Napoleon Theme Park

In Social Studies class, we read this article. It talks about a theme park based on Napoleon Bonaparte. It's supposedly going to be finished in 2014 and is supposed to inspire people to like history. I think it's a good idea. It inspires many young people in France to learn about their history. It also makes them more patriotic and supportive towards their country because the theme park will most likely show them the good things that Napoleon did. I like how they do this; some people don't prefer learning about history through books and notes.I believe that this also inspires people in other countries to make something like this theme park. It's an effective way to make people enthusiastic when learning about their country's heroes/past. Personally, my favorite part of the theme park would be the battle reenactments; it's really cool to see how the battles happened.

courage!

It's been a while since you saw a post from me, right? Well, I'm back!


So my topic for today is- 
"Do we have to be born with courage or can we develop it?" 


In my opinion, I think that it's something we can all develop. This is because we have to show courage every day! For example, some people in our grade have gotten injuries or surgery, and they have to show physical courage when they are getting it taken care of or when they have to get up and do something. Another example of how we use courage is intellectual courage, like speaking up in class and answering questions! We build onto these types of courage every day, whether you realize it or not. As you get more confident in yourself, your courage gets stronger. Have you gone through a lot of difficulties lately? If so, you've probably felt sad, frustrated, or stressed. If you're able to deal with these feelings, you've been displaying emotional courage. There are many other types of courage, such as social courage [speaking against something that is wrong], moral courage [doing the right thing], and spiritual courage [believing your beliefs and respecting others' beliefs]. They all have probably played a big part in your life already, and you might not have even realized it! So, in conclusion, courage is something we all have, we're not just born with it. We develop it every day.

Community Service Field Trip.

Recently, our grade went to do different community service field trips. I went to the blind school. First, when we got there, we were given a short introduction. Then, the blind students-and yes, they WERE blind- played an amazing Thai instrumental for us! I found that amazing because I would never be able to play those instruments, especially without eyesight. Then, we played a game where we had to memorize at least 5 names of some of the blind students. It was difficult for me because I speak minimum Thai! However, it was very fun to try learning everyone's name.


Soon after that, we played another game where we had to find partners. That was also a little difficult for me because we had to speak Thai to understand what was going on, but it was still very entertaining! 


Then, we went to another building to play a game- it was kind of like handball, but there were 3 people on every team. You had to keep the ball from getting into your goal.
Here was the catch- everyone was blindfolded! So it was very difficult for people that weren't used to not being able to see.
The last thing we did was that we went downstairs to tour around a bit. There were also some smaller children there, and it was fun to play with them. We had lots of fun there, and it was really educating to learn about how these people lived! 

Boston Tea Party- Terrorists or patriots?

The other day in Social Studies, we did a Socratic Seminar on the people that did the Boston Tea Party. Near the end, we had to decide whether the people involved in dumping the tea were terrorists or patriots.


I personally think that they are a bit of both. For example, if you look at it in the sense that the colonists were protesting for their freedom, they look like patriots. This is because it clearly shows that they were fighting for their rights. However, if you look at them in a way that shows how much they could've hurt the British economy, then they are seen as terrorists because they attacked without warning. So, it actually all depends on your personal views to decipher whether they are terrorists, patriots, both, or neither.


A current event I can connect this to is the SOPA/PIPA/ACTA bill. I can connect these events because the bills have two sides to relate to. The 'patriot' side would be saying that censoring the internet is good because it helps protect copyright claims, but the 'terrorist' side would argue. They would say that this violates rights of freedom of speech.

hi guys!

Hi! So, I have to choose a topic to write about as an introduction to the quad blogs. c:
I actually don't have much to write about at all, so. uvu
I guess I can say that I'm very excited to be talking to people around the world! Though I always talk to people over the Internet, this is the first time I've done it through blogging. 

Quad Blogs!

We're starting to do our quad blogs soon! :D I'm really excited. Looking forward to seeing other peoples' blogs!

back in school!

So today is the day we got back in school. I was really excited to see some of my friends again, and it's good to see that they're safe. I did actually miss school; I never really had anything to do at home. 


I'm not sure whether I'm looking forward to homework or not, but it's good to be out of the house again. I was literally living in my room! 


Anyway, I know this was a very short blog post, but it's good to be back. c:


-hannah.