Hospital Volunteer in September

I had to volunteer for the hospital this Sunday with my friend and we got in trouble somehow. We asked a nurse if there was anything for us to do and she told us that we could stay in this conference room to work on some packets. A while later, another nurse comes in and tells us that we're not supposed to be there and she got really mad at us for doing what we're supposed to be doing. She wanted to call our principal or someone and made us leave early which made me mad.

September Test

The first chemistry test of the year felt very difficult for me. I didn't think that I knew my material well enough and it seemed like the test was asking me questions that I've never heard of before. I was very amazed when I got an A on the test because when I looked back on the test, I realized that I actually had some knowledge of the material and I was very happy when I passed it.

Nov 1-7

This week was very stressful because I have a championship meet for cross country, a make-up test for Mr. Jackson's class, and a chemistry test! I was disappointed when I found out that I ran the exact same 2.95 mile time as the week before and when I got home, I was very tired and it was hard to focus and study for my English test and Chemistry test. I was relieved when my English test got pushed back to Monday and I didn't like how I got a B- on the chemistry test because I thought that it was pretty easy.

Oct 25 - Oct 31

This week was pretty boring except the fact that Halloween was on Saturday! I didn't dress up as anything during school or Halloween because I don't really like costumes. Halloween was fun because I got to hang out with a lot of my friends. I started trick-or-treating a little but then I decided I didn't want any more candy, so i just walked around with my friends as they continued trick-or-treating.

Flame Test Lab

Yesterday, we did a a lab that involved fire and an element. When we put an element over the Bunsen burner, the flames turn into a different color depending on what the element is. Later, we were given an element without the name and we had to guess what element it was. It was very cool how flames could change colors depending on the element. My favorite color of the fire was green. It was a very fun lab because we were able to play with fire.

Chemistry 10/12 - 10/16

This week in chemistry, it was very confusing. I didn't understand any of the radiation or nuclear decay stuff. In chemistry, we watched an Einstein video about how energy can be converted to mass and mass can be converted to energy and in E=mc^2, c is equal to the speed of light. On Friday, we played a game to help us review for our nuclear test and then I understood everything.

Radiation And Cross Country

We learned about radioactivity this week. I'm really confused about this section because I missed a block day to go to a cross country meet. This caused the week to be extremely difficult for me to keep up with all the things that are going on in chemistry. It is very confusing when I go into class and we go over things that I've never heard of before. The cross country meet was very hard but i surprised myself since I did so well.