So we currently wrapped the fifth week of school. Field Trip: Balboa Park "The Hall of Champions" We had our first field trip of the year. Our team headed over to Balboa Park's museum "The Hall of Champions". It featured athletes that have made it to the hall of fame and featured San Diegans that have made it into Sports history. We had a sheet and we wrote down things we noticed about 5 different exhibits in the museum. I personally thought that some of the exhibits were really interesting and well showcased, but there were a handful of areas that were very dark, had too much information, and just weren't appealing to the public. We took away these things to bring to our future exhibition, months away from now. We thought off new ideas in class on the next day, stating pros and cons. Sports Inspirational Speech: Ethos Pathos Logos The challenge this week was to write an inspirational speech. We studied a lot about other inspirational speeches, watched videos of people, identified what they said, and related it to Ethos, Pathos, and Logos. We watched the famous Martin Luther King "I have a dream" speech. We really broke down his speech into the three categories.
Libertarian Chapter: Sports before the 21st Century We had a chapter on Libertarian beliefs. It was to be annotated and read for the 3rd socratic seminar we were going to have. 3rd Socratic Seminar: Here is my reflection and reading log for the Socratic Seminar this week Difficulties this week:
I had a hard time finishing the weekly assignment from last week due to the hw for this week. I will work hard to finish the weekly challenge assignments in the upcoming weeks. Successes this Week: This week the work load wasn't that heavy compared to the past weeks. I was able to attend to all my priorities inside and outside of school very well. I am glad that this week wasn't too much from each class. Some Goals for next one:
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We currently wrapped the first MONTH of school. (woo!) Second Socratic Seminar: Utilitarianism/Morals We had another reading this week, (Chapter 2 of Sports before the 21st Century) The article was very interesting for me, and so I thought I participated well in the Socratic sem. Here is the Seminar reflection and the log 3rd Chapter: Sports before the 21st Century We were given the 3rd chapter of Sports before the 21st Century. It was focused on sports and athletes in the 1920's and how much their roles in society have changed from then until now. We were told to write a reflection on this topic and were asked to answer a question, "How do contemporary athletes compare as role models to athletes in the 1920's?" Difficulties this Week: I feel that again this week, there was a lot of workload. It's beginning to get harder to manage. I find myself unable to do anything else besides homework. And takes away from my outside curricular activities. I find that I don't have any free time whatsoever and I find myself sleeping later and later. I am trying to be flexible with my schedule, and I am trying to overcome this difficulty. I am putting homework as my first priority, and I am making sure to put my best into everything we do. Even though it affects the other things I do and affects my sleeping schedule and such, I think school is really important. Successes this Week: Due to the amount of time I put on these assignments. I feel proud of the work I have done and submitted. I have done my best and I have worked hard on my writing skills. We currently wrapped up the third week of school. This week we finished up the sports magazine cover assignment. Along with that we were given new readings. First Socratic Seminar: Aristotle Who Deserves What? One of the new readings we were given was Aristotle's "Who Deserves what?". With this article, we participated in a Socratic seminar. Overall I am proud of how I did in the socratic seminar. I was able to say my significant points and opinions during the seminar and I was able to bring other resources to relate to the text. But I still think I can improve a lot more on the next Socratic seminar. I could have been more prepared, I should've written down more in my prep sheet and should have organized my thoughts better. I feel like I should not be afraid to ask questions during the seminar, I find that I am sometimes hesitant about asking for clarification on things and such. Next seminar I will try hard to be more prepared and outspoken. 2nd Chapter of Sports before the 21st Century This week we read the second chapter of "Sports before the 21st Century". Along with the text we had to write reflection on it. What was difficult about this assignment was that we were given only one day to read it and write a reflection on it. It took me while to gather up my thoughts on the text so writing the reflection was difficult. I was able to turn it in. The reflection is yet to be graded. Peer Collaboration:
I thought I collaborate well with peers. When it came to the magazine photoshop work, a lot of people needed assistance on photoshop. I was really glad to be able to help a lot of people on photoshop. I was able to help people that were outside of my table and I am happy to know that I was able to help people with their project. Difficulties/Success this Week: Again there was a point in time where I had a hard time finishing so much homework. Each class gave numerous assignments, so it made it hard to keep up with everything. But I am getting better at managing my time because of this. Personal Goals for Next week:
Already on the second week, it feels like I have been here for weeks. I have transitioned well into tenth grade and I am adapting well to the new expectations and such. So far, I enjoyed all the small activities and assignments that we have done in the past two weeks. They introduced me to the new system of being sophomore and have definitely made me more comfortable with people around me. Roles that Sports play before the 21st Century: We were given an article to read last week called "Roles that Sports played before the 21st century". After reading it and annotating it, we were to write a reflection on what we noticed and saw in the 1st chapter. I got a 19/20 on this reflection. I am proud of the work I did, for I feel that I really grasped the main idea and really shared my opinions as well as connected to the text. I am happy with my score of 19 and I hope that I can continue to get scores like this in future reflection assignment.s. Sports Magazine Cover: We were told to create a sports magazine featuring ourselves and our favorite sport. We were to use photoshop to create a magazine image that represents us and our sport. The sport I chose was figure skating because it's been with me all my life and I enjoy it so much. I put current events that happened and a picture of me and a trophy. Difficulties: For this week One of the difficulties I had was with the amount of homework. It isn't just the homework from this one class but it comes from all three classes. There was one point in the week where I had homework from each class due all in one day. It was a little stressful but at the same time I knew it was just going to help me to get use to the amount of work jobs or colleges give and require. It was hard managing my time between outside curricular activities and homework but I was able to work hard and pull through. I know I will experience this difficulty again, but it will just help me to be more responsible and will help me sort out my priorities. Success: I am proud of the work I did. I really worked hard for each of these assignments and I was happy to know that I was able to work through a difficulty I had. I will continue to work hard for upcoming assignments and I will do my best to put all my effort in the things I do in class. |
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