italian

My favorite outfit would porbably not be very fashionable! I would say sweatpants! They're comfortable and you can actually relax in them!
In style right now is porbably warm clothes like sweatshirts and jeans because it's winter time!
My most expensive artical of clothing would probably be my Abercrombie clothes. They can get pretty high in pricing.
If I could buy anything it would be warm clothes because i'm always freezing! I would just get more clothing.
I don't really get into designer names. I know the obvious ones- louie V. and such, but other than that I don't know and could honesly careless.
If I had to dress an Italian person I would probably just have them wear a pair of jeans (not skinny because I think those things are uncomfortable!) and a normal t-shirt becauase you can't really go wrong!

Español II

La persona de moda en mi escuela es Ebelinda. Porque ella ropa partido. Yo no quieres como ella porque yo amo mi estilo. Yo soy feliz con mi ropas. Caracteristicas son importantes en una persona buena es agradable, amistoso, y intelegente.

Japanes/Italian

I don't really know all that much about Itlay. I know that there are a lot Catholics and the Roman Catholic Church is there. But other than that I can't say I know anything else. I'd like to know about:
-Their holidays
-How they live their day( do they work everyday, ect.)
-Numbers
-Sports they play
I can't say that I am too excited about trying (to us) strange Japanese food. I don't think I'm going to try anything too gross. If there would happen to have Italian food there I would be set! I love Italian food- Fettechini is my all time favorite food!

Español II

Cinco eventos en los Estados Unidos de la semana pasada: chico es o fuego por diciendo policia oltra chicos robado ello padres bicicileta, bebe muerte en los secador, muchacha muertos por padre, triena y cinco personas murio en accidente helecopter, y la holloween de vacaciones.

Cuatro eventos en la escuela de la semana pasada : Los futbol Americano equipo perdio, El nueve semanas terminado, celerba SADD semana, y balancesto comenzo.

Tres comicas que te gusta del periodico: Garfield, Penuts, y los Grizzwells.

Japanese

I enojoyed this nine weeks a lot! I thought it was neat to learn about another culture outside of English and Spanish. My favorite part was the food! I liked the gross food the best! I thought it was cool to see what people in Japanese eat and how it compared to things that we eat here in the United States. I also enjoyed the origami and furoshiki. I thought the origami was very hard- but still fun to try out. I thought that the furoshiki was a ton easier than the origmai was. Maybe before the nine weeks ends we could try and learn something about their holidays. Like do they celibrate Christmas over there as commonly as what we do over here. I think you did great for it being your first year trying out these new languages.

Espańol II

Last noche yo como pizza de Pizza Hut. Yo fue la clase de bailo. After Ebelinda y yo fue la gas station to fill up tús madre cup. Yo fue dormo a la diez en la noche. This manaña yo woke up a las sies y trienta. Yo como panqueqes y jugo. Yo got to la escuela a siete y trienta en la manaña. Primero periodo yo tuvo ingles con Senora Freeman. Segundo periodo yo tuve arte con Senora Boettger. Tercero yo tuvo geometria con Senor Behrens. Cuarto yo tuvo Español con Senora Schmezing. Quitno yo tuvo Ag con Senor Knight. Sexto yo tuvo japanese con Senora Schmezing. Sèptimo yo tuvo biologia con Senora Hershy. Octavo yo tuvo estudios sociales con Senor Livingston. Then, yo fue mi casa y did yo tarea.

The last Samuria

The last Samuria is a movie about how Tom Crusie (not sure of his name in the movie?) gets captured by Japanese Samuria. He lives amoung these people and learn the way pf the Samuria. At first he finds them barberic and cruel, but ends up appriciating their simple ways. Meanwhile, the Samuria are being pushed to give up their ways and adapt to the new traditions that the Japanese government are pursuing. Tom ends up going back- but when he finds out that the Samuria are going into battle...he turns on the Govn't and helps the Samuria. Even though this marks the end of the Samuria, the army realizes and remembers the respect that they have for them. In the end, the Samuria are rembered for their courages and meaningful lives.

Samurai

The samurai code told of samurai that live simple lives of people who are honest and trustworthy. They had no interest in riches or material things. They beileved that if they died in battle that their family and lord would be honored, so they had no fear of death. Over time the tradions were passed down verbally, but over time seven chief virtues emerged and became the written form of Bushido.

This was the traditonal code of the Japanese samuria which stressed courage, loyalty, self-discipline, and simple living. It determined how samuria viewed things and how they went about figuring things out. Bushido was first the samurai code. It was created by early samurai.

I think bushido is somewhat present in our everyday life. I think it can somewhat relate to our beilefs. Like not being scared of dying and to be loyal or trustworthy. They are the "idealistic" people to be. Peaceful people. I beileve if everyone was like the samurai then our world would be less violant and people may be more respectful. The morals of the samurai are one's that we should all instill in ourselves sometime or another. I think they could help you get somewhere in life, more so then how some American's act.

