Spring 2024 Black Belt Cycle

Candidate Journals

King Tiger Tae Kwon Do Black Belt candidates blog daily about their journey: their thoughts and feelings, their struggles and successes; their pain and their encouragement. Follow along on their journey; words of encouragement are always welcome!

School Days

Today I went to school and found out that my school field  trip to atlanta georgia was going to happen in May. It was going to happen tomorrow but they could not get buses. I tured in my project today but my teach said that it had too much information. There the person I did the project with said it should have more info not less. I didn't know what I got through.

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All done

I finally finished all of my requirements all the push ups sit ups pull ups. I feels good to finish. I hope you all have a great day.

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happy days

I finally started my spring break it is so fun and the good thing is it for 2 weeks. I am also almost done with my requirements all I have to do is my push ups and sit ups. I am also ready for the over night test. Tomorrow I am going to myrtle beach but I still have to do my requirements there. I hope everybody has a great day.

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Sparring

TODAY I TRIED AGAIN TO ENTER IN 1.5 BUT IT DID NOT WORK. SO I AM GOING TO ENETER IN 2 INTIL IT IS FIXED.  

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sparring no more

I found out that weekend sparring classes are 1.5 credits. We got this confirmed so I am done with my sparring class credits. you can not type 1.5 in there. 

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written and physical test

FOR ONE I GOT A 92 ON MY WRITTEN TEST THIS IS WAY BETTER THAN WHAT I GOT ON MY LAST CYCLE. ON MY PHYSICAL TEST I DID GOOD TOO. IN THE BEGINING I THOUGHT THAT THE WRITTEN TEST WAS GOING TO BE HARD BUT IT WAS EASY. I AM VERY PROUD OF MY SELF.

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Day 58

Today is my last day says the black belt website. I got a mentor session in today. Tuesday will be my last day. I will still go. The written and physical tests are in two days. I am ready for both of them. I finally know staff form two. I fell very confident today.  

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Day 57

Today I got  leadership credit one and two. I also got in a mentee session. Today a lot of drama was going on in mys school. People were just yelling at each other. Some tried to get me in trouble. The teacher knew that that girl was not telling the truth. 

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Day 56

Today I went to tae kwon do for a mentor session. When I only go there for mentor sessions people look at we weird. I couldn't go to black belt class today because I had to study for my test that I have tomorrow. For only one that does not know the written and physical tests are on Saturday. You have to be there by 8:30. Bring clothes that you can run in.

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Day 55

Today I just woke up. Next time I will not stay up till 1. I also wanted to say today is day lights savings day. I will finish my requirements in a hour.

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Day 54

Today I went to Saturday black belt class. We learned to new yellow, high yellow self defense.

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Day 53

My mom thinks that I can not handle this. I have to show her that I can handle it. Nothing important happened today.

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Day 52

Today I am going to have a mentor session. It is hopefully going to be fun. I could not go to black belt class today because I have to study for my Chinese test. I got another English project today and tomorrow my English homework is due.

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Day 51

I have a lot of things going on in April. First I have to go to camp thunderbird. Then it is the black belt test. Then I have to go to Atlanta for a school felid trip. Today I learned how to open a lock.  

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Day 50

Today I missed black belt class. I had to miss it so that I could study for my science test that I have tomorrow. It is a big test. This test is on weather. Weather is a huge topic.

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day 49

TODAY I WAS AT SCHOOL FOR THE WHOLE DAY. THE PERSON THAT I SIT NEXT TO CAME BACK. SHE IS ONE OF MY FRIENDS SOPHIA. MY OTHER FRIENDS GOT MAD AT ME BECAUSE I WAS HANGING OUT WITH SOHIPA ALL DAY. TODAY AT TAE KWON DO I GOT LEADERSHIP ONE AND TWO. TODAY I FINALLY STARTED TO DO MYWRITTEN TEST. I PRINTED IT OUTAND I USED THE STDY GUIDE. NOT ALL THE ANSWERS ARE IN THE STUDY GUIDE SO I WILL HAVE TO ASK MY MENTOR. I HAVE TO DO MY LAST ESSAY. IT IS ON THE 5 KWANS. I HOPE I DO GOOD ON THAT ESSAY.

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Day 48

Today I went to see Black Panther again. At the movies I saw two teachers from my school. I have done my requirements. Today is a good day.  

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Day 47

Today I went to one of my old class mates party. Her name is Leah. She had left the school so it was great seeing her again. All saw so of my other class mates. I did not want to leave but I was forced.

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Day 46

Today I had technology class. After that the teacher was talking about middle school. We also went to the band teacher's room. The students were showing off there instruments.  

