Buffalo Soldier

I wasn't in class today because I met a Veteran named Taylor Howard. He was a WWII Buffalo Soldier .He came to give a speech to some of the kids in Jrotc .And one thing I couldn't believe was that he was 101 years old. 

Culture

 I love learning about different cultures ,and I'm happy I do. We have project coming up where we research a country and make a powerpoint on it. I started off with Eygpt but sadly someone had the same place as me so I had to pick another one. I was really hoping I would get South Korea because I am really interested in their culture as well as Japan's. My wish kind of came true it wasn't the places I was hoping for but I got Hong Kong this is going to be very interesting.

Oh, we Love Test

 Guess who had another quiz today (hint: my 4th block). If you said me you would be correct. Mr. Rease has been telling us to not come into class sad whenever we have tests and quizes. Sometimes it's hard because tests are a big part of a grade ,and also because his class is the last of the day and sometimes I end up with headaches before his class.

I Would Like To File A Complaint

 Test are one of the worst things to have ever surface the Earth, especially when they are timed . We took a quick test today . I personally felt that the test was a little difficult ,but that was only because some of the questions were worded weirdly.

Nurturing Mother

Today we read 2 poems for our new prompt. One was by Maya Angelou and the other by Langston Hughes. Maya's was about a son's message to his mother about how people judged him for being the man that he was ,it was like he was seen as being weak or a" mama's boy".Langston's on the other hand was about a mother's message to her son about the hardships a life ,by comparing her life to an old set of stairs with many twist and turns.

I Went to class

 Today was my first day back in class since Friday. And let me tell you, I did not enjoy it all that much . It started off fine but a little into class I had gotten a headache. Maybe it was from laughing too much , we started class off reading a prompt and we had to watch videos for evidence.

The Great Service speech

Sadly I was not in class again today ,but it was for a good cause. I had to write a speech for tomorrow's program. I am really nervous but really excited because this is one of the largest groups I'll have spoke too. Fingers crossed all goes well.

Go Chiefs!!!!

Today I was not in class because I was taken out to practice for the ACT. Because of this I was not able to celebrate with Mr.Rease. "What are you celebrating for?," some of you may ask, to put it simply, last night the Kansas City Chiefs won the Super Bowl.

I'm not sick anymore

 I am glad to say I was feeling alot better today and actually focus in class today . We wrote 3 body paragraphs about whether or not ABC was right for suspending one of their reporters. I believed that they had every right too ,and that this would give them time to think about what they have done and work on more reports. Their one mistake could've cost the company lots money.

Deducive v.s. Inductive

We started off talking about premise to begin the lesson.Premise is a statement that an argument claims will induce or justify a conclusion.  I was really confused at the begining of the first exercise ,we had to put different things the same circle and figure out if the argument was valid or invalid. The circles really had me lost because I did't know where to put some of the words because they didn't fit. I belive that with hard work and determination I will be able to master.

I Don't like it here

 I dislike being sick very much.It was so hard to focus in class today because it felt like I had to sneeze every 2 seconds and nothing came out. Luckly I did get the leason and it seems fairly easy. We are now talking about reason and reasoning .''Is there really a difference?,"Yes ,yes there is. Reason is why a person does something.Reasoning is the explanation that explains why they did the thing.

What is my purpose?

 I honestly can say that I do not know my purpose yet but I can make lots of guesses based off my talents and skills. I love to draw ,and I'm suprisingly good at it ,I can aslo sing which something else I really enjoy.Based on these two I could say I was meant to do something in the arts ,but unfortunately I'm a little too shy for that. Next things that are on my list would be my academic skills .These paired along with my drawing skills gives me the opportunity to become an architect. To be fair I'm not opposed to the idea ,Was it my original plan in life? No, but hey" beggars can't be choosers".

Goodbye Kobe

Todays lesson started off a little sad, yesterday a helicopter crashed killed Kobe Bryant and his daughter GiGi as well as seven others. We watched his short film" Dear Basketball" the film was based off a poem he had written before he retired. He was pretty much talking about how he gave his all towards basketball because he knew in his heart it was meant for him . After watching and discussing the film we moved on to a new prompt . We talked about sense of self as well as identity we watched another short film where a girl was trying to find her identity in her school where people had seemed to share an identity. No one really knew where they belonged.This relates to my life in some ways I don't really know where I belong or who I am yet. But soon in time I will.