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!

Today I to...

Today I took a test at school and I think that I aced it. Then I had my teeth cleaned and went to the cyropracter.

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Busy day. ...

Busy day. Just got home. Only had time for push-ups and sit-ups. Registered for the HopeBuilders 5K today!

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This week ...

This week is spirit week, today we had to dress country style. At taekwondo for red and up class we worked on Bolo form, Bo-staff and poomsaes. I also helped for one class, had lots of fun.

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Monday

Today was a good day, let me tell you what happened. Today we had a sub because me teacher had a workshop. When I got to school we did Reading and did research on what ever we wanted. I did my research on blackholes. Did you know that blackholes are so strong that anything that is near has to orbit it. After that we did Math. Then we had art and had lunch. After that we did Math and social studies after recess. Now i am watching NBA Miami heat finals 2013. I also found out that I passed the written test of my black belt cycle, I'm so happy! See you tomorrow. Bye

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today i di...

today i didn't really do anything i wonder what the retreat is going to be like

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Lately

Oooh goodness I have not done a journal entry for sometime! So hello I've been REALLY busy my weekend was fun a batmitsva then that took the whole day then on Sunday I forgot what I did...

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my day

Ahhh the weekend was soo exiting i forgot to do journal entries!woops! okay, so we got to TKD at 7 something, did the pretest early so i could go to the bat mitsvah. The Bat Mitzvah was so fun. First, Rachel and Taylor read from the Torah in Hebrew. After that, we went to the Pearl, and had so much fun dancing, eating and talking. We were dancing so much and having soooo much fun. My sister and i danced to the YMCA and we were laughing sooo hard. We asked the DJ to play it again. We than took plenty of pictures and did a joke about 'keeping up with the Kardashians' but instead 'keeping up with the Bat Mitsvahs' I had so much fun. I hope you had a great weekend too!

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Down Time

Had my first (and last) down weekend of the year.Flooded in the house at OIB, too much eating and drinking and sitting on my butt.Hopefully got a little more injury recovery.

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Down Time

Had my first (and last) down weekend of the year.Flooded in the house at OIB, too much eating and drinking and sitting on my butt.Hopefully got a little more injury recovery.

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Down Time

Had my first (and last) down weekend of the year.Flooded in the house at OIB, too much eating and drinking and sitting on my butt.Hopefully got a little more injury recovery.

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Down Time

Had my first (and last) down weekend of the year.Flooded in the house at OIB, too much eating and drinking and sitting on my butt.Hopefully got a little more injury recovery.

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Down Time

Had my first (and last) down weekend of the year.Flooded in the house at OIB, too much eating and drinking and sitting on my butt.Hopefully got a little more injury recovery.

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Whew!

Yesterday was a tough day.. so glad I passed the written test. I have a tendency to panic on written tests, (yes I know where my son gets his anxieties). I was exhausted after the physical and a BB class. I seem to always be running on little fuel. So glad to still be standing. All the essays are done, I have my tree.. a few more things down. After all the work in the AM, I had to also work late yesterday evening and that went way into the wee hours. It turned out to be a LONG day. A nice start today however, I got to spend a few hours with the grand baby, and the Panthers won, again! Outside that, today has been tough, I'm extremely tired. One more step forward though. Hanging in there. I have got to figure out a way to get my jump ropes...

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Today was ...

Today was A great sunday with friends. We had a great church sermon, Panthers won the football game today and to finish off celebrating a great friends birthday.

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Busy Sunda...

Busy Sunday. Housecleaning and requirements all day long. My abdominal muscles are pooped.

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When to cr...

When to cracker barrel for lunch, so good, and i got moon pies. YaayAnd tonight me and my dad have a really deep talk, it was bout him growing up, his father and their relationship, and his struggles in life. It really touched me, I learn sides about him and my grandfather I didn't know of. I really appreciate my dad so much, and I'm glad i've him in my life

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Today, i w...

Today, i went out for lunch with my friend. Then we got to play together until my mom came. Then, we went for a run. I was not very happy that now i have to go to school.

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Today I me...

Today I measured my plant and It was 12.5 inches high!!! It says that the plant is supposed to be up to like as tall as me and if not taller. So that's the big deal about today.

