Masterpiece Academy Question

     Regarding espoused learning, I think I have been able to learn but also experience it. Some people experienced learning and connection in Yosemite. Meeting our once only virtual British friends and getting to hike trails and listen to their music all as one community. For me, My experiencing learning was sitting in the chair as the salon lady cut off my hair. I had never "gone so far" for a school project. It actually changed me. My hair yes, but also being able to have a class where I was able to feel the connection with my real life was impressive to me. Also I enjoyed Shakespeare! I wish we had more time to go over it in class but I even though we didn't I have a growing appreciation for Shakespeare as a writer, this is not something I would have ever said last year. 

     The trust level in the students has been very high and I feel that sometimes we didn't deserve it. The one part that sticks out to me is when Preston showed up to class unannounced and we were not on task. We were doing other homework or chatting with friends. That is when I feel like we let Preston down. However after that, most of the time the class did do work, delegating tasks to each group to get the homework done quicker; I mainly remember doing this with Macbeth questions. As seniors, I think we felt that we earned trust, but Preston might have not always felt that way but he trusted us anyway. Once we learned our lesson, with Preston spontaneously dropping in, then we  honored the trust Preston had in us and took it seriously.

      Books that tell the truth to me are Macbeth and Pride and Prejudice. Lady Macbeth is a root of all evil type of character. I don't want to get into the terrible things she orchestrated in the play, but I do want to say how it related to me. Evil for Lady Macbeth equals Senioritis for Elizabeth. It was a struggle for me to study for tests. A pain to open a book and flip through pages numbly reading. I am very grateful for the outcome of this year and some of it was possible only because of those late night reading sessions and less than five hour sleeps. Senioritis is not evil but a huge inhibitor to get things done and is such a good word to describe my feelings senior year. I kind of wish senioritis doesn't exist just like I would like evil not to exist. I know both really do exist and will never go away. I know Lady Macbeth was filled with evil (from the moment she threw away her conscience) and I can most closely relate this to the seniors who battled through senioritis everyday of school and who now have another three years until the dreaded but almost welcome excuse of senioritis hits again.  Macbeth is the good versus evil. Macbeth made me feel that there is some original good in everything. His mind tells him the King really isn't evil or bad, so why should he kill him? I like that he is the character with sense. Though it is not long before Lady Macbeth brainwashes him into a zombie killer guy, I appreciate that at first, he doesn't feel the need to agree with killing the king like Lady Macbeth suggests. He has a backbone and expresses his opinion. I feel I don't always know how my opinion on something so instead of really thinking about how I feel about it, I listen and follow what others think. My undecided opinion could be influenced by a Lady Macbeth in real life, which scares me. From this book I made the decision to try to come up with my own opinions more and listen to other people's opinions only after I have my own. Elizabeth from Pride and Prejudice is the next character that it important to me. First, we have the same name! Second, she is a character who is so witty and stubborn and she always knows what is best for her. She is no nonsense person. Elizabeth turns down a marriage proposal, falls for a rich man and has no insecurities. I love her personality and my personality is not like hers at all, but I think she sets a great example as a strong and confident woman.

      A passion of mine is medicine and health. Through the class this year, I was able to donate my hair as a part of my masterpiece. I wasn't directly affecting my medical career, but I do know I was helping someone who is involved with cancer. The most important part to me is making others smile and helping make each day better for them. Hopefully one day, it will impacting a patient's days as a physician, but for now I am happy to do something semi-big (a girl's hair is important to her) to make a small but bright mark on someone's life. I think I will keep letting my heart lead me. I usually know when it is possible to make a difference and I hope I will have the confidence and courage to take chances and change lives.

     Something that made me laugh out loud was the story Mile's gave about bagels, cream cheese and lox. I am still looking forward to watching his videos because that moment from fall final, I just remember the laugh that just kind of made the whole class roll.

     There are always unseen but important details that make up a person's life.The theme between presentations was an evolution in some way or another that connected people. Shailynn's is the most illustrative of the examples. She showed us pictures of herself from when she was little to when she was grown up. To me, I see that everybody has a back story, content that is not always available to the viewer, only to the writer. I think this connected us in that everybody had a childhood and pieces of that childhood shaped who we are today. Next most illustrative in Aaron and Matthew's twin presentation, which I found out after was presented by Matthew instead of Aaron! Their presentation showed how they grew together and even now, have a cool "psychic" connection with each other. Jisu and Naomi connected by intertwining their passions (music and poetry) to create a cool song with Frozen. Side note that many Frozen lover's were connected to this presentation as well when the Frozen back up music came on. Next was Noah's presentation, that connected everybody in the sense that we feel constantly dominated by people who say, " You're too young". It seems like such an invalid argument because no matter what we do, we cannot change that we are young. Would it make those people happy if we aged ten years in two days, and maybe then they could take us seriously! We should tell them " You're too old (and dull minded)" to see the difference we could make if we were given a chance. And sure we would fail, probably a lot, but at least we are trying. So sorry for the rant, every teenager has felt the "younger generation is doomed" pressure and it is absolutely ridiculous. Last but not least, Mellany and Daniel's presentation gave the class the " It's over" feeling but also the, "Wow, we did some great stuff" feeling as well. It reminisced us with the good times that high school contained, no matter how many times we tweeted how much we loathed it. It was a tornado of truths. It reminded me of the new beginning too. With every closed door, their is another peeping open.

       I hope I am a hero to some people. This doesn't relate to my hero's journey, but I have tried my best to set good examples and always be a person with a listening ear. My call to adventure was probably from Preston's class and life. Preston was the masterpiece and connecting my passion to a lesson and something I could say I completed. Life called me to an adventure with college; fall semester grades, college applications, scholarships and picking a university that be suited me.

     My mentor was my mom. She is a first generation college student who went on to complete her doctorate, she traveled the world and then came back to have me and my brothers. I find her very inspiring and go to her for advice on college and life. She is a permanent mentor to me, which I am very grateful for.

     I conquered the challenge of cutting my hair and also being "done" with college and life choices for the moment. It was probably one of the most stressful things was tossing colleges around in my head. Considering the pros and cons, the amazing opportunities at each, that I knew I would have to miss out on because you can choose one college, not four.

      I feel I have returned enlightened. I have learned a lot about myself. First, I am risky because I chopped off all my hair for a (very worthwhile) school project (!) and second that family is important to me. I was guided to my college choice by following something I grew up with which is agriculture. It is something that I love and is another passion of mine. I enjoy every minute being a cowgirl and wearing boots and I feel it is something that I don't display to others, but it is probably the closest thing to my heart besides family. I am such a country girl and that is how Cal Poly was able to convince me to attend. They have something special.

      Wow, I just realized I am a completed bildungsroman. I just summed up my completed story. I have come so far this year and am proud to have made it through this journey. During the moment, it felt never ending, but here it is.