Some snapshots into the life of me. Some really blurry snapshots.

Sunday, January 22, 2012

The Process of Attempting an Index Poem Which May Turn Out More Like a Glossary Poem

Analysis
     what we were supposed to do
     what can easily be confused with summary
     what has now become ingrained into every fiber of our being
Arguments
     everything is one
Bitzer
     the most confusing man on Earth
     the one who taught us early on to hate rhetoric
     the dude with the exigence and rhetorical situation
BLA
     blah
     The Omnivore's Dilemma: aka the longest and most repeptitive
     book ever
     Outliers: aka the book that everybody read term 2
Blogging
     Weekend Updates
     the thing that exposed my technological incapabilities
     Tidbits and Trinkets
     Yeah, Write
     Stuff White People Like
Cardona, Mrs.
     the person in charge of this whole thing
     the one who often takes the brunt of Max's attitude
     the only one who can sass him right back
Class
     Abram
          the one in cahoots with Max
     Adam
          the one with the really cool hat
     Alex
          the one who accidentally spilled tea that one day
     Alicia
          the one who gets messages on the white board nearly every
          day
     Alison
          the one really got into spirit day
     Andrew
          the one who has the coolest profile pics
          cult, 5
     Annie
          the one who I rant to at lunch
          also the one who always waits for me after class
     Ashton
          the one with the really intense blog posts
     Caroline A
          the one who was going to get me through this turbulent
          class called AP Comp
          also the one who texts me in texting lingo just to make fun
          of it
     Caroline C
          the one who always smiles to brighten the day
     Emily
          the one who always seems so prepared
     Eric
          the one who pulls out the "my mom is a teacher" card as an
          excuse or reason for everything
     Graham
          the one who adds a nice brevity to the class
     Heather
          the one who was rightfully reluctant to read our first BLA
          book
          the one we should have listened to about that
     Jenny C
          the one who has to put up with Max
     Jenny L
          the one who is constantly so sweet
     Jessica
          the one who is so fashionable
     Julia
          the one who isn't afraid to write on the white board and be
          the mediator
          cult, 5
     Kara
          the one who wears scarves every day
          cult, 5
     Max
          the one with the attitude
          the one who stole my ostrich
     Megan
          the one who made the best treats ever
     Mitch
          the one who would use big words all the time
     Ruth
          the one who takes pictures of the disfunction in our class
     Ryan
          the one who would always contradict the answers when
          taking a group test
     Sarah
          the one who tried to persuade people to come to her
          volleyball games
     Sereen
          the one who never really said much
     Shreya
          the one who calls me Mederith
          cult, 5
     Taylor
          the one who was brave enough to raise her hand at the
          beginning of the year
Comic Sans
     use it
CRJs
     the crappiest things ever at the beginning of the year
     quite confusing
     less confusing but still crappy at the end of the year
Cult
     the group of us 5 over by Mrs. Cardona's desk
Diction
     something I often lacked
Essays
     oh, the pressure
     50 of them
     the two things that determine the majority of our grade
     (see Power Writing)
Failing
     get used to it
Greek words
     ethos
     pathos
     logos
     never actually use any of those words
Humor
     satire
     parody
     not Max
     the things Cardona says to Max
Irony
     passing this class
Just Kidding
     (see irony)
Logical Fallacies
     often hard to decipher
     ironically, they seem to make sense
Me
     slowly dying in this class
     having fun while doing so
Orwell
     class mascot
     wrote the first thing we ever read
     that's not his real name
Power Writing
     angst
     so much competition
     one little, red, fleur-de-lis stamp
     what essays are based on
     (see essays)
Quizzes
     expect to fail
     ruin your grade
     become a source of dread
Rhetoric
     the whole point of this class
     something we better know how to use/identify by now



(P.S. This is just a start.)

1 comment:

  1. i love this :) pretty much describes this class perfectly!
    CULT. aw yeah.

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