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Day 45

Today I had to skip everything because of my shoulder I had to skip tae kwon do I had to skip dance. My throat also hurts.

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Day 44

Today all my hard work paid off. I finally got a leadership two credit hey. Today I had to turn in my science project.

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day 43

Today nothing much happened. I am going to black belt class today. I hope we are not doing rolls and falls because my knee is all ready hurting a lot. If we do rolls and falls I will do my best.

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Day 42

I had to print out my project today because it is due tomorrow. I had finished it a long time ago. It was a science project. I have so many projects I have my english, social studies and chinese projects. They are all easy but they take so much time.   

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Day 41

Today I was doing my requirements all day. When I say all day I mean all day. It toke all day because my shoulder was in major pain. It hurt even to move. I had to study while doing requirements it is not that hard. My mom left early in  the morning because she had to go out of town for work. When I woke up my mom was all ready gone. I finished my jump rope so yay.

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Day 40

Today was my first time going to sparing class in a long time. I had found out that I have met with my mentor and mentee 15 times.  It is going to be hard to do mentee sessions 15 times but I will have to make it work;

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Day 39

Well my 2nd teacher left today. I found out she is not going back to China yet. She will stay in a hotel. She was teaching my class for about 2 months. Sher got 3 cards from all of us. I have a social studies and English project. I am going to be busy next week.

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Day 38

Today my teacher was filming us again. She was very serious about this one. She got a piece of paper and it had lines she said we had to fill it in. It was hard not just because it was a grade it was because we had to get filmed. We were not allowed to look at the camera. My 2nd teacher is going back to China tomorrow. My teacher said that we had to sign on a the back of the class photo. My 2nd teacher will take it to China with her.

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Day 37

Today I had to go to technology class. The whole time we had to do code.org. I would not say it was not fun but it was not good. When I come back from Tae Kwon Do my mom is going to make bacon. 

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Day 36

Today we got to see the video that the teacher took. l She was just pointing out what we did wrong. I did not do great but I did good. I had won the justice and fairness trait. So me picture was there but someone drew no on it. My teacher was very mad.     

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Day 35

Today my mom got her DNA. It could tell that I was her child. I had just learned that I have family from New Jersey. Today me teacher was getting filmed. When she was getting filmed we were doing science. Before that she told us that we need to acting normal.

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Day 34

Today I went to Saturday black belt class at lake norman. My mom said that it was a hour. I said it was wroth it. It was a really good class. There were only eight people. At black belt class we got a lot of work done. In the beginning they were making sure everything was even. We did all of the poomsaes from white belt to Bochco dan. We also did all of the sparring combos and some of the self defense. I had a good work out. My mom asked me if I wanted to go to the movies with them but, I choose to do my requirements instead. I think I made the right choice my brother and sister went. They said that they went to a cartoon caveman movie. I forgot what the name was. After that they did not tell me about the movie. The whole day my...

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Day 33

Today I went to the movies. The movie I went to was black panther. My whole family went. I liked the movie very much. After the movie my brother and dad went in the house. Me and my sister and mom went to Red Robin’s 

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Day 32

Happy Chinese New Year everybody. I had a Chinese New Year party we got to eat Chinese food.

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Day 31

Today I had to perform a Chinese New Year dance. It is called the hottest enatic Chinese trends. The dance was hard to perform.  There was this one guy who was trying to be funny and he messed up the whole dance. I missed black belt class today. I got a metor credit in.

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Day 30

Today I went to sparring class. I got leadership one credit. As soon as I got home I had to get ready. I almost did not make it.

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Day 26

Today I was at tae kwon do from 10:30 to 3:30. An Olympic gold medalist came.  She taught both the poomsae and sparring seminar. We had to do oh chang, yuk chang, chil chang, koryo and gem guang. When I went to sparring we did not spare.

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Day 28

Today I got ice cream. I got chocolate. I got leadership 1&2. It was red stripe week. I had a math test and I was so scared. I got a 100%. Today I learned about land and sea breezes. A sea breeze happens in the day. A land breeze happens in the night. It also has to do with high pressure and low pressure.    

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Day 29

Today was the 5th grade dance. At first it was boring and I did not dance. Then it got fun. They were finally playing good songs. I was dance and dance. They had donuts, pretzels, cookies and M&M's. It was fun.

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Day 27

Today is the day of sun shine because it is Sunday. Which means have a happy smile. All I did today so far is requirements and homework. Yesterday I found out I was in the orange. Today after I finish every thing I will sleep. My sister is going with her friends. I will be at home doing nothing. My mom is doing my hair today it will take 3 hours. My dad said that I had grow I do not believe him. My mom said that I did grow. My mom was doing the laundry and she found chap stick in the laundry it was my dads.       

