Book Review #2

So, I’m doing another book review. About another Star Wars book. It’s called “Allegiance” and it’s by Timothy Zahn (it’s in the photo above but I’m telling you anyway). I decided to take a break from “Les Misérables” because it is so, so, sooooo, long. “Allegiance” has a lot of different character groups and villains, similar to the other book I reviewed, and I think I read them in the wrong order. The story in this one is before the story in the other one. Oops. It gets kind of confusing, but it’s still a good book.

 

Remote Learning Week

I recently had an all – remote learning week. It was the week after Thanksgiving break. It was so that anyone who had been vacationing had a week before back to school too make sure they didn’t have the virus, I think. But we still had work, and calls for most classes. I would organize my at home days like my school days (A and B period LA, C period history, D period science, E period French, F period science/movement, G period math) I didn’t do the exact times, but I did the subjects in that order. I usually had calls for most of my classes, but sometimes I didn’t and sometimes they were optional.

When I didn’t have calls I would get the independent work done for that class. One of my favorite classes is science, and we had to build a device that would save an egg from a 10 foot drop. Mine was very complex. I wrapped the egg in so much bread it no longer resembled an egg, shoved in a zip-lock with some tissues, and used another plastic bag as a parachute. And it worked! We also made a comic in Language Arts. We had a lot of fun projects that week. It was surprisingly easier to do the work at home because I could work at my own pace and take breaks when I wanted.

One of the definite downsides to the all remote week was that if you had a question for a teacher, you couldn’t just walk up and ask them like at school. Some teachers had optional calls for questions, which was helpful, and you could email a teacher a question. But it was harder than asking in person. Still, that’s the only thing that was really to complicated. I would wake up at around 8:00, set my alarms for the calls I had, and start my work.

Overall, it was a good week. Working at home for me is an easy way to get used to middle school work and honestly this remote learning thing (like I said before) means you can take breaks when you want and work at your own speed.

 

Gratitude

Some Things I’m Grateful For:
1. My family and friends

2. Music

3. Books

4. School

I am grateful for more things, but those are the big things. All of these are involved in my everyday life and are things that I am very appreciative of. I am grateful for my family and friends  (yes, this includes my dog) because they are supportive (and other reasons, but I hate getting sappy and this would be an essay instead of a paragraph if I put the other reasons). Books and music are very important in my life mostly because I enjoy them but also because… yeah just for entertainment. School is where I see my friends, also without it I don’t know where exactly I would be. Also, most of the projects we do are really fun.

 

 

What I Am Reading

I am currently reading the book “Les Misérables” by Victor Hugo I finished the other book I was reading and decided to try it. I’m not super far into it, but it’s good. I’m not on the part with the main character yet, so right now it’s about a Bishop. It’s set in France, and the man is Bishop of a place called Digne. He is not the main character, but the beginning is mostly about him. I can’t write too much without giving spoilers though.

What I Notice

Things that I notice are:

1. Facial features. I can tell if your left eye is bigger than your right, which ear is bigger than the other, eyebrow size, and nose shape. If someone is talking my ear off, I point out which eye is bigger than the other. They think I’m crazy and leave me alone. 👍

2. Voices. I can tell you’re emotion from your voice. A lot of people can do it though.

3. I can tell if you’re scared, lying, or both. I have almost always been able to do this. It’s another one that’s not that hard once you figure it out.

Book Review #1

I warned you that I was doing book reviews. So here’s my first one. This is a very good book. I have read others by Timothy Zahn, and I loved them, so I am reading this one. I am a little less than halfway through and so far it is great. It’s a little hard to follow, there is a lot of different groups, (the rebels, the empire, the hand of judgement, a traitorous governor, a warlord) and a good amount of plot twists.

I am going to try and give you a summary without any big spoilers: The rebels want a new base and make a deal with an imperial governor. The empire finds out and sends an agent, and the agent is helped by renegade stormtroopers. There is also a unknown – regions warlord who wants to take over the 2 worlds. Basically they are all against each other, or think they are, and it makes it a very confusing and kind of suspenseful book. Highly recommended for “Star Wars” and/or science fiction fans.