Joseph’s Thoughts

When I walked into this class in August, I thought it would just be like any other English class I’ve taken in the past but I was wrong. Our first day we walked in and the the first thing he asked us as a class was if we wanted to do open source learning or a regular style English class. Dr Preston walked out of the class and had us discuss what we wanted to do for the year and when he came back in we told him we wanted to do open source.  I think throughout the year I found all of the the online tips and pro styles of writing most meaningful from this class. I think I’m mostly proud my blog and the project we did when we had to apply for our grade for the first semester. As I’ve mentioned before I feel like I could’ve kept up on the posts more often at times throughout the year. Looking forward I feel like all the ways we learned how to write a resumé and other things like that to apply for jobs in the future is a good thing to know. To end the semester I would like a letter grade...

Joseph Ybarra English Period 6 Unfortunately this school year was cut off a few months short due to a worldwide pandemic. When we had to finish the district said we had to finish the school year online it didn't really hit me until like a week later and I realized that this was the new normal. It was a hard transition for me at first and then I just turned it into a habit. It's different doing learning from home then when you’re in a classroom. Sometimes I sit and think to myself if we are ever gonna go back to how life was before this virus hit or if everywhere we go is going to take more precautions and tell everyone to wear a mask before you go somewhere. Being inside most of the time now and not going to some of the places i used to do weekly is a big transition for me. I'm used to going somewhere on the weekends or hanging out with my friends and then when they started closing everything was just shocking. The last time I saw my friends was actually our last da...