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Virgnia Woolf argues that in order to write, a woman must have money and a room of her own. What would you add to that list? Think beyond just "pen," and "paper." If you wanted to spend your lifetime writing, what would you need--both literally and figuratively?

I agree with Virgina Woolf 100 percent i also believe that a woman needs to know who she is as a person. She needs to know what she believes in and what she wants to stand up for. A woman knowing herself is the most important thing. It doesnt matter if her views and opinions are different then others as long as she believes in herself and her values and morals. Great writers have a sense to what they want to write about it and believe in.

If actions speak louder than words then why is the pen mightier than the sword??? s

According to virginia woolf all a woman needs to write fiction is money and a room of ones own.I agree to a certain extent. I think that in order for a woman to write a woman needs a MIND of her own.she needs to be able to express her emotions knowing the possible repercussions and still not be afraid of being a WOMAN in a mans world.That, guys, is what a woman truly needs.

This Week's Assignment

By 6 P.M. on Sunday, April 1, you must post a response to the following question:

Virgnia Woolf argues that in order to write, a woman must have money and a room of her own. What would you add to that list? Think beyond just "pen," and "paper." If you wanted to spend your lifetime writing, what would you need--both literally and figuratively?

In addition, you must comment on two of your classmates' entries.

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My reaction
so long boring and lame and was very long...

Torturous?
yes it was hard as it can be seen from the results. It would've been better if the question weren't so hard and boring.

The sections
they all seemed hard to me none were easy at all, the hard questions are always the whole general theme ones.

The essays
the essays were lame i cant think of a good enough choice for the question, but i did finish in time about 5-8 minutes early maybe.

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The practice exam was terrible. I feel like since i had to go through that once, im really not going to have the mental energy to do it again. I felt like boring with very long was just the worst thing ever. Thanks for the panera though. That was my only motivation to come >.<

Ap Exam!!!!!!!!!

I actually was tired and nervous about the previous exams. Exams are long and boring that sometimes it attack us becuase then we just get tired at the middle or by the end of the exam. The multiple choices were a little hard especially the first passage. The poems were ok but some of the answers were tricky. The essays ufffffff....especially one of them I was confused and did not know were to start. I did not have enough time because I was trying to finish all three essays and then if I had enough, I will go back and add more. But that day was a torture because we had to do three essays.

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Well... I took it yesterday. I thought it was going to be hard, but I felt like it wasn't. The funny thing is that when I feel like a test is easy, it is not, and get most of the work wrong. It was pretty boring and tiring, but I survived. I am a little afraid i didn't do good on my essays, but hopefully I did.

The AP exam was very boring. In the begining I did okay, then in the end I did pretty bad. I did okay in the poem of New York, it was interesting. The writting part was too long. I did the first essay question first, then a I did the third one, and the last one was the second one because that was the most difficult one for me. I did not really finish.

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My reaction to the AP Exam was what I expected it was very long and boring like all three hour test. I kept wanting to fall asleep and just get the test over with. It was very torturous and extremely boring, the question weren't that hard, the hardest part was trying to focus on the poems and short stories. The time for the essays was very little I was only able to finish two essays and the third one I only did half of it. Question 3 is still one of the more harder essay questions, it's confusing and hard to think of a book or play to go with it. 

AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

What was your reaction to the practice AP exam? How torturous was it? Were any sections easier than you thought? Harder? How were the essays? Did you finish on time?

I HATED it! it was not that hard but it was very challenging! The reading and answering questions where waaay easier compared to the writting three essays in two hours. I personally feel that is impossible! It is so hard to focus. I was zoning in and out the whole time. The poem essay and the question three was the easiest. I did not finish on time i rushed through what i was already doing.

I LOVED THE PRACTICE AP EXAM... *very sarcastic*

I hated the practice AP exam. It was everything I thought it would be: long, hard, and boring. I don't know how I'm going to sit there during the real one and stay focused because I'm going to get sleepy from the dullness of this dumb test. It's more boring than the ACT. There was NOTHING easy about it. After I saw my scores from the practice, I can only imagine how I'm going to do on the real one. It was the most torturous thing ever. I finished on time, but that's because I was rushing through because I was bored and sleepy and ready to get back in the bed. Smh this test is irrelevant. Why do we have to take it?

- Ciera.

what ii think isss

What was your reaction to the practice AP exam? How torturous was it? Were any sections easier than you thought? Harder? How were the essays? Did you finish on time?

