In class, we had watched a documentary on a man that interprets freedom as something you live on your own terms. I am going to explore the comparison between myself and Francis and his inspiring take on “freedom” Francis had got is inspiration from listening to a band titled The Monkees. Feeling that there was a free world somewhere. So, he had asked his parents to leave school. Wanting to live his life on his own terms. Which led him starting his own business at the age of 19. Not wanting to have his life led by anybody. The most truly inspiring moment is when he was telling a story of when has a chef France. He was serving a guest and someone pulled him over and said. “this dish was absolutely horrible, but at least you put the effort in”. He goes on to say that he was trying to replicate his masters. But then he takes a step back and says that you must find your own language. The quote itself is powerful. Because we all are inspired by our idols and their ideals. We want to BE them. But how they got there was because they had the incentive to be their selves as from the first time he heard the garage rock band The Monkees he wanted to experience freedom in its true form and experience the real self. In a metaphoric sense. Think of bootleg shoes, they try to replicate successful brand. But they absolutely fail at trying to create something else for themselves. Retracting to myself, I think I had lost my true self of I wanted to explore as a career. People are always pulling you in the directions that leaves me unsatisfied. Which had led me to quitting so many things and people tell you the you’re just a quitter or you’ll never make it in your life if you keep quitting. But it was the exact opposite. It’s following the shepherd of sheep, not straying off into the wilderness onto the path that's decided for you. The Monkies was mentioned as a feeling of "freedom". He didn't specifically mention any song. But this is the song that possibly sparked inner freedom. The songs theme is an American man getting on a train to Mexico and gets back missing his trip from Mexico. The song itself can be connected with a hiraeth and the feeling of a homesickness.
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In the first weeks of march to nearing the end of march, we were instructed to complete a film based project. The film, was titled Slumdog millionaire! I’d to say that it wasn’t my forte of film choice. Obviously, you must do it or id lose some points on my letter grade.
For the most part, I worked the project entirely by myself, except for our Instructor Sabatino. I can say this was my weakest I’ve done. I had waited until the last minute to work, also spring break was the week after leading me to completely forget about the project itself. As usual, I had done this in the comfort of my own home, usually in the basement on the computer shifting back and forth so I don’t sit there stuck on the same subject. it was the usual experience. But as I said earlier, I had rushed a bit from my lack of time management. Which I can improve in the last weeks of the semester. The topic I had choose was to write about how themes of violence, mistrust and poverty impacted Jamal. I can say that I could’ve choose a better topic for this assignment. It felt uninteresting to write about how violence impacted him. I think it would’ve been better to write about the class system of India. Then, extend the ideas out of the film. I could revise my film project with the Idea of idea and poverty, But I’m unsure if it fits the criteria. I think I could just rewrite the essay altogether and choose a different topic. This would lead me to start over from scratch, But I’m okay with that. Sometimes when something is started, there is a probability it will fail. But that’s how most art works. You keep starting repeatedly until you’ve found the right thing. On the 2nd week of February, the class was assigned to create an argument called Academic mindsets: Growth vs fixed. Sabatino (our instructor) had instructed us to make argument based on our research and support our claim through experiences and Sources. I had many troubles with this assignment. Due to my loathing throughout the week. But then picked up some speed when given a clear understanding of the assignment.
The first thing that had gave me a bit of trouble was the intro. I usually can’t write a good into for certain assignments. I’d always skip over that part and write everything else unorganized. So, I type franticly so I don’t have to worry about the assignment later.Then, I had chosen to write about how a growth mindset is good, but our education system is to blame. With various sources and articles to back up my claim. I’ve felt it was easier to write about since it pertains to past experiences throughout my life. I’ve done the assignment at the comfort of my home at first. Then I eased back for the rest of the week until the next Tuesday (which was a bad idea) and worked on it in our developmental English course. Our instructor gave me some good pointers on what I should’ve have written and gave us a clear understanding of how I should’ve written the assignment. It made me feel a lot better. All the anxiety was taken away and stress was taken away. Although, I should’ve at least taken a better approach to my time management. Because I tend to get distracted by many other things in life like work and appointments. But the first thing is to focus on school and get good grades. Not the outside noise that is a big distraction to me. During the week of February, we were asked to complete a 750 word essay on an individual's hiraeth. the process was lengthy and hard to complete.
As soon I got the assignment and left class. I started almost immediately. I like getting everything done before its due so i don't have to worry about it until next week. I started just typing some ideas down on the computer. Not bothering with any critiques with the essay. My first instinct was to work on something that wasn't even my home. Which was Japan, but then quickly realized that it could turn into a travel essay then an actual hiraeth. I went into the professors office to see what needed some critique. There was an absurd amount of grammatical errors that i hadn't foreseen when i was writing.He had given me some pointers on what i can improve on and what worked. I tend to get off track when i'm writing.Like a derailed train. Which is the most difficult part of writing a hiraeth essay. Sometimes I feel like i'm not constructing a good essay when i write. Maybe i'm not seeing the errors and just rushing through to get the assignment done. I'd improve on this by taking my time and reading it over slowly. Then,taking a break so i don't rush through and finally ask for some help. My mother itches me to ask for help. Which is good thing because it helps with how people approach in idea with a formula that works.But I'd just have a hard time asking. Sometimes, the people that i ask get too busy or don't want to be bothered. The solution is to find resources and other people beside that one specific person,You cannot rely on one person. I felt that the hiraeth essay won't be tough, But it wont be an easy. I just have to slow down,ask for help and read over everything slowly. |
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