Blog #3: Confessions

Confession time:  Write about a time you got in trouble as a child.  What did you do?  How did you get caught?  Did you learn anything from the experience?  If you never really got in trouble, you could tell us about something you did, but didn't get caught, or you could talk about someone else who got in big trouble.  Check below for my story...

Publish your blog by Friday night.




When I was in sixth grade I wasn't allowed to date any girls. My parents told me I had to wait until I was older (I think 15 years old). However, one of my good friends had a girlfriend, and he convinced me to go on a 'double date' with a girl from school, him, and his girlfriend. I told my parents I wanted to go to a movie with Chris (my friend). This was the first time I had ever asked to go to a movie, so maybe they were a little suspicious.... Anyway, I lied to my parents!

I never got to go on the date though. The mother of the girl I wanted to go to the movies with called my mom and asked her if she thought it was a good idea for us to be going on a date. The girl's mom said she was surprised that my parents had allowed it. So then I was busted (caught). My dad talked to me about it and I apologized. I didn't get punished, however. My father just talked to me about how it was a wrong thing to do, and I felt very guilty and sad.

After that I never really lied to my parents again or tried to sneak out. I think maybe God allowed me to get caught when I was very young so that I would learn my lesson and not get into more trouble when I was a teenager. So I'm thankful that I got caught!

Blog #2

I really enjoyed reading your blogs and comments last week!  Keep up the good work.

Read the proverbs below (from the book Focus on Grammar 4).  Respond to them in any way you'd like to.  You might comment on one or more that are meaningful to you.  Do you have life experience that matches these proverbs?  Do you have similar proverbs in your culture?  How do they compare?  Write 2-3 paragraphs.

1. Rome wasn't built in a day.
2. He ran away from the rain and was caught in a hailstorm.
3. Silence was never written down.
4. Never promise a fish until it's caught.
5. Stars are not seen by sunshine.
6. Write the bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble.
7. Skillful sailors aren't made by smooth seas.
8. A good year is known by its spring.
9. Knowledge is like a garden: if it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested.
10. Great trees are envied by the wind.
11. The night is dark, but the apples are counted.

Please title your blog "Blog  #2".  Blog due by Friday night, 9/20 (midnight?)   Comments due by next Monday before class. 

Blog #1: Introductions

Tell me about yourself! Who are you? What are some things that interest you?Why did you decide to come to the U.S. to study? What are some of your hobbies?  Please write 2 paragraphs: one basic introduction, and one telling us something interesting, strange or funny about you.  Don't be shy.  😏  

Write your blog on YOUR page. I will link it to my page. Please title it Blog #1. 

Blog #1 and brief comments on three classmates' blogs due on Monday, 9/16 before class.