What i think that it was super long and it got boring at some point and the second essay was like i don't get you tell me what you mean so yeah. I think it was a little torturous but then again it felt much like the act but the one thing that's different here is that your stuck with English all the way trough and with the act its not as much time with the English. I think that the sections that were easier were the shorter ones . The essays well I think they were ok except the second one i was tuck on that one for a very very long time.And yes i did finish on time.

Ugh the AP Exam

The Exam was really long and boring o really wanted to quit but I didn't. I was able to finish on time for every section. I didn't like the poems on the exam. The questions that have to do with referring back to the line was easier for me. Over all the exam was okay

AP exam

Well for starters, if it's a practice exam I won't really take it seriously until the actual test. But ny reaction was alright let's get this over with. It's to hot and I wanna go home. I feltbj was vein tortured sitting down for 2 hours writing essays. I don't think anything was easy. To me it was hard. The essays were hurting my hand and I felt though ad my hands were going to fall off. I did finish in time but that was because my hand was hurting, my head was hurting and at the end I started to just write anything. But for the real one I will do my best!!!

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What was your reaction to the practice AP exam? How torturous was it? Were any sections easier than you thought? Harder? How were the essays? Did you finish on time?


My reaction: "Why is it not over yet >.>" and " Why are there three essays -______- " And "What.. does... that word mean O.O"


How torturous: On a scale from one to ten it was a seven. 


Easy sections: The short story multiple choice section, the passage we had to do an essay on and  on the last essay where we chose a book to do the essay on


Harder: The poem multiple choice and the essay on the poem


Essays: Two out of three were okay, the second essay was a pain
Did I finish on time: After a little rushing on my last essay yeah.

My Milkshake Brings all the Boys to the Yard *claps hands gayly* :D

What was your reaction to the practice AP exam? 

• The AP Exam was extremely boring. The people that create the exam probably have no life and are complete loners. I was surprised to find out that I did not do as bad as I expected but I still did pretty horrible. Hopefully next time I will be able to do better.

How torturous was it? 

• It was excruciatingly painful to take the AP Exam. The idea of having to repeat exams such as the AP Exam makes me, personally, want to jump off the tallest building in the world but I won't because someone will probably think I'm crazy and make me go to an Insane hospital or something.

Were any sections easier than you thought? Harder? 

• The test was as hard as I thought it was going to be, well, maybe a little harder. I was surprised I did better when I doodle then when I don't. Hopefully this information will help me somewhere a long the way.

How were the essays? Did you finish on time?

• I have to be honest I do not remember what the essays were about except for question number 3. I forgot the name of the main characters so I guess I have to refresh my brain. As for finishing on  time, I kind of ran out of time a little but I managed to finish.

This Week's Assignment

By 6 P.M. on Sunday, March 25, you must post a response to the following question:

What was your reaction to the practice AP exam? How torturous was it? Were any sections easier than you thought? Harder? How were the essays? Did you finish on time?

In addition, you must comment on two of your classmates' entries.

comment on cristal's

yes she is funny in a dumb way, she thinks all shes learning is boring. I like her when she said she cant spell cough my favorite.

The lorax is so funny :D

Cecily is my favorite, even though she might seem a little weird. Shes really funny especially when she writes stuff down in her diary so she can publish it XD. It was really funny when she said she cant spell *cough*. Also that she just meet algernon or who she thinks is Ernest, and there gonna get married because they were engaged since months but algernon didn't even know.

Cecily!

Cecily is my favorite character from the Importance of Being Earnest caaaaaaause she's funny in a really dumb way. She knows she can be smart and study but she chooses not to because she finds it all boring. She's crazy and all but i think she definitely knows that she is crazy. Being stupid, like everyone else in the play, is easier than being smart.

Sneaky...

I find, i think, Earnest/Jack the most likeable for me because he is really funny. The fact that he is making fun of the society they have in a funny way is really sneaky. Thee characters tell us readers what they think about society and their expectations in a way that we won't even know how we know what they are thinking about society. All I am trying to say is that we know what they think, but we don't know how we know. I think that Earnest/Jack is the skeakiest of them all.

Everybody said Algernon -____________-

Well I was GOING TO say Algernon, but since everybody else chose him, I'm gona pick the 2nd most likable person... To me. I like Lady Bracknell. I only like her because she a boss. She is a prime example of how women were looked up to and respected back in this time period. Usually, the woman doesn't really have a say in anything. And in this, Lady Bracknell gets the last word. She's also intimidating. Yup, she a boss.

