The Adventures of ELA

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The First Semester: Scary but Enjoyable - 12/09/19

My first semester of ELA was intimidating at first. Ms. Coello seemed really energetic at first which really scared me, but I began to grow fond of her. I found out that we shared some common interests, volleyball of course, and that we may have seen each other before! I think it was then that I began to enjoy class. Things began to get easier, and I felt more at home during class.

Language arts taught me to look at the world through different lenses, which I now apply to my everyday life. Overall I enjoyed my first semester of LA, and I’m looking forward to the next.

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Volleyball makes me happy, and it led to my happiest moment.  Find what makes you happy!!!

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Happy Days: What Makes Me Happy - 12/04/19

My happiest memory would have to be getting the email for making the A1 program last year. To my knowledge I haven’t experienced tears of joy until that moment, but I knew I had worked hard for an entire year for the experience I was about to go through. The best part is yes, I think I can experience that happiness, but I would need to achieve the improbable; making the Youth National Team.

When it comes to controlling happiness, it comes down to wither it is true happiness or manufactured happiness. With true happiness it happiness, it’s close to impossible to control, but manufactured happiness is easy to control. When I mean manufactured, I’m talking about like you force yourself to be happy. True happiness comes suddenly, and unexpectedly. Think about going from nothing to being an Olympian, its hard to explain. I hope you experience that moment that makes you feel true happiness.

Personally I believe there is no way to control happiness, you just go with the flow and spread your happiness onto others.

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Share the Love: Complimenting Others - 12/02/19

“Compliment three people everyday.” - H. Jackson Brown Jr.

This is great advice. People should give more compliments on a day to day basis. Compliments make people feel good. In a world where people would give three GENUINE compliments a day, not only does the recipient feel good, but the giver also feels good. The best way to think about this is to share the love, if you like something about someone, share you opinion about them. Hopefully people take your kindness and share it.

If your wondering about the underlines, those are the nouns in the post, let me know if you find any more!

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Characterization: A Brief Summary - 11/18/19

Characterization is hard, I’m not gonna lie. You have to analyze a character using STEAL (Speech, Thoughts, Effects on others, Actions, Looks) inorder to determine the correct character trait. It isn’t the analyzing of the character that is hard, it's the selection of the word to describe them, so increasing one's vocabulary is very important. After that, state that the character is _____. Then some reason from the text outlining why they are that trait.

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Novel Reflection - 11/13/19

So when you hear that your writing a novel, it seems like a daunting task. No matter if I wanted to hate it, I seemed to enjoy writing. I finally reached that moment of almost like resolution. I finally feel like Wow I really did that. I also got to share my story. I worked hard to earn that spot and I just needed to brag a little. I also felt, not pitiful but almost connected to my classmates. I got another glimpse that I’m not the only human out there.

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Self Acceptance - 11/06/19

“I express pride and confidence in my identity without perceiving or treating others as inferior.”

I think this quote relates to me because I’ve had to accept the fact that I’m different than everyone else, physically and socially. People come up to me and say “Dang, I wish I had your height.” I mean yes, it's cool to be six foot five sports wise, but its hard not to come off as offensive when your talking about the struggles of being tall. When anybody says something related to my height, I try and not to think that I am the standard now and that everyone else is below me; I think about being the exception, the outlier in society. It’s a delicate balance between not coming off as offensive to ‘shorter’ people and not seeming like I wish I wasn’t tall; a balance I’m still trying to find. I've gotten better at it, but it bugs me that I have a social status I have to keep up because I am so much taller than the average.

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The Beauty of Language Arts - 10/24/19

The beauty of language arts is that it makes you better at conversing, which is something we do a lot of. Having the ability to communicate with other beings is very important. Sending emails and talking to your friends require you to communicate. By expanding vocabulary and the understanding of the English Language, we come to understand this better.

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My S.M.A.R.T. Goal - 10/21/19

My goal for the next quarter is to keep up on my work and keep due dates in mind. I kinda fell behind this quarter, but I need to keep working hard. I would also like to get better at editing and revising not only my work, but also other peoples’. I always seem to have the right idea, but my essays are usually in an order that doesn’t flow that great. I would also like to figure out my style. I’ve never been able to write like I talk. I would also like to get an A again

As a side note, S.M.A.R.T. is an anconym to help you make reasonable goals so I attached an image to show you the definitions of each letter

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I’m not going to lie, I’m more of a math and computer guy myself. What are you?

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ELA: Not my Favorite - 10/10/19

I’m not one to really dislike something expressingly, how ever ELA isn’t my favorite subject. On top of that, I’m not that great at writing either so it doesn’t come easy to me. If I was asked to break down ELA, I would begin with the standards; they aren’t really my cup of tea. It’s hard for me to not write natural when writing in another format, like informative, explanatory, etc. Anyways, the expectation is a little high for a general class, but it seems right for an honors class. Now here is the crazy part, no matter how much effort I put in, the outcome always seems the same; a decent paper. But yeah… Language arts, not my forte

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Wannabe Blogger 101 - 10/7/19

I would advise a wannabe blogger to include the topic into the response and to include good details. Being persistent is also key, keeping at it and being consistent with your posting is also key

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Chapter 3: The Count of Monte Cristo - 9/30/19

In Chapter 3 of CoMC Ferdinand is claiming his love to Mercades, but she says to him that she is married to Dantes, and that she would be a bad wife if she cheated on him. She then proceeds to tell Ferdinand off. The Dantes comes home with his bittersweet news of having the captain take a turn for the worse, but he succeeded him as captain. Then after having a social at his house, he then wants to get married to Mercades, and plans the wedding tomorrow, because he has to get to Paris.

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The Strengths of Alexandre Dumas - 9/23/19

Some of the strengths of Alexandre Dumas are that he uses descriptive diction, allowing for the reader to have a more vivid image of the setting and actions occurring.

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2022: Where I want to be - 9/19/19

In 2022, I would like to be getting ready to graduate, at the top of our class, and the leader of the Boy’s Volleyball Program here. School is very important to me so being successful on campus is a must have for sports and academically. I would also like to be on my way to a D1 college for volleyball, hopefully Stanford or UCLA, fingers crossed. I would also like to have completed APCSA at the time so I could be even more qualified for getting into the Computer Science programs at a school.

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Volleyball helped me define who I am. Go out and try something new, maybe you’ll love it!!!

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Themes of My Life as a Book - 9/16/19

If my life was a book, the themes would be “the search for a purpose’’ and being ‘in conflict with the rules.’’ As a kid, I played quite a few sports, and never really found one that fit me, but I found meaning in playing volleyball, not only athletically but emotionally as well. Currently, I understand that being different is ok, but before, I tried to conform to society. After finding out that I love volleyball, I discovered how to be an individual. Not only is playing men’s volleyball defying what people think about tall people, but it also showed me that not only in life that you have to work as a team, but you also have to be yourself.