In the poem, the speaker and his neighbor meet each year to repair a wall. Describe a time when you had to set or respect a boundary with a friend, family member, or classmate. How did it help or hurt your connection with that person?

 Prompt:  In the poem, the speaker and his neighbor meet each year to repair a wall. Describe a time when you had to set or respect a boundary with a friend, family member, or classmate. How did it help or hurt your connection with that person?

Prompt Response:

I had these two friends who did not like physical touch and had set their boundaries about it, I respected their boundaries and never touched them unless they initiated it first, such as a hug. This helped to ease our relationship with each other and we each grew onto another, eventually some hugs would be allowed and hair brushing. I am not friends anymore with one of them, it was not because of boundaries but some other unrelated problems. I am still friends with the other one though, we each have our boundaries on some things and as long as we respect them, there won't be any problems.

Summary:

Today Mr. Rease was not here today and instead we were given an assignment to do on Commonlit, it is a poem called "Mending Wall" by _____. The work was not too complicated, easy enough to finish in one sitting before class ends and many other people had finished it efficiently. The sub did give us instructions on what we are supposed to do today, and continued to do what she needed to do. 

Reflection:

I learned a bit more on how to understand poems through this assignment, although I might not fully master the skill this poem was not too complicated and quite easy to find the meaning of. Great exercise to my brain, I was feeling horrible the entire day and was not able to finish work from my other classes but this was the only assignment I managed to complete while feeling alright.