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My favorite part of Modern Lit this year was the senior project. I LOVED that i could do people's makeup and call it school work. It's something i would've done anyways but i got to use it as homework!! Also, Carnes Cookies are my favorite. I'm super grateful for your catering skills at prom. It was delicious and we appreciate you so much. Thankyou for all of the memories we've had in this class! I'm going to miss everyone!! ((:

Riggs post or is it

My name is Rigg

I think this year has been pretty fun I enjoyed making the videos and the debits we had and watching classmates go head to head in word battles. Also i thought the senior project was really fun. It was enjoyable because I got to write and present about something that i love doing and experiencing. As much as I hate writing or reading the senior project paper was really easy for me because i understood what i was writing about. The reading was confusing, but that's because i get detracted easy and confused from books that don't interest me. I did however enjoy reading lord of the fly's because that book was like something i could totally seeing myself do besides the killing. Being able to survive of the land is something that has interested me for years so this book stood out.

thanks for a fun year!

The final countdown (10 days)

This has been an incredibly eventful year in my life. I switched schools, took some extra classes, made new friends, etc. Personally, what has been most helpful to me in this class is your feedback on our papers. I am taking 1.5 semesters of literature this semester, so I have been writing and reading a lot. The feedback you give me actually helps me see how to improve my writing, not just fix my paper and the grade. From this I have improved my quality of writing in both of my lit classes which will be helpful for the rest of my life. That is something that I have not yet had in a lit teacher. Beyond the writing, I have read books that I would have never even opened otherwise. Your explanation of the books has helped me learn to read further into each page. Overall, I have really enjoyed this class, despite literature being a weakness of mine.

First and last year!

I am so glad I got to be in this class this year I learned a lot from literature to music with Tess. Literature is pretty easy for me overall since I like reading and writing (even though I’m not that good at it). Writing the papers were helpful because now I know how to write better than I did before. I once wrote this child book and now I can go back and edit it because I wrote it when I really didn’t know how to write. I liked reading all the books besides Frankenstein because it was not my type of book reading. Throughout the year though doing the blogs were super fun because I got to read how everyone else thought, and the senior project was super fun because I got to see people I love and haven’t seen in a while. I already knew a lot about my topic so it was fun just getting to see my old workers and extended family. 

The end is where we begin

I'd have to say my favorite thing about modern lit this year was the senior project. Other than the fact that it was for a grade I loved getting to research my topic and getting to just go mountain biking whenever I needed to "work" in lit. My least favorite part was reading Brave New World, that book didn't make any sense to me and it was just weird. However, I can understand why the people in that book worshiped Ford so much, he did make an awesome truck and he built my college while he was at it.
Lit has definitely been a hard class this year due it being the first class of the day and me always being tired but I did appreciate having the class it was a lot of fun. Thanks to everyone for a great senior year.

Every New Beginning Comes From Some Other Beginning's End

Here it is: your last blog entry of the year! I'd like to hear from you about your favorite (and least favorite) parts of Modern Literature this year. Let me know what you thought about the blog, the senior project, the literature, and the papers. Are there topics related to the modern world you wished we had covered? What about books you wish we had read?

For my part, I most enjoyed teaching The Stranger and Hamlet and hearing your reactions to the ideas in those books. I loved the edible Frankenstein's monster, the Hamlet acting exercises, and the Lord of the Flies competition. I looked forward with great anticipation every week to reading your blog entries; I appreciate how much you shared about yourselves, your beliefs, and your ideas.

On the downside, I wish we had time to read more. I would have liked to have read authors such as Vonnegut, Hemingway, Faulkner, and Woolf.

Finally, I hope you know how much I've enjoyed teaching your class for the last four years and that I love every single one of you. Knowing that this could be my last year teaching, I'm glad I'm ending my career with you. We've come a long way from wrongly-accused tennis-ball throwers. I can't wait to see what you do in the future!

BE STILL.

I believe doubt is more of a "thirst for faith" than a period of darkness. When I doubt, I feel like my faith is being tested and strengthened. It is becoming more meaningful, more true. I don't quite know how to explain it, but I know that a strong faith is impossible without doubt. When I was really little (like 4 or 5) I struggled so much with the concept of infinity, forever, etc... I didn't doubt the existence of an infinite God because I was young and my values, reason, and logic were wrapped around the truths of our home. But as I got older I started questioning these things more. I wanted to know Christ more and develop a stronger faith. But I had to face my doubts in order to grow. As I leaned into Christ more and more, and as I desired my truth to line up with God's truth, I realized how much the world doesn't want me to do so. I am either overwhelmed with distractions (to keep my mind off of Christ) or faced with those doubts that force me to make a very important decision: I can either give in to the ways of the world, what the "popular" people say is true, my doubts. OR I can continue to lean on Christ and trust in Him with all I have, even when I don't feel free, or joyful, or any sense of peace or certainty. I strive to trust in the Lord in all of my uncertainty. He strengthens me as I call on Him in times of confusion, doubt, or anxiety. But so many times the distractions of life crowd my soul and rob me of the opportunity to draw closer to Him. When I give into these distractions and don't take time to be still with Him (especially in times of doubt), I am leaving my faith behind despite my soul calling out for time with Him.


Take time to BE STILL. Let your soul ponder the wonders of God and face the doubts it must face to grow stronger in faith.