So today in this TPOL blog post I will taking about a few things, first what I have to work on in order to succeed and become a better student (there’s a lot). Secound, I will show some of my better work and some of the times when I overcame a struggle. Third, I will adress the driving question, which is “Why do you feel you are ready to advance to the next grade level?”

Many people say that I will succeed in the long run and that I have potential. However, a wise man once said, “potential is a black hole”. Of course I read this in a book on stocks and the saying was referring to stocks. But I myself, use it as a life quote.

Where the ball droped: Science and math have always been my weakest subjects, however I did let the ball drop right across the board during the winter. Skiing was the cause of that, when I should of been doing homework over the weekend I was skiing non-stop doing nothing and that put me in a really bad place. Although I love skiing I think we all agree instead of skiing Saturday and Sunday I should pick one and leave the other for homework. Or you guys could just never give me homework. Another thing for all the subjects is being more comfortable, asking questions and asking for help because I know that all that the teachers want to do is help. For math especially, I need to keep on reviewing over the summer so that I stay fresh and stay sharp for grade nine with Easy-e or some say the Grosster. Another example of were I let the ball drop was on my reflections (aka my blog). I always finished a unit of all hands on work, which was decently fun. I’m referring to DI but after the unit is all wrapped up I just leave it all behind and don’t do the blog post. This is a problem because the blog post shows everything I’ve learned and if there’s not blog post, the kind and awesome PLP teachers can’t grade me.

 

The Good:  Our group from DI demonstrated overcoming struggle hugely because all of our competitors had around 4-6 people but not us, Jordyn and I only had the two of us we had to compromise lots because in the play the minimum amount of characters were three because there was two explores one culture and a setback normally played by a character. In this competition Jordyn and I came fourth and were able to make something work with what we had.

The good continued: One unit I loved and I think did pretty good work on was the most recent unit the tempest we read the book then tried to recreate it our selfs. I contributed to my group by helping write the script and I kept everyone calm when it was show time. My narration was pretty soild along with my costume. This unit was a very good way to end the year and surprisingly I look forward to writing the blog post on it.

 

The driving question:  

“Why do you feel you are ready to advance to the next grade level?”

This year I have demonstrated many things not all good, but not all bad. This year has opened up my eyes to a whole new way of learning. I feel I would not have recovered from my slump if I was in mainstream school and would not of had a chance to recover at all. The revision process of PLP not only let me show that I would put the effort in to change my mindset from fixed to growth, but also helped me improve upon unfinished business. I have proven that I can work in a group but also overcome setbacks and bumps in the road. The majority of PLP work is very intresting, and I look forward to doing it every day it is just those boring parts(aka the curriculum) that loose me. I need to realize that I just need to put my head down and finish those boring parts off because I know fun will follow.