Grady's blog

 So I am a very talkative person. I usually don't stop talking. So one day I decided to talk the least amount I could. At first, everything was normal, but then people realized it wasn't just tired. People asked if I was okay, and I just said Yeah, I'm not talking much today. They all just said okay and moved on. But it gave me a sense of comfort knowing that they cared like that for me. Today in class, we worked on our hearts. I had to color mine in with color because I didn't have any at home. Today I learned how to take a tire off with a machine. 

 Personally, I feel like a metaphor I would use for my mind is a busy New York train station. I think this because I feel like I'm always busy thinking. I also think I hear so many different ideas in my head, kinda like how you hear so many voices at a train station. I think constantly I think. For example, if it's a test, instead of thinking of the right answer, I think of all the ones that could be wrong. In some cases, this tends to be helpful, but it makes the test feel a lot longer. Also, it makes me confuse myself because sometimes a question has multiple right answers. It would then make me have to compare and restart the whole process. Today in class, we read some of Dickinson's poetry. We analyzed it as a class and broke it down so we could understand how she was writing better. Today I learned how to do an oil change.

 I would love to go to Tomorrowland. It's an electric music festival with lots of attractions. I have seen numerous videos about it and have also discussed it with some of my friends. They would love to go with me. I love house music, and going there for the experience would be magical. To make this even better, the festival is usually in Europe, but I was already ready to buy the tickets with friends. Yet I have just received news that it is coming back to the United States. In May, it will make an appearance in California, and I have already communicated with some friends about going. Today in class, we broke down a poem together. I also started saying ribbit more, and since class, I haven't stopped. Today I learned that a dash is like a super comma, and you should give a big stop when you see one while reading.

 I will never fully understand quantum mechanics. Like litterly I can't understand it. It is so complicated that even the smartest minds in the world right now cant fully understand it. I have tried to watch YouTube videos about It and still cant undertsand it. Even in most movies they talk about how they will never full comprehend all of the different rules. I hope one day I can learn because I feel like it will evolve mankind so much more.  Today in class the students presented. We all sat quietly and paid attention.  I learned today how to long divide fractions.

 I wish I had more money. When I was younger, I used to be able to survive months with $100. Now, being a junior, that disappears in less than a couple of weeks. I know the older I get, the more and more I will need to spend. Therefore fore I will always wish for more money. I feel like if I had unlimited money, I could really do some good for the world and myself. I could also help people in need because I wouldn't need all the money.  Today in class, we submitted our origin myths. We also watched the lakeside daily news. Today I learned how to solve an absolute value equation with long division.

 

 I once created a really fun stick. It was the perfect height and just pointy enough so you could see where the front was. I sanded it down so no splinters would come out. I even painted it and showed it too all my friends, but they were not as impressed as me. My parents loved it though as well did my siblings. I used to fight over that stick because they were so jealous. The fighting made my parents mad and so my dad took the stick and turned it into a mop by screwing on a head to it. I have never been more sad in my life. I worked on my origin myth today in class for the majority. I also talked with friends about how thier day was. I learned today how to do a velocity equation in physics.

My biggest question is what is the government not telling us. Like I know how advanced we are but to the general public so much is hidden. Like I want to know what secret ships or weopens we have created that no one knows about. I want to see the advancements weve made and I want to see how far we have come. I also want to know if we have met aliens. I am a firm believer in that aliens are real. I think there is no chance that in our entire huge universe we are the only living things. Sure we are lucky where earth is. But the universe is expandning so fast that we couldn't have been the only ones that's happened to. Also think about how old the universe is. We came so late so I wonder what came before us. In class today we started our own origin myths. We read the teachers example and spent the class working on the planner for our myths.  Today I learned how to use absoulute value in a graph and plot the vertex of that point.

 I felt completely lost many times. One of the most significant was when I was a little kid. My family was at this spy thing and like it had cool chutes and stuff. Like I felt like a spy and there were so many kids around me. So when I went into the chute the last time I came out and my parents were no where to be seen. I started panicking even running around the whole place looking for them. Finally I asked a older woman to borrow her phone. She let me call my parents and after the third ring I heard my moms voice. It calmed me and I told her I was lost and couldnt find them. She told me they were right where they had been. It was the entrance to the chute. I had just run past them. I gave her the biggest hug ever.  Today in class we presented our PowerPoints. We all sat quietly and let the other groups present. I Learned today how to square a parenthesis the right way which is good because I have been doing it wrong for a long time.

 I feel I've adapted in many ways over this week. With these blogs starting up I feel my writing is becoming more comfortbale for me to do. At first I was like oh no this is going to be terrible. But the more I write the more it just flows out of me. One challenge I am anticipating is the quizzes and tests. I have never been a good test taker let alone a quiz taker. So I feel I really need to work on that and maybe even take some classes. Hopefully it will improve before finals.  Today in class we took a quiz on origin myths. After we took the test we reviewed our worst questions together as a class.  I learned how to eliminate multiple choice questions to make test taking easier.

Jealousy impacted a relationship with my coach when I was much younger. I was big into hockey and spent all of my free time playing it. We had this player on the team who I talked to some. He was a quiet kid but was very stubborn. He was also extremely cocky even for his age. Basically he never got any play time and he thought he was much better than me. We were close but with him constantly being jealous of my playtime we distanced. The next season he left the team and we didn't speak again. Today in class we read the story "Jealous Father" together in class. After we were divided into groups and all had one task each in the group so that way we could complete it faster and easier.  Today in class I learned that old native American stories were weird because, this is the second story where something that we don't consider as normal is commonly happening. Like the story we just read a 12 year old boy is leaving hickies on his step mom.

 A meaningful place is Lake Hartwell. I've grown up there, and the memories I have there are fulfilling. Since I can remember, that place has been my safe space. I have been driving boats since I could walk. Everything about the lake comforts me. From when I was a little kid, we have been having water balloon fights on the back porch. Somehow, it was always me against all my siblings and their friends.  In class today we had our picture day for the yearbook. We also reviewed a Navajo creation story. Today I learned that Navajo is very similar to Christianity in the way of reflecting on Jesus and figures like that.

 I felt connected to nature when I was hiking in the mountains of Switzerland. I was there for 2 weeks, and one day we hiked the mountains dividing France and Italy. At the top of the peak, there were 2 flags for both countries. In my life, this was one of those moments where I realized nature was all around me. The flags were next to each other, and not even 10 feet behind them was a 200ft drop off onto sharp rocks. It made me realize that we are all the same. Nature is trying to push through and survive just like I am. My struggle to get through school is the equivalent of Grass trying to grow through cracks in a driveway.  In class today, we went through slides about Native Americans and their history in literature. We also talked about themes they associated with the most. I learned in class today that themes Native Americans used so long ago are still so popular today.

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