It was a long and busy four years, but I would not trade my time in high school for anything in the world. My high school experience was very good. It was a time period where I grew a lot as a person and a student. I was lucky throughout high school getting good teachers for all my classes. As time passed in high school I was approaching on my Junior year and I had known about the IB program because my sister participated in it. However, I did not really want to do it cause a very small amount of my friends were doing it. The majority of them decided to take the AP route. My parents actually made me do IB. But after two years I am very thankful to them for making me do it. I made a lot of new friends over the past two years and it surrounded me with some very intelligent and hard working people. As graduation approached I am more than ready for college but I am going to miss my days at Millbrook. I feel like the IB program has prepared me very well for college and the professional world after college.
Before high school I WAS a stereotypical Catholic school kid. Raised in the church. After high school, I am still a Catholic but a much different person. The IB program has taught me to be a well rounded thinker and person. I wanna thank all of my teachers over the past four years for all the time and work they have put in and for their impact they have had on me as a student. I was just a young student coming into high school but I am now an IB student heading to college which is crazy to think about! I'm going to miss everyone so much and thanks for a memorable high school experience everyone!
Sunday, April 24, 2016
Sunday, April 10, 2016
Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman's journal is very hard to read and understand due to the various markings and scribbles within his notebook. I think that shows how his way of thinking was very unique because he would be the only one to understand these various markings and scribbles. I think it also shows at the time Whitman did not want anyone who came across his notebook to understand the ideas he included in hit because his beliefs were very progressive for the time period he was living in, which makes it hard to interpret even in todays time period.
Throughout Whitman's notebook there is a lot of focus on God. On many pages there are references to God or Christ. There are also many references to Judaism in his scribbles. Whitman also incorporates a focus on Abraham Lincoln and a conversation that the two might of had. Another major focus that Whitman had throughout his notebook was power which was seen when he mentioned various queens of countries and the throne. Another interesting observation is that there is some sort of seal on many of the pages of his notebook that seem to come at random points so I am not sure what he used it for. There are also many drawings in his notebook of a bearded man which could very likely be himself. Finally there is an interesting newspaper heading on one of the pages of his notebook.
I think Whitman's scribbles and drawings within his notebook say a lot about him. The newspaper heading he drew in his notebook tells me that he had aspirations for some of his works to be published in a newspaper so his ideals could spread to people around the country because they were not popular at the time. I think all of his scribbles and drawings show how his ideals were very different from the common ideals of the time period and that is why they are so messy and hard to follow because I think he feared that if anyone discovered this why he was still living he would be criticized for his ideals.
After understanding what Whitman really wrote it was discovered that his conversation with Abraham Lincoln never actually occurred. It was something that he had created which showed how he had aspirations to hopefully speak to Lincoln but never had the chance to. Also a clearer picture was made about Whitman's thoughts on religion and how he proposed a four sided God that would hopefully appeal to all people so they could be unified under one God. We also find out that the seal that was on many of the pages of Whitman's notebook was a Library of Congress collection mark that was added after his notebook was recovered and stored by the Library of Congress.
Throughout Whitman's notebook there is a lot of focus on God. On many pages there are references to God or Christ. There are also many references to Judaism in his scribbles. Whitman also incorporates a focus on Abraham Lincoln and a conversation that the two might of had. Another major focus that Whitman had throughout his notebook was power which was seen when he mentioned various queens of countries and the throne. Another interesting observation is that there is some sort of seal on many of the pages of his notebook that seem to come at random points so I am not sure what he used it for. There are also many drawings in his notebook of a bearded man which could very likely be himself. Finally there is an interesting newspaper heading on one of the pages of his notebook.
I think Whitman's scribbles and drawings within his notebook say a lot about him. The newspaper heading he drew in his notebook tells me that he had aspirations for some of his works to be published in a newspaper so his ideals could spread to people around the country because they were not popular at the time. I think all of his scribbles and drawings show how his ideals were very different from the common ideals of the time period and that is why they are so messy and hard to follow because I think he feared that if anyone discovered this why he was still living he would be criticized for his ideals.
After understanding what Whitman really wrote it was discovered that his conversation with Abraham Lincoln never actually occurred. It was something that he had created which showed how he had aspirations to hopefully speak to Lincoln but never had the chance to. Also a clearer picture was made about Whitman's thoughts on religion and how he proposed a four sided God that would hopefully appeal to all people so they could be unified under one God. We also find out that the seal that was on many of the pages of Whitman's notebook was a Library of Congress collection mark that was added after his notebook was recovered and stored by the Library of Congress.
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