Highlight of the week : Stories in journalism class

This past week was busy as the others. In english class we worked more on "Doubt". We read reviews that people wrote for the play and we tried to figure out what they were trying to convince us or make us believe. We examined how a simple review of a film can easily influence people decisions or views. So the lesson i learned from that, is to double check every small thing and make a judgement from your own true opinion.

Religious Studies was interesting as always, maybe because we are learning about a religion and culture that I had no knowdlege of, but was always interested in learning about. We been studying about the tibetan buddhism and have focused on "The Tibetan Book of the Dead". I must say that some actions described in the book are unusual, but very intriguing. The book of the dead talks mostly about the last moments when a person is still alive. The book is read to people before they die to help them make the right choice in the cycle.

In journalism class, we had been working on stories about each other. Tuesday was the due date for the articles and everybody had to share out aloud what they wrote. Most of the stories are very personal. I admire everybody who opened up about their most difficult time in their life. This assigment was mainly hard, because it forced people to go back where they probally don't ever want to go and rethink all they had gone throught. I believe this exercise brought the class much closer. The knowledge to know that you aren't the only one with struggles at a young age and that everybody is the same even thought we all had different turning points is amazing. I really enjoyed working with Allenye Gunter, she was very easy to interview and open. That made me at ease to tell her about my turning point.

October is done :( ...the best month of the year!!!