Blog 1.1 - A short thought. [ Izzah ] G12

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The First blog back, or one that I've ever written since i never really ever completed a blog last year :'). Now that I've started on writing this blog, its actually more enjoyable than I thought. I'm not really sure what to write in theses blogs but I hope yall enjoy my thoughts blabbering about. 

We started of the first AEP class for this year, everyone freshly back and excited for what's to come. Its nice to see our little group all sitting at the table excited for a new word game. Once we finished completing the word game Ms. Disa gave us a light talk on "Death by PowerPoint" and how it affects us in class. Getting bored and unable to listen and comprehend a lesson when it is done over a boring presentation. I'm sure we all have experienced that. When Ms. Disa asked us, "do you guys feel unable to focus in these types of presentations" the first thing that popped up in my head was certainly a "yea, allll the time" however, I think its changed this year. In comparison to last year where I just mostly slept in those lectures where a person would usually just put up a presentation and speak continuously and suddenly, give us an activity to do where I have no idea what were even learning about. Most of them would argue I'm unable to listen, but now that Ms. Disa has introduced us to this phrase I realize that it is not entirely my fault. I'm excited to learn how to attract and grasps the attention of people, just like Miss does. It'll be a great skill for the future as a Grade 12. When this "Death by PowerPoint" takes effect and affects me I think a good solution that works for me is to write or draw something. I find that during these boring tedious presentations, writing or doodling something really helps me focus on the speaker and comprehend the lesson better.

LINGERING THOUGHTS

For the last time will it be the "start of a new school year". I'm finally in Grade twelve and honestly, I don't know how to feel about it. Obviously I'm excited, the day is finally getting close to the "last day of school" literally which means I wont have to wake up everyday and sit in a class for hours listening to a lecture. Or that's what I thought would be the end of as a kid. Still, as I grow up I realize that there are bigger, scarier things in the world that I would have to face, universities, money, making a future. 

Things don't suddenly get better after school. Instead, school is more stable time of life. You don't really suffer big risks of being in school. Not really having to worry about money, where you live or what to learn is a privilege. However, life is always changing, and despite all my worries of the future I'm excited to see what's in store for me. Everything happens for a reason, so I shouldn't take anything to heart, it'll just stress me out and what's the point in that? An advice I would give is probably to obviously focus on your studies, take your grades seriously, understand what you learn, nevertheless don't take everything to seriously, go have fun after the stress and don't take bad grades to heart, you cant change the past, focus on improving yourself for the future :)