I have a topic for today's blog and for that I am very thankful as most days I have to tell you about my work and then I give no examples. Well today there was so many good examples on what I have to do in school that I will be going over a couple of todays questions with you. The theme for all of these questions are all based on the book fountain head which I highly recommend reading. The first question that I will be going over is "Why does Gail Wynand take so much comfort in the knowledge that both he and Roark came from nothing? Well that one is one of the 6 questions but this one is actually quite simple. Like most people you gain comfort from knowing that other people have gone through any hard time that you have as they can understand you better. For Gail it made Gail feel closer to Roark as he knew exactly what he had to go through to achieve his status of power. The other question that I will be sharing and going over with everyone is "What similarities do Keating and Roark share? Why does Ayn Rand make them somewhat similar"? This one is a little bit more tricky as they seem to be enemys more then mutual friends but this one is still possible as while they may both have different outlooks one what their lives should look like they both do have things in common. For example They both were in a relationship with Dominique Francon who happened to be in all of the worst situations in the book without being the main character. Next up Roark and Keating both decided to work in the architectural business and try to create buildings but once again in different styles. The hardest part about this question is why does Rand make them similar. Well I believe that the reason is to show the different choices that can be made in life. For example Roark wouldn't let anyone mess with any design on his buildings and if anyone disagreed with him then they wouldn't be doing business with him. Keating on the other hand was manipulative and dedicated to getting large jobs that would spread his name through the community. For the most part they are the same people only they go through similar situations in different ways.
Since I have devoted so much of my blog today to the paragraph above I am just going to have this small closing paragraph. First off I would like to say that I hope that everyone has a good easter weekend as I know I will. Also I would like to say thank you for the 66 views yesterday and that I appreciate that people are willing to go out of the way to read my entrys no matter how casual they were for me. Time to wrap all of this up with a goodbye and I hope to see everyone on Monday.
Friday, March 29, 2013
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Challenge accepted
I have accepted my teachers bet to see who can get through Atlas Shrugged first but there are a few things against me. For example Kristi already has plenty of time to read in the day so that alone could be my downfall. The upside to this bet no matter what happens I get to eat at the Rusty Horse except that the outcome could result in either of us paying for the meal and this is no cheap place to eat.
Today's work was hard but extremely satisfying. The main reason for this is because today I had essay questions and I did pretty darn good on them. This reminds me of the beginning of home school where I cried when I was assigned any essay questions. Instead of calling Kristi and discussing with her on why I shouldn't do essay questions I trucked through all of them before the end of the day and left satisfied. The problem is that to this day there will be a special spot in my heart full of fear at the very thought of essay questions.
Speaking of still being able to do something I was able to pull 3 more paragraphs out for my paper in one day and that in itself is satisfying. I know it may not sound like much when you think about what you do in the public school system but considering how long it has been since I have worked on that paper I was quite proud of myself for being able to write more paragraphs on a paper I had didn't even remember existing a week ago.
Today's work was hard but extremely satisfying. The main reason for this is because today I had essay questions and I did pretty darn good on them. This reminds me of the beginning of home school where I cried when I was assigned any essay questions. Instead of calling Kristi and discussing with her on why I shouldn't do essay questions I trucked through all of them before the end of the day and left satisfied. The problem is that to this day there will be a special spot in my heart full of fear at the very thought of essay questions.
Speaking of still being able to do something I was able to pull 3 more paragraphs out for my paper in one day and that in itself is satisfying. I know it may not sound like much when you think about what you do in the public school system but considering how long it has been since I have worked on that paper I was quite proud of myself for being able to write more paragraphs on a paper I had didn't even remember existing a week ago.
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Closing Time
The time has come to say that I have finally finished Fountain head and now I am sad. The reason why is because the book was amazing and I really didn't want it to end. This then makes me think of the author which as most know is Ayn Rand who has not made a book I haven't liked so far. For the most part she is at the moment my favorite writer. I don't know what book I will be reading next but I believe that it will be Atlas Shrugged which I bought at the same time as Fountain head. I can't wait to continue reading Rand's books as they are much better in comparison to today's trash.
Nothing really happened today other then The end of Fountain head but even then that was plenty for one day. Today's work was fairly simple as most of it usually just reading including Les Miserable and Science. Science is still going over Evolution and other things along that line. Codecademy is doing good. At the moment I am going over true or false variables within the code again so one challenge was it would say "This statement is True" and then I would have to enter a line of code that was true.
The Global Warming paper is coming along nicely and the editing hasen't been to hard at all. In fact todays editing went really well as I was able to point out most of my own mistakes today. The even cooler part about the editing process is that I still have my Troyka book that can help me out even if the adults are unavailable. The way that they put it is that The Troyka book is the best English book that they could find for me.
