Yesterday in class we read the Dred Scott case and then had a discussion about it. We discussed whether or not you should be able to buy something legally and then move to somewhere where its illegal and then since its your property they cant take it away from you. The one argument point that was brought up was that if that was allowed then ultimately everywhere can be a slave state because you can go purchase your slave in Georgia and then move to your hometown where it may not be legal anymore, thus defeating the purpose of free states as a whole.
Today in class we watched the Lincoln-Douglas debate in black and white movie form. I liked being able to hear them say it because it always makes more sense to me than when I read it to myself. The way they speak reminded me a lot of MLKs I have a dream speech. Then we filled out a sheet based on other documents we were given about the issue. Lincoln was slightly confusing about his points because he was anti slavery yet he didnt believe that blacks and whites are equal. When you think about it, blacks and whites still arent really equal. Blacks are stereotyped as being the, "ghetto" and living in bad areas and not making as much money as a whit citizen. I guess those barriers are being broken more and more now that Obama is president. I wonder if there are any black people who voted against him. That would be interesting to see.
For my 30 day challenge I had dance yesterday and today so I managed to get my stretching in.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Monday, November 26, 2012
Monday, November 26
Wow its been a really long time so I cant remember most of what we did in class considering it was an entire week ago. Homecoming and dropping a class made it so we couldn't have class on Tuesday or Wednesday The Sophomores didn't lose even though everything wasn't very good. Especially our decorations because no one listens to me when I tell them that tape wont stick to brick overnight...maybe someday they'll learn. anyways rant over.
So on Monday I believe we took a further look into Uncle Toms Cabin...or maybe we talked about something else? I literally have no idea to be honest. I'm sure Mr.Boyle gave us a paper, told us to read it, then we talked about it, he throws in some witty comments, Caleb says something either surprisingly intelligent or extremely strange and contradictory to whatever we are discussing. My friend Haley, in her PoliSci class talked about national spending and how war affects it. Shes in Mr.Richards class. I had him last year and it was pretty fun. Well anyways back to American Studies.
Today in class we talked about the Kansas Nebraska act and how they were given up to popular sovereignty to decide to be slave states or not. The north didn't like the idea of that and the South did basically because it was in the Souths favor and not the Norths. We also talked about "Bleeding Kansas" and hoe abolitionists led by John Brown attacked and killed 5 proslavery settlers and by the mid 1850's killed more that 200 people. We also talked about Charles Sumner and how he referred to Butler as "Hirelings picked from the drunken spew and vomit of an uneasy civilization." aka, throwup...
My 30 day challenge is failing miserably. I always sit down on my floor to stretch and then I feel how sore I am and decide to go eat icecream instead. I lack motivation extremely. This weekend we had 2 parades, the North Andover and Andover Santa Parades and it was so cold that its impossible to keep your muscles warm and we had to dance the whole parade so I am currently rather sore. I have dance tomorrow so that will force me to stretch.
So on Monday I believe we took a further look into Uncle Toms Cabin...or maybe we talked about something else? I literally have no idea to be honest. I'm sure Mr.Boyle gave us a paper, told us to read it, then we talked about it, he throws in some witty comments, Caleb says something either surprisingly intelligent or extremely strange and contradictory to whatever we are discussing. My friend Haley, in her PoliSci class talked about national spending and how war affects it. Shes in Mr.Richards class. I had him last year and it was pretty fun. Well anyways back to American Studies.
Today in class we talked about the Kansas Nebraska act and how they were given up to popular sovereignty to decide to be slave states or not. The north didn't like the idea of that and the South did basically because it was in the Souths favor and not the Norths. We also talked about "Bleeding Kansas" and hoe abolitionists led by John Brown attacked and killed 5 proslavery settlers and by the mid 1850's killed more that 200 people. We also talked about Charles Sumner and how he referred to Butler as "Hirelings picked from the drunken spew and vomit of an uneasy civilization." aka, throwup...
My 30 day challenge is failing miserably. I always sit down on my floor to stretch and then I feel how sore I am and decide to go eat icecream instead. I lack motivation extremely. This weekend we had 2 parades, the North Andover and Andover Santa Parades and it was so cold that its impossible to keep your muscles warm and we had to dance the whole parade so I am currently rather sore. I have dance tomorrow so that will force me to stretch.
