What did we learn this semester? In any life situation we can expect to learn anything. For example if you go to a baseball game you can learn that the shortstop sucks. Or you can learn how it feels to lose somebody close when you go to the hospital. For the purposes of this blog and this posting I will discuss what I learned this semester in English 1.
We started off the semester learning about MLK and some interesting similarities to President Obama. I learned how to better write complete sentences and avoid fragments. I feel I most improved in my sentence structure and paragraph building. Mr. Thorn showed some easy tips and hints to make a solid paragraph. I learned the most form our post outlining. It is a great way to check your work as a math student checks his algebra. It takes time but it helps your grade! I would like to use a post outline on my future writings for other classes.
Paper two we talked about our life experiences, and complints about the oppisite gender. This unit was very helpful to me because I learned about passive voice, something that was never really explained well, or at all to me. I dont feel I have a complete understanding yet but it is better than what it was before. We learned its not all fun and games to be a lady and same goes for being a guy.
To end the semester, we learned about governments and various phliophies including plato and Marx. I had never read Marx. I still dont agree with his ideas but I do have a better understanding of what he wants. I wish we could of read more about capitalism. Im sick of democratic propaganda, I want to learn both sides fairly.