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October 4, 2015

Today my family went shopping. I woke up around 9 am and immediately brushed my teeth and took a shower. My parents first went to Costco so they could get some clothes for school and for groceries. We didn't any clothes for school so my parents went to Target, but still didn't find any clothes for me. We were going to go to Old Navy to find clothes, but my mom said that she would buy it online. Coming home my family watched the Panthers game and they won 37-23. Tomorrow I have school and I also have a vocab quiz.

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Playing TF2

Tonight I was playing TF2 and I was one of the best players on the team. TF2 is Team Fortress 2 and is a first person shooter with 9 different classes with 3 different people in each of three sections, offense, defense, and support. On Offense is the Scout, the Soldier, and the Pyro. Defense is the Heavy, the Demoman, and the Engineer. Support guys are the Medic, Sniper, and Spy. I was playing as the Demoman and right when I was playing it I was playing as the Sniper. Sniper, Scout, and Demoman are my favorite classes. I like Sniper because they're are a ton of different weapons and you start out with a regular sniper rifle. As you get better you'll earn items like the Cindy Sleeper, the Hitman's Heat Maker, and my favorite, the Awper Hand and the Festive Huntsman...a bow and arrow. As Demoman my favorite loadout...

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Today was ...

Today was like a regular Sunday. We went to church, had brunch, watched the Panthers play against Tampa Bay. We also picked up my shrub.

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Church

Today at church we talked about how God's creations are amazing and how he always planned for us to be on this planet. We also read a few verses from the Bible that talk about how amazing God's creations are. My teacher also said that God is so powerful that all he did was speak and everything appeared. I think that what he did was amazing because none of us can do what he did, we have to use our hands and work instead of speaking. I can't wait to hear more next week.

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Today I am...

Today I am watching football at 9:30 in the morning and I may be watching it till 11:30 at night. I am tired still and a little in pain from that physical test yesterday morning.

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My day

today was pretty fun I am having a sleep over with my friend and in the morning I went to the pre test thing and did really well I got a 104 on my written test and I'm really proud about that. After that I did  the black belt class and then went to smothie King it was really good!!adter that I dropped Leo off at his house because we car pulled then I just went home and watched tv then I had a thanksgiving feast

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Today was ...

Today was our physical and written test and I think I did very well as I did better in everything in the physical test then in the pre test

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Today was ...

Today was our physical and written test and I think I did very well as I did better in everything in the physical test then in the pre test

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Today was ...

Today was our physical and written test and I think I did very well as I did better in everything in the physical test then in the pre test

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Test Day

What a day!!! Ok with my results today but just ok, I should have done better. After classes got home and had to lay down for a bit. I was feeling ok this morning but after the run it hit me- - no- - no - -no I am not going to get sick, been fighting it all week. After I got up it was whirl wind trying to get rid of the sheetrock dust - -luckily one room is back to order now just hummmm a bunch more to go. Will need to run some errands tomorrow, also get my tree, then maybe I can split some time between requirements and the domestics.

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Today, I h...

Today, I had the written test and my physical test. I can't believe I passed! I felt really good. Then, I had a play date with my friend.

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Whow got m...

Whow got my physical done, finish my essays, when to my teams dance clinic, really fun day. My coach wanted mt to watch her daughter at the clinic, but she didn't want to dance, she would look at me dance and see every other little girl around her dance. she would just walk way, and lay down. At the end i just sat with her and watched the others dance. When the older girls dance to a hip hop they had turn and shake their hips, and the coach's daughter turn to me and say "I see the bootie" It was so cute

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Title (Optional)My Test

Today I had to do my physical and written test. First we had to find a partner, my partner was Jeeya. Then we did push-ups, she put her fist under my stomach and I would have to make my stomach touch for the push-up to count. I got 42 push-ups, after that she did her push-ups and got 50. Next was sit ups, I got 35 and she got 45. Next I did my 1 mile run and my time was 9:03. Finally we did our written test and was done.

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Today I to...

