The most important things I learned is about credit and debit because when I get older I would need these to buy and pay my bills. I also learned about credit score and how it could affect my loans. This could help me when I need to pay debt which I hope never happens. The last important thing that I learned is annotating an article because I would have to sue this a lot in high school and it's good that I'm prepared for it.
A thing that we did that i will remember is going to six flags because it was my second time going there and I went to my first rollercoaster. It was fun but at the same time it wasn't because the weather wasn't good. It started to rain hard and we all got lost. But either way it was still fun and I can't wait to go again with my friends.
The nicest thing people in my class did for me is to cheer me up when I was sad during ELA. I would never forget the respect and how nice this class was.
A thing that I taught my classmates was about the type of music I listened to and how it impacted my emotions when I listen to it.
I made the biggest improvements in math because I used to struggle a lot during math but now I'm starting to get better at it thanks to the teacher and my friends that help me.
The most challenging part of the year has to be trying to turn in work for multiple classes in the same day because it takes time to do work but doing work that's do in the same day could be challenging to me but now I'm starting to get used to it.
The best piece of writing that i made is practically the speech that I made. It impacted my classmates and it also made some emotional. It was a very emotional day that ever happened in school.
One of my favorite books that I read was a book called Treaties, Trenches, Mud, and Blood which is a book talking about the horrendous battle in WWI "The war that would end all wars." I like this book because it made me learn a lot about the horrors of WWI and the battles that took place. It was a very good book and I would read it again if I were.
My advice that I would give to the new 8th graders would be to always stay strong even in the most difficult problems. Because it would be solved one day and you would be a master at it.
Friday, May 26, 2017
Motivation is Power
People say that the older you are, the more you would struggle. Many people think there is no solution to such thing and manage to let go of it. Many people know that there is a chance you could succeed with a simple emotion. That motion is called motivation. It all started in 7th grade when I struggled the most. I learned many things but didn’t know how to use them. It was mostly a struggle in math than any other class I had.
I felt like giving up was normal for people, but it actually wasn't. I didn't know what to do until I experienced motivation, and it was a very powerful feeling. I started to get better and ended up getting better to where I barely struggled.
Motivation is not only the best thing to have, but also the most important thing you need in your life. Motivation could get anyone to anywhere. It is the key to a better life and anyone who can't find motivation will eventually find it. Motivation isn't just words but it could also be seen. Many things that you see could motivate you in some way.
Receiving motivation from anyone is the best feeling you could possibly have. The best part is that people would end up cheering for others and stick with them. It is an endless cycle of caring. Motivation isn’t only words. It is a powerful tool that could be used on anyone. Friends and family are an excellent example of motivation, because they are always there for you whenever you need them.
I believe that motivation is everywhere, that everyone would understand each other's problems and find a way to keep going and succeed. No matter what type of person they are, they will always have motivation. Motivation could change a person’s life and it could even affect the world with the right words.
Thursday, May 11, 2017
Lit Circle Blog
The book that I was reading is called "The Boy on the Wooden Box" and it is about a boy named Leon who is the youngest survivor to be on Schindler's list at the age of 10. The book had many dramatic causes and shows how his life was in the ghetto. My question was how it changed his life during the holocaust. The holocaust changed Leon's life in many different ways during the holocaust. In the beginning of the book he was just an average kid who hangs out with his friends and having a fun time. Soon days when the holocaust started he changed a lot because of all the things he witnessed in the ghetto. He was scarred for life seeing all the things happening to his people.
There are many things in the book that the author used in a article that I read. In the book it talked about Leon hanging out with his friends and then hearing that he can't play with them anymore and that they never want to see him again. In the article it says "Followers of the Jewish faith were often viewed as strange outsiders by their Christian neighbors" This shows how many people were brainwashed and think the Jews were the actual threat which also caused Leon to lose his friends.
Another thing that the author used from information in the book is when the Nazis start taking over his town and sending them to the ghetto. In the article it says "In September 1939, the German army invaded the western half of Poland, marking the beginning of World War II. German forces soon forced tens of thousands of Polish Jews from their homes." In the book Leon witness is town getting taken over and his family being forced out of the house and sent to the ghetto. It shows how much the author put into when making this book to show the amount of emotions the readers have.
