BYEEEEEE!

So, I'm going to be that guy (or in this case girl) who posts now, when the class is done. Just in case we get points for blogging this week. I NEED POINTS!!!! no joke. I really do. So just saying when I turned in my research paper and I made the LOOOONG walk from my dad's room to Stariha's for the fourth or so time that day my paper felt like it weighed 150 lbs. at least. Like, if I dropped it on the floor the tiles would crack and a big hole would be left in the floor. (not that something that weighed 150 lbs. would even DO that to the floor but exaggeration is fun right? If I call it hyperbole then its okay right?)I hope I got a good grade because many hours were spent in GG's room on that guy. Now its summer and my place in College English is riding on the grade I get in Brit Lit (if its less then perfect, I'm out :p). UMMMMM.....It was fun, catch y'all later.

citing....AAAHHHH!!!!

does anyone know how to cite a critical essay? i cant find it on stinken Owl of perdue, and its driving me crazy!!!

First of the Last

I am posting this an I ease myself into finishing up my project. I opted to stay at school and do it instead of going home because if any of you know my house it is very distracting and very hard (nearly impossible)to get any work done. So I'm here until eight thirty and I am going to finish up my project. it is going to be the best darn thing ever. I hope I got a good grade on my exam. I love you all. but not DJ.

Don't dream of yesterday.

So thanks to Christian I was just listening to the new Noah and Whale CD, which btw (just for you Ms. Stariha) is super good. A lot more cheerful than The First Days of Spring one. Anyway, one of the songs had a lyric of "Don't dream of yesterday" this reminded me of Brit Lit Ryan and Swift's "No wise man ever wished to be younger." This made me realize just how much we learned this tri...so as to follow in the footsteps of what I posted last tri here goes a random list of all we learned:

• That it is possible to write a 12 page paper
  
• Kaitlin can make a good man sticks...
• And Noble enjoys to steal that man stick
• Ms. Stariha can never fail to run out of reasons why everyone should take college english
• Kody is a best person to make fun of (sorry Kody)
  
• Never bring a gypsy boy home because it may end up ruining your family
• Kaitlin can sing like Kate Bush..."It's me, Kathy, I've come home now"
• Kaitlin can get that song stuck your head for DAYS!
• DJ is a science nerd...
• Never plagiarize, or you will get caught, and you will die.
• Christian has good taste in music
• Lady Gaga is similar to Frankenstein and sings about Wuthering Heights
• Brit Lit is one of the only classes that you can have food/tea/coffee in and no one says anything
• And many other things that I could post but I have a paper to finish writing....so...

Good luck everyone on your other exams and good bye to this blog (I'm not gonna lie, I think I may miss reading this blog...)

Heeelllloooo Summer...it's been too long since I last saw you (:

Learn from my mistakes

Never do T.S. Eliot for any type of project...ever, you will hate yourself for it.... immensely. Especially when you have to analyze his writings...just don't do it...ever, believe me I just saved you some future sanity.

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last day of brit-lit <--------- SAD
i am really excited though that we (those of us taking college english) get a break :)
have a good summer everyone:) make good choices :p

The LAST email... posted on the blog

I sent this out today but am posting it in hopes everyone reads it!


Okay:  So Laura emailed me and reminded me I had more to send you so the last last email is now the next to last email, and this email will be the last.  Sad for many of you... I know. 

First:  some of you thought I was slamming Bri's project today with my rushed words of reflection.  Quite the contrary.  What Bri said spoke to me and made me want to speak to you.  She is right... though you obviously have learned in this class, which I hope your incredible improvement in the level of writing, reading, and thinking many of you have done will show, many of you still are opting out of continuing that level of learning next year.  All I can think is one of two things: I am ultimately inadequate, or society is flawed beyond repair... (because yes... you young people ARE part of society).  That is what I was trying to say.  I guess I shouldn't have tried to deliver a profound reflection in a few rushed moments between presenters... so sorry for sending a message that I didn't enjoy Bri's project.

Second: I will attach Hannah's paper here so you can see the example I mentioned.  Thanks Hannah.  By the way (BTW for those of you who speak text), Hannah's paper was not the only good one... but it was one of the most complete.

