A New Book

Hello Everyone!
I was very excited to begin another class reading book this week.  We have been so busy with writing papers, and other rigorous tasks, that it was nice to slow down a bit with a book.  The title of the story is "Nervous Conditions", by Tsitsi Dangaremba.  I knew that the story was set in Africa, so I thought that the title might be referring to a girl in Africa who is nervous about something, because of the conditions she is living in.  After discussing all of the possible meanings of the words "nervous" and "conditions" in class, I have a much broader sense of what the title might actually mean.  I really enjoyed the first two chapters of the book, and am anxious to read more.

"Nervous Conditions" wasn't the only thing related to English class that I was focused on this week.  The rough draft of our global issues paper is due on Monday February, 6th, and that definitely kept me busy!  Since I had already completed the research, and written a detailed outline for the paper, I assumed that writing it all up would be a piece of cake.  I was wrong.  After staring a a blank word document for hours, unable to come up with the right words to put it all together, I realized that something was missing.  This made me come up with a new thesis statement, and a new idea to focus my paper around.  I still have the same topic, except now it relates more to the present, instead of just rehashing events from the past.  Even though it required a little extra time, I am pleased with the outcome of my rough draft.

Outside Activity:
Monday: rough draft-15 min
Wednesday: NC- 54 min
Thursday: NC- 67 min & rough draft- 20 min
Saturday: rough draft- 4 hours
Sunday: rough draft- 3 hours