Journal Entry 99 Title: Final Exam

The final exam was hard, at least to me. The element in poetry is so diverse. There are too many different kind of vocabularies we have to memorize for this test. But the good thing was that the test is, to my utter amazement, quite short. Only 14 questions for the multiple choice, even thought this mean a question wrong can be a great deduction. I do like short tests though, because it won't make me panic as much. When I panic, I tend to loose control of my mind and I forget all the information need to finish the tests, and I feel very, very hungry after my "exam panic attacks." But after looking at the total amount of the test, I felt relaxed and didn't make me panic as much as the title, "8th Grade English Exam," did. For the essay questions, I didn't feel as confident, I guess I wasn't prepared and ready enough. I am never ready, even when I say I'm ready myself, I'm not. If the teacher said "don't worry, this exam is very easy," I wouldn't kill anyone for that, because I am a gentleman. But, I'll smack him.

Journal Entry 97 Title: True or False?

It's okay to lie, but only when you lie for good. When you care about someone, or trying just HIDE the truth. You can only lie when it doesn't harm other people, but still, try not to, because it's not a good thing. Sometimes you have a secrete only you and your close friend knows, but you totally do not want anyone else to know anything around and about it. When someone come and ask you about this secrete, you would say "that's not true" "I don't think so" "never heard anything about it" "really? who told you that, that's totally false information" etc. You would say something like that even thought it should be the totally opposite answer, but that's because it's your own privacy and you don't want other people to know about it. To hide the truth is just not to answer to such questions, it's not actually counted as LYING, it's just… a lack of information. The better way for these situation is this solution of just not telling an answer. Hiding won't hurt anyone, most of the time, and you can never be blamed for just NOT SAYING some PARTS of a whole. So it is actually okay to lie for things like these. :D

Journal Entry 96 Title: Independent Reading Project Reflection

Int his project, I did a report and a poster on the book, Great Expectations. For the book report, I based on what I've learned in the book and the plot that I remembered in my mind. The book report made me think harder into the story, and also made me reorganize the plot in my mind. This report also gave me a clear idea about the theme, after I reorganized it. The theme is to love and care about the things around you, not just assume a ridiculous future. I used to be like that, thinking about a bigger future, a great expectation, but they only disappoints me. This project is useful to people like me. I don't think much when I read, but when thinking became a required procedure, I will do it and have fun doing it. The poster i made for the book, the Great Expectations, is a wanted poster. I made a wanted poster for this book, because there are many crimes, criminals, convicts, escapee, and kidnapping in the story. My poster is about Abel Magwitch, since he is the one who did the most crime. I did many drafts on this project. At first I did one, but i think the style of the poster didn't appeal to me at all, so I decided to remake one. I was satisfied with my second draft. It is a more cartoonic version, and I think it's perfect for this project. But then, I realized that it's totally wrong, the unit of award's amount should be in pounds, instead of dollars. Also, I forgot to put the criminal's name in. So  had to remake one. On the last one, I made all the lining PERFECT, and the picture is even better than last time, and there are no more mistakes.