SIX WEEK REFLECTION

Its crazy to think how fast the first six weeks have passed and how quickly senior year is flying by. To think that high school is ending is such a bittersweet thought, but I am excited to get out and go to college and experience new things. Working on college apps while balancing classes can be a struggle so I'm trying to stay focused as possible because the due dates are quickly approaching! Looking back on these first weeks, I think I am having a great senior year, and I couldn't have asked for better classes or teachers because all the information I am absorbing and learning is so useful and interesting to me. I hope in the next six weeks to come to keep working on maintaining the right balance and keeping my grades up.

weekly blog 9/12

Last week in class we focused on Oedipus the King and it helped me

begin thinking about the themes and overall idea of tragedy.

 It was interesting to learn about the Greek God's and their perceptions

 on how people should live day by day and not so much for the future.

Oedipus made that mistake clearly and ended up living an unhappy life sadly

fulfilling what the God's had expected. Oedipus’s fate was in the hands of the gods,

 and after they revealed the message of his crazy future, his parents wanted to change

 it and make the best for him. But instead of helping him as they intended, they only

 furthered his downfall. Everyone has their own destiny and everything happens for a reason,

 because in the end it will all find its place and work out, one way or another. As I think

about my own future in this crazy time of Transition from high school to college I wonder

how each days event's will outplay and I remember that I t need to maintain my focus, and as

 cliché as it sounds, live in the moment. I personally strongly believe that fulfilling each

 day’s wants and needs will help enhance an individual’s life and morale.

On another note it was quite coincidental studying tragedy while the San Bruno

 fire occurred because that is something no one would have ever expected. It’s unfamiliar to have

such a devastating event hit so close to home because you only hear about events similar

to this occurring around the world, and you don't comprehend the full seriousness of the situation,

and that it really could happen to anyone. Studying tragedy and dealing with all the current issues

 in our society can greatly increase a person’s need to live each day, day by day because you

never know what’s going to happen in the future.