Week 10

The week after spring break is always a struggle. Going back to school after having a week off is very difficult. Plus Monday was a rainy dreary day. On and off all day it went between rain and freezing rain. It was such a crappy day; I could not make myself get out of bed. So instead I spent the day recovering from spring break and cuddling in bed. Sadly it continued to rain all the way through Wednesday. So on Wednesday it was still very difficult to get up, but this time I forced myself to. However, I did get some lovely Star Bucks with Cate to help me get through the day. When the time rolled around for Sweeney’s class, I was surprisingly pretty awake. That day we had to read “The Rape of the Lock” by Alexander Pope. At the beginning of class we discussed the elements of poetry and wrote them in a huge list of the board. After discussing these factors of poetry, the class got into five different groups. This time we were actually allowed to pick our groups and it went a lot smoother than normal. Once in our individual groups, each group was handed a work sheet with five questions. Each group got to pick one questioned they wanted to do. After answering our individual question, we shared our answers with the class. I believe the class went very smoothly. That was the end of the week for English, because of Friday Swenney canceled class. I thank him for allowing me to start my weekend early. 

Week 9

Happy spring break week everybody! I hope everyone is enjoying this lovely break away from school. I know I have thoroughly enjoyed a stress free week. Even though I was not lucky enough to go to Panama City or anything, I have gotten a lot of things done. On Monday I did some spring-cleaning. I cleaned my whole entire room from top to bottom. I dusted and polished all my furniture. I also set up a new piece of furniture in my room. Then I went through all my clothes and got rid of some. The rest I straightened up in the dresser and closet. Then I vacuumed and made my bed. Then on Tuesday I look advantage of the beautiful day. I washed my car. I call my car Fonda then Honda. She was quite dirty. I washed the outside and cleaned the outside. I always feel so much better when my car is clean. On Wednesday, it was another absolutely gorgeous day. I spent this day fishing on the pond with my boyfriend and best friend. Then the rest of the week I spent it just lounging around. Expect of Friday I took my boyfriend’s little bother lunch to school. After I ate lunch with him, I went to recess. At recess, I played four square with him and his friends. I was very upset though when Sunday rolled around. Not that spring break was over, but also because cold weather was coming back. I am so ready for summer and hotness!

Week 8

This was a very short week of Sweeney’s English 102 class. Monday, March 3, was canceled due to another snow storm. This snow storm was crazy because just the day before it was seventy degrees. I truly do not understand Virginia weather. It can be sunny and seventy-five one day, then the next be snowing and freezing. I have such sinus problems because of this bipolar weather. Though I am extremely tired of the snow, I was very happy that RBC closed both Monday and Tuesday. Having both of those days off the week before spring break was a blessing. When Wednesdays, March 5, rolled around another blessing came about. Sweeney sent out a lovely email informing the class that the rough draft on Glass Menagerie was not due to the Monday after spring break. This was a big stress relief because I have still yet to watch the movie. So in class on Wednesday, I guess Sweeney decide not to talk all class because of how rude the class was that last time we meet. He decided to type everything instead of talking. Throughout him typing questions, forcing the class to talk amongst ourselves. I had to say that it was not a bad idea. It made the class participate, well I should say some of the class to participate. I participated and gave my input as much as possible. However I do hope that after spring break, he will begin to engage in class again. I hope everyone enjoys their spring break and be safe! J

Week 7

Week seven of Sweeney’s class was a short week, due to Sweeney canceling class on Monday due to a stomach bug. I, however, was not complaining when I found this out Monday morning. Instead of going to English class, I came home and completed a lot of homework. This made me a lot less stressed. This week and next is particularly stressful due to a total of five tests, a paper and human sexuality packet all due within these two weeks. When hump day rolled around, Sweeney’s 102 English class finished watching the Glass Menagerie. During this Sweeney fell asleep. This made for some funny pictures that just had to be posted of a social media sites. However, I cannot blame Sweeney for falling asleep because the movie was not very interesting. I, myself, had a hard time paying attention. Therefore I am going to watch it again on Netflix before the rough draft is due. Finally it was Friday on this stressful week. The whole class defiantly had a Friday attitude.  Sweeney wanted to count us off into groups then play jeopardy with questions from Glass Menagerie. Counted off into groups took quite some time because the majority of the class feels like we are being babied when counted off into groups. I feel as if we are college students, we can get into groups ourselves. In four year universities the professor does not put his or her students into groups. If RBC's goal is to prepare students for four year universities, then we should not be counted off into groups. Professors should put trust in their students to put themselves into groups they will work well with. After the struggle of being put into groups, the class answered the jeopardy questions. Sweeney’s anger continued to grow throughout the class because it was obvious that no one had been reading the story. He finally just gave up and told everyone to leave. I love Sweeney’s class, but maybe if he did not baby us as much the class would be more willing to participate.