Nothing really happened today other then The end of Fountain head but even then that was plenty for one day. Today's work was fairly simple as most of it usually just reading including Les Miserable and Science. Science is still going over Evolution and other things along that line. Codecademy is doing good. At the moment I am going over true or false variables within the code again so one challenge was it would say "This statement is True" and then I would have to enter a line of code that was true.
The Global Warming paper is coming along nicely and the editing hasen't been to hard at all. In fact todays editing went really well as I was able to point out most of my own mistakes today. The even cooler part about the editing process is that I still have my Troyka book that can help me out even if the adults are unavailable. The way that they put it is that The Troyka book is the best English book that they could find for me.
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Pressing Forward
Today's work took me a little bit and for the most part I am still not done. The good news is the thing that I was working on was my Global Warming paper and it is coming along quite nicely as today I edited all of the second page and now I am working on making the changes on the digital copy. This is not exactly the easiest task after not working on a paper for so long but it is not impossible either. The work in itself is much easier then what I had to deal with in public school where for two weeks I sat at my desk trying to figure out what my topic would be for my paper. As one could imagine the teacher English teacher was not happy.
The work that I have been doing is so satisfying and even cooler is going over data about what I have done throughout the entire year. A really cool fact is that after finishing Fountainhead I will have read a total of 2500 pages in this one school year. Even cooler thought is that I have not gotten to the end of the year yet so I am thinking that by the end of the year I will have around 3000 pages read. This is quite outrageous as in public school I barely read 1000 pages of actual curriculum. the scarier part is that the total pages read this year is excluding any textbook.
The thought occurs to me that I have the chance that at the beginning of the next school year I will have the chance to go to high school. This has been messing with me as last time I was in the system I almost snapped from the stress. Home school is one of the best parts of my life yet and now I have the chance to decide against it again and I don't know what to do. I have all of the math curriculum that I would have missed out on and I would work on it through summer but other then that I have math curriculum coming for the rest of the year and maybe into next school year. I honestly feel like I can't leave home school now that things are starting to look better and with all of the things planned for next year. At the moment my answer is no for both me and for everyone who is reading this right now.
The work that I have been doing is so satisfying and even cooler is going over data about what I have done throughout the entire year. A really cool fact is that after finishing Fountainhead I will have read a total of 2500 pages in this one school year. Even cooler thought is that I have not gotten to the end of the year yet so I am thinking that by the end of the year I will have around 3000 pages read. This is quite outrageous as in public school I barely read 1000 pages of actual curriculum. the scarier part is that the total pages read this year is excluding any textbook.
The thought occurs to me that I have the chance that at the beginning of the next school year I will have the chance to go to high school. This has been messing with me as last time I was in the system I almost snapped from the stress. Home school is one of the best parts of my life yet and now I have the chance to decide against it again and I don't know what to do. I have all of the math curriculum that I would have missed out on and I would work on it through summer but other then that I have math curriculum coming for the rest of the year and maybe into next school year. I honestly feel like I can't leave home school now that things are starting to look better and with all of the things planned for next year. At the moment my answer is no for both me and for everyone who is reading this right now.
Monday, March 25, 2013
Disaster Avoided
Welcome back everyone and I am glad to say that I am in school today despite the snow. I know that there was a very slim chance of the snow cancelling school but since there was still a chance I was fairly scared. I couldn't stand to see the snow fall outside and start sticking to the ground. I saw myself lounging about in the house losing information that I had gained from last weeks work. This does not matter very much as the snow may still be on the ground but the problem has been averted.
Work is still doing good with the extra subjects which help me get more bang for my time. For example there is the social studies work that has become much more of a challenge for me because I now have to work out of my curriculum book again. The same thing goes for Science and that is just fun working on the origins of evolution and the facts that follow. In all things in school are getting and better for me and I am happy with it.
The best thing that happened to to me over the weekend is finally figuring out what I am going to be doing with the raspberry pi. The hardest part is that I have to work on this myself like a science fair project which is for the most part appropriate for the project. I think that it would be even more fun if I wait to tell anyone what I am going to be making until I start on the project. Also I would like to get some more information on what I am doing first so without further delay I say goodbye to everyone and have a good rest of the day.
Work is still doing good with the extra subjects which help me get more bang for my time. For example there is the social studies work that has become much more of a challenge for me because I now have to work out of my curriculum book again. The same thing goes for Science and that is just fun working on the origins of evolution and the facts that follow. In all things in school are getting and better for me and I am happy with it.
