Tomorrow we will keep on working on your websites. Remember to closely look at spelling and grammar. Also refer to the sample at sawexample.weebly.com to make sure you are doing this correctly. There needs to be a significant amount of research on this project not just the flashiness of the site itself.
For this evening:
Here are the words from the song we listened to the very first day of class Holy Ground. I stated at the beginning of the year that my goal was to create an educational holy ground for you in my class. I have begun reflecting on the year. The good, the frustrating and the fact that honestly, there was no bad. As you begin to reflect, what are your thoughts about our "holy" ground. What have you gained from puting your feet on this space every day? What do you take with you as you enter the next year of school? Do not write things you think I would want to hear. I would hope by now that you would know me well enough that I respect honesty above all else. I am sure that we will add on to this again prior to the last blog in two weeks. What are the thoughts about having to put up with me again next year? Pros/Cons?
Reflect on how the song is or is not accurate to your experience. I know that this class has been hard for some with high expectations but without these high expectations you would not truly be ready for the next step.
“Holy Ground”
By Craig Taubman
Every Second Every minute Every hour Every day
Every thing Every one Every place Every way
Where you walk Where you stand
Where you love Where you praise
All of it is holy ground.
Every he Every she Every what Every who
It’s in her It’s in them It’s in me It’s in you
In the bitter in the sweet in the calm in the storm
All of life is holy ground
(Chorus)
So walk as if it’s holy ground
Breathe as if it’s all around
Talk and make a holy sound
Take your shoes off you’re on holy ground.
When you hurt When you heal
When you laugh When you pray
When you doubt When you keep
When you give it away
Every Second Every minute Every hour Every day
Take your shoes off you’re on holy ground.
(Chorus)
So walk as if it’s holy ground
Breathe as if it’s all around
Talk and make a holy sound
Take your shoes off you’re on holy ground.
One stop One Journey One Tapestry we weave
One people One glory One legacy we leave.
Every Second Every minute Every hour Every day
Every thing Every one Every place Every way
Where you walk Where you stand
Where you love Where you praise
All of life is holy ground.
Can you feel the holy ground?
Take your shoes off your on holy ground.
59 comments:
Mr.Kay,
Doing blogs isnt as bad as everyone makes it out to be, its pretty simple actually. This wasnt a waste of time either because in the end i think i now see it was somthing that forced me to think and apply myslef to whatever you made us write about. I really do appreciate the fact that you treated us like young adults in your class instead of children. Just by doing that i think it also made people realize that we are getting older and need to be more responsable for ourselves and the tings we do. As i enter next year i will take better writnig skills (hopefully) with me and i definetly want you to be my teacher next year. The really good thing about the way you teach is that you give respect to your students, and i believe if you give respect to others they will give it back. which is probally why you have such an awsome sophmore class...haha. Honestly there is nothing i find wrong with you being my teacher next year ( and im not just saying that). I guess this song kind of relates to our experience in your class. We have created a place where we can have fun and learn at the same time.
Brittney Cooper
6th hour
Our holy ground is place to where your abilities are challenged. Its a stepping stone that is offered to you for the next step. Your probably the only teacher this year that has challenged me to exceed expectations, and I appreciate it. I have gained that excuses dont work anymore. You give us freedom and room to grow. I learned that you will challenge us to prepare for when were on our own. I take with me dedication and ambition. You have taught me that the world is a lot like your classroom; I will be challenged and confronted with things I may not like, but tough shit, no ones going to pitty me. I for sure look foward to having you next year, their are moments when I get pissed at you, but in these hard times, I learn something new about myself every time. I learn I can do things to the best of my ability even if its something I dislike. The teachers who are strict, and always think I can do better, are the teachers that better ready me for my future. When im older and have kids, I want them to come home and bitch about what their teachers are making them do and how the work is way too hard, because then I know that they will strive for excellence, just as I have.
arts beats and deets
i Agree with brittney. I relaly dont think that blogs are that bad. THey make me think and actually type something that makes sense. I have gained alot from this year. I kind of havve better writing skills. Well kind of. Im glad i will have you as a teacher next year. YOu respect your students and you are a good teacher. This song does kind of relate to being in your class. I agree that it is a place that we have fun and also learn at the same time.
Katlyn TWigg 6th HOUr
From being in your class all year I know now what to expect next year. I know what is expected and how high the standards are. I have learned to have pride in my work and its not just about doing something just to get it done, its what you get out of it. I am looking forward to being in your class again next year. Some people might not like how hard you may grade and how high the standards are. But I like being ready for the future and I know you will prepare us for that. This song can reflect on how people can be themselves in your class and no one can really say anything about it. Another thing is that people can speak their opinions without being judged in your class.
Hannah Aittama
5th Hour
5th
Being in your class has been a challenge. The work you give is not easy, and it really makes me work to my full potential. I am glad for this because now I know the work I can do, and I am proud of myself for it. English is usually my worst subject, and now I am more confident with it. I could never write a story or an essay. With these blogs, even though they are inconvenient, I have learned how to reflect off a quote or write an opinion. We have also wrote many essays, which has helped me with my writing as well. The essays take me forever, but I know that next year I will be able to write an essay easily and I will be prepared for the SAT. If I had you for teacher next year, I know that I would be prepared for the English part of the SAT. However, you give a lot of work, which takes a lot of time. The class is similar to the song holy ground because I have in this class I have become more responsible, and have grown as a student. It has taken a lot to get to where we are today, and this class has provided some things that helped us along the way.
