The Last Reflection, brings tears to my eyes

Well it seems that this will be that last time that I do the old trusty Reflection on Blogger for the great Mrs. Irving-Rooney. I will of coarse be doing one for the final exam, but that does not count in my opinion. I still think that the first semester was a lot better since we used Black Board rather than Blogger. Blogger just did not do the trick for me for some reason. Well it is sad to say that this year is almost over and even sadder at the mere thought that I may never see Mrs. Irvin-Rooney again. Oh but what a year it has been. We have done so many fun things in this class. I am very frightened whenever I think about the work load of this week. I have to do a lot for every class, but the most in this class. I have to do that huge essay for this class, as well as all of those things for the final exam. That is a lot of work. I will miss this class though.

My Reflection is a must

Well it appears as if it is that time of the week again. It is now that time where I talk about whatever is going on in my life or, as Mrs. Irvin-Rooney calls it, Reflections. I feel like this week was pretty much wasted though. You see, Senior Assassin was going on all week, and I am one of the people that got really involved in that. Let's just say that there was a good chance that I would have one, had I not been cheated. Senior Assassin, for those that do not know, is a game where Seniors try to eliminate their target by getting them wet. At the same time though, the participant has to avoid the person that is targeted after them. I started Senior Assassin with a blast. I quickly eliminated Melissa Houston on the car ride to our English class and stayed away from Lonnie Johnson. In round two, I eliminated Matthew Bobosky a.k.a "Bobo" in the same manner that I eliminated Melissa. I was on a roll. I had eliminated my second target quicker than anyone and was a huge favorite for the win. I did a good job avoiding Ben Verlander and had him beat until the cutoff date. He finally got me on the cutoff date because I thought it ended at 12 noon, when in reality it ended at 3pm. That is why I feel that I was cheated out of Senior Assassin. Shattered Glass was a pretty good movie, too. Although I hated the way that Stephen Glass talked. It was very annoying.

If there something strange in your week, who you gonna call? Re-flec-tions

Aw, nothing like a Ghostbusters reference to start off my favorite English assignment, the reflection. Speaking of which, did you know that they are making a third Ghostbusters over twenty years after the second? That was just a little icebreaker right there. Anyways, this week in class was pretty good. To start things off, we had some more debates. Now I am a man that does his work early, so my debate was already complete. Therefore, Tuesday's class was very relaxing in the manner of just sitting there and watching as two peers equally argue on a controversial issue. I do have to say that I thought that Joe and Cole's debate looked like it was going to get a little heated at some points. It did not though, which was a huge disappointment to me. Thursday's class was even better than Tuesday's. We started the movie "Shattered Glass" with that guy that plays Anakin in the new Star Wars trilogy. Yeah, that guy is not that great of an actor in my opinion. I mean, he is alright, but there is certainly better. Maybe part of the reason I do not like him is because I did not really like the new Star Wars trilogy. They were pretty good films, but no where near as amazing as the original three. That is pretty sad that films made with twenty more years of advanced technology were not better. I guess it just goes to show that George Lucas and everybody involved did an amazing job with the original trilogy and they are all too old now. The original Star Wars trilogy was definitely the greatest trilogy of all time. So that is pretty much what happened in English 112 this week.

Guess what time of the week it is...Reflections time

This week was amazing, truly amazing. Now there is really only one reason that I say this to you and that is because it was Spring Break. There is no greater week in the school year than Spring Break. One of the things that I dearly look forward to during Spring Break is the chance to sleep in late during every day. However, this amazing plan was halted due to the fact that J. Sarge was not on Spring Break the same week as Goochland. Now this strange plan was used in the great Mrs. Irvin-Rooney's English 112 class, but it was used in Dr. Kopf's Bio 102 class, which starts while the moon is still visible. It was slightly sad though that I was forced to go a whole week without being graced with the presence of Mrs. Irvin-Rooney. I still managed to have a pretty good Spring Break though. I hung out with friends and family, went bowling, saw the movie "Date Night," and had a fun day at Kings Dominion, just to put it in a nutshell. It was not the greatest Spring Break, but it was still pretty good. I am deeply saddened that it had to end so soon.

