Week of the 21st~25th

Since starting this week we only have to write one blog post, I thought that maybe I could write a little bit about each day of the week!

Monday... Usually I'm so tired on Monday's first period class but this week we had a very special guest, Hibiya-sensei! I agree with Ken that there was a lot about her history that seemed a little bit too much, but I think her history really showed how she is an independent woman and her confidence and strength is what got her the position that she is at right now. When Shiho asked the question of what was her biggest struggle as a woman leader, I was surprised when she answered, right now. Hearing her about her experience at the conferences, I was once again in awe of how she has gotten herself to such a respectable position in such a short period of time. 

I really enjoyed the video that Ken showed us in class at the beginning! A good laugh was just what I needed since I was getting stressed with some stuff inside and outside of school. For the main portion of class we discussed citations and paraphrasing vs. plagiarizing for our essays. I thought that I knew most of the information that would be presented since I have written many essays for other classes, but being able to refresh my mind with all of the technical writing skills need in writing this academic essay was very useful. 

On Friday we did some paraphrasing exercises and got into our groups to talk about our essays. Since the first draft was due that day, we all had a few paragraphs done but had similar problems with how to cite the essays and if our information was okay. We are so used to having to write argumentative essays, that the informative essays we all are writing seemed sort of bland... In my case, I was planning on only writing one paragraph on a certain topic but once I started writing and gathering necessary information, the length turned out to be that of an entire body section. So I will probably need to go in for a tutorial to get things sorted out haha

And thank you Ken for the amazing brownies! I think we all (except Joki haha) were very happy about the sweet treats that brought our spirits back up:)