Reflection On Secret Life Of Bees

As an English student, I am a very active member of the class. When there are opportunities to share assignments or projects, I take them seriously and genuinely enjoy sharing my viewpoints and listening to others’. Along with this, I strongly appreciate class time specified for debating. This past trimester, our language arts class read Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd. During this unit, group discussions were a large part of the lesson. Everyone was given an opportunity to share their inferences and ideas. During group discussions I worked to create insightful questions to ask my peers and, in turn, responded to theirs using evidence derived from the text. During this unit I was more than happy to have a chance to expand on what we had read and concoct new ideas. I very much enjoyed
During this unit I decided on In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson and a slave narrative written by Frederick Douglass. After everyone had finished reading their novels, each person gave a presentation. This experience was very informative as it was challenging. As I completed this project, I thought about problems on a broader scale. What was the point of having us learn about these atrocities against humanity? Learning about these occurrences helped open everyone’s eyes to how easy it was, for example, a dictator to fall into power. The lesson taught us that we must always defend what is just, because when a terrible act on mankind is committed, it can never be completely fixed. It will always leave a scar on the world. For my presentation, I wanted my peers to be able to quickly absorb and comprehend the scale of the events that I researched. In the end, I enjoyed the opportunity to expand on what I had learned and to place an important message. I was also fascinated while taking in what other’s had