Julia Fusco
2/20/09
English
The Imperfections of Maturity
“To be mature is to accept imperfections.” (This saying came from a fortune cookie I ate two weeks ago. This advice is insightful.) Imperfections happen every day, all the time and it is wise for this means people to learn from these mistakes. Multiple lessons make a person mature. There are numerous kinds of maturity. I’ve acquired various types of maturity over my short life.
A touching example of how I matured was at the hospital when I was there with my aunt who was about to give birth. Something went amiss, a moment of imperfection in a perfect birth. There was confusion with the type of anesthesia being used. Everyone freaked out and got uptight; tears were shed. I thought there was going to be a flood of tears but it ended as quickly as it started. I knew I would be there for my aunt’s well being no matter. We were flooded with emotions when baby Cole was born. Receiving emotional maturity from an infant was a memorable experience.
Intellectual maturity can come from imperfections too. Like most people, I became more intellectually mature when transitioning from middle school to high school. When someone has a favorite teacher that they love it can seem impossible to say goodbye. Knowing them for ten years and then just like that goodbye, adios, sayonara. Graduation was a nostalgic day. Knowing it was time to leave, I didn’t want to go. On the other hand, I wanted to bolt out the door away from the people I had been with for ten long up and down years. Having to navigate thorough the city to get to my new high school was challenging. I didn’t know which street was which. Trying to get to the train on a different route, wondering where I was seemed unnerving. Now doing this on my own is a piece of cake. Many books talk about coming of age and goodbyes. In Marigolds, Lizabeth had to say goodbye to her childhood. She was becoming an adolescent. Lizabeth’s father also had to say goodbye to being the one who brought home the money; the one the family looks up to. Lowering a persons self esteem is a huge imperfection to their image.
Another type of maturity is social and to students this means their popularity or social well being. People have imperfections too when they treat others unfairly. Dealing with exclusion and cliques had me distraught. Middle school was the time I was targeted, and I was the bull’s eye. “Guys guess what” Hey guys, you guys Heeello.” that was me in 7th and 8th grade. Sometimes taking me three or more tries to try to say my comment, to the point where I gave up. Having just one friend to hang out with was difficult. I became mature from dealing with girls like that. In Marigolds, lizabeth had a similar experienced she was “kicked” out of her group because originally she didn’t want to throw stones at Miss Lottie’s marigolds. Lizabeth seemed as if she was separated from the younger kids. They were still too young to understand the troubles going on around them.
Bravery was the third way I matured. One exhilarating experience was traveling to Costa Rica, except when our teacher instructed us to go on the sky trek. Petrified was one of the few emotions to describe how I felt being hundreds of feet up in the air, clutching the rope taking baby steps inching along. Classmates of mine skipped across the rope, Amazed I actually made it across the whole sky trek. Unexpectedly, now I realize facing a person’s fears makes a person more adult like.
In conclusion, emotional events can make an individual more grown up. So can realizations, saying goodbye to someone very meaningful or a persons child hood and all the memories and nor wanting to say good-bye. All these events can start with an imperfection.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
I will,I can I make
will, I can, I make
What can I make you ask?
I can make acid rain look beautiful
Like it’s never been touched by acid
Write an article in two seconds flat
Create odes about trivial objects
Give life to an imaginary characters a masterpiece, a backyard in to a forest
I make everything seem wonderful and important
I make everyone proud (of their life)
I can be bionic girl to my mom
I make myself write, and write and write
My cooking becomes a life of it’s own and the food tastes like magic and unimaginable
I write poems all summer long but can in English class
I make people crazy when I talk about penguins
Because I am
I’m just to light hearted
And more
What can I make you ask?
