Candidate Journals

Today we are cleaning out the attic. Let's just say it hasn't been that hot sense the hottest day with out air conditioning.

today I saved a baby bird. We found it laying in our driveway .Ii picked it up with a trash bag and put it back in its nest.we saw the mom and dad comeback. They didn't kick it out.

today I saved a baby bird. We found it laying in our driveway .Ii picked it up with a trash bag and put it back in its nest.we saw the mom and dad comeback. They didn't kick it out.

today I saved a baby bird. We found it laying in our driveway .Ii picked it up with a trash bag and put it back in its nest.we saw the mom and dad comeback. They didn't kick it out.

today I saved a baby bird. We found it laying in our driveway .Ii picked it up with a trash bag and put it back in its nest.we saw the mom and dad comeback. They didn't kick it out.

today I saved a baby bird. We found it laying in our driveway .Ii picked it up with a trash bag and put it back in its nest.we saw the mom and dad comeback. They didn't kick it out.

today I saved a baby bird. We found it laying in our driveway .Ii picked it up with a trash bag and put it back in its nest.we saw the mom and dad comeback. They didn't kick it out.

today i saved a baby bird. We found it laying in our driveway . i picked it up with a trash bag and put

Today we went to our church patriotic program by our choir along with two other local choirs. They had a bunch of snacks that tasted so good! It was very, very nice. They sang You're a Grand Old Flag, God Bless America, the National Anthem, to name only a few of the songs. I said thank you to all of the people who served in our military after the stood up. One man was crying, but it was easy to tell because his face was very red.

today we thought we lost my brother Foster. I looked every where for him. We found him running home crying and scared. He just went looking for my mom.

today we took my dog to the vet. he got his rabies shot. After i went back to sparing class for the first time in a while in a while. then i did a mile in 8:54 and smoked my mom who is a great runner.

today i wrote one of my esseays.My hero was Bruterce Lee. After i watched one of his movies

today i wrote one of my hero essays After i watched a movie about the person.

Today wasn't that hard. After requirements my family cleaned the car. It didn't make much of a difference.

Today I went really hard on my mentee.  Since it is really close to testing, I think I should of.  For everything he did wrong on his form, he had to do two push ups  He did really well.  He only has three forms, but he still dd amazing!  I hope everybody does well on testing.

Yesterday, I got my new shrub.  Guess what the name of the bush is, Fire Power.  I chose the bush because it sounds cool and it is going to look cool because it has fiery red leaves.  I have to fertilize it once a week with Miracle Grow and I also have to water it .  The Miracle Grow thing hooks up the hose and you just turn it on and it is pretty easy.   

Today started off like a normal day.  I got my work done in Math. Did some writing in Language Arts.  Had a test in Science.  Lunch was good too.  The half way into PE i did something that I wasn't supposed to. I was playing around.  I hit my thumb so hard, it went back and touched my arm.  I really hope it is not broke.  I won't be able do push ups and get my black belt.  I really have worked hard.

I'm pretty sure I'm going to lose to my mom in fantasy football.  She was beating me by 20 points last time I checked.  We both have one player left.  I have running back and she has a wide receiver.  I really think I'm going to lose.  My guy would have to get 35 point or something.  He needs a blow out game.

It was really, really confusing using only one hand.  There are a lot of different techniques.  There were only four basic blocks with two hands, now there are eight because you have to change it around.  My forms were hard to keep up with, especially the ones with low blocks and inside block.  I really enjoyed learning how to do it.  I can't believe what people go through with one hand everyday.

I've gotten so much better at leading. I don't like when kids don't listen to me. It tells me that I should behave too.  I also don't like it when kids do exactly the opposite of what people are telling them to do.  I'm glad that I've gotten better at listening.  I hope when this is all over, kids will respect me and think of me as an instructor. 

Tonight I am going to manage my team.  I think I am going to have to take some players out.  This week I am playing my mom.  She's going down!  Right now she is projected to win.  That is why I am going to work on my team.  I am not going to lose to her.

Last Sunday the Panthers had a huge win against the NY Football Giants.  It was 38-0, I think it was our first shutout in Panther history.  On fantasy football Eli Manning, the Giants’ quarterback, got -.65 fantasy points.  I beat my uncle Aaron. We sacked Eli Manning 5 times in the first quarter and made them fumble the ball several times. 

Last night at dream team class we learned some new grappling moves.  The first move we learned was called the guard.  The way you do it is someone is going down trying to punch you, you lock your feet around their waist and then you have control of them because you have control of their hips.  We also learned another grappling move called the mount.  The way you do it is you get them on the ground, then you sit on top of their stomach and no matter what the person on the top has a longer arm.  It is really hard to get out of a mount position.  

