This Week in the Philippines!

     This trip has its ups and downs so far, and this was pretty unbelievable, fun, and amazing. Like one thing that happened was that a nanny asked for money from my uncle while he was drunk (taking advantage I guess) and when my uncle gave like 350$ on accident because he didn't know how much peso value is, then when we got back to the house, she tried to run with the money at 1 AM, needless to say that she was fired and questioned the next day. We stayed in a hotel called Bellevue which was really nice and we are always around Metro Manila, but I think we will be going to more places. I still have like another week and a half here :( wish me luck! Anyways, I also bought a bunch of pirates movies from like ghetto stores on the side of the road. It was only 500 Philippine pesos which is like $10 in USD. But there was A LOT of new movies over there and we bought like half of them. I'm starting to feel a little homesick, but we finally got rid of the reason why we are here: My Aunty's wedding and that was like a couple of days ago, which brings me to the question as to why we are even here till New Years.
     Highlights of this trip/week: Had a lot of fun this trip and finished having to run errands around here and now we can actually go around doing more fun things and sightseeing. I got to experience more different kinds of food, and different things I didn't know about. Got closer to and met some of my relatives while I am here. Lowlights of this trip/week: Had so much things to do since I got here. I've been sick since like the second day here and I still have heavy coughs. Plus, the stupid nanny that tried to lie to us and ran away, but on a lighter note, we got the money that she didn't spend back.
     My lesson of this trip is that you shouldn't bother with what isn't yours in the first place, like that nanny was asking my uncle for 100$, and she was actually getting paid a lot already by my relatives, but she didn't admit to taking anything and then she got caught running away at 1 AM, talk about ungrateful. That was what made part of this trip unbelievable. If you mess with what isn't yours in the first place, then you need to stop and leave it be. Some things just shouldn't be messed with especially in scenarios like this. In addition, doing this could lead to more and more problems and it'll get worse, so just don't bother with things that aren't yours.

I'll post a photo later (I don't have a computer and I can't upload from my phone)

My Second Quarter Mayhem.

     There's many things I have to say in this blog, starting with the beginning of this whole quarter, to the end of the situation. Within the beginning of the quarter, I was doing very well, did my jobs correctly, and did other things. At the time, I didn't realize how much things I should've been doing, and one of those things is trying to make an intro. The whole "situation" started when Period 5 got in trouble, then we've had to be watched over more often. Until I had to talk to Mr. Ing, I didn't realize how much time I've been wasting the whole quarter. If I only realized this myself early on and became more self-directed, then I wouldn't have any problems. Sadly, that's not the case anymore, now I have to work on having more self-directedness and common sense in order to be able to finally see what the huge difference is. This wasn't the only problem, but another one was how did I not know how to burn an intro? Yeah that was really a terrible mistake and I should've practiced making an intro. I almost got the computers taken away.
     There isn't a lot of highlights but they are: I had a decent start on the quarter, successful ISA events, great career day, and basically most of those leadership events have been good highlights. Though, there are numerous lowlights such as: Getting my vest taken away, even after different hints onto what I shouldn't or should've done. Couldn't pass my AR goal even after it was only .8 away from passing! Constant reminders here and there to stay on task and do what is necessary but I don't listen sometimes. This quarter has gone down hill fast since the middle of maybe November? Or the beginning of December too.
     I'm not necessarily sure if this counts as a lesson of the quarter because I don't know if learning the lesson but not exactly doing this lesson counts. Anyways, the lesson of my Quarter is that I shouldn't have been creating so many problems and became more self-directed. If it had been like this from the start, then maybe I wouldn't have had much problems and it would've been a nice and smooth ride, but nope, I got my vest taken away because I failed to realize my problems, I think that the thing that I needed to change to fix this problem is my habits, less socializing, no more wasting free time if there's lots of things to do, and stop getting distracted. With these habits being decreased like this, it's much easier for me to focus in leadership.
     I have completely mentioned the thing I needed to improve on all over my paragraphs, and that would be self-directedness. Like I said, if I fix certain habits, then I could improve my self-directed trait and be more successful. The other thing I really need to work on is common sense, now I can't be exact on how I can be improve this, but I need to start thinking more inside the box than out, because people can see things in a certain great way, while I see it in another way, and it's probably not a good idea. I need to be sure that I have more common sense so that things don't have to be so difficult, as well as being more self-directed because all of my actions will affect everyone in leadership. So if I can fix all of these things, than hopefully the more successful I will be. :)

Personal Display Board #2

     These are my two personal display items! The first item, which are my first magic notes that I've recieved after retreat, is important to me because it really made me happy that the magic notes weren't just a one time thing. Not only that, but some of those notes help you improve on things and they can also have really nice comments, and this was every week. My second item is my AR goal, until recently I haven't been working on my AR, but this is one of the things that I really need to do. I never realized how much time I wasted, and this taught me that I can do it if I just focus, because in these past days, I've been so focused on AR and I actually noticed that it isn't hard. It's just how you use your time with it and how you spend this time, your either wasting it or your not. but either way, these are my two important items!