Ciera.

The guy that makes cucumber sandwiches and eats them all...

So basically... Algernon is the most clever idiot that has ever existed in the history of characters. I love how evil and mischievous he is, as well as being the most hilarious character in the story. I feel like he knows that he is dumb because hes smart and has control of the dumb things he does. Unlike the other characters who are really just idiots.. -___-

grrrr...i have problems posting mine

Hmmm

Well since I wasn't here to read the book I have to say I like Jack because he is different he is not like everyone else so I admire him for being different. I wish I could of gotten to finish the book.

Algeerrnnooooonnnnnnnn

The Importance of Being Earnest is filled with characters we love to hate. Of all the characters in the play, which do you find most likable? Why?

I think Algernon is the most likable because he has a a great sense of humor. He also has a witty my sly feeling to him. He also seems like he has a good head on his shoulder because he wanted to prove Jack a point. i thought it was kind of funny that he ate all the cucumber sandwiches made me kind of think he a little on the chubby side which is okay..

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The Importance of Being Earnest is filled with characters we love to hate. Of all the characters in the play, which do you find most likable? Why?
I like Algernon. Even though he seems like a prick, he does it with style. He's witty and funny and always has something quotable. I have a suspicion that he is fat since they keep saying he's always hungry and he ate all the cucumber sandwiches. 

Who do i like more?

The character that I find most likable in the play is Algernon. I think that yeah he might act like silly sometimes he actually has common sense and knows what he is talking about. The rest of the characters not as much like those girls Gwendolen and Cecily who want a guy just for his name.Then there is Jack and he is just lying to people about who he really is and thinks if he gets baptized that he will be able to change his name with out any problem. I mean Algernon I my point of view he is only going bunbary because he want to teach jack a lesson so that Jack can stop doing it because eventually it wil get him in to some real trouble. So thats why I hink Algernon has the most common sense and the other ones just listens to what he says.

Algernon!!!!

I like Algernon I see him as been the main character even though the story/play focuses on Jack the most. He is the comedian and the one that really knows what is going on in the story. He is the clown in the play because he makes fun of marriage with his sarcasm. He has that craziness and daring type of attitude because of how he went to act like he was Mr. Ernest Worthing. Algernon also has a really cool name. I feel like Oscar Wilde made Algernon a bit like him.

This Week's Assignment

By 6 P.M. on Sunday, March 18, you must post a response to the following question:

The Importance of Being Earnest is filled with characters we love to hate. Of all the characters in the play, which do you find most likable? Why?

In addition, you must comment on two of your classmates' entries.

Comment on C. Jones

I agree with Chante they do not know how to represent their society at all they just goof around and make up people that don't even exist.

Comment to Karen's

I agree with you Karen the Awesome they focus more on the Sandwiches for his aunt then about marriage. Which is really sad but funny.

why cant i comment >:( ???

Yari: Dont forget about the big fuss about no more cucumbers. Its funny to think that the people who are suppose obey the ways in society make fun of it.


Ciera: the making fun of how everyone is suppose to act is the funny part about it. The purpose of this play is to show how everything back then was so boring and  non changing.

Manners o.O

Importance of Being Earnest is mocking the importance of being mindful with the people of the high class. The two main characters focus more on the small details then they do on the big things like marriage for example. They think that it is more important to focus on the cucumber sandwiches that were order for Lady Brackenel then the importance of Gwedolyn marrying Ernest because of his name without evening knowing how he really is. What's wrong with her and what's wrong with Jack making up a brother named Ernest?

manners...

I think that The Importance of Being Earnest is comedy of manners because basically all that they do is make fun of the way people are supposed to be acting.what I think it means is just making fun of rules and playing around like if nothing is serious.It has been shown in the book already when they say that Lady Bracknell has power, when in reality women could not have any power.Another way that this has been shown is when they don't really talk to each other formally because they call them selves Algy and jack and Ernest or Algernon but they never call each other "Mr"., the only one that has a type of formality is Lady Bracknell because they actually use " Lady". It is shown in everything because they do not take anything seriously not even marriage.

No more cucumbersssss ahhhhhhhhhhh

I think its a comedy of manners because the play makes fun of the way people are suppose to act and mostly do the opposite. Just like they worry about the tiny stuff instead of the bigger ones like cucumbers. Then they don't want to go to any parties because they know exactly what will happen and its boring.

Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest is a comedy of manners because the way that it mocks the behavior of the characters especially since they are rich. It's been shown through the play in the way that Jack makes up a brother that is ill and then says that he is that he will tell Cecily that he died. The way that they argue about the smallest things like the cucumber sandwiches. 

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It's bn funny because they are rich but yet if the daughter wants to get married she ha to know the guys name. Who cares about the name. It's not going to kill anyone. And what's soooo important about those dumb cucumber sandwiches. Its funny how they are rich and all the do is sit around bother people or make fun of others. They should do something useful. Ugh they get me mad yet it's still funny.

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This is a comedy of manners because it's a mockery of how upper class people live. All the characters talk about is irrelevance. They don't care about the important things in life. They talk about cucumber sandwiches and how the most important thing about a man is his name. What?! That doesn't sound right at all. Everything is so backwards in this play, that's what makes it funny. You have these wealthy people who sit around with nothing to talk about nothing because they have nothing better to do.

- Ciera.

Comedy of Manners :)

How is The Importance of Being Earnest a "comedy of manners"? What does this mean? How has it been shown in the play already?

This play is comedy of mannrs type play becuase it makes fun of the society that is going on around them. The two main characters are the ones who are suppose to represent their society as one of the greatest. they do not have to do much, they are super wealthy. They make fun of the manner that go around like for example the whole marriage situation they did not take it very serious but they sure were serious about those cucumber sandwhiches that were eaten. It's like the author of the play is trying to prove a point in a wity but clever way.

What's so honest about being Earnest?

How is The Importance of Being Earnest a "comedy of manners"? What does this mean? How has it been shown in the play already?

Well, I think that it has been funny because the characters are pretty much making fun of the way society is during that period of time. The two main characters both represent the "manners" that are expected from the rich people who have nothing else to do than stay home, eat, sleep and bother other people. They take mostly everything as a joke, specially marriage. They think life is a joke as a whole, and like they could get everything they want because they are rich, and do not know how to appreciate the things they have and that others don't. So, far, is like a play making fun of society. (forgot the formal word for this).

What's so honest about being Earnest?

How is The Importance of Being Earnest a "comedy of manners"? What does this mean? How has it been shown in the play already?

Well, I think that it has been funny because the characters are pretty much making fun of the way society is during that period of time. The two main characters both represent the "manners" that are expected from the rich people who have nothing else to do than stay home, eat, sleep and bother other people. They take mostly everything as a joke, specially marriage. They think life is a joke as a whole, and like they could get everything they want because they are rich, and do not know how to appreciate the things they have and that others don't. So, far, is like a play making fun of society. (forgot the formal word for this).

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How is The Importance of Being Earnest a "comedy of manners"? What does this mean? How has it been shown in the play already?
It's a comedy because it basically makes fun of the rich and what their opinions of manners really are. Things that are important like marriage aren't while eating cucumber sandwiches that are meant for someone else is very frowned upon. Comedy of Manners is another way of saying the way that they make fun of a person's Manners, Like they do with the rich people in the book. It has been shown in several ways. For example I mentioned earlier that Alge got pissed off because jack wanted to eat a cucumber sandwich. Pretty messed up if you asked me. I have a suspicion that he's fat too.

Written by this wild guy :D

How is The Importance of Being Earnest a "comedy of manners"? What does this mean? How has it been shown in the play already?

Well in my opinion this is a comedy that makes fun of the manners that were expected by the people in society at the time Wilde wrote about it. The way this is shown in the play is by intentionally picking out some of the things that people were expected to follow for example, the way marriage was thought about, in those times people believed of marriage as a business and that hardly anyone would marry because of they were in love rather because they needed to find someone that would support them financially. Another way that Wilde makes fun of the way people needed to act was by the way he allows his characters to act, these characters are extremely foolish and could be thought of as crazy man that have nothing better to do but case one another for a cigarette box. The Importance of Being Earnest demonstrates how men in those times were spoiled little brats that had nothing to worry about and had enough money to get anything that they wanted and were maintained by their family members, this to the poor might seem very funny but those that actually decided to live that way might take it as an offense. Many are not fond of those that make fun of their way of life and that might be the reason why many did not like Wilde.

This Week's Assignment

By 6 P.M. on Sunday, March 11, you must post a response to the following question:

How is The Importance of Being Earnest a "comedy of manners"? What does this mean? How has it been shown in the play already?

In addition, you must comment on two of your classmates' entries.