Third: Please don't forget my evaluations.  I look at them to help assess my instruction for future classes.  Remember to include your gender if you don't include your name.  Turn those in to my mailbox if you wish to remain anonymous... or turn them into me sometime before your final paper is due on Thursday at 3:00.  Don't forget to bring your books back to me either... I need to inventory on Friday! 

Fourth: Those of you who desire test prep materials or reading material for next year's classes--send me an email and I will send info out to you!

Last:  Yes I mean last... It has been my honor to work with you and watch you grow this year.  Every single one of you has grown (even those whose grades may not reflect previous grades or desired grades).  I hope you feel this too.  I am proud of you all for sticking it out... I enjoyed seeing your reflections during the exam projects today, and I hope I get to work with many of you next year.  Enjoy your summer.

Ms. Stariha

Exam

Last day in Brit Lit(:

:D hey everyone :D

So i've been doing this project for the majority of the day... (skipped the first four hours!) and so I'm hoping this project will be up to Stariha's standards..... :(

Scary.... :( ANYWAY...
food tomorrow? haha i'll do my best. Baking doesn't sound fun in this heat, but maybe brownies will happen or something

First essay

So I'm just wrapping up the Victorian Age for that first essay (I already did the second prompt 2 days ago) and I've written 8 pages...sorry Starhia its going to be a long one. HAHAHA and when you right click on "Starhia" for spelling suggestions the first one to pop up is Starship....lol that just made my day.

BRING FOOD

ok so bring some snacks to Brit lit tomorrow because we are watching the projects be presented therefore we should also have a fun time and snack while we do it ... right?? well that was my thoughts anyhow! lol well yes and Jen Kaitlin and Maddie's 14 min long .... movie? lol

man oh man...

Tomorrow is the last day of Brit Lit!!!!!!!! Sadface...?
anyways I am going to do these essays right now and try to make them good quality....however I know Mrs. Stariha will be expecting some top notch essays and I'm guessing some other essay writers are going to set the bar pretty high /:
THIS IS DIRECTED STRICTLY AT HANNAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol, just kidding...kinda :P
anyways, hopefully I can get this done and then focus on finishing up that research project/:

esssay 1

ok i just spent 2hours writing my 1st essay on the anglo saxon and medieval time periods.....ugggh! do we need to just do the time periods from brit lit b?

good talk

so just had a conversation with my father cause i was contemplating this second essay because i thought i wasn't taking it different and well after this conversation i think I'm gonna write a very interesting essay that's quite different! ohh yes this better be good!!

I'm excited!

The Exam Project and the Bachelorette

I started the project last night...
and, right now, I'm pretty happy with it :) It sucks though because I still have a whole bunch of it to do! So, I set a goal for myself:

Softball is over which means I can do whatever I want after school. Well, i decided the best thing would be to go home right after school. this means that I can start on my project at about 3:15 ish and finish the whole thing before the Bachelorette at 8!! because, honestly, it shouldn't take me 5 hours to do this thing...

Quote Quote Quotey Quote Quotes

Alright, its a dumb title I know.
But I'm real tired.
I procrastinated a tiny bit.
And right now I'm taking a break.
As I am writing my paper, I realized that I like quoting things.
Quotes make things flow good.
And I like how you can take different parts out and add things in to make them sound how you want.
Plus, if you don't understand all of it, you only have to put in the part you do understand.
It makes me kinda happy.
Ugh I'm getting loopy.

Project

so this project is going to be fun. well...just time consuming. Laura, Shamus, Ninja and I are trying to figure out a time to do it. Shamus has futbol. Laura is SUPER busy and Ninja is just a Ninja. For myself, I have a physical and a banquet. it should be fun. =]

So my computer wont let me comment on posts?

how do you fix that?

Well im really exited that its the last week of school but im also kind of bummed out about this whole project/exam thats due and the research paper kinda sucks..lol

hey freddy

im sure its too late, but instead of writing essays, we should shoot a totally sweet video tommorow at your house for the project, that would be cool, and tamales, we need tamales! haha, so ya, just throwing that out there

Almost There

Wow at this point in time I feel as if I am in a tunnel and can't see the end, I guess I just have to run faster to get there. I can't believe that this is the last week of school. I feel swamped. I want it to be thursday, june 9, 2011 after my last exam and my paper is handed in. Until then I will just do what I have to in order to survive!

10 minute video?

