Angus’s English Blog

  Prompt Response:  If someone tried to understand me only using my race, they would miss that I don't have the same cultural values and the race that I have. Most things that I do aren't mainly white culture. Two things that distinguish my cultural identity is my involvement in basketball and my family. My family is very involved in music and they have picked up many cultural values from different bands and groups. Summary:  Today we watched videos on cultural identity and discussed people that had interesting stories about their cultural identity. Reflection:  I learned that some people identify as something different from the color of their skin.

  Prompt Response:  I think that my culture has been heavily influenced by the basketball community. I see things in different ways than I would if I played baseball or another sport. Also certain experiences such as being brought up in a White family household has shaped my culture and the way I act. A part of my identity that influences the person I am today is my athletic ability. This is because I am always exercising and doing athletic things. Summary:  Today we read and talked about a poem called "A Korean Dream." Reflection:  I learned some good lessons from reading this poem and I will use these lessons and values in my daily life.

  Prompt Response:  One meaningful family tradition that is unique to me is that I go to my grandparents house in Scotland and we have a large family dinner. It mirrors with the cultural identity of being with family and having values of loyalty and family bonding. I have dinner with my immediate family as well as my cousins and my grandparents. I love spending time with them because I can connect with my British side of my family. Summary:  We learned about people's names and what culture is. Reflection:  I learned that culture is a large part of our lives. Everything that you do belongs in some culture and especially in my life, there are many cultures prevalent.

 Three goals that I want to achieve this year are to get a college offer to play basketball. This would make me very happy because I love playing basketball. Another goal I have for myself is to graduate towards the top of my class. I think I am smart enough to achieve this goal. The last goal that I have for myself is to have a winning season for Lakeside Basketball. The team this year at Lakeside is looking promising and I hope we will do well.

  Prompt Response:  One of the best strategies that I've used for my group to ensure that all of my members are on task was to assign jobs to each person and motivate them to do it. I was constantly making sure they were making good progress and not goofing off. The best way I've found to communicate is to make good eye contact with each person and talk to them professionally. Summary:  In order to make sure everyone is doing their work, I have to be on their case so that they finish it on time. Reflection:  I think I did well working with my group and I communicated well.

  Prompt Response:  Some challenges that my group faced was picking the best source to put into our project. There were many good options to chose from, which made the picking much more difficult. But in the end I think we made the right decision on which source to choose. Summary:  My group and I had to get through some adversities while we were researching. Reflection:  I'm glad that I went through this because I learned from my struggle.

  Prompt Response:  The most compelling issue connected to the War on Terrorism is that many people's civil liberties have been worse due to counter terrorism policies. I find this issue important because my civil liberties have been made less due to restrictions. Not just me though, in airports people have to wait in long lines in order to get through security. This is now a mandatory but annoying process in order to combat terrorism. Summary:  Many new policies have been put into place so that terrorism is much less likely to happen. Reflection:  I'm glad that we have the policies in order to protect us, because they are very important.