My thoughts about our "holy " ground is that it is hard and probabley the only class I think I struggle in. I think I gained nothing out of the class. Maybe because I missed so much school this year. I did find out how other people feel in the class. I think what I would take with me as I enter next year is I guess the grammer. I think I might improve next year. I think one thing that would be great if I have you for a teacher next year is you make learning fun. A neg. thing would be blogging because they are a waste of time.
Katherine Walsh
6th hour
So far this year, I have gained a great amount of responsibilty and have been actually challenged in one of my classes. The blogs are a pain sometimes because they can bring your grade down a lot by forgetting to do them, but they do much more good than bad. For me, the blogs have taught me responsibility, how excuses don't always work, and most important, they have taught me to think. Most teachers give you busy work to do, but the blogs test your mind by making you actually think. As I enter my junior year, I will hopefully take with me the importance of getting things done. You have taught us that there is no excuse for homework not being done or blogs being late. Having you in 11th grade will hopefully be a good thing. It will be hard but I think it will help me in the long run.
Cody Kabisa
5th hour
I'll be honest, when you told me i was in your class i expected it to be a breeze. That was false, for sure. I tihnk that this class has challenged us. You dont hold anything against us and everyday is like a new day. It has make me work harder than i thought I would at all. I think it made us ready and more advanced because we know how to work hard and overcome things that dont always go our way. Same with things that arent always easy. I think that our hold ground is a place that we can work hard, laugh and have fun, and be pushed to a high limit.
I believe I have gained new perspectives on people(some good, and some bad) through this class. Not that it is a bad thing, but I think the 'holy ground' has brought 'dark side' out of everyone. I honestly think that I can learn in this class if it wasn't a lot of multitasking. If there could be less projects at a time and less Current Event blogs I'd be doing better in American Literature.
The pros of being in your class is a more controlled enviroment, where bullying isn't tolerated, and if it is witnessed, it is smurged.
The cons are obvious: the cruel students, the numerous projects, and those darn current event blogs! X)
I don't think "Holy Ground" could ever relate to me. If a holy place is supposed to make you feel safe, why didn't I feel safe in the class? My human case of parranoia might be a bit more dramatic than others', but when it comes to the measures of other people snickering and looking at me with smug smiles, I get concerned. :(
I am not ready to be a junior, and obviously the teachers know that. I'm not proud of it, but I might have to be held back a year in order to catch up on credits. To be completely honest, I don't want to graduate with the jerks in 2011, anyway. :')
Steffeny Apollo
5th hour
Our holy ground has put me through a lot, and i've learned much more. Aside from all the stuff we've learned about literature, i've learned a lot of life lessons. For example: i've learned to express myself freely and be myself (for the most part). As I enter this soon to come next year of school I will definately take what i've learned from this class and put it to use in my life in class and at home and anywhere else for that matter. I'm actually looking forward to having to put up with you and your jokes next year Mr. Kay. Because now I know; it's worth it, what you put us through.
In some ways this song is like what I experienced, but at the same time it isn't. I say this because in the song it says that "All of life is holy ground," but for me not everyplace is holy ground. That's what i'm going to try to do next year.
James Richardson
5th hour
To be completly honest, i totally forgot about this song, until now. But now that i remember, i think i have gained a lot this year from this song. I feel that i have gotten a lot better about taking a stand for what i belive in, and for whats right. I think this song is accurate for my life. Its stating to never give up on your dreams, and that is pretty much me. I mean, at the beginning of the year, i thought your class would be a piece of cake, because lit is my best subject. But, i was so wrong. I think that your high expectations is better than being just a blow off class. It teaches us a challenge and to think about things in a more complex way, which makes us better learners. So, i am actually am excited to have you as a teacher next year.
Clare Pathe
These blogs have taught me to be a better thinker. Also, they have taught me to be responsible...if you didn't blog, it definetly affected your grade. The blogs werent' that bad and they really did offer a lot of insight on certain subjects. One of the most important things that you have given me personally is to take pride in your work and be honest about it. My thoughts on "holy"groud are taht every minute of our day matters; what ever we have to offer makes a differemce. Every thing we do affects another, so we need to respect and listen to others. As I enter next year I take with me all of our discussions (good and bad), a more advanced vocabulary, and a better outlook on what is expected of me to meet my goals. I have learned a lot from you Mr. Kay and like that you treat us as young adults. Even though you were a hard grader it has made me try harder. In all honestly I can't come up with a con and hopefully I will have you as a student next year. I know that you will continue to challenge me. This song has been accurate to my experience. I don't take things for granite, life is short amd every second counts. We need to contiue to challenge ourselves and set high expectations. Thanks Mr. Kay for the challenges and respect you have given me, I know there was a reason for the things that you did.
Our "holy ground" has definately challenged me throughout the year. Throughout the year, however, I have learned many necessary tools for life, the SAT, and next year. Everyone thinks you are a harder teacher thatn the rest, which is probably true. Howver, I am thankful for it because I will be prepared for anything in my lit classes in the future. However, the only thing I have to complain about is bloggin every night. It is really a pain when you have to stay after school and have a game or something. Then you get home at like 10:30 and are too tired to think. So, my suggestion for this coming year, is to maybe say you need to do 4out of the 5 blogs per week. That way you are not in trouble for the one time in a blue moon that you forget. Just a suggestion. Overall, I am exited to have you as a teacher next year. Class is often fun, and I think your class's difficulty will prepare me for the future. Therefore, I think you have succeeded in making your classroom a "holy ground" becasue I will treasure it when I get older.
the holly ground is where you can worship something. my holly ground would have to be the streets of the yak. this reason is: one of my good friend that was on his way to the top till he was killed there. i think that living there gives you a lot to rap about. like the drugs that is pushed from there and the crime rate. this place will just spark a line from the middle of know where. not only is it the hood but it a place where a lot of my friends live.