Terrible Week

     This week started off as normal, and it was going alright on Monday. Then, I had to make intro afterschool, I didn't finish so Chad told me to do it in the morning. I took too long making it and we had to talk in the morning which lead up to me getting my vest taken away and having to do my Cornell Notes. I finished it in 2 days, but on the second morning that I took to finish it, Miah was making intro even though we told her she'd get in trouble... Today was really just a really terrible week for me and it could've gone better if I didn't take up too much time doing intro, or not doing it in the morning for that matter. By next week I need to start thinking more clearly and stop wasting time or else everybody will be affected by my actions. Therefore I need to start being more responsible. My classes: Period 1 (Math): Math could've been much better if there wasn't too much units being learned without getting a chance to make sure we learned what was demonstrated in that unit. Period 2 (Science): We got into Cell Division A.K.A Mitosis and we took quiz on that subject. Period 3 (Basic Keyboarding): Stil working on Google Slides. Period 4 (English): Began our Embedded Assesment 2. Period 5 (Leadership): Read for AR, Winter Tree Decoration, and lyrics for a Christmas song. Period 6 (Social Studies): We did our CFA and our Quarter 2 test already.
     Highlights of the week are: I raised my C in Math. I'm beginning to stay on task by reading AR and doing important work instead of using up that time. Lowlights of the week: I made intro at the wrong time, I took too long making it, I got my vest taken away, wasted time, and I took two days to finish my Cornell notes for my intro. My Highlights could've increased this week if I just did my intro on the right time instead of doing it in the morning when I wasn't supposed to.
      My lesson learned this week was that it's one thing to promise or say you'll do something, but it's a whole other story to actually fulfill those words that you just said. I basically did that this week, taking place in my magic notes, but not making any improvements I need to get to that point. That's why I need to remember this lesson so that I don't end up saying empty things and I won't even follow up with what I was going to do, that is why this lesson is very important.
      My magic note that I chose this week is very uplifting that there will be times where you will make mistakes, but you have to be willing to improve it or else you won't get anywhere, and I'll remember that line everytime I have to until I start putting in more and more effort into what I have to so that I can get where I need to be and not be a reason why we are gerting privleges taken away in leadership.

Short Week! (Late Blog)

     I don't have a lot to say about this week because it was only 3 days long, but it was Thanksgiving and Black Friday! It was a long 4 day weekend, and I was pretty satisfied with my Black Friday shopping. Anyways, we were on ID's for 3 days, and those 3 days, at least one person is absent. Monday, Miah was absent. Tuesday, Miah was absent and Deriecka went home, and Wednesday, Deriecka was absent. It was such a fast week and not a lot happened. For my classes, in Period 1 (Math): Mrs. Gouveia needs to update my grade which she hasn't done anything about it yet. We started doing constant rates of change.  Period 2 (Science): Began working on our Microscope lab, we did cheek, onion, and a certain leaf (I forgot it's name). Period 3 (Basic Keyboarding): We started our google slides project of  Technology that changed the world. Period 4 (English): Began our research for EA 2 and already went into certain things we need for that test. Period 5 (Leadeship): ID"s and Orientation dance, Deriecka also had to go home because of a scratched eye. Period 6 (Social Studies): Started our History Day topic, finished all of the Hawaiian Monarchy, and worked with a partner for my circle map.
     Highlights of my week are: We had an easy ID's week because there wasn't a lot of people coming in, and there weren't a lot of new students this week either, we had a 4 day weekend because of  Thanksgiving, and it felt like such a fast week. Lowlights of the week are: I wasted time during period 5 when I could've been doing productive things. The second lowlight is I don't have my updated grades for math yet. Another lowlight, is since it was a short week, there wasn't a lot we could get done in my classes, especially when there's something fun we could've done.
     My lesson for the week is that if I don't do what is needed, it could really set everyone back, and not just me, but my whole class or period. When I was in Period 5, I was on my phone and eating snacks when I could've been doing something a lot more productive like Orientation dance, or reading for AR so next time I gotta remember to do what I need to or else I won't be able to finish anything that I have to do, especially with the quarter being just a few weeks away from ending.
     My magic note that I will choose was very kind, put a lot of thought into, and a great friend. It was pretty long, and it made me feel special. There was so much more effort put into this magic note than the rest of the ones that I received and I am very thankful that I got this magic note and it was just amazing.

My AR Goal.

Career Day

     This week was pretty much all about Orientation in Leadership. Every Homeroom this week, we were practicing our dance and Miah was our choreographer. I had to work on both lip-syncing and dancing for the girls song and boys song. Not to mention that I have to do other dances like We Go Together. But anyways, this week, Period 5 had Music. We had no shifts because we wouldn't do shifts until everyone came early. But Miah kept on coming late for whatever reason, so that's one thing that she needs to work on. I did a lot of announcements this week and that was pretty easy compared to going on TV. Now for my classes, Period 1 (Math): Multiplying and Diving Rational Numbers and word problems. Period 2 (Science): Learning how to use a Microscope. Period 3 (Basic Keyboarding): We are working on a PowerPoint presentation about technology that changed the world. And we learned how to use graphs and digital presentations. Period 4 (English): Reading springboard topics like "Why violent video games should be banned!". Period 5 (Leadership): We were practicing our Orientation dances but Deriecka was gone almost the whole week. So we had to show her the differences that were made to each dances. Period 6 (Social Studies): We were talking about our History Day project topic and we were shown various topics from different videos that Mr. Chong showed us. I almost forgot to mention that we had career day this week and I got the private investigator. I got to learn things from him that I never knew or didn't realize.

