Corinthia's Blog

 Prompt Response: A time that I realized that my perception of a particular food was sushi. At first I thought it was only raw meat wrapped in the seaweed and I thought it would taste nasty.  It changed when I went to Kroger yesterday and picked up a California roll with COOKED meat. When I got home Me and my mom tried it together and it was really good, it had a lot of flavor to it. Summary: At first I thought sushi would taste nasty because I believed it was all just raw meat. After trying it yesterday, I realized that it was really good and that all sushi isn't raw, its cooked meat too. Reflection: This experience taught me not to judge foods based on stereotypes. it showed that trying new things can change someones perspective and now I'm a lot more open to foods from other cultures.( I've already tried Jamaican, Mexican, and Chinese foods).

  Prompt Response:  One dish that is from my culture is Macaroni and Cheese. It's a cheesy pasta dish that is creamy and full of flavor. In my culture it is more than just a dish, it's a comfort food that is severed during holidays like Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New years day. Summary: It is an important dish in my culture because it is a tradition and could be a comfort food.  Reflection:   This helped me think about  how food can represent family and culture. Mac & Cheese is special because it reminds people of love by the way it's cooked.

 Prompt Response: New Orleans episode showed that food is more than just something people eat because it represents identity, culture, and the community all in one. One food is gumbo, it's a traditional dish made with seafood, rice, and spices. It's a mix of cultures in New Orleans.  Summary: The episode shows that food represents culture and identity. Gumbo is an important dish because it reflects the multiple cultures and influences of New Orleans and connects the people through the tradition. Reflection: Food made me realize that it's not just about the taste it's about the history and community. It shows how people can express who they are through what they cook.

Prompt Response: I helped make Mac and cheese one year on Thanksgiving. Each step was a lesson to me, it was the symbol of family. Summary: I remember when a person in my family prepared a traditional dish during a event. The aroma filled the house and the preparation itself was a communal activity with everyone contributing. Reflection: This experience shaped my understanding of family. It taught me the importance it also highlighted the role of food in lasting memories and strengthening family bonds.

Prompt Response: It helps you improve your ideas before turning in a final version. It helped me see where I needed to add more explanation and fix my errors. Summary: Drafting helps improve writing by showing mistakes and areas that need more details. Reflection:  I learned that drafting helps catch errors and improve my essays before the final version.

 Prompt Response: I struggle most with my analysis. I feel most confident finding evidence and organizing my ideas. My goal is to better explain how my evidence connects to my main topic. Summary: I struggle with analysis but I am strong in evidence and organization. Reflection: I need to focus on clearly explaining my thinking to improve my essays.

 Prompt Response: My top three is Paul Mitchell, Career institute, and Elaine Sterling because they are well known in the beauty industry and can help teach you how to do hair and makeup or whatever you want to do. They also let you do hands-on experience. Summary: My three are Paul Mitchell, Career institute, and Elaine sterling school because they all offer strong cosmetology training and help students gain hand-on experience. Reflection: Thinking about beauty schools helped me realize that I want to be in a program that teaches me both creativity and professional skills.

 Prompt Response: I learned that many scholarship opportunities available beyond just academic. Many are based on extracurricular activities. Summary: The key takeaway was the discovery of numerous scholarship options that cater to various aspects of a student's profile, not just grades. Reflection: The focus from solely worrying about tuition costs to actively seeking out and applying for funding. Seniors approach college planning with confidence and a wide range of financial strategies.

 Prompt Response: One idea that stands out is personal growth because it's about how a person is changing and becoming a better them overtime. I choose it because it can help someone grow and understand themselves. Summary: It focused on how people change overtime and learn from their experiences. Reflection: Personal growth is something everyone experiences and it shows the challenges that the person went through and can help them improve from it.

 Prompt Response: Students should write essays in their own words because it will show their true understanding of the topic and what they are writing about. Summary: Writing should reflect on a student's own ideas and understanding. They should use their own thinking and knowledge from their head to explain clearly. Reflection: Writing in your own words is important because it help the student learn. You understand the topic more deeply and it'll make you think deeply as well.

 Prompt Response: When I edited my paragraph, I added more information to my evidence and fixed some things that didn't sound well, I also made sure that my paragraph stayed focused on the main idea. Summary: Writers improve their work by editing and looking over their drafts. It helps make it stronger and corrects errors. Reflection: My first draft wasn't perfect but it wasn't bad either, after fixing some errors it sounded stronger and showed that writing takes time.

 Prompt response: When writing the paragraph about wild, the challenging part is analysis because it is easier to explain what happened in the book than to explain why it's important. Summary: The claim etc. help organize ideas and wording to support a main argument. Reflection: The hardest part is writing the analysis because it requires really deep thinking about the evidence and explaining how it connect to the claim.

 Prompt Response: Essay writing can be challenging for me. It can be difficult to organize my words and explain them clearly.  Summary: Essay writing sometimes helps express things about topics that I have to write about. It also requires good organization and a clear explanation of words. Reflection: I sometimes struggle with adding enough detail because I don't want it to be less or too much information and not talk about what needs to be talked about,