Everest English Blog

Prompt Response: My favorite word is rad. I use it a couple times daily. I use it in place of good mostly. I don't remember when I started doing it but I know I've done it all of high school because my high school friends have been quick to point out the oddity that I use "rad".  Summary: In class we made a comic strip for our new set of 15 vocab words. We also went over the poems and answers from Monday.  Reflection:  I have a lot of odd language or catch phrases my friends call them. I don't have a hard set reason why I started doing it other than boredom. 

 Prompt response: All kids aspiring going to college will be viewed as wrong in the future. Today we are seeing people go to college and having no career waiting for them when they leave. As time goes on less people will eventually go and college will become less relevant because it doesn’t guarantee a future like it did before.  Summary: In class we completed a common lit about child labor in the U.S throughout its history. Reflection: I remember when I first started working at around 15 washing dishes for my dad’s business. To read that children probably half my age were doing jobs much more dangerous was a little sickening. I wonder if there is anything today that my generation does that will be seen as this inhuman in the future. 

 Prompt Response: It was a small event but I recall being in a line for some sort of gas station. There was a bigger guy who cut in line of the guy in front of me. The guy in front of me didn't say anything, and I debated saying something. I didn't say anything because I figured he would have said something if it bothered him. How this connects to The Chimney Sweeper: When my mother died I was very young is when we are quiet we expect reality to turn out better later on since we laid our heads down now.  Summary: I do not know what he did in class today but I know we read The Chimney Sweeper and some other poem relating to that.  Reflection: Its weird how we think when we don't speak our minds reality will benefit us in someday as to justify this decision to us. I think that if something is bothering you, you should speak your mind instead of holding onto the hope reality will do that hard work for you. 

 Prompt response: When I learned my sister had become celiac I was warned before hand and heard she was taking it hard. When I got home she gave me this look of don’t you dare make a joke and I did make a joke in response. I understand what it was like since I was a diabetic. I welcomed her to the club. Before long she and I were dying of laughter while our mom stood in horror. Summary: In class we finished our one pager, and worked on this blog post. Reflection: Sometimes people just need to laugh to get through traumatic things. Joy and laughter in the right context and person can be the best cure.

 Prompt Response: My parents have always said my birth was a long and hard one. It was stressful for both parties but epically my mom. After she had given birth to me she said "That was my Everest". From there I was named Everest. It's a way better name than what they had thought of which was Jeff, Winston, and Hamilton.  Summary: In class we read some of William Blake's poems. Which were Infant Joy and Infant Sorrow. We analyzed the text as a class.  Reflection: Compared to some of the names my parents were debating on naming me, I'm more than glad I ended up being called Everest. I'm not exactly tall or huge like the mountain but I think it fits me well. For what its worth my parents also agree with that sentiment. 

 Prompt response: I spent the break relaxing and catching up on sleep. Wrestling starts today so I took the break to get in some more running to improve my endurance for the season. I hung out with my friends mostly and caught up with old friends. 

Prompt Response: When my coach said I was an valuable part of the team. When I was talking about quitting in between my Junior and sophomore year his words stuck to me. To be praised in such a regard like that was something special to me. Those words still echo in my thoughts when I think about quitting the team. They help me keep on track.  Summary: In class we presented our posters and listened to others present. Along with turn in our blue character sheet for the character in the book we covered.  Reflection:  Finding motivation is always a hard thing to do. Whenever I go to practice the thought always crosses my mind at least once to quit. I never do. Wrestling is the most physically and perhaps the most mentally demanding thing I've done yet I keep doing it. Sometimes its hard to tell whether I keep doing it out of stubbornness or if its more that I feel I belong there. It probably switches between days. 

  Prompt Response: I would tell my friend to confess to their partner. Yes, it will be a painful ordeal for everyone involved. But people deserve to know the truth despite the pain, so I'd strongly encourage my friend to come clean.  Summary: In class we continued to read Fences now we only have Act 2 scene 4 left. We also brainstormed ideas for our poster.  Reflection: I have been cheated on in the past, but I've been lucky to have friends warn me and tell me the truth. Without them I could have gone months without knowing, so I'm in favor of telling the truth always. When it comes to scenarios like these.