Sully's English Blog

 As a child I used to believe in Santa. I thought he was real and really brought Christmas presents. I found out one Christmas because my brother and I recognized a table that had our presents on it from a table in our garage. We put two and two together and realized it was our parents the whole time.

 I was afraid for a while to except the truth of Christ. For a long time I was agnostic and did not follow the Lord. I was afraid because it meant I had to be responsible. However now I am very grateful I did because Christ has helped me grow in so many ways.

 act 1 scene 2: Rose is expected to stay at home. She does not work. She is also expected to just listen to Troy and not question him. Her sense of duty makes her seem soft to Troy especially towards their son. act 1 scene 3: Troy is shown to be very rough and strict. He does provide for his family financially but that is it. He does not show weakness and expects nothing but respect. We can see how men in his community are meant to be strong and emotionless.

 It makes me realize how much progress we made from the past. Even if it's not perfect today. I don't know what I would do in troys position because its a difficult place to be in. 

 A time I was judged unfairly was somewhat recent. Over the weekend I entered a pretzel eating competition at an Oktoberfest celebration near my house. They assumed I would not be much competition because I was young. However I nearly won the whole contest and made it to the finals.

 I would be very curious to learn about many aspects of Hispanic culture. I personally love different cuisines so I would love to learn about different meals (especially if I get to try them.) I would like to learn about their celebrations and holidays as from what I already know about them they seem very interesting like Dia De Los Muertos. 

 I thought William had a good story map presentation. It is interesting to see the differences and similarities to how we both were raised. His experience of getting whooped reminded me of my own which I had completely forgotten about. I enjoyed seeing what was similar between our lives.

 I used to think that one of my teachers was just being harsh for no reason. Then she explained her perspective. She told us how difficult it is to teach the lessons when nobody's paying attention. I got a newfound respect for her.

 My mother called me a delinquent. I calmly told her not to speak to me that way. It still made the situation worse. This experience made me realize you cannot be reasonable with some people.

 the pressures of gender expectations are never an excuse to be unfaithful. loyalty in a marriage is a basic expectation and nothing validates having an affair. although I can understand how these expectations are very stressful but one needs to communicate or find another solution.

 I enjoy group work the most. I find it easier to stay focused when I have people to engage with. I also enjoy being able to interact with my classmates.

A gender expectation imposed on me is the expectation for men to be emotionless. It is very frustrating for me when I get told to "suck it up" as by now everyone should know that's not healthy. It is even worse when people assume I don't have emotions at all and that they can treat me however they want.

 I challenged my parents expectations when they wanted me to play football and I didn't want to. I felt kind of bad at first because they really wanted me to. eventually we came to an agreement though.

 The class has been going well. There have been a lot of presentations I feel like, which I am not the biggest fan of but I understand the purpose of them. I find most of the content at least somewhat interesting. I do enjoy the teaching format. However for me I find it somewhat hard to stay engaged.