A subversive person is a rebellious person. The leaders of the school thought that because Ms. Watson was opening the girls' minds to new art and different experiences that she was trying to cause trouble. Subversive people would be considered troublemakers and rebels.

Betty was most definitely not happy with her marriage to Spencer. He was always gone on "business" which ended up being his mistress. Not only was she having to deal with such an awful husband, but she was being forced to stay home by her mother. Her mother had no sympathy for her situation because back in this time period, it was extremely shameful to get a divorce and importance was very important. Especially for higher class people like Betty's mother.

Over the many years of humanity, there have been many "facts" that have been later proven to be false. There was a time when the earth was believed to be the center of the solar system. Today we know that this is not the case. The point is, if all you do is spit out facts at people, like in the excerpt from Charles Dickens' novel, you rob them the chance to form their own opinions. A progressive style of teaching allows students to decipher the information in their own manner. They have the opportunity to accept or disagree with information regardless of how the teacher giving the lesson may feel. If we are forced to always accept one answer to our questions, we don't have the option to consider multiple angles. People need to learn to question the way things have always been done, not to cause chaos or use it as a form of spite, but simply to be able to understand how they really feel about things. If all your faith is put into a belief that you don't truly agree with because of what other people say, that belief will not make any sense when you're all alone forced to truly consider it.

The coolest theme of this movie was how it showed that even when people are expected to be a certain way, that doesn't mean you have to conform to the normal ways. That you should be yourself even if it is not encouraged by everyone. It also showed how some people get too wrapped up in not conforming and won't except other people which is bad.

I believe that Mona Lisa Smile will be about a lady who teaches art at an all girl's school. The movie will show how her teaching style affects her students. I think this movie will be about showing courage and overcoming obstacles because of the voice of the trailer narrator. I also think that in this movie the teacher lady will get very down on herself and struggle a lot. In the end though, she will learn to overcome these problems. All the girls in this movie learn to view the world in a better way.

I think the fact that high school offers more frequent exams gives students more opportunities to be successful in class. Which would be nice in college, but it makes sense that this preference must change. College should be more difficult. To prepare for exams you can make flash cards, which help you quiz yourself, or work with a friend. There are other methods of course, it is most important to use a method that works best for you. #collegetransition

Over the break, I am probably going to longboard quite a bit. I haven't been able to ride much lately because of school, but I will finally have free time now. We will also probably be hanging out with my aunt, uncle, and cousins because they will be in town from Florida. Finally, I will be playing lots of instruments because I really like to do that. For Christmas I asked for a MIDI keyboard, which is basically a little keyboard that can make millions of different sounds and is used for recording and things like that. Another thing I am asking for is a hatchet. I like to go backpacking and a hatchet is a very useful tool that I sadly do not have at the moment. A hatchet is kind of like a tiny ax. That is what I shall be doing for Christmas #collegetransition

I want to go to college because I can learn a lot of valuable things and having the degrees will help my business look better on paper. I am going to college for myself to help me be successful as an adult in the real world. The most important characteristic for me in college is that it has a good health and fitness program because I am going to be a personal trainer and my major will be related to health. I will be getting help from different adults I know and friends I know that are in college and also online information from and about colleges. I want all of these sources because a good variety of sources will help me get a better idea of what a college is really like. College is going to help me further my knowledge in the career field I want to enter. #collegetransition