Hello My Little Bloggers,
So as this semester is coming to a close this will be my last blog post, and the last thing I have to do for American Literature this semester!
Holy Cow! It just does not seem real that the semester is over already, I feel when I start the semester that 16 weeks seems like a long time, but it just FLIES by!
When I first signed up for American Literature this semester it was just sort of a filler class for one of my electives I needed. I was never interested in taking a class like this and I never thought I would actually enjoy this class, but boy was I wrong! By the middle of the semester I really enjoyed this class and it actually was one of my top favorite classes of the semester!
Not going to lie when I first started this class it scared me, it seemed like so much work and I had 5 classes I had to pass this semester because I am graduating, but then I realized how fun it actually was to read the stories and do the work and it did not even feel like school. I was especially nervous about blogging, but I actually really enjoy it.
I've been at Ivy Tech for 3 years now and I am finally graduating this Friday with my Associates of Science! This is such a big accomplishment for me and I cannot wait to be done.
But before I finish I was to thank everyone in the class and Ms.S for a wonderful semester, I really enjoyed reading everyone posts, thank you for a great semester!
Goodluck to all of you in your futures :)
Goodbye All!
Chelsey Meyer
Monday, May 5, 2014
Sunday, May 4, 2014
Hello Again!
I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! I worked all weekend, story of the life of a server!
But just now I got done reading the story, "Separating" by Updike.
This story really hit home for me because my parents divorced about 3 years ago, and it is still to this day the hardest thing I have had to deal with in my life.
I felt very sorry for the father in this story because I felt as though he was not all that upset about the separation between him and his wife, but he was more upset about telling his four children. He was very emotional at the dinner table that night because he knew that his kids would most likely treat him differently or maybe even be mad at their father, which was the last thing he wanted. Richard (the father) was especially nervous about telling his oldest daughter, whom was his first born. All she has known all her life was her parents being together and happy and raising her to be an adult.
When I read this part it really bothered me because that was my situation in my family. I was the first born and I had a very close relationship with my father from when I was a little girl, and I was very angry with my father, still am to this day, not because of the divorce, but for what he did and he just stopped being my dad.
What I liked about this father though was the last thing he wanted was to lose his kids. He was willing to do anything to keep a happy relationship with all four of his children, and to me that is a true father. That even if the marriage did not work out, you never give up on your children because that is your blood, you can't just give up on that.
I really enjoyed reading this story because even though it hit a sore spot in my emotions, it was nice reading about a father who loved his children so dearly.
Thank You for reading :)
Chelsey Meyer
I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! I worked all weekend, story of the life of a server!
But just now I got done reading the story, "Separating" by Updike.
This story really hit home for me because my parents divorced about 3 years ago, and it is still to this day the hardest thing I have had to deal with in my life.
I felt very sorry for the father in this story because I felt as though he was not all that upset about the separation between him and his wife, but he was more upset about telling his four children. He was very emotional at the dinner table that night because he knew that his kids would most likely treat him differently or maybe even be mad at their father, which was the last thing he wanted. Richard (the father) was especially nervous about telling his oldest daughter, whom was his first born. All she has known all her life was her parents being together and happy and raising her to be an adult.
When I read this part it really bothered me because that was my situation in my family. I was the first born and I had a very close relationship with my father from when I was a little girl, and I was very angry with my father, still am to this day, not because of the divorce, but for what he did and he just stopped being my dad.
What I liked about this father though was the last thing he wanted was to lose his kids. He was willing to do anything to keep a happy relationship with all four of his children, and to me that is a true father. That even if the marriage did not work out, you never give up on your children because that is your blood, you can't just give up on that.
I really enjoyed reading this story because even though it hit a sore spot in my emotions, it was nice reading about a father who loved his children so dearly.
Thank You for reading :)
Chelsey Meyer
Thursday, May 1, 2014
The Quilt
Hello Fellow Bloggers!
So this last Pod we have been working on, I read a story called "Ever day Use." I was not really expecting it to be about a mother and her two daughters. Honestly I am not sure what I expected it to be about, but for sure not that. I really was confused when I first started reading it when the Mother was referring to the TV show and she wished she had that with her daughter, but the more I read it and I seen the way the daughter acted towards her mother and her sister it all started falling together and making sense.
I was very angry with the way the older daughter, Dee, treated her mother and sister. It was almost as if she acted too good for them and that honestly made me angry. I myself have a mother and a younger sister in which I am very close with. I have never in my life thought I was too good for my family or was ashamed of the life we lived. And for Dee to come back to her mother's home and demand she get certain things really frustrated me because if she was too good for them, then why did she want their stuff?
The part towards the end about the quilt, I was very proud of that mother for putting her foot down and not letting Dee have them. The mother had promised the younger daughter, Maggie, that she could have those quilts. Dee was angry because she knew that Maggie would just use the quilts and they would be of no use in 5 years or so, but Dee just wanted to hang them up for decoration. The mother told Dee that she could not have them because Maggie would actually use them like they were supposed to be. This part made me giggle a little bit because I myself have a quilt that my grandma made and my mom gets mad because I sleep with it every night ever since I was the age of like 10. It is all falling apart and needs to be fixed but it does not bother me because my grandma made it and I will continue to use it until I no longer can.
That is how I related to this story was because quilts are meant for "every day use", not to just lie around and not be used!
Chelsey Meyer
So this last Pod we have been working on, I read a story called "Ever day Use." I was not really expecting it to be about a mother and her two daughters. Honestly I am not sure what I expected it to be about, but for sure not that. I really was confused when I first started reading it when the Mother was referring to the TV show and she wished she had that with her daughter, but the more I read it and I seen the way the daughter acted towards her mother and her sister it all started falling together and making sense.
I was very angry with the way the older daughter, Dee, treated her mother and sister. It was almost as if she acted too good for them and that honestly made me angry. I myself have a mother and a younger sister in which I am very close with. I have never in my life thought I was too good for my family or was ashamed of the life we lived. And for Dee to come back to her mother's home and demand she get certain things really frustrated me because if she was too good for them, then why did she want their stuff?
The part towards the end about the quilt, I was very proud of that mother for putting her foot down and not letting Dee have them. The mother had promised the younger daughter, Maggie, that she could have those quilts. Dee was angry because she knew that Maggie would just use the quilts and they would be of no use in 5 years or so, but Dee just wanted to hang them up for decoration. The mother told Dee that she could not have them because Maggie would actually use them like they were supposed to be. This part made me giggle a little bit because I myself have a quilt that my grandma made and my mom gets mad because I sleep with it every night ever since I was the age of like 10. It is all falling apart and needs to be fixed but it does not bother me because my grandma made it and I will continue to use it until I no longer can.
That is how I related to this story was because quilts are meant for "every day use", not to just lie around and not be used!
Chelsey Meyer
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