Japanese- house comparisions

Traditional Japanese homes are a lot smaller than American homes! They have less rooms and they are a lot smaller than our homes here in America. They both have the normal rooms such as an ima, ofuro, and the daidokoro I personaly like the bigger rooms! It gives people more space and I enjoy having my own space!

Japanese ofuroba are different from our bathrooms in that they have two separate rooms. They have two rooms, the ofuro one to wash and the other ofuroba has a bath that you bathe in. You don't use soap or shampoo- it's mainly just to relax. In America you have one room and you clean yourself in the bathtub.

In Japan if you enter someones home you must remove your shoes before you enter. In America it isn't neccacery to take off your getas. Yet in both places it is kind of a way to show respect to ones home or self.

Instead of using rugs in Japan like we do, they use tatami. It's like a rug except it has springs in it and they use them to put their futon on. Yet, here in America we have rugs. Which are mostly used for decorational purposes. In both America and Japan you use them as a way to make you somewhat comfortable. For us it's keeping your feet warm or for softness, and Japan to sleep and put a spring in your step :)

In Japan to have a tea party you must have a tea ceramony. It involves a lot of work and many hours of preparing. Here in America you just have people come over and use easy-made tea. Both, though, are a way to get together with friends or family.

Gardens in Japan are more common and more complex than here. You are supposed to have them to make your house peaceful. In America you do it for maybe a hobby or such. They both are used for beauty.

In Japan they have light doors that are very light and don't really seperate the inside and out. They are called shouji or fusuma. In America they are a way to keep something out. They both can seperate two things.

Espańol II

This fin de semana yo fue a la homecoming. Yo got mi uńas y pelo done sábado. Then fue Olice Garden con Chelsie, Cody, Trent, Megan, Kent, Kirtsin, y yo. After that we fue Chelsie's casa y tamoron fotos. Earlier yo fue la escuala y decorición. When i fue la bailo yo bailaba y se diverta. Yo fue home a once o'clock en la noche. Then Bryce, Chelsie, Cody, Y yo fue greenville y comió Toco Bell. After that yo fue camo.

Hikikomory

This cultural practice is very strange to me! I can't believe over one million teenagers are shutting themselves in! I think it's nuts. I could not imagine staying in a room without human contact for that long! I just couldn't do it!
I think that people who are depressed like these people arn't going to benefit from not being around anyone. If someones depressed they need to find something that will get them out of the depression- something that will make them happy and maybe smile!
I can't believe people really practice something like this!

Español II

In Spanish to show something in past tense you change the ending on a word to show it. In Spanish you use preterite to show that you did something. To describe what you did, you use imperfect tense. In English you add an -ed to the end of a word to show that it was in a past tense. They both describe actions and use verbs to explain what they did.
Over the summer I played golf almost everyday! It was a very time consuming sport. I spent a lot of time with my Grandma over the summer, helping her out. I read a lot and cleaned my house almost everyday. Other than that I had a pretty boring summer!

Japanese

The difference between seperate bathrooms are that in Japan people have a different room for the bathtub and another room where you wash and get ready to take the bath, while in a traditional American home there's just one room for everything.
In Japan it's polite to take off your shoes before you enter anyones house, as where in my home you may keep your shoes on while you come over and visit!
The tatami in Japan is like a rug in America. The difference is that the tatami can be used as like a bed. You can put the futon on it and it's got springs and it very soft.
In Japan to have a tea party there is a lot of preprations that have to be made. Whereas I were to have a tea party i would just make tea and sit around and talk.
The Japanese gardens are made in almost every traditional Japanese house. In America it isn't necaccery to have a garden.
Here in America we have doors that keep out cold and keep in heat. In Japan doors arn't so privite and can hardly seperate tthe house from the outside!

Aztecas

Los Aztecas estaban vivos de 13 centry to 1521.

Los Aztecas habian sacrafises de humanos.

Era illegal por los Aztecas a los drink en público until la edad la 70!

Los hombres tenían más de wives.

Ellos que habían de stone calendars.

Español 2

Un bueno amigo es una persona que confido en. Una persona tú comparto. Una persona dejo plantada.
Un malo amigo es una persona que discuto. Una persona el chisme. Una persona que es un mentiro.

Foreign Language class

My impression in Foreign Language class is that it is pretty interesting! I also think that it is useful, even so now. I went to Dayton over the weekend and went past a resturant that had the word Nippon on it. I thought it was neat that I knew what it meant.
I would like to know more about their traditions. Or things they do that are completely different from us.
I would like to see places that have a lot of meaning to them. Like the city in the video that we watched that was bomed and killed about 1/3 of their poulation. Anywhere that has a history to it.