So we finished our Macbeth project last week, and I feel like I should sum up how that went before I move on to this week. Our presentation went well. We covered all of the necessary points and I felt like everyone who watched it was entertained, and also learned about feminism. Also, I now have the entire "Clint Eastwood" by the Gorillaz memorized, which is definitely a plus. Our essay didn't do quite as well. We focused too much on historical context and ended up getting a C. It's not terrible, but we'll have to redo it soon.
Moving on to this week, we started our "This I believe" projects. When this was announced I wasn't really that excited, because we do at least one of these for creative writing every year. But this time we're doing a video, and it will be completely different than it was the last couple times. One thing I struggled with this week is finding a topic for my project. On one hand, the project needs to be something personal but, on the other hand, I also want it to be enjoyable to watch. I debated doing something on religion, but I thought that I wouldn't be able to share everything I should on that topic and I didn't want to limit my beliefs to "I believe in God". In the end, I decided to talk about my education and how my desire to learn has decreased since elementary school. My only problem with this is that I don't want my essay to seem like it is blaming my middle school teachers for being bad, but middle school is one of the reasons I dislike school now. Is it blaming if you actually believe that they caused or contributed to the problem? I'm not sure. To be safe I decided to be very general in talking about what I didn't like, and focus more on how I reacted to those classes. My biggest fear in this project is that it will be very clear to me what I am trying to say, but anyone who reads it will get a completely different message. I'll have to be very careful when I craft what I am going to say in order to avoid this problem.
Moving on to this week, we started our "This I believe" projects. When this was announced I wasn't really that excited, because we do at least one of these for creative writing every year. But this time we're doing a video, and it will be completely different than it was the last couple times. One thing I struggled with this week is finding a topic for my project. On one hand, the project needs to be something personal but, on the other hand, I also want it to be enjoyable to watch. I debated doing something on religion, but I thought that I wouldn't be able to share everything I should on that topic and I didn't want to limit my beliefs to "I believe in God". In the end, I decided to talk about my education and how my desire to learn has decreased since elementary school. My only problem with this is that I don't want my essay to seem like it is blaming my middle school teachers for being bad, but middle school is one of the reasons I dislike school now. Is it blaming if you actually believe that they caused or contributed to the problem? I'm not sure. To be safe I decided to be very general in talking about what I didn't like, and focus more on how I reacted to those classes. My biggest fear in this project is that it will be very clear to me what I am trying to say, but anyone who reads it will get a completely different message. I'll have to be very careful when I craft what I am going to say in order to avoid this problem.