Today I took my written and physical test and on my written test i got a 104%!!!! So yay me!!!! I just missed one question, but hey i got above a hundred so i cant complain. I passed my physical test to so also yay me!!!After the test and after the classes i went to lowes to get my shrub. The shrub has gold tips so it will remind me that the plants are priceless!!!

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Today I to...

Today I took my written and physical test and on my written test i got a 104%!!!! So yay me!!!! I just missed one question, but hey i got above a hundred so i cant complain. I passed my physical test to so also yay me!!!After the test and after the classes i went to lowes to get my shrub. The shrub has gold tips so it will remind me that the plants are priceless!!!

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Today

Today I did all of my daily requirements and played with my baby brother. We had our post-test today at 8:45 and we did our physical and written test. After that I went home and took some rest. I had a mentee session today so I practiced with my mentee for 15 minutes. I later found out that I passed the written test with a score of 102. I was so happy that I passed on my first try. To celebrate we are now going to eat pizza for dinner. I had a fun day today.

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Today I di...

Today I did the physical and written test. I passed them thankfully. Hopefully i will make it through

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It was a g...

It was a great test today, I think everyone did a amazing job, congratulations to everyone for completing and making it through! Can't wait to finish all my requirements, it will give me time to focus on the new corrections in the poom saes and all the events coming up soon like the 5k, black belt retreat and the Aau tornament.

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Passed

Whew! What a day so far! I improved on everything on the physical test today, WOO HOO! Still have to do my 4 mile run on Wednesday, but not worried about it. I also got a 99 on my written exam, so psyched about that too! I am going to pick up my fruit tree today, I just need to decide if I want to do an apple tree or pear tree...

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Physical t...

Physical test and written test done. Essays, recommendations and testing applicatin turned in. Now to focus on creative form, curriculum, working with mentors and REQUIREMENTS!

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Today was ...

Today was filled with victory and sweat. Got up at 6:30 this morning, ate breakfast, got to Master Evins at about 8:30. We did our physical tests then ran our mile. Then I finished my written test and score a 103%. Then after our weekend black belt class I finished off the afternoon with a great lunch at Jimmy Johns.

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I gave my ...

I gave my all today at the final physical test. I think I improved on everything. The time on my four miles was 41:17, much better than last time of 49:09. The first time I ran it, I did it very cautiously. The second time, I tried to get it under 40 minutes, but couldn't. We have the retreat in a couple of weeks and then the test!

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My blog

Today was pretty easy I did all my morning stuff.  Then went to the bus stop and my friend was finally late because he usually gets to the bus stop right when the bus comes but his mom ended up taking him.  So that was funny when I got to school I went to locker break and I butterflied my friends locker the other day so he got me back because I left my locker wide open but it's not the first time I have done tagt

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Today, I w...

Today, I went to school and we watched a movie. It was awesome! But we didn't get to finish it. After that, i went to get a haircut. I had to do a lot of things when i got back from the haircut

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Today I we...

Today I went to school and had a lot of fun in PE with one of my friends. I went to TKD and got a lot of stuff done. I also finished my last essay

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Today was ...

Today was a normal day at school today. We had our classes, ate lunch, had specials, went out for recess, then we went home.

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Good workout

We had a really good Mentor Session and workout class with Master Shin this evening. I am so appreciative for his concern that we know our material and do well. I'm still nervous about tomorrow though. Kept dinner to a simple soup tonight so hoping for an easy AM. Essays are done but I've not received my drop box info yet, hope to get those send then I'm Going to bed early, See everyone tomorrow.

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Today

Today I did all of my requirements and went to school today. I am nervous about the black belt post test but I know I will do fine because I studied for the written exam. I know I will pass the physical test.

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Today was ...

Today was great first off because it was Friday, we had our annual Barbeque fundraiser for the school. With our fundraiser going on we helped all day with packing the food and having a great time with friends.

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Helping out at Chik-fil-A

Today me and my dad had lunch at Chik-fil-A. After we ate, I wanted to go into the kids area because I still like it a little. I was just under the height I had to be to go in. When I went in there were a lot of toddlers who couldn't get up the big steps to the slide. So I decided I was going to help. I helped out at least 6 different kids get from the bottom to the top. I also helped them get to other places that had big steps. I was so busy helping that I didn't get to do what I wanted to because I was just going around getting them to where they wanted. I put others before myself and enjoyed doing it.

