Hello, Welcome to my blog!
Let me apologize in advance for the awkwardness that will be scattered throughout this blog.
I did try to warn you with the title of this blog. I am starting this blog at the request of my lovely English teacher. He wants his students to all be published. Our first topics of writing are the meaning and origins of our names, where our ancestors came from, how we got here, and our voice.
I did try to warn you with the title of this blog. I am starting this blog at the request of my lovely English teacher. He wants his students to all be published. Our first topics of writing are the meaning and origins of our names, where our ancestors came from, how we got here, and our voice.
My Name:
Most of my research said that the name Megan's origins lay in Wales. Megan is a diminutive of Marged, which is the Welsh form of Margaret. Margaret and Megan both mean pearl. I also found some sources saying the name Megan is Greek, Persian, and Anglo-Saxon. The Greek meaning is the same as the Welsh. The Persian meaning of Megan is child of light. The Anglo-Saxon meaning of Megan is strong and capable.
My Ancestry:
I don't know much about about my ancestry. Here's what I do know:
I know the most about my dad's father's line. His great-great-great-great-great-grandfather (or something along those lines) moved to the United States from England in the 1800's. I know his ancestors eventually took up residence in Arkansas and that is where his family still currently resides. I know my dad's mother's father was German. My mom's father is half Dutch and half French and her mother is English. I know that both sides of my family has been in the United States for multiple generations. Outside of that I don't know much.
How I got Here and my Voice:
How did I get here? To be completely honest I don't know how to answer that question. My first reaction to that question is, where is here?
I am an eleventh grade student in Utah. I am an adolescent. Those two sentences are what I consider to be my current life location. I got here by first being born in Utah at the time I was and second going to school as the federal government requires me to do.
As for my voice, I think its is mainly angst-ridden, awkward, opinionated, and snarky.
I hate writing about myself. I blame it on the awkward, angsty part of my voice. I could spend hours ranting about books and social issues but answering prompts like this aren't my forte. I also am not very confident writing without a prompt so I apologize if my first few posts are shaky.
I had a hard time come up with what I was going to say for this part of my post. I think its because I don't want to lay down what my voice is because its probably not going to be the same forever. I think our voices are always changing, especially adolescence, which is the stage of life I am currently in.
I also think its impossible to summarize yourself the way you truly are. Most people, me included, have so many biases against ourselves. There always something we're doing wrong and there are also things we're overly confident in. We also are things we don't want to be so we might have a hard time admitting to others we are that. So as objective as I tried to be, I can't guarantee that I'll stay the same or that I described myself accurately.
My blog:
One thing I can guarantee is that I am actually very awkward. And hopefully I will be documenting my tale (basically things that happen in my life and my feelings) here (Random aside, I got my blog name by changing one my favorite book's title to fit my life. You'll come to understand I am a big bookworm because I'm sure I'll have a book to rant about sooner or later). If you chose to follow my blog (no pressure but I would love it if you did) I guess you have my ranting to look forward to.
I hope you have a great day
Megan
