Friendship isn’t always a Fairytale

1. In your opinion, what was the purpose of this blogging activity? (Why did I choose to do blogging instead of more traditional writing activities?)

In my opinion I think the reason that Ms. Rumford, chose this blogging activity for us, was to put our writing out there in the space. Meaning to show her what our abilities are in our writing skills, to show her how much we have improved. I also think she chose to this activity of free writing, to see how we as the students would be without writing. Would our writing be more passionate or just laid back as its use to be? Maybe, by this activity not a lot of the students have become shy about their writing, because we all have different identity. Therefore no one whose who, which then can let a student which is shy to end up surprising the teacher. Of the amount of energy they put in their writing just for free blogging. I think that free blogging is an excellent way to see how the student can cope in a new form of writing, to say anything they want to but in a formal way and understanding way. To also, see if they get more comfortable as they go on with doing this, will they have a good writing skill. In my opinion I think free blogging about a topic you’re so strong about, actually at times shows people who you really are. For example, if you’re very straight forward and give advices that may change someone’s way of thinking about that topic.

2. What have you accomplished during your blogging?

During our blogging activities, somewhere along the way I had a little weary feeling, of not getting the whole blogging thing. Then as soon as I heard we got to choose our own topic and get to free write about it. I got to think, if this is free writing and I get to choose my own topic, then I won’t to be afraid of holding back my thoughts. One thing that I loved about the blogging was not holding back our opinions but at the same time supporting them so it’s not always negative or false information. During our blogging activity I have accomplished more confidence in my writing, more energy in my writing. What I also accomplished with my blogging was learning how to use the four sentence structure that we learned about in class. Even though I always had either one of those four structures in my sentences, I did not know hot identify them. They helped me, by focusing on what I needed to improve in my sentence structure; with that help it did take me a little further in my writing ability. The more I learn the more I get better in my writing which I also learned when blogging. I also accomplished, of really letting go, meaning to real express how I feel from my heart, because this is a topic I’m a very strong at. It comes to emotions to describe and talk about my topic I had chosen. Throughout everything I really did enjoy blogging to actually show people out there that I could write. The listen up of what I’m talking about, to be intrigued of what I have to say.

3. What key concepts have you learned while blogging? (This can be about writing, research or technology etc.)

While blogging, I really learned a lot more than I ever thought I would. What was really surprising to me was the amount of energy I had put into my writing. Eevn though I never did research about friendship, I had a great feeling in me that I new somewhat of it. Something’s were positive and some were negative, you would most likely say that the negative weren’t as true. In my opinion the negative thing that I had mentioned was somewhat true to many other people not just me. To think of it, friendship isn’t something you actually research, maybe at times. For me, I didn’t really consider to research for something I was passionate about writing. I may have had invalid opinion but this is what I have experienced, and what people experience can come true to others.

4. Based on the skills you learned while blogging, how will this benefit you in the future? This maybe inside or outside of school.

I think that blogging may really help me in the future, because since I was little I always dreamed of being doctor. Now as growing up, I thank of what I really wanted to be. If I’m so powerful in writing and so powerful in talking, why don’t I just become a journalist? Blogging really has helped me, by putting a lot of energy in the things I write about, it’s almost as if I’m talking to you face to face. I really get too connected into what I say at times, it always has me out of my seat to write more and more. One thing that I learned was, that the amount of energy and voice is always needed in your writing, which then I get to push myself to get better and better in my writing to add more energy and more word choice to really amaze the readers that our out there. Something that I really helped me throughtout blogging was being confident in what I wrote, even though it may not be true others it was true to me. We all have different opinion and I had mine, which at times could be harsh but at the same time be heartfelt and true.

When we are young at the range of teenage life, we tend to forget the feelings that other people or our friends have. We may say rude things and not regret saying it; just because we know it’s what right. But is it always right to give off your opinion? In my opinion I think it really depends on the person, how their personality is, and how they feel towards acting out on small situations. A lot of friends tend to make the smallest little situation that have happened to each other to biggest. I mean, okay at times yeah we do over exaggerate but we really do not have to go to the extent where then people start to spread rumors. That’s why we always have to be sure who our real friends are, because people you think may be our friends might just spread all our secrets for one little situation. But it’s not always every person that I’m talking about, its only certain friends. You may think that I always talk about the negative things about friendship, but I really don’t, it’s the experiences I’ve faced that bring the negative opinion into this. I have so many wonderful opinion of friendship that really is something that many really believe in. I also believe when understanding your friends truly well, you actually get to find out the real them. They may hide under that smile they put it on at school or anywhere else, but we as the friends will have a sense that something may be wrong. That’s why it is always great to understand your friend’s feelings, to help them with their situation, to comfort them in any kind of way. I have had many times to cheer my friends up and give them ways to fix their problems, when I end up doing that I feel so great inside because I actually helped a friend. The great thing is whenever I feel down one of my friends actually do it in return, which is lovely to get their opinion and their prep talk to cheer me up. Not all friends may come back to you after you give them your prep talk or to even cheer them up; somehow they end up going back to the same old regular friends that hurt them in the beginning. Do they even give that one friend that helps them through each and every situation they had with other friends a thank you. No, because they are too winded up in their so called “friends.” Yes it’s hard to leave friends, but it is really easy to leave the ones the really disrespect you all the time. That’s why we always have to know and understand who our true friends are.

