Free Write: Keystone, Colorado

     During the Mardi Gras holiday my family and I all went to ski in Keystone, Colorado. We all had a blast. My parents used to live in Denver, Colorado for 10 years, and that is where my older sister was born. It was really interesting because on Wednesday we all visited my parents house they used to live in, also we got to see their apartment before they moved into the Highlands Ranch house. My sister and I got to learn so much about our parents history before we were even born. 
   Then in the afternoon of Wednesday we drove up to Keystone, and my sister, my day, and I all went night skiing it was really cold, and i could not even feel my hands! The next day was even worse the weather was wet and icy, so my mom, and I came back to the cabin and sat by the fire, and read, and took and nap. Then on Friday and Saturday the weather was amazing it was really sunny, and no clouds were in sight. We skied all day, and ate up on the mountain. On Saturday it was really windy, and they had to shut down the gondolas. The gondolas shut down whenever the winds are 30 mph or above. At the top of the mountain the wind was blowing around 60 mph. I really wish i could have stayed longer, and i cannot wait to go back next year. 

Nervous Conditions

    Nervous Conditions was captivating during chapters 6 and 7. The reason why is, in chapter 6 you go into Nyasha rebellion a little more. As Babamakuru would say Nyasha is not becoming a normal african women, but that she is considered a "whore". My personal opinion is, I was sort of disturb that a father would say those things about his daughter, and he hit her across the face, and say that she wanted her dead. The thing is we would not know if that was the usual in third world countries, the reason for that is we live in a first world country. 
   In chapter 7 we were introduced to two new characters Lucia, and Takesure. Whenever a woman marries a man in africa the women is inducted as i would say into the mans family. In this situation Lucia has stayed with her original family. Babamakuru thinks if they stay it will curse the family. As the chapter goes on Takesure says that Lucia needs to be outsmarted and she is a witch. It is interesting because Takesure has en-pregnanted Lucia. Also, another huge thing is pointed out is Tambu's mother treats Maiguru with complete disrespect, and she hates her for "killing" Nhamo. 


Tuesday- 60 minutes-Nervous Conditions
Friday- 30 minutes- Nervous Conditions
Saturday-50 minutes- Nervous Conditions
Sunday- 15 minutes- Nervous Conditions
Total=155 minutes

Nervous Conditions 2/Global Issues Paper

     This week i have been reading Nervous Conditions none stop. So far the book has been getting more interesting. At first the beginning was a little boring to read, but as the chapters progressed it got more interesting. We finally figured out how the brother died, but it was interesting how he died. The author told you that he had a pain in his neck but no one knew how he died they all thought he had mumps but that did not seem to be the case. That means Tambu has a chance to go to school at the Mission, and stay with Babamakuru. 
     Also throughout the week i have been working on my Global Issues paper which has not been taking up to much time. For today i will be working on all of the corrections that i was given on Turnitin.com from my peers. I am really glad this paper is going to be done on Tuesday. This paper has gone more smoothly than some of my other papers that we have done this year. 


Reading Log:
Tuesday(7)-90 minutes Nervous Conditions
Thursday(9)-90 minutes Nervous Conditions

Free Write: The Thief

       As you all must know by now is there is a thief around Episcopal High School. This happened not to long ago whenever i was in the sixth grade. It is pretty upsetting to some people because i know someone in my grade that gotten a $100 bill stolen out of her wallet just the other day. The most common places that the money has been stolen from has been the VPAC dressing room during 7th block, and the girls P.E. locker room. 
      Now from what i have heard from the dean of students, someones iPhone has gone missing as well. A personal experience that happened not to long ago, money was stolen out of my book-bag also. It was seven dollars i was happy that i did not have anymore on me, because it would have been really upsetting to come home and find that $20 has been stolen from me. Now i have learned my lesson on not carrying money with me during school hours, because you never know who will take your money. 

Third Quarter

      Third Quarter has been putting a lot of stress on everyone. I feel like third quarter is going to be the hardest because we are half way done with school, and the teachers know that we know what we are doing now. For example when we came back from break i thought we were just going to take it easy on the first day back, well i guessed wrong. I had a ton of homework whenever i got home! I thought it was a mistake. But now i have come to terms with it. I know how to manage my time better than ever. Also, I feel like i am able to do work to the best of my ability. 
     Now that it is third quarter i actually feel like a real high schooler. In the beginning i always felt like i was not suppose to be in high school, and i still felt like a middle schooler. Now i feel like i am a freshman. One reason is because we are doing our schedules for nest year! I cannot believe that time has already come. It just went by in a blink of an eye. 

Global Issues & Nervous Conditions

      This week i have kept on researching my Global Issue problem, which is Sexual Abuse in Thailand. It has been an eye opener these past weeks researching this topic. Is scary to think they anyone could kidnap you for sexual abuse. The ones that are closest to you are the cause for this terrible fate. It is also very sad because some women welcome this because they want to leave their lives of poverty and sorrow. So far the paper is coming along easier than i though it would. I am over half way done, and all of sources are blending wonderfully together. I cannot wait for you to read the outcome of my draft. 
     Nervous Conditions has been interesting so far. The first chapter was like a "butterfly in a hurricane" as we have said. Nothing really made sense they only thing that made sense to me was Zambu the narrator disliked her brother very much, and she was happy whenever her brother died. I did not understand why her brother could go to school, but she could not? It seemed like the brother did something terrible, and that is why he was taken away to go to school. I hope next week i will be able to get a better understanding of the book. 


Reading Log:
Thursday(2)-70 minutes of NC
Saturday(4)- 30 minutes Global Issues
Sunday(5)-120 minutes Global Issues