Today a baby came into black belt class and he was adorable.  I had no idea that Master Hartle was a grandfather, I thought he was just a father.  I got to poke his stomach and play with his feet.  Master Hartle's son that came into class with the baby used to teach me TKD classes, I completely forgot about that.  

Today I made my first cartoon.  It was called MAGIC!  My friends and I play a card game called Magic and I love it.  I did a fantastic job on the cartoon drawings and it had a great story line too.  I was so excited to bring it home and show my parents.  I tucked it safely away in my jacket, then I lost my jacket and my lunch box after lunch!  I looked everywhere and it did not show up!  I hope to find it at school tomorrow, it made me really sad.  

This morning my dad left to Seattle for my uncle's wedding. My other uncles came over last night. The best part is all I have to do till Friday is run,pull ups, and jurnle entrys. 

Today I couldn't do all of my black belt stuff before class, so I had to do some before and after.  I hard time with my forms.  I couldn't square up during pal jung. I couldn't get my hands in the right spot for push-ups.  My dad said I had a hard time focusing.  I hope I can do better tomorrow.  My dad is still proud of all my hard work though.

Yesterday we watched the Panther's game as a family.  The Panther's started off great.  I was playing my uncle in fantasy football and he had their defense.  They got an interception, but at least they threw the flag. Yes and no! After the game my dad got me to try the third hottest pepper in the world. It STUNG!

Today my dad and I had a competition of push ups and sit ups.  I beat him the first two times on push ups.  He beat me in sit ups, but he had to do ten less.  It wasn't really fair.  Then my dad insisted on timing us.  Not having the person next to you, really turned down the intensity level.  My dad beat me then.  I really enjoyed it!

Well today I started out with a normal Saturday with black belt class.  Then it all changed with one super cool event.  My dad asked me if I wanted to go canoeing and I said, "sure, i'd love to!!"  It sounds great but we should have brought fishing poles but I still had an amazing time and I hope to do it again soon.  

Well, there is this new student in my classroom.  Her name is Chloe.  I haven't talked to her yet, but I planning to on Monday.  It probably feels scary to be the new kid.  You have to find friends.  It is going to be hard if you don't do it in the first week.  As a black belt, I am going to go up and introduce myself and tell her if she has any questions , she can ask me.

Today firefighters and police officers came to our school.  There was also a guy with a kilt and he played bag pipes.  They also released doves as a sign of peace.  Two girls sang the national anthem. The whole time I saw three planes passing our school and I was a little worried.  I am really sad about 9/11 and the number of people that died.  I think we should take the rest of this week to remember them.

During sparing class tonight I got kicked in the shin real bad.  My leg went numb and I couldn't feel anything.  After soaking it some tonight, I'm starting to get feeling back.  I don't want to let anyone know who kicked me because I don't want them to feel bad or get in trouble.  It's just part of being a black belt!  

I am thinking about starting a club at school for students who don't have enough money for tkd.  The learn for free as part of the club.  If have the time, but not the money for actual class, they come.  I know what you are thinking, what's the belt order? Well, I am going to use note cards and the colors be like there belts. The will line up based on their cards.

 Today we lost to the Seattle Seahawks. We would have won if D-Will didn't fumble the ball on that amazing run.I t really made me freak.  I needed Steve Smith to do well for my fantasy team. 

Today to help my little brother with his spelling words, I made up a spelling hop scotch game.  I give him a word, we see how many letters are in the word.  We take the little stone, we toss it to the number of letters there are in the word.  Then he spells it as he hops to the number, grab the stone and spell it all of the way back. 

We are doing this recycling program in the 5th grade.  We go around to each classroom and collect their recycling bins and put the items into different can.  It is really fun and I'm sure everyone will agree it's fun.  What makes it exciting for me because I get to help for one month.  On Friday my teacher is going to be out and she's asked me to be in charge of the whole program.  

TOday I went to Cookout with my mentee.  It was so fun, I loved doing that with him.  I can't wait to do something like that with Gabriel again.  It just phenomenal.  We got a shake, we ate, and talked with each other about life, not TKD.  My goal is to get his push-ups, sit-ups, burpies, forms and self-defenses up to peek performance. 

Today is going to be very hard. I have only been awake for an hour and I am already tired of it. I can't wait for the day to be over. All day I am going to write what I want to say.  

Today was my first day at the NFL draft for fantasy football.  I am supposed to do good this season.  The first match-up is against my Aunt Sandy.  She is supposed to beat me.  We will see about that. I am so excited about my first season in fantasy football.  I hope I go far!

Today was my great grandma's b-day. I got to see my cousin Riley.  We are about to play basketball, I am going to teach him how to do lay-ups and how not to foul people.  I had so much fun and I hope my great-grandma did too.  This day is special because I got to say the prayer for my great- grandma's b-day today.  

