"What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows.
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like stars at night.
No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance.
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.
A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare."
W.H. Davies
Greetings scholars.
I know your brain may be begging for a break and for vacation, but wait! Hold on! Not just yet! At this point every year we may wonder if the change of the calender year really does help to alter who we are and what we want to be. Maybe we look back and think "Wow! How can I top THAT!" Or maybe we think, 'Whew, thank goodness that messy year is over, this year has got to be better!"
Whatever your ideas about the ending of the old year and the start of the new, it does mean a break from school and perhaps a time of reflection--Hmm, do I want to attend summer school? Maybe I should do my work! Or, hmm, I would like to be in honors next year, I better step it up!
So, I want YOU to reflect. I want you to revisit this year. The good, the bad and the in-between. Locate 5-10 moments in 2007 that have marked your life in some way. Write about them. Maybe you have a song that helps explain that time period and emotion. Be sure to explain it! The assignment is to reflect and soundtrack (I am using it as a verb here, yes, I just made it up) your past year. You do not need a song for every moment, but you do need an explanation (remember to work on details and descriptions in your writing) for each event.
Please post your writing.
Enjoy!
Mrs. Gaboury
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WOW! Ms. G, Email us when you update it so we know when to post..
ANYWAYS...
The only song that comes to mind when I reflect this past year, or for that fact, ANY year in my life, and all I can think of is Weird Al's song: "Everything You Know is Wrong" because I think I know something , but I don't and then everyone tells me that I'm wrong, and then I end up being right, and then I boast* and then they have no clue what I'm talking about, and the circle continues.
As true as this may seem, the song 'Tradition' From "Fiddler on the Roof" also presents itself on my life soundtrack, because I'm always one to do it the same as we did it last year! Even tonight, Xmas eve, Tradition is that my dad reads " The Night Before Christmas" and yet my brother wants to read it, but I say he shouldn't because it's not tradition, which leads back to the fact that I DONT KNOW ANYTHING!!!
I'm not sure that there is anything in this past year i regret (except missing only 1 question on the Bio honors final and not getting into ChemH:( ) but missing chem H by 1 question leads back to the original song!
Now that we are at the climax (oooh big word!!!) There are only 3 XMas songs that would make it onto my soundtrack for life... Bing Crosby's 'Mele Kalikimaka', Kenny Chesney's 'All I want for Christmas is a Real Good Tan' and someones (WHO???) 'There Won't Be Snow in Africa This Christmas'. These songs are on my soundtrack because I HATE WINTER it's too cold and monochromatic and to top it all off, the other day I slipped on the ice because it's soo cold :( sure xmas is great white, but One day of it is all I can stand!!!
A final song that would make it on my list is: 'On The Road Again' because I love traveling! I'll even be traviling on New Years day!
So these are the 6 songs that'll appear on my soundtrack, coming to a store near you! Yes, that's right folks, YOU!
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