Vocabulary

1. Hubris P.63- (noun) excessive pride or self-confidence.

Own logic - hubris i learned from reading one of my books.

His hubris prevented him from taking the necessary precautions for his mission.

2. Futile P.69 - (adjective) incapable of producing any result.

Own logic - i also learned this word from one of my books.

The student knew cheating was futile on under the teachers watch.

3. Unrelenting P. 67- (adjective) not easing or slackening in severity

Own logic - never giving up means just the same, thats how i knew about the word.

As the mailman came to the door, my dog was unrelenting on tyring to bite his head off.

SCHOOL

The motivation I have right now is barely even there. Hopefully it will just get me to school. Sadly I'd have to say my video games stole all my motivation towards school. I need to somehow give myself a jumpstart towards school. If I start making my video games a reward when I finish doing homework or studying that might help me. But the challenging part is making me do the schoolwork first. During the beginning of school I was all focused on trying to be the best student there. Then slowly and subtly it all started fading away. I can put my schoolwork first for about a week then it becomes meaningless. Procrastination is my worst enemy in school. Almost everything I do becomes a last minute thing for me. In the future I plan on doing the homework the night I actually get it, studying a week before a test, not the night before. If I follow through with everything I said I should be able to make it through the school year with flying colors. The hard part is making sure I don’t slack in doing the schoolwork and the studying. I’ve just been enlightened. My teacher just explained to me how to view my life in 5 years. And now school feels that more important to me. I hope that I will be able to keep this view on school the same till I finish the semester and or the school year. Now if I ever have a down on school I will most likely talk to my teacher about it so she can spark my interest in it again.

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Goals

My long term goal is to be a fireman. My mid-term goal is to finsih college with successful grades. My short-term goal is to be 1800 in heros of newerth.


Sunday, March 13, 2012

Dear Miss, Henderson

         One year has passed and i have reached my short-term goal and currently finsihing up my mid-term goal in college. I have started taking my firetech classes at Mt.Sac college, there are 7 classes i need to do total. I have finished with 3 of the 7. I reached my 1800 in my psr in my game that ive played. I've earned money from playing the game. I am a full time student at Mt.Sac and at FJC. There are certain courses that are challenging but they require alot more studying that i am including in my daily routine. As a result i am able to maintain my 3.0 gpa while having some free time to play my video games and workout to stay in shape for my firetech classes. In warm regards i would like to know how you have been doing this past year.
                  
                                              Sincerely,
                                         Tony Gannaway

Reflection

The past week i have not kept to my word. I was suppose to not miss any assignments and to keep up with school. I have been falling behind because i put unimportant things before school. I have been applying SQ3R to The Thins They Carry. It helps me alot to understand and remember the important things in the book. I need to focus on school and do my homework before i do anyhting else for that day. I need to stick to my original plans in order to pass this class.

To Do List

Must Do
1. Finish read 96 Hw.
2.Study Vocabulary for the test on monday.
3. Help my brother finish his room in the garage.
Need To do
1. Play some Hon.
2.Take my dogs on a walk.
3. Go to the gym.
Want to do
1. Go to a party.
2. Relax and take a nap.
3. Go swing dancing with my mom.

Vocabulary

Intrigue (noun)- to achieve or earn by appealing to another's curiosity, fancy, or interest : to intrigue one's way into another's notice.

Own Logic- I was intrigued when i saw the movie Inception.

The war intrigued her.

Grotesque (noun)- odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd.

Context Clues-When i saw her face it looked grotesque.

It can be argued, for instance, that war is grotesque.

Shrill (adjective)- high-pitched and piercing in sound quality.

Own Logic-The baby's shrill cry peirced my ears.

Elongated and narrow, like pieces of blackened leather, the tongues were threaded along a length of copper wire, one overlapping the next, the tips curled upward as if caught in a final shrill syllable.

Weekly Calendar

"To Do" - Finish the Sq3r 2 paragraph essay, study the sq3r material, then play some hon.

Vocabulary

Stash (noun) -to put by or away as for safekeeping or future use, usually in a secret place (usually followed by away ): The squirrel stashes away nuts for winter.

Courage, i seemed to think, comes to us in finite quantities, like an inheritance and by being frugal and stashing it away and letting it earn intrest, we steadily increase our moral capital in prepartaion for that day when the account must be drawn down.

Own Logic- Based on my own experiences is how i figured out what stash ment.

Dispensed (verb) -to do without; forgo: to dispense with preliminaries

It dispensed with all those bothersome little acts of daily courage; it offered hope and grace to the repetitve coward; it justified the past while amortizing the future.

Own Logic- The candy machine dispensed gumballs all the time.

Aggression (noun) -the action of a state in violating by force the rights of another state, particularly its territorial rights.

A war of national liberation or simple aggression?

Own Logic - My father had alot of aggression towards his work.

Vocabulary

Shrapnel (noun) - a hollow projectile containing bullets that are designed to burst and explode before reaching it's target.

"...often useless because of the shrapnel in the earth but they carried it anyway, partly for safety, partly for the illusion of safety."

I found the definition of shrapnel off my own logic, The grenade exploded, showering its victims with hundreds of peices of shrapnel.

Inner Beasts

           

            The things I always carry are my phone, wallet and the feelings of anger and guilt. My phone is my life, without It I wouldn’t be able to keep in touch with my friends and family. My wallet has my identity and other necessities that I need in my daily life. The anger I carry is from my parents divorce and my past relationships, it changed my life dramatically. I grew up in two completely different homes. One was a religious home that revolved around god. The other was the struggle of just making sure we didn’t live on the streets. I carry the guilt of being able to resolve the problems in my relationships, but not the will to do them. It’s the feeling of being paralyzed, or what I like to call it being stubborn. When you know you’re in the wrong, but you can’t admit it. Having the attributes of stubborn and angry are the worst possible things anyone could ever have. All they do is create problems and misery. Throughout growing up I’ve been called “To far Tony” for always making things bigger than what they really are. I’ve never minded being called that until I finally realize that it’s a curse to me. It defines who I am in the worst way. The anger within me is like a beast trapped by my own will. But it leaks and when it does its powerful and evil and I would never unleash it upon anyone willingly. I don’t ever like being thought of as scary to anyone.