Destin, Florida: A beautiful city with beaches, palm trees, an ocean breeze, and Yogurt Mountain. Yogurt Mountain is a frozen yogurt shop located at 985 US-98, Destin, FL 32541. Yogurt Mountain, often abbreviated at "YOMO", is always my families first stop when driving into Destin. In fact, driving up to yogurt mountain at 11:02, and realizing that if we would've left our house just 3 minutes earlier, we would be eating YOMO, is a nearly heartbreaking experience for my family and I. All Destin trips involve at least three trips to YOMO, so if you think about it, my family has given way too much money to this one shop over the years. Sometimes, my sister and I know more about the store than the employees.
Yogurt Mountain has over 20 flavors to choose from, along with bowl dividers for indecisive people like myself. Some of my favorites are birthday cake, cookies and cream, tart, triple chocolate, and my all time favorite, pomegranate energy tart. Unfortunately, pomegranate energy tart switches out with blueberry tart every two weeks, so when you go can affect the whole experience. Their are more than 60 toppings on the YOMO topping bar. The toppings include candy, fruit, nuts, and sauces like chocolate, peanut butter, and caramel. Yogurt mountain is better than any yogurt place that I've ever been to, and I recommend going if you ever see one.
Sunday, January 29, 2017
reading response
When I first started reading "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian, I was not expecting to enjoy it. After reading the first 20 pages, I realized that it wasn't a bad book and I figured I would grow to like it. So far, this book has been funny, and also relatable from a teens standpoint. I can already tell that Junior is courageous because of his decision to move to a new school for better education, though he realized he would get made fun of. I can tell that he really wants to fit in.
I am looking forward to meeting Juniors sister. She has been spoken of by quite a few characters in the book so far, but we have yet to be introduced to her. I feel as if we haven't encountered her yet because she stays in the basement for most of the time. I am eager to find out why she gave up her dreams, why she is hiding out in the basement, and what she has planned for life. I think she will be an interesting character that will add emphasis to the story.
I am looking forward to meeting Juniors sister. She has been spoken of by quite a few characters in the book so far, but we have yet to be introduced to her. I feel as if we haven't encountered her yet because she stays in the basement for most of the time. I am eager to find out why she gave up her dreams, why she is hiding out in the basement, and what she has planned for life. I think she will be an interesting character that will add emphasis to the story.
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Sunday, January 22, 2017
my research paper topic
My research topic is how magic related to religion in the early modern world. Magic became popular around the 15th century. I think that it is interesting how different kinds of magic related to religions. Magic relates to religion within the beliefs of spirits, devils, and angels. Christians believed that spirits lurked in ordinary objects.
Magic related to religion because of how the church was related to the witch trials. The hunting of women that were accused of witchcraft were organized by the church. The church also organized the punishments of witches, which in some cases included death. Eventually the church realized that many innocent people were being killed for witchcraft, and that that the witch hunts were uncalled for. This topic is really interesting and it has been interesting to learn about.
Magic related to religion because of how the church was related to the witch trials. The hunting of women that were accused of witchcraft were organized by the church. The church also organized the punishments of witches, which in some cases included death. Eventually the church realized that many innocent people were being killed for witchcraft, and that that the witch hunts were uncalled for. This topic is really interesting and it has been interesting to learn about.
Last semester
Last semester, I learned that taking notes on everything will improve your grades by far. Even if you don't think that it matters, or you think that you will never see it on a test, it helps to write it down. Sometimes the information you don't think will matter, ends up being on a test, or relates to another topic that you learn. Writing notes with different colors and highlighters helps me to study the notes, puts the information into categories, and makes note taking a little bit less boring. Taking lots of notes improved all of my grades in the 2nd quarter.
Once I realized how much difference taking notes made, I started doing it all the time. This semester, I hope to make even better grades than last semester, since I started taking lots of notes early on. I can already see improvements in my grades from the beginning of the last quarters, and the beginning of this one. I've made A's on all of my tests and quizzes so far this semester. I hope that taking notes will continue to help me throughout high school.
Once I realized how much difference taking notes made, I started doing it all the time. This semester, I hope to make even better grades than last semester, since I started taking lots of notes early on. I can already see improvements in my grades from the beginning of the last quarters, and the beginning of this one. I've made A's on all of my tests and quizzes so far this semester. I hope that taking notes will continue to help me throughout high school.
Wednesday, January 18, 2017
Monday, January 16, 2017
Christmas Break
After Christmas, my sister and I went to spend New Years with our grandfather in Bossier City. The day that we got to Bossier, we met up with our friend who lives in Bossier for dinner at a Mexican restaurant. After dinner we all went to see a movie together. The next day, it was raining, so our grandfather suggested that we got to Painting with a Twist. After painting we went to the Boardwalk and we saw a movie and shopped.
On New Years Eve, we all stayed up late together playing boardgames and watching New Years Rockin Eve. My sister and I played music and ate food. On New Years Day, we ate breakfast at Ihop. After breakfast, we got in the car to hear home. We all had very much fun in Shreveport, and I'm excited to go back.
On New Years Eve, we all stayed up late together playing boardgames and watching New Years Rockin Eve. My sister and I played music and ate food. On New Years Day, we ate breakfast at Ihop. After breakfast, we got in the car to hear home. We all had very much fun in Shreveport, and I'm excited to go back.
Quarter 3 week 1. Research
Finding sources for my research paper topic was difficult. I had to search for a while before I found any primary sources. I think that I have multiple credible sources that will help me answer my research question. Though it was time consuming, the annotative bibliography helped me understand what my sources were about, and helped me come to a conclusion about how they would strengthen my research paper. My primary sources were difficult to read because they were written so long ago.
I had trouble finding out why sources were credible, especially when the author was not named. However, creating the summary of the sources was easy. Dr Kuhn helped me understand how to make my evaluations have more depth. After she helped me, I was able to improve my annotative bibliography. Making my notecards have been easy so far. I need to work on making sure my notecard titles answer my research question.
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