The trip to the zoo was yesterday, and I had a really good time. There were ups and downs along the whole trip, but overall it was one of the best field trips I had ever been to. The good part was that we had fun, and we also got to learn about animals. The bad part was that we had to answer  problems on all of the exhibits which really was tiring but now it was worth it because I at least know a little bit about a lot of different animals.
               The bad parts were that we had to all squeeze into buses, and walk for about five hours. My back started to hurt after a while, and it was a great time when we had a break to eat. The food there was great, and the slushies were legendary. I would recommend the seventh grade teachers to do this again next year for the incoming seventh graders. Out of nowhere, I found out that we are going to wild waters in June.
 
               Today is Civil War day for the eighth graders, the actors looked really serious about it. It also looked fun, and they get to miss about half of the school day. On Monday, I am going to the zoo with all the other seventh graders. In the next two school days, the eighth graders are having civil war day, and we are going to the zoo.
                Also, another time in the next month, we are going to wild waters. I am looking forward to wild waters, and I have gone there many times. I turned in a big project for Science today, and I feel like a huge lift has been lifted from my shoulders. Now I just have to maintain straight A's, and I will be done with this school year and go into eighth grade. Next year, I am thinking of doing Leadership instead of what I did this year.
 
               Today I am supposed to write about the most embarrassing moment I had in my life is. I can't really recall what it is, so I am just typing while I am thinking. Now I remember, but I can't tell anyone the first one because it is way too embarrassing. One of the most embarrassing moments of my life was when I used a fruit smelling lotion because I liked the smell. I noticed it was way too strong and I was made fun of at basketball practice for the rest of the season or winter.
               Another embarrassing moment I had was the time I didn't understand an easy project in Algebra, and it was a group project. I let my neighbors do most of the work, and when we had to do the project, every table was good, and getting about ninety percent or higher. When we went up, I knew we wouldn't do good, and we ended up with a C.
 
            One thing I do to rest my mind is listen to music. I listen to music, and sit down, and take a load off. This makes me think about other stuff. I listen to music at least once a weekend, and before I have a sport game to calm myself down. For baseball, I know that good hitters hit three out of ten times, so after I listen to music to pump me up, I listen to slower music because I know I will get many tries.
            Another thing I do to rest my mind is read, I go to my room and lay on my bed and read. It calms me down, and it is good for me, and I could also put it on my reading log. The only bad thing about reading is, I don't want to stop reading and I spend too much time reading a book. Most of the time when I am not tired I read myself to sleep. Sometimes it works, and I get sleepy, but other times I keep reading until it is too late.
 
            Today in First period, in art, we were introduced to an edible art project, and I am looking forward to it. Also, I got extra credit by bringing in recycables for the eighth period class. In second period, I had a Quiz, and I actually got an A on it for once. Now I am maintaining straight A's for the first time this quarter. I am hopefully going to have them for the rest of the year.
            Next period in Science, I don't know what we are going to do, and its the same thing in Core. In Spanish, we will probably not have homework, and I will have fun in there. Eighth period is P.E. and I heard we are playing mushball ( A game like softball, but using a big mushball) It is one of my favorite games we've played yet.
 
            There are many theories about why the Maya collapsed. I believe in many theories, and that not just one theory could end the Maya civilization. The theory that I believe the best is the fact that they didn't have enough land to grow crops anymore, or there were too many people for their land, and they got overpopulated.
            If the Maya had some hunters, and some planters, they would be more consistent with their food. Also if they used a better way to plant, they would always have land. They used a burn and crop method, and after a few uses in the same spot, they can't use it anymore. Also, if they extended their empire, they would have more land to plant their main crops such as maize, and cotton, and potatoes.
 
            One of my personal strengths is my athletic ability. I love to play sports and I am fast so mot of the time I am not half bad at whatever sport I choose to play. I play a lot of sports, and My favorite sport is whichever sport I am playing at the time. Right now, I am playing baseball and I made the all star team. It is probably the funnest sport I play.
            During the summer, I will be playing basketball also. This is probably my best sport, and I like to play the point guard, I am good at driving hard to the rim, and shooting threes, and assisting my team mates. I am going to work on pulling up from mid range this summer. Usually coaches don't play me in that position because I am tall though. I didn't play this year, so hopefully my spot won't be taken during the summer.
            Another personal strength is my persistance. I have never gotten homework lab, and I have never not done my homework. I've noticed people with bad grades, and they wonder why, and they almost get homework lab everyday. And those are most of my personal strengths.
 
            Two weeks ago, my core teacher told us some key points to doing good on the CST. She told us to get good sleep, eat a good breakfast, and to wear comfortable clothes. The new thing I found out is that when there is a problem that you just don't know, you choose a colomn, (which will be C for me) and you mark that colomn for every answer you don't know. It is beter than marking christmas trees or whatever else we do.
            By doing that strategy, You will at least get one or more right. By using all of the techniques I listed above, I am looking forward to doing well in the California State Test.
 
            Today in art, I made a characiger it was fun, and I got to use oil pastels those are very fun to use because you can smear them with your fingers. In algebra, we played jeaopardy with math questions, our table didn't win, but we still had fun. The winning team got blow pops. I would rather settle on extra credit than blow pops but it's still okay.
            In science I have a test about frogs. I studied, and we've been working with frogs for the past week so I think I will do well. I also have a project about a Scientific Revolution award I finished that yesterday. In Spanish, I am pretty sure that I am taking a test, it is rather today, or on monday but I'm not sure. Over the weekend I will finally finish my collection box.
 
            In History, we are doing a project about the Scientific Revolution. We get to pick an astronomer, or a philosopher in that time period and make an award for them. We could pick a lot of people including Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton, Nicolaus Copernicus, Johann Kepler, and many more. I chose Nicolaus Copernicus.
            I chose Nicolaus Copernicus because he was the first one to study planets, and show that the church's ideas were wrong. He is known for the person that started the Scientific Revolution. He believed in the heliocentric theory that the sun was the middle of the universe, and that all of the planets orbitted around the sun.