Over the last couple of weeks we have done some interesting
things, some of which have made a lasting impression, others, not so much.
The first thing that I want to touch on was the prezi (is
that how you spell it?) that we watched in class. While actually sitting and
watching it, it didn’t really affect me, but as I go on, little bits of info
keep popping up in my head from it, so I think it made an impact. The vegetable
Oedipus messed me up for good though.
The second thing that was interesting was the doc that we
had to read about the native American culture. It really helped introduce the
writing style of ceremony to me. The actual information from the doc was
awesome too, and without it, reading ceremony would be a hardcore struggle.
Then we discussed ceremony after all that shenanigans.
Honestly, the discussion was a little rough. Okay, maybe more than a little. I
felt like the discussion got away from me, and by the time I figured out what
everyone was talking about, they had moved on. I’m curious to see what the next
discussion will be like though.
Let’s talk about lenses. Did you know that they are really
cool and help you understand a work better when you use multiple different
lenses? Because I sure didn’t. I feel like this discussion would have been
better, oh, I don’t know, maybe at the beginning of the year? Discussing American Dream and Death of a Salesman would have been so much easier. I feel like we
covered way more in one of the days with lenses than we ever did actually
discussing the work and trying to pick it apart.
The “lenses” days (that’s what I’ve decided to call them.)
were basically me just trying to contain the bits of my blown mind. Seriously,
it was great. But it also made me wonder: how far would we have gotten if we
had always looked at works under these lenses? Not just in AP. In all of
school. How many works of pure genius did I just skip over thinking that they
were meaningless? Then I started to get a little angry. I feel like the school
really skimped on my education up until this point. Not to mention I’m going
off to college, full of people that have been using these techniques for years,
and I’m going to walk in and look like an idiot. And what about those who
choose not to take AP? Are they just going to live their lives barely scraping
the surface of their favorite books? I feel like it’s my duty to educate these
poor, poor souls.
I’m sure I forgot other things, but that’s most
of what we covered in class.
Rachel,
ReplyDeleteSure, you forgot some things. We finished Ros and Guil at about this time, but its okay, I have to like recap and read my course material post all over again so that i know what i talked about. We looked at some lectures and there was disagreement from the masses about some of these articles. We also worked on open prompts... "Eleven"...remember that devil? Ha! No, I got through it somehow. How are you coming along with you open prompt attempts? I like how you relate the lenses technique back to your own life. Yes, it is sad for those poor wretched souls...nah, they're not wretched but they might be missing out. Most likely they don't care.There are many things in life that I have yet to discover and understand, but i'm sure I'll figure it all out one day. But when we are finally told the things that are for once helpful, we sometimes want to smack ourselves in the face because it seems as if the information was right in front of us the entire time...where's your open prompt, yo? But right, what do you think about the characters in Ceremony?
Hello Rachel,
ReplyDeleteThis is actually my second comment, because my first one was erased when I hit the wrong button. Of course, I was very appreciative of that blunder (yes, I was sarcastic). Let's see if I remember what I was going to say.
It is good to see you express how you feel about things we have done in class, and your focus on critical lenses was enjoyable. Perhaps you can add a little bit of connections with other aspects of the course or literature, or elaborate more on the course material to better display your knowledge of it.