Week 21

     So the greatest thing just happened. I typed out this entire blog and then accidentally hit the undo button ON THE KEYBOARD. I didn't know there was an undo button on the keyboard? So forgive me if this blog is a bit short, I literally had two huge paragraphs and they disappeared and I've got other work to do so this is gonna be brisk sort of.

     Overall I learned alot this week from the chapels. I really like the theme of getting out of your box. I think it explains what MACAs main problem is. We need to learn to get out of our Christian circles and be open to spreading the gospel of Christ to unbelievers. I also learned this week to get out of my box. I ended up being part of the LAST pair to go to the ball pit. Originally I really resented the idea but after actually doing it my opinion changed. I was teamed up with Tori Bradley and actually I really enjoyed talking to her(: Overall I think the ball pit was a good idea. A stepping stone to getting us to be friends with people who aren't our best friends.

   

     Challenges faced this week would be giving my 20 time presentation. At first I thought it would be bland and boring but after giving it, it ended up not being that bad. The other challenge was the ball pit. I was kinda nervous at first, I don't like the element of surprise if you know what I mean. But as I mentioned earlier I ended up really enjoying it:) Another challenge was starting a new elective. I decided to do worship team this year instead of lit class and I'm really happy with my decision. I really enjoyed my first day with the worship team today;)

     Successes for this week would be giving a good 20 time presentation. I'm really happy with how my project turned out and really hoping it will make up for my rough midterm grade. The other success would be keeping strait As for one whole week :D! Yup that won't last long but I figure enjoy it as long as you can.

     My plans for the upcoming week are to work on some guitar chords for worship team that I don't have down to well just yet. I'm also planning to turn in some projects early for extra credit and try to keep the straight As for possible 2 more week but who know maybe not. 

     Overall I'm really happy with how my 20 time project for quarter 2 turned out. I feel like it was much better than my 20 time project from first quarter. Overall I haven't quite decided what I want my topic to be for quarter 4 but I have a few ideas.

 

     This verse is basically saying that God wants us to trust him. He wants us to remember that everything is under his control and that we need to have faith in what he allows to happen. I think it is important however not to take this verse out of context. God isn't specifically saying this verse to us, he saying it in a story in the bible. You should read the story and then apply the verse.

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     Overall I would have to say that my 20 time project this quarter was very smooth. I didn't feel like it was hard to make the presentation and my project was very solid:) It was a bit frustrating at first because I couldn't get any PLN but in the end I did get one person to respond. In all I like to this project better than my last one and I definitely had a lot of fun learning to play guitar. 

     What could I have done better? Hmmm honestly I can't think of much but I guess I probably could have tweeted 40 people instead of only 20 and maybe gotten a second response. I also could have included more of the history behind the guitar. I didn't include much of it but trust me the guitar has a long history.

     What could I have done better to help you? I would say maybe recommending other ways to get PLN or looking over our approaches and giving advice to what we could have done better. Otherwise I think we all did fine.

     Looking back I feel like I could have done a lot more PLN in December. I kinda did like nothing in December because of Christmas and everything but really I think I would have gotten more responses for PLN if I had continued to contact people not only through November but through December as well.

     As for potential topics for quarter 4 I would have to say maybe long boarding, the Bahamas (since I'm going there this summer) or something on 1920's gala decorations since I'm in charge of that this year.

     Having been through 20 time projects twice I intend to change my approach by actually keeping up and working on the project throughout the quarter. I also intend to get more PLN and maybe include more videos in my next presentation to make it more interesting.

     I used the guidelines on iste.nets by being creative with my projects and communicating with PLN through email and twitter. Also I used the Internet to research my topic and used critical thinking and decision making to craft my project into perfection. I also used digital citizenship when talking to PLN and lastly I have come to understand technology operations and concepts.

     Overall I feel like I greatly improved my 20 Time project in comparison to the one in did in Q1. I plan to improve the next one as well. 

Week 19

      So, midterms are coming up, this should be an interesting week... It's definitely going to be a hard one. Overall I'd have to say homecoming last week was amazing! It was kinda weird that we only had three spirit days instead of 5 but it was still a good week. Overall last week I learned how to finish projectS, it's was definitely a rough week since I had a book presentation on Monday and a paper due the next Monday. I also learned a lot about pedigrees and dominant/recessive traits in bio. And we have to do a project on eugenics for our midterm.