This year has had its ups and downs from having to adjust from a normal ninth grade teacher to a upperlavel 10th grade teacher with high expectations. We did start off the year as good friends Mr. Kay but i also found myself torward the end of the first 6 weeks getting a little lazy and fed up with all the requirements and bloging that was needed. Now looking back i do see a great amount of improvement throughout the year but still feel that i am capable of getting at least a 3.4 GPA. i do find that i wasted time complaing and not just going through the motions and succeeding but i also feel that i definetly have learned alot in that time and it has shown on my grades. You have been very good to me Mr. Kay and i thank you alot. Things such as you giving me opportunities to study with you after school or you bringing to my attention my current status in different classes shows me alot about who you are and am very thankful for that. Even the small things like you coming and watching my hockey games or walking along and watching my golf match shows me that you do care about how i do in life and that you are there to support me. BUt overall, looking back on my "Holy Ground" i feel there has been a great amount of improvment throughout the school year but definatly feel that i am a smart young man that is capable of doing good in life.
conman
What I have gained from putting my feet in holy ground is a better example for myself. I feel that I created a goal and tried to achieve that goal by planting my feet and staying with it. Next year I plan to take wiht me the skills that I learned. I think that If I try and do what I set for myself I will be succesful next year. I will use some of these skills to set higher standards for myself. If I had you next year I wouldn't care that much. You push people to do what they are capible of and I know you are preparing us for coledge. But then again I sometimes hate the work. I listen to what the other classes do sometimes and we are pushed harder than ohters. The bloging gets a little old but it has improved my typing a bit. I wouldn't mind either way if i was in your class or not.
Chris Reid
6th hour
Well Mr. Kay despite what everybody else says I like doing the blogs. I have never been aloud to express myself in a way that I can do during the blogs. I think that it would be nice to have you as my lit teacher next year because I never passed a lit class my freshman year. The way you teach is different. You dont give us busy work. You are completely honest with all of us. I dont that class i s a higher ground. It has been really tough. I am on goign to lie. But that is why I like it
your class mr.kay is cool one day and a pain in the butt the next, your class is like a roller coaster everyday its a new experience that people are willing to take because they want to take the challenge of what you have in store for us. our holy ground is not so holy, we have to work so hard, and some dont even work because they think it is to hard for our age group. I have gained to work more on my own thouugh, you will not gain anything from other peoples work. next year in school i will know what i have in store for me, and that school is not just something you can breeze right through. next year i think you will make us mre awear of our future even tho most of us kids arenot ready to think about it bc it is so stressful it will be good to have you at hand. plus your blogs are a little bit on the annoying side,but ill be use to them by then.
Stef (fav samuel)
I beleive that our holy ground is a place for our abilities to be challenged. Without challenge theres no point in putting in any effort. I have gained the knowlegde to not percive people as a good or bad person before i get the chance to actually get to know them. For the year to come i now know that high school is not a place to screw around. It is the foundation to my future and i need to take it seriously to be succsefull. My thoughts on having you as a teacher agian next year are hopefull, because during the year you have cut me alot of breaks and actually wanted me to suceed. Your a funny guy and make the hour of learning fun for me. The only thing i can possible think of thats bad about having you next year, is having to do blogs again. Their not my favorite thing to do. I think that this song is some what acurate to my experince this year, but just not deasd on.
John McLean
6th hour
I think that the holy ground basically means that you are challenging yourself and learning. I believe that's exactly like your class. I had to work really hard for the grade I got. Honestly, after thinking about the other literature classes I've been in, I've never had to work harder. However, in Mrs. Edsells 8th grade class I never put more time into a class because it was so hard. I was extremely frustrated but really happy I did so well. Then, my freshmen lit class seemed extremely simple and I relized that it was because I remembered all the stuff from Mrs. Edsells class. I ended up being extremely happy I had her in 8th grade. I think that your class will end up having the same impact as Mrs. Edsells class. In your class I was challenged and learned how to effectivly stuff for stuff such as vocabulary. I think I take with me the study tactics for next year. I think I would like to have you next year. I hate how other teachers gives busy work and wastes time teaching stuff we don't need to know. You get straight to the point. However, I have never been more confused on how to write an essay.
Kristen Pauly
6th hr.
Mr. Kay,
Going into this space everyday has tought me that I can make something worth my wild by giving at least 5% more effort than before. By doing blogs, I think that I have made more of an effort to express my thoughts through blogs than I would through writing. As I go into my next year of school, I am going to take with me my ways of expressing my thoughts (on paper and off), and my studying tips and homework tips too. I am going to be taking with me what I have learned about guys and dating. My last 5 day relationship didn't go so well. I have learned why, and I have learned what I am going to do, just be myself. If people don't like me then I'm sorry, that sucks. I am not changing just so you can like me, sure I might act a little different around you, but I will be 99% me. A good friend told me that he liked me because of my personality, my smile, and the way I had fun no matter what. I am trying to get back to being my happy-pappy self all the time.
PUTTING UP WITH MR. KAY (AGAIN)
PROs:
* I think your a way funner teacher than alot of the others.