     Highlights of the week are: I came early everyday for this whole week, I didn't get sick from anyone because that was something that we kept on talking about, and my Music announcements are really good. The music announcements were always about the hike, team picture taking, and track sign ups. Lowlights of the week are: It kept on raining pretty hard on Thursday so we couldn't do anything on Thursday for track, but I did get the forms. We didn't have shifts because we couldn't come on time. And I didn't remember a part of Beauty School Dropout.

     My lesson of the week is take your time doing things because the longer you work on something, then your work could be of better quality. If you just add in extra time to check your work and make sure you did some things right, the more your work will pay off. These are one of the things I learned while listening to the private investigator. He was really good at interpreting things easily and had a very motivational lesson. He kept on talking about things like this lesson and I learned a lot from him. It was a good thing I got him for career day because he was pretty funny and very patient, I wanted to take my time instead of rushing so I don't panic and make a mistake.

    The magic note I chose this week was Deriecka's because her magic note was very inspiring and it gave me a clue to what I must've been doing right and wrong. Her magic note was great and it also told me I'm doing a good job, and I was improving. Those are the reasons why I did choose Deriecka's magic note and it was really nice. There was a little more to it and it was really touching.

Trouble in Period 5 and 2 Crazy Days

     This week was probably the most craziest experience in leadership so far. There was a lot of hectic movement around A101 due to having to always move things around for separate occasions. It started with getting into trouble after being very loud in A102 when we were supposed to be cleaning up. Then the practice evacuation, when I forgot to get my sign, I didn't hold my sign still, and didn't copy the correct diagrams down after that which gave more problems for Period 5 to deal with. Thursday was probably one of the more "craziest" days. We had to go to the evacuation drill, and some of the classes didn't know what to do with their attendance and started kneeling down when they weren't supposed to. To top off that evacuation drill, it began to rain. Then, we had to go into the Campbell gym, and we had an assembly about saying yes to your passion. Finally for that day, we had Campus Beautification, not much to explain about that, but we did painting and set up everything for that day. Now for Friday, we had ISA jobs for Softball and Basketball, and the things we did lasted the whole school day. I think I did a pretty good job for keeping score for softball.
     My highlights for the week are, my Period did a good job during ISA and did what they were supposed to do. The two crazy days we've been through was a success and especially Friday. ISA softball was pretty funny to watch, and it was nice for me because I was sitting under the shade feeling the breeze, and nothing hit me in the face. The lowlights of the week begin with Tuesday. There was a lot of screaming in A102 during Period 5, when we were supposed to be cleaning. We got onto probation till the next morning when we were given a chance after marquee. Then, I messed up when we went to the park to practice where we stand because I didn't hold my sign still. Plus, I didn't copy down the correct diagrams for evacuation drill and copied down a different one until Tiana finally told me. Then Thursday, we didn't do a good job of lining up the field because I needed to keep being reminded to drag my foot back and didn't understand until a few reminders. Thankfully, we did a good job on Friday for ISA and that made up for part of our mistakes.
     The lesson I learned this week was to always set your priorities first. This is a very important lesson because if you can't set your priorities first, then where do you think you'll be going in life? Priorities are basically like goals. Priorities are the difference between what you NEED to do, and what you don't have to. There are things that have to be done and you can't just stand around doing unnecessary things when you have to do something else. This is an important lesson that I learned this week due to every crazy thing that has went on, ISA and when we had Trouble during Period 5. These are my reasons why setting your priorities first is a very important lesson.
     The magic note I chose was chosen because it told me that though we had some troubles here and there, we will get through this week. It also said that we just have to remember our expectations, and I have improved for Friday. This is some what motivational due to the fact that we have been through such a tough week and a lot of hectic movement. That's why i'm happy that I received note because it reminds me what we must do, and how I am improving.

Birthday Week :)

     This week in Leadership was very fun. My birthday is going to be this Sunday, November 1st :)). Anyways, going back to topic, my week was very fun. This is the second week in a row we had 3 odd periods because of the holiday last week. For Period 1 (Math): We did the same as usual, INB, Unit 3, and correct hw. Period 2 (Science): The best drawing tabs in the world. I should get an award for my master tab drawings. Period 3 (Basic Key.): Skills test, practice time writing. Period 4 (English): Spring Board, SBA review (how we did). Period 5 (Leadership): We were rehearsing orientation dance for a little bit. Period 6 (Social Studies): We were doing Kamehameha 1,2,3 royal cards. For my Kamehameha 1 timeline, I got a macadamia chocolate box for it being nice and Mr. Chong said it looked like a lot of effort was put in.
     Highlights of my week are: I was able to do my musical announcement without making a mistake for the first time, my birthday is this week, we finished our Intramural successfully, and Flu Shot Clinic was also pretty successful. My lowlights of the week are: My Toad costume ripped, our music almost played ads, I have low grades, and I kept on forgetting to respond to walkie messages like saying "10/4". It was hard to keep track of this week, this week really just passed by way too fast.
     The lesson I learned for the week is sportsmanship. After seeing everyone out there during Flag Football, I learned that being a good sport is a very good thing. You lose points everytime you do anything unsportsmanlike. I wouldn't want to have to deal with a sore loser that keeps on throwing temper tantrums based off losing points or not getting a goal. That's why Sportsmanship is important when learning how to be a better person and friendly in general.
     The magic notes that I chose were very motivating and kind. It told me to be myself and that I was an amazing person. The note said that I was funny and was the note itself was very funny too. I chose it for these reasons, and it gave me a positive feeling, none of them said anything like that and it was a very unique note. I really liked reading it and it made me feel happy and was by far the best note that I got this week. Thank you to the person who gave me this note. It made my day.

