Essayus Interruptus

Allow me to start off by saying that the essay was not well written because of all the interruptions. I didn't really have a plan to go in and embarrass Preston for giving us such a measly prompt, and that is definitely not how it happened. Let me give you the pressure breakdown...
1. Montaigne
2. Time
3. I had forgotten my notes in my locker which was just another thing to stall/preoccupy my mind.

First of all, the prompt included Montaigne which put quite a lot of pressure on me considering that we, the class, had no clue what the hell Montaigne was blabbering about in this book. Second, time was short. I know it was relatively close to the time limit on an actual AP test, but during the test we don't get our stream of consciousness messed with by librarians. Lastly, my notes. Oh my notes... I can't believe I had forgotten them. Once Preston mentioned that they were due along with our test, I had to worry about that, and that didn't help me think.

After I left, no much happened. The idea of the essay slipped through my mind, and of course I was rushed with the question "WHAT WAS THE ESSAY PROMPT?!?!" I guess it was my mind telling me that I should be glad that I get this chance to write what I wanted to on my essay but didn't.

In my essay, I mentioned the references both authors made to older times, like Montaigne to Plato and Aristole, and Austen to the 1700s. I compared how both authors have a completely different style. Austen is dependent on plot and structure while Montaigne really didn't depend on anything. I just wish I could have written more examples to back up my statements because the rush made me want to finish with a brief but completed essay instead of a detailed incomplete one. 

Nothing Too Special.

I'm not going to tell you the reasons that everyone writes to their AP/Honors teachers at the beginning of every year. Instead of taking that perspective, I offer an alternative thought. Yes, challenging yourself to strive as the best student possible and open as many "life concealing" doors as you can in your short four years of high school is the most obvious of the answer, and  some students even give in to positive peer pressure and dare step into Preston's domain; however, for me it is simply, for lack of better terms, schemata. I've gotten used to the atmosphere of a higher mind in the class room during my earlier and current year. Therefore, I must follow suit and not taint my AP English marathon. And this could be a nice defense mechanism to the deadly Senoritis disease that usually kicks in after applications causing high school to turn into another obstruction to the beach-side college life I look forward to.

Not many teachers incorporate modern technology into their classrooms(which to me is a darn shame) because quite frankly, if teachers inserted interactive technology, and I'm not talking about those lame jeopardy sessions, then to my belief, teachers would receive a more positive response from their students. I look forward to this year as one I can finally relate myself to, even the least bit, and Sitting here in front of my computer has gotten me excited about this whole year because this blogging opportunity has fallen into my education. Unlike the majority of the students in Righetti, I live in Los Alamos which is a secluded valley where technology, the couch, and that fresh bag of potato chips are your best friends. So I only feel the excited portion of my emotions towards this class. As for now, I am self-relieved of all my nervous anxiety of going into Preston's AP English class because being nervous will just continue to build up and that can be very discouraging.

I look to this class for a lot of guidance with English because lately, books have reached a considerable height on my priority list. Mainly because a couple of weekends have been filled with late night readings of unread books that I found lying around my house. Therefore, I can only say that my goal for this class is that I want to learn impressive writing styles. Styles that made J.D. Salinger and William Shakespeare so famous for their literary works. With that said, I hope by the end of the year, I will be much improved of what style of writing I can strongly support so that I will be closer to defining myself for a bucket list goal of writing a book because you know.... yolo.