Poetry Response Blog 1/28/16

Poem: Don’t Give Up

By: PoetryPad.com

Don’t let today’s troubles

Bring you down,

Or allow you to question

Your ability

Don’t let life’s little obstacles

Keep you from trying,

Or become the reason

For defeat

Don’t let your fears

Keep you from dreaming,

Or from chasing

your dream

Don’t give up for any reason

Believe in yourself,

And in yourself

You’ll find strength

This poem really caught my eye because whenever I read it, it always reminds me of determination. It reminds me that in life that your going to have to face some obstacles, obstacles that you don't think your going to get past. The only thing you can't do during those obstacles is give up, that will let the obstacle know that it beat you and in life you can't let that happen.

Like me for example, sometimes I have problems that put me down, or make me give up. After looking at this poem it has really opened my eyes. It tells me that a problem or obstacle can't put me down or create the way I feel/decide. The only thing I can do is be determined and beat that obstacle.

Those obstacles may bring you down at some points in life or may take over your emotions. Your going to feel the need to give up, but you can not let that happen. Life obstacles can't bring you down, obstacles are only problems and there is always a solution to that problem. One thing that is not a solution to a problem is giving up. That only makes the problem sick with you or that can maybe even worsen the problem. This is why you can't give up. Problems or obstacles do not control you, and if they do you can't let that happen.

When I was looking for pictures relating to this poem, I thought this was a great photo to sum up the whole poem. As you can see, tis guy is climbing up a mountain, now I don't know what obstacles he had to face, but I know he must have had a few. Like this picture, some thing some things in life are like climbing a mountain. In the photo, this man's goal is to get to the top of the mountain. He may have to climb tough spots or may get tired, but his goal is to get to the top of that mountain and problems like that can't effect his goal. Now you just have to apply that to life, you want to accomplish a goal, it may be hard at sometimes, but that can't stop you from accomplishing that goal. You have to be determined and just face whatever you have to face. If you treat your goals like that, they will most likely be accomplished. 

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2nd Quarter Reflection

Something that I accomplished since the new year that I am proud of is finishing and then revising the comparative analysis for "A Christmas Carol." Unfortunately I had gotten sick and was absent for a while, so I had to do it during break. The hardest and longest part of the whole project was doing the table. I had to watch the movie over break and I had to keep pausing it and rewinding it just to get little notes. The notes weren't' so easy either, I had to pay attention to the characters voices, appearances and others thing too. The questions were a little challenging at first, but when I saw that the grade I got on it wasn't that great, I knew what I had to do and what I messed up on, so I just basically edited my answers. It was easier editing then doing it the first time. Once I fixed it, I felt real proud of myself.

A strategy that has really benefited me the most was using the TIQA format. I have been using for most of my assignments and once you keep using the format it just gets easier. It also makes it easier to form paragraphs, especially when you need to answer a question. You may not know what your going to write in a paragraph, but when you at least have a plan on what your going to be writing in the paragraph, it makes it easier forming the paragraph once you know what your going to write about.

The area that I think I have made the biggest improvement in was the vocab/roots tests. I used to think that these tests were complete torture, now it seems easier. About a month ago I changed the way I studied. Instead of going over every word and root over and over, I started to look at one word and kept repeating it's meaning a bunch of times for repetition, I did this for each. After I studied for a while I would look over a random word that I studied and was able to remember the spelling, part of speech, and meaning. When it comes to taking the test I am able to remember more words. I know my test aren't perfect, but I noticed that I have made a big improvement since last quarter.