College

I knew that when I started high school I would make older friends, but I honestly never anticipated having friends that were 2-4 years older than me. The fact they are older has never bothered me - my sister is my best friend who is six years older, so I'm used to it - but now that graduation is rolling around and everyone is talking about where they're moving to, I'm getting scared. I would rather not lose these amazing people right after I met them.

That's the problem with high school, you meet amazing people who change your life, but depending on their age, they could be gone right after you arrive. It scares me to imagine some of my best friends in college, because to me they aren't adults just yet, they're still kids who aren't ready to be given to the world of taxes and mortgages just yet. My biggest fear is that once they experience the amazing world out there, they'll forget all about me who's still stuck in high school.

2 hours
LOTF

LOTF reflection

So far the book is very good. I enjoy the detailed physical descriptions of the island, and all of the social controversy that is subtly going on in the boys lives. I have a few problems though. The book can be hard to understand at points because of the way it's written. There it a lot of British slang, and war references that would be a lot easier to understand if I was born at the time.

I am glad my topic to focus on is evil, because from what I've heard and seen, there is a lot of evil that becomes ever present in the boys now that they are on the island. It made me wonder what I would be like on an island like that. We all have our own views, and everyone has their different ways of expressing the, but in a situation like this would the darkness in everyone come out? Would I become a wild animal?  It is rather strange to see how quickly people change in situations where danger is the reality. I do wish we would be able to see what the boys were like before all of this, to get a better view on how much they changed when they became stranded on the island.

Simulation

The desert island simulation went fairly well for my class. We all started off yelling at each other, of course, but over the course of a few minutes someone came up with an idea. The talking fork, which was a fork and whoever was holding it was the only one who could talk. Then we established jobs, and leaders. I considered starting my own group at first. I knew that if we didn't organize all the chaos we wouldn't last long, but surprisingly it worked out very well.

I think our class would last a long while on a desert island. We were organized and made sure everyone had a chance to speak. But honestly after reading a bit of the book, I think now if our class was on an island like that I would go on my own. In extreme conditions like that, people become someone they're not, I'd rather not deal with that..

1 hour
Blogs

Reading

Perks of being a wallflower
1 hour