Reflection Numero Dososososo

So this past week in class was probably the greatest of all time. It probably amounted to the most amount of fun that one could have in an English 112 class. Although, with the great Mrs. Irvin-Rooney teaching, how could there be a dull moment? Tuesday was great because we had an all out debate in class. At least I think this was on Tuesday. It may have been last Thursday, but I guess we will never know. Anyways, the debate was amazing and very self-satisfying. It was almost like a relaxing therapy session, getting all that knowledge and wisdom flowing out there. Then, to top off the great week in English, we had debates on Thursday. Now I know that this actually happened on Tuesday. The debates were a lot of fun and they greatly influenced my opinions on a lot of issues. I had a great time doing my debate on former congressman Eric Massa with my fellow student Matt Bobosky. You remember Matt Bobosky from class, don't you? He also goes by "Bobo," if that's what you call him. Well anyways, I would say our debate got a little more inappropriate than I thought it would be. I did not intend for him to describe the term "snorkeling" to the class. I felt like we had the least professional, but funniest debate of all. I did feel like I forgot a few good points though, but for the most part, I did an amazing job in the debate considering I only pre-wrote my sources and not any facts. This past week of class was amazing though and I certainly hope that there are more like it.

Reflections! How have you been? I've missed you, old pal

I am so ecstatic at this very moment for the shear fact that I get to write a reflection again. The blogs just all around sucked, so the chance to return to some familiar territory is amazing. I do have to say that not a lot has changed in the world of Michael Massie since our last encounter, old pal (I'm talking to the reflection). That is not necessarily a bad thing though, as I view my life as a happy one. I did have a bit of an interesting week though. Of coarse, any week where I get to be taught by the great Irvin-Rooney is an interesting one. She was right on the money this week by changing the way that we do things in class. The Socratic version of the blog proved to be a genius idea, in my opinion. We discussed a great many things that should be discussed by human beings and it was incredible. Just the whole manner of the thing was very therapeutic and relaxing. I think that doing things like that just shows how much we as humans have in common. It also stirs an extensive amount of thinking that I find helpful to my mind.

So many blogs that I've lost track, move back to blackboard

Stith Thompson was a professor that for years studied the one thing that is very common to our everyday life; stories. He showed this quite frankly through his text, "Universality of the Folktale." Everyday that we as humans live is filled with words that are spoken, written, and read. These words form to make sentences and these sentences form to make stories. Human communication simply would not exist without stories. Thompson was trying to get this through with this text, although he took story telling to another level. He more so analyzed every detail of common stories and the way that they are told around the world to basically become a pro on the subject. That is a great example of how ethos is used in this text. It was very interesting to read about the way that Thompson analyzes stories.

In "'Cinderella': A Story of Sibling Rivalry and Oedipal Conflicts" by Bruno Bettelheim, we get to take a good look behind the scenes of the classic story "Cinderella." Bettelheim examines this story closely, as he knows that it is probably the most famous fairy tale in all the world. He takes into effect that this story is about step-sibling rivalry, rather than rivalry. Bettelheim states that the reason for this is that no one would ever want or dream of having a pure-sibling such as the step-sisters of Cinderella. He compares this story to the Biblical one of Cain and Able. Bettelheim also digs into the reasons why the step-mother and step-sisters treat Cinderella the way that they do. Deep down, Cinderella knew that she was in fact better than the two of them so they tied her down with dirtiness and filthy treatment. Bettleheim also examines why this story is so popular across the world. The reason for this is that this story shows that no matter how hard life may be for you at the moment, there is a light at the end of the tunnel that awaits for you. The light at the end of the tunnel may be different for everyone, but none the less, there is a shot for everyone to improve their life and they will if they successfully take advantage of these opportunities.