Analyze how you’ve adapted to the demands of this course over the past week, and evaluate one strength and one challenge you anticipate as we progress, justifying your insights with personal examples.

 Prompt Response: I learned to adapt to having to write everyday by spacing things out for myself. One thing I am good at is analyzing the hidden meanings of texts and it's something I will always be good at. In AP language I was especially good at finding meaning behind the death of Myrtle in the Great Gatsby. I understood that her death represented how the rich will use and abuse the poor and get away with it. I have struggled with writing about myself and talking about who I am in the past and I probably will in the coming days. Whenever I had to answer surveys about what my strengths were, I often found myself whether or not I actually knew myself.


Summary: We worked on our culture masks and wrote out two paragraphs to explain the meanings and symbols on our masks.


Reflection: I learned about how my culture can affect who I am. I will use this information to see how it alters my perspective compared to my friends. 

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