Inquiry Project Update

I started reading my first book on Tuesday, it is called "Snow Flower and The Secret Fan". The story happened in nineteenth-century China. So far it has been very interesting to me because I have some basic knowledge of Chinese history of that time period. At that time, women generally don't have rights. For example. they had to bind their feet. And most of them didn't have the opportunity to go to school.

I emailed two Psychology professors on Thursday. I am excited that I heard back from one of them today and she said she was willing to meet with me.

I also started my Survey for Calculus class at USD this week. The professor is very nice. She always makes jokes during class, so her class is pretty fun.

Senior Year

For my inquiry project, I decided to study how does friendship change over time. I think it would be an interesting topic to study. I am excited to find the answer through reading books, poems and watching movies. I don't have any of my books yet. I hope I can start reading my book next week.
I am also looking forward to grad night, prom and endersession. I think this year would definitely be the best year of high school because of all those exciting things.
However, the bad thing is that I have to take 9th grade English online. 16 Unites, 16 Essays, 2 Semester-long projects, 2 mid-terms, 6 finals and a ton of readings. Sad...

As Time Goes By

We read Beowulf this week. At the beginning of the story, Beowulf is the only person that is strong enough to kill Grendel. But at the end, he sacrificed his life for his people. I was saddened by the ending. Fifty years went by and time took his strength away. I started to think about what I have gained and lost as time goes by. One thing that has never changed is the love of my parents and families. This leads to my Inquiry Project. I am thinking about studying about love and connections between people. Does anyone have any suggestions on the question I can study or any recommendation for books? I would really appreciate it.

Mother Tongue

This week we talked about college level writing, read articles/stories and watched videos about languages. My favorite reading is "Mother Tongue" by Amy Tan because it reminds of my mother and me. English is not our first language, therefore, we don't speak perfect English. However, we are both trying to speak better English.

The part that the author says even though sometimes people don't understand her mom, she understands. My stepdad always says that we speak three languages at home, English, Mandarin and my mom's own language. For example, my mom has trouble distinguish "r" and "l". But no matter what she says, I can always understand her perfectly.

The author also wrote that even though some people cannot express themselves perfectly, does not mean their thoughts are imperfect. I agree that it is very hard to put our thoughts in words that others would understand.

I think it is necessary for us to learn the language if we choose to live in this country. And I think the best way to adapt a language is by using it.