The best thing that happened to to me over the weekend is finally figuring out what I am going to be doing with the raspberry pi. The hardest part is that I have to work on this myself like a science fair project which is for the most part appropriate for the project. I think that it would be even more fun if I wait to tell anyone what I am going to be making until I start on the project. Also I would like to get some more information on what I am doing first so without further delay I say goodbye to everyone and have a good rest of the day.
Friday, March 22, 2013
History Lesson
Today I had to watch a movie that is known as Creation. The movie is about Charles Darwin and his work on the book that started the thoughts on evolution and that everything has evolved from the beginning to the point that we are at today. The movie follows Charles and his struggles that he went through while trying to write the book The Origin of Species. This was extremely difficult because while trying to write this book his daughter Anne died and his wife divorced him soon afterwards. After the long struggle with himself he finally finishes the book and manages to get it published which upon release the book is sold out on its first day.
Most of my day was for the most part normal. For example I had worked ahead on my reading so I was done with my reading earlier then usual. My science work was watching Creation so there wasn't much to do there other then sit back relax and try to pay attention to detail. Other then this the work was easy as the longest thing today was define some social study words. And that only took that long because there was quite a bit but other then that all of the definitions were in the book.
I will say that I am happy to have a normal week again. Think about it and you would realize that I haven't had a normal school week in a long while. That happens to be all the way back in February. I honestly think that my brother and sister are not that happy with going back to school but I am thankful for the routine again. Scary thing is that they are calling for more snow this weekend and I honestly thinking that there shouldn't be any snow. I don't know what I could do without some order left in the house and I hope to be able to say that next week we will have school.
Most of my day was for the most part normal. For example I had worked ahead on my reading so I was done with my reading earlier then usual. My science work was watching Creation so there wasn't much to do there other then sit back relax and try to pay attention to detail. Other then this the work was easy as the longest thing today was define some social study words. And that only took that long because there was quite a bit but other then that all of the definitions were in the book.
I will say that I am happy to have a normal week again. Think about it and you would realize that I haven't had a normal school week in a long while. That happens to be all the way back in February. I honestly think that my brother and sister are not that happy with going back to school but I am thankful for the routine again. Scary thing is that they are calling for more snow this weekend and I honestly thinking that there shouldn't be any snow. I don't know what I could do without some order left in the house and I hope to be able to say that next week we will have school.
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Sweet, Delicious Pi
Sorry first off about the accidental post earlier but that was completely unintended. Secondly I have started today on the book known as Les Miserable. Most people here know about the French revolution but of course I am not very good at history outside of America so this was certainly an interesting book for me. The beginning of the book follows A bishop who seems to care more about those in poverty then his own title of power. That is of course just the beginining and not the only person in the French revolution. The reading for today was wrapped with a video from an old friend of mine. That happens to be Khan Academy who has helped me through many a hard problem.
Next up is the subject of the Raspberry pi and sadly I still have no exact idea of what to do with it. We already have a server in the house but the thing is that this small computer will be mine and just mine. In the long run I want this to be something I can cherish and use a long time from now as there is no better gift or trinket than one that you will continue to use. I have gone over some of the options for it but once again there are things that I can do like make an LED cube or make my own personal music server where someone could connect to it and then have access to whatever music is playing.
Things are doing great in home school but there is one itty bitty problem and that is the fact that it is currently snowing outside and sticking. I don't need this kind of weather at all as I just got back into the groove of school and the last thing that I need is more breaks. I have to do any make up snow day that anyone else has to do and that means at the moment I have about 3 extra weeks of school. I don't need to go back and do this that breaks into summer vacation which could be spent hanging out with my friends and going to the community pool. In other words I would love it if this snow just stopped and let us move on.
Next up is the subject of the Raspberry pi and sadly I still have no exact idea of what to do with it. We already have a server in the house but the thing is that this small computer will be mine and just mine. In the long run I want this to be something I can cherish and use a long time from now as there is no better gift or trinket than one that you will continue to use. I have gone over some of the options for it but once again there are things that I can do like make an LED cube or make my own personal music server where someone could connect to it and then have access to whatever music is playing.
Things are doing great in home school but there is one itty bitty problem and that is the fact that it is currently snowing outside and sticking. I don't need this kind of weather at all as I just got back into the groove of school and the last thing that I need is more breaks. I have to do any make up snow day that anyone else has to do and that means at the moment I have about 3 extra weeks of school. I don't need to go back and do this that breaks into summer vacation which could be spent hanging out with my friends and going to the community pool. In other words I would love it if this snow just stopped and let us move on.
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