Februrary Blogging Focus: Black History Month

FEBRUARY BLOG ASSIGNMENT

This month’s blog assignment is for student to find a source of new information, interest, and factual details within the Library of Congress Website dedicated to African American History month. However, upon digging a little deeper, I have found several websites that have great resources for this Blog assignment.

Here are a few more websites that students are allowed and encouraged to use:

Biography.com has great videos, pictures, and history guides of influential African Americans and a little about their background. Find someone inspiring and take your research a little further.

The history.com website also has a great overview of the history behind Black History Month as well as suggested research areas, photos, etc.

Time Magazine has an easy-to-use website for students. Excellent spotlights and resources to get you thinking.

Students should choose one or more websites listed above to investigate either an event, person, or group of people. Feel free to use the search options on each page to search for a fact, event, or name that you are curious about.

I will update this post with an example before the weekend.

Ending The 1st Semester

                                         1st Semester!

                                 

       Being a Junior at Edina High School can be difficult but also easy if you are someone who likes to be organized. In my case some classes were difficult and some were easy. The class that I didn’t expect  to be hard was Biology. Biology is kind of challenging to understand for me, but my goal for the next semester is to spend more time on my homework and to read the assignment the day before it is assigned. I have learned that if you study every day for one hour until you have a test, there are more chances that you will have a better grade. This I’m putting on my goal list for next semester. One of the classes that I love this year is U.S. History. I learn everyday from the PowerPoint, movies, and activities we have in class. I have a pretty good grade in that class which I’m proud of. Another goal that I have for this semester is for my ESL class. I need to make a plan for when is my turn to blog and remind myself to comment. The great thing about the 1^st semester is that you get to know people you don’t know and get involved in a lot of things that keeps you motivated. Now lets start 2^nd semester with a great attitude!.  

Coming to America

The best news i heard in my life was January 5th 2002. I was in Somali at the time i was only six years old. The news was broken to me by my dad he said we were going to America, it was my first time of hear America. The people i talk to in Somali said to me it was just any place it was a place where dreams come true. It was a place where the money never stops raining it was a place where you could do anything. When i heard people saying this i was so excited i just could not Waite. The following day my dad said the time has come and now we have to leave for America.IT was my first time riding a car we had to ride the car to the airport. The next two days we went in an air plane we went to a place called Kenya this place was the same as Somalia i asked my dad why is it not raining money, he said to me we are not in America yet i was so excited to get to this place called America. My dad said to me you have hold your patience because we had to wait for Visa for 3 years and months. I was so mad to be told that so i had to find something to do the next three years and then some sort of sport came along in my life the sport was soccer i seriously was very addict to it i played it, i watch it on TV i could not stop myself from playing tithe final few day in Kenya where coming  to an end  i had some very good memoirs i could never forget it was the place i fell in love with soccer, it was the place that made me feel i was a kid  those days where so good i was so happy it felt so good. The final day came i had to say good bye to the friends i had made i had to say good bye to all  clothes because someone told us that America had the best  clothes in the world and our  clothes did look good. My dad said each one of you bring one shirt and jeans and it will be enough for you. The next day we left far America but we land in another country. The country was Switzerland. In Switzerland i found some very strange it was something white coming from the sky first i thought it was sugar then i thought it was money in fact i thought it was white money and then i said to myself the stories were in fact coming true. Then a guy named Abdi from Somalia told me it was just snow and that really mess up my dream after two very long weeks i had made it i was in America i Waite for the money to rain for months and then i realized it will never come true.  

1st Semester of high school

First semester of high school was pretty intimidating for example, the classes i took was hard, the teachers were kinda strict and it was just scary for me because i didn't want my grades to fail. One important thing i like was very helpful; for my academics was the ''after school program''. I think that got me to stay everyday to do my homework and study. The after school program helped me find success in my homework and also helped me do well in certain test and avoid the struggle i was facing in first quarter so it was a great program. One of the most memorable 1st semester was going to Mankato state university. I think that trip was very exciting because it was one of my top 3 colleges i would attend in the future hopefully. The think i liked about that college was, it was diverse college for example, you would see every type of race from different countries, you name it. Another thing that i liked was, the campus was huge which i think was great because there were so many people who were there. Overall i think 1st semester wasn't that well and i wasn't  expecting that at all personally, but hopefully i would finish off strong for 2nd semester. 

My First Semester Junior Year

My First semester Junior Year

Before school start, I am busy doing football and looking for a part time as usual. My first hour is U.S. History, I always want to learn about this great country history since my move here. Mrs. Olson is an awesome teacher as Mr. Dahlman. In this class we have an activity that you have a number group to summary the event or person, then you go to the letter group and share it, then you have to listen and write down what other people say. This is my challenge in this class. I can’t read fast like other kids does, I can’t summary in my own word very well, I don’t know how to say some of the words and can not spell some of the word. Sometime I feel embarrassing in this activity. However, I believing myself day by day, get better and better. I will pass this class even is difficult for me because I have to know all the U.S. History to order to pass my citizen test next year and become American.

