Reflektshun

So, the semester is coming to an end. I'm happy yet sad (not really) about it.

I'm doing well or at least alright in all of my classes except one (this one).

I'm enjoying my guitar class. I finally see myself grabbing on to being able to read music well. Before now I've just been using my ears and figuring out how to play certain songs. That's something that's really good too but it's important to be able to read music as well.

My English class is easy as pie... or a piece of cake. All we do is debate and write essays. I try to make sure I participate in class discussions so I don't fall behind. I've gotten really good grades on all of my essays and I've turned in all of my homework so I'm not worried about that class.

My Math class however... I dunno. I'm passing but it's not as easy for me like all my other classes are. Math has never been a strong subject for me. It's not like I don't understand it, I just hate doing the same thing over and over... and over. I lose motivation when it comes to math real fast.

The only class I'm not doing well in is my reading class. I understand everything... I really don't think I should be in this class. Honestly, this is probably the easiest class I have. It's ironic to me that it's the only one I'm failing. I've done the reading. I've even read the book when we weren't necessarily supposed to. At the beginning and even now, I was never able to get any of the materials for the class. I spent all my money for books and whatever else for my other classes. It's not an excuse. I don't know exactly why I'm not putting in the energy for Reading like I do with my other classes. I guess it has something do with the fact that this is the only class where I feel like I'm back in High School. I don't do well with the highlighting and the SQ3R or whatever it's called. I don't work like that. I've tried to use that technique and it only makes things take a helluva lot longer and it makes it harder for me to retain information. In all honesty it actually kind of bugs me that this class forces students to use SQ3R (forgive me if that's now what it's called). It's one thing to teach it so students are aware of it but to force them to use it is not something that I'm a fan of. That's just my opinion, I'm sure you'll probably disagree with some if not all of what I just wrote.

Anyway,

So,
The part that kind of makes me sad about the semester coming to an end is the fact that I probably won't talk to a lot of the new people that I've become friends with. I've sort of adopted a new a daily routine to revolve around my classes and now I'll have to come up with another new one next semester. It's all good though. I enjoy school and I don't really want to wait for next semester. I'd rather just go to school continuously.

Calender Sink-O

Tue Dew Lizt

1) Smooth out my guitar piece
2) Write a bunch of different essays....
3) Play some shows

Vocab IV

Animosity from "Efficient and Flexible Reading" pg. 139

"For a while there was animosity between John Smith and some of the colonists."

Clues - "For a while" "Between"
Synonyms - Anger, disagreement, hate
Antonyms - Happy, understanding
Definition - Keen hostile feelings.
Sentence - "Don't be jelous of my gangsta guitar riffs. There's no need for animosity."

Arable from "Efficient and Flexible Reading" pg. 45

"For the most part, the land in Nova Scotia is not arable."

Clues - No clues really... maybe, "not"
Synonyms - Farmable, fertile
Antonyms - Dry, dead, bare
Definition - Suitable for producing crops which require plowing and tillage.
Sentence - "No, there is no land that is arable for planting the seeds of rock."

Pallid from "Efficient and Flexible Reading" pg. 63

"There are few pallid faces in Nova Scotia."

Clues - "few" and that this is Nova Scotia.
Synonyms - Pale, Albino, Unhealthy
Antonyms - Dark, Healthy
Definition - Lacking normal color; wan; pale
Sentence - "Sometimes we like to have pallid faces on stage to give the illusion that we're some sort of vampire gangstas."

Another Reflection

The vocabulary for this class really hasn't effected me a whole lot. I don't really study for it and I don't put time into it. The only time that I actually put into vacab is when I am taking the test in class with everyone else.

The only thing that I can say that vocab has done for me is just clarify some of the definitions. Now I can feel more confident that I can be accurate in what I am trying to say to someone. That effect however is really minimal. I know most of the words before we are suppose to even look at them.

As far as remembering them long term or short term goes I know most of the words so I pretty much remember them long term. There are some words that I forget but I probably would not use them anyway. I only forget them in the sense that I would not just say them in a conversation but I would understand them if I read it somewhere or someone else used it.

So all in all.... nothing has really changed. I approach new vocabulary the same way as always which is actually not approaching them at all. If I see something that I have absolutely no idea as to what it means then I'll look it up once and just leave it at that.

I don't mean to sound cocky or anything but that really is how I approach vocab. I have a photographic memory so I guess that really helps.

Calendar Fo

Two Due Lyst

1) Practice guitar pieces.
2) Define my subject for my argumentative essay.
3) Work on my website.

Infectious from "Efficient and Flexible Reading" pg. 83

"Massey's cellmate pointed out that the bacteria in the garbage was highly infectious."

Clues - Bacteria spreads
Synonyms - Contagious
Antonyms - Sterile
Definition - Spread by infection. Apt to spread from one to another.
Sentence - "My thick guitar riffs are infectious."

Raiment from "Efficient and Flexible Reading" pg. 95

"Unfortunately, Massey was trapped in one of the garbage containers for over nine hours before he was tossed out onto the city dump and half-buried in garbage. When he finally crawled free, his biggest obstacle was his raiment."

Clues - uhhh... I didn't really get any clues.
Synonyms - garbes, clothes
Antonyms - Opposite of clothes?.... dunnoo....
Definition - Clothing, garments.
Sentence - "After rockin' out, the women had their raiments littering the stage."

Longevity from "Efficient and Flexible Reading" pg. 107

"Before his escape plans backfired, Massey had been confident that he would achieve longevity."

Clues - He thought that they would work forever.
Synonyms - Extended, Long
Antonyms - Quick, short
Definition - Long Life
Sentence - "I hope to have longevity in my band."

Calendar Tres

To Dooooooo Liiiiiisssst
1) Start learning a new song for my guitar final.
2) Work on creating new songs with my bandmate.
3) Work in some lab hours.