Emma's English 1 Blog

research question: Why was feudalism a successful system of governance and social hierarchy in the Middle Ages?   Feudalism is what changed economy around the world. It's like a bigger version of trading, but different. I wanted to study it during the Middle Ages because that's when it came about. I think feudalism is very interesting because a person could have land by only paying with their loyalty and service which is just very different.     I thought this would be an easier topic to do a research project on because we have already done a unit on it in history class. I'm not the best at history, but I comprehended the feudalism topic pretty well and thought it would be easy for me.

   Junior is described as the stereotypical kid in movies and other books who would get bullied constantly. He takes in what is said to him very personally. Junior has a best friend completely different than him that could be loyal, but he doesn't know for sure.    Moving schools to Reardan, he is a nervous wreck. He seems intimidated by all the kids he goes to school with, but he always ends uprighting someone. I can't wait to see how Junior turns out further on in the book.

Kathrine: research update Zoe: research update

Kathrine: new semester Julia: prompt

   The few days we have had off from school have been very fun for my sister and I. On MLK day my sister was at her friends birthday party so I had the house to myself and I played Mario Kart until 2 AM. On Tuesday I played the Wii again with my sister for hours until we needed to do our school work.     On Wednesday (today) I jumped into my freezing cold pool and ran upstairs to the shower. Every step I took on the stairs my legs felt like they were breaking like thin ice. I am currently sitting in a hot tub writing this because I am still freezing!

  My research topic is feudalism in the Middle Ages which is a topic we studied in world history last semester. So far in my research, I have completed my 6 annotated bibliographies and am now onto notecards. I have not even looked into how to do notecards yet, but I will get to it.    Things going well are me having things done on time. My annotations were done quite a few hours before the deadline. One thing that is pretty difficult is the amount of instructions you have to take in and process for one thing. I don't know if i'll need help with this, but I probably will and that is notecards.

      Three things I learned about being a student last semester are new things I haven't ever thought about. One thing is that I am now in high school. This means I have to start working towards my future. A second thing I learned is that I don't have to be silent constantly in class. I don't care what anyone thinks and it's actually really hard to get in big trouble in class which doesn't happen so no need to worry about it. The third thing I learned is to embrace where I am. Where I am in my studies, my location, my friendships etc.     My goals for this spring semester is to obviously make good grades. I also want to have a strong good bye and a long lasting connection to all the seniors I am friends with. I will miss the seniors I know very much because of all the stuff we have been through. Im played sports with some and became very close to some in my classes I have them with and would hang out after school somewhere fun and I hope I can continue that.

Emma P: What is the difference between living and being alive?        The difference of living and being alive can have multiple meanings to other people. People want to live differently than everyone else. They may have a different aspect on life. Being alive is just simple.       In my opinion, I think being alive just breathing and physically being there, not being unresponsive. Living is how you choose to use your lifetime to do whatever you want. Some people want to "live their lives to the fullest" and some are lazy and do nothing.