APEnglish–Los Al

Period 4

Day started off as usual nothing too crazy happened with the exception of Sean Wang. Nadir was asked to draw a fat man. He failed miserably. It resembled a deformed baby that really scared Mr. E. We then discussed the difference between conscience- the little voice in your head, and conscious- your awareness. We got back to our daily worksheet and Mr. E was kind of frustrated since everyone he asked about the first question wasn’t paying attention until finally someone answered it. I forgot who. Mr. E then informed us about the power of stupidity in large groups. Very insightful. We finished up with the worksheet and Mr. E handed out that TSL quiz. After we finished that Sean passed out the virtue essay paper. We went over that thoroughly for the remainder of the period.

ASH SUCKS!!! I pretty much cant breathe. Anyone else?

Krigmont Per. 4

Period 5

Hello everyone. I hope you all had a wonderful Monday.
Today’s class was a little more talkative than others.
It was pretty strange, noting that Monday’s are usually a tad sluggish.. in my opinion of course.

Anyways, this is the 5th period AP English breakdown of November 17th, 2008.

- I walk into class and notice the hubbub around Mr. Eldridge’s desk. Not sure what that was about, but there was another group that was thinking about this week’s EC puzzle of the week.
- Fortunately, the group (which included me) figured the riddle out before Mr. Eldridge summoned everyone back to his/her respective seat/couch.
- We immediately dive into the Diction 9 worksheet.
- I look up and I notice Shelene going up to the left white board.
- Apparently, Mr. Eldridge told her to draw a fat guy.
- The class commented on every one of her strokes and also threw suggestions as she was drawing.
- When the multi-colored drawing was completed, I noticed that the man was very “horizontally circular” (Erica) with suspenders, a red cap, water floaties, and even a monocle. X]
- The class continued to interpret the drawing until Mr. Eldridge walked up to the board and analyzed the difference between ‘conscious’ and ‘conscience.’
- He called on Desook who at first, hesitated with the meaning of lucid but later concluded that it meant ‘clear.’
- Jay then responded with a “good conservative term” (Eldridge) saying that conscience can represent a moral compass. Very intelligent.
- Ryan was supposedly speaking with 5 accents at once. Very mystifying behavior.
- Callie tried to answer the next question but just ended up not answering the question at all, according to Eldridge.
- Kim also tried to answer the question but was quickly rebuffed in her response just like Callie.
- ALL OF A SUDDEN, with a bunch of hands raised in the air waiting to be called on, Erica made a very queer noise. It kinda sounded like a damsel in distress but much more complicated. It will be difficult trying to communicate this odd sound, but it went something like this: “uhHhHh~” Although fleeting and momentary, there were many fluctuations in her voice, which made it all the more uncanny.
- After a couple minutes of class laughter, the class returns to its normal bored state.
- Mr. Eldridge, after calling on a few more people, finally just blurts “YES, there is no fat man!” and the class broke into realization and other trivial chatter.
- Mr. Eldridge then asks another question regarding what the water represents and Rachel and Zach both respond that it is the man’s unconsciousness. (The air = conscious state)
- We then move to the Apply section, where you were to fill in the blank with a descriptive word.
- Jay: “drove” into the auditorium
- Carfi: “vomited” into the auditorium
- Gellan: “slithered” into the auditorium
- Chris: “leaped” into the auditorium
- William: “crawled” into the auditorium

- We finally move to the TSL quiz, where everyone was surprised at the presence of scantrons.
- It turns out that the “quiz” is was 40 questions; it required rapid reading and bubbling skillz.
- When the time was up, Mr. Eldridge began walking around to collect the quizzes.
- He found that Kimberly Anne Barnhill’s group was still working secretly still working on the quizzes.
- I gave out a helpless yelp and turned around to see the Barnhill herself, glaring at me.
- But then, she strangely broke out into a smile like the innocent girl she is. *cough =) It was still a pretty awkward moment.

- Sarah began passing out the packet “Writing the Virtue Essay,” in which she oddly gave OUR table the packets last even though we’re right next to her table.
- She also only gave us three copies, rather than the required four. (I think she secretly hates us.)

- Before reviewing the packet, Mr. Eldridge began explaining the uselessness of handing out syllabi (syllabuses, works both ways) that contain unnecessary “class rules.” He asked if we knew what he meant by maybe providing some examples. And apparantly we ded as:
- Ryan said “No touching” (Hands and feet to yourself.)
- Zach said “No learning” (I don’t know what that meant.)

- The class dove into a state of silence and melancholy as we go over a packet that seems to be explaining the linguistics of an essay.
- Somehow, Mr. Eldridge gave an example of my computer blowing up, and how my imaginary personal technology gave me the right for an imaginary extension of the imaginary assignment of his imaginary class all in his imaginary story. This all somehow led up to the morality and legalities of justice within the school system.
- Ryan suggested that rather than questioning the standards of justice, the teacher should just blows everyone else’s computer up, so that no one would complain about the extension of the due date. It was a very clever idea.
- Then, Mr. Eldridge simulated his view of Kimberly Barnhill with a nagging voice explaining that she could be one who thought the teacher was sexist for not extending everyone else’s due date.
- The class again agreed on the fact that definitions of words rely upon the context.
- Dylan pointed out that the whole discussion was a “slippery slope” argument. Good job Dylan.

- Then, of course, the question of the due date.
- Mr. Eldridge explained that the paper would be due 3 weeks after he assigns it.
- Desook pleaded that he assign the essay AFTER the Thanksgiving break. I concurred and still do.
- We went over the 12 step “program” and as Erica thought of it, a program for AA. Hardy har har…

- Erica and Ryan fought some more of course. What would a day of AP English be without you them fighting?
Oh, the love in the air and the sweetness of it all. I can just imagine their wedding. WE ALL BETTER BE INVITED YOU TWO. =)
- Mr. Eldridge again put on his ‘Mimic’ hat and simulated the way the cuties fought.
- And again, it will be difficult to explain the sound, but it sounded like this:
RAWR RAWR RAWR~
- Right before the bell rang, Mr. Eldridge told Danielle not to be worried about the essay assignment since he didn’t technically “assign” it yet.
- Danielle smiled.

~~Ring ring ring ring~~

And that concludes my extra long scribe.
I tried to include everybody in the class, not because I felt like it, but because I was bored and I want everyone to be involved and comment..
JUST LIKE THEY’RE SUPPOSED TO ANYWAYS. =)

Your fellow American,
Henry Kim

한국 칭구들에게, (Your fellow Korean)
핸리 킴 ^^ (Henry Kim)

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