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Got my gra...

Got my grade back for my hand drawing, we had to drawn hands gesture, I put a theme to my portrait. And I lived happily ever after with a 98

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Friday

Had a great lesson with Master Chin this afternoon - -now lets see how much sticks. Decided to come home afterwards to work on requirements & study to find we had no power. Yup one of the big tree's that went kaboom was our neighborhood. At that point I said it was a sign - -got fur ball and went for a pedicure - -she loves going - -it's that vibrating chair - -then stopped for take out sushi. She likes sushi also- - mama does not get any of the steak on the steak taki roll. Luckily by the time I fought thru traffic, got home, power was restored. Not going to be time for added requirements - -but that is ok- - time to study some more. Want to get everything laid out for tomorrow just in case we loose power again. Little concerned - -our house sits on...

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Today I wa...

Today I was doing the rest of my essays. It only took me about 30 minutes. I feel really good and relaxed once I got something important done.

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Quiz, Batmitzvah, Testing

I just finished a vocab quiz in SS, and I'm so exited for tomorrow! I'm coming earlier than everyone else, at like 8, beacuse i have my freinds Batmitzvah afterwards. I'm super exited for both things. I remember, this testing was really fun, and also a Batmitzvah seems so nice and a one in a lifetime thing! Have a good afternoon!

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During yes...

During yesterday's BB and PMAA class, it validated my thoughts on all of my training and progress. I feel I'm 90% ready. Julia and I need to work on our creative form, which is to be completed before the retreat. I'm at the point where students can ask me questions and I'm able to demonstrate or answer them with a high level of certainty.

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Nervous .. down to the wire

I still have one essay to finish. Trying to study for my written test. Battling with my body, and trying to retain all there is to learn. Looks like we may get to run in the rain on Sat. I know I won't melt, just hope I can finish better than I did on the pretest. Still not much food today. I hate it when something I think won't bother me tears my insides up for days. It is so challenging. Today I was pretty sore from yesterdays class. Well that's all for now, running out of time before the midnight hour.

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October 1, 2015

At school today I lost my pencil box to end up that two of my friends stole it at the end of the day. I had to got to the class that I lost and get it back. I also had a court case/debate on the Volkswagen emission cheat and I am the judge. My class didn't get to finish the court case/debate today, so we are going to finish up tomorrow. I had a Math test today on Algebraic Expressions, I am pretty sure I got a good grade. In Black Belt class we went over Bo Cho 1 Step, Basic Form 1 & 2, and Pawg Gwa Il. That was my day.

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Had a late...

Had a late appointment tonight so wasn't able to make it to black belt class in time. Did make it to PMAA class and then worked with my mentor. The ankle is still sore but better everyday.

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Today felt...

Today felt like a Friday and that was evil because I want it to be Friday so bad nut at the same time I don't because I want more time to do everything. I went tor all of the classes and ran afterwards.

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Since next...

Since next monday is the and of the first six weeks grading period in my school today was full of review for last minute testing so I have to study a lot.

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Black Belt Class

Tonight in black belt class we worked on poomsaes and self-defenses. The poomsaes we did were Basic Forms One and Two, we also did Bo-Cho Dan One step self-defense. My partner was Diego and he was new to the self-defenses so I helped him out with 1-6. Master Evins also came over to see how we were doing and he helped Diego with his self-defense techniques. After black belt class my dad took me home.

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Today, I s...

Today, I studied hard for the test. I almost got all of them right when my mom asked me. I got 2 wrong. I went to Black Belt class. We played Tae Kwon Do jeopardy. I had a lot of fun! We did a lot of push ups

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Can't wait...

Can't wait until Saturday, it's going to be awesome. Today was all open classes, I took one because it's exercise week and I wanted to get a Sparing class. Tonight I ran again with Tyler, while it was raining a little and it was cold. I'm almost done with all my requirements , Yay!!

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Today i we...

