Aahya’s English Blog

Prompt:   With 4.5-week grades posting on  September 2 , reflect on your experience in AP Language so far.  What has been going well for you, what has been challenging, and what is one thing you need to improve moving forward?  Response: My experience so far has been pretty good. Everything is going good and their hasn’t been to many challenges. One thing to improve or keep going is to remain consistent and do the work. Summary: Today we watched a video about an  identity mask and work on our own.  Reflection: I learned that you don’t really need a mask to show who you are just be confident.

 Prompt:  Judith Ortiz Cofer says,  “The Island travels with you.”  What part of your culture, family, or identity do you feel “travels” with you everywhere you go? Response: I feel like the respect of yourself and the way you carry yourself travels with you everywhere you go. Also, probably your racial identity because of what racism caused, being black comes with everything. Summary:Today we worked on a commonlit about a lady who culture and identity traveled with her. Reflection: I earned that due to stereotypes your culture and your identity will travel anywhere with your, you just have to ignore or be confident within.

 Prompt: Which learning method do you enjoy the most? Class discussions, worksheet work, or hands-on activities. Select one and tell why. Response: I enjoy class discussions and worksheet probably the most because I like hearing other peoples opinions on certain things. Worksheet work sometimes I just like working by myself. Summary: Today we read and work on the Myth of the Latin Women. Reflection: I learned that stereotypes affect any and every one of us and can be pass around the world.

  Prompt: Write about an experience when someone assumed something about you because of a stereotype. What was the situation, and what did you do? Response: Probably when I was little people assumed I talked a lot or be loud because they say black people be loud. I really didn’t do anything but just went on about my day and just ignored them. Summary: We learned about stereotypes and how they affect people. Reflection: Stereotypes can mean different things and can affect people differently.

 Prompt: Write about a time when you did something out of the norm. What was it and how did others react? Prompt Response:  A time I can remember when I did something out of the norm would be me overreacting about something in school about my work that was misinterpreted. The way I act it was a little different feeling within. Other we’re kinda surprised because it was me. But it was bad though. Summary: Today we learn about gender norms and how they affect people. Reflection: Today I learned that some all people face gender norms and it could be good and bad.

 Prompt: Describe a time when you felt completely lost. Prompt Response: Probably when I was playing sports I felt like I didn’t know what to do. I felt like I wanted to make one decision but also make another. I was lost and didn’t really know how to feel during that time. Sometimes today I still feel a little lost cause I wanna play but I made a decision already. Summary: Today in class we went over gender norms in cultures and societies. Reflection: I learned today some gender roles are different to others and its presented.

 Prompt: Analyze how you’ve adapted to the demands of this course over the past week, and evaluate one strength and one challenge you anticipate as we progress, justifying your insights with personal examples. Prompt Response: I think I adapted to the demands by just listening and understanding the thinks we have talk about of the week. I think one big strength is that it made me understand more things about situations and kinda gave me a more understanding of people and myself. I think one challenge is probably processing certain things I guess about the story or people's own examples and even my own. For example, me explaining or thinking about my own personal situations and finding the best way to word it and give leeway of it. Summary: Today In class we read a story "I, am, Too by Langston Hughes and discussed what he meant in this story. Reflection: This story made me feel about how during this time in the story that he was discussing the black American part of america.

 Prompt: If someone tried to understand you using only your race, what important things would that person miss? Describe at least three other parts of your cultural identity that help make you who you are. Prompt Response: I think some things people would miss is that being black just doesn't come with me just having darker skin color. It could be other things like experience and simple situations for me personally or other people having some of the same things. It could also be some cultural things that just go into the identity of me or just any black person or any person in general. I think at least three parts are what I look like, how I carry myself, and probably things that I went through in my personal life. Summary:  Today in class we discussed and watched 3 videos about racial appearance and cultural and people's experiences with those such things. Reflection: I made me think about how many more people in this world go through those things and how they deal with ...

 Prompt: Think about the different people, cultures, experiences, communities, interests, and traditions that have shaped who you are. What parts of your identity have had the greatest influence on the person you are today? Have you ever felt pressure to change, hide, or empathize a part of yourself in order to fit in? Prompt Response: I think the parts of my identity that shaped me today are just what I look like as a black young teenager in America and the things or stuff my family prepared me to deal with. No I don’t think I have ever been pressured to change myself because of the things my close family prepared or told me to expect when dealing with certain things. But I do think sometimes there are things being said or actions happening that could make a person start to question themselves about certain things. Things could be different with anyone because people are put in different situations everyday. Summary: Today we read a story about a Korean- American girl dealing...

 Prompt: Describe a meaningful family tradition unique to your culture and explain how it mirrors or contrasts with the cultural identity themes of expectations. Prompt Response: I think I can say a meaningful family tradition unique in my culture is probably cleaning on Sunday’s. I think this mirrors with cultural identity themes of expectations because in some families you might not find this or in some races maybe not find this very common. It can contrast because some people or cultures might do it in a very different way to the point it makes up the culture. It also varies depending on people’s beliefs or ways about their life. Summary: Today’s class we discussed the origins and the meaning of our names and explained it to the class. Reflection: Listening and explaining the origins of mine and others names showed me how everyone is very different and comes from different things.

My 3 goals for this year end the year off with high A’s and B’s. Try to get a scholarship money for college.a” Get an accepted in Albany state university. Probably get a car by the end of the semester.