To A Stranger part 4

        ''To A Stranger'' by Walt Whitman is an interesting poem and our class has come up with some ideas on what the poem could be about such as the poet could be referring to somebody special to him and how he could have restrictions to meeting that person. Our class also found out he was also bisexual and we don't know if it's a boy or girl he's adresssing to in the peom.

         From my understanding the poem is about how the poet has found somebody special that he loves and cares about and now how there strangers and never talk with each other also I think the poet must have some type of fight or argument with that special someone and that's probably why he's drifting far away from that person. The line "PASSING stranger! you do not know how longingly I look upon you," in the poem could be describing on how he could be looking at the person from far away and how he awaits for that person to pass by him so he could steal a quick glance at the person if not actually meeting and communicating with the person he could just look at the person because that might make his heart happy to know the person is safe and sound. This relates to me because I have a few friends who I feel I am drifted away from and now I don't really talk to those friends because we have had some arguments and now we occasionally say hey to how are you doing?. But I don't really go in deep conversation and tell them what's happening in my life. 


         What makes me say I don't know if it's a boy or girl the poet is addressing I refer to this line in the poem "You grew up with me, were a boy with me, or a girl with me". I think the poet could be addressing either a boy or girl. It could be either gender but then I also think that the person could also act like a girl or boy like if it was a girl she could have done what all boys do when they hang out and maybe play video games. 


         Overall this poem is hard to understand because there's so many perspectives to look at and understand and then after researching and thinking about every little piece you have to connect your personal connections because that's how you could understand the poem better and then you connect all the pieces together and understand the poem. I would recommend everyone to go read the poem if you haven't already.





         
       

Should Charles Bukowski be content or want more in life ?

    From my thinking perspective I think the poet should improve his lifestyle and start fresh and I also have a few reasons. First of all you need somebody in your life that can support and guide you in any path of life you take. That means healthy relationships are important and even if you have one person like that in your life that's really great because you know you have somebody to share everything with and also , because you have to admit humans are always socially engaged with everything which makes them living social creatures that need a healthy relationship to surivive. 

    Secondly I also think the poet should aim to start fresh by getting involved in something that makes them happy. Everyone has a place which makes them happy no mater what wether it be school, work or even a friends house. I think the poet should try getting involved into a job where he/she can express and show their amazing talents and also earn money for doing that. I mean ''money can't buy happiness'' but it does buy the essential needs and wants of a human and we all have to admit if we all didn't have money how would we all buy food, cars and houses. The poet could could find a job and then when he gets his pay cheques he could slowly build up to buy a house and for now he could live on rent in a small apartment. When he starts getting money he could buy all of his essential needs like food, clothes and shoes , a little bit of money could start something huge for the poet. 

    Lastly the poet also should move on in life. What I personally mean is if the poets  always ''sleeping on park benches'' and in dirty motel rooms and even might be going to jail. Then the poet's view on life is really bad because the poet dosen't know and understand all the different opportunities there are in life to succeed and become a better person in life. Also having a difficult childhood has a huge impact on his thinking of the world because he thinks and acts similar to his father. When your a child what you see is what you act like for example if you see your parents arguing or shouting you might start doing the same with somebody else. Sometimes your view of life could be based on your parents actions. 

   In conclusion ''How Is Your Heart'' is a poem that makes you think hard on what prespective you have on life personally and if you should be happy with what you have ? Or if you should want more ? It made me think harder about myself too because now I wonder if I should want more ? Or if I should be happy with what I have in life ? I suggest everybody to read this poem if you haven't already and then ask yourself the same question. 

Link :) 

http://hellopoetry.com/poem/9392/how-is-your-heart/

Interim Report 1

       English class has been a great course so far.In English class this year it's a little different because we are doing all of our assigned assignments on blogger I have experience with blogger because in my grade 7 class we used blogger to write about different topics and , we commented on each other's blogs so that classmates could give you positive and negative feedback about your assignments. For grade 10 English its's similar but in addition we are using another website it's called Edmodo and that's were we can find assigned homework and due dates for assignments it's a new website for me but I am liking it so far and now I know very well how to use it. We haven't learned that much yet because it's only been 3 weeks into the semester but we have done a blog posts about A Literacy Term, Extended Metaphor, The Myers & Briggs Personality Test which is a test where you have to answer a bunch of questions and then for the results you get 4 words that describe and they also have a paragraph about your personality, jobs that suit your personality and famous people that have the same personality as you I have never done or heard of the test before but I enjoyed learning more about my personality and myself. 