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Day 25

Today I learned that all next week I am booked. My mom came back today. At 11:37 pm. 

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Day 24

Today I watched half of the four. Zhavia my favorite did not win. She was my favorite and she did not win so I have to vote for a different person. 

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Day 23

Today I learned that I have to go to my Chinese New Year dance. I got a lot of requirements done

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Day 22

Today I had got a leadership credit, a mentor class and a weekday Black belt class. I went to the store and got blackberries. When I came back it was 9:15 and now it is 9:48. I still have to do homework and go to school. I am going to be tried at school tomorrow. 

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Day 21

Today my mom left. She left because she had to go to work out of town. When I woke up she was not there. My dad was not there either. My sister woke me up and asked me where my mom and dad where. I had to be honest so I said I don't know. She almost stared crying but, I cheered her up. My brother woke up a hour later and started to annoy me. Then he stared to play Minecraft. My dad soon came back and told me that my mom was on a plane. The rest of the day I did requirements. Today was a good day.

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Day 20

Today I went to the family dance. Then I has to do my requirements. 

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Day 19

Today nothing happened. I didn’t know what to talk about. So good bye. 

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Day 18

Today I found out that I was going to the family dance. My brother is not coming because he thinks that it will kill his street “credit”. 

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Day 17

Today I lot of people were asking them to go to the dance with them. No one asked me. I am not sad.

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Day 16

Today I went to school. I had to practice my Chinese Dance. My teacher said that I was really good but I don’t know. 

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Day 15

Today I just woke up. Because it is a Sunday I am not going any where today. 

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Day 14

Today I had to run. When I was running I had to do it alone. No other first poom was there. When I was running I could not feel my body it felt like I was not there. There were cars all over the place. They were loud. Yesterday the site was down so I could not get on to it. My mom and dad came back today. I have not yet seen my dad. I wonder where he is. 

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Day 13

Today I met up with my mentor I learned staff form two. I retook my written test and got a 100. I was so happy when I heard It was amazing, but because I took my written test I did not get a leadership credit 1 or 2. I was really looking forward to that. Today me and my friends had our first big fight. It was hard to work with each other. We did not solve it. My mom and dad are in Ohio so, I have to stay with my grandma and grandpa. Today is a good day.

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Day 12

Today I had a good day. I got my first sparring class credit and I plan to go to sparring class on Saturday. I got my leadership one credit in.

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Day 11

Today I did my requirements and I got a mentor, mentee, leadership one credit and a weekday black belt credit in. I also finished my homework. 

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Day 10

Today I helped out with class. I got my first leadership 1. I walked 5.3 miles.

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Day 9

So far I have not done any requirements. I have not done requirements because we were out all day. So far I had done 1.6 miles today and I plan to do more. 

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Day 8

Today I toke the written and physical test. I have to do the written test over but I will study harder next time.

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Day 7

I had no school today and today was the end of the quarter. I stayed home today in my room I did my requirements. 

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Day 6

Today I lost my tooth. I did all of my requirement and did not do anything else. 

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Day 5

Today it snowed but, my mom said that I could not play in it. So my sister made a game called the "sing and song". I did most of my requirements so far. 

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Day 4

Today is the first day of me being mentored and I found a mentee. I went to black belt class and did mt self defense there. 

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Day 3

Today I don't have to go to school because it is a holiday. Which also means no Tae Kwon Do today. I have not finished my requirements yet but I will. 

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Day 2

So i just got on the web site but my name is not on it yet. I am going mute today and tomorrow i am going to try to do my new skill. 

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Day 1

Today I stared my first day on the cycle. I went to Black Belt class and did a lot of requirements there. Today was an o.k day. 

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Happy B-Day dad

Today was my dad's birthday. I gave him a new back pillow. His old one was ripped. Today was a good day.

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Finished

Today I finished all of my requirements but I did not finish weekend black belt class. I only have one left. Today is a good day.

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Done in a week

Today I put in my numbers. And I saw I had a few things left. I went on the calculator and divided my numbers. Yah! I am almost done with my physical requirements  

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Grandparents house

Today I went to my grandparents house. When I went to sleep my sister woke me up. Today is a fun day.

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Almost done

Today I just found out that I am almost done with the cycle requirements it feels good. I would like to do the cycle again it is not easy but it is not hard. Today is a good day.

