Zianni's English Blog

 If I had to write a poem about my life right now it would be about my grind in school to get all A's all year and my focus in college. Its taken a lot to maintain all A's and I would go into detail about things Ive done to maintain. Staying on top of college is hard for a lot of teenagers because of the responsibility side of it o I would talk about the struggles and how stressful it is. My overall poem would be about my efforts in school. 

 When I'm in a mood I don't like, I tend to bed rot , take a shower, watch YouTube and eat. I find peace in watching YouTube while I eat. The YouTubers I watch tend to be funny so I get a good laugh off. Taking a shower is always good to get the stress off but I also find peace in just laying in bed. 

 Something I outgrown but miss is playing basketball. I started the sport when I was younger so I have a connection to the sport. I always loved the sport and playing the sport but the older I got, and the more I went through, the more my love for basketball faded. Although I know it was too much stress for me ,  I still miss the feeling of being on a team and physically working with others to execute. 

 I cannot thing of anything I previously heard and wish I could unheard but I can think of a time when I saw something I wish I could unsee. One day at work, my manager was going on and on about how people are going to get fired. She stressed that the work ethic wasn't there, there was no accountability, and people where being irresponsible. This same day I had to get something out of her office and came across a piece of paper that was titled "Fired." I didn't mean to purposely look but the item I needed was sitting right on top of this piece of paper. My favorite coworkers name was on the paper and I was stuck in between minding my business and not saying anything or giving her a heads up. I got so stressed and just wished I never went in to that office.

 My step mother told me a story once before about how she had to force herself to fit in the older she got. My step mother is from St. Croix, meaning she had a very strong accent and way of living. When she was younger she moved to Maryland. Upon arrival, she told us about how she got bullied for her accent and became self conscious. Sooner or later, every morning and night, she had to practice "speaking like everyone else." Others indeed did stop bullying her , but she lost apart of who she was. 

 In 2024 I went through an incident that impaired my running because of a leg injury. Given i played a sport, i needed to run a lot. After realizing i couldn't run as i could prior to the incident it made me feel incompetent. Knowing there was nothing I could do to bring me back in a respectable time manner. It better taught me the concept of knowing things can happen in a snap and to enjoy everything before its too late. At some point it also taught me to just accept my flaws because it could always be worse and everything happens for a reason.