During the last two weeks there have only been positives for me. I have been able to meet new friends and so far, I have had fun in all of my classes. The only low point for me so far has been Getting used to the ten day systemI have started to learn about CSR in InS and how to make a story in english. I am still having trouble learning about those topics but i am confident that I will progress quickly. I am still unsure about how I will cope with the new ten day schedule. I plan to handle homework by checking veracross more often and doing my homework first before procrastinating.

I practiced in between other homework’s to refresh my mind and when it was nearing the concert i played after i finished my homework as well. this was effective because i got to take a break from studies while doing work. i might practice more often next time because i was inconsistent with my practices. i think we were a bit all over the place during the performance and i think that while i did well overall i wasn’t as fluent at the end of section 2.

For me the hardest part of the song is pages 2, 4 and 5. i believe that this is the hardest because it has the most complicated patterns and sequences and it was also quite fast which made it hard to play.  the way that i get better at it is by practicing those parts a lot more than the other parts so i can remember it.

I compared the differences of development between china and the uk over 200 years. the indicators being:

• Population growth
• Infant Mortality Rate
• GDP per capita

I noticed that as GDP went up, infant mortality went down. I believe that happened as people were more able to pay for doctors fees, vaccines and etcetera, gdp often means better healthcare so the country is able to provide more hospitals. also as population went up, infant mortality went down again as newer technology was made and started becoming more accessible. This is because as newer things get made older things drop in value and is made to be more affordable to others. GDP went up as population went up because more jobs were made. the jobs also became more higher-paying and more people were starting to earn more money. below are little clips on what i was talking about above

Les presento a Olivier. Olivier tiene catorce años. El es de Inglaterra. Su numero de telefono es 080-3345-6983. A Olivier le gusta comer. A Olivier especialmente le gusta pizza y frutas. A Olivier tambien le gusta correr y montar en bicicleta. A Olivier no le gusta escuchar musica. A Olivier tambien no le gusta jugar al futbol. Olivier le gusta mucho mirar la television porque es entretenido.

Best: getting to know more people and expanding on the relationships

Worst: The icebreaker day as i got to know more people but, it just wasn’t that exciting (and it was cold)

Exciting: Sharing a room with new people as i got to know people better

Scary: Sharing a room with three other men over the course of four nights

The hobbit: The activity line up as some of them I had never done before

Learn: new things about everyone

I got out of my comfort zone as I had never spent time with some of the people I was hanging out with before and That was a good because I get to know more people

I am extremely nervous all around because I do not know a lot of people in this grade. I hope that i will get to know more people there. i am also nervous because this is my first time going to gunma, but i think that it will be a fun experience.