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 Response: I cried a lot when I was younger so one day my kindergarten teacher told me that if I kept crying I would use up all of my tears for the rest of my life and I would never be able to cry as an adult. As a kid this sort of worked to quell my tears because I thought it would be bad to not cry at future funerals. I forgot about this fact a lot though so I ended up still crying a lot though. Summary: We took our test. Reflection: I think I did ok. I fell asleep in the last half so I don't know if I even finished the last few questions.

 Response: Even in the modern day a lot of what Troy talks about still rings true. Discrimination still bars so many people from opportunities that they need and deserve. It is sad that while so many things have changed since the fifties so many things have stayed the same. Tory did as much as he could with the hand he was delt. He addressed the discriminaiton head on and asked outright for a raise and he got it which is pretty cool. Summary: People presented their projects. Reflection: Two other people did Cory website for their project and it was interesting comparing our responses.

 Response: I thought Rose was such an interesting character in this play. She starts off as this seemingly complacent housewife. But as we get further through the play we see her start to unwind under the pressure that Troy seems to put on her. She constantly questions and challenges Troy to leave her. She seems fed up with all his bs yet she still stays through it all. She seems very caring and kind despite everything that life has thrown at her. Summary: We did our Fences project Reflection: I found it pretty challenging to come up with enough websites for one character.

Response: I do not think you have to forget what someone did to forgive them. Honestly I dont think Cory needed to forgive his dad to move on but whatever. Even though he did forgive him and go to the funeral, that doesnt mean he had to forget everything that happened. Even though Rose forgave Troy a long time ago she still had a lot of pent up emotions and did not forget anything that she felt or the ways Troy acted. Summary: We finished reading Fences. Reflection: I thought the ending was pretty interesting. The seven year time skip helped me learn a lot about the characters.

 Response: Cory acted fairly different in the movie than I pictured him in the play. As I had read I pictured him more confident and stronger. The movie on the other hand, seemed to depict him as much weaker and more cowardly. At least in the scene that we watched he was quaking and hardly put up a fight against Troy while I had pictured him more upset than scared in this scene. Summary: We read the second to last scene of the play. Refleciton: It is interesting to see how much time has passed during this play.

 Response: I think a major lie or betrayal can really mess up how you see someone. If they did something that really hurt me or hid something very damning to me and I found out I would be crushed. They were hiding a facet of their personality that I never saw so when revealed would completely change who they are to me. That said I don't think it is an end all be all, I believe in second chances a lot of the time. I do think in general I could maybe understand where they are coming from and forgive them but I would never see them the same. Summary: We read more of the play and finished our group paper. Reflection: The play is getting pretty interesting, I am learning a lot about the characters and their relationships to eachother.

 Response: I think a parent owes a lot emotionally to their child. As a parent you should love your child and also be able to show that love to them. Just saying you love them or providing them the bare minimum is not enough to cater a healthy life for your child. Not properly showing love can make it hard for that child to understand love and proper emotional expression. Summary: We started our character analysis. Reflection: My group got assigned Bono and I am excited to dive more into his character.

 Response: Every day I have to choose to forgo the things I really want to do (sleep for 12 hours straight) and instead wake up at the buttcrack of dawn and head to school. This gets especially hard as the days are getting colder because my room gets the least air conditioning and it is so hard to not just bundle up in bed. My decision to go to school anyways is influenced by the fact that I would get in trouble with my parents and would just end up falling behind in my classes which is more stressful. Summary: We read act 1 scene 4 Reflection: We learned a lot about Troy in this scene.

 Response: I don't think that there is any way that you can "make" parents like their children. I think it would be better if parents did like their children but I don't think its required. It can really hurt the child if they ever have to come to terms with the fact that their parents don't like them. I think above all else parents should love their children unconditionally but you cannot force a parent to like their kid. As long as the parent accepts their child and makes it clear that they are loved and supported and they don't punch down on their kid or force them to change to someone likeable I guess. This is a hard take to make ngl. Summary: We read act 1 scenes 2 and 3 of fences. Reflection: These scenes were very interesting, Troy seems to repeat himself and hold firm on his beliefs.

 Response: I think it is perfectly normal and okay for a child to ask their parent for money, even if they are grown. Especially in this economic landscape many young people may struggle to make ends meet and if their parents are able, they should do what they can to help their kid prosper. I am not saying that kids should completely rely on their parents or that they shouldn't face the consequences of their actions but having small amounts of assistance from their parents seems pretty reasonable to me. Summary: We finished Scene 1 Act 1 of Fences Refleciton: This fierce scene was pretty interesting and has set an interesting look into what the next couple of weeks will look like.

 Response: I  have built fences by keeping myself in my house and not really going out with friends much. It has given me a lot of personal time and the freedom to laze around my house a lot. But it has also led me to be fairly isolated from my friends. It has also impeded my ability to make new friends and deepen a relationship with them because I am too scared of getting tired. Summary: We started reading Fences. Reflection: I'm not excited to read a play in class. It's going to go by really slowly and you're going to get mad at everyone for not being an A list actor.

 Response: The presentations today showed me how little I actually know about my classmates. I got to learn so much about people and their identities that I would not have known otherwise. Without even activley thinking about it I had already made decisions about the other people in class. I separated myself from them but these presentations show that we are all more similar than we think. Summary: We presented our masks. Reflection: It was nice to learn more things about my classmates. A lot of people had similar things on their mask.

 Response: I have felt like I truly belong in our school's theatre program. In freshman year I had a small group of friends but otherwise felt so out of place at school. In sophomore year I joined the fall shows on running crew and even then still sparsely talked to people. As I got into my junior and now my senior year I have opened up more and more to others and I have really grown into the theatre community. I am very glad I got to meet so many nice people and find a place of community at school. Summary: We did a commonlit. Reflection: I thought this passage was really well researched and a very interesting read.

 Response: I have been scared of talking to other people for as long as I can remember. This has made me less social than most of my peers. Because of this I struggled with making friends and was fairly lonely for a lot of my school year. Because of this I had to overcome my fear of talking to others, especially because I joined the theatre program. I forced myself outside of my comfort zone to talk to people and it has really paid off, I have become a lot more social. Even though I still hold some of that fear I have grown a lot which is really good. Summary: We wrote our mask descriptions and got our id photos taken. Reflection: I already wrote up some of my information for my masks yesterday so it was pretty easy to get everything done in time for photos.

 Response: I have lived in Atlanta my entire life so my perception of what a city is has been entirely warped around what I know about the few places I have been in Atlanta. I don't really leave my immediate neighborhood or really head in town a lot except for events or specific outings so while I claim to know city life I am mostly just accustomed to semi-suburban living. When we started travelling we went places like Chicago and New York City where I got to explore more of a "proper" city and I learned so much more about what a city looks like. Summary: We worked on our culture masks again. Reflection: I liked doing the coloring and fully fleshing out the masks. I think mine is pretty good.