Esther+K's+journal

-Go bananas:** wild with excitement, anxiety, or worry ex: It is normal for her to go bananas because she usually gets excited easily. ex: It is impossible for her to go against the grain to admit that she is wrong.
 * Classwork January 19th, 2009
 * -Go against the grain:** you do not like saying or doing it and it is not what you would usually say or do

-Rome was not built in a day:**many things cannot be done instantly, and require time and patience. -Round peg in a square hole:**If somebody's in a situation, organization, etc, where they don't fit in and feel out of place, they are a square peg in a round hole.
 * Classwork January 14th, 2009
 * ex: The teacher told the girl that Rome was not built in a day because the girl tried to do all her work on one day.
 * ex: That person's ability didn't fit in the class so it was round peg in a square hole.**

-Shoot from the hip-**Someone who shoots from the hip talks very directly or insensitively without thinking beforehand. -Shot in the dark-**aimlessly or not a chance
 * Classwork January 12th, 2009
 * ex: All the parents usually tell their children not to shoot from the hip.
 * ex: Since he didn't have any purpose, it was just like shot in the dark.**

-On the double-**very fast; twice as fast as normal For my winter break, I will have a trip with my family. However, it's not right to jump the gun because the vacation hasn't started yet and there are some tests or quizes. I think this vacation will be finished on the double because it is only three weeks. I hope that I can prepare for finals during the vacation, and also enjoy the time that I have.
 * Classwork December 11th, 2009
 * -Jump the gun-**to start before the starting signal.

-In hot water: in trouble, in difficulties -In one ear and out the other:If something goes in one ear, and out the other you forget it as soon as you've heard it because it was to boring, hard, or not interesting.** My servant, Crispin was in hot water. He was in a trouble by being a 'wolf's head'. These days, he was not listening to me. When I talked, he listened but in one ear and out the other. I taught him how to sing and how to play flute recorder.
 * Classwork December 9th, 2009

Loose Canon-**One who is uncontrolled and therefore a serious and unpredictable danger. ex: We can't tell her anything private since she's a loose canon. ex: Since he won the first place, he was tickled to pink.
 * Classwork December 8th, 2009
 * Tickled pink-**to be extremely pleased about something

-In two shakes of a lamb's tail=very quickly -make a mountain out of a molehill=to exaggerate a minor problem Today I had Spanish before this class, so when the class finished, I had to walk downstairs in two shakes of a lamb's tail before the bell rings. I came down with my friend, who had Spanish with me. We always make a mountain out of a molehill so we are always lound and noisy since we laugh a lot. Even though it's not a big problem, we kind of exaggerate but not on purpose. Now, I'm writing journal for this class and winter vacation is coming up soon so I'm really excited.
 * Classwork December 4th, 2009**

Define the idioms and then use it to talk about something going on in your life. -getting your goat It means to annoy someone, so in a real life situation, if somebody is distracting and annoying, someone could say that getting your goat. ex: Since he keeps on getting your goat, you would be really angry by now.
 * Classwork December 1st, 2009**

-get up on the wrong side of the bed It means that if someone had bad day for the whole day, that person would've got up on the wrong side of the bed. So if someone is not feeling well for a day, he or she would've got up on the wrong side of the bed. ex: He is not feeling good today I think he got up on the wrong side of the bed.

November 11th, 2009 Crispin was depressed since his mom died. Even though, at first he wasn't feeling that bad but later he started feeling worse. He was sad by losing his mom.

October 19th, 2009 Frowning, I stared. I missed my wife, Penelope. It had been almost 10 years since the Trojan war was over. I lost every treasures, the ship was wrecked, my men were almost all dead except a few. I haven't seen my son after I left Ithaka. When I saw him now, he was a man not a baby. I came back, acting like a beggar then I had a revenge. I'm telling this adventure stories next to my wife and my son, tears coming out.

August 24th, 2009 -When I arrived to school I had science. I usually don't enjoy taking science classes but I had to. I had spanish after, and I went to advisory. I spent lunch time with my friends. Now I'm in English class but I'm worried about next class's math test. Today was a nice day until now, I hope the math test will be easy.

August 26th, 2009 -If I had a choice to choose which super power I can have, I would choose this one. I would choose power to control people's minds or thoughts. I would make this decision because it benefits me more than any other things since I can make people to do whatever I want them to do. For example, if a teacher decides to give us a test, I can control his mind and make him not to give us a test. This power would be special but dangerous in a way that others can't have their own thoughts. So this is the case if I really had to choose one but I don't think I need super power for now.