* Blogs are way better than writing journals on paper.
* You have a good time making comments on people, and that gets all of us in a good mood.
* I'm not afraid to be myself around you.
* I would be honored to have you as my teacher next year :)
CONs:
* I do think that some of the projects are a little hard.
* I think that vocabulary plus grammar is to much for us.
I think that the song doesn't really go along with me and my experience in your class. I think that the song goes along with you, but not with me. And thank-you for getting me prepared for next year.
Danielle Turner
I think that your class in a way is good because you are challenging everyone and you know what we are capable of. It is good because you dont let us just skate by and just barely make the grade. Also, you taught us to take pride in our work which is good. I think having you another year is going to be really difficult, but good because i know i get lazy at times. I think the song is pretty close to the class because everyone gets along and their arent really any problems. I think also you are preparing us for college and the troubles we will have there. You are teaching us to be independent and do things by ourselves. Blogs suck but again it teaches us responsibility.
Blanz
6th
This year, i have learned to express myself more and to be open with sharing my feelings in front of the class. Next year, i would like to be able to express myself even more and be able to grow into my own person, not trying to be someone everybody else expects me to be. This class was honestly one of THE HARDEST classes i have taken in my life. Its been a constant struggle for me to keep my grade even above a C. I have gone my entire school career as being able to get through it with little effort. But this class, i studied every single week for the vocab and grammer. I have never been the type to study for anything, but this i stepped up to the plate and did it. You are such a hard grader on papers, and projects, and you expect A LOT out of us. This year has showed me that i need to take more responsibility and get my wokrk done. Quality is something that is also a key factor is this year. I learned that i got the grade that i deserved based on the work effort. Even though i tried hard on everything i did, there was still more i could of done. I hope that next year i will go the extra mile to put in 110%. Omg...another year with you...that would be rough. Sorry. But im honest. Your hard and i was always a struggle just to get a somewhat decent grade. I believe i did learn a lot, so therefore maybe another year would be worth it. I look up to you in the fact that you have given us so much respect and treated us so much more like adults. The song reflects on how the classroom should be a place where we shouldbe able to express ourselves freely. Also i should be a place where no one is to judge each other. I believe every person in the class has gained a lot of respect for one another and their views.
this is like the longest blog i have ever written all year.
amy urbanik
5th hour
I believe that my ability to open up and put my feet on holy ground has given me the ability to grow as a person. I came into the class thinking i would just get by, like any other shity english class but this class taught me to think outside the box. The work that is given always has meaning and i know from doing this work it will benefit me in the future. Most importantly i have tried to focus on pride. I don't just do work to get it done as much as i used to. For next year i will take my work ethic as well as my intelligence. Pro's to having you next year is that i know who you are and what you expect from me. Even though i know it helps me a con to having you next year will be the seems like endless blogs. For me the holy ground was a place i could concentrate, work hard and be pushed to become better at the skills we were learning. It was also a place i felt comfortable in and unintimidated to speak my mind.
Taylor Wattles
5th
Taylor Dieck
6th hr.
Honestly I really ended up liking my literature class this year. At first it was a little shaky but I ended up learning a lot. I loved the way you taught your lesson plan. You taught it to us as you would teach adults, and did not treat us like children. You respected and listened to our opinions but at the same time challenged them and made our minds open up a little wider. I'm hoping that from having you as a teacher and being in your class that I can come in to next year being prepared and ready to learn. As for the song I really think that it is trying to say that make of your life what you can. Make everything you do be important and make everywhere you are a place you want to be. I'm very excited for your class next year. I honestly thought I was going to hate you as a teacher but that's just because you pushed me harder than any of my other teachers have before. You challenged me and as you know I do not always handle that well. However I will be very glad to see you next year as my teacher.
I have gained a lot everyay in your class. First of all that honesty is on top of anything else. Also, that if you don'tt try on things you will not do good at them. SO pretty much just try your best and it will all be good. I take the same things as above just one more main thing. That is that to good on things besides trying you have to study and believe in yourself. Well i am excited to be with you next year again. One reason is because you really push me to do my best. Also, you are just a sweet teacher in general. However on thing is that with how you grade essay i have trouble with those but that will just have to improve on my part. The song completely relates becasue it is true everyone in our classes means something to me whether it be good or bad they do.
Ty Bouwens, 6th hour
Megan Fraser 5th hour
I think I have really gotten a lot out of this class. Its the first time i've ever learned grammer and all the vocab. I think we also all learned to be more responsible and to think for ourselves. Even though I don't like doing the blogs, I know that they've helped a lot with like critical thinking and stuff and just my writing overall. But you also give us life lessons in class too and approach learning from a different angle than everyone else does. Theres a lot of good times in your class and I think I would like having it again next year too. Sometimes its a lot of work so thats the only bad thing.. I don't really see the whole Holy Ground song applying to education or a classroom. Usually when I think about a holy ground its like at home where you can relax and go o whatever. But as far as classrooms go, yours is pretty open and I guess a good place to be.
Being in your class wasn't as easy as I thought, compared to all my other English classes. You may have given us a lot of work, and it may not have been easy, but I believe that is what has brought me to where I am in writing today. I am much more confident in my writing now, then I was in the beginning of the school year. I believe these blogs have gotten me here. Sometimes they may be a little inconvenient, but now I'm so used to them, there part of my daily routine. During this year with doing blogs every day, I have learned how to express my opinion. Also, when writing papers, I have a stronger opinion, and have a better idea of how the paper structure goes. With having you as my teacher again next year, I am looking forward to it. I believe that with your teaching techniques I will be more prepared for the SAT, ACT, and the other tests that Juniors I have to take. The song "Holy Ground" relates to us as a class, because it has taken us a lot to get where we are today. We had to work hard, but I believe this has made us more responsible as students, and has given me more pride, and confidence in my work.