My second hour is Pre-AP-English 10, this is one of my hard class. I have to read about thirty pages everyday, and I am a slow reader. Sometime I read it and I don’t know what is talking about. My English teacher is 2012 teacher of the year - Mrs.Roehl. I feel very lucky in her class, she is a great teacher. Before every vocab test, she let us play I have...Who have... this game. This game is very different for me because I always say the word wrong and I feel embarrassing, but I got very good grade at every vocab test, and I have to thank Quizlet.  English class of course have a lot of writing and I very bad at it, every time read the comment of my essay I feel like I just learning English and how to write a essay. Passion project is a yearlong assignment, my topic is school shooting and I have been working on this project for a couple month, but I still don’t know how to stop this happen, then it happen in Sandy Hook Elementary school. Recently I have English class with Mrs.Benson for the choice book - The Latehomecomer. She is a very nice teacher. I kinda like this book because Yang and me have a lot of connection. Doesn't matter how difficult this class is, I believing myself I can do it because I have to study hard in this class to order pass the MCA READING TEST and able to graduate high school.

My third hour is Biologist, this is a very EASY class for me. Mr.Harelstad is an excellent teacher, he always share about his story to the class. I love to listen his story because it is very true in life. I love this class so much because I learn about molecules, cell, energy, cell reproduction,heredity, DNA, protein, genetic engineering and history of life on earth. All this unit is very interesting. In this class I have learn so many biologist vocab and I also forgot many vocab meaning. In this class is hard for me to remember everything and understanding everything. I love how Mr.Harelstad say, “ I am a big believer.” Well, I am a big believer too. I believing I will succeed in Biologist even it is so challenging for me.

Anyhow Edina High School is not hell. My fourth hour is one of my favorite class - Ceramics. I love go to this class after all three giant elephants. This class is a place where I can Relaxed and have Fun. Mr.Blanck is a friendly and funny teacher, he always chat and joke with me. In this class I learn how to make a cup, a teapot, a handle and many more...  I will take ceramics two next year for my relaxed zone.

After I fill up my belly, my fifth hour class is Adv. Algebra. I love math and I always think math is easy, but if you do not pay attention in class, it is hard. Mrs.Casey is a good and fun teacher, she always make the boring math turn to fun math, everyone love to listening to her in class. She always like to talk about joke, I don’t get most of her joke, but I still think it is funny. She look old, but inside of her is like a eighteen year old girl. I believing if I work a little harder in math, I will get a better grade because math for me is easy if I pay attention in class. Also I believing myself that I will pass the MCA MATH TEST in this April.

My last hour is ESL level four, this is my all time favorite class. All the people in this class from different country, only one person is American - Mrs. Schutz. She like a mother to me because she not only teaches us english, she also help, care and love each and anyone in ESL. She is an amazing teacher like Mrs. Kissock. I love her idea of writing blog because I love to share my story with people,and I love to read about other people story. I love go to the ESL field trip and volunteer at Feed My Starving Children, it is fun to do and meet new friends. And I also learn how to skating for the first time. I love Mrs. Schutz idea that every Friday we do a TED Talk, I like all the talk because every talks have a message. Now I download the TED Talk apps on my phone and I watch it every night before go into sweet dream. I beveling that I will do good this class so I can increase my all type of English skills.

I play JV football for Edina High School second year, we have seven lost and one win to ended of this season. I am so proud of each and anyone of my buddies that win the 2012 LAKE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS,  but we lost in the great eights when we play against Rosemount. As Mr.Dahlman say: “LIFE WILL MOVE ON.” During the football season my mom got a new job and it doesn't pay well. Also I start go to T4C( Church) and go to Sunday school learn about bible and get to know more about Jesus. I pray every night before go to bed. Then I start go to youth group of St.Stephens Episcopal Church, I love to go to the youth group because every time there will have a speaker talk about their life. Then I go to TEC (Teens Encounter Christ) that three days of worship, wonderful contemporary Christian music, prayer, great food, fun, and fellowship is led by a team of over 90 teens and adults. I have a lot of fun time at TEC and I going TEC in spring too. This is my first year go to school dance both Homecoming and Sadie, I love to dance and I dance hard on the floor. During in the winter break, I go to see the wwe smackdown at target center and is was great, I can wait wwe come back to Minnesota. Also, I Finnish all the movies from 2003 and I move on to 2004, I can’t wait to watch some great films in my free time. I play both house and intramural basketball. My new years resolution is to pass the MCA reading test, do good at school and find a part time job help support my mother. I hope I going to do good this next semester and have a great rugby season and  get all my new year resolution done.