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Today is my birthday

Today is my birthday. I still have to do requirements though. I did a lot of them this morning, but I still have to do my run. Today is a good day.

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great day

Tomorrow we are taking the written test. Tomorrow I am also having my birthday party. Today was a good day.

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flu

Today I got the flu. I do not feel so good. i feel sick. I do not go to school. Today is a bad day.  

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Sick

Today I got sick and I am not feeling well.  Hopefully I will be able to go to sparring class tomorrow. I did get some requirements done though.

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Black belt class

Today I went to black belt class. Master Evans gave us a little talk. Today is a good day.

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In to it

Today I got in to it. Today it was raining cats and dogs. Today is a rainy day.

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Back from Winston-Salem

Today I came back from Winston-Salem. I did my regular requirements. I ran around my neighborhood. Today is a good day.

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Grandfathers B-Day

I just came from a party it was my Grandfather's B-Day. I did not like the food it was bad. The cake was awesome. The food had mushrooms on the chicken. There were 3 types of cake pineapple, chocolate, and vanilla cake. I ate chocolate cake my sister ate vanilla and chocolate cake. The cake was good. Today is a good day

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today is Friday

Today is Friday. I got to show my class my slide show. Today is a good day.

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Lake Norman Sparring

Today I went to Lake Norman. I toke a sparring class. There where few people there. I got a lot of sparring rounds. Today is a good day.

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Can I take a break

Today I was like can I take a break from the cycle. The answers was no. I still did requirements. Today is a good day.  

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almost forgot

Today I almost forgot to do my journal. I had dance class today. I do not like dance class because I do not like dancing in front of people. Today is a good day.

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Sparring rounds

Today I spared my brother. We did 10 sparring rounds. I have a unit test on fractions on Thursday. Today is a good day.

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First you run then you run

Today I just woke up. I started running. I am going to do more. Today is a good day.

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Busy day

Today is a busy day. I got in red in the push-ups and sit-ups. So I am going to do a lot of work. Today is a busy day. 

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Friday night

Today was Friday it was a Good Friday it was a little bad a recess the girls got into a fight but we got over it. Today is a good day

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24K magic in the air

It is 24 day in till my birthday. Today I went to lake Norman's sparring class  It started at 6:30 and end at 7:30 but I missed black belt class. It is okay because I went to class on Tuesday. I had to spar everyone in class. I got a lot of sparring rounds in that was good. Today is a good day.

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First day of March

Today was the first day of March.It was  a  release day. I got out of school at 12:15. Today is a good day.

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One more day

Today I did a lot but it is just one day. At school we did a lot of math. Today is a good day

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Busy today

Today was a busy day. I have to do a lot of work. A lot of homework and sit-ups. Today was a busy day.  

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2.2 miles with family

Today I ran the block with my brother and sister only. Then my brother did not want to walk and I was at 1.8. My dad walked the rest with me and my sister. Today was a good day.

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Work out

Today I went to sparring. Sparring is 1 hour and 30 minutes. It starts a 9:00 and ends at 10:30. I also went to black belt class. Today was a good day. 

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My sister tested for her belt

Today my sister tested for her new belt. My sister tested for her red belt. She got her red belt. Today is a good day.

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almost forgot

I almost forgot to do my journal. I made a rock cycle project. Today is a good day.

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Not much to do

Today there was not that many things to do. I went to sparring today it was great. I am also starting the written test. Today was a good day!

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Day back to school

Today we went back to school. I was awesome. For English class I have to do a project. I finished it. I just need to print my thank you. I printed it. It was a butterfly it looked like gems were in it. Today I am going to black belt class. I hope we get a lot of things done in black belt class. I am going to try to get there early. When it is black belt class I am in the back because I am a 0 degree black belt. My English project is about figurative language. Today at school I had science lab. My class was digging for fossils. I got the biggest pot and my pot was the biggest. I found a lot of shark teeth and dolphin teeth my pot had the most shark teeth. If we found something we wanted we had a bag to put the thing...

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New Skill Essay

Today I started my new skill essay. My new skill was making waffles. I have not finished my essay get but I will. Today is a good day. 

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New skill day (WAFFLES)

Today I did my new skill. Tomorrow I am going to write my essay. I took pictures of the waffle making. I am going to add the pictures in the essay. Today is my new skill day.

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Saturday Class Day

Today I went to sparring and black belt class. I loved going to both class. Today is a good day!

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Friday or Monday

Is today Friday or Monday. I thought it was Monday because Monday's are boring. I thought it was boring today. Still today was a good day.

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testing day

Today I had a big test. It was really hard. I think I pasted it. Today was a good day.

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