Week Two

This week we are really focusing on the genocide in Rwanda in the 1990's. We are viewing a film called the "Ghosts of Rwanda" that is really interesting because there are so many people in the film that were directly involved with the violence and were in Kigali and other parts of Rwanda. The film is really enlightening to me because I did know about the genocide but I did not know the full details and this film gives them. Our class is also getting ready to have a discussion next week about the genocide and we are discussing if it was alright that many countries did not step in when many people were getting murdered and just let it happen.

In my own life I'm still working very hard on our play called the Learned Ladies and we're getting ready for the competition we are competing in at the end of March. I will have pictures up soon of the costumes and set of the play! This weekend I will be working on a science fair project that is assigned to us for the year. I will also go to my weekly yoga class were we practice Hatha Yoga and then I will go out to lunch on a place called The Drag which is a street downtown that is close to the University of Texas. The place where I will have lunch is called Veggie Heaven and I like it because I'm a vegetarian and is one of the many restaurants in Austin that is completely vegetarian.

Week February 11

This week we are reviewing for our Russia and the Republics test which is next Monday. We have to study major landforms and the countries and their capitals but also we have to know about the culture of each region, like Trancaucasia, as well as what kind of crops are grown there etc. We are reviewing by answering questions about the two chapters our test is over and we are also playing vocabulary games. On Thursday the 14th, we're having a party in geography class because it is Valentines Day, which is celebrated around the country. This week in my own life, I've been having to attend rehersals for the school play, The Learned Ladies by Moliere, who is an extremely famous playwrite from France. I'm understudy for two main characters so I've been having to attend many rehersals and working on the play. My grandparents are also coming into town Wednesday for their annual trip to come see us. They are my mom's parents from Guilford, Connecticut.