AINT NOBODY GOT TIME FOR AP CLASS!!!

One word to describe it all: KA-POOYA!
This year I experienced something really new in this class: the worry of failing. This class was the first class I was honestly afraid of failing. Everyday I dreaded coming into this class, but I did not dread coming because of Mrs. Day. I dreaded coming because I always felt guilty for never bringing my homework on time. Please, do not be mislead with my title of this post. When I say "aint nobody got time for AP class" I mean that students in this class have to make time and dedication or else they are going to fail. To be honest, I am a huge procrastinator! My dear friend, Michell Rodriguez, can testify to this statement and now that I am confessing Animal Farm was the only book I read out of the 4 that we were given. However, I always did try my best in the class. Especially on my essays and in-class work like the multiple choice and such. Besides all the irresponsibility from my part, this class has been one of the funnest class I have ever had. Mrs. Day was one of the few teachers I have really had a good connection with. I love how she would come into the class and just converse with us as if we were all just good friends. I really do want to thank Mrs Day for " keeping it real" with us.

Free Write: The Coming Out Party

Recently, Jason Collins became "the first active openly gay male athlete in the four major American pro team sports." Collins wrote a disclosure to Sports Illustrated that stated, "I didn't set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport. But since I am, I'm happy to already done this. Nobody has, which is why I'm raising my hand."

 start the conversation. I wish I wasn't the kid in the classroom raising his hand and saying, 'I'm different.' If I had my way, someone else would have

To be honest I do not understand why all the commotion. It is possible that there were many gay athletes who were just too afraid to come out. Who were afraid of their reputation as a professional athlete be degraded because of their homosexuality. Yet, Jason Collins was a inspired by all the catastrophe that has been falling upon the United States recently. He knew it was time to finally let the world know that wants to live his live without having to hide who he really was. I do support Collins coming out because of the fact that he was the first to really come out and not really cared what people had to say. We are in the 21st century, if it is acceptable for an everyday-person to come out of the closet, why would it not be acceptable for a professional basketball player? Who knows maybe in a few years from now we will have our first openly gay President of the United States.

Resources:
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/29/sport/collins-gay