5/1/13

Today I was not in school because I was sick.  

4/29/13

Today we watched the videos about Tiberius. I watched the first one at home over the weekend so I was already familiar with some of it. The videos showed how Tiberius was very different from most leaders. He took more of an interest in the plebians. He showed that he cared when his men knocked over some ladies cart and he made them repair it and give her and her son food and water. We met Octavius too. He owned latifundia and he admitted to taking the woman’s land that Tiberius had previously met and he also admitted to taking tons of other people’s lands. Tiberius stormed out in outrage and that is where we left off. Tomorrow we don’t have class so we won’t see the video again till Wednesday.

4/26/13

Today did not go well…at all. I don’t think I have ever gotten such a bad grade. I really don’t know what I am doing wrong. I study pretty hard for these tests but most of the time I either just do alright or I do well. I am really disappointed. After I handed in the test I remember realizing that I had gotten like 3 wrongs, and the 3 that I got wrong were really stupid mistakes. I am so mad! The next test I am going to do a lot better though, I will take a lot more notes and I will study a lot harder. I think I have kinda just been floating by in Western Civ but I am going to take it more seriously from now on. MARK MY WORDS.

4/25/13

Today is Thursday so today was our long mod. We had our quest today and I am really scared to see what I got. I don’t think I did very well to be honest. It’s weird though because I always pay attention in class and I always take a ton of notes but when I get to the test it’s like I forget everything! I mean most of the stuff is really interesting but I also get really bored in some of it so I guess that just kinda makes it hard to study. I think I need to study from the textbook more though, not just my notes. I don’t know, maybe that is my problem. Well I am crossing my fingers for a passing grade. I’ll tell you how it goes tomorrow.

I HAD TROUBLE WITH MY BLOG, REMEMBER?

Just a reminder that all the above blogs are late but you said that was okay because I showed you all of these. Here they are^^^^^^

4/24/13

Today in Western Civilization Mr. Schick announced we are having a quest tomorrow. I think I know the material pretty well so we will see how this goes. We talked about how the rich got richer by taking the patricians farms when all of the men were at war. The Plebians would try to "help" out the Patricians by buying their farms and their lands, and "kindly taking it off their hands." When the men got back from war they would have no choice but to move to Rome with their families if their farms were sold. They went to Rome for more job opportunities. Rome back then was kind of the equivalent to present day New York.

4/22/13

Today was the longest Monday ever for some reason. Every class, except for Western Civ of course, dragged by so slowly. And then some classes I seriously don't even remember. We continued talking about the lyrics, I wrote about another half page of notes. If I wasn't so tired I could tell you what they said, but I forgot my book because I just wanted to leave school today! I don't know why. Well hopefully tomorrow is better. The only downside about tomorrow is no Western Civ though. :(