My 2 Personal Display Items

     

     These are my two personal display items. The first is from our retreat talent show when we started grouping up. I chose this because it was the first time i've ever actually been to anything like this, and it was probably the highlight of that retreat. We made a lot of changes, and worked really hard on this, so it means a lot. I think that we did great and i'm really proud of how we did, and worked. Though we made mistakes, it was something I could laugh off in the end. So it wasn't that bad.

     The second item, are the fliers from Parent Night. Parent Night was my first ever leadership event (or at least that i've been to). I was able to pass out ballots and briefly explain to parents what they had to do with it. That was probably other than retreat one of my best leadership days just because of what we did at Chad's birthday beforehand. This event was probably other than my daily jobs one of the first main things I did since joining Leadership.

Magic Notes

      This week was great. Friday was a Teachers Holiday, so we didn't have school. Time is going by way too fast because it felt like I don't remember having TV duty. Anyways, I went on TV for the first time with Deriecka on Thursday. And Miah went with Chad on Wednesday. I watched ISA dance on Monday and Wednesday. And on that Wednesday afterschool, me and Chad made intro. For my Period 1 (Math): We are learning even more integer problems. Period 2 (Science): Now this one, I have low grade due to my notebook being ruined on the wrong day. I can just turn it in, but I can't get full credit, just half on each. Period 3 (Keyboarding): There hasn't been a lot of typing going on, it's just CFA and our Bubble Map. Period 4 (English): We are still doing Embedded Assesment 2 and we did SBA practice tests. Period 5 (Leadership): We put our Magic Notes mailbox on the blue board. And then, we went on our phones. Period 6 (Social Studies): Our seats just changed to face another way, and we received two new students.

      My Highlights of the week are: I went on Ilima CCTV on Thursday, and only made one mistake, which is good because I've never been on a broadcast before. I learned how to make an intro, and the one Chad taught me how to make looked really good. I am keeping up a good grade in my core classes except Science. My Lowlights of the week are: My blogger is acting up, I still can't really post  a picture of my Magic Notes or anything else. My Science grade was lowered because my notebook got wet on INB check day. And I didn't know that, so I wanted to leave my notebook because it'd rip. Another lowlight of my week is that we didn't get our cones out on time during intramurals, and we had to rush. In relation to that, when i was on walkie, i kept forgetting to say 10-4 or answer back in general.

     My lesson of the week is to be more attentive. Being Attentive is important because you won't know what's going on around you. During one of our Intramurals, we weren't paying attention to what was going on and we didn't put up the cones. Neither did we move the soccer goal far enough. If we can't pay attention in class we'll get a bad grade on something if we don't even know what we are doing. There are so many reasons to be attentive, but basically the big reason is you won't know what's going on around you.

     This Magic Note was chosen because of how long, descriptive, and you can tell how much effort was put into this. It'll probably be obvious who wrote this for me once I put the topic of it, and that would be how much potential I have, and how happy the person was when I got into leadership. It was very decorative, and had nice hand righting. It shocked me how long it was compared to the others, but very descriptive and neat. This was very motivational as well, and it made me feel special because I feel like I can be useful in Leadership and wanted. It made me feel great and I was very happy.
   

This Week of School :-)

