Retreat 2014

This ywars retreat was waaay better then last years to be honest.  But the retreat is basically a d 3 day 2 night field trip to a beach house.  We get out phones taken away.  We plan for the rest of the year and plan jobs for every quarter.  Also we get to bond more with our groups.  We also did a leadership chopped competition.  Along with a talent show.  It was really fun and funny.  The point of thjs field trip was to plan ahead for the rest of the year and bond morr with out groups and other periods.  I think this retrear was pretty good and was a success.  The talent show and chopped was pretty good. Like I said, I think this year was better then last years retreat. I think mr.ing has this so we have time to plan ahead for the rest of the year.  Just to be ready.

A highlight from the retreat would be talent show my favorite part was deriecka and jayde.  "I do the hula...with no music" and "I like sparkles....on my boots." I was dying and about to cry! it was so funny!  Another highlight would be playing volleyball with jayde, jah, julia, hope, and naya.  It was fun and funny.  Yet the struggle when we hit the ball in the water and jayde and jah had to go follow it to the stairs to go and grab it it was sad yet funny.  I hit it in the water once.  Another highlight would be the games we played, like yours , your partners and boom chicka boom.  It was fun and funny at the same time   we made so much memories at the retreat.  But a low light would be doing out chopped.  Our period was making chocolate covered bananas with sprinkles.  But we didnt really have the right chocolate,  so half was dark and the other half was milk.  Some didnt look too pleasing either so that was kind of shame for us.  Since the chocolate was drying up and it didnt look so creamy after 10 minutes.  Another lowlight would be swimming.  Me and jah wanted to go diving but the ocean floor was so ugly.  There was nothing to really look at.  I was actually looking forward to going but there was nothing to look at. So that was a real kill joy.  Once I looked at the ocean floor in the shallow water I didn't even want to go out.  Its not the best beach to go swim and dive at.  I hurt my toe there );   I dont think there should be any changes to the retreat though.  The way I look at it, it's a good way to get away from technology.  I really liked this hears retreat.  The talent show was fun, and we all got somewhat closer to eachother.  I thinm the 3 of us in period 3 got closer.  It was a lot more fun then last year, so I really did like this retreat a lot.

Something I learned about my group is that once we get somewhat closer theyll talk way more.  Theyll get more comfortable around me and theyll be less quiet and shy.  Comparing them from the beginning of the year to now would be a BIG difference.  I learned that they could be louder its just you gotta make the effort to get closer to them.  Something I learned about my chaperones is
That they listen to similar music as me I guess ���� when they were playing music while my period was doing our chopped I was turning up to the music they were playing because I loved all the songs they were playing.  So I learned what we have in common.  So I think we listen to similar music.  Like frank ocean and drake.  Now something I learned about mr.ing...I learned that he thinks our music is garbage.  Naw naw just kidding.  But I learned that he is like no other teacher at ilima.  No other teacher would take us on field trips liek this.   No other teacher would could a majority of the day and let us swim at a field trip when we're not supposed to.  No other teacher gives us the privileges mr.ing does.  We should be lucky to be going on these types of things.  I learned mr.ing isnt who I thought he would be when I first started in 7th grade.   I thought he would be a regular teacher, but I was wrong.  He is way different the other teachers at ilima.  He treats us differently, and helpd us become more independent. Everything we do in leadership is so different from other classes and student council in elementary.  So thats what I learned from this retreat.  Leadershil retreat 2014.

about a week ago (;

