My tenth week of AP Lit was not a memorable one, in that I was only there for two days. With school off on election day, a field trip the day after, and sickness keeping me home the day after that, I did not get to experience my usual weekly dose of learning. That being said, with good friends in the class, I was able to get caught up fairly quickly. Yet, even though I wasn't in the class, I still felt that I learned quite a bit about tragedy. After all, I am a die hard liberal who just watched as the guy whom I called insane beat the odds and win the presidency.
Tragedy is very intertwined with expectations of success and failure, and I cannot help but feeling that it is a tragedy because my nation did not meet my expectations. That being said, I firmly believe that it is important to try to learn from tragedies, and I think I did learn an important lesson. I learned that even when the person we hated wins, it is more important to try to work together than stay divided. I learned that when one side spews hate, it is always important to shout back love. I learned that no matter what, the sun will always rise in the morning, and it is up to us to determine our own futures and to fight for what we believe is right. I was not at school much this week, but this certainly one of the most self-discovering weeks of my life. I experienced a tragedy this week, and now I will embrace the future and do everything I can to embrace the lessons I learned from that tragedy. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/09/us/politics/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-president.html?_r=0
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