Ready to read, Dr. Preston

     To begin with I was already nervous once I woke up from my bed. I looked at my schedule one more time and I got to school to become a good student and hopefully keep up my grades. I went through all my periods nice and calm. But just as Ap Spanish was over I made sure that I got on time to Ap LangComp or else I’d be in trouble and I’d have to find a way to make it on time. I looked at the number and I knew it was going to be new. I don’t recite seeing you outside waiting and shaking hands or if you were just sitting at your desk waiting for each student to walk in. But what I do remember is walking in and saw many faces that were familiar and some that were new. Just as I was looking for a spot to sit I saw that there were no more tables and that I just had to take a chair and sit with some kid I didn’t even know but soon would know a little bit more. Once the bell rang you started talking and I didn’t know what would happen. Then you gave the option of choosing which choice we wanted of doing it on paper or doing it online. After a pause you said “I’ll go outside and send someone to tel me I can come in.” You left and Odalys took in charge of which one we should choose. We raised our hands for taking it online and let Dayinara call you inside. You talked about how we had to log in into blogger.com and start working with the new post. It was confusing and it was a new environment as well something that would be bigger. I really thought that this class was going to be easy since it was online but it turns out it’s something very new and extremely hard if you don’t ask for help.Once you said we had a notebook for journals I thought it would be something we’d have to share around which I’d precisely had some stuff I didn’t want to share with others. Then later on you introduced the poetry we’d have to recite in a video and post it on YouTube which I was more traumatized because I don’t like showing my face on camera where others could see. The first one we did I had it under control but then I just started getting more nervous each time about posting it and I had trouble making sure it was uploaded and that you guys could see it. I didn’t think I’d be able to do it carefully without making any mistakes! Another challenge through the course would be writing about the journal topic which was different each day but the thought was different to express as well. Like one of my favorite blog was the one where we recited Dr. Sues with “Fox Box”. I thought I’d have trouble but I did it nicely and I messed up a couple of times but we are humans so we need to be thankful we have our personalities the way they are. The most tension that I felt was when we were making sure the blogs were in order and making sure that we were doing them carefully where others could understand. I made sure that my writing in my journals as well as my blog were understandable. Ever since we made a blog post about caring for each other’s understanding I’ve been careful in what I write. Since the beginning of school I just wrote what I understood but now I write where others could understand what I’m trying to write. I built a routine where once I got into class my phone would be in the Do Not Disturb, I’d start writing in my journal to get me concentrated and then just wait for you to initial start you class. Each day was new so each day I’d have to do something different. My time was very busy, I made sure my posts in my blogs were on time and my journals were done before the period. The posts that I couldn’t finish I’d finish drying the lunch time and if I didn’t finish yet I’d continue until I got home for a few minutes. Other times I’d stay after school and use the computers there so I could finish my work. My work was very precisely in my point. Since the day of August 12 I’ve become a better leaner by understanding what others write. What I should be posting and making sure that others understand the same thing. I can now write in my journal and make sure I’m proud of what I’m writing. In my blogs or journals I’m more elaborate with the work I turn in as well as the videos I’ve recited. One thing I could say would be that the “Fox Box” made me happy as well as the “ A Dream within a Dream”, because I think about the future more carefully but I also just let it flow and have things happen the way it wants to be. I’m now thankful for everything that’s happened since that day because I’ve progressed more.