Today was amazing.  The three on three tournament was tonight.  We were the fourth best team there - we made it to the final four.  I thought we would be the worst team there, but we lost to two very good teams.  These two teams could have beat anybody.  

Today I figured out that our school is having a 3-on-3 basketball tournament.  I am on a team with three of my friends.  I don't know what our name is yet, but I'm pretty sure it will be cool.  I hope we win!!!

Today, we got to put Si in the ball.  If you don't remember, Si is my class pet hamster.  Really, he started hitting the classroom walls.  The kids were doing their work while Si got to roam around.  When we went to get him, I grabbed the ball from behind Mrs. Piercy's desk.  He almost went through the cloth of the table, I caught him at the last second to prevent him from going under the table.  

Today at school, my class decided on the name for the new hamster.  His name is Si from Duck Dynasty.  He is very cute and he is very active.  Tomorrow I hope to put him in the new ball and let everyone play with him.  

Today our church broke ground for a new sanctuary.  Awesome! I never lost a race in the bouncy house. I am pretty sure I was the best there.  That's not the important thing. The important thing is that is everybody fun. I had so much fun.  I hope everybody else did.

Today was the pretest.  I was so worried. I kept saying,"Please don't fail. Please don't fail." I was so relieved when I didn't have to do it over.  I didn't let my little brother down.

I didn't know who Bruce Lee was. Instructor Luna said I should know who Bruce Lee is.  He was surprised I didn't know.  I am getting ready to watch him so I'll find out soon.

Today I couldn't really breathe. It was very hard to do my requirements. I had to take a break from pushups and sit ups. I hope that I am better tomorrow

I met with my mentee today.  We practiced kwon sool and hwa rang poomsae. We also sat and talked.  I wanted to get to know each other and if he had anything he wanted to get off his chest he could.  I really hope this affects our relationship in a good way.

Today I had to settle in and make some new friends so I could be part of a pack or club. I have some friends and we have the perfect club.  In class today my dad did some monkey rolls.  He is the best ever.  He did them with Marcus and me.  He was so fast.

Today was the first day of school. I had a really ggod time.  My teacher trusted me to do some research on some pets to see what would be a good class pet.  I would get to take care of. I hope I don't let her down.

Today was the first day I got to run in my new sneakers.  I did so much better with running sneakers than high-top sneakers.  I have gotten better at all of my athletic skills.  I really think that they should give us at least four months of summer off.  

Today I woke up and stomach really hurt.  My grandma tried to make it feel better, but I was really sick.  I had to my black belt stuff later in the day.  I'm still not feeling well.  Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

Today I did some black belt stuff with grandma. I taught her some self defenses.  She was a great listener. I really loved spending the day with her.  Who knows what tomorrow will be.

Kate Skate was amazing. It kind of looked like a disco.  I had to rent skates because mine would work.  Its OK because they were included.  We played this one game called wipe out. When the music stops you have to get down on the floor and yell.  The winner gets an all girl or all boy skate. I hope to go back.  It was my favorite place all year long.

Today I went running with my mom.  She was really nice to do this with me. My mom told me some stuff about my legs, like shin splints.  We ran for three miles with only one short stop for water.  It was really hot outside.  I enjoyed running with my mom.

I had black belt camp today. I enjoyed it very much.  I learned a new staff form plus basic form with the staff.  The new form was pretty to tough at first. I kept practicing and it started to come easy to me.

I was really tired today.  I couldn't run.  I didn't get to count it.  I had to get my stuff together and do the rest of my black belt workout.

Today was about as hard as the other days.  I was ahead on some things, but in others I was really behind.  I did extra stuff today to catch up.  Doing 215 push-ups was really hard.

Yesterday I helped out with a sparing class. I earned some credits and impressed my father.  I enjoyed doing this and I hope to do it again.

Today my dad and I faced off in a battle royal of roundhouse kicks.  It was a tie of 109 kicks each.  We did 30 seconds for each leg. I won the right leg with 55 and he won the left with 57.  It was really fun!

Today I ran three miles without stopping!  I also shattered some of my daily goals.  I did this in one setting.  I did 70 push-ups and 100 sit-ups without stopping. That was after doing 40 of each in stations.  After all that I still had enough energy for my kick-ups!

Today was a great day! I did a kick up with no hands.  Right out of the blue.  I have been practicing for years.  The black belt cycle helped.  I ran two miles today.  It was tough.

Today was a great day!  I did a kick up with no hands today.  I have been practicing forever.  I ran two miles. It was really tough. 

Today was hard, but I knew it was coming.  It takes a lot of dedication, time, and effort.  If you are going to do this, you have to be strong, patient, and dedicated-like me!