So we've been on break for a couple of days, almost a week. Unfortunately, I had completely forgotten to do my second post last weekend/comments due to visiting family, but I'll try to make those up by carrying it over this week.
I've find myself dreading the thought of anything dealing with school, but I'm still forced to come back to it nonetheless. My graduated friends from last year came back into town, so we all had a get-together to try and catch up. After talking about college life, they asked me about AP English and Ms. Serensky. Some of them took the junior and senior year as well, so they had gone through everything we are right now. I mentioned data sheets, obviously, among other things, but they were most surprised about the blogs. They were interested, a little jealous even, and it made me think about these posts we've done. I'm thankful for these, especially because it's a more creative outlet for us AP English students who are more accustomed to the stressful, more structured essays. I'm not exactly loving the responsibility right now, during break, but it's definitely nice during the hectic school week.
They (my graduated friends) also commented about the change of attitude toward the students from junior year to senior year, which I think is hilarious. Ms. Serensky is still tough on us and grades us with the same expectations, but she seems a lot more approachable and...well, talkative. I get a feeling it's partly because we're not scared to death of Ms. Serensky anymore, but maybe it's also because she favors seniors over juniors. Honestly, I have no idea.
I agree that the blogs are great. When Ms. Serensky first brought them up, my structured, literary analysis wired brain had a moment of panic but I have actually really enjoyed this project. You are also spot on in your observation about our attitude toward Ms. Serensky. Perhaps what we were really scared of was AP English, and we projected our terror onto her. Now we can deal with it (sort of) so we aren't as constantly stressed out and fearful of what is going to happen next.
ReplyDeleteThat's interesting Marc. I too talked to some of my friends home from college over the break and they expressed the same thoughts over the blogs. I find it interesting that we seem to be doing many different things than the seniors did last year. I do not think that they had the luxury of viewing a play either, like we did with "Othello." And that is interesting that you forgot to post, I thought I was the only person who ever forgot to post on time.
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