August 28th, 2009 -Watching TV or playing games might affect people a lot. But if people only do it in a certain amount of time, it won't be a problem. TVs or games are entertaining, which people can watch during their free time. I watch TV all the time when I'm bored, and I think they are necessary. However, some people do too much that it affects them in a bad way. Even though, having a TV or playing games is not bad but they should be able to limit themselves from doing too much. And this is what I think about the influence by watching or playing game.

August 31st, 2009 -Choosing a person that I admire is not easy. However, if I had to choose, I would choose 2PM. They are one of the most famous bands in Korea. They are my favorite band, and my favorite member is Jaebum. 2PM's famous song is 'again and again' which I enjoy listening all the time. I believe that other people in my age would admire them also. So, 2PM is my favorite band, and also the people I admire.

September 2nd, 2009 If I had a chance to change something about Middleschool, I would change it to where students can stay at school without teachers' or parents' guidiance. Right now, middleschoolers aren't able to stay afterschool without teacher's or parent's permission. I thought that it would be better if students can stay afterschool and work on projects or hang out with friends. These days, students have less time hanging out together because they can't stay afterschool. Also, students have to work at someone's houses even though it might be far away because middleschool doesn't let them stay afterschool unless they have the permission. If students are able to stay afterschool, they would be responsible for the school's properties. So I think if I had a chance to change something about Middleschool, I would let the students to stay afterschool.

Comment by Esther Lee: I think that we should stay AFTERSCHOOL without teachers' or parents' guidance!!

September 4th, 2009 If I can go anywhere in the world, I would go to somewhere that I didn't go for my entire life until now. Even though, I enjoy going to Japan but if I can choose anywhere, I would go to Brazil. Since I'm taking Spanish, I think it would be a great opportunity to practice speaking in Spanish. Also, I think it would be more exciting if I go with my friends. Therefore, if I had a choice to travel anywhere, I would like to go to Brazil with my friends.

September 8th, 2009 My day is going not so good, but not so bad either. I slept late yesterday night, so this morning I had a really hard time, waking up. Also since I have a lot of tests and projects due, I'm stressed out. Again I have a math quiz which I hope to get a good grade on, I have student council, Symphonic band, and Social Studies. After school, I would have cross country too. I hope my rest of the day would be better.

September 9th, 2009 I would enjoy the most if I can change things about the past. In this case, if I can change something that happened yesterday, I would like to change many things. Even though, I don't really have things that I want to change but I still have things that I want to change. For example, if there was a wrong understanding between friends, I can change it anytime I want to. To change about yesterday I would change it to having a perfect score in the math test. I couldn't really do well because I didn't have time to study. I hope I had power to change about the past.

September 11th, 2009 4. Explain the main reasons why you think students drop out of school. The main reasons are such as making troubles, as swearing at the teacher badly.

September 14th, 2009 Dear Penelope, Hi how are you? I'm on the way back home I can't believe it took this much time to come back. I'm having troubles because Poseidon dislikes me. When I go back I will tell you all the stories that happened. Hopefully, I will be back soon. Sincerely, Ulysses

September 22nd, 2009 'How was your day until now?' Today, everything went well until now. Since today is a half day, everybody was pleased. The classes were shorter, 45 minutes for each class. I had Science, Spanish, and now I'm having English. After this, I'll have lunch and take math class. We're having half day for three days because of conference, but I can't go to the conference because my parents are leaving to Hong Kong today. I hope today would be better than yesterday.

September 23rd, 2009 There are many pros and cons of 1:1 school. In KIS, students are required to bring macbooks to use as textbooks. It is more technological since students are able to use it for many education uses. However, using macbooks have bad results also. For example, students might not pay attention because they can play games or do chatting by using the macbook. Still, having 1:1 is much better for education, it is high technologyl so it is helpful.

October 5th, 2009 Jee, Emma, Annie, and Esther went in the stores as they passed by. Even though they came here to learn about art, they had enough time to look around for shopping. They were always chatting and laughing while they were together. Emma took pictures with her friends. However, at 4:00 PM, they had to go to their home since some of them had classes, so they left all seperately to their houses.

October 6th, 2009 Besides reading Uysses, I am reading April Morning. This book has 6 chapters but it is still hard for me. I started reading this book because my literature teacher recommended us this book. I read 3 chapters right now, and I'm trying to understand about it. I hope I get to finish this book by this week, and also read Ulysses more carefully.

October 19th, 2009