          This was a week I barely could completely remember all of my classes because I was focused on this new thing we first heard about before retreat, called "Intramurals". Intramurals is refereeing, scorekeeping, and responsible for bringing the needed supplies for flag football. We had 7th first on Wednesday, which was extremely more tame and not super crazy compared to eighth graders that would take it way too seriously and could actually get hurt. During the eight grade game, there was one student on field A that kept running and always slipped in front of us, sometimes hitting us. Then we had 7th again after eighth the next day. Now for my classes. Pd. 1 (Math): Not a lot that actually had to be done, just a brand new unit started. Pd. 2 (Science): We just started learning about cells, which was had a bit of extensive vocabulary, because I couldn't understand most of the terms. Pd. 3 (Basic Keyboarding): This was very upsetting because this is the first time I received a B on my accuracy test, I think I just gotta remember my key location and slow down again and build it back up. Pd. 4 (ELA): We just started reviewing for our second Embedded Assessment even though we just finished the first before break. Since it's another one i'm assuming it will be another 25% of my grade. Pd. 5 (Leadership) We had only 2 leadership periods this week, the first one I can't recall very well, but we just learned about the personal display board, what to do, and when it's due. Chad and Deriecka were also on a FT so Kaylin was in charge of us and they weren't there for pd. 5. Pd. 6 (SS): This week we did a timeline on King Kamehameha the Great. I didn't get a lot of information off of my notes, probably because the video I saw wasn't the best for notes. One of the facts I learned was that he was named "Paiea" at a young age and trained in secret due to the order to kill him by another ali'i.
           My Highlights for the week are: My Intramural jobs were a success, other than the fact I almost forgot to count shaking hands because I was in a confused state. We were able to finish Markee or Marquee on time before recess. I know how to do my leadership job myself and learned how to give the fall pictures to everyone who ordered. It was really funny, because when I asked if they were sure they bought fall pictures, one of them said they didn't buy and some told me they didn't know and sounded like they didn't. I don't understand the point in coming by if you didn't buy, and if you come saying you don't know, then tell me nevermind. It's a waste of time and there were other people who were waiting too. Some of this is a low light, and speaking of lowlights, I should probably get to that now. My first lowlight is that I received a B in Basic Keyboarding for the first time. Like I said,  I should get used to remembering the keys first. Being a week away from school can really affect your skills. The second lowlight, is that our group leaders were missing on Tuesday because of a FT and Thursday took up all over our Period 5 time because of Marquees and coloring in the Letter Display Boards. To top it all off we had lockdowns that same day that took like 20 minutes.
           The lesson I learned this week is doing your best, or trying with your best effort. This was a lesson I somewhat thought of while I was watching flag football. Everyone was giving it their all and most that did probably scored more goals (even though it's not exactly counted compared to the other things) and those people did great. Even if you give it your all, there's no need to be so salty about not winning or making things go your way. Sportsmanship is important because it shows people that giving it your all doesn't mean you'll take it badly and you'll seem like a nicer person. Let's say your in class, about to take a test, but you don't actually do anything to prepare for it because you think you know it all, but you get a C on it. That's not trying your best because if you didn't study and you thought you knew it all, that's not trying at all. This is why trying your best is very important, and in my opinion, mostly important in academics.

My First Leadership Retreat!! (Retreat Blog)

          This retreat was a blast! It was fun bonding with the whole leadership like a family and being able to meet our chaperons which used to be in leadership. The day started out when I arrived to the school, I forgot my mailbox inside the class so I ran to retrieve it. It turns out, it was found with the rest of my envelopes after I was about to design my new one.We moved all our bags to the garage then eventually upstairs as we settled in. We then began our Session 1 which was reviewing our groups strengths and weaknesses and us individually. Then the Quarter 1 review. Session 2 was rearranged to be our ISA job planning and for our Period, door decorations. Before session 2, we had lunch. After our planning, we got to have a break and swim. I forgot if it was the first break or the second, but Deriecka got stung by a jellyfish. Since then I was scared to go in the water especially because if I got deeper, I don't know how to swim. Then, we went crab hunting and found a huge one compared to the smallest ones we found later after that day. During night time, we had Breakouts, in which my group (boys) were rehearsing orientation dance with Korey and Laila. We didn't do Personal Interviews or Memory Jars this year. Then we had dinner and after that we had Talent Show practice, Period 1 chopped, then it was lights out.
           The second day, we woke up early to have breakfast. I then finished all of my bucket filling messages (magic notes) Session 5 which was supposed to be Q3 planning, we did both Q3 and Q4 planning at once. Then we had another break so I went swimming again, but I had sand stuck in my hair. Then we had lot cleaning, our Period chose the back where we picked up leaves, and sides of the house. That took a lot of time, so we had yet another break. Then lunch, then free time. I don't think this is completely in order as I don't memorize the day 2 schedule. We rotated our breakout activity, and this time we were with Jolene. We worked on our cape of self esteem and that included our short, mid, long term goals. I made 3 short, 4 long, and 3 mid in this order. Then we had dinner. Then after that we had time left over from lunch and made small changes to our talent show cheer. Then we had our talent show, we won 2nd place. Then we went in for chopped, we made rice crispies and a smore bar. Even though it's already a smore, Mr. Ing still let us make smores later on after chopped. We also received 2nd place for that as well.
          The third and final day there, we had breakfast once again. Packed our bags, and eventually moved them to the garage when we were cleaning inside the house. We had Breakout sessions again but this time with Shayna. We played Jenga with the #'s listed on the blocks and those were questions listed. We had another short break. Then lunch, took pictures, and learned how to play flag football. Then after that another 1 hr. break and we finally cleaned up. Took the bus, and arrived at Ilima.
          My highlights for our retreat is that we got to increase mostly our period's bond and with the rest of leadership. We were able to figure out what we were gonna do for our plans with creativity and great themes. I enjoyed the retreat and had long breaks in which we could we swim at anytime we wanted to. We got second place in our Chopped and Talent Show. We had successful sessions and breakouts and I got to meet Remy, a local Peacock. I got to meet the previous Leadership students which included 2 Sophomores and 2 Seniors. Even though we did a lot of work at the retreat, it wasn't boring and it didn't consume a lot of time, I especially can't say that after getting hour long breaks. My lowlights are that time passed so fast and I already miss being there. We also ran into some drama around the second day. The last lowlight was our chopped, even though we did everything fine and how we were supposed to, our food didn't have a lot of taste and wasn't as good as it was supposed to be.
          My lesson learned during that retreat is not only working as a team, but trying your best to be very creative.We needed Teamwork to think up idea's for our planning, such as how in door decorations, for winter we thought of Winter Wonderland and Snow in Hawaii, as for Halloween, Crime Scene, Nightmares, and Cabin in the Woods. I forgot which Halloween theme was voted for already. Creativity was used to make these themes more unique and exciting. Snow In Hawaii is somewhat creative because it never snows in Hawaii and during Winter time it usually always snows in other places. For Halloween, Crime Scene and Cabin in the Woods are really creative because Crime Scene is like a mystery where there's blood and you have to find out what happened. Cabin in the Woods is somewhat self-explanatory, but if we will make it like the movie then that's too much because there are a lot of different monsters/killers. Nightmares I am not very certain about, I believe that it is about the horror that can take place, like people dying, blood, and scary monsters.
          The final paragraph is about a quote that we have to explain the significance of. The meaning of this quote "Leadership is not about ability, it's about responsibility." This quote means that, having just ability won't make you qualified as a leader, being a leader means that you have to accept and deal with the challenges that arise and make sure that what's done is done. You can't just be like "I can do this and you can't, so I should be the leader." You have to be ready to accept the challenges and that means that leadership isn't all about being able to boss people around, in fact if you say that, then all I have to say is that you'd make a horrible leader by saying that. As a leader, you shouldn't be afraid to make decisions and you should make them wisely.

