Philosophical Son

This week we took a philosophy test to distinguish what kind of philosopher we match up to and I was able to relate it to Bigger Thomas from Native Son. He seems to me that he would be an Atheistic Essentialist from what I saw from the quiz. Bigger never quite mentions his religious beliefs but makes it clear that he questions the existence of God. In chapter two he almost challenges God to prove that he is there and asks of God to stop him from actions. He has also committed sins in the act of raping and murdering Mary and Bessy, so if he feared a higher being he wouldn't have done them.

~Jessica D.

Senioritis Sonnet by Nikki L.

Senioritis Sonnet

            While in class, a friend decided to write a sonnet on her senioritis.

“This year has been the hardest of my life

And everyone said junior year was bad…

college apps, hard classes, so much strife.

In addition to the worst grades ever had.

I used to pride myself on work on-time,

And now I’m struggling just to stay afloat.

Like this poem just barely finding rhymes,

I’m bailing water out of this sinking boat.

And teacher, please, I promise that I try,

But in this sea of interviews and ail,

My brain is dying slowly, electrified,

Extend the deadlines please before I fail?

They say this year’s the best year of high school…

But honestly please end ‘fore I fall off my pedestal.”

            The sonnet emphasizes how all of us have senioritis and that it will eventually drive us crazy. This year has been full of ups and downs that have left some of us sitting on the edge of our pedestals. The sonnet connects senior year’s struggles to a boat sinking in the sea and how we are trying to stay afloat by bailing water out and trying to stay focus on the things that are important to our future: college applications and passing classes. Senioritis also brings stress and procrastination in school and worrying about getting into our dream colleges.

            We all have senioritis, but I guess I will have to wait and see whether or not it makes me fall off my pedestal before I graduate in May.

I am a hungry beast by Chanel Chu

I am a hungry beast. No, I am not a folktale legend like those who live in caves; now am i one of your Disney-movie characters. I am a beast of fod, of meat and carbs, rice and desserts-- and i might even be said to possess multiple stomachs. I am hungry, understand, simply because people refuse to feed me. Like the starving animals you see sometimes in zoo exhibitions, it is as though I have been deprived of  food and gazed at by people's wide eyes and dropped jaws. When they watch me they see only my  filled mouth, emptying plate, and remains of dinner-- indeed, everything and anything in my stomach.
~Chanel Chu