her mother is reading to her. There is evidence in the song lyrics.

What makes you embarrassed? What do you do to cope?
It makes me embaressed when my mom says silly things in front of my friends. I try to cope by changing the topic.
Albert Einstein
-Suffered from Dysgraphia
-He is famous for his intelligence
-This disorder relates to someone’s writing abilities and how something is output. It also can affect fine motor skills like tying your shoe laces.

Find 2 celebrities/famous people who live with a learning disability. Research them and asnwer the following questions.
a) what do they suffer from?
b) what are they famous for?
c) what are the symptoms of their disability?
d) provide a picture of them

10 Things I Should Have learned by Now

10 things that I should have learned by now:
-How to cook simple things(KD, soup, chicken fingers, pancakes, cookies, ect)
-How to drive
-How to forget and forgive
-To know right from wrong
-How to saddle my horse
-How to take responsibility for pets
-How to clean my room
-How to stay clean
-How to dress myself
-How to make a fire