So I hope it's okay that our exam project is a ten minute long video. It seriously didn't seem so long when we were recording it and now it's super long. It might be completely boring...and long...but I really don't want to figure out a time when Kaitlin and Maddie and I can re-film parts to make it shorter. So, I'm sorry Ms. Stariha and class, you're just going to have to bear through this project.

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Alright I think that's enough.
I spent way too long doing that.
Because you can't copy and paste on this thing.
That means I typed all of that.
But yeah anyways,
This is a big thank you to Ms. Stariha for only requiring one critical essay.
A huge weight has been lifted from my shoulders.
Not all of it, but a ton.
Now I am going to go write my paper.

Hip-Hip-Horay

Well I'm trying to work on my Essays but I'm watching Julia Child make La Tarte Tatin instead. Which is actually a terrible idea because I'm super stressed about this paper. But any who- I have a question!

Did Ms. Stariha end up posting/emailing the changes made to the research paper??

Database help?

Hey, so if anyone needs help with database stuff, here is mcc's link:

www.muskegoncc.edu/pages/2587.asp

username: emily.schuchardt
password: fishing12

.. please just dont be dumb and switch my classes or anything.. lol

so its a beautiful day out but i have to do my exam project and research paper... NAH im gonna hang outside for awhile and ill get to the other stuff later tonight when its dark out and i cant do anything outside anymore lol. so its probably gonna be a late night haha

out-of-the-box.

you know. how extreme can these projects go?
because all my ideas are like....wayy out there.
man ive been listening to too much lady gaga. :p
no, but if anyone could just like give me a general idea of what they're doing that
would be like... greatly appreciated :)

so thinking about this exam i get a)excited and b)super nervous.
everyone knows im not doing as well as everyone else in this class
which to me is yeah a big deal, but i have learned so much.
i know how to not just summarize a poem or story but analyze it.
i now go into deeper meaning of things, sometimes even when i dont need to
i have learned that writing an essay doesnt need to be a into,3 supporting paragraphs, and an ending.
i know how to think on my own. and whether i fail or not. i have learned. and let keep it between us, i liked this class. i liked learning and reading the crazy books like frankenstein and wuthering heights, am i going to miss it..?
wellll thats a different story.

oh jen, if you read this i have an idea of what i want to do for my exam but i dont want ours to be the same. lol so if you could like let me know what your doing thatd be great. :)

Is this true?

Can it be? Is this really my last required blog for British Literature??? Holy crap, I wish I could go out with a bang but I honestly can't think of anything to write!

Is this true?

Can it be? Is this really my last required blog for British Literature??? Holy crap, I wish I could go out with a bang but I honestly can't think of anything to write!

So I am trying to find credible essays on my author and I'm having a really hard time. The one website that we accssed in class isnt working any more, and then I went to the mcc database (jstor) and all that I can find are exerpts?.. Which is what I first wrtoe mine on?... is an exerpt okay?

ahh, Im just kinda lost.

Sunshine and Summertime!

So I woke up this morning and my first thoughts were "Hmmm I have to write my brit lit essays today..." then "Oh my gosh it's so beautiful outside!" and those thoughts resulted in me being outside in my swimsuit tanning and attempting to write my essays...well the tan lines are coming along find but I really can't say as much for the lines that are supposed to be appearing on my paper....

Final

Is the final over every time period or just part B??

MLA Format

So if we are doing the essays for the exam, should they be in mla format? I'm thinking yes but I would appreciate someone telling for sure what to do!

3.5 more days!

We only have 3.5 more days of Junior year! Yay! I must admit though this warm weather is making it extremely difficult to concentrate on anything school related. This is probably a bad thing as I keep getting distracted from exam studying. Does anyone know the schedule for exams? Is it Tuesday 1st hour, Wed. 2 and 3, and then Thurs. 4 and 5??

schools almost done!

i'm super excited that school is almost done..but i'm kinda in my freak-out, panic-attack mode right now. exams..and portfolios...and research projects (and that's just for ms. stariha's classes!) ahh..well maybe if i don't procrastinate this time, things will be perfectly okay. now..time to go work on homework! have a good weekend everyone:)

Wow I'm Blonde../:

So I e-mailed Ms. Stariha my check point three last night. Well I was really dumb and didn't actually attach the file. Hahaha. She seemed pretty mad when she e-mailed me saying I didn't attach it. Whoops. I did e-mail her again and I double checked to make sure I actually attached the file. I almost forgot.. Jeez.. hahaha.