Monday, November 19, 2012
Monday, November 19th
On Friday in class we received a story called "Uncle Toms Cabin" it was about a slave hunter Haley who hires a professional slave hunter to hunt down a slave named Eliza who is described as being, "handsome." I found it strange that the referred to women as being handsome back then because I know if someone were to call me handsome today I would be rather insulted
Today in class we discussed the story in more depth and then went on into a discussion about the fugitive slave law and what the consequences were if you directly or indirectly helped a slave escape. Even them sleeping on your lawn without you know was considered helping them and was punishable by law with a fine and many years in jail.
I am not going to lie and say that my 30 day challenge hasn't had its days that I have forgotten to do it. With homecoming around the corner I have been staying after school until around 5 every day to help decorate and then by the time I get home and do my immense amounts of homework, I'm falling asleep already. Hopefully with thanksgiving break ill be able to make up for some lost time and stretch more.
Today in class we discussed the story in more depth and then went on into a discussion about the fugitive slave law and what the consequences were if you directly or indirectly helped a slave escape. Even them sleeping on your lawn without you know was considered helping them and was punishable by law with a fine and many years in jail.
I am not going to lie and say that my 30 day challenge hasn't had its days that I have forgotten to do it. With homecoming around the corner I have been staying after school until around 5 every day to help decorate and then by the time I get home and do my immense amounts of homework, I'm falling asleep already. Hopefully with thanksgiving break ill be able to make up for some lost time and stretch more.
Friday, November 16, 2012
Thursday November 15th
Yesterday in class we took notes off a PowerPoint about manifest destiny and things of that sort. I like mr boyles notes because they really pick out the important pieces and as we're writing it down he talks about it more going farther in depth. At the end of class we watched a video and took a quiz at the end of it. I'm not quite sure how I did because although I wrote down 85% of what they said, there wasn't enough time to look through my notes for the answer.
Today in class we continued talking about different states becoming or not becoming free or slave states. At the end of class we discussed the compromise of 1850 and whether or not we agreed with it. Me and Sarah ganz were the only two in the class who thought it was correct. I think it had something to do with he fact that the person we both did our voice thread about agreed with it.
My 30 day challenge is still going strong. I've been stretching every day and also working on my turnout and and strength. Hopefully ill eventually see results
Today in class we continued talking about different states becoming or not becoming free or slave states. At the end of class we discussed the compromise of 1850 and whether or not we agreed with it. Me and Sarah ganz were the only two in the class who thought it was correct. I think it had something to do with he fact that the person we both did our voice thread about agreed with it.
My 30 day challenge is still going strong. I've been stretching every day and also working on my turnout and and strength. Hopefully ill eventually see results
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Tuesday, November 13th
On Friday in class we were given different accounts on the underground railroad and could group up with different parteners to complete the sheet that went along with it. Me and Cara, as usual, worked together to answer the questions. We read all of the accounts first and then answered them. It was interesting to see that the different text books would include different details. I wonder if text books are given criteria on what they have to include and what to leave out or can they just put in whatever they want to? Writing a text book seems like a lot of work. Im glad I dont have to do that.
Today in class we went to the computer lab and went to a bitly link that was on the top of our paper. It brought us to the map of the Missouri compromise. Me and cara split up the questions and completed them. Im really glad Caras in the class or I probably wouldnt get as much done as we do. We work really well together. It started to seem a lot like a math class with all of the adding and averaging of the populations and things. Im in class writing you right now because I finished early
My 30 day challenege is still going strong. Because of my hip tendinitis my ballet teacher gave me exercises to do and have continued to do them. I have class tonight so I will strertch and do exercises during that like always. I hope the strength in my hip and leg gets stronger so I can stop being in pain every class. Im really glad my teacher is also a physical therapist so she can always help me when I have a questions about muscles or strength.
Today in class we went to the computer lab and went to a bitly link that was on the top of our paper. It brought us to the map of the Missouri compromise. Me and cara split up the questions and completed them. Im really glad Caras in the class or I probably wouldnt get as much done as we do. We work really well together. It started to seem a lot like a math class with all of the adding and averaging of the populations and things. Im in class writing you right now because I finished early
My 30 day challenege is still going strong. Because of my hip tendinitis my ballet teacher gave me exercises to do and have continued to do them. I have class tonight so I will strertch and do exercises during that like always. I hope the strength in my hip and leg gets stronger so I can stop being in pain every class. Im really glad my teacher is also a physical therapist so she can always help me when I have a questions about muscles or strength.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Wednesday, November 7th
Yesterday in class we reunited with our groups from the day before and finished filling out our charts. As we were doing this we were each called into the hallway 1 by 1 to vote in the mock election for our school. Obama ended up winning which I wasn't too thrilled about, yet I wasn't surprised either, but that's a topic for another day. When we returned from lunch we looked at different amendments and tried to see how the supported slavery and did not support slavery. I found this to be rather interesting because it really made you look at some of the laws our country was formed upon. We were the assigned an essay due next Friday.
