Friday, April 22, 2016

Michael Hoover Tuesdays with Morrie 1st blog

Michael Hoover
Tuesdays With Morrie

Prompt: What are
 your initial reactions to
what you have read in
 Tuesdays with Morrie
thus far.


So far I have read to page forty in "tuesdays with Morrie" written by Mitch Albom and my initial thoughts so far are that this book is different than any that I have read something that is different is the writing style. I feel like the reason the book has such an impact on people when they read it is because there is honesty and no excuses. A example of this is when Mitch is in the car and he says how he feels bad about not seeing his old friend for so long and then waiting in the car while Morrie waits outside. Something that surprised me so far about the book is that it mentions dieing a lot and how Morrie is slowly losing control of his body yet the book maintains a happy vibe, that is so far.

I was surprised how welcoming Morrie was to Mitch because he had not seen him in so long and then he appears on tv and his colleague graduate happens to appear out of the blue. I just thought that was really interesting because it really shows Morries character and how he does not really condone hate or let it make him bitter. I was surprised at how much Mitch remembered about Morrie because they had not seen each other in so long he even called him 'coach', I thought that was good that they had not forgotten about each other it makes the book a lot more easier to read.

Everybody has a bucket list whether it is written down or just in their head. There are a lot of things that I want to do before I die, here is a list:

1:Live on campus
2:Get a Phd
3:Live in the forest for a month
4: make a discovery in space
5:get a Bugatti (I can settle for a Lamborghini)
6: Run a marathon
7: direct a movie
8:bungee jump
9:Jump into an alligator (that is a goal not a joke)
10: Travel around the world at least once

Sunday, April 10, 2016

Third quarter reflections

Michael Hoover
Third Quarter reflection blog
Prompts: 
*In what area do you think you made your biggest improvements in English Language Arts? 

The area that I believe I improved the most upon in English language arts this quarter was getting my work in on time when it was due.  I feel like I struggled in this spot the most last quarter because I would start my homework late a lot and turn it in right on the deadline or a little after. 
Throughout this quarter I really think I was able to stay on top of my work and turn it in before it was due. I think that something that helped me out with this was starting my homework two hours earlier than I usually did. 

Overall the most challenging part of third quarter for me I think would be reading, I have not read that much this quarter. I think that I have this problem because I put reading last a lot of the time when I have things to do like homework and chores in general. Something that I can do to help myself overcome this problem is to read for at least thirty minutes everyday or at least try to squeeze it in. I think that this could help a lot because I tend to do better in school when I read.

Something this quarter that I have accomplished and I am proud of is not getting any twos on my vocabulary tests. Even though vocab is a pretty easy test and we do it every week I feel good that I did not have to retake any of the tests mainly due to the fact that I would have to put more time away for studying. The grade would go on schoology and my mom would have been able to see it which would not be very good.