We all have choices to make. We can choose to bully and tease people or we can be friendly to each other and help one another up. We can choose to sulk and cry when a bad situation arises or we can choose to stand up and take on stressful challenges.
This was shown especially today. Today was Anti-Bullying day and many of us made the choice to stand against bullying today. Also, Lit 12 greatly emphasized this by our study of the poems, On My First Daughter and Why So Pale and Wan.
On My First Daughter was written by Ben Jonson and is written about his thoughts about his Daughter's death. Though he was in great grief, he also tried to look at the positive aspects like how she was going to go to Heaven. (Line 6) He chose to see the best in the situation.
Why So Pale and Wan was written by Sir John Suckling and is a poem of a friend telling his broken hearted friend to stop feeling pity for himself. It is seen that the poet's friend is sad because of rejection and instead of choosing to feed the fire and encourage his self pity, he bluntly tells his friend to move on and stop. (Line 11)
Today, we have been given the choice to choose what form we would like to write our essay in. We can choose to have it due after spring break, due before spring break, or have it as an in-class essay with a mystery topic. In my opinion, an in-class essay seems like the best idea. The fact that we have nothing to prepare will be taken into consideration as opposed to an essay that is due after spring break, which will be required to meet a much higher standard.
HW tonight
Read page 294: The King James Bible
Read page 303: On His Blindness
Answer questions on 304: 1a, 1b, 2
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