Alanna Nagi
6th hour
I think our holy ground is a place to experience responsibilty, honesty, and hard work. I have gained so much from being on this holy ground that it is to much to tell. One thing is resonsibility and hard work. With responsibility comes hard work and without either of them you dont get anywhere. You have taught me more stuff in 1 year than I have more whole life in language arts. You may be one of the more harder teachers but I say you will teach the most, more than any other teacher. Next year I will take everything I learned from you and hopefully use when I move on. I think I would be perfectly fine with you next year. I may not like the choice I make but I know in the end it will pay off and I will get something out of it.
Troy W. 5th hr
Our "holy" ground is very special and its very unquice, and i would not want it any other way. But above all it is a place where i am learn and have a little fun. I have gainned a lot from going to the "holy" ground, like being more responsible and geting the job done.Next year is a new year, and i plan to do a little better grade wise. I have taken in infromation about MLA and my grammer is improving slowly. Next year there is pros and cons of being in your class. Some pros are being with my freinds again and not having to learn a new teacher and their way of teaching. But a con is blogging, and high expectations from you. The song is accruate some of the time and when it is not is not very often. The song talks about you should respect the land you walk on but, it is not that big of a deal to respect every where you go. The song touchs everyone at a differnt level and that level is not very high for me.
Shaun Gerber
*This has been an extremely crazy school year for me. So many things going on and changing. I for one am glad I ended up in this class. At first I was a little doubtful about how this class would be. Many times over and over again I have seen that this class was one of the biggest improvements to my high school career. I will say at times you can be a real pain in the ass, but it's a good pain. The kind of pain you get after a rigorous workout, and while you are trying to push through the tough times you have to keep thinking to your self about what the fruits of your labor are going to be. This class has been an interesting one and one that I will never forget. I am looking forward to next years class, that I'm sure will be filled with many new adventures. Going into the new school year, that isn't to far away, I think I will bring new useful tools of having more pride in my work and also a new expanded vocabulary. I think this song is totally different to the Mr.Kay experience. Yes there were fun times and hard times. The main thing with this song to me, is that life is not always like looking at a sunset, theirs going to be "The good the bad and the ugly."**
BIG RED
Well like Britteny said blogs aren't a hard thing at all. There just a simple task that only takes up to ten minutes of your time each night. Its better than having worksheets on top of worksheets. I think its more of an advantage to do blogs rather than homework. Which blogs has helped me write a little better. Yeah im not that great of a writer but blogs do help. I gained a lot from your class. Its every entertaining but every worth while. we may mess around but we get what is needed to be done done. I really need to imporve my writing skills. Thats one things that im almost the same as i was when i came to your class. Its just something that i guess i dont get. Also reading. i suck at reading. I dont like reading anything in front of people. I always mix up everything i read. :/. but for this year i have learned alot.
I feel like this was a great class to have. Ofcourse your a hard teacher and sometimes i think you grade to harshly, but it was a great class to have. i think the thing i liked best about this class, is that you didn't treat us like five year olds. I think in other classes its the little things that annoy me about their teaching. I hate bathroom passes, busy work, and just stupid unnecessary things teachers make us do. It makes me feel like im an idiot, like teachers dont believe we can comprehend things. I want to say that next year i will focus on putting more pride in my work, but in all honesty i dont think i will. A lot of work teachers give so much busy work its hard to want to put pride in all of it. Honestly i'm happy about having you again next year. I've always liked literature, but always hated the class because of the teacher, but i really enjoyed how you taught. I didn't think your class was too hard, we pretty much just had to do what you asked. I think you gave us a good idea of what you wanted us to do so it was easier to get the right grade.
Our holy ground is place to where your abilities are challenged. Where you given a option to move on to the next level. Honestly, your the only teacher that had pushed me. I know that i havent really gotten that well of a grade in your class, but you pushed me and gave me more options to move on. I realized that your doing that to get us ready for next year and the future. I'm happy that i'll be having you again next year. Even tho i hate blogging. but you taught me well. Teachers who push you and are mean, is where your going to do your best in school.
I think our holy ground is the class room. Where we learn and where we grow. I have learned to always have pride in your work. It does not matter how small your work is it is just that you need to have pride in everything you do. Well i take that to get all A's all you need to do is try a little harder. I take that i can't have everything givin to me and i can not be lazy in my upcoming years at lakeland.
Well having you as a teacher does have its ups and its downs. First, it is very fun and intertaining and i do learn a lot. On the other hand even though the blogs hepl my writing aqnd critical thinking i do think it is a little much doing it every night. I also hate how You think your a dictator some times and ask redicoulus amounts of things.
Personally i do not get what the song is trying to say. I dont understand what the holy ground is. I think i can be anything i guess. It could also be saying enjoy your youthful years and dont let life pass you buy.
