Have you ever had to choose between something you wanted to do and something you needed to do? What influenced your decision, and were you satisfied with your choice?

 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.

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