The Importance Of Music In My Life

Everyone can relate to music

One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain

-Bob Marley

    When I can’t focus and when I am stressed out, music helps me calm down. Sometimes when I can’t focus on my homework or a task, I use music to help me focus and get my work done. I use music to cheer me up, it can change my spirit and helps me to calm down. It also helps me get pumped up for sports games. I play music on my way to sports games and it gets me ready to play hard. During my time on Fenn sports teams I have had many away games, during the bus rides to the other schools I would listen to music to get me pumped up. Music benefits me and others in many ways and I am glad that I have it in my life. I listen to music all the time. I even start my own playlists for different purposes. For example, I have game day playlists for when I have sports games, and also ones to relax with more chill music. Overall music plays a big role in helping me relax, make my day better, or help me get ready for sports games. Music brings cultures together for some people and helps many people get through the day. Music is a part of almost everyone’s life, we get to enjoy it and it brings us together. I love listening to music and it helps me in my everyday life. Music is very important to me and many others around the world.

Gallows Pole

Why I Chose Gallows Pole

There are only two types of speakers in the world: the nervous and the liars

-Mark Twain

   With life there is always challenges we need to overcome. The Gallows Pole appealed to me as a challenge that will also be fun. The story behind the poem is very interesting and I liked it the most out of all of the pieces I saw. I can see that this is going to be a challenge for me, but the fact that I really like this story will make it easier for me. I will have to test my patience with this assignment and not give up on memorizing it. I opened up the website that Fitz included in his week in review, in the website I discovered multiple different options for WWFenn speeches. It was a well designed website so it was not too hard to navigate. I clicked through almost every speech, and still had not found the right one for me. Finally, I opened up the Gallows Pole, I was not expecting much of it because of the name, I thought it would be some old and boring poem. It turns out I was wrong. It really does turn out that the harder you work, the greater your reward. I turned down many poems just so I could find the right one for me. Eventually after a lot of searching I found the right one for me. Gallows Pole captivated me within the story behind it and I got very interested. I knew that this one was right for me. This assignment will be a challenge, but I have done it before so I know what to expect. I feel grateful to have come across this poem because I think it is really neat and interesting. I think this is a pretty cool and challenging project and I am ready to go in front of the class and give it my best.

Gallows Pole

Hangman, hangman, hold it a little while,
Think I see my friends coming,
Riding a many mile.
Friends, did you get some silver?
Did you get a little gold?
What did you bring me, my dear friends,
To keep me from the Gallows Pole?
What did you bring me to keep me from the Gallows Pole?

I couldn't get no silver, I couldn't get no gold,
You know that we're too damn poor to keep you from the Gallows Pole.
Hangman, hangman, hold it a little while,
I think I see my brother coming, riding a many mile.
Brother, did you get me some silver?
Did you get a little gold?
What did you bring me, my brother,
To keep me from the Gallows Pole?

Brother, I brought you some silver,
I brought a little gold, I brought a little of everything
To keep you from the Gallows Pole.
Yes, I brought you to keep you from the Gallows Pole.

Hangman, hangman, turn your head awhile,
I think I see my sister coming, riding a many mile, mile, mile.
Sister, I implore you, take him by the hand,
Take him to some shady bower, save me from the wrath of this man,
Please take him, save me from the wrath of this man, man.

Hangman, hangman, upon your face a smile,
Pray tell me that I'm free to ride,
Ride for many mile, mile, mile.

Oh, yes, you got a fine sister,
She warmed my blood from cold,
Brought my blood to boiling hot
To keep you from the Gallows Pole,
Your brother brought me silver,
Your sister warmed my soul,
But now I laugh and pull so hard
And see you swinging on the Gallows Pole
Swingin' on the gallows pole!

Sam Dean

A Literary Reflection On The Hobbit

The experience of a classic book

"That's the thing about books, they let you travel without moving your feet"

-Jhumpa Lahiri

    Even if something does not excite you, give it a try. The Hobbit helped me clear my mind and not worry about anything. I got to relax and enjoy a book that I though was very interesting. 

   The Hobbit took me on a journey that helped me relax, sometimes I lost track of time, and this book helped me do something I do not get to do very often, it helped me ignore every other thing around me, and have only one focus, myself and the book. I took this assignment on as a challenge, but it was not as bad as I thought. When Fitz told me I had to read a classic book for the next month I was not very excited, my expectations for this assignment were low. I’m glad I found a book that was interesting to me, or else this assignment would be pretty boring. The Hobbit had lots of exciting moments and it was a book full of action and adventure. I always enjoyed The Lord Of The Rings and The Hobbit movies so I was sure this book was going to be a good one... I was right.

The experience of reading a classic book was the one thing that kept my mind calm during the day. Just because it is called a classic does not mean it is an old, boring book that will bore you to death. The book engaged me in the adventures of Bilbo Baggins; it felt like I was in another world. Before this challenge, I was not sure what a classic book was actually like. I thought it was a boring book, but now I realized that it has to be a good book, it is a classic because so many people love it and have loved it for many years. This assignment changed my point of view on books. I will remember to take the opportunities to read a good book that I can, and I would recommend for anyone to read a classic book