Zack Ruffin
this year has truley been an experience. i think i have learned a lot and grown inside this sophmore year. out of all my classes yours is quite different. not necessarily in a bad way, you just go about things differently.in your classroom there is a totally different atmoshpere than most classrooms. i feel like it is more relaxed in a way where people arent all up tight all the time. we do still work hard its just a different way of being in a classroom. sometimes i dont like the blogs but when they are a topic i feel like writing about i enjoy it. i just get sick of doing them everyday sometimes but i guess i just have to deal with it. i like how we can have discussions in class and not do busy work. like you have said before, you dont think it is necessary as long as we can have discussions. i like that because we are supposed to not be treated like little kids any more and actually think for ourselves.
Being in your class honestly gave me a better understanding to expectations. I still may not be the best in school, but you prepare me better than any other teacher so far. Knowing how to do things better and maintain responsibilities through school takes a lot for me. I would actually be honored to have you again next year for a teacher. You may be tough to the class in some terms but overall it gets us ready for bigger things in life, like college. Currently this term I am doing better in your class than any other language arts class I have had throughout school. I do like to consider your class as holy ground because when I go there every day, I feal more respect as a student. You treat us as adults and I can easily speak my mind and work better. I feal I take with me more honor and respect everywhere else. Though I may not be as happy with some grades I get, I get a better fealing on what I need to do as a young adult to achieve what I want. I hope I get you next year so I can maintain this.
I have gained so much from the beginning of this year to now. I hadn't really ever had a huge challenge in classes. I am a good student because things come a lot easier tome. However I really had to do some major work in this class to maintain a good grade. I think this was good for me because this is what prepares me for obstacles later in life. On the first day of the year when you said we were going to have to blog everyday, I was pretty mad. I really did not like writing at that point plus it was another thing of homework I always had to do. I'll admit sometimes it is a pain but I don't mind doing it as much now because I think it helps me. I willnow be equipped with knowing some classes will be tougher than others and I need to maintain a steady work ethic and not be so lazy. I really wasn't a fan of your class for a majority of the year because I hated writing and projects involving Literature. However, I soon learned that t wasn't so bad because I know what I am capable of now and I think I can do even better than what I did this year. Next year having class with you again will be good. This year was a great experience for me and next year I think will be even better. The pros I see are that I will learn that I need to be consistent in my work and you expect that from us which is good Another pro is that you are a good teacher and probably one of the better teachers I have ever had and I learn a lot in your class. I have become a much better writer this year than in any other year. The cons are that I have many other things going on in my life and I have a tough time balancing everything on one plate because of how much work this class requires. Another con is that I am still used to lower expectations and your's are much higher than others. I agree with this song because it is true and explains whether things are good or bad, they still need to be done.
William Schwartz
6th hr
I feel like your class has become a pretty secure place to be i feel. I feel like everyone is equal and no one hates someone. In a way we are all friends. So i do agree you have made it a Holy Ground for all of us. Next year i feel i am ready for what is to come next. I hope to do better in school. Also to have a good time like i did this year. Have good teachers like this year. A funny one like you Mr.Kay. I see this song to be alike i feel great in the class i feel safe in the class.
I think that our "holy" ground turned out pretty well. I never really had a problem with your class and enjoyed it. The blogs really wear not as bad as people made them ether. I think they had helped me with my responses to things. If the blogs turned out to be notebook journals I probably would have had worse responses than I did with blogs. I think peoples sense of humor might have improved with having you as a teacher as well if they didn't then you might have crushed a lot of peoples self esteem. I would probably prefer to have you as a teacher next year over others because of the way you teach. You don't just hand us busy work and say get to it. All the work we have done has tied in with something later on most of the time. I can't really think of any cons of having you as a teacher besides the projects you assign. Almost all of the project we have don't are worth a major part of our grade and take a while to do. Then again what kinda project would it be f you didn't put any effort in it.
kevin anderson
6th hour
Bah, the blogs I don't mind at all. I can do with or without them. Ever day I walk into your class everyday pointlessly wondering what witty remark for some helpless sap. Unfortunately the sap is me some days though I do appreciate you pick on me the least. So I added this as one of my laws of social situations.
The law of the laugh
You do it because it didn't happen to you.
Hopefully my planner will guild me through homework as long as long as I put homework in there in a obsessive compulsive behavior. Hopefully I can find a freaking plot to my story. I can't really seem to find a con for you Mr. Kay, honestly I cannot seem to disagree with you at all, most of your methods are completely logical. The only issues I ever had with the blogs is the ones with the empathy of the animal farm characters.
I have to say the song is a bit...lets just say that this is not my preferred type of music. Holy makes me think of religion, and religion makes me think of religious nuts(not that you are anyways). Like the people who spazz out of Harry Potter and the Davin-chi Code(spell check failed to help me). Seems to me that this song is telling you to be grateful. I think this reflects you quite well, you pick on the most whiny people in the classes.
