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     Protesters against Donald Trump. Living in the United States of America I'm an avid supporter for free speech. So when there were protesters across the nation protesting the inauguration I was fascinated and curious at the same time. I wanted to fully understand why primarily leftists were protesting Trump. Trying to figure this question out, I asked my sister who attended a protest. 

    She accused Trump of many wrong doings (prefer not to get specific) and beliefs he's had, other protesters agreed with her(won't give opinion on what I think about what she said). Watching many of the protests I didn't see any alternate solutions or perhaps a progressive policy introduced by the protests. Perhaps I need to research the protests more to find out. I fully understand protesting to get a message out to the people(free speech), but the some protesters have escalated the situation to violence such as threatening and destruction. 

Reading Response

     So far, ATDPTI is a really great book. As of now, I'm on page 74 and have really enjoyed the sense of humor applied. I thouroghly enjoyed how although there were many problems the main character runs into, there's always that injection of hilarity. I appreciate how the book maintains the sadness and harsh reality for Native Americans but somehow balances the adversity with satire. The book also remains close to reality, ATDPTI shines a floodlight the mass majority of people would look away from, which is Native American poverty. Also, the emotion captured behind every insignificant/significant character.
     This book so far has been a pleasure to read;  Im always looking forward to that special downtime to relax and read ATDPTI. This book isn't recommended to people who are easily offended or can't grasped the concept of a joke. As a reader, I found myself very connected to the book. I'm still curious as to how the end of the book will turn out to be.

Comments

https://derzzzzzz.blogspot.com/2017/01/the-colosseum.html?showComment=1485389948171&m=1#c1106021688046419115
"Colleseum"- Anders Melton

https://wheatyl.blogspot.com/2017/01/last-semester.html?showComment=1485390027521&m=1#c4308190171346027296
"Last Semester" - Wyatt Laîche

Work

In 1975-1979 the Khmer Rouge was responsible for the Cambodian Genocide, infamously nicknamed “The Killing Fields”, which was responsible for the lives of millions of their own people. The Khmer Rouge had economic goals similar to Mao Zedong’s peasant-driven industrialization. What was the most effective state-building strategies the Khmer Rouge used to achieve against Cambodian inhabitants living in Cambodia to fulfill the Khmer Rouge’s economic communist utopian society?

The following event that took place in 1975-1979 was an event in which Cambodian political leaders attempting to use radical methods to alter the society and economy of Cambodia. Led by Pol Pot the Khmer Rouge attempted many state-building strategies to achieve his ideal sovereign communist utopian society. Some strategies were transforming secondary school into torture camps, bizarre methods of phycological and physical torture, relocation of city dwellers to the country side (ultimately caused starvation), and rights and responsibilities stripped from Cambodian inhabitants. 

Although the Cambodian Genocide was the result of 1.7 million deaths, the philosophy of Khmer Rouge leaders is interesting, the event allows the reader to see the perception of society many Khmer Rouge leaders had. This event was devastating and still shape Cambodia today.

Learning

I learned a lot of things in only my first semester of high school. I learned that work ethic is the most important thing in high school. If I can put in the hours of work and if I can remain consistent with turning in assignments on time high school won’t be as bad as they say. I prioritize work ethic because last semester was not a strong semester for Honors Bio; I was working in the class, but I wasn’t working hard.

Starting off this semester I felt like I have had a strong start to the rest of the year. I’m going to have to pour more hours into working harder to thrive this year. My concern with my work ethic is, how balanced as a student will I be? Will I work hard on one or two classes and slack on the others? I reflected on those thoughts, and thus will become more organized.

Comments

https://shamadaclan.blogspot.com/2017/01/winter-break.html?showComment=1484790488528&m=1#c1547534933734322721 "Winter Break"- Ryan Field https://wheatyl.blogspot.com/2017/01/free-post-my-weekend.html?showComment=1484790607678&m=1#c8744460629008320294 "My Weekend"-Wyatt Laîche

Over Christmas Break.

   


     Going into Christmas break I really wasn't expecting much. I was more relieved the midterms were over. Although, I was heavily looking forward to the 2 weeks off, I really didn't feel like going out much. Usually, I go out often during the breaks, but this time I relaxing was my top priority. I was going to absorb most of my day relaxing.
     Every morning I ran assigned workouts for track, so I could maintain optimal fitness for the rest of soccer season and joining mid season in track. The rest of the day consisted of me playing video games, Overwatch in particular. I tend to isolate myself from other games at school, reason is I bond more with fellow gamers that I don't know personally. Towards the end of the day I would invite a select few of my closest friends just to go out and watch a movie. After the 26th of December I unfortunately got sick for two days, making my experience inside not so pleasant.

Research Work

As of now, I feel confident in my writing research. My topic discusses the Cambodian Genocide and its impactful moments. Finding citations for the Cambodian Genocide on the school database was no challenge. Sources were easy to find due to the amount of media attention the Cambodian Genocide got in the 1970's-90's. The six annotations were very time consuming, but helped so much for myself and the organization in the paper.
     The annotations really helped me give context and demonstrate relavence ahead of time so it will be easier for me to write during the final draft. Right before MLK break we were assigned notecards that briefly summarized some sources(7). At first, I was confused and lost in how to format the notecards, I looked at the examples and they didn't help. I resorted to asking Dr. DeGravelles and Dr. Kuhn, who really helped. They showed me the correct formatting and explained beyond the written instructions. I am coming close to finishing my notecards and moving on to the next steps of the writing process.