Arushi Week 16 - A Year at a Glance
Honestly, I've imagined this moment, but I never really thought about writing it out. Wow, well for starters, we're here! We're at the end of the year! We're FINALLY at the end of junior year, and I'm fighting tooth and nail to keep the junioritis away. 48 comments, 16 blog posts, and roughly 8000 words later, all of us are writing our last blogs.
We've finished the AP Lang exam (YAYYYYYY 🎉🎉🙏🙏) and AP season is two days away. I can't be more eager for it to hit 1pm on Friday and to finally be done with all my tests. Every other week, I struggled with coming up with blog topics but this one feels somewhat self-explanatory. I think it's basically a given to reflect on what I've gathered from blogging this year.
Now that I think about it, I was pretty self-conscious while writing my first couple of blogs. I was really worried about what the topic would reflect about myself, how others would judge my writing style, if no one would like my blog enough to leave comments, etc. But after a while, I kind of just snapped out of it. I remembered that the point of writing these blogs wasn't to worry about impressions or formal writing (somewhat) but rather to let loose and explore our personal writing styles. Despite Mrs. Smith reminding us of it, it always seemed to slip my mind. However, once it finally clicked, I felt so much more comfortable with just letting go and writing about whatever I wanted to.
I liked sharing my love for dinosaurs with my previous blogging group, a cryptid map of the U.S, and weird criminal portfolios for you all to analyze. It felt nice to let different aspects of my personality and interests shine through, albeit in odd ways. And despite being semi semi semi-vulnerable with my blog, it was all for good measure. I mean I've had so many conversations about blogs in class, it's not even funny. Sometimes I feel like if I hear the word blog again, I'll melt into a puddle, yet nevertheless, they definitely helped me make new friends and step out of my comfort zone.
I liked having the freedom of throwing around random emojis here and there 💯💯🎀🫵🔥🔥 and using cool and creepy images to emulate scenes I set up in my blogs. It made the writing experience personal and fun (and hopefully made reading a little more fun for you!); I mean who doesn't like the occasional 💯💯 and pop of color.
Anywhooo, sorry if this blog was a little all over the place. I'm writing this with a fried brain that still has two more rounds of frying left to undergo tomorrow and Friday. Thank you all for dealing with my emojis, somewhat horror-like stories, psychology info dumps, and bad attempts at jokes. If you have any APs left, good luck! If you don't have any left, I'm very jealous. And if you're reading this next week, I hope you get 5s on everything! 🩷🩷 #leopardsftw
Hi Arushi! I am so happy that AP season is now finally behind us. I can’t believe that I am writing my last round of comments right now. Like you, I was extremely self-conscious about writing these blogs. I didn’t know how much information I should share about myself and my ideas. I was afraid of how others would judge me. However, after the first couple of blogs, I felt more comfortable sharing my identity through my style of writing. I also liked exploring and experimenting with different writing styles. I love the emojis that you sprinkle into your blog. They really do add a pop of color ✨. I definitely like the creative freedom we have with writing our blogs. We can do whatever we want to get our points across. This semester, I loved reading your blogs, and thank you so much for being in my cohort. I sincerely hope that all of us will get fives on all of our exams 💯!
ReplyDeleteHi Arushi! Lowkey I forgot that this was the last blog and I didn't write anything related to it and I can't tell if I regret that or not but it really is crazy that we're pretty much completely done with APENG. I feel like this class has literally made me feel emotions that I didn't even know that I was capable of feeling and now it's all over. Similar to your sentiment, blogging has made me feel creatively liberated in the midst of really rigorous APENG assignments. It's been really fun to read little niche things about each of the people in our cohort! I feel like I've learned things that I would have never learned about some people if it weren't for writing in cohorts. As stressful as school is, it's been nice to have an assignment where I can freely express what I'm feeling or thinking every other week. I've really enjoyed reading your blogs and learning a little more about you. Thank you for everything Arushi!
ReplyDeleteArushi, this year with you has been one of the best years of my high school career. Thanks for always supporting me through the tough parts of APENG, and one of the things I wish I would have done is to sit with you in a group just once this year. Although I didn't get to sit with you, that doesn't mean that we didn't have some of the most meaningful interactions I've had with someone all year, and I think that you will be one of my favorite people going into next year. I will really miss reading your blogs and I really think that it will be something that sticks with me. Although I feel like I could've gotten to know you more this year, I still think that every minute that I spent with you was worth it, and I really hope that we can have classes together next year as well. Hopefully I get to know more about you and maybe we can hang out over the summer and see how everything is going for college apps and whatnot. Also my favorite thing that you did this year was that amazing accent you did for your POAS presentation. Keep slaying Arushi!!!
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