I have learned many things throughout 7th grade. I learned: new ways to factor/ solve quadratic equations, new vocabulary, many new things about history, etc. I could probably not write all the things I learned thoughout the year, even if I wanted to, because I learned so many things!  Personally, I learned that dance is a very important part of my daily life... the hard way. (I couldn't dance for a whole YEAR because of foot surgery). I'm EXTREMELY excited to start dancing again in the summer! Advice for upcoming 7th graders? Don't stress about getting perfect grades... because it's almost impossible to get straight A+'s in 7th grade. Not worrying about getting straight A+'s makes your life easier. Trust me, I know from experience. Overall, 7th grade has been such a great year for learning new things!:)

I think that, so far, Seedfolks is a great book. I like how the book has a lot of different people and how they changed. I think Seedfolks is about how something small, like starting a garden in the ciy, can change so many people's lives. The activities I did so far, based on Seedfolks, are planting tomato seeds in Mrs. Koster's class, making flowers out of recycled cans in Mr. Howard's class, and listening to music from different countries that the characters came from and trying to match the music we heard to the right country. My favorite activity so far is making the flowers out of recycled cans because it's amazing how many different creative things you can do with one little can. I liked every activity I've done and I'm excited to see how our tomato plants turn out!

For my World History Fair project, I chose to do the Japansese kimono and how it evolved over time. My guiding qustion is "Why is the kimono as it is today?" Well, here is the answer. In the Nara period, the kimono started out as a simple top and trousers or a one- piece (dress). Then in the Heian period, a new method of making the kimono was developed. This method is called the straight-line-cut method. This method make the kimono look like it is today. But in the Edo period, the all different kinds of designs and ways to make the kimono were developed. My history project is going great so far and I hope to finish it by Wednesday so I can make changes if needed over the weekend.:)

As America has pop music, so does Korea.:P The only difference is that K-pop is better.:) I think that K-pop is better because the tune and lyrics are better in general speaking. I think it's also better because I'm Korean and I guess I can "relate" better to Korean pop music than American pop music. Don't think that K-pop is weird or anything because it's from Korea. Lots of people who don't even know Korean like K-pop. You never know... you might like K-pop. So I say you try it out and see how you like it!

I learned many things through the chicken wings dissection. First off, I learned that chicken wings are a nasty thing when raw, are greasy, and make you feel sick to your stomach. But academically wise, I learned that muscles are really the things that do all the work in moving your body. There were these two muscles on the chicken wing that you pulled and then the wing would go straight. I also learned that if chicken wings are complicated, then human bodies are extremely complicated. I never knew that we used so many of our muscles everyday to do everyday things. Another thing that I learned is that I'm not looking forward to the frog dissections.:)

I thought that Ernest Greene had so much perseverance, determination, and courage. Not many people would have been able to do what he did. He went through all that discrimination and taunting just because of his skin color. My first reaction to the movie was that it was totally unfair to the black people of America. The whites looked at the blacks like they were animals. Especially when Ernest accidentally bumped into that blonde girl, the girl started to act like a rodent touched her. She burned her clothes=http:// It was just wrong. I would not have been able to endure that cruelty. I would have left the first day and never came back to Little Rock in my life. Outcasting and bullying others just because of their skin color is just plain mean and nasty. But now days it is different, but some people still outcast people because of their skin color. I hope that one day everyone will realize that we are all made equal and should be treated equally, too. But other types of outcasting is going on too. People leave people out because of what they wear or how they look. I think this is just as bad as leaving people out because of their skin color. I just hope that one day will come that nobody would be left out because of dumb reasons.

"I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world." ~Thomas A. Edison

This quote really speaks out to me because friendship should not be because the person is popular or rich. Friendship should be true. Friends should just be friends because they know that the other has their back and will never talk behind it. Friends should be able to be friends through rough patches and through soft grass.:)

Friends will never betray you

Nor will they leave you behind

They'll always be beside you

No matter what the time

Friends will always be there

In your times of need or greed

Friendship is beautiful

But only if it is true:)