Connection: MLK jr. and challenging the status quo

For the past few days we have been discussing how martin luther king jr. challenges the status quo. We read his letter from a birmingham jail as an assignment. We had to pick where in his letter where he was challenging the status quo. He saw the world in a different way. Someone would say the world is like this and he would deny it and prove why it wasn't. 

This is interesting because most people just sit back and accept the world the way it is. But not martin luther king. He stood up for what he believed in and he wanted to change the world for the better. He isn't the only one, there are several people in history who challenged the status quo. They all wanted to prove something and in order to do that they needed to come out and prove why some things in the world aren't what they are said to be. 

Even though martin luther king jr. and challenging the status quo were already connected I wrote about it because I thought it was a good thing to start the semester with. 

first semester...

Throughout the last five months I have learned a lot from all the things we have discussed, watched, and read in class. The things we learn in humanities is much different than what you would learn about in other english classes. We tend to have discussions for several days about one topic. I find that interesting because I never knew that so much could be discussed about one single topic.

One thing that was difficult for me this semester was the book The Shadow Catcher. That book confused me because there were so many symbols that were hard to both find and understand. But in order to do well on the quizzes and tests I read all the chapters and tried my best to figure them out on my own. And most of the stuff I couldn't figure out, other people couldn't either so we discussed it in class.

The discussions and notes we take in class really help. Taking notes will always help with my learning because if I have trouble remembering something I can always look back at my notes. I decided that since using my notes really helped with this book it might work with the next book we read. While we were reading Sophie's World we had many worksheets and took a lot of notes. And when it came time to taking the test I referred back to the notes and it helped me get a good grade on the test.

Throughout second semester I will use the same ways to study as I did throughout the first semester because it seemed to work out well. I will keep up with the reading and try my best to keep my grade up .