This year has gone by so quickly! My favourite
part of English 20-1 was by far the film presentations. Although
presenting in front of my peers was extremely nerve wracking, I got to watch
one of my favourite movies and share it with everyone. The types of
movies someone likes can tell you a lot about them. Movies are really a
gateway to a person's soul. Getting to learn about my friends and
classmates favourite movies was really an eye opener. There was a very
wide range of genres, from comedy to drama to animated. Movies are pretty
essential to our culture and being able to share that with one another was lots
of fun. A bonus was also getting to see a large part of our grade all dressed up
and fancy. We clean up pretty good! The one thing I did not like during
this year was the entire study of The Road. The book was boring, both of
the characters annoyed me to no end and the movie was even worse than the
book. I really did not like that part of the year. I really wish we
didn't study that novel; the boy was probably the most annoying and frustrating
part of the book. He wouldn't stop whining and crying about everything,
and he was pretty much born into that world and should be desensitized to
everything. I just simply did not like that novel or movie whatsoever.
Therefore, the only thing I would change about English class this school year
is not having input into what books or movies we studied. I would have
much preferred it if we were given a choice and voted on what sources we
studied. I know that I probably wouldn't have loved everything we did,
but at least there would be more than 1 or 2 sources that I actually liked
throughout the year. Even though there are a few things I didn't like
this year, overall it was pretty great.
