Blogging Around

The first post I read was by Tessa. It was about the way that ideas seem to randomly appear in your mind and can eventually connect into something great without you even realizing that you have had these ideas all along.
My comment:
Tessa-
I really enjoyed reading this post! It caused me to think about things that I might not have thought about otherwise. I liked how you started with something simple and personal such as your story and connected that to a more universal theme that everybody can relate to. I have had similar experiences to yours but usually never manage to get my ideas down onto paper. I think it would be really interesting to try recording my thoughts and ideas as you do and look back and reflect upon them. And if you ever finished that story I'd love to read it! :]

The next post I read was by Emily. It was about how the things we do affect us as well as the people around us and how important it is to realize this.
My comment:
Emily-
I really enjoyed reading your blog post because it is something that everybody can relate to, but they may not realize it without somebody pointing it out to them. I was going through the same thing as you during volleyball season and kept complaining that I never had time to do what I wanted. Looking back on that now, I realize how selfish that sounds and that I could have spent my complaining time as conversation time with my family. Things are slowing down now that volleyball and homecoming have passed, but we are all still swamped with homework. I think that the important thing for us to remember is that we should spend the time that we can with our friends and family because ten years from now how we did on one homework assignment won't matter nearly as much as the great memories of the people we love. Great post!

Metacognition: Writing a Poem

To me, poetry is one of the most beautiful forms of writing that there is. It takes a lot of talent, time, and patience in order to write a good poem. In English class, we have all been going through the lengthy and fascinating process of creating a poem. I feel that in order to really appreciate good poetry, you have to experience how difficult it is to actually write a poem. By now, we have each written at least three drafts of our poems and are starting to understand what professional writers go through (on a much smaller scale, of course). Looking a the poem I began with and looking at the poem I handed in as my third draft, there are drastic differences between them. One of the most interesting things I discovered while writing this poem is that things that I wrote and felt really confident about sounded dumb and out of place when I read them again in a week. This taught me that not every creative impulse I have will be a great one, but some of them will be, so I just have to be patient and wait for the good ones to come along.