First Quarter in Leadership! :)

          Many things escalated this quarter in a way that was a little bad at first, but it all worked out great at the end. I feel like this sounds like a end of the year blog, but really this is a really big change in my quarter. If it weren't for this change, I wouldn't be able to make this blog where I can talk about how I felt about this quarter. First off, I was completely accepted into Leadership about 2 days after my conditional acceptance and that was such a fulfilling moment for me. There were exactly 3 jobs for three odd periods. First I was on Music where we provide music daily during morning and recess. Then, ID's where we would just be in the class and sit near the computer to print out ID's, that felt really slower than the other jobs but it was still fun. ID's were also responsible for lunch music, in which you play it during first lunch and pick it up before the end of second lunch. TV was probably the funnest but with Mr. Bonilla's speech problem that ruined my experience of my first week on TV job. The rest of the days were fun, but man to be caught up on a speech he SHOULD know that most students won't really care about, really a drag. Basically, TV goes on the school CCTV announcing upcoming events and gatherings also providing daily information. They are in charge of afterschool sales which students stop by the class everytime we have, and they just buy ice cream or snacks. Sometimes, they even sell boba tea that last Leadership period gets to help make. I've worked on a Biocube, Cubby Cover, and made weekly blogs. I was able to use the extra credit I received from Parent Night and save my AR which I was able to complete today! We also rehearsed our retreat cheer, discussed what we will bring to our retreat and our packing list. For the jobs we learned how to make NEW ID's and make TV intros. Right now I don't have my final grades as my assessments for most of my classes haven't been graded yet. Though I know that today is the last day i'll be having the odd periods and I won't see those teachers (except Leadership) till next quarter.
          I don't even know where to start with this whole list of Highlights! and Lowlights :( but by the end of the quarter, most of my Lowlights turned to great Highlights. Starting with my Lowlights, there was a possibility I wouldn't be able to be in Leadership, as my acceptance was only conditional due to one C that was fixed the day after. My AR goal was almost a fail, which I needed about 6 points since Monday and it was due on Tuesday. It was so scary, in the process of getting my AR goal complete, i've had to failed quizzes which really dropped my percentage, thankfully those failed tests were able to get deleted! And if it stayed like that well then "goodbye to Leadership retreat." Another lowlight was that I had to put my name on the detention board with Mr. Nishimura for tomorrow because when I was swapping seats due to my computer having no internet, I put on my bag to go back to my seat but when I left it on, I guess it counted as packing too early because even though it was end of the day, he never gave instructions to do so yet. So I owe detention for tomorrow even though I have a recess job. Now for my highlights!!! For starters, I got accepted into Leadership this quarter and assigned to a period group where I feel i'd fit in the most out of the rest of them, Period 5! With Chad, Deriecka, Kaylin, and Miah which we got in at the same time. The biggest highlight, is that I reached my AR goal in time! Which was such a rush and struggle, but that's the lesson of procrastination and only finding out last minute, then again finding out last minute was still my fault obviously. I used an Extra Credit to extend my goal dues for today instead of Wednesday and right now, i'm so thankful I went to that Parent Night thing. My goal was 17.0 which initially was 32.3 but thankfully it lowered, also my goal percentage was 85 and it was not being nice to me at first. Although I can go on the retreat, i'm still a little upset because i'll lose my Leadership recognition for failing to meet my Reading Level goal of 6.5. My ZPD is 4.7 to 10.0 and I was kind of surprised to find that was my goal, because I thought they would slowly raise it but 6.5 is already halfway and it's not even the whole first semester yet. The final highlight of this whole list, is Laila unbanned me and let me go on the Leadership Retreat! YAY
          My lesson for the quarter, use your time wisely. When I say wisely, I MOST DEFINITELY MEAN IT. I have a problem with time management, but this is just straight out how did you not do this. I found my AR goal last minute and unfortunately I almost failed my whole AR goal and I wouldn't have been able to come to the Retreat, and if I couldn't, then I could've missed a lot of important details. This whole thing started when I began playing with my playing cards and rubik's cube. I didn't go on my AR thing because I thought that I set my own goal and well, I should've double checked way earlier. I found out about my AR goal a week before it was due, and that was a huge mistake. It was initially 32.3 points but thankfully lowered to 17.0 and I still hardly got past that. I got boosted 10 points by a hunger games quiz. Then I took 2 quizzes after that and failed both of them. Sadly, one of  those quizzes I took almost 5 pages of notes on and I got a lower score than the other quiz I took. I had another fortunate moment when I was able to get those failed tests deleted, and that wouldn't affect my percentage after that. Then today I just barely passed using my extra credit, and reading 2 diary of a wimpy kid books and some fake repunzel based off of growing and keeping hair clean, it was also kind of nasty. The point is, if you keep procrastinating and waste the time that you can utilize into important matters like this, then obviously you won't get anywhere and I wouldn't even be in this situation if I just read when I was supposed to and here I am complete with my goal having to complete this using an extra credit just because I couldn't fulfill my goal on the supposed due date. This is why using your time wisely is the most important lesson of this quarter.
          One of the first things I really need to work on is obviously timing and procrastination. Either or, both are so affecting that it's the most i'll need to work on. Especially if I wanna progress in Leadership due to the importance of this type of thing. Timing is very important when it comes to assignments given, important or not they will add up eventually. Second, is quality. Quality is one of my most important things i'd like to work on, now having quality and doing the best of your effort is pretty different. Doing the best of your effort doesn't mean you did quality work (it can depend on how you think it is but when teachers grade it's different). Quality is something I also have to work on as it's very important so that all of my papers and drawings seem really fun to grade and teachers would be happy to grade my paper. It's pretty much GLO #4 Quality Producer. Finally, out of all of the important things this quarter, this is my last and something that has been popping up since my leadership interview and it's never been that bad. My case of Self-Confidence this has been such a bother that this added on to a bunch of things and I was on the verge of not being accepted into Leadership and that's how I found out about how serious this is. If I wanna be successful, I definitely need to work on this because if I don't I won't be able to pass another interview I might have and if I get that nervous again, then I won't be able to speak correctly and know how to say what I want to properly with out saying it wrong or continuously pausing. Self-Confidence is something I need to increase by the end of this school year, especially if I want to return next year as I know that interviews for returnees will probably be much harder as they have actually had experience on this and why they should be back again or questions in that category. These are the main things I need to work on if I really want to be successful.  