Today in class we took some classic Mr.Boyle power point notes about slavery and the cotton business and how it become much more efficient after a machine used to sort it was invented so rather than 20-50 slaves working, only 2 or 3 needed to. Then after we were done with our notes we read a document and answered questions about it. Then we shared out answers with a partner that had a different document.
My 30 day challenge is still going strong. Yesterday I had a really long day of dance. I had classes from 4-9. I had Performance Team where we worked on our dances for the holiday showcase and for the Celtics game we are dancing at. Then I had jazz, where we do most of our stretching. We did our usual warmups with splits and extensions and then we did an ab workout. 5 leg lifts with your head off the ground and then 10 push-ups and we did that 5 times. Then we did flying v's and planks. Then in ballet we were working at the barre and my teacher, who is also a physical therapist told me that it's very possible that I have some tendinitis in my hips so she showed my some stretches I can use for that. Then today I had Performance team again and another Ballet class which we do lots of stretching in.
Today in class we took some classic Mr.Boyle power point notes about slavery and the cotton business and how it become much more efficient after a machine used to sort it was invented so rather than 20-50 slaves working, only 2 or 3 needed to. Then after we were done with our notes we read a document and answered questions about it. Then we shared out answers with a partner that had a different document.
My 30 day challenge is still going strong. Yesterday I had a really long day of dance. I had classes from 4-9. I had Performance Team where we worked on our dances for the holiday showcase and for the Celtics game we are dancing at. Then I had jazz, where we do most of our stretching. We did our usual warmups with splits and extensions and then we did an ab workout. 5 leg lifts with your head off the ground and then 10 push-ups and we did that 5 times. Then we did flying v's and planks. Then in ballet we were working at the barre and my teacher, who is also a physical therapist told me that it's very possible that I have some tendinitis in my hips so she showed my some stretches I can use for that. Then today I had Performance team again and another Ballet class which we do lots of stretching in.
Monday, November 5, 2012
Monday, November 5th
On Friday in class we were handed documents as we entered class and divided up into groups based on them. My group looked at a boys journey on a ship traveling from Africa to be a slave. The stories really tug at your heard because you imagine what it would be like and i personally become a little more grateful for my life and what I have(going along with the theme of November and Thanksgiving) Then in our group we created a storyboard about what we read. I worked with Sarah G, Rachel and Jess. We managed to finish in class which was great.
Today in class we looked at the storyboards that the other groups had made and created a venn diagram about them. After that we split up into groups based on another document Mr.Boyle gave us. My group had Abraham Lincoln. We filled in the blanks to the questions on the sheet and then went into groups with people that had different documents and shared our information. We didn't get all the way through but we will finish tomorrow.
My 30 day challege has been going really well so far. Today I didn't have dance so after I finished my homework I replicated one of the warmups we do in classes and stretched for a while. Then I sat in my splits and did some English reading while I was stretching and finally, I put in my ipod and went over some pieces for Nutcracker for ballet tomorrow.
Today in class we looked at the storyboards that the other groups had made and created a venn diagram about them. After that we split up into groups based on another document Mr.Boyle gave us. My group had Abraham Lincoln. We filled in the blanks to the questions on the sheet and then went into groups with people that had different documents and shared our information. We didn't get all the way through but we will finish tomorrow.
My 30 day challege has been going really well so far. Today I didn't have dance so after I finished my homework I replicated one of the warmups we do in classes and stretched for a while. Then I sat in my splits and did some English reading while I was stretching and finally, I put in my ipod and went over some pieces for Nutcracker for ballet tomorrow.
Sunday, November 4, 2012
30 Day Challenge
I'm a dancer, and every dancer needs flexibility and strength. So for my 30 day challenge I want to stretch to get all of my splits for at least 10 minutes. I also want to strengthen my feet for pointe and my legs for my extension and technique. Hopefully by doing this for 30 days I will start to see an improvement in my dancing.
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