After reading “Out, Out—” by Robert Frost, reflect on a time when you faced a dangerous or high-pressure situation that demanded your complete focus. What made the situation risky, and how did your concentration affect the outcome?

 One dangerous and high pressure situation I was in was last year in Kentucky. It was during winter, so the road were icy. I was driving by myself (its basically the middle of nowhere so no one cares) with just my permit. I was driving a '91 F-250. To get to my grandparents cabin, theres a long one lane road thats very hilly. It was icy, and in a rear wheel drive truck that doesn't typically go well, since theres little to no weight over the rear wheels. I had to get a ton of cinder blocks and fill the bed with them. After I put around twenty in the bed, the truck finally made it up the hill. One of the risky parts; you can't see over the hill, and its just as steep on the otherside. I feathered the gas up the hill, then one I reached the top I shifted into 1st gear so istead of me using the breaks, the engine would do the work, which helps since breaks tipically have something called "break bias" where the front breaks break harder than the rear breaks which can cause you to lose control when driving down slippery or steep areas. Once I made it down the hill, I slowly drove the rest of the way to my grandparents drive which you had to go up a couple more hills.

Summary: Today in class we read the poem "Out out" and annotated it.

Reflection: I wish I looked more into the discussion questions before reading. It usually helps me look for specific things in the text.