Since we get to write about what we want, I am going to write about blogs and how much I hate doing them. I find these blogs to be kind of hard sometimes. The part that makes it difficult for me is we have to write about something that we just worked on. I get bored of writing about the same thing I just spent a week working on. I would rather write about something new or even pick my own topics. I find this more of a boring task. But when something is worth 20% of your final grade you have no choice to do them and put some effort into it. I think more people would like blogs if you could write about what you wanted to rant about, the comments would also be a lot more fun.

In this blog I would like to  talk about how excited I am to be closer to reach this goal. My goal to finish Grade 12. I know I still got lots to do but each day I feel like Im taking a step closer. It's been hard, since I got a full time job and a baby on the way. So is a bit hard for me to concentrate. I got to think positive and that this not only will benifit my future but also my family. I feel very lucky to be able to have time to concentrate on reaching my goal. Im very thankfull for having my family support.  Im not going to lie, sometimes I feel like giving up. But this gives me strenght, reminds me that I can show people wrong and I can do this. I wish I would of appreciated school back in the day and instead of giving up, just kept trying. We all learn from our mistakes and Im glad I got a second chance to invest on my future.

For this blog I decided to write about what we’re learning about. The use of language is one of the most important tools we have. Using our words to express ourselves I think is something that we all should know. It is also important I feel for breaking down information we hear or watch and really think about what tone or what bias the author of a piece may be trying to get across. I think that understanding language allows me to commutate with people differently and at times more effectively to get my point across. My language use has drastically changed. At times I find myself using different language that I normally would have not used and I think that’s helped me a lot to this point.

    Since we are allowed to write about anything we want, I will write about my vegetable garden. I don’t know if that’s relevant to the class, but since our course theme is power and choices, I would think almost anything would be relevant to that…

   Well, this is my favourite time of year because I am hard at work in my garden. It is a lot of hard work, time, and dedication, but the pay-off makes the hours well worth it! I grow so many different things I hardly ever go to the market for anything other than meat! I grow Lettuce, carrots, tomatoes, onions, beets, beans, cucumbers, radishes, potatoes, and the list goes on and on. I also have two apple trees, but those aren’t much upkeep other than picking up fallen apples off the ground before the wasps get at them.

   After a long day of listening to people bitch about stuff and pretending to care, nothing soothes me more than getting home to work in my garden. It’s nice to do it alone, and it’s also something that my boyfriend and I love to do together. We have equal appreciation for vegetable gardening. The hobby was passed down to us from his grandpa who was an avid vegetable gardener, and taught us everything we know about it. The taste and nourishment of home-grown garden salads and steamed veggies everyday make me feel strong, happy, and healthy!

   I hate flower gardening, I make minimal efforts towards that…  They attract bee’s and I can’t eat them, flowers suck.

Kari.

For this blog entry i would like to discuss how proud i am of myself that i will have finally completed my grade 12 education. For the last 2 years everytime i meet people at the bar, i always feel the need to lie and tell them i have graduated because i feel it is embarassing to admit that i have not yet completed a high school education. From now on i will be able to honestly say that i do have my full grade 12 education completed and plan on attending university to continue gaining further knowledge.