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.