What I Learned From The Secret Life Of Bees

I will be writing about what I learned in English II this far this school year. English, in which literature and writing take a prominent stance, is an important subject to comprehend. In English you will learn everything from the techniques to writing the perfect essay to using context clues to find the meaning of the words you don’t understand. I have learned many new things that I have never known before now. I would’ve never suspected that there is many new topics in English that I haven’t covered before, but I was very wrong. Starting from the book “Secret Life of Bees” to having a nerve racking experiencing posting a first blog post and then being personally involved firsthand in a debate about the justification of trickery is just a couple of the things I have been well-educated on this year in English II. The first important thing I have learned about is family. From the “Secret Life of Bees” I learned what family really is. Family is a person who supports you in all your decisions, even if they don’t agree with them. A person who loves you no matter what the circumstances and who wants you in their life. A person who is willing to sacrifice their needs and wants before your own. A person who will there fore you. That’s what family is to me and that’s what I want to try and do for my family. Family isn’t always …show more content…
First, we were given a topic to justify if Puss’s trickery was acceptable by going against an opposing team. Mrs. Henry, my English teacher, supplied us with a Lincoln Douglas chart that helped my team and I during the debate. Basically what we had to do was have facts that would support if Puss was guilty or not, which in my case he was unjust. By preparing my debate ahead of time I was able to go against the opposing team and give facts that would support my argument. Even though I didn't win, I walked away with the knowledge of how to prepare a strong