the topic is weather

Wow! There is a lot of snow outside. Everyone is hoping for a snow day tomorrow. I really couldn't care less. Let's see, in school, we are learning about human rights, I think. We learned about people who are gay and how they are treated at schools, churches, at home and in the military. It's really sad but true. Well, we just had our choir concert. It was two of them in one day, so that was intense. The first concert was bad, but the second one was a lot better. I wish they had recorded that one instead. I am so glad that this is going to be the last week until winter break. I think we are going to New York to see that amazing big Christmas tree. That'll be fun. And in Chinese, we are learning about weather and transportation. And on Tuesday, we are going to talk to Chinese people about all of the snow. That would be good.

Yeah.

     Well, this week has gone by and I don't think much has changed. In English, we've talked about the Holocaust and other stuff like that. I think it's just another boring week. But I get to do some theatre stuff soon. The Holiday Marathon is coming soon and I can't wait until it comes back. Then there is Varsity Varieties after that and then the Spring Musical. Oh well, until then, I guess. I can't wait for Christmas break to come so I can do nothing and nothing and.......... nothing. Ok, my mind is a complete blank right now. Let me think of something else. In speech, we are working on our final speech and I think I can actually get somewhat of a good grade on this. Because it is going to be something that I actually know about. It's going to be about the best book series ever. Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. I don't think that there is anything else to say. By the way, this might have been the longest blog I have ever done. I put too much thinking and too much blanking out into this blog. Right........ see ya!

Black History Paragraphs

     Well, the first question says "Using specific names an places, briefly summarize the capters from Nightjohn in your own words." Let's see, it's all about a girl named Sarny who is just a little African girl in the south who is just trying to keep positive. And, soon, she meets a man who everyone calls Nightjohn. The first night he was there, he was trying to trade for tobacco with "letters". Good thing that Sarny sad some and that is how she was starting to learn to read. Which is not allowed down south. Speaking of which, Nightjohn was actually from the south and had escaped to the north. There he had learned English and wanted to teach other people down south. So he came back. Then the rest of the story is all about how he teaches her the first three letters of the alphabet.
     Next, this question is "Using specific names and places, briefly summarize 'Mascot' in your own words." It's just a story about Malcom X and how his life was.  And's really how it's about how he was in high school and counts himself as the "Mascot" of the school because of how he is.
     And last is "Using specific details from the setting and story, compare ad contrast The Great Debaters to the two stories we read in class." Okay. So the setting is school just like the Mascot but up north unlike Nightjohn. There were many people who were black there just like Nightjohn and unlike Mascot where there were barely any. But they were all about segregation and racism and that is what we were trying to link all we learned together.

Week.Update

     Well just got back from a boring trip to Maryland to visit my aunt and uncle. It wasn't fun at all. Nothing interesing even happened. We were supposed to go to some cool national park but when we got there, we thought we weren't going to have enough fuel, so we just left. So most of the trip was in the car. Well, school update. Let's see, theatre is over so I've been drawn to a lot of Chinese stuff. There are Chinese tutorings and I go to help others with it. And maybe for my own benifit. We also did a lot of skyping. We get to talk to people all the way from China using the computer. I think it's a lot easier than talking to them on the phone and having no idea what they are saying. Well, in English, we are talkimg a lot about racism and prejudice. I have no idea what the moral of this whole this thing is. But I hope we find out tomorrow. We watch a lot of movie in class and I am not complaining one bit. The speeches in Speech class are getting harder and harder. I have no idea if I'll even pas that class. Let's hope I do. In choir, we are sining with eigth graders for a small concert. Positive; we get to sing with some yunger kids and se what they're made of. Negative; one of them is my brother. I think I need to start studying because my grades are never that good when it comes to them. I don't know if it's because I'm under pressure or I don't get it. I just need to do something about it and studying is a good start. That's the weekly update.

Theatre

Theatre is over! That makes me sad. It was the only thing keeping me going everyday since the beginning of the year. I hope I can do crew for the other theatre stuff like Holiday Marathon, Varsity Varieties, and The Thoroughly Modern Milly. If not, then I'll just go to school and home like I have nothing to live for. I'm not in any clubs and I'm not planning to really. So, in English, we finally finished the book 12 Angry Men and saw the movie. I'd say it was better than the Mockingbird movie, that's for sure. The fall play was closer to the book than that. What I want to know is what did everyone think about the play? How did it affect you when you saw it? And do you think the play was better or the movie?

Play Week!

Well, last week we were preparing for the fall play. Our first showcase is this Wednesday for all of the sophmores. Also, in English, we are finishing up the play, the twelve angry men or something. Well, I am so psyched that we are finally almost finished with all of the product stuff. Now it is finally presentable for the whole school and anyone else who's watching! I'm so glad that we I'm in theatre. It is the only thing I've stuck to all of high school so far. What I found out is that this is a "Mockingbird" year. It's weird because there is a "To Kill a Mockingbird" the play, book, and movie. There is also a Rob Thomas song called Mockingbird. It's all too weird. I think I should keep up with this year and do a "Mockingbird" related poem. Since that is the only thing I'm good at. All I've got is the title so far and I'm planning to finish it before the end of either this week or this month. Either way, I'm making one. I hope it can be as good as all of my other ones. I'm trying to get back into the poetry mojo again. Wish me luck!

Boring.

These blogs are so boring. Does he ever actually look at these posts? I've been talking smack about him and I don't think he's even realized it yet (kidding). Well, we're finally done with the book. That didn't take as long as I thought. Either way, that just means that we're getting closer to the fall play. It's going to be cool doing the play of a book I just read. Well they did plan this if you didn't know. It's the 50th anniversary of the book and the whole school is celebrating it. I just realized today that I practically live at school. I'm there longer than I usually am at home. Even on the weekend. It's all because of school, of course, and theatre stuff. I'm not complaining or anything but I'm there from 7:30 to 5:00. And on Saturdays are from 10:00 to 6:00. Sundays have something different for me every time but there is always something happening on that day. Speaking of English (not really), I am finally writing poems again. No one knows this but I have been writing poems but had a block for a while. Now I wrote a new one and I'm gonna post it up right after this blog. The site is <poemhunter.com>. Put in Michael Chau in the Search for: section and you get one poet. That is me and you'll find all six of my poems. I know it's small, but I don't get inspired so easily, SORRY!