Class Recap 4/5, 4/8

Friday was a half day, so we did not have class. We did have a pep rally which was pretty fun except when the sophomores did not participate in the festivities at first. As soon as people were bribed with T-shirts, they got right into it really quick.

Today, Mrs. Jones was our substitute. She handed out a multitude of papers regarding the Oregon Trail and the boom of Americans moving westward in the 1800s. We had to fill in boxes with the most important material and then write three journal entries that corresponded with the journey the pioneers took. The Oregon Trail is an interesting topic. We have not covered the westward expansion that much in any previous history classes, so I like learning about this so far. Mrs. Jones gives us a really hard time during class and pretty much everyone hates her, but she is funny and deep down, I think most kids enjoy her. If not, we have to appreciate the fact that she always tells the teachers the class was really well behaved and nice.

P.S. I just played the Oregon Trail game at the end of the Sophia (the bad version, not the one where you have to download an App) and I died of starvation. "Your party died of starvation. It's been a wild ride but now everyone is dead. Thanks a lot, jerk." I did not think that was very nice.