TV Signs and Parent Nights

           This week was great and very enjoyable. We had a parent night on Wednesday in which my job was to pass out ballots about the parent and community reps and explain to the parents to put the ballot in the gray box once filled out. For the first time, I had TV job and what I did was type out the script for the people going on or hold the sign that said "CCTV" in which Miah REALLY wanted to go on TV but she wasn't ready to yet. When Chad, Deriecka, and Kaylin all went up, I had the job of making sure that all slides of the script went through, thankfully I didn't mess up on that. Now for all of my classes, Period 1 (Math): Went from 77.5 to 81 but still aiming for an A this last week of the quarter, hoping with that because big test will be graded soon. Period 2 (Science): I didn't get the vital supply needed to conduct my group experiment but we were able to adapt fast and change our experiment, now we are caught up to date. Period 3 (Basic Keyboarding): Doing great in that class, Aced my written test and type fast enough to have free time that I can use to do other school related activities (studying, homework, ar). Period 4 (English): My class started typing out our embedded assessment, but sadly as I was about to make my last sentence, I made a spelling error and as I was about to delete, it highlighted all so when I pressed, it deleted everything and it was very upsetting especially the fact that undoing didn't work and I couldn't restore it. Period 5 (Leadership): Didn't practice our cheer dance at all after Monday, but we did clean the desks in A102 and we did grade check on Friday. Period 6 (Social Studies): There was SO much movement going on, and i'm being very literal about this. Everytime I get to class I always sit next to someone else and our teacher Mr. Chong lets us go to empty seats if we want, which is sometimes distracting especially when in the middle of a lesson, and we got to watch funny videos.

          My highlights of the week are that I got to go out on Chad's birthday and did pretty good on the event. Simply give the ballot as well as a valid explanation of what to do with it after you are finished filling it out. Another highlight is that my grades are great as there are only 4 A's and 2 B's other than an F which will be edited after my AR is complete. My lowlights of the week are that I never got to finish my AR goal yet, and if I don't I can't come on the retreat. There was a log in problem I had so I never got to actually check my AR goal until Friday. My final lowlight from this week is Mr. Bonilla and his growth mindset speech. On Monday a mistake happened and Mr. Bonilla never got to finish his growth mindset speech, in which he could've just came in again the next week because it looked like he did fine on Monday. Unbelievably, he wants to come back again the next day to repeat himself and add in a few extra sentences that hold no extra significance to his speech whatsoever and there are students who don't even care about his speech and really isn't a reason to say something in relativity to a topic every single Monday and ending it in think about it. This really isn't supposed to be offending but it was really irritating because we had to make room and remake the whole slides to put in his speech which we had to type out. 

