When I look back on English 20-1 the main thing that stands
out to me is the poetry anthology project. It was my favorite part of the year
because we were given so much creative freedom, as well as time to work on the projects,
that our finished products all turned out to be incredible. Not only was I extremely
proud of my project but I loved coming in to class the day we turned them in to
see what my classmates had created as well. Another thing that stands out is ‘The
Road’. Have you ever looked at a painting that was wonderfully done, but the
picture was so grotesque that you wanted to look away? Yet, you just could not bring
yourself to look away. That describes my feelings toward ‘The Road’. I loved it,
but at the same time I hated it. I have recommended it to almost everyone in my
family and I still hope they can’t bring themselves to read it. I do not wish for
them to take that painful journey. Finally for what we would change, I wish we
got to read more. I loved doing the film studies of course, and all the
projects were tons of fun, but reading has always been my favorite thing to do.
I would have loved to do another novel study. I don’t even know what book I would
want to read, I just know that I loved hearing what people would have to say
about the books, stories, and plays we would read. It was like we had our own
book club. The best piece of writing for this was for sure during twelve angry
men. It was fascinating to see our own opinions about the case change with the
characters in the play. Overall, this has been a great year for English and it
gives me high hopes for next year.