We all need a help in hand in our times in need, the people who are there for us as we move on with our lives the friends we meet. As we grow up and move on to working and going to university, and not living with our family. We have a feeling of independence, our family will always be by our sides, but the ones who are there with us are the friends we work with or go to school with. No matter where or what situation you’re in, a friend always comes to you and comforts you and stops whatever they are doing just to come to you. That shows how much you really mean to them, you are like family when have a great friendship with a person. Friendship is a hand in need, always needing someone by their side, always needing someone to support to them no matter what. People may always ask themselves, like I have, why do we need friends in our lives, why do we need to meet new people along the way of our lives? In my opinion the reason we need friends, is to become social, not just for popularity and all those things that reality shows show us. To become a better person, to be honest when you make friends along the way it’ll show the true you, you’ll feel so comfortable of doing absolutely anything around your friends, because you know your friends are with you by your side. Also, I have notice when making new friends or meeting new people you always have to feeling inside you of how a great person you are. Also, along the way of being friends with many people you will learn about honesty and respect. You will also feel the comfort to tell any of your friends anything, because you know they always have a great advice to give you. In my opinion I think that sometimes when we want to tell someone something, you always have to make sure they can I actually keep a secret and be clearly honest with you. If they aren’t then just goodbye to them and hello a new person, we always make it seem so hard just to leave a friend and make a new one. It’s just the way we present ourselves to a new person we meet, it’s the way you show them that can be open with you at all times, and it’s also the way you treat them and respect them

I always thought that the saver of my life was my family only, but to be clearly honest our friends could be the light shinning for help. They can tell us what’s good for us and what’s not. What we should do and what we shouldn’t. They basically are our guide buddy through life which is one thing I love about friendship. As my teacher had told me that one apple can spoil the whole bunch, but there are so many more apples waiting to be picked. She was referring that one friend could be not so great and spoil the bunch, but there are plenty other friends out there. We don’t always have to stick with the same people all the time, one thing that I’ve always lived with was never letting go of my friends and its’ been habit that isn’t so great. No matter what my friends had done to me I would always run back to them and get them back, As if I were beggar wanting money or more food. I think now that i understand who my real friends are and that everyone doesn’t have to stick with the same people for the rest of their lives, because either way we all move in our different directions at one point. We may not have the same interest as before and not have the same thoughts as before, because at the end people change over time in good and bad ways. Also, so what if you are friends with the so called “Cool” group just go out there and meet new people, because you may never know the new people you meet may be better understanding and better to hang out with it. I have met so many friends so late in the year and I regret not meeting them in the beginning, they are understanding, so trustworthy, they just make you feel like family. That’s exactly what a friend should be like, but not a lot of people realize what kind of friends they have, they either are too caught up with friends that say they love them but actually don’t, and end up stabbing in the back. That’s the reason, at one point I never trusted any of my friends, but then realizing that later the whole point of having a friend was to trust them with all your heart. We all need a friend that we can tell everything and that they can help us with our roughest times.

As I grew up and became a teenager my father use to always and still does tell me that my friends could be number one enemies. I never use to believe what he’d say and just always think that my friends would always be there for me till the end. Till that one day came to me, that phrase hit me right in the face. It was like a door just slammed in my face and every little thought had about friendship was shattered away. I use to be that girl who would die for friendship, now I don’t die for it, I look for it to see who really are my friends and who really are my enemies. After those experiences I had faced, I always had and will have second thoughts about the friends I chose to be with. Not all friends will have your back, not all friends will stick with you, not all friends are trust worthy. In my own words “Friendship” is a very sturdy word to believe in, it takes a lot of heart and care and kindness to put in this word “Friendship,” but to be honest I don’t even think anyone knows the true, true meaning of friendship. Even I don’t, every day I question myself, what is really the true meaning of friendship? Getting back to topic, when my father told me that friends could be my number one enemy I was always questioning by what that meant. Then I understood later on as I grew up, that your friends could be double-faced, they can have a happy personality with you. Then behind your back, they can have backstabbing personality, but what do we do when that happens? What we do, is try to find a way of why they do this to us, is it cause people them to do it, or on their own sake. As I always keep in my mind the more people talk about you the more their jealous of who you really are. Enemy is also another sturdy word; it comes with hate trait in it, it’s a way of making a person seem like they are the bad guy and you’re the good guy, but not everyone can be perfect. We all make our mistakes in life and in friendship. We lose and we gain friends, but at the end of the day we are who are, and friends will always come and go.

In my opinion friendship is truly something big in our lives; it takes a certain person to make another person happy and to be trusted by the them. It takes a certain friend to understand their lives and how they work. It takes support from friends to become a better person everyday of our lives. Friendship, is what may keep people going hard every day of their lives, their friends are there for them whenever needed. Who really are the kind of friends that we need? The kind of friends that are appreciated, the ones that will be there for you all the time, the ones that always make you have a smile on your face, the ones that keep your secrets in good hand and are especially trustworthy in your words. In the real world, and in our teenage lives these days you can’t really find a friend like that, who will back you up till the end. Most of these friends just use for their reasons or maybe getting to people, in my experiences I’ve had friends who’ve used me for popularity as well as just being my friends just to make me feel happy, but I don’t want a friend that’ll just fake their way into my life. I’d rather not them even try, there’s just no point wasting your time on people who really don’t care about you, when you really have others who do. It’s the matter of respect you get in a friendship in our lives, not just the amount of attention, but do people actually believe in this, in my words I don’t think so. Some people think that they can just fake their ways into some one’s life and then at the end just forget about them. It’s just like throwing a brand new piece of candy away from you, like it’s not even worthy of you money. There are really people out there who do care for people who don’t even know; some of these great people that have amazing friends connect with each other , so well as if they are brothers and sisters. That’s what makes one person to another a great person at the end of the day.

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