Started school about a week ago 😂 well heey guys.  This week was aiight.  My period had music as a job.  And for the first time there wasnt a group of polys outsode the door complaining about the music we were playing.  Also we made our talent and planned out chopped for retreat this week.  Well monday we didn't get to work music because we posted playlist late.,  but afterschool i to burger king as always.  Tuesday was the same.  But I also did a meet up to trade for my btq on ig.  Then wednesday, I had to wait til 4 for my mom to pick me up.  Ugh I was so mad bc I wanted to go home already.  then Thursday came.  i finished my weekly AR goal.  also afterschool we went to burger king then after walked around trails and went to leeward park to get picked up.  nothing major nothing major.  now Friday.  Friday was aiight until someone ruined it for me.  afterschool i was cruising with the main girls and brian.  hes like my bestfriend now.  but some got the wrong message about me and brian which got me pissed.  during the day we practiced our talent and i literally had to hokd taylor down and get her to repeat the words (x and i made joylyn carry me xDDD ilyyy guys.  Friday was aiight, until the end of the day.  not a good way to end my night.

my highlight of the week was Friday before someone ruined it.  I was having positive vibes practicing the talent because it was pretty fun and funny.  after that we just started to be ballerinas and started twirling and doing the jumping thing they do xD  then afterschool cruise was fun and funny.  we did plenty things and brian treated me burger king yeeeeet.  he bought me a burger and drink.  bish if you want a burger, eat a burger dafuq.  but a lowlight would be AR because i hate AR  i was stressing over finishing my book and i hate reading omg.  i hate reading and i hate AR.  reading a 200 page book to take a 10 question test.  like wooooow, i was just stressed over finishing my book.  i read "into the land of unicorns" and it was surprisingly somewhat interesting to me.  but either way i still hate reading and AR.  so the lowlight of my week would be stressing to finish my AR book, and then theres the other 8 weeks left ugh omg.  im about to cut the person who made AR because i hate reading SO DANG MUCH.

the lesson i learned would be not to do things last minute.  this really relates to me this week because i posted the playlist late and my period couldn't work music in the morning on Monday.  i posted playlist late and waited til the last minute to post it.  i should've planned ahead of time so that my period would be able to work. doing things late means you aren't planning ahead of time which is pretty much bad.  so i also learned to plan ahead of time.  i should've done things way earlier then it was supposed to be done.  if i did things earlier my group would've been able to work on Monday.  but also i learned that i cant do everything.  i have to make my group do work too, or else they wont learn anything.  because mr.ing said that the wrong people were posting playlist.  so for lunch music i told naya and taylor to post it, and shined the light of responsibility on them.

ice ice baby-zumbaaa

yoyo, well this assignment blog is on the zumba routine.  basically someone was assigned o be the leader for zumba.  they were responsible for teaching and making the routine for zumba that we would perform for the school.  the period with the most people following along gets the better grade.  the point of this assignment was to help our groups collaborate better.  between period 3 i think we got somewhat closer to eachother.

the highlight of this assignment would honestly be practicing our routine.  we all kept laughing at joylyn because she kept going the opposite way the rest of us were going xD  then mr.ing kept saying"ewa beach el!"  i felt somewhat bad for joylyn but it was still funny (x  i loved practicing the routine because we would always have fun doing it.  we just got a stronger bond the more we practiced and the more we laughed with each other.  we took pictures together after we practiced, which is basically the pictures below.  and in during the breaks we took we would play with the photo booth effects! aha, we just got along better.  but a low light would be performing it.  i thought more people would do it but as a result only 9 people followed along.  the others i asked got scared and was too shy to do it.  i know it was a pretty lame song but yenno nothing to be ashamed of.  but thats what i would change.  i wouldve chosen a different song.  mostly because ice ice baby was not an easy song to make a routine to.  since the only thing it repeated what "ice ice baby" and it isnt a normal song.  it isnt to repetitive.  but i wouldve chosen a different song.

