Hearing; listening; speaking: that is learning. From reading, picking up conversations, conversing and talking with people, that is how idea's spark and begin to evolve.
Yesterday, I went to TEDyouth. Have you ever heard a TED talk, or watched one online? Well, they made a program for kids, and I had to enter an application and I got accepted.
Tons of kids, from all around New York, attended. It was all about getting kids feedback and what kids think, and we got to listen to some adults speak on a topic they focus on. For example, there was a mathematician trying to teach us that you can use math and numbers to figure out life equations, like do I need to study for a test or can I goof off? It was really funny.
Another person just gave a talk through questions, all of his questions about life and himself, and questions that were unanswered. Asking questions that don't have definite answers let you explore the endless posibillities of "answers", and what "can" and "can't" be. And he showed that through various animations and cartoons.
Anyway, my point is that listening to other people's ideas and building off of them is really fun, and is a way to learn: what other way is there to discover than to do?

My school, ms. 51, mixes in a lot of art projects with as our school work. I have that a lot in French. We had to make a cartoon within the second week of school, so there are some mistakes, but here is mine:

What I did today; November 8th, 2011
-Go to orthodontist and get two more brackets.
-Go to Mira's brithday party and bob for apples
(+get soaked)
-Have a very comforting conversation with my father.

I created a statue of liberty for a French Project at school. With bottles, cans, wire, and photo shop, you can create a lot! Here it is:

School is in my hands...
In ELA, we are doing a research topic called an iSearch. My topic is on the composer Mozart. When I was looking online, i found this quote:
"When I am traveling in a carriage, or on a walk after a good meal, or during the night when I cannot sleep: it is on such occasions that ideas flow best and most abundantly."-Mozart

So very real...

Back Home

I am back in Brooklyn. Everything feels so familiar. For the past two days I have started soccer and I am enjoying it, mostly because I feel confident on the field and so I am having a lot of fun. Also, school started on Thursday. I like my school a lot more than I thought I would. Before school started, my dad kept telling me "don't have your expectations to high, and its ok if you feel a little stressed by the first day." My dad does not say that kind of stuff without knowing anything, so I asked him why he was saying that and then he admitted to me that one woman (who he somehow met) with an older daughter gave him that "advice". So of course, I felt in a way that people were over preparing their kids, so that started to make me feel like I would hate going to middle school.
But honestly, and even after just two days of it, its just school, like I have been going to for the last seven years. And, I like it a lot. Plus I got into my top choice talent, Drama, and now I am so completely relieved and happy, and I know that I am going to make it a good year.

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