There are many things in the book that the author used in a article that I read. In the book it talked about Leon hanging out with his friends and then hearing that he can't play with them anymore and that they never want to see him again. In the article it says "Followers of the Jewish faith were often viewed as strange outsiders by their Christian neighbors" This shows how many people were brainwashed and think the Jews were the actual threat which also caused Leon to lose his friends.
Another thing that the author used from information in the book is when the Nazis start taking over his town and sending them to the ghetto. In the article it says "In September 1939, the German army invaded the western half of Poland, marking the beginning of World War II. German forces soon forced tens of thousands of Polish Jews from their homes." In the book Leon witness is town getting taken over and his family being forced out of the house and sent to the ghetto. It shows how much the author put into when making this book to show the amount of emotions the readers have.
Thursday, May 4, 2017
The Boy On The Wooden Box Blog
I'm currently reading a book called The Boy on the Wooden Box. The book is about a 10 year old boy named Leon Leyson who is the youngest survivor on Schindler's list. The book talks about Leon's life and survival in the holocaust with his family who were also on Schindler's list. So far on the book Leon is desperate and relieved that he made it into Schindler's list where he had a higher chance on surviving. He wasn't the only on to be on the list but also his parents and his only sibling who was alive. The book is truly amazing and emotional in almost every page.
The most interesting part in my reading is when Leon finally found his dad and brother who were hiding from the guards. He then learned that his parents and sibling were in Schindler's list where it could change his way in surviving but had to tell his mother. So he disguised as a women because of his hair and finally found her in a bed. He told her the great news and then ran back to the ghetto. This was interesting because for a 10 year old, he had the guts and the brains to sneak in the women section of the ghetto and being brave about sneaking it even tough he knew the consequences he would face if he were caught.
There are many problems that Leon had in the book and I've list 3 of his problems. His first problem is trying to take care of himself. This could harm him because since he's 10 he is too young to know how he should take care of himself by not getting into trouble or to do what he's supposed to do. Another problem is that he has to find his family because he doesn't want random strangers trying to take care of him. He knows that he needs his family in order to survive. His final problem is trying to make it to Schindler's list and this is one of his biggest problems because since his family in the list, he has to in order to survive because Schindler is trying to hep the Jews escape from the ghetto. This is also a huge problem because if he doesn't make it he would have to leave his family forever and could possibly die in the ghetto without his family with him.
The most interesting part in my reading is when Leon finally found his dad and brother who were hiding from the guards. He then learned that his parents and sibling were in Schindler's list where it could change his way in surviving but had to tell his mother. So he disguised as a women because of his hair and finally found her in a bed. He told her the great news and then ran back to the ghetto. This was interesting because for a 10 year old, he had the guts and the brains to sneak in the women section of the ghetto and being brave about sneaking it even tough he knew the consequences he would face if he were caught.
There are many problems that Leon had in the book and I've list 3 of his problems. His first problem is trying to take care of himself. This could harm him because since he's 10 he is too young to know how he should take care of himself by not getting into trouble or to do what he's supposed to do. Another problem is that he has to find his family because he doesn't want random strangers trying to take care of him. He knows that he needs his family in order to survive. His final problem is trying to make it to Schindler's list and this is one of his biggest problems because since his family in the list, he has to in order to survive because Schindler is trying to hep the Jews escape from the ghetto. This is also a huge problem because if he doesn't make it he would have to leave his family forever and could possibly die in the ghetto without his family with him.
Monday, April 10, 2017
Life is Beutiful blog
In the movie Life is Beutiful it is about a Italian Jew who gets sent to Auschwitz with his son during his birthday and to calm him down he has too pretend it's a game. While the movie is taken place during the Holocaust it does have some comedic events and humor. But however during the movie it has dark, sad, and heavy moments. The movie can be seen serious and humorous at the same time but it is mostly dark during some parts of the movie.
The book Night is about a man named Elie who has to survive Auschwitz with his father. Events in the book and in the movie have a huge difference in each other. The book and the movie shows a bit of similarities like when they get sent to Auschwitz. They both start in a town and soon after they get sent to the camps. The difference between these two is that in the book Elie goes to the camps earlier and in the movie they get sent in late. The book starts off in a different camp while in the movie they get sent to Auschwitz in the first place. Both the movie and the book have the father and the son start off but they're both different from each other cause in the movie the father is trying to help him son and in the book they both tried to help each other survive.
