Day 13

30th of March 2009

Today was an O.K. day. It was a little slow. I found a good book but my friend really wanted to use it more than me so I gave it to her for the beginning of the lesson if she gave it to me at the end half. But that did not happen. NO. She took the book the whole lesson. Unfortunately, I only got two note cards done by the end of the lesson. I decided to come in at break, remembering what I wrote on the 26th of March 2009. After the lesson directly, we had lunch. So my friend and I stayed and worked o our note cards for twenty minutes. So, all in all, today I had five note cards done and I was really proud of myself.

Day 12

29th of March 2009

Today in Humanities, was a really busy day. Before we even got to take our books, Mr. Sparks and Mrs. Fletcher called us and told us that we all had to update our bloggers and we all had to finish updating quick because Mr. Sparks would be checking them sometime early this week. That took us a lot of time because some people were chatting behind us and we couldn't get them to shut up. After Mr. Sparks and Mrs. Fletcher told us to update our bloggers, we all went and took our normal books or find new/other books. Mrs. Korbatit's class were also there and we didn't have the time from the beginning of the lesson to take the useful books out so now, only two good books about Ancient Egypt were left and unsurprisingly, someone from our class took them before I did. Today was a really rough day. I did not even start ONE note card because there were no good books left. My friend offered me her book before the end of the lesson and when I just wanted to write the first word, Mrs. Fletcher and Mr. Sparks called us. Again. This time, a lot of people wanted to know their term two grade and we did not want to miss out on this so we had to come.  Luckily, I got a six and that left me happy the whole day. Unluckily, the class ended. I hope tomorrow will be a MUCH better day than today.

Day 11

26th of March 2009

Today was a very bad ay but not as bad as that bad day when that girl from Mrs. Korbatit's class took all of those useful books. Today was just another busy, loud, and crowded Thursday. I only got half a note card done and that was by chance. I tried to work better today but unfortunately,too many people were talking and playing AND laughing. From that lesson, I decided that I was lying to myself in the Journal and in my head. For I have said MANY times before that I would be working harder or coming in breaks to get some work done. And I haven't done any. So from now on, I am going to work harder every day not only in lessons, but in breaks, lunches and also after and before school.

Day 10

24th of March 2009

I worked very hard today! I did like three back to back note cards of really good information. I also found new useful books. " Ancient Egyptians " by Rupert Matthews and also, " Ancient Egyptian Art" by Susie Hodge. Ancient Egyptian Art was really good because I found information about both art and government and law with religion. I think I worked really hard today and I want to keep up the good effort and work for Thursday.

Day 9

23rd of March 2009

Mrs. Korbatit's class weren't in the library today, which was a relief because of the variety of books I can choose from and get my notes of. Unfortunately, even though I had a variety of books to choose from, the library was packed .  And because we were late to Humanities ( because my friend and I helped the teacher bring in the P.E. equipment from the VCU field ) , we were forced to sit next to girls who wouldn't shut their mouths. They were talking and talking and talking throughout the whole period. I had barley one note card done when the whole class started a big argument on how many blog posts we should have done, which eventually made us miss like twenty minutes of the lesson. After that, Mr. Sparks and Mrs. Fletcher were telling us some things about the blog and about approximately how much note cards we should have done by now and finally, the lesson ended. My friend and I decided to work our best in the up coming periods and even use some time during breaks and lunches. 

Day 8

22nd of March 2009

Today, nothing big happened other than that at the beginning of the lesson, I had a few words with Mr. Sparks. I wrote three notecards, talked to nobody, and used some of the useful books that the girl, form Mrs.Korbatit's class, had finished from. I was hoping to get more done but I really don't think that it's the quantity that matters, but the quality and my note cards quality were pretty good. This lesson I mostly focused on getting notes on Government and Law because I had very few of Government and Law note cards. I think I achieved that. Today was a simple, and normal, lesson and I hope all my lessons are like this one where I would work, work and WORK.

Day 7

19th of March 2009

The girl was at the library again! and she didn't change AT ALL!  She still has all the useful books. I even think that she is doing the same three characteristics that I'm doing because all the books that I used, she did too. But instead of waiting on the books that the girl had, I tried to do something useful, unlike yesterday. Today, I actually looked deeper for other books and to my great surprise, I did find some which had bits of good information. By the end of the lesson, today I got two notecards filled out and found some new books I used. I think I improved a lot from yesterdays lesson.