GLO#1-I was able to learn the routine smoothly with no help.  I directed myself.
GLO#2-I was able to help those who struggled to do the routine.
GLO#3-I was able to help come up with some parts of the routine.
GLO#4-I think our routine was pretty good and came out to a quality product.
GLO#5-I was able to help taylor with giving directions.  We had to communicate in order to perfect her speaking.
GLO#6-We were able to use the laptop for music and microphone with no malfunctions.

now moving on to grades.  i think the grades were given out fairly.  since we got what we deserve.  it was our responsibility to get the word out about our routine.  and since apparently i have no friends, not much people participated to i guess i got the grade i deserve.  i should have gotten people who i knew would for sure do it and not rely on people who are very hesitant and who like to watch.  its hard finding people willing to do the routine because most people are shy or just think its lame to do it.  so we had to be the ones to find people who are willing to do it.  it was hard finding people, but atleast 9 people showed up.  better then no one!  but still we got what we worked on.  most people just didnt do it because they thought the song was gay or lame.  but i think it all comes down to just being shy to do the routine.  but it was my fault for trying to get people who didnt want to do it, i should have been finding people really willing to participate.  so i think grades were given out fair.

lastly is our routine.  first we're going to clap step for 4 counts of 8 right when the song starts, starting to the right.  then we're going to kick step for 2 counts of 8.  after, we do a stop hand motion then right after we move into jump pumps starting to the right for 3 counts of 8.  then we're going to move onto jumping jacks right after jump pumps for 1 count of 8.  after we're gong to do the snake arm motion for 2 counts of 8 and right after we're going to do knee ups for 2 counts of 8.  then we move onto the joylyn for 4 counts of 8.  this will go along with the "ice ice baby" part of the song.  after that end, we will repeat jump pumps for 2 counts of 8.  then after we will repeat the kick step for another 2 counts of 8.  then we will move onto the rolling hand motion for 4 counts of 8.  then after we go onto jump pumps again for 2 counts of 8 then after we go onto to jumping jacks for another 2 counts of 8.  then we do snake arm motion for another 2 counts of 8.  then we go back to the joylyn for 4 counts of 8.  after we go into kick step for 2 counts of 8.  then we go into jumping jacks for 2 counts of 8 and then go into snake arm motion for another 2 counts of 8.  after we go to knee ups for 2 counts of 8 then it goes back to the joylyn for 4 counts of 8.  then to end it we strut walk to all the way til the end of the song.

wass good fall break ?

yoyoyoyo.  guys as you can see im bored.  well lets start off the week.  monday was your typical day.  this week my group had ID's.  so just jobs and school.  tuesday was the same thing.  jobs, school, then all done.  pretty boring.  wednesday we did zumba and my group only got 9 people )x lmao.  but people in my group were complaining to me other people were saying not to do our routine, but i dont know because they dont really have proof.  so yeah.  wednesday was alright.  thursday i stayed afterschool with jah so she could finish AR.  we stayed til about 3.  in the picture with the arizona and Mr.Ing in that back round xD I was bored but i didnt wanna ditch her so i stayed (x she was so stressed out i could tell xDDDD  she was stressing over her percentage correct.  but atleast she eventually got there !  i think..... but then here comes friday.  friday period 5 did their zumba routine.  i wasnt really participating. i was just standing there.  but friday we realized all our mistakes and the problems we were having.  like doing things last minute and cash box problems.  we almost lost our priveledges.  but luckily things were fixed...i hope we dont walk into the same situation next quarter because it would make everything 100000x harder.

the highlight of my week would be friday. i think its a good thing Mr.Ing talked to us about all the things that were happening.  and i think it was a good thing we had that group leader meeting.  he gave us the opportunity to fix the problems we were having.  i dont like the feeling of being in a problem.  its a way of learning, but its not a good feeling.  its like youre stuck in a deep hole.  its hard finding a way to get out of it.  so were lucky to be given that opportunity to work things out.  a lowlight would be staying after school (x i really wanted to go burger king and get a coupon book but i didnt want to leave jah xD  if youre reading this jah just know i love you (: (x aha, but i really wanted to go but i stayed and waited.  i ended up not getting a coupon book, but i got one on friday !  so theres a time for everything lol.

i learned a lot.  but the one thing that really got to me thing week was communication.  even if you and another person arent on good terms, you still need to be able to work and communicate with them.  you cant let your feelings ruin your work for the whole school.  so that basically relates to me because im not on very good terms with someone but i still need to be able to work with them.  i cant let my feelings get in the way of work.  thats one of my major problems with myself.  because i let my feelings get in the way of things.  i really need to change that.  so thats the main lesson i learned.  this really got to me because it really relates to me most.  i really need to be able to work with people i might not be on good terms with.  i just need to be able to collaborate with others even though i may not like that person.

