Finally Finished!

I am finally done with all of my English 102 stuff. I completed my first paper, where I compared myself to Victor, the main character from The lone ranger and tonto fistfight in heaven. I did my second paper on symbols that exist in the glass menagerie. I think I found that paper to be the easiest for some reason. I did my third paper on abortion, and obviously the story I used as my reference was hills like white elephants. I mainly just used the story as the starting topic and then created an essay from that. I then sent my essay to two pro-choice organizations. My fourth paper was about the how the seven deadly sins were interpreted in the movie seven. I did not really like my final paper but I loved the movie.

All and all I am pretty happy to be almost done with this semester. Tomorrow is my last English class at Richard Bland and I am a little sad. I am really going to miss having Mr. Sweeney. But I can honestly say I am not going to miss writing any more papers.

English with Sweeney

Ever since I have been at Richard Bland College I have had Sweeney on MWF. Next semester is the first time that I will not be taking English. For the past year or so I have started my days with his class and I will truly miss it. I mean how can you not have a good day when you begin with a game of sporcle?! His classes were one of the best things about Richard Bland.

Mr. Sweeney is the only professor I have met that cares more about what you have learned and the experiences you have rather than a grade. If you do the work you will still get the grade, but that is not what is important. I have learned to think this way about other classes thanks to Sweeney. If I get a B even though I wanted an A, I just ask myself if I got a quality education from it.

Tattoos

When I was 16, I really wanted to get a Celtic knot tattoo. I asked my parents if I could get it at 17 but they said that I would have to wait to make that decision when I was an adult. Four days after my 18th birthday I got my first tattoo. It was the same tattoo I had wanted for 2 years. My parents knew I would get it and they accepted that, but other family members were very mad at me. People said they were disappointed in me because I had marked my body.

Now I am 19 and there are a few others tattoos I have been wanting for a while. The only reason I have not gotten them is because I just do not feel like spending the money. Even after my family members made such a big deal about me getting tattoos, I still never changed my perception of them. I do not think a tattoo makes you a delinquent or any less of a person. If your religion forbids you to get a tattoo then that is your decision. But I believe that only your soul is carried to the after life. It should not matter what is on your body because you can not take your body with you. After you die you will be buried or burned. Your energy will be put back into the earth and will be used by the plants. My wish is to be cremated and spread throughout Ireland and the ocean. What I am trying to say is that when you die your soul leaves you body regardless of the ink that is left behind.