Today i went to school and i got to use the drill bit in my 4th period, and that was awesome!!!! Then i went to black belt class and got to play tae kwon do jeopardy. I got all answers right except for one, But overall i did awesome!!!! This one question master Evins asked me what the bars on the Korean flag are called, and i said the full answer because that's what i thought we had to do. Overall one of the best days!!!!!!!

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Thursday

Feeling under the weather today :( not sure if getting sick, combination of sheetrock dust and paint fumes or just ate something that did not like me. Will enter requirements tomorrow- -- which was not great. Went to dojang this afternoon, progress was very slow then left before adult class even started. Do not like these kind of days- - -hopefully can make up for it this weekend.

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Uploaded

I now have all essays and recommendation letters uploaded to DropBox! Man, that is a great feeling! Next step is surviving Saturday! I definitely have some more studying to do on the written test, but overall I feel ready. Gonna need lots of Spark for the physical part!

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Things are...

Things are coming together! I'm finally getting a better grasp of all of the changes within our taeguk forms to align with Kukkiwon. I know my weapon requirements. I still need to become more proficient with my hapkido, but it's coming together!

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10/1

If I had a mantra for myself it would be... Do what you can with exceeding effort and always pay attention to the details. 

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Hapkido

TKD was a lot of fun today, I mentored an adorable kid,and in the second class Master Hartle my sis and i did hapkido. I never really realized that this could REALLY hurt someone. Like for number 14, when he like did the elbow stuff, my gosh! if you hipthrowed someone in the position....wooww..that would reallly hurt...it was a lot of fun overall. also, the physical is so soon! GN.

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IOS.9.2

I just updated my iPad. Sorry you really needed to know that, i mean like i guess this is the device i use to login and stuff so it does matter... Ok anyway today was pretty fun. oooh tdk was actually really fun. Shout out to the Hartles for teaching so well hapkido. Ijust learned some more, up to 14 with Master Hartle. I don't want anyone to read this in a bad light but about hapkido, my siser and i have really flexible wrists, hands, elbows, and especially really flexible shoulders. so when we do hapkido we dont feel a thing usually when Master Hartle does a # to us, i think it was especially #11 or 12 it like was supposed to hurt but i could have slept there exept the fact that my face was on the ground and since Master Hartle had his foot or knee on...

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September 30, 2015

Today at school we started doing the Medieval Times because we are going to the Renaissance Festival on October 14th. We were going over the Feudal System and the Social Studies teacher said everyone would get a role based on the Feudal System. There was one king/queen, four nobles, six knights, merchants, and then peasants. I wanted to be a noble, but instead I got a knight which was okay since that was my second choice. I even learned that scientist are trying to make new Supersonic car. In 1998, scientist made a Supersonic car that went about 755 mph. Now scientist are trying to make a new new one that can got to 0-1000 mph in 55 seconds and its mile time to be an astonishing 3.6 seconds.

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My day

Today was pretty easy I did all my morning stuff.  Then went to the bus stop and my friend was finally late because he usually gets to the bus stop right when the bus comes but his mom ended up taking him.  So that was funny when I got to school I went to locker break and I butterflied my friends locker the other day so he got me back because I left my locker wide open but it's not the first time I have done tagt

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Today was ...

Today was such a Wednesday. It got hot today. I went to all of the classes and ran afterwards.

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Great Class.. Exhausted

Great Class tonight. We covered alot.. did alot. Running on little food today though so that was my wall. Going to have to call it a night. Start fresh tomorrow. Hope all are well.

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We had a h...

We had a half day at school today, it was awesome when I came home I went to work on the last essay I needed then went to TKD. I took the first class then helped with the rest, It was fun to work with everyone and their exercises.

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Today has ...

Today has been my best day with the ankle. I feel hopeful that it's going to be completely healed by the overnight test!

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Wednesday

Had a great class this morning with SaBumNim and some of the other school owners/masters. Lots of poomsae. Re-learning them doing WTF style is definitely going to take some time, but there's not a lot of that left in this cycle! Did a mentee session with 1 of my 4 mentees. They are definitely keeping me busy, which is good! Saturday is almost here...

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Tennis pra...