Our “holy” ground is a place where we can come and know that we can voice our opinions and not be criticized. It is also a place where we know we will be challenged. I have gained that aspect in that I was challenged in English this year. In ninth grade, I felt overwhelmed half of the time and not challenged at all half the time. I feel like if I do my best, I will get a good result back, where last year I might put a ton of effort into something and get a bad grade, but then when I put little effort into something I always seemed to get a pretty decent grade, it really made no sense to me. I feel like even though I know you have high standards of us all, the standards are never so high that we cannot reach them. I’m not sure I would say I would have to put up with you next year, because I’ve come to really enjoy your class. Even though I know there is a lot of work, I feel more confident in English than I was in previous years. The blogs are never fun, but neither is a lot of other things we do to get better at something. Just because we don’t like to condition for a sport doesn’t mean we won’t do it because we know that we will never get any better. Blogs are the same. Doing critical thinking and writing every night has improved my writing skills, and for that, I’m thankful that you made us do them. I think next year will be just as great as this year was. :)
Kaleigh Swanson
5th hour
Mr.Kay,
The funny thing about this is I have been thinking about what am I actually taking away from your class. By coming to your class day by day, to be honest it has made me completely prepared. By you sort of quickly bringing us up from freshman language arts, I am ready for next year. I have a feeling that if I didn't have you this year, I feel like next year would be the most impossible thing ever. Going into your class as a junior would be so hard and I would've had no idea. Now I know what to expect and I know how to work for your class and everything. I am fully ready. Also, I think I really learned how to really pay attention to everything and to really put my mind, heart, and soul into everything I do. I really think now and not just almost going on idle through school. Next year I have a couple pros and cons. Most of the pros come from a long term effects. I know that in the long run, I will remember how to really care about these subjects and how to analyze and understand them to the fullest. I feel like I will be a lot more smarter because I will really be paying attention to these things and I will overall become a better person. The cons would be the frustration. Your class is pretty hard. AS frustrating as it is though, it will all be worth it. I really like your class in the long run.
Luke LaFountain
5th Hour
Mr. Kay,
Holy Ground to me, is a special place. It is a place where you learn life lessons. You learn things that may not only help you in you IQ, but also common sense and everyday life. I think that this class has made me a better person to a point. There have been positives and negatives to this class. I have been pushed and worked very hard. But also I have learned that there are boundaries in life that you shouldnt cross. I learned where I should expect myself to be. I have leraned aboyut myself of how my work ethis should be and what I need to do to be successful
John Kent
5th Hour
I gained the knowledge of new vocabulary words during this year. I learned different ways to think about things that happen in a book. I developed ideas on how to relate things to myself. I learned how to express myself better. Next year, I will hopefully take all my knowledge from this year and all the notes that I might need. My thoughts of having you as my teacher for next year is that it should be interesting and similar to what you were like this year. The disadvantage of having you next year is all the blogs that we will have to do.
Doing blogs isnt as bad as everyone makes it out to be, its pretty simple actually. This wasnt a waste of time either because in the end i think i now see it was somthing that forced me to think and apply myslef to whatever you made us write about. I really do appreciate the fact that you treated us like young adults in your class instead of children. It showed me that i had to be responsible and had to come home and do my blog every night. It wasnt somthing you could just blow off. in the end the blogs taught me to research, to think about shit in different ways, and to remind myself when i had a responsibility.
Alex Martin
P.S sorry bout today i didnt undestand why u were angry but i get it now
I think that when im in your class im more comfortable than when im at home. When im in your class i feel that it is sort of like a place to relax ad have fun. By going to your class everyday i think i have become more mature. Im use to acting stupid in classes and this year was different. I also learned how to become a harder worker. You challenged us to the point where we had to work hard or we would fail. This song sort of tells me to relax an feel comfortable with where i am. This is exactly how i was in your class. I felt really comfortable and i felt like i belonged. I would be more than happy to have you next year because you have taught me so much. You always were there for me and never let me get lazy in class. The only bad part is that maybe having some of the same kids in my class would kinda piss me off.
First of all, the first day I came into your classroom, I was very confused if I was in right place for English class because I'd never thought, honestly, you were a regular teacher but a school official or someone. The very perception I had of you was you were a funny person, which didn't make me any special expectation about you. But it was different. Your way of teaching was unique, even though sometimes your selection of extreme words confused me if you were a really mature person^^. I could get knowledges I couldn't get elsewhere in this school, and as the most thankful work, you planted us fun and confindence. If I get to come back to American school again, I'll be ready to have fun and put all my effort on it with confidence. However, as you know, there's nothing sure about me coming back or not. But if I could and will be in the class with you again, I can guaratee I'll do better works that I couldn't do this year therefore have more of fun! The only thing I'm concerned about is that... you're sometimes too .. extreme... that may affect me in some bad way.
I knoiw its late, but you know that i don't care,
i have only just realized how i am to respond to this.
our 'holy ground', may only be classifiable by some 60 people, but, i out faith in the fact that those 60 people, will know so much more, and will have learned so much more in 1 year, than I have learned in at least 4 years of Literature class. its easy to see how much we have actually learned, but to see how far it has taken people; physically, mentally, and even spiritually, for some, is what you have taught us to do.
I have gained the understanding of what it means to be consistent. I truly understand what it means to put yourself out there. To express ones self, in such a fashion, that one would typically never come remotely close to doing.
Even if, and this might sound really stuck-up, and pretentious of myself, it seems as though i may be the only one who really gave a shit most of the time. Now, i can't see how affected people are by certain things, but I don't see it in the writings of others. so even if i was the only person who got anything out of all of this, i must say, i gained a great power.
The Power To Be Myself.
And that, along with my knowledge of how to express myself, in all ways possible, will not only carry with me into my junior year, but throughout my life.
About having you as a teacher next year, i think, no no, i know i still have much more to learn about literature, and about the language of which we use to speak, and express ourselves. to have you again as a teacher would be pretty cool, as we could get started right away with things, plus, everyone would know everyone if we had the same class.