One more time just for fun

No this is not another repetition of Kurt not be able to ski but about the research project. I was so delighted to here Mrs. Stariha say that she was going to make it a bit easier that I zone out into may happy place and didn't quite catch what she said. I if I am right we now only have to do an analysis on one essay, right. And I know we don't have our checkpoint 2 back yet, but she said she would try to get those back to us this weekend, right... because that would be so helpful to have them back before Monday.

I can hear the trumpets!...

Wow, we are done with Fridays.... what a relief... only 3.5 more days! I am counting down the hours! haha

Friday!

Since its the last friday of the school year, thought i would make a tribute, haha
http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/watch?v=CD2LRROpph0

Blahhhhhhh....

I've had a very, extremely busy week. Monday I was in Muskegon all day at my long-lost cousin's house and new pool. Tuesday was the first day back to school along with practice after. Wednesday consisted of a doubleheader with Hespo that went into 9 innings in the second game, followed by an AYBT scrimmage in muskegon until 10. Thursday was practice and the athletic banquet and the baseball banquet which i had to attend because I drove Logan to the athletic thingy before and I couldn't just leave him there with no ride home. Then, after that I got home and, surprise!, I got really sick. My coach had the flu yesterday and it's been going around again so, yeah, suckish for me. But, somehow I did get that paper done and emailed to Stariha. But, as a result I didn't come to school until 10:30ish this morning because I was still sick this morning. And the only reason I'm here is because we have districts tomorrow and I can't miss practice today!!! Soooo, yeah, that's just how life goes I guess...

:P

Caffeine is for little girls.. just saying.. you gotta have sheer will power? ahh! just kidding. My computer has just randomly shut off twice now.. gotta love it. If you went to the sports thing (which I had to because I had our baseball thing afterwards and didn't get home until like 9:15) the ?amry? maybe airforce? I don't know which, but he said you have to embrace the hardships. So everyone this is me... embracing :P

Cross-eyed :(

I'm literally getting blurry eyed do to starring at this computer screen for so long. I really need some z's. But now I'm all wound up from writing this silly paper. I have my blood rushing and my mind is running. I'm so tired but all I can do is sit here. This stinks.

Good luck to everyone who is finishing their paper. Text me if you guys need some help
I'll try to answer any questions I can help with... like about the layout or something.. I might be asleep though.

Nighty Night Brit Lit class.... see you in roughly 7 hours.... ugh. i NEED SLEEP!
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the blog is all messed up...just sayin...it makes me sign in a bunch and wont let me comment annnd yeah so idk?
but anyways, ready to do this critical essay stuff..should be a blast!!! i'm really hoping i can find some critical essays though because so far my luck hasn't been the most amazing but...we'll see!
it's going to be a verrrryyyy long night /:

??????

I can only find critical essays on novels by Virginia Woolf? I'm getting really frusterated and I don't know what to do..

Help!

I do not know what we are suppose to be doing any more. I thought we were simply criticizing but after I read the example I got really confused. I don't know what to write. Please help me.

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My dogs stink like they have odor problems, bad odor problems. They got into the trash and therefore keep farting and its horribly sucky. Not enjoyable and annoying and ohh yeah nasty!

-Headphones-Knuckles Cracked-Caffeine---Lets DO THIS!

I'm ready. Dreading doing this for a while, but I think I finally have my work station set up to how I want it. I just looked up some criticisms for Kubla Khan and the first couple came up as 82, 64, and 39 pages. I think this might be a long night!

Is there a set number of pages that this has to be, or is it more of the 'however many pages that it takes' type of thing?

Stupid Question

Ok so when do you used the word entitled and when do you use just titled like

1. The book was titled ...


2. The book was entitled...

It is confusing me and its also distracting me in the back of my mind!

exam

i thought stariha sent us the exam? why dont i have it?!

People dont Know ..... ANYTHING

• "To be sure, there exists little shortage of critical material on "Not Waving But Drowning," nor is there any lack of possible interpretations various readers have attempted to unlock its mysteries."

Ha tell that to my hours upon hours of research! This is a quote from my critical analysis paper! I can sure tell they don't know much!