     Challenges faced would be putting our site together in computer. Me and my group are pretty much lost all the time, and our site looks pretty bad. Hopefully we can figure this out soon cause were still, well, lost. Another challenge I am going to face is all the midterms this week. Yay that's great, half days all around, but honestly I'd rather have a full day and skip the midterms all together. The last challenge I faced would have been all the projects I've had to turn in since last week and all the test/quizzes/and hw. I'm still forgetting to turn stuff in. I'm not used to teachers have stuff due literally on your weekend like sundAy night instead of Monday 8:15.

     Successes of this past week would be the small amount of progress my group has made on the site. It's still looks terrible but at least we've got something. Another success would be passing all the tests and quizzes I took last week! It's pretty rare that I didn't fail ANY of them. The last success would be my babysitting job this weekend, I earned alot of money that I needed😜

     My plans for the upcoming week are: studying, studying, and more studyinig! Were in for a thriller of a week! Other plans include going to a wedding this weekend for some random family member I've never met. Should be fun.

     My 20 time project is coming along pretty well. I still have a lot of work to do on it but I've got the general plan down for what I want to do. I'm definitely doing it in explain everything so I can include music clips but I'm not sure how I'm going to fit them into everything else.

     The verse this week is basically saying that if God is for us who can be against us? I think it's definitely important for people to remember that God is never against us, he just wants the best for us.

Week 18

      Wow it's hard to believe we're already on week 18?! I feel like I'm writing a journal or something...anyway last week was definitely my favorite week. Only one day of school! The weekend was a bit rough since I had a project and a test to study for but I survived. As for what I learned I don't remember much from that one day last week but this Monday I learned quite a bit. I learned that have an english paper due Friday morning that I haven't started. I learned about what Abe Lincoln did the few hours before he was killed. And I learned about pedigrees in bio. My team computers is working hard. We've picked out t shirts for our shop and started designing what we want the site to look like. 

     Challenges face would be keeping up with all the hw. I keep forgetting stuff and then getting a renweb 'oh look another thing I forgot!'. It's frustrating. Another challenge is my PLN so far I only have one who answered me back out of the twenty people I tweeted so I'm kinda frustrated. 

     Successes would be my team getting progress on our site. We have alot of cool ideas so I'm excited to see what the final thing is gonna look like. Another success is my English project, I got the timing spot on! Which is pretty rare for me

     My plans for the upcoming week are to get more PLN and continue to work with my team to make our website more amazing than 50 SOC😜

    The bible verse this week basically says that we need to follow Gods example..we need to live in truth, not be greedy or selfish and learn to love others as our self. I definitely need to work on living out this verse.

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     Literally all I have thought about this week is break... Only 4 days! Ahhh it can't come soon enough.

Anyways, last week was pretty good. The snow days helped a lot since I had a bunch a make up work to do so I was really happy about that. But during the school days I learned computer coding is harder than it looks and the Great Gatsby has multiple meanings... every word Fitzgerald uses has a 'deeper meaning' so its taken us awhile but English honors has finally 'finished' the Great Gatsby even though we really were done reading Monday night.

     Challenges this week would be getting all my projects done, I've spent several late nights trying to get them done. Another challenge would be the coding in computer, it kinda hard to follow since I'm not good at typing but I think I'm catching on. The last challenge would be putting up my Christmas lights this weekend....it was cold, I put them all up and THEN realized I did it wrong and had to take them all down, it was rough...

     Successes would be finishing my projects on time and getting good grades in math, also finally getting the house decorated...our tree isn't up yet but well get there;)

     My plans for this week our to finish all the projects and assignments due before break. Also I'm planning to do some Christmas shopping since I have like no presents for my family. Lastly I'm planning to help out at the bake sale today and Wednesday to help raise funds for gala😜

     20 time is going pretty good. I've been practicing the guitar every other day throughout the week but I still need to do some research and make the PowerPoint. I'm a bit behind but I'm planning to get a lot done today and Thursday in computer class. 

     This verse is basically saying that we shouldn't do anything selfishly, we should be serving for the glory of God not ourselves. 