In the movie suspense is only seen near the end of the movie and in the book suspense is almost the entire book. The movie also has suspense but it features comedy while the book has no comedy. The suspense in the book is when Elie is starting to realize that his god is not real and how his father is struggling to survive and the next day he was gone while in the movie the suspense is when the uncle gets put into the showers and never came back and when the son almost went to the showers but he didn't go and finally when the father dies and the son doesn't realize it.
In the movie it shows how Life is Beutiful because no matter what the cause is, trying your hardest to keep someone alive without them knowing is beutiful not just for you but the person. It also shows life is Beutiful because there is always happiness even if it's the wrong time.
The book Night is about a man named Elie who has to survive Auschwitz with his father. Events in the book and in the movie have a huge difference in each other. The book and the movie shows a bit of similarities like when they get sent to Auschwitz. They both start in a town and soon after they get sent to the camps. The difference between these two is that in the book Elie goes to the camps earlier and in the movie they get sent in late. The book starts off in a different camp while in the movie they get sent to Auschwitz in the first place. Both the movie and the book have the father and the son start off but they're both different from each other cause in the movie the father is trying to help him son and in the book they both tried to help each other survive.
In the movie suspense is only seen near the end of the movie and in the book suspense is almost the entire book. The movie also has suspense but it features comedy while the book has no comedy. The suspense in the book is when Elie is starting to realize that his god is not real and how his father is struggling to survive and the next day he was gone while in the movie the suspense is when the uncle gets put into the showers and never came back and when the son almost went to the showers but he didn't go and finally when the father dies and the son doesn't realize it.
In the movie it shows how Life is Beutiful because no matter what the cause is, trying your hardest to keep someone alive without them knowing is beutiful not just for you but the person. It also shows life is Beutiful because there is always happiness even if it's the wrong time.
Friday, March 31, 2017
3rd quarter blog
The Biggest improvement I made in the 3rd quarter is using TIQA more often because now that I use it most of the times, it starts to get more helpful and easy. Although I do struggle with it sometimes I still think I’ve made an improvement on it.
Something that i’m proud that I accomplished is passing a retake in Math because most of the time I fail a retake and can't do anything else. But when I passed 2 of my retakes I was very surprised and a bit happy that I did pass. If i were to not pass it I would’ve been stuck with a 2 or a 1 in my grades.
Something that was challenging was to study on multiple subjects. This was very challenging because I didn’t know what I should study first and felt like everything was important and had to study all of them at their same time. I’m starting to solve this by studying one thing and another the next day
Something that i’m proud that I accomplished is passing a retake in Math because most of the time I fail a retake and can't do anything else. But when I passed 2 of my retakes I was very surprised and a bit happy that I did pass. If i were to not pass it I would’ve been stuck with a 2 or a 1 in my grades.
Something that was challenging was to study on multiple subjects. This was very challenging because I didn’t know what I should study first and felt like everything was important and had to study all of them at their same time. I’m starting to solve this by studying one thing and another the next day
Monday, March 13, 2017
Night blog
Throughout the story I see a lot of changes that Elie faces. In the beginning of the book, Elie was very pious about his religion as in the beginning of the book, there are many different quotes that show how pious he is about his religion. "why do you weep when you pray?' He asked me, has though he known me a long time." (2) This shows that whenever he prays he shows a lot of emotion showing how serious he is when he prays. Elie is also a very clam person in the beginning of the book and wanted to be ahead on his religion
Elie starts to change when he arrived at Auschwitz as in the book it says "Never shall I forget that nocturnal silence which depreiced me for all eternity" (32) he is basically saying that his god is silent and every prayer he made was nothing. Not only that but his behavior is starting to change after he realized his god is silent and also claiming that his soul has been destroyed. Elie is nbow only focusing on surviving and getting out alive. This is a huge change because in the beginning of the book Elie was calm and pious but now he is thinking that his religion is nothing but a silent lie and says surviving is his only chance.
Finally the biggest change is when Elie found out his father died and this is huge because he felt freedom when he was taken away and he had no prayers and didn't weep. This is huge because after all this time of taking care of his father, he did it like he was forced to but now that he was taken he seeked freedom and the need to do anything without any worries.
