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Vocabulary #4

Intermittent:  occurring at irregular intervals; not continuous or steady. Ebb: (of an emotion or quality) gradually lessen or reduce. Regress: return to a former or less developed state. Antiseptic: relating to or denoting substances that prevent the growth of disease-causing microorganisms. Tendency: an inclination toward a particular characteristic or type of behavior.

Smart goal re- uploaded

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Where am I?

I think I’m in between the happy but mad part because I do put in a lot of time in school and sometimes I enjoy it but sometimes I feel stuck in between the work and learning and I know that by putting in the work I’ll learn more but sometimes teachers over use that and discourage the students.

Fall Vocabulary #3

coherent:  logical and consistent, united as or forming a whole belabor: argue or elaborate (a subject) in excessive detail, attack or assault (someone) physically or verbally eschew: deliberately avoid using; abstain from. acquisitive: excessive interest in acquiring money or material things. excoriation:   is a harsh criticism emulate: match or surpass (a person or achievement), typically by imitation. banal: so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring. congeal: solidify or coagulate, especially by cooling. carping: difficult to please; critical substantiate: provide evidence to support or prove the truth of temporize: avoid making a decision or committing oneself in order to gain time. largess: generosity in bestowing money or gifts upon others. tenable: able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection. insatiable: (of an appetite or desire) impossible to satisfy. reconnaissance: military observation of a region to locate an enemy or ascertain s

Young Goodman brown

In the end after all the twists and turns the whole thing is just a dream which is crazy because the song goes everywhere

Young goodman brown questions

1) I think that hawthorns purpose was to show that appearances might differ from their thoughts or their beliefs in this case. 2) Yes her name fits her personality because she is portrayed as a sweet and is sort of in a way fragile by asking for the support of her husband when she's scared and has nightmares and in religion you need support from the people who believe in your religion. 3) The pink ribbons signify the Pyrenees and sweetness of her and how they are warm and welcoming . 4) No not everything he witnessed was real like how in a snap the devil was gone or the devil himself if he's even real . 5) the devil because he talks about how he knew his dad and grandfather and only really helped them with bad things he says he's 50 but has know his father and dad " I helped your grandfather the constable , when he lashed the Quaker woman so smartly through the street of Salem ". 6) The staff represents the conversion to the devils side it mainly motivates br

Vocabulary # 2

Faith: complete trust or confidence in someone / something a strong god in religion  Trusting something that theirs no proof of but the belief being so strong it changes your lifestyle Threshold: magnitude/ intensity that has to be exceeded for certain reaction, phenomenon, result or condition to occur / be manifested How hard something has to be passed in order for a certain result to happen Tarry: of, like or covered w/ tar Resolve : settle/ find solution to , decide firmly on Coruse of action solving the problem Discern: perceive or organize (something), distinguish w/ difficulty by sight w/ other senses To get things in order, using other senses to see how challenging something's going to be without using sight Martyr: person who is killed because of their religious/ other beliefs Mirth : amusement, especially as expressed in laughter Cathechism: summarry of principles of Christian religion in form of questions and answers used for instruction of Christians Schoo

Young goodman brown thoughts

It must be such a shock to him because all his life he thought everyone was portrayed as holy and pure but in a few minutes that is stripped away from him when he finds out the person who taught him is faith didn't even believe in that.

Friday's are bittersweet

Friday's are so good but so bad because for one we get the  weekend off but have to wait for 5 days ( excluding the weekend ) for it to come again not to mention the teachers take advantage of the 2 days we have off to give us years worth of work . They come once a week and leave so fast sometimes they're hard to remember or remember what we did last Friday .