Winnie the Pooh

We interrupt your regularly scheduled Class Update to bring you a very special blog about, you guessed it, Winnie the Pooh!
So apparently Saturday was Winnie the Pooh Day! If I was a Winnie the Pooh character I think that I would probably be piglet. He is a very loyal and kind friend to Winnie the Pooh and I hope that I am like that. Also Piglet is just so cute!

The Results Are In:

Which Winnie the Pooh Character Are You?

You are Winnie the Pooh. Oh, bother. You are sweet, simple, and popular for your honesty and goodwill. Though you may be the biggest personality in the woods, you sometimes need the help of others in the brains department!

I love that I got Winnie the Pooh, and it's a big honor! I don't really know why I got him, but he and Piglet are both alike. Piglet is a little more nervous which I don't really think I am. I definitely love Pooh, he is so cute and sweet with all the best intentions in the world.

Class Update: 1-9-13 and 1-10-13

Yesterday in class we had our test on the Civil War. Today our Commitment to a Cause projects were due and we set them up in the library. In class we received our review sheets for the midterm.

Class Update: 1-7-13 and 1-8-13

Yesterday in class we took a quiz on memorizing part of the Gettysburg Address. I think this memorization was harder than the other two that we had to do! Lately we've been taking  a lot of notes on battles of the war and the General Lee's surrender to General Grant to end the war. I couldn't believe what happened when Sherman went on his "march to the sea". Everything in his path was completely destroyed. It's although Sherman and his men completely forgot that these people were innocent and that they were still Americans. I'm interested to find out how these town were rebuilt after the war.

Class Update: 1-3-13 and 1-4-13

Yesterday in class we discussed the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address, both of which will be celebrating their 150th anniversary this year. We talked about the importance of the Emancipation Proclamation, how in reality it did little to free slaves but was used as more of a military measure. The next day we took notes on the 54th Massachusetts Regiment  which was the first all African-American Regiment ever in the United States. We looked at a sculpture in Boston which showed this Regiment marching off to battle, being guarded by an angel.