I think a lot of many different topics were covered. Some of the topics weren't exactly on topic, and we covered a bunch of random different things other than what we were supposed to. I thought the topic of guns would be covered more, but it didn't actually get covered much until the very end when it came to making compromises and plans for everybody. I think the class generally preformed well, but I think it would've been a lot better if the class stayed on topic just a little bit more than we did. I think it would be fun to do more fishbowl discussions like this in the future, because it was actually fun and exciting to watch- even just being on the outside watching everyone. I think the group that did end up sharing their ideas the most was the promoters. I think they were the ones who really stayed on topic, and at least attempted to get a lot of their points across. I think that also showed when they made the best proposal at the very end of the discussion. I think the most interesting point that was made was how the colonists kept trying to push God upon the natives. I think it was historically accurate.
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The kitten had always loved to spend her time in the garden, rolling around in the green grass and hiding amongst the flora. She was a small creature, who always imagined herself to be a lot mightier than she actually was.
She was filled with wanderlust, wanting to explore every crack and crevice of the outside world, even beyond the small garden she was confined to. This garden, with itś neatly trimmed hedges and flowers so brightly colored it was almost unnatural, was the only sliver of the outside world the kitten was allowed to know. She had an entire house she could explore, but the kitten had always preferred the small garden. The fresh air was always a lot better than the stuffy air that came from the old victorian style home that the kitten was forced to call home. She couldn't fathom what was even beyond the gate that trapped her, or the reason as to why she couldn't go any further than her confinements allowed. What was so horrible? If the rest of the world was as peaceful and beautiful as the atmosphere around her now, surely there was nothing to fear. Today, the kitten was sitting near the ferns and roses, careful not to brush against the thorns. It was a lazy summer day, with a pleasant breeze that would send shivers up anyoneś spine. A red bird sat on top of the fence gate, avidly cawing down at the small creature. It almost sounded like laugher, the birdś caws and crows candid. This bird flew by everyday, always stopping to sit on top of the fence, never actually coming down into the garden to sit beside the kitten, or offer her some sort of friendship- or companionship at the very least. It never integrated itself with the kittenś small world down in the garden, and the bird didn't have any burning desire to anyways. I noticed a lot of the historical connections all of the items of the scavenger hunt had at least one thing in common. For example, a lot of the items (artifacts) had to do with culture and different customs that different places and countries had. There were different articles about hispanic culture, japanese culture, english culture ect. All of the artifacts made you think "How do these connect to our project? Why THESE objects, when there's a million other objects that are much more fun to look at?" I think the artifacts that were most interesting to me had to be some of the paintings. My group and I really liked looking at the art museum at Balboa, and it is definately something I would look into again. This scavenger hunt definately supported my group's claim about this project being about culture, and how different it is to everyone. Objects in the musuem were professionally curated. They were seperated by time period, different regions and cultures- with interactive learning stations scattered around every once and awhile. It was all very nice, neat, and beautiful! The puppet show was presented in a fun way, managing to catch the attention of everyone in the theater. It was actually pretty funny, and involved the audience a lot. I appriciated the way the puppeter told the story, making sure to engage the kids in the audience and making it a pleasant experience for everyone involved in the theater. I think a big element of storytelling is making whatever story you're telling, engaging to the reader/viewer/audience. No story is a good one if it doesn't make the audience think, laugh, cry; react in some way to the story you're telling.
My first impression of eleventh grade is that it is going to be a big step up from tenth grade. Already, iḿ doing a lot more than I did last year, and I really like the way that this year challenges my thinking. Iḿ looking forward to all of the humanities work and readings. Iḿ not so much looking forward to Spanish and Math, just because I don´t find either of them interesting to me, but I wouldn necessarily say iḿ nervous for it. I am really nervous for internship though, just because I want to find something that I really want to do and I dont want to be stuck with something I dont like. The first reading we did in class was really interesting to me. I liked the way it took history and compared it to modern things we do today. It was little bits of history, and little bits of things going on today. I really liked that! The last reading we just did, I did not find interesting. It was too much history, and it was too much at once. I found myself getting bored and getting off track, and it was hard to read because it wasnt something I was really interested in and it made me go terribly off track. I learn best by discussions in class, not by packets of reading (with small text) for homework that is just about history. Annotations drive me crazy sometimes if itś about giant packets of text about history that I dont really know much about. Maybe if we discussed and read the packets inside of class, and had to read a page of two outside of class, it would be a lot better for me. It makes more sense that way.
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