Reflection.

I have to that MS.COLLIN'S English class is the bestEST.
Although reading Waiting for Godot was the most painful English class experience, Ms. Collins' somehow managed to make that unit fun by making us do movie trailers for that book.


I will never forget the great memories I had in English class!!

First year in Ms. Collins' class:
1. Take out my mirror and makeup
2. Take out my candy bag
3. Take out my eyeliner and mascara from my makeup bag
4. Apply makeup
5. Eat
6. Fix my fake eyelashes
7. "Class discussion"
8. Say ridiculous comments during class
9. Back to make up and food.
10. PARTY! MOVIE! and MORE FOOD

This year in Ms. Collin's class:
1. MORE FOOD
2. GHANA GHANA GHANA
3. I think I participated in class discussion quit a lot
4. Check my mirror if my face was still in place
5. Talk about ancient undies... then nipple patches
6. Youtube
7. Book discussion
8. MacBooks
9. HOMOerotic movie trailer
10. Ms. Collins looking up and reading Kiely Williams's ridiculous song lyrics

I had so much fun in Ms. Collins' class.
I have to admit that I fooled around in class a lot but I think that we had awesome class discussions.

I already miss Ms. Collins' English class :(

Hole in My Life.

Just like music is my sweet escape, Gantos' escape was books. He read books like drugs and like a temperate high, he felt at peace when he had his eyes laid on the pages on the book.
Although I don't read as much as Gantos, and appreciate books as much as he does, I really do think books are important. Through reading books we gain knowledge and see the world in many different point of views. But at the same time, if all we do is read about how other people think and how other people live their lives, we might loose our own identity. What is worse is if we read books by people who all believe in one thing because we will not learn or see the bigger picture.

I'm going to list some books that I think EVERYONE should read. Well atleast my classmates, and Ms. Collins. And Kanae Ho. And anyone who reads this post.

1. The Alchemist -Simply because its the best. Its a quick read but filled with EVERYTHING you need to know about life.

2. The Kite Runner -Another amazing book! I'm so glad that the school introduced this book to me! I think that this book should be read in every high school.

3. Shutting out the Sun -Must read. Especially if you are interested in human behavior/you are Japanese/you live in Japan/or you're looking for a good book to read.

4. The Bible (or other Religious writings) -You don't have to be religious to read these books. Sometime when you don't know what to do or lose hope, you will find something that will give you hope. And I promise you that you will learn many new things by reading these books.

5. The Five People You Meet In Heaven - and any other books written by Mitch Albom

6. Charlotte's Web

7. The Giver and 1984

8. Where The Sidewalk Ends

9. Good Night Moon

10. Harold and the Purple Crayon

11. The Very Hungry Caterpillar

12. Where The Wild Things Are

The Crucible

As sad as it sounds, people of today are no different from the psychotic "Puritans" that are portrayed in The Crucible. Anything or anyone who is foreign or different automatically become of victim of discrimination.

Usually these people who are a victim are considered the minorities or the outlaws of society. What causes this to happen is fear of the potential power they may have. No one likes changes, no one likes to be proven wrong, and no one wants the minorities to take over what they had.

I remember how horrified and disgusted I was when I read and watched the movie. But what scared me more was when I realized that "which hunt" still continues in our world today.

Some Modern day which hunts are: Racism, Class discrimination, religious persecution, and disability discrimination.

All of these things are as bad as the which hunt that took place in Salem. How many people are going to be killed or hurt until someone stops us? I hope that day will come soon...

The Stranger

Honestly, I don't really see how The Stranger could possibly benefit the former president, George Bush. Although I have to admit that both Gov. Bush and the main character, Meursault share some similarities, but what will he learn from reading this?
That you can randomly kill an Arab?
I wonder if he learned anything from reading The Stranger. Hmmmm....

I personally believe that this book will not benefit the general public. I don't even know how this novel was awarded a noble prize in literature. I don't even understand why anyone will decide to keep on reading this book after reading the first chapter. I guess the only reason I actually read the book was because Ms. Collin's told me that she really enjoyed this book. I kept on reading thinking that something would happen... but nothing exciting happened.

But I have to say, I realized that my life is so much more fun compared to Meursault's boring routine life. My life is so amazing, full of emotions, laughter, reasons, and choices.