Day 6

17th of March 2009

Today was a DISASTER ! I haven't found any of the books that I thought were useful yesterday, or any good, descent and New book. I only filled out half a note card. On of the girls in Mrs. Korbatit's class had six, really amazing and good, Ancient Egyptian books. Whenever I went over to ask her if I could borrow any book ( which I did over a million times ) , she would say " I am using them, all SIX OF THEM ! " Today was a very bad day ! I didn't get much accomplished by the lack of co-operation and friendliness  from "some" people. ( That girl from Mrs.Korbatit's class). By the way, I have used many hyperboles in this paragraph. :) I hope next lesson will be better than the one today.

Day 5

16th of March 2009

Today it was a lot less crowded because of the fact that Mrs. Korbatit's class weren't at the library. I had more variety of books I could choose and more quiet. Today, I sat with people who worked hard, were quiet, and usually got good grades. I found it much more easier to work than yesterday and I actually got three notecards filled out. Two of the note cards were only about Religion. Religion was the most characteristic I have found in the books about Ancient Egypt, other than Art And Architecture that is. I could not find ANY books about Government and Law in Ancient Egypt and it seemed that it did not exist at that time since I cannot find any book about Government and Law, Government , and LAW ! At the end,  I had a very good and useful Humanities lesson today.

Day 4

15th of March 2009

Last Humanities lesson, we were at the Multi Media Labs. There, we were supposed to do another blog on our real actual blog. It was confusing at first but I got the ides. After we had make the other blog, we were supposed to hyperlink it into our wiki-spaces. So instead of opening our blogs to see our journal, you can just open our wiki-spaces. Today, we went to the library to start getting research about our Early Civilization. Mrs. Korbatit's class were also in the library working on the Early Civilization project, so it was really hard on getting a good book on Ancient Egypt because a lot of people were doing it. I think today I did a good job, even with all the distraction for the other people. Next time, I would like to sit next to people who would work instead of chat.

Day 3

9th of March 2009

Finally! Mr. Sparks came back! Today we stayed in class and created out Process Journal that Mr. Sparks gave us. In the Process Journal, we had to put in six little "sticky paper" that would hold our notecards later on(I guess). Each little sticky paper had a title. On the first sticky paper, we had to write Introduction. On the second sticky paper, we all had to write the first characteristic that we choose which mine was Government and Law. On the third sticky paper, we had to write our second characteristic, which mine was Art and Architecture. On the fourth sticky paper, we had to write our final characteristic, which mine was Religion. On the fifth sticky paper, we all had to write Conclusion. Finally, on the last sticky paper, we had to write Bibliography. For each characteristic, we had to write three questions we wrote on Thursday on the pocket. Today was a really easy, straight forward lesson for me and I think I did really well.

Day 2

8th of March 2009

Today, Mrs. Fletcher took us to the library. In the library, the librarian taught us on how to do a bibliography, using "easy-bib". The librarian even let some people demonstrate the steps. After that, we choose a book about any Ancient Civilization and read it. I choose a book on Ancient Egypt, because I think that religion, art and architecture, and Government and Law all have to do with Egypt. In the beginning of the lesson, I did not pay much attention to the librarian which will not help me in the future. I think I could have improved this lesson by behaving more maturely in the beginning of the lesson and not have talked in the beginning.

Day 1

5th of March 2009

First lesson on Monday, I was in the Under 13 football tournament so to my disadvantage, I was not here. The next day, on Tuesday, I was in class and we were copying questions about Government And Law, Art and Architecture, and Social Class in our books. Although in the beginning, Mr. Sparks and Mrs. Fletcher were shouting at people because they didn't have their homework with them. Also, Mrs. Fletcher said that we always have to bring our homework planner with us to every class. For the last lesson of the week on Thursday, Mr. Sparks was absent, so Mrs. Fletcher and a substitute were teaching us. We were filling out the characteristics of civilization sheet. We could choose two of the three characteristics. They were : Government And Law, Art and Architecture, and Social Class. Also we had to choose one of the three other characteristics which were : Religion, Variety of Jobs, and Education. I choose Government And Law, Art and Architecture, and Religion. For every characteristic, we had to write eight questions but for Art and Architecture, I wrote nine questions.