Elie starts to change when he arrived at Auschwitz as in the book it says "Never shall I forget that nocturnal silence which depreiced me for all eternity" (32) he is basically saying that his god is silent and every prayer he made was nothing. Not only that but his behavior is starting to change after he realized his god is silent and also claiming that his soul has been destroyed. Elie is nbow only focusing on surviving and getting out alive. This is a huge change because in the beginning of the book Elie was calm and pious but now he is thinking that his religion is nothing but a silent lie and says surviving is his only chance.
Finally the biggest change is when Elie found out his father died and this is huge because he felt freedom when he was taken away and he had no prayers and didn't weep. This is huge because after all this time of taking care of his father, he did it like he was forced to but now that he was taken he seeked freedom and the need to do anything without any worries.
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Butterfly Project
At Terezin
"When a new child comes
"When a new child comes
Everything seems strange to him.
What on the ground I have to lie?
Eat black potatoes? No! Not I!
I've got to stay? It's dirty here!
The floor-why look, it's dirt, I fear!
And I'm supposed to sleep on it?
I'll get all dirty!
Here the sound of shouting, cries,
And oh, so many flies.
Everyone knows flies carry disease.
Oooh, something bit me! Wasn't that a bedbug?
Here in Terezin, life is hell
Thursday, February 9, 2017
Berlin Memorial Activity
The things that I have learned during the holocaust subject was that the jews were the ones who were most treated wrong. When Hitler came into power ,his first plan was to get rid of the jews but part of it has been stopped during the 1936 olympics in Berlin. He had to remove anti jewish items so German won’t look bad. Shortly after that Hitler started to make new laws and remove jewish rights.
The thing that I noticed about the laws in the past years were that the Jews were the only ones receiving restrictions and rules. Some years had short changed while some of the years had really big chances that took nearly every single one of their rights. Some laws affects their lifestyle and some laws can affect their emotions deeply.
The laws that I would have trouble the most would be No pets, No music, and no jobs and education. The pets would affect me because if I had a pet that I cared for months and it gets taken away from me like that, I would be really depressed. Music can sometimes feel relaxing but without music, the place just feels dead and uncomfortable. The no education and jobs can also be a huge problem because no one would be able to have money to afford clothes, food, shelter, and other things that require a lot of money.
Sunday, January 22, 2017
Quarter 2 Reflection
We did many things over the 2nd quarter and now that it's about to end i'm going to write a reflection about the 2nd quarter. During the second we read a lot of books and one of my favorite books is Maus By Art Spiegelman. Maus is about Art's father experiences during the holocaust, talking about the many people who were involved and the horrors that takes place. So far I wrote 2 blogs talking about the book, one being the first one of the series and the other is the 2nd part of the series. I like this book. Because it is a very interesting tale when you read about the people who were involved and how detailed it was described by the images shown. Although is has a bit of graphic scenes, I recommend getting it if you are interested on reading about the Holocaust.
Now to talk about my biggest improvements and so far my biggest improvement is starting to understand more about annotations. In the beginning of annotations I was struggling a bit, by now I'm starting to get used to it and i'm actually proud of it because accomplishing something that I didn't understand before is a huge deal for me. Annotating could help me understand the article more and also answer my questions that I've been wondering about the article.
The most challenging part of 2nd quarter is me keeping track on the things that I need to finish. Sometimes I forget to work on homework and write important stuff down during class. I can overcome this by reminding myself to turn in unfinished work or to finish work that needs to be done and turned in. Quarter 2 was very challenging for me and hopefully it's less challenging in quarter 3 and 4.
Friday, January 13, 2017
Book Talk: Maus II: and here my trouble began
The book that I'm currently reading is called Maus II: and here my trouble began by Art Spiegleman which is realistic fiction and is the second book in the series. In the first book it is about a jewish father named Vladek Speigleman who is sharing his stories in Auschwitz to his son who is writing a book about the experience his father had during the holocaust. The second book talks more about his experience but it is more dramatic than the last book. The mood of this book is a combination between shocking and sad because the book talks about some of the deaths and horrible experience to others who struggled in the holocaust. As of now I only read 75 pages of the book so the ending is sti a mystery for me.
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