Finale

Forgetting to blog last night seems to be the story of my life when it comes to this class. Cursing myself Friday morning because I forgot to do my blog is what I look forward to. But since this is the final blog, then I suppose I won't try to be too hard on myself. It's softball season and I have way to much going on to remember to do blogs. It is just frustrating, so thank you Mr. Mullins for making this blog the last one of the year.

This class was a stressful experience, although not as stressful as Mrs. Turner's class last year. I have to be honest and say I think the work load was about the same as college so I appreciate you trying to make this experience like a college class. However, I didn't really enjoy the first half of first semester. I hated all of the short stories. I thought that they were boring and didn't see how they connected to preparing us for the AP Exam.

I did like the course when we began to study novels. I think I learned more from the books about themes and style and how to write essays and papers. Even when we switched into poetry, I still like the course better than the short story segment. I think I just really hate short stories. But overall, I enjoyed the class and thought that it will help me transition to college.

Spoiled.

It's safe to say that my life has changed since I purchased my Kindle Fire five months ago. Not only can I get on the internet, but I can also take as many books as I want anywhere I go. So far, I have read nine books on my Kindle and I have not been able to stop. Recently, I have purchased 4 books in the last two months. Technology is not my friend but I have to admit that it is hard to transition back to reading a regular book.

About a month ago, I picked up a book and it was physically hard to read it because I have been spoiled by my Kindle's abilities. I can't just swipe my finger to turn the page. I can't hold my finger on a word and have the definition magically appear in front of me. I love books, but binded books are just inconvenient.

I use to be against electronic books and devices because I felt like it took away from books and it was cheating the experience of reading a binded book. I was wrong and now I am constantly thinking that it would be ten times easier to read a book on my Kindle. I have officially broken up with books for a Kindle that spoils me.