Neko's English Blog

  Prompt: Tell me what is your favorite word  RIGHT NOW? Why is it your favorite word and how often do you use it? Prompt Response: Right  now, it's some stupid statement from Warhammer 40k, it's a game/book series/painting hobby. The word tau'va, meaning greater good, is a word from the faction I play. The word is hated. I say it because it's funny, and I'll say it after anything good I do because doing things for the greater good is funny. The faction is hated because they are the good guys in an "evil setting." The Tau are not morally good; they are morally grey. What they stand for is good peace and unity between the species of 40k. Summary: I spam the word tau'va Reflection:  We did a test  

  Prompt:. Blake uses the chimney sweepers to expose how society ignores suffering. Reflect on a time when you noticed someone being treated unfairly or saw a situation that didn’t seem right. How does this experience connect to the emotions or ideas expressed in one or both poems? Prompt Response:   Mostly, people treat their kids bad or how people mistreat their animals. You see people yell at their kids for nothing, and it just makes me feel bad. They will like drag them around for no reason and get mad over nothing. Same with how people treat animals, you'll see like dogs in cages stuck outside in the elements, and you can do nothing about it. Summary:  people treat their kids bad and how people treat animals unfairly Reflection:  We did the worksheet

  Prompt: Before the Civil War, most people saw nothing wrong with children working long hours. Over time, people began to see it as unfair and even cruel. What is something that society once accepted but now sees as wrong, or something we still accept today that might be viewed as wrong in the future? Explain your reasoning. Prompt Response:   Society  back then loved smoking. Now, today, we as a whole in America hate it more than ever. There are things called sin taxes put on cigarettes and other products because of how we view them. It used to be a normalized thing, smoking inside on airplanes, in restaurants, etc. In today's world, you must be 21 in America a you can't do it inside public buildings or airplanes. Kids back in the day would even smoke it was pushed by doctors as a health product. Summary:  Society  back then loved smoking. Reflection, we did the common lit

  Prompt:  Describe a time you couldn’t stop laughing. Prompt Response:  Anytime I am hanging out with my best friend Cooper. We understand each other a lot and have the same humor. We are pretty much like brothers; we do the same things. We both skate, paint, etc. Summary: When I'm with my best friend Reflection:  We worked on the one-pager

  Prompt: Describe your birth experience. What have your parents told you about the circumstances of your birth? Prompt Response:  I don't exactly know everything about my birth. First thing, I am an only child, I have no siblings. I was born in Germany in Sulsbach. My day was stationed on a military base there, that's why I was born there. I was a pretty big baby, so my mother had to have a C-section. I don't really know anything more Summary: I don't know much about my birth, all I know it went fine with some problems Reflection:  We read Infant Sorrow and Infant Joy

  Prompt: Write about what you did over the Fall Break.  Prompt Response:   I painted a lot over the break. I played a lot of video games over the break. A lot of Titanfall, Helldivers, Space Marine 2, etc. I did some roof work for money. I went out with my girlfriend twice: once to the mall and once to Buford Corn Maze. I also went poor, spending 127 dollars on a tau riptide battlesuit. Overall all a good break Summary: I had a very eventful fall break Reflection:  We read a poem in class  

  Prompt: How do you find time to enjoy your day, even when you have a lot going on? Write about at least three specific things you do to enjoy small moments throughout your day. Prompt Response: I like to just like play a few games even if i dont have alot of time like 30 min is good. I like seeing and talking to people alot throughout the day. Drawing or painting is a lot of fun even for a bit. All the things i listed don't take a while let me enjoy the day. Summary: even though days are busy i still find ways to enjoy them Reflection:  we did a test

  Describe a time when someone’s words had a lasting impact on you.   Prompt Response:    It's gotta be when anybody says anything negative to me. I honestly just hate it. I dwell on it forever. It just pisses me off sometimes I don't care but sometimes I just remember and remember. Specifically anything with how i dress or how i do anything really music etc makes me just wanna stop and not do it again I hate it Summary: when somebody says some thing negative or bad to me i just hate it impacts me. Reflection:   we presented our projects

  Prompt:  Write about a dream that felt real.  Prompt Response:    If we are talking about sleeping dreams, almost all of them. My dreams are crazy. It's real but it's not. I have almost full control of what I do in them. I almost never have them anymore. I only really have them when i am on medication or my sleep schedule is messed up bad. Summary: All of my dreams feel real Reflection:  We worked on the project  

  Prompt: Write about a moment when you had to step out of your comfort zone.  Prompt Response:   Any time I have to speak in public. I hate it. I am afraid of messing up. Messing up in front of people is horrible. I've had to do it multiple times in rotc. I have hated it everytime i have had too. Summary: speaking infront of people Reflection:  we worked on project

  Prompt :  What would you do: tell your friend to confess, tell their partner yourself, or stay quiet? Explain your choice, using ideas about loyalty and consequences from  Fences . How might your decision affect everyone involved? Prompt Response: There's only one real option in this scenario, and it's telling your partner. Telling a friend won't make the situation resolve or fix itself. Sure, telling a friend gets the guilt off yourself for a time. If you keep building and building, time not telling your partner the worst consequences; you're gonna have to go through. Your loyalty will be broken no matter what. If you tell them, then you must rebuild it over time    Summary: always tell your partner what's happening in life, or there will be worse consequences for you in the future Reflection: We read the book and worked on the project

  Prompt:  Write about something you’ve always been curious about. Prompt Response:  I have always wondered/been curious about space and space travel. It's just a concept that we as humans are so close to being able to do, yet so far. Space is infinite and will go on forever and ever billions of planets all to be explored. Also, the chance of other life. The new tech we would have, we have no clue what's really beyond us and what it could hold for us as humans. Summary: I have always wondered about space. Reflection: We  worked on the project

  Prompt:  Write about a conversation that changed you. Prompt response: after talking to the physical therapist, after my thumb was mangled on the concrete. She said I would never bend my thumb again. I could still bend it at the joint. This conversation changed my life and how I would go in the future Summary: Talking to the physical therapist  Reflection We read the book and worked on the project