Thankful

Hmm, this is a hard question. I don't really know anybody in this class as they are a year older than me and I hardly talk to them. Maybe try asking me this question again at the end of the school year. Since, I don't know most of the people in this class, I'll just write this blog about the person who I know the best. That person happens to be Keilani Williams!

I first met her in the 7th grade because we shared the same business class. This year on the first day of school I was nervous because I didn't know whether I was going to be the only frackie in the class or not. Seeing Keilani walk into the classroom made me super happy as I wouldn't be the lone frackie in the class. Without her, I probably wouldn't really like this class. She is someone that I can just turn around and have a quick conversation with. Also without her, I probably wouldn't be talking to Karmyn (another very cool and funny person) as she kinda introduced me to her (which was basically her talking to Karmyn and me just joining the conversation). Keilani is very intelligent and a hard worker. Just recently I found out she was a pretty good artist after seeing one of her doodles on a set of group work questions. She starts very interesting discussions and adds to the discussions that we have in the class (something I will never be able to do). Kelani is an amazing dancer and even made it onto the cheer squad, which is very cool! I hope you achieve your goal of becoming a sports agent. Good Luck!

Happy Thanksgiving everybody!

I Celebrate Myself

This topic is very much related to the transcendentalists and their idea of individuality. These three words actually come from Walt Whitman's Song of Myself. Whitman, like the other examples of transcendentalists we talked about, was very into nature and getting away from society. They think that we(society) are too much concerned about materialism and wealth. In Into the Wild, Chris just donated or left everything and tried surviving in the harsh and unforgiving wilderness. Chris was basically the epitome of self -reliance. This seems too ludicrous for me as I can't even imagine myself leaving or destroying everything of wealth and surviving in a desolate location. Though, I can see their idea of being individual and going away from norm. What these transcendentalist did to celebrate themselves was doing what they felt was right and what made them feel happy.

Although, I'm not a true transcendentalist, I still somewhat celebrate myself. I celebrate myself for not trying to be like everyone and getting every new piece of technology just to fit in. I celebrate myself just by being myself! Being content and happy is another achievement for me as I believe you can't "celebrate" yourself if you aren't proud or happy with who you are. I celebrate myself for even the smallest achievements, like making it past a level in a game or pouring out some water without spilling. I celebrate myself for getting the grades that I get (straight A's) and having a relatively simple approach to school and life, just try my hardest.  Even though there things in our lives that we'd rather not celebrate, we should learn from them and celebrate what we accomplished. Being different and not conforming is probably the biggest thing that we can celebrate.