TWM - What 'Tuesday' Has Inspired You?

          Family to me is the most important thing in the world. It's come to my attention that any of my family members can be taken away from me in the blink of an eye. My grandpa and my uncle where an example of this. Ever since them, Its made me think of my family way more, and miss not being with them in Mexico. Reading the fifth Tuesday, when they talked about family, really hit me hard. As I imagine how his wife and sons must feel when Morrie died.

          One of the reasons I chose this 'Tuesday' was because of what Morrie had said through out the "chapter" about family and its support. Morrie had said the quote, "'The fact is, there is no foundation, no secure ground, upon which people may stand today if it isn't the family.'" To me, this means that what ever happens, your family will always be able to support you and love you. That the love from your family is the greatest thing you can possibly get in this life, and I think this is true a hundred percent.

         Another reason why I chose this 'Tuesday' was because of what Morrie had said, which was the most powerful thing in that Tuesday. Morrie had said, "'Love each other or perish.'" I chose this because I think it means that if you don't love your family to the best of your ability, your not living correctly and really that goes in certain situations. This quote signifies how you should love your family as much as you can, because as I had mentioned before, they can be taken in the blink of an eye so in that time, love them as much as you can.

Tuesdays with Morrie - Bucket List

           My first thought when reading Tuesdays with Morrie book was that it was very saddening, and I had thought I wouldn't like it. Since I usually like to read books that don't cause sadness, but instead make me laugh and bring smiles. When we first read through the table of contents, I felt really nervous when I saw it had said "We say goodbye". It gave me a really bad omen and I didn't feel like it was going to be a nice book. However, were already at page 40 and I can honestly say that I'd love to keep reading. I'd like to go ahead because Morrie and Mitch's relationship makes me curious. How if they had something like that, couldn't we all? It seems nice that Morrie cares so much about Mitch, even possibly as a second son. 

          One thing that got me sad in the book, was when Mitch had said, "... and I swallowed because I knew, deep down, I was no longer the good, gift-bearing student he remembers. I only hoped that. for the next few hours, I could fool him." This made me sad because I don't want to know what will happen when Morrie finds out what has changed. Even when Mitch hadn't visited, and only did when he saw that Morrie was on TV. That made me a bit mad, as I would always keep in touch if I ever would have a professor that meant so much to me. That being said, I love how the book cuts back between the past and his present, I found that to be a unique writing style that I like more then other types.       

Bucket List:

• Learn Japanese
• Finish learning Italian
• Travel to Tokyo, Japan
• Travel to Progreso, Yucatan
• Be fluent in writing in Spanish
• Have 5 dogs
• Graduate from college with a bachelors degree
• Get a nice apartment in the city
• Travel to all 50 states
• Learn how to program/code
• Go bungee jumping
• Become good at cooking
• Have a pool
• Get good at photography
• Go sky diving
• Travel anywhere, but in first class
• Get good at baking 

3rd Quarter Reflection Blog

          Something I have accomplished that I am very proud of would be my butterfly from the butterfly project. I think it was in seventh grade when I had first heard of the butterfly project, and I was so excited, already thinking of how I would get to do it one day. Once we started, I was already making mental imagines on how it would look. The week we had to build the butterfly wasn't easy. The designs I had wanted proved to be a lot harder to build then I had expected, and I had a lot of trouble arming the butterfly itself. I had to use hot glue for the most of it... not fun. However overall I was really happy from the outcome and I loved seeing everyone else's butterflies. 

          I'd say the most challenging part of third quarter would be our argumentative essay. Seeing as I wasn't in school and actually in Mexico. It was really stressing to come back and realize how much homework that was assigned while I was away. The only thing I had managed to finish was the three main body paragraphs of the first draft. When I had come back, I tried to follow Edmodo as best as I could and in the end finished. I had spent a lot of time on the introduction and conclusion, I actually think out of all the paragraphs those two were the hardest. Of course, it won't be as great as everyone else's, but I think I tried my best and I was happy how it turned out. 

          The area I think I've made the biggest improvement in would be my vocabulary. I say this because as I write paragraphs I find that at some words, I stop and think, "What's another word to use?" For example, if I were to write "bad" I would stop and think that I could change that to a say, "terrible, or miserable. I think that because of this, my writing has improved quite a lot. I have to thank the vocabulary tests that help me. My vocabulary also helps me when I'm talking to other people. For example I was talking to a friend, and she had mentioned something about a person being very religious, so I said, "then she's a pious person right?". It made me happy to know I knew that.