Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Tonight I have no homework! So I decided to post. Sorry for not posting this past week. I've been pretty busy. 

Today is Purim and I am unfortunately not celebrating it. I really wish I were. I was on facebook today and I saw an album of my friends from Yavneh celebrating Purim. It really made me miss everyone at Yavneh, in Dallas, and Israel. Hope you guys had a good Purim.

In history I am writing a paper on Che and how he really isn't as great as everyone projects him to be. He is presented as a microcosm of counterculture, when he was really a massive killer. Not too sure if a massive killer is appropriate for a counterculture symbol, but I could be wrong. He was not nearly as bad as Stalin, Lenin, or Mao but he should definitely be listed with them. For some reason the Che-images on posters, t-shirts, ect. have overshadowed his real personality and developed given him misleading one. It just goes to show how ignorant or indifferent people can be (me included. I have two Che shirts). I'm not really sure where I am going to go with the paper but I am interested in finding more dirt about him.

I also joined Model United Nations. It has been pretty good so far. It is mostly focused around modern events. There are five people in the club (We are trying to boost more interest. But I like the small group because everyone is really interested and wants to be there. Our lessons take place after school on Friday so it takes real interest to show up every week). I was assigned Russia so I've been catching up on my country's current events, not something I know too much about.

I've also started studying US history by myself because I realized that I wanted to take the AP test next year. I am not too sure how self-studying is going to work out but I figure that it's better than nothing. My history teacher gave me some textbooks to help me study so that also helped a lot. 

Oh yeah and I recently bought some great music from itunes. So I've been listening to that a lot lately. 

That is all for now. Talk to you anonymous viewers later. Wait, that's not true... I know a few people who have been keeping up with my blog. That comment refers to the other viewers.

Chag Sameach!

2 comments:

  1. You only have one Che shirt now. I took one after you left. haha.

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  2. Enjoying your blog, miss seeing you at Temple ,
    jane kadosh

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