Week of 3/28/14

This week ended terribly. I have been sick with a cough all week and it got worse on Wednesday and Thursday so I couldn't go to a track meet on Friday in which I was scheduled to run three different events, the 400meters in a medley, 4x800meter relay and the 4x400meter relay.  I was hoping to break my PR in the 800 and possibly in one of the 400meter races. It has been extremely frustrating that I have missed the last 3 meets, two because I was sick and one because of soccer. I know that my times would be so much faster had I run at least two of these.
Anyway, in English we are finishing our story, which I feel I should have worked more on. We are also starting a research project on crowdsourcing which I am very excited about.

Week of 3/21/14 Review

This week has been ok. Yesterday on thursday I woke up a little sick, with a sore throat. Today i'm not in school, which is why I am doing my review so early. I can't wait till spring break, as private schools such as the Lab school are already out. I would really like a break right now. Also, I have 3rd quarter grades next week, and I need to talk to some of my teachers.
The champions league is going on now, and I hope that Barcelona beats Athletico Madrid, and make it to the final 4.

Week of 3/15/14 Review

This week was my birthday. I spent the day relaxing after school and then we went out for dinner at a restaurant. I also had a model UN conference at the University of Illinois. It went ok, I didn't win anything, but considering the winners were upper class men I'm fine with that. It  took place friday evening, all of saturday and half the day sunday. I am glad to be back as it was a very tiring experience, but I've been doing HW since I've arrived.

Week of 3/8/14 Review

This week went ok. We had a pep rally for the girls basketball which went well for the most part. In world studies we got to see a music presentation from the middle east which was interesting. I also had a meet this weekend in which I did extremely well in. In english, the story is doing well, and the class is getting along well with it. I am looking forward to see what the story will be like, and how other classes will do it. My birthday is next week, which I am very happy about.

Week of 3/1/14 Review

This week went ok. I had a sub in Ms. Chhabra's class for two days which I was happy about. In english we have been writing our stories, and I finally completed most of it. Originally I had written about another seminal event, but it took place in the course of a week which was much too long for this.  I ended up switching, but never really got around to writing more than half a page, but now i have a fairly solid three. I had soccer this weekend which went well, and a lot of track as usual. I think thats it for this week.

Week of 2/21/14 Review

This week I had another track meet in which I made my PR for the mile, 5:19. Considering I have only run 2 races, thats not bad. This week I have had soccer and track which both went well. I had a trig quiz which I feel I did badly on because it was extremely difficult. I will be going to a MUN meeting in March at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I need to start researching if I have any hopes of doing well. I will represent Spain in the GA II which is the economic and Financial Committee. I am excited about that and that it is two days after my birthday. Also in English class we are each writing a chapter for our novel that is going to be published.

Week of 2/14/14 Review

This week wasn't so great. I got sick last weekend, so on Monday I went to school for the first 3 periods.  Then on Tuesday I went to school for the second half of the day. On wednesday I was still sick, and there was no school, but I had to go to Track practice in the afternoon. We ran outside for more than an hour at with most of it being at race pace. During the run, 2 kids vomited, and afterward a few others did due to the intensity of the workout. After practice I felt really weak and had to go to the bathroom multiple times, because of diarrhea and when I got home I also vomited twice. I didn't end up going to school on Thursday, and stayed home sick. I finally went back to school on Friday and was feeling much better. By Saturday I was feeling almost fully recovered so I decided to go to the meet with the team. I arrived on saturday, we had a light practice and then all ate together and went to the meet. At the meet I was amazed at the speed of some of the people running. Toward the end I ran the mile in 5min 32sec. Finally at the last event, I replaced another kid for the 4x400meter race. I began running at a full sprint and soon realized that I was going to get tired but continued running anyway. At about 300meters I was in second and the only person in front of me was none other than Kolani Cole. We had his friendly rivalry going all of 7th and 8th grade and he was faster at any of the shorter distances. With about 100 meters left, I let out a grunt, funneling all my energy into passing him. I just barely managed to pass him and had about 75 meters left which I ran like I have never run before. I reached the finish line first and passed the baton to Anthony.  From there he ran and passed it to Brandon, who finally passed it to Keduse for the final leg. Keduse grabbed the baton and was second and about 5ft behind the other kid from Kenwood. The other kid had terrible form and after 200meters Keduse was leading by a little bit, and he kept going at it and Whitney won the race. All of us running were freshmen, and had managed to beat other freshmen, sophomore, juniors and seniors. It was amazing and we were all extremely happy. Whitney got 2nd at the meet overall, with St. Ignatius winning first.