Lindsey`s English Blog

 Something I have always been curious about is the solar system. Specifically how big it is how much it expands, and the fact that some people believe with how big it is there is not other inteligant life. I find it scary when thinking about space that the world could end at any minute. An astroid could hit, the sun could hit us, anything could happen and we wouldn't know. I just find it very scary.

 On November 6th in class, we did a NewsEla titled " How to give your worn-out sneakers a second life" It was about the amount of waste shoes create. We were asked to answer questions, annotate, write a free response, and take a quiz. The main idea of the artical was the recycling of shoes and the damage they cause to the environment.

 Today in class the groups our desks were at were divided into the different groups represented in the Poem. My group was the " poor white man" and worked on a collage that expressed the challenges our characters faced and their overall perspective. We had to select key lines from our characters and find imagery to help symbolize them. 

 This day in class was the day before the election and we ended up taking a mock trial in class. The majority of the class voted for Kamala with the percentage at 86 percent Then keeping with the America theme we read a poem called "Let America Be America Again" discussing the themes we saw in the poem. The poem discussed the "american dream"

 A place I never want to leave is my grandparent's lake house. It is on Lake Burton and they have owned it since before I was born. We go up multiple times a summer and now obviously know the lake very well. I am now old enough to do the more mature things on the lake and being up there really is just relaxing. I have a huge fear of sharks so swimming in the ocean has always been stressful for me even though I enjoy it. The lake is freshwater so I am not stressed when swimming in it.

 A time I had an unexpected act of kindness was when I was in a fast food drive-through and the person in front of me decided to pay for my meal. When I came up to the window they told me it was a chain and that everyone had paid for the person behind them. They asked if I would like to continue it, I said yes until I found out the person behind me`s total was 54 dollars...

 Something I wish I had more of is pets. My dog recently passed away and ended up getting a puppy. After getting a puppy we realized it is actually easier to have 2 puppies for them to distract each other. Now we have a very dependent puppy who needs attention constantly and terrorizes the cat. Another puppy would keep it distracted and they would give each other attention.