Reflection:

This year as a whole was quite messy and full of ups and down, just like a rollercoaster. There were some projects that I had a great time doing, while some where time-consuming and a little boring, in my opinion. The project that I really had a great time doing has to be the Genius Hour project, mainly because I was allowed to do something that I actually wanted to learn about. I am so glad that I did my project about Fashion designing instead of something related to health-science, because I will be spending literally rest of my life rolling around books of health-science. The project gave a unique opportunity to do something that I really loved, and the part of me that I was never able to show to anyone. However, one thing I didn't really liked about the Genius Hour project is the time it took place in; I wasn't able to provide my full attention to it due to the AP exams as well as end of the year projects in other classes. I had the whole view of the project in my mind, but unfortunately it didn't turned out the way I was exactly expecting it to be, which made me a little disappointed. I wanted to add more information on some parts of the book, such as around my designs, but due to the lack of time I was not able to do it. So to conclude it, I wished I had spent more time on the quality rather than the quantity of the final product. But overall, I am happy with the outcome of the product and I had a great time doing it! Other than this project, I also enjoyed doing many other projects in the class. At the beginning of the year I was quite disappointed on the fact that I was moved from the Pre-ap class to the Leadership class. I didn't wanted to accept it, and I would constantly go to the counselor in order to move back to the Pre-ap class. Over time I figured that I had to stay in the leadership class and just work with it, but it was the word "Leadership" that scared me. I was always really poor in English subject, and it was quite hard for me to prove my point across specifically in essays; English Leadership really helped me get a little better at it, and now I don’t ‘Hate’ writing anymore. Some of the things that I had a great time doing were writing on paper about what was in our mind, which we mainly did during the second semester of the school, as well as the speed dating and sharing ideas with the classmates about the novels, which was quite nerve-wrecking but exhilarating at the same time. The books that we read this year are also some of the best books that I have read as a part of my English class till today. Out of the all the books, some of my personal favorites were Lord of the Flies, The Alchemist, The Night, and both of my independent novels (The Great Gatsby and Blind Faith). If I really have to choose the best out of this books, then it is likely to be the Lord of the Flies. The reason for that is that it was so fascinating to me that how the author connected such deep world problems during WWII to some merely little kids, and does a great job in showing human’s true nature in many different aspects throughout the novel. The reflection on my sophomore year so far is all over the place, it moves from the Genius Hour project to me moving into Leadership class and then the things I likes and I didn’t like, but it makes sense. It is very similar to me in sophomore year, jumping from one place to another, however, when one sums it up together it makes a whole sense and shows how I grew this year in vast braches.