:P :) :D B ) ( <- sunglasses)

my essay so far...any pointers?

Garrett Near
Ms. Stariha
British Literature
2 June 2011
The religious side of Middle Earth
J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit may seem a secular piece from the mystical wizards to the mighty dragons, but it is actually deeply rooted in Catholicism, as was Tolkien himself. David mills says in his critical essay titled One Truth, Many Tales, that “He did see his Lord of the Rings as a ‘fundamentally religious and Catholic work’, he even expressed some frustration that readers did not see this”. The absence of a supreme being or deity ruling over middle earth automatically makes this novel seem a secular piece, which David mills also addresses, saying “God is not mentioned at all in the book. All that the characters and the readers know is that some power, unnamed and unknown, is guiding the events”.
Tolkien grew up with his mother Mabel, who was later accepted into the catholic church, as was her two sons, John and Hilary, and they all became devout Catholics. Tolkien’s own website, the Tolkien society, says about his religion: “In 1900, together with her sister May, she was received into the Roman Catholic Church. From then on, both Ronald and Hilary were brought up in the faith of Pio Nono, and remained devout Catholics throughout their lives.”
The closest thing to a deity in The hobbit, is the ring of power itself, evident by its power to control minds, such as Gollum’s: “It wont see us, my precious? No. It won’t see us, and its nasty little sword will be useless, yes quite.” Although Gollum’s mind is easily susceptible to corruption, in later books, such as The two towers, and the return of the king, Frodo also becomes a slave to the ring, to a point where he refuses to destroy it. Tolkien may have had intentions of representing sin with the one ring, to show how sin destroys lives, and controls intentions.

essay

so for our essay, do we have to do it from a certain point of view? like marxist, femenist, etc. or can we kinda just do whatever with it?

No Grub for Me

So I skipping the athletic banquet to finish this wonderful part three! yes I'm a tad sad just because its called a banquet so i am assuming I'm missing out on some good food. Well yes so to all those responsible athletes at the banquet cudos to you and if there's cake sneak me some please!! :) much appreciated! But yes this is the starting point of my essay lets see how long this is gonna take ......

ihatemyself.

that is an extremely depressing title. haha but anyways, I am really frustrated myself for not working on this earlier. I sat down to write part 3 and I ended up editing and fixing part 1... and I still have to edit and fix part 2! sooo I'm going to have to limit myself to not even looking at part 2 tonight otherwise I know part 3 will never get done.. ugh.

sick

so i went to the doctor today and found out i have another tonsel infection, so i cant come to school tommorow, which means i have to sit here at home writing this critical analysis with a horrable headache, but atleast i dont have to sit through school tommorow.....

MORE Problems

Yes with more problems comes more complaining. I have searched for essays for the third part for far too long and now have a smacking head ache (well it's more of a pain in the neck but you get the point). I'm not entirely sure I understand the point of part 3 yet I just know I need more essays! Of course I still need one more essay for the 2nd part too but I'm saving that for the weekend when I have to finish my biography, redo part 3 (it will probably be awful friday), make my EXAM project, and ignore all other classes who also have exams coming up. This of course will be done between graduation, open houses (actually I probably won't have time for those), the soccer game (go tigers), and coordinating with my partners for the project. Yeah I just can't wait for the Weekend!.. not.

I'm Giving Up .... White Flag .... Help Needed .... Hide n' Seek Sucks

So I have now been looking up essays for umm at least 2.5 hrs this is not cool. I am getting super frustrated like to the point where I'm actually going to go exercises, before I kill our new pretty computer (which would be bad). So yes white flag, essays You Win!!! I don't like Hide and Seek anymore!!

This is an Attention Grabing Title

The site essay411.com is a free essay cite I cant grantee anything but it may help I almost found a analysis essay there!

Part tres

Im having a real hard time finding critical essay's for part 3 of my paper. All the essays I have found aren't just about the work I'm looking for, they're combined with other works. Its really frustrating!

For the Greater Good.

So I was reading the back of my Burt's Bees Shampoo bottle when I discovered that their motto was "For the greater good". Either Burt's Bees is a big fan of Harry Potter or JK Rowling is an avid consumer of Burt's Bees products...either way I think I'm going to start buying more of their products.