AP Lit has been an experience starting from the first day. Our teacher Andy, immediately took the whole class outside and had us do an activity to shake the cobwebs off of our brains. He had us as individuals think of three things that we wanted to remember for the rest of our lives. Then out of the three pick one to share with the rest of the class. This activity was really thought provoking and most people took it pretty lighthearted but others shared some notably personal information. Which is so cool that they felt comfortable enough to share that with the class. The reason I say this is because one of the first things I wanted to say was "remember to eat" which at first glance might seem straight forward and silly to most people, but this is extremely important for me. The reason for that is I have an eating disorder called anorexia nervosa, which basically means that I do not have an appetite. In the past I have struggled with remembering to eat a healthy amount and it has almost cost me my life on a few occasions. So seeing someone be that vulnerable on the first day of class was really cool. Also on the note of eating disorders everyone is affected differently I just have a tendency to not eat without being conscious of the decision. I am not motivated by trying to look thinner in appearance or anything along those lines. On another note I think that AP Lit will be a class that I'll enjoy. So far all of my peers and the teacher seem to be ready to have discussions and get down to business. I am excited to see what the future has in store for senior year. In case you are interested in learning more about anorexia nervosa their is a really good article about it over on the National Eating Disorder Association's website.
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Andy Schoenborn
9/15/2016 08:29:34 pm
Hi Edgar,
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Ed
10/17/2016 03:21:15 pm
I added a link to this blog post a while back, but I noticed 3.5's on my other ones too. I am guessing it is because they look like they are missing their URL's but I have been using a hyperlink. Which isn't exactly the most visible way of adding a link. Sorry about that.
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