Week 15

Well it's been a weird two weeks.... out of those two weeks so far Ive only had one day of school!

Yes I know your thinking what? But first there was thanksgiving break, then I got sick and was absent mon, tues and wednes, and I had a field trip on Friday so the only day I actually went to school was Thursday! I still feel like I went to school that entire time...I've spent my entire weekend and snow day doing hw, plus I just discovered I have all this other hw due tomorrow... I don't think the teachers are going to give us a break since they assigned it on Friday:P so much for my snow day. Overall I've learned a lot this past week, specifically that I dislike iPads because they don't give us a snow day, we still have to do our hw because we can turn it in online...

I don't have much of a week to summarize since I was absent but the field trip on Friday was awesome! We went to the Weinberg center and watched a bunch of poems and short stories acted out. I almost didn't get to go because my ride to school forgot to come and get me (cough* kara cough*) but my mom got a sub and came and got me, not even 5 minutes later we were riding in the bus about a minute after we had left school the door on the bus broke, mrs.pam had to sit at the front and hold it closed the whole trip there! It was an interesting day.

Challenges faced would be getting makeup hw done, it was rough, wait... it IS rough.....

Successes would be getting my internship paper turned in one time! It was exactly 4 seconds early! Sadly it was a few pages short but at least I got it in on time(;

My plans for the up coming week are to work really hard for 24 hours straight and try to get all this hw done so I can enjoy the snow day that we will most likely have tomorrow.

Progress on my 20 time lately hasn't been too good. Being absent and all has set me back a lot but ill catch up by next week, hopefully.

'that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ'. I lived out this verse this week by respecting God, i am always sincere during chapel and try to discern what he wants me to learn from the message. 

Week 14 blog

     So I know this blog is a little late, but that's what happens when your sick huh? Well its been an interesting week. So far I've been sick since Thursday but I'm almost certain I'm better now. I definitely didn't enjoy my thanksgiving break (being sick and all) but its still wasn't that bad. Since we didn't have much school I'm just gonna talk about thanksgiving break, some things I'm thankful for, 20 time, and the verse. 

     So me and my mom left right after school on Tuesday to drive to West Virginia where my grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins live. We had to leave early because there was going to be this huge snowstorm in West Virginia in the afternoon so if we had waited we would have gotten stuck in it. For the first night I stayed at my grandmas and then for three days I stayed at my cousins, then I spent the last night at my grandmas. Throughout the trip I did a lot of shopping with my cousin, my aunt, my mom, and my sister. We spent like an entire day in one store, it was crazy.... I also ended up going to my second cousin's bridal shower (who I had never met before). Anyway for thanksgiving we went to my Aunt Kathy and Uncle Mike's house. They used to have an indoor pool but they turned it into a huge living room where all the guys play football every thanksgiving. I didn't feel too well but I ate a bunch of food anyway. There were sooo many leftovers I don't know what they did with them all but there was entirely too much food this thanksgiving. For the rest of day we just hung out. My uncles watched the steelers and ravens game which they weren't too happy about... my family is the only that are ravens fans, everyone in WV likes the steelers. After that I played basketball and a couple of rounds of apples to apples with my cousins. Once we got everyone together we did a family photo shoot with everyone since my cousin is a photographer. After that all the girl cousins did a few cheerleading stunts. We also talked a lot about the the teen USA pageant at the Bahamas since we're all going (my cousin won missWVTeenUSA). Overall thanksgiving this year was a lot of fun. I'm thankful for my entire huge family, for all my friends, and for the Christian school I get to attend:)

     20 time this quarter is going so much better. I've gotten two responses and one person actually emailed me back with answered questions! YES! It's also kinda weird... ever since I started tweeting all these famous guitar players, all these random guitar players that I don't know have started following me, not sure if they want me to send them the questions or not? Ive also been keeping up with actually learning to play guitar. I know how to play three songs now and my calluses are tough so I think Im doing ok. Overall 20 time is going really well and so far I have stuck with my schedule of getting tasks done.  

     The verse for this week is Colossians 3:12-18. I lived out this verse this week by showing compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience towards all my family members at thanksgiving. This verse is extremely important for us Christians. Sometimes we forget what it means to be a Christian. I know I have several family members that aren't Christians. It's important that no matter what, we always portray compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.