High School Expectations.

The way I see it is if we're going to be at Oly high for the next four years, why not try to make the best out of it? That is one of my goals. Something I'd like to get out of high school is knowledge. I want to gain all of the knowledge that I need in order to be successful after graduation and taking the giant leap into the "real world." I expect that at least a majority of my teachers will help me be on my way to this goal. I expect that my teachers here at Oly will make sure that I stay on track and complete all of my assignments/classes with good grades, nothing below high standards.

This blog had me thinking into the future. As of right now, I know who my teachers are, I know what they expect, and of course I know what I myself expect from them. Although looking into the future, when I get a list in the mail of my sophomore teachers, I'm sure expectations will change as I get older. Expectations may get harder, or possibly easier. Though there is no way of telling. I am just hoping that I will get one thing out of high school- success.

POETRY OUT LOUD

Now that we are preparing for the classroom competition, I feel a bit anxious/nervous.. I chose my poem mostly cause I like it and I think it is a very nice poem to perform. My personal opinion on this poem (Barter by Sara Teasdale) is that looking deeper into the poem, I found that to me it meant that the greater things in life are priceless. The poem holds a lot of feeling and emotions, which is why it is an easy performance. 

I am excited for the competition and know that everyone will do well. Ways that I got my poem memorized were by practicing over and over again until each word was perfect. I am excited to see what other variety of poems are out there, also. People chose all kinds of different poems which is the best part. I cannot wait until competition day to listen to everybody's performances.

(p.s.- yeah, i know, i'm posting this and the competition was about 2 weeks ago. oh well! :) )