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 Prompt Response: I would want the poem to be about wrestling. I know I'm writing this blog post a day late but with this post being tardy I get some clarity and information regarding wrestling. Yesterday I got 3rd place at the regional tournament, now I get to go to sectionals. My first year wrestling I didn't win a single match, the year before this one I only won 5 matches, none of those being in the regional tournament. I had to watch my friends leave me behind and go to sectionals without me. I ended the wrestling season last year promising myself I would make it to sectionals this year. And I did it. It's like a weight was lifted off my shoulders and I feel proud of how far I've come.  Summary: In class we presented our group projects on chapter 6 of Wild.  Reflection: At the region tournament I lost my first match. I felt so defeated, despite it being double elimination. I had lost to this opponent now twice. I felt like all my years I'd spent stuck in the sa...

 Prompt Response: I typically go listen to music. When I listen to music it helps ease my mind and set me back to baseline. Or other times specific people who care about me are all I really need. The ones who make me laugh when I'm sad are the ones I keep in mind.  Summary: In class we read chapter 8, and recorded any quotes which stuck out to us and explained them.  Reflection: There are lots of different strategies to change your mood but I find the most basic ones work best. Like talking to someone you care about and can joke with the lighten you mind after the day or listen to a good song to forget all about reality for a bit. 

 Prompt Response: I miss playing video games with my older brother. Neither of us play much anymore, life seems to have gotten in the way a bit. Yes, we still play a little but not like we used to. We used to play every time we got back from school. It will never be the way it once was, but I'm happy it happened regardless.  Summary: In class we completed our writable assignment on the first pages of chapter 7 of our book.  Reflection: Some of the best memories are bitter sweet because you know you'll never get to relive that moment again. Still its hard to let them go and not wish for more. Whenever I play a video game now I think of my brother and what he might be doing at a given moment. In a way it keeps us connected. It makes me grateful I had such a good brother. 

 Prompt Response: I wish I didn't remember my parents arguing when I was a child. I have several memories of sitting on the stairs listening to my mom and dad arguing. It was a few months later they'd be divorced. I don't need those memories but I have them regardless.  Summary: In class we worked on our group projects once again.  Reflection: I may wish I could unhear those words exchanged but at the same time I don't. They made me who I am today. For better or worse all events help shape who you are as a person. This is no different. Yes, it was painful, but I wouldn't have it any other way. 

 Prompt Response: I remember when I was asked about my music taste in middle school. I was into metal and still am. They didn't like that answer and moved on. People connected over popular artists in the rap genre while I sat on the outskirts of social circles playing Rob Zombie, Pantera, and others. I may not have made friends with my music taste immediately but I soon found friends in high school who shared those tastes. It made those friendships even more special.  Summary: In class we worked on our group project.  Reflection: When you choice to be yourself you can often lose in the short term sure. Though when you find people who share those interests as you it makes it even more special. 

  Prompt Response: I remember when I had my first asthma attack during a match. I fully stopped all the effort I had put forward for months learning and training for wrestling. Every practice and every match I have to deal with it. I hate it so much, I could do other things and most likely do better at those things but instead I do wrestling. I don’t have a concrete reason anymore besides I must see it through. Despite everything and my own body telling me to stop for years now I keep going.  Summary: In class we read chapter 6, and answered 6 questions about chapter 6.  Reflection: I’m quite familiar with having your own body giving up on you. Diabetes and asthma make sure of that with my sport. I have a talent for weightlifting, I do not have a talent for wrestling. Although wrestling is where I put the majority of my time and effort. Sometimes when you do something hard your reason changes and sometimes you lose sight of that reason. For me it has become just my li...

  Prompt Response: I remember when my parents were going through their divorce when I was a child. It felt so far away yet so close. My thoughts at the time were consumed by the crashing of my reality of a “perfect family”. I was a young boy but I didn’t play the same way I did after that. There was a sense of dread for a while.  Summary: In class we read the first 6 pages of chapter 5. Along with coming up with guiding questions/answers depending on the prompt for your group.  Reflection: When I look back on my life during their divorce that’s probably the first time I felt like I had peered into a pure logic standpoint. It was sterile and clean. It gave me assurance that things would be alright but my emotions were repressed in the process making me this sort of zombie. I’ve been able to move past this for the most part in my life, and these days I like to think I have a healthy balance of both.