Culture

The region I have enjoyed the most this year is Sub-Saharn Africa. The reason I like this region the best because its a part of the world that holds a significant portion of the worlds population and there is not much known about it. I have always wanted to go there and explore the wildlife and the unique cultures that thrive there. I have always thought that the savannas of the world, no matter where they are, are one of gods true natural wonders. The ones in Africa are among the largest and the most covered in exotic wildlife. Probably one of my favorite things about the cultures in Africa is the beliefs of the individual tribes. The history of the tribal beliefs and what they mean has always been amazing to me. The heritage and the history has always been astounding to me. The faith and trust they put into their history and elders is above that of an average persons faith. I guess why Im truly amazed about this is that its so different from the religons that I get to come in contact with on a daily basis. I also like learning about the markings that are used for different ceromonies.

Last 2 weeks have been some what exciting because they have included the much a waited for spring break. I got to go to the beach with a good friend of mine for 3 days and while we were there we saw alot of people we knew in the process. I unfortunatly I have had quite the amount of homework. I have a major geometry test coming up so any one whos looking to teach a stupid person geometry give me a call!!!

Romeo and Juliet

I think its better to fall into love than to learn to love because its better to have a personal relationship with love than to try and force yourself to. When Juliets father told Paris he needed to wait before he married Juliet because she was to young it made it seem as though the he cared about Juliets well being, but when he tells Juliet to marry Paris when she has expressed that she doesnt like him at all. We can see that he doesnt care about her wishes, so then Juliet takes her life in stead of trying to learn to love some stranger. The reason I think that she took her life is because she loved Romeo because she fell in love with him, instead of being forced. Love is about the personal conection you have with one individual that you dont have with any one else, thats what makes it special. When you get to chose who you fall in love with it makes it more special. The act of being forced to love is very different than falling in love. In this case I think that Juliet chose the right way to handel the situation.


The last 2 weeks have been mostly like the others...soccer practice and games as well as basketball and diving, intermixed with church youth group and community services activities. I had tryouts for the wildcats the selcet basketball team I played for last year and that went really well. I think I got a spot on their varsity team, but Im still waiting to hear.

Free Topic

Well I dont really have anything to talk about so i guess i'll just talk about the olympics. These past couple of days and days to come the worlds best winter athletes will be competing in Vancouver. I really enjoy watching the olypics and watching the athletes give it there all. One of my favorite parts is the opening ceromony! Its always been interesting to me to see all the different countries march in and who is carrying there flag. If I was ever in the olypics, I'm trying for a spot on the 2016 US soccer team, I would love to be the flag carrier. To me it represents the most respectable person in the group and one that is widely looked up at. One of my other favorite things is when athletes break world records. Thats always been really cool to watch! Although the winter olypics is exciting I would much rather watch the summer games. I myself is a very big fan of hot weather and the summer time. I also enjoy watching those sports more because I compete in most of them, so watching someone break a record in the summer games means alot more to me.

These last few weeks have been rough. I've had some really hard test and a rough time with my asthma. Last Monday I had a major attack so I've been trying to recover from that as well as trying to keep from failing geometry. Any of you who are in algerbra right now if you get stuck with Mrs. Girardot get out of her class IMMEDIATLY!!