        But when it comes to that repeated question all parents ask what is my child's grade ? our teacher and now I have started to believe that if we would just go to school to get grades , and then our parents rewarded or punished us for getting good and bad grades then what are you learning at school ? That's why our teacher is letting us choose our grade so we can highlight our achievements and failures and give an accurate percentage that we both can agree on so we won't be getting a percentage or grade just yet because we feel we need some more time to complete more assignments and to define our strengths and weaknesses. But when we as a class complete more assignments and have assignments to compare what we did to others work that's when the most accurate time to self asses and get feedback from the teacher and my classmates. 

         But parents can also get the group code to join and look at our edmodo page and what assignments are assigned. Also it's great to have our class paperless because for one thing it saves lots of paper from being used then trashed or recycled it also teaches us new ways to use technology for educational reasons because you have to admit you would rather be on your phone then to use a paper and pen and do questions from a textbook. Using technology blogger and edmodo is so much more helpful too because you can read other peoples blogs and comment and then you can compare your post to theirs and if you see something that you like and you want to add it , you could write rewrite something similar in your blog as the teacher says ''it isn't cheating it's learning '' and even if that means learning from your classmates. Another reason why I really like blogger is you can write as short or as long of blogs you want , because there is no word count like twitter it's somewhere where you can share your assigments and different aspects and thoughts publicly and then class mates or friends can give you suggestions on what you can do to improve. 

     In conclusion technology isn't just to use for Facebook , Instagram, or Twitter you can also use it for learning and I like how technology is great way to interact in a positive and educational way and I'm glad our English class is using it. ! 

Tattoo Assignment

     Tattoos have a different meaning for everyone because not every person who has a tattoo to look cool some people have it for a personal meaning and then choose to get that drawing or words in permanent ink that stays forever well it's hard to choose what to get because your going to put something on your skin that is permanent and stays there for life.

     Well I'm always double minded and has mixed emotions about mostly everything I do so in the future I may or may not get a tattoo or I might just get those paper fake tattoos that stay for at least a day or two and act cool with those. Now your probably wondering would tattoo would I get I would get a tattoo on my wrist and It will be an infinity sign and in that infinity sign I would write both family and love this tattoo connects me to what I love and what is the most important things in my life. 

     I would get a infinity sign and write family and love in it because I believe that family is always there for you no matter in what happens well it's true that friends come and go because I have changed friends and I know what it feels like. But I'm so lucky and thankful to have such a nice, loving, caring, supporting, understanding family also family is always there for you while some friends may betray you and never love you and I'm so glad I have a great family and I will love them infinity and beyond. 

      I would get love in my infinity and beyond sign because for me personally love is an important aspect for everything love dosen't just mean a couples love or that you have a crush on somebody and you love them. Love for me means to love everything and anything you do because if you don't love what your doing you will not benefit and you'll just end up hating everything. Some people love money more than anything else and I dislike that idea because If you don't have a great balance of love and family you'll find yourself so lonely and atually talking to money so think twice before saying I love money over everything because money doesn't buy you true love and family it only buys you clothes, shoes, cellphones, computers, and etc and you can't talk to those things.

     My tattoo will be small and it will be on my wrist but it has a big meaning. It will be on my wrist because than anybody could see just looking at my wrist how I love my family infinity and beyond and how love is over everything for me because honestly you will not get anywhere if you don't have love in your life.  

   My core values are represented in this tattoo because it shows how I love my family infinity and beyond and how I'm so lucky to have a great family and for love it shows how nothing in this world is stronger than the bond of love and that's one bond nobody can break. As a famous person said "Everything is fair and love and war". 