I can make acid rain look beautiful
Like it’s never been touched by acid
Write an article in two seconds flat
Create odes about trivial objects
Give life to an imaginary characters a masterpiece, a backyard in to a forest
I make everything seem wonderful and important
I make everyone proud (of their life)
I can be bionic girl to my mom
I make myself write, and write and write
My cooking becomes a life of it’s own and the food tastes like magic and unimaginable
I write poems all summer long but can in English class
I make people crazy when I talk about penguins
Because I am
I’m just to light hearted
And more
why you should read For poets
Julia Fusco
9/10/9
“Everyone deserves the chance to fly” is a line from the song Defying Gravity in the musical Wicked. The inspiration to fly can also be found in “For poets” literally or figuratively. Rarely do poems instruct and inspire a reader. Everyone wants inspiration one way or another. “For Poets,” a cheery poem, gives the audience that spark of emotion. Science isn’t the only class where dissection goes on. Deeper meanings can be dissected in literature too. If you Love a poem there are reasons for that love. Specifically for this poem the reasons are it has a secret meaning, it encourages who ever is enjoying this piece of literature, and the verses are written in second person.
Want to know why every person should read “For Poets?” This work of art encourages the reader. When a writer is working on a piece if literature they want to be encouraged; so does the everyday person. Parents advise their kids what to do; so can a poem. In the first line of the poem, the author recommends “Stay beautiful” “But don’t stay down underground too long.” But, the poem also tells the reader what not to do. People including authors need to know “Not to be a worm” “Or a root.” The poem instructs the reader to “Blink and think”
Although many written pieces talk from a perspective of he/she, it, or me this piece does something very few pieces do: talk directly to the reader. ” Second person is the style of writing “For Poets”. Notice the poem talks to the reader it doesn’t use he, she, it, or me. It instructs “Be the very hero of birds.” You are the one doing these actions. Unbelievably when the author talks directly to the reader it works to get the point across.
Finally, the poem has a secret meaning. Here’s the trick; whoever reads this poem thinks it’s about taking a walk or observing nature. Al Frank says, in one verse “go in to the sun” in another verse he says, “Swim up stream.” Examine, the last verse is “don’t forget to fly.” Secret meaning makes this poem worth reading. Inspiration comes in so many beautiful forms. Have an adventure, take flight, try do your best that’s “For poets” real meaning.
9/10/9
“Everyone deserves the chance to fly” is a line from the song Defying Gravity in the musical Wicked. The inspiration to fly can also be found in “For poets” literally or figuratively. Rarely do poems instruct and inspire a reader. Everyone wants inspiration one way or another. “For Poets,” a cheery poem, gives the audience that spark of emotion. Science isn’t the only class where dissection goes on. Deeper meanings can be dissected in literature too. If you Love a poem there are reasons for that love. Specifically for this poem the reasons are it has a secret meaning, it encourages who ever is enjoying this piece of literature, and the verses are written in second person.
Want to know why every person should read “For Poets?” This work of art encourages the reader. When a writer is working on a piece if literature they want to be encouraged; so does the everyday person. Parents advise their kids what to do; so can a poem. In the first line of the poem, the author recommends “Stay beautiful” “But don’t stay down underground too long.” But, the poem also tells the reader what not to do. People including authors need to know “Not to be a worm” “Or a root.” The poem instructs the reader to “Blink and think”
Although many written pieces talk from a perspective of he/she, it, or me this piece does something very few pieces do: talk directly to the reader. ” Second person is the style of writing “For Poets”. Notice the poem talks to the reader it doesn’t use he, she, it, or me. It instructs “Be the very hero of birds.” You are the one doing these actions. Unbelievably when the author talks directly to the reader it works to get the point across.
Finally, the poem has a secret meaning. Here’s the trick; whoever reads this poem thinks it’s about taking a walk or observing nature. Al Frank says, in one verse “go in to the sun” in another verse he says, “Swim up stream.” Examine, the last verse is “don’t forget to fly.” Secret meaning makes this poem worth reading. Inspiration comes in so many beautiful forms. Have an adventure, take flight, try do your best that’s “For poets” real meaning.
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