(me waiting)

( i like this selfie okokok)

1 down 3 to go !

Heyheyheyheyhey (: aha but i hope your first quarter was splendid.  im just going to run throught the main events that happened from the start and the end of 1st quarter.  First was 7th grade elections.  I think everyone did good.  although the results werent exactly what i was hoping for, i still think 7th grader office is going to do good.  next is yearbook picture taking.  omg i went to the beach the weekend before picture taking and on the day i took pictures I WAS PEELING OMG.  ugh, i hope it turned out good xD and i was sweating -.- ughhhh.  and now we have open house.  well before open house was the leadership reunion.  i found that pretty fun and funny.  some people got emotional and i cant believe they cried, aha it was pretty cute.  but we ended up not having to do anything at open house so we just played hide and seek around campus (x.  next is the lockdown.  idk i just got scared when they knocked on the door because i sit right next to the door.  i ended up hitting my head on the table.  lmao.  and now comes welcome social.  i have to admit this year was more fun then last year.  welcome social isnt very fun, but it was somewhat entertaining this year.  it was a pretty big job.  i worked the second shift for the water slide.  and now this brings us to mid quarter progress report and AR.  i wasnt really struggling with much.  AR was easy for me somewhat, and my grades are really good this quarter.  so far i have a 4.0 GPA.  im doing good in academics and i did good this quarter.  it wasn't even that hard to begin with, so it was just a breeze to me.  now this brings us to zumba and the evacuation.  the evacuation was hot and tiring !  but i liked painting the signs for it (x  aha, and now we have zumba.  zumba was something to help us work together better,  and it actually did.  i think my group got somewhat closer.  they were so quiet during summer, now they actually talk to me (x aha.  even though zumba didn't turn out very well, we atleast tried xD it was so shame tho but it was fun doing it with period 3 (:

my highlight of the quarter is zumba.  i actually had fun making the routine.  and mr.ing kept laughing at joylyn and deriecka (x ewa beach el. represent!  hahaha.  but i liked doing period 1's routine because it was really catchy.  i regret choosing ice ice baby !  i shouldve chose beyonce because ice ice baby was so shame !  all my friends saw me doing it and i felt shame but yet had somewhat fun.  i kept laughing through the routine and i kept messing up.  we only got 9 people.  everyone else is a WUSSY.  too scared, we is unboiz! XD  but naw zumba was pretty good.  but a lowlight of the quarter would be AR because i hate reading and i suck at reading.  it was the struggle to just get all my bars up!  i hate AR and i hate reading.  i prefer math over reading so yaaaaa.  but evern though i passed its still a lowlight because i obviously dont like reading.  AR is pretty easy, all you need to do is read ahead of time or just start reading right when the quarter starts so youre one step ahead of everything.  one less thing to worry about.  instead of procrastinating, you just have to push yourself to do it.

the lesson i learned is to put yourself out there.  if your left out, just put yourself out there !  also, if you show your inner self others will too.  like how i did with my group.  i had to out myself out there and show them it's okay to be loud.  i just wanted them to stop being shy and to communicate with each other since i think my group is the most shy group of the 3 periods.  theyre the msot quiet and shyest people in leadership.  especially lori.  i think lori made a huge difference because she would never talk before.  but now she actually trusts me and communicates (x aha, its cute to see how different people were from before to now.  all you gotta do is put yourself out there.  go out and talk to others, then they might get influenced and do the same thing.  dont be shy, just go out and talk.  it was hard to get my group to be more comfortable around each other but i finally did it.  just dont be shy and be more outgoing.  i have a better relationship with everyone in leadership now.

Heres a recap of 1st quarter in leadership (:

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