          The lesson of the week I learned is patience. Patience is a trait that could lead you somewhere if you just learn how to wait. If I was more patient with Mr. Bonilla's speech I wouldn't have had to have him complain to us about having an incomplete speech because when really, there are more important things around and it could've saved much time. Being patient makes you wait for opportunities and learn to make you feel more okay with waiting. If I would just be patient with trying to make Mr. Bonilla's speech (Only typed partial amount of his speech) and didn't rush before the bell rang, maybe there wouldn't have been an error and we would have gotten through without making this such a major lowlight of my week. This is why patience is a very important lesson.

(Sorry for swearing- "Growth Mindset") 

ID's and Retreat Cheers! (1st Blog!)

                Today's week felt a little slower than usual. I was on ID's this week which was eh, but I really liked music better and i'm hoping TV is fun but if I have to go on I really don't want to make a mistake or that'll give a bad impression in leadership and make me the schools laughing stock. As well as adjusting to how leadership works, i'm still trying to get used to my period change in science from period 5 to 2 as my leadership period is now 5. Plus, on Friday Mr. Ing was not going to be there for HR/Adv. so we asked even period teachers if we could stay in their classroom for Friday. During Homeroom (Back at Leadership HR), I got to share my bio-cube, I had to greet the class, introduce myself, explain my photo, memorize my 6 paragraphs, then supposedly I would have a random one chosen from when Mr. Ing rolls a die but he let me choose, and finally I got to thank my audience. In Period 1: Math it was same same but I did have a test that I think I did very good on and correcting homework and extra credit assignments only thing I don't have an A on, current grade::B. For Period 2: Science like I said above i'm still trying to get used to my new period, was assigned the method and hypothesis in my S.I The 8 Steps, as well as get into a group and decide who brings what, current grade:A. Also Period 3: Basic Keyboarding it's gotten so much easier, i've went from being really bad to one of the top typers in my class, i'd like to say I am the fastest but I don't want to get so ahead of myself and be humble, current grade: A. Period 4: English I have an Embedded Assessment going on which takes up 25% of my grade so it makes me really nervous, current grade: A. Period 5: Leadership <3 By far the funnest of all periods, I was able to rehearse and learn my retreat cheer and dance which was really tiring and my legs hurt so much on Friday but it really was fun, also learned and got to make boba in the previous pd. 5 class, current grade: A. Period 6: Social Studies this is a little fun compared to my other periods besides leadership, but we went through A LOT of videos and I got kind of confused because even thought it wasn't a full score I had an A on an assignment but it was weird because it dropped my grade -2.1% but my overall grade is still: A.
               There were a positive ratio of highlights to lowlights with that being the most affecting which is a very good thing. First of my highlights being that I was able to raise all of my current grades to an A except my B in math which is still a work in progress. The second, is that I learned how to do 2 of 4 jobs already and it's only been my second week in leadership. Next week i'll learn all 4 since TV and Afterschool sales are the same period of rotation. The last of my highlights is that we already have a lot of our retreat cheer planned out and got to make the boba during our period right before class ended, so in short my period didn't waste much time and did what we were supposed to. Lowlights of my week begin with sharing my biocube, now I have to say that I didn't do as bad as I thought especially how at my interview I was way more nervous in front of 3 people, but my communication contained a lot of ums and likes but at a lesser rate. Then, the second of my lowlights is I found out about the parent night thing last minute, which is horrible because I had something planned afterschool on Wednesday which I had to ask my Mom about which got her a little irritated, then I told her a day later I had a parent night thing which affected those plans, luckily I resolved everything and I can still go on Wednesday and attend the parent night event. Then the last is also another last minute relation but, I found out about Ohana Fair the day before it was going to happen. Sadly I was too afraid of getting scolded about last minutes and I didn't want to ask my Mom to go which I then regret because I found out she would've let me go if I just asked her. The rest of that day I cried on my couch (hey 20 minutes is a long time).

              There are great lessons that I learned from this week in leadership. Either the lesson being every second counts because work in leadership you have to use your time efficiently, work your hardest and make great quality work, or focus on what's going on now so you know what to do or what's currently going on. I believe that the lesson that really stood out in my week is cooperation. In leadership, cooperation is vital because without it you can't help others and show what to do and that is partly what it means to be a leader. An example of cooperation was shown when I was shown what to do at my job, such as, making ID's and how it's done, making boba, learning the cheer for my retreat,.what to do to grab ice from the cafeteria, and doing lunch music. If you don't cooperate with others well in leadership it provides a bad example of how a leader should be and could be a big problem. Teamwork is something I recognize to be a very close match next to cooperation, teamwork must also be used to succeed in Leadership, there is another important reason why teamwork is important like in binder checks. If other students don't help a student with a binder check and he gets an F, the whole class will as well. This is why teamwork and cooperation is necessary to pass and succeed. Even if sometimes the things done may not show how it is displaying how being a leader works, they all have a reason to them, they teach you the traits and necessities of being a leader and provide a great example. Therefore, teamwork and cooperation are keys to being a good leader.