The Only Con I see, and i know how corny this might sound, but it is so true, that at some point, we must leave thew mentor, to become the true Hero of our own story. at some point, we need to be able to show that we learned something. i think another year, or even for the rest of high school would be great, but (and to leave off with a great quote, slightly modified) "Eventually, on an infinite timeline, everything will eventually end…"
The song "Holy Ground" by Craig Taubman, I think was a song meant to represent wherever you go that you feel most comfortable. That 'sacred' ground is suppose to be talking about places where you feel safe and where you feel you can relax and feel at home. I consider my 'sacred' or 'holy' place to be my room, for several reasons. First, it's MY room, that I designed and decorated and it has all of MY stuff in it, so naturally I feel comfortable in it. Another reason is that it has an actual key lock on it anyway. So I don't feel like anyone's going to barge in on me. I feel safe and relaxed in my room. In conclusion, I feel the song was about that one or many places you can go and feel like your free from everything else.
The song "Holy Ground" by Craig Taubman, I think was a song meant to represent wherever you go that you feel most comfortable. That 'sacred' ground is suppose to be talking about places where you feel safe and where you feel you can relax and feel at home. I consider my 'sacred' or 'holy' place to be my room, for several reasons. First, it's MY room, that I designed and decorated and it has all of MY stuff in it, so naturally I feel comfortable in it. Another reason is that it has an actual key lock on it anyway. So I don't feel like anyone's going to barge in on me. I feel safe and relaxed in my room. In conclusion, I feel the song was about that one or many places you can go and feel like your free from everything else.
The song "Holy Ground" by Craig Taubman, I think was a song meant to represent wherever you go that you feel most comfortable. That 'sacred' ground is suppose to be talking about places where you feel safe and where you feel you can relax and feel at home. I consider my 'sacred' or 'holy' place to be my room, for several reasons. First, it's MY room, that I designed and decorated and it has all of MY stuff in it, so naturally I feel comfortable in it. Another reason is that it has an actual key lock on it anyway. So I don't feel like anyone's going to barge in on me. I feel safe and relaxed in my room. In conclusion, I feel the song was about that one or many places you can go and feel like your free from everything else.
The song "Holy Ground" by Craig Taubman, I think was a song meant to represent wherever you go that you feel most comfortable. That 'sacred' ground is suppose to be talking about places where you feel safe and where you feel you can relax and feel at home. I consider my 'sacred' or 'holy' place to be my room, for several reasons. First, it's MY room, that I designed and decorated and it has all of MY stuff in it, so naturally I feel comfortable in it. Another reason is that it has an actual key lock on it anyway. So I don't feel like anyone's going to barge in on me. I feel safe and relaxed in my room. In conclusion, I feel the song was about that one or many places you can go and feel like your free from everything else.
The song "Holy Ground" by Craig Taubman, I think was a song meant to represent wherever you go that you feel most comfortable. That 'sacred' ground is suppose to be talking about places where you feel safe and where you feel you can relax and feel at home. I consider my 'sacred' or 'holy' place to be my room, for several reasons. First, it's MY room, that I designed and decorated and it has all of MY stuff in it, so naturally I feel comfortable in it. Another reason is that it has an actual key lock on it anyway. So I don't feel like anyone's going to barge in on me. I feel safe and relaxed in my room. In conclusion, I feel the song was about that one or many places you can go and feel like your free from everything else.
The song "Holy Ground" by Craig Taubman, I think was a song meant to represent wherever you go that you feel most comfortable. That 'sacred' ground is suppose to be talking about places where you feel safe and where you feel you can relax and feel at home. I consider my 'sacred' or 'holy' place to be my room, for several reasons. First, it's MY room, that I designed and decorated and it has all of MY stuff in it, so naturally I feel comfortable in it. Another reason is that it has an actual key lock on it anyway. So I don't feel like anyone's going to barge in on me. I feel safe and relaxed in my room. In conclusion, I feel the song was about that one or many places you can go and feel like your free from everything else.
The song "Holy Ground" by Craig Taubman, I think was a song meant to represent wherever you go that you feel most comfortable. That 'sacred' ground is suppose to be talking about places where you feel safe and where you feel you can relax and feel at home. I consider my 'sacred' or 'holy' place to be my room, for several reasons. First, it's MY room, that I designed and decorated and it has all of MY stuff in it, so naturally I feel comfortable in it. Another reason is that it has an actual key lock on it anyway. So I don't feel like anyone's going to barge in on me. I feel safe and relaxed in my room. In conclusion, I feel the song was about that one or many places you can go and feel like your free from everything else.
The song "Holy Ground" by Craig Taubman, I think was a song meant to represent wherever you go that you feel most comfortable. That 'sacred' ground is suppose to be talking about places where you feel safe and where you feel you can relax and feel at home. I consider my 'sacred' or 'holy' place to be my room, for several reasons. First, it's MY room, that I designed and decorated and it has all of MY stuff in it, so naturally I feel comfortable in it. Another reason is that it has an actual key lock on it anyway. So I don't feel like anyone's going to barge in on me. I feel safe and relaxed in my room. In conclusion, I feel the song was about that one or many places you can go and feel like your free from everything else.
The song "Holy Ground" by Craig Taubman, I think was a song meant to represent wherever you go that you feel most comfortable. That 'sacred' ground is suppose to be talking about places where you feel safe and where you feel you can relax and feel at home. I consider my 'sacred' or 'holy' place to be my room, for several reasons. First, it's MY room, that I designed and decorated and it has all of MY stuff in it, so naturally I feel comfortable in it. Another reason is that it has an actual key lock on it anyway. So I don't feel like anyone's going to barge in on me. I feel safe and relaxed in my room. In conclusion, I feel the song was about that one or many places you can go and feel like your free from everything else.
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