Nyla English Blog

 Prompt Response: To describe my own mind I would use the metaphor of clouds in the sky. My thoughts come and go. They never sit for too long or I tend to overthink. When I overthink it would compare to rain in the metaphor. This is because overthinking may cause inner struggles.  Reflectioon/Summary: Was absent. 

 Prompt Response:  I would like to go and travel to a different country as my adventure. I would like to visit Japan and walk up their mountains. As well as learning the culture to various different countries.My adventure would just consist of jumping to different countries and learning about each of them.  Reflection: I reflected on the rest of the theme's in the presentations. As well as analyzing the poem we reviewed in class with discussion questions after.  Summary: Today in class we finished presentations and took notes. We reviewed and analyzed the meaning of a poem. 

Prompt response: Something I will never fully understand are the behaviors of this generation. I can understand where certain feelings and emotions derive from I just cant understand the choice behind it. For example I don't understand why people cheat or have the player mentality trying to be nonchalant. I can understand the emotional aspect of it but not the choice as there are better ways to regulate your emotions with self reflection and work.  Summary: Today in class students shared their presentations of their origin myths.  Reflection: I got to see everyones origin myths presentations and reflect on the themes chosen. 

 Prompt Response:  I wish I had more of the skill of understanding the things in the world around me. I think its always important to have the mind set of learning to understand. I wish more of this as its important to nurture my mind in academics but as well as understanding people and why things are.One of my aspirations is to travel all over the world so its an important skill to have as you see different cultures and religions as I already personally know the negative impacts of misunderstanding a person.  Summary: Today in class we just worked on finishing our Origin myth posters in Adobe.  Reflection: I got to work on my poster and reflect on my story. 

 Prompt Response: The most creative thing I have every made was a painting. It was a moon and sky painting representation of Romeo and Juliet in the star night sky up in space. It stands out as my best work as it was visually my best painting. It captivated the most people out of all my creative creations.  Summary: In class we worked and finished the origin story myth. Then we worked on a poster to represent our stories. We used Adobe express platform to work and complete this.  Reflection: I started to create my creative poster and reflect on my story is becoming physically visual to see in order to interpret.  

 Prompt Response: Two questions I have about life is "Is there life on other planets in other galaxies?" and "Is the concept of time an illusion in this life? " The first question matters to me as I have always wondered if humans were created else where in the world since I see our world as stained and sorrowful. The second question matters to me as I see this life as temporary but the soul eternal.   Summary: Today in class we organized our original orgin myths. We went over the criteria and an example in class. We also started the actual writing part.  Reflection: I reflected on the components of a origin myths while writing my own.