Sahir

  A time when overthinking affected a situation was when in ninth grade when I had to finish a biology project in less then a day. The thoughts made me rush the project and cut corners to get the project done. I I was still able to pass the project but it wasnt the best that I coud have do. Since then I learned to try and finish work on time. Reflection: I realized that I should prevent moments when I have to try to cram to finish something. Summary: A time I was overthinking was when I had to do a project in 1 day.

  Someone that has left an impact on my life is my friend I knew from first grade to fith grade. He left lsating impact on me because I have several memories that I rember when we used to hang out everyday. I havent talked to him in about five years but I assume that we are on good terms with each other. The emotional weight a person can have on you is strong memories and bonds built over time. I still carry this person with me by occasionally coming aross old pictures or memories of us hanging out together. Summary: One person I still carry with my friend I had a long time ago. Reflection: I realized How important people are to you and how you need to appreciate your friends and family. v Someone that has left an impact on my life is my friend I knew from first grade to fith grade. He left lsating impact on me because I have several memories that I rember when we used to hang out everyday. I havent talked to him in about five years but I assume that we are on good terms with each ...

  My expierence in American Ilterature over the past couple of weeks has been different in someways to other literature classes I have been in. In most other classes I have never really had to write a story with several specific guidelines like I had to with the orgign myth 1 challegne I have faced while in this class was having to adjust to the certain different types of assignments that I have never had to do before. One thing that has been helping me move forward was being given enough time to complete assingments I have realized what I need to do suceed in the class I think I can be succefull in this class

  One thing about me I think that makes me different from other people is that my parents are not from the United States of  America. My parents were born in Indonesia and lived there for 30 years before moving to America. They moved together to San Diego, then they later moved to Georgia. When they were 33, they had me. Reflection I realized how much my parents sacrificed  to have me Summary: One thing that I think makes me different from other people is I wasn't born here.

  An adventure that I would  like to go on is to visit Italy. I have always wanted to visit Italy. The s  Clearwater beaches and historical sites have always looked incredibly interesting to me. Several places I would like to visit are the Pantheon and the Colosseum., I want to visit these places because of the amazing architecture and thousands of years of history behind them. Reflection: I realized that sometimes in my life I want to travel parts of the world a couple of times because I realized how little of the world I have actually seen Summary. An adventure that I want to go to is to visit Italy because of the beautiful weather and thousands of years of history.

  The most creative thing that I have ever done in my life is when the power went out, so I had to make dinner by myself with no recipe. I had to make dinner because my mom went shopping and my dad was at work. I remember I made a burrito for each of us. I put chicken, honey, barbecue sauce, cilantro and lettuce and made sure the outside was crispy.

  One of the biggest mysteries or questions  I wonder about is how much of history we do not know about. I think about how much of history we do not know about, or how muchwas destroyed in wars, or we just forgot due to other reasons. The reason why I think about this is that I think about how much our society or history would be different if  we had this knowledge, and there is truly no way to know  Reflection: This made me deeply think about how much knowledge or history we are unaware of because we don't know about it Summary: My biggest question is I don't know how much history or knowledge has been lost over time.

I adapted to this course by trying to my hardest to  finish my work on time and making sure to go over my work before I submit it. I adapted over the past week by carefully  listening to instructions and. One strength that I had was not having to read something more than once and  understanding it the firt time that I read  it. One weaknesss that I had was trying to figure out what to write for the origin myth but eventually I figured it  out. Summary I adapted to the demands of the  course by making sure  that I finished my work on time and read intructions carefully. Reflections: I realized that his class is not as hard as I thought It was going to be now I know that what  I need to do is to try hard to do my work on time and pay attention in class.

 Creating my origin myth helped me understand why  cultures used stories  to explain the origins of  people, places and traditions and natural events. The choice I made for trying to explain natural events in my myth was to say that A higher power punishes humans with disasters for every time that they dont follow the orders they are given. Writing the origin myth helped me understand why he native people wrote myths to try and undertood where humans came from or how the universe was created.  It also helped me understand why their traditions revolved around having several gods  because several people would have different  perspectivs on what a god would be like. Summary: Writing my origin myth helped me understand why the natives wrote origin myths to answer questions the felt they couldnt. Reflection: I feel like I better understand natives and why they belived in origin myths.

  A meaningfull object or place in my life  that carries a important story is my grandfathers coin album he    gave me around five years ago. My grandfather was a lawyer that regularly traveled to several   countries back when he was younger. He started collecting coins when he was in his 20s  he mainly collected coins form eastern  Asian countries. It is very important to me because it helps me piece together how his life used to be. Another reason that it is important to me because it is a symboll of my family because now everytime someone in my family goes to a new country they try to bring a coin back to the album. Summary A meaningfull object that carries a important story is my grandfathers coin album because i feel like it represents my family. Reflection: I realised that I should spend some more time with my family and just overall do more things with them because I sometimes forget how important they are.

 A time that I felt connected to nature similar to the kinship in Native American myths  is when I went to Arizona to see the Grand Canyon.  I remember I was sitting a couple of feet away from the edge feeling completely relaxed and relived. In Native American myths kinship is supposed to represent human life to be spirituallty connected to the earth itself. I felt   similar to the Native American Kinship because I felt  like I was connected to nature in way. I  felt that way because I remember I was not thinking anything and just taking in the view. Reflection: I realize that I should appreciate nature more when I go outside so can feel relaxed and to improve my mood. Summary I felt very similar to the Native American Kinship when I went to the Grand Canyon Because I felt completely relaxed and connected to nature.