Blog 7

One day I awoke from my slumber. I realized it was May 29^th 2015. I am immortal I told myself with a hushed tone. I crawled out of my bed and sprawled to the door. I quickly got ready for school, and once there at 11:50, my teacher told me to write. So I did, and this is what came of it. Throughout the school year the most enjoyable things we did was the slam poem, twelve angry men and watching The King’s Speech. The slam poem was amazing because I was able to get some pent up frustration and sorrow out of my aching bones. It let me express myself in a way I had never known possible. Reading Twelve Angry Men was fun because it let the class let loose while also doing work. It was fun to try and speak with a German accent. Watching the King’s Speech was amazing because not only was the movie spectacular and contained one of my favorite actors of all time, Colin Firth. It gave us some time to get rid of some stress. One of the things I wish we had done better was the Road. I feel as though we did not expand enough on it and just didn’t do anything fun with it. It would have been more enjoyable had we done some sort of acting or actually show our soundtrack that we made for it. Although there are many things that I wish this year had contained, I quite enjoyed my time in your class Mrs. Harstone. Originally, I was hesitant about what English would hold, and assumed it would lack the punch I lusted for. But you were able to make the year enjoyable and I’m quite glad I was able to have a teacher such as yourself.

During spring break I went to China with ITS. We went to see many different things such as the great wall and Forbidden City in Beijing. In Shanghai we got to see the downtown area with lots of huge buildings. On the foggy day we couldn’t even see the top of some of them. When we ventured out to Xi’An we got to see the terracotta warriors and I bought from the replica shop. Once arriving in Gui’lin we went on a river cruise down the Li River. The cruise was fairly decent but got a slight bit boring after about two to three hours. Once the cruise was over, we arrived in a small town where we got to saunter around the marketplace and buy many different things. Out of everything we did in China, the outing I enjoyed most was when we got to bike on top of the Xi’An city wall. The only wall in China which is still fully standing. Although I was quite disappointed that we only got to spend around thirty minutes atop the wall, I thoroughly enjoyed hurtling down the never-ending paths on the wall. My second favorite part of the trip was climbing the great wall. The expedition was a long and steep one, but it was worth the jelly legs. After reaching the highest point on the wall, you feel as though you are the king of the world. The creator of all that is in existence. It fills you with this higher power sense of accomplishment that makes you feel invincible. Although this was definitely the most self-building part of the trip for me, the bike riding on the wall in Xi’An will still be my favorite for that is where I got to spend some time just gliding alone chatting tranquilly with my friends.