In school we learned what our learning profiles are. I found out I am a GESTALT learner, meaning I learn best through movement. I also found out that Albert Einstein seemed to haveI am the same profile, so I can call myself a young Einstein. Julia S, Tatyana and I are young Einsteins. 

I learn best through movement, and when I focus on the whole picture and context. Also I learn best with emotional relevance to myself. 

I need to have a quiet time alone, especially when I am learning something new, or when I am under stress. 

Some things that might help me learn are sitting where I can move without disturbing other people, and I can process quietly and internally. 

I would like my teachers to know that my dominant side is my right side, meaning my right ear, right foot, right hand and right side of my brain are more in control than my left side.

2011 New Years Resolution

My resolutions for 2011 are;

1. I would like to get better grades in school and work harder on homework
I would like better grades so My mom will know I am doing well in school, and that I am working hard, and focusing. That means also I must try not to get anything under than B. That way, my mom will be happy with my grades, and she won't have to check all my work, and I don't have to get in a fight with her, and loose some of my privileges around the house. 


She will be happy and tell my dad, and then we as a family will go out to the Weston or something like that for dinner or lunch or breakfast when we have time. If I work harder on Homework, than I can finish it easier and then I will get better at getting better.


2. I would like to find a sport I like that I can do
I would like to find my sport. What I mean by that is that my mom thinks that everyone in our family has a type of sport that works for them, and they can do easily and it is eligible to do it. For instance, my brother's sport is soccer, my Dad's sport is Volleyball, My mom's is Tennis, and My fish's is swimming, and my dog's is going on walks, which is kinda a sport. 


But I don't have a sport I can do! I like to do High Jump and Rock Climbing, but I live in the forest and so I can't do High Jump and Camp 5 (The place where people rock climb) Is really hard to get to, and you have to make reservations because the place is always full! So my mom wants me to find my sport. Another problem is that I'm an indoor person. I hate going outside to exercise, and I hate rules! So I really hope to find my sport this year.

Zeitgeist

Here is my Zeitgeist. Enjoy!

The Good And Bad

The Benefits of Working with a Classmate
There are as many benefits to working with a classmate as there are obstacles. You can get more work done as a team and you can do less individual work to complete the assignment and get a grade. People can comment on your lit.circle so you can fix it, if necessary, and you do more work than you would if you didn't work with someone else because you have more time to focus on your project (Lit. Circle). When you work with someone else, you collaborate more and become better at collabrating.

Challenges/Obstacles
You have people yelling at you if you don't do it, and they always send you messages saying that it is due in two days why didn't you do your passage? You also sometimes get stuck with people who you aren't fond of, and are forced to work with them, anyway. You can get annoyed with them for not doing their passage, and your graded depending how well both of you worked, so you have less control over your grade.

Did I understand the Novel Better when I worked with a Partner?
Yes, I did. My partner(s) found things to write passages about I had never even noticed that they were in the book! Also, people found small things in the book. For example, when Vicky said that at the end, it says Julie, and everyone assumed that it said Miyax (Julie and Miyax are the same person)They helped me see things and comment on things I wouldn't understand without their help.

Julia

Lit. Circles

How did the discussion help you understand the book?
The discussion helped me understand the book better because when the group explains their points of view, if they agree with me, then I am probably correct, or along the path of being correct. But, if they don't agree with me, then I get a new perspective or a new idea. What I mean is that if one person says something, then you can see what they mean. Also, you can understand what they are saying. The group says some different things, and when we discuss, I can see their point of view as well as my own, and I can compare my thoughts to their thoughts. It helps me understand things better.

My group made a lot of connections. One connection I made was the first time I wanted to put the leash on my own dog. My dog had never seen a leash, so she hid under her cage at the SPCA because she was afraid of the leash and me. It reminded me of when Miyax tried to catch Amaroq's eye, and even though Amaroq wasn't afraid of her, he probably didn't know whether to trust her, like my dog. Miyax and I both wanted something from a dog/wolf. Both gave in at the end. Thinking about it, a lot of people made a connection with that part of the book.

We made a lot of predictions about the book, too. I thought that she would stay with the wolves for a while, because they are her family, and they would provide food for her. Also, I thought that she would meet somebody who was wolf hunting but then again, there aren't many people in the Arctic. Some people thought that Julie would make it to her destination, and others, like me, thought she wouldn't.

My Hypothesis

Why I think that the people north of the Tropic of Cancer is because there is more things to find and sell and more land to raise animals and things like that and grow trees. They also might have more oil, and oil is worth a lot, except when referring to the oil spill. So my hypothesis is...

If the people in the Tropic of cancer are very wealthy in the north side because they have more things and land to make them have more money. And that's what my hypothesis is about why people on the North side of The Tropic of Cancer are more wealthy than other people.

Diary of a Mud skipper( Swim's Diary)

Dear Diary:

Today the weirdest thing happened. A crab called Spike went up to me and he told me the news; That things called Humans( What we call nofins) are coming. He saw three grown ones and many small little ones. I kinda hoped he was joking. But then again, I had never seen a nofin, big or small, and I was about to party. One was going around in my head that moment.

Well, I saw them about half an hour later. They are HUGE!! They must have eaten a lot to get that tall. One must have been at least ten feet high! The little ones were worse then the big ones. They kept falling into the mud! I still don't know why they didn't swim. Then, I saw Spike. He was pinching a girl, and I decided to help him. But as soon as I got up to where he was, I remembered that I was a Mud skipper, not a crab and I couldn't pinch anybody. So, then T asked mother what I could do to help. She said that I could go into a nofin's boot. That's when I saw my chance. A nofin had fallen, and I decided that if I really wanted to help, I could crawl into her hair! But about twenty steps later, I fell out. The nofin screamed her head off, but by that time, I was going after the last one of the huge nofins. I was about to risk it and jump, but then I fell and I made a hole in the mud and rested. When I came out of my hole They were all gone.

So, diary, if there is one lifelong lesson, this has to be it. Never come out of the hole when Spike tells you there are nofins about.

Yours truely,

Swim (Agent Awesome)