     

Extended Metaphor Song

   For my example of an extended metaphor I chose the song Firework sung by Katy Perry. I found one string extended metaphor in the song.

   The extended metaphor I found is 

'' Baby you're a firework come on let your colours burst ''. She's trying to say that you're a firework which in my optinion means your strong and beautiful in every way because fireworks are all beautiful colours and you can burst in to different colours which means everybody is there colourful and had there own different personalitys and natures.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B_9y11A4VFk

My Literacy Term Dialect

I chose the word dialect I have honestly never seen or heard of this word before so it's a new word to learn for me and down below I have written the dictionary definition and a picture that helps me rememeber the word and please feel free to correct me and add other suggestions of another picture or media I could have chosen.  

Dialect A variety of a language that is distinguished from other varieties of the same language by features of phonology, grammar,and vocabulary, and by its use by a group of speakers who are set off from others geographically or socially.

When I read the defenition of the word I thought of an essay in another lauguage that has grammer and all the points of a essay.

The Myers & Briggs Personality Test Results !

    I did the The Myers & Briggs Personality Test for the first time and I have never heard of this test before we got to do it in english class. It's actually a really difficult test because your only given two answers to choose from and with a few questions I felt like with different situations you would have a different answer. After doing the test once I got ISFP The ''Artist'' which stands for Introverted, Sensing, Feeling, and Perceiving , the population for this category is 6% with 7% female. 

     In the test results it's stating I am introverted over extraverted and I think that's true because I am a little shy when it comes to meeting new people because I can only trust and tell people things I have known for a while because with past experience I have figured out what people are my true friends and the people who I can trust. If you you know me very well you would think I'm so laid back, funny, laughing and always making jokes but I like keeping things to myself more because I think that nobody really cares for anybody turely in this world anymore people just show that they care about you to show-off and if you tell somebody something and you think there so close with you but in reality there just using you and then they start telling other people the same thing and then people start using things against you and creating alo t of rumors about you like it's too much drama. 

    

   Also in the test results it says I'm more sensing over intuition and I think that is somewhat true because sometimes I sense things before I make big decisions but I also ask people what they would do in that situation. Other than using my senses I also listen to both my mind and heart because I think when you listen to what your mind and heart feels it's what you should actually do in that situation because if you have a bad feeling about a situation it means that you shouldn't be doing what your planning doing. 


     In the test results it says I am feeling over thinking. I think that is really true because before I think about my feelings in a situation I think about others peoples feelings because I am not a person who only thinks about the decision making that would hurt other people because I would rather make a decesion in which I wouldn't hurt anybody's feelings but still I would get my work done. I personally think feeling over thinking is a better quality to have because it's a really bad thing to to hurt other people's feelings the saying treat others the way you would want to be treated and that is one of my favourite motto's to live by.



    I got perceiving over judging and I think that is pretty true because I don't overact if if plans with family and friends change unless it's a plan I have planning for the longest time then I kind of get upset because when you've been so hard for an event to work and it dosent work you would feel upset but otherwise for example if I am going out with a friend and we plan to go change plans and go to different places for the day I would honestly be fine with it. When it comes to schedules and planning I don't really plan that much unless it's writing down a date for a test and planning what time I would study and then do my homework. Otherwise I don't plan that much I just write down important information and dates on ca calender and even if I remember something I would write and plan that out too but otherwise I don't plans and scdule other things. For example so many people plan what there going to do each day buy I am a person that likes to go the flow. 


   


   In my catagorey for Famous ISFP's I got a lot of singers, actors, dancers, artist, sculptor I really enjoy dancing and singing so that was accurate for me. For the Career matches I got the ones in the picture below. 

      

        In conclusion I really liked learning so much about my self and learning

how people can so many different things at once. I agreed with most of it because I actually am shy and I like to keep things to 

myself and I think about other feelings when I make i decesion so I think this test taught me more things about myself and how a person can have so many different traits. Nothing was really off because I enjoy art like dance and singing. I have learned that I have to join a job that is good for me and my different traits and this test didn't really make me think something different about myself.