Jenny’s Blog✨

     Last week Thursday (depending on which day you have social studies)there was a fun event during social studies, Greek Day. We got to participate in Greek activities and try an assortment of Greek foods. Students were separated by city-states. For example, you could’ve either been in Thebes, Troy, Sparta, Athens, and more. For the first hour or so you trade your items that you made in the “Agora”. Similar to a market. Different city states would be able to trade/ sell handmade items for tickets. After that, you would participate in the Olympics. Discus, dash, chariot ride, and more were the games held. After all of that we had all worked up an appetite, so we came inside to our classrooms and ate Greek food while watching Hercules.

     The poem I found is “A new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book. Waiting to be written” by Melody Beattie. I think it’s all about starting fresh. Getting rid of negativity and starting over. Many people believe in the saying “New Year, New Me” maybe that’s what she means. It’s a new year which is a chance to start over on a clean slate. 

   My favorite song at the moment is “Nice for What” by Drake. I heard it while I was with my sister on our way to the movies. I like how smooth it sounds, but yet so uplifting. I’m not sure why, but the song just makes me feel like I’m in summer.

   I don’t really have a favorite poem. I don’t like poems. But just for this grade, I’ll choose one. And it is, “Sweetheart, Marry Your goals, remain committed to success, be loyal to your dreams, choose to be yourself.” I like it because it’s implying to choose happeness.

    My project is on John Wayne Gacy. He was a serial killer and rapist that murdered 33 young men and boys. Most of them were buried in his home under the crawl space. He was born on March 17, 1942. Died on May 10, 1994. He struggled with his sexuality and being abused as a kid. He was sometimes referred to as the “Model Citzen” in town. He lived in Chicago, IL. He dressed up as his alter ego, Pogo the Clown for parties. On December 21, 1978 he was arrested and found guilty in 1980. Yet he started killing in 1972.

    For 4th quarter I wish to participate more. It’s been a goal of mine every quarter and I’ve slowly been improving. I’d like to work a lot more on participating in classes because I feel like I haven’t been working as hard as I could. Not only do I want to participate more, I want to improve in math. Math has always been my weakest subject and I believe that’s because I haven’t really been paying attention. It just seems to last forever. 

    Over spring break I did something that was expected. I celebrated my older sisters’ 19th Birthday. On Friday we went out to dinner. All three siblings came including me, parents came and paid, my aunt and uncle came as well, and lastly my sisters boyfriend came too. The weekend was pretty calm including Easter. My mom worked while my dad, brothers and I hung around the house until she got back. We didn’t really celebrate this year. On Monday night I slept over a friends house. Many funny moments happened and they were all caught on camera! The rest of the week I went back and forth to my grandparents’ house. The final two days of spring break hit and I didn’t do anything. Oh but wait, I did do something! On Saturday my friend and her cousin came over. Sunday hit and I tried to get everything together for today, school.