Tennis practice was tough today, one of my teammates forgot her tennis shoes and one girl had extra, but they were size 11, she was a size 7, so she asked could she use my shoes (I'm a 8.5) and i used the extra pair. i don't why i said yes, i guess i was trying to be polite, so i gave her my shoes. Then we had a match against each other to see who gets to be rank up, and i won, oversize shoes. I also worked on hand releases with my mentor. I have a probably with 7&8, i place my hands on the right spot, need to work on that.

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We did not...

We did nothing today. I had a normal day except for the fact that my mom came to my school and got Chick-Fil-A. Then i went to sparring class

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Sparring class

Today in sparring class I did sparring class with Master Evins. First we lined up in the back and did some running and skipping. I learned how to slide off line and use a cut kick to throw off my opponent.

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Easy Day

Great day at school i got alot of homework done. Im almost done with a project as well so i dont have to do anything this weekend besides tkd. I did some requirements too.

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Wensday

Today was a good day , let me tell you what I did. When I woke up I went straight to school. When I got to school we did Reading and then Math. After that we went to PE where we played dodgeball, so much fun. Oh I forgot it was early release, so instead of lunch we had the the rest of Math. And we had lunch and social studies after that. And then we where out of school, on the way home I went over my study guide for Saturday's TKD test. Now I am going to eat dinner at my grandparents' house, so see you tomorrow. Bye.

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Leaving Early

Today at school I got to leave early so I could come to Starbucks and get a snack and get two of my essays done. I did the Bo Cho Don Essay and my New Skill Essay. I am nervous about the written and physical tests this Saturday. I am more nervous about the written test because I don't have enough facts ready to go in my mind. I still need to learn a few things. I want to know more about Korean words and what they mean and how to say them so I'm not saying them wrong. I feel like. I know the 10 senior belt codes and the ordinal numbers. I also know why we wear a white uniform. We wear a white uniform because it allows our Sa Bum Nim to write knowledge on us as if we were a blank sheet of paper.

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Time waits...

Time waits for no one. This Saturday, we'll have our final physical test along with the written test. Then after that, we only have FOUR more weeks till our black belt test. My students feel it's taking forever, yet they still want more time to get all accomplished. I feel the same way.

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Wednesday

Up before the chickens this morning - - all essays complete, spell checked and prof read except for community service. Trying to focus on written test for Saturday but it's all jumbled in my brain right now so hope it can come out right. Plan to come home from work tonight and study but am thinking that trying to get some of this house back in order is going to take priority. Between the construction mess, sheetrock dust and upheaval it's hard to relax as I like everything in it's place- -it's no where near - -every room looks like disaster zone. When it's all done I will be a happy camper just do not like the process of getting there.

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9/30

Trying to finish up the month strong! Throat is a little sore, it may be from shoveling water out of the back entrance while getting drenched. Thanks for all of our students that helped to clear the flooding!

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Today befo...

Today before sparring class I hurt my shoulder and it still hurts to put pressure on but I can move it and I feel much better.

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Today i we...

Today i went to black belt class we went over some self defence and distance for kicks

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Push-ups a...

Push-ups and sit-ups done this morning before my appointment with Dr. Schuster. Dr. Schuster was concerned about my ankle because he expected it to be much less swollen after 3 weeks. He ordered an X-Ray and fortunately there are no fractures. I just need to rest as much as possible, elevate it, ice it and keep it wrapped. It hurts quite a bit at night after being on it all day. Now it's time to rest.

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Push-ups a...

Push-ups and sit-ups done this morning before my appointment with Dr. Schuster. Dr. Schuster was concerned about my ankle because he expected it to be much less swollen after 3 weeks. He ordered an X-Ray and fortunately there are no fractures. I just need to rest as much as possible, elevate it, ice it and keep it wrapped. It hurts quite a bit at night after being on it all day. Now it's time to rest.

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Push-ups a...

Push-ups and sit-ups done this morning before my appointment with Dr. Schuster. Dr. Schuster was concerned about my ankle because he expected it to be much less swollen after 3 weeks. He ordered an X-Ray and fortunately there are no fractures. I just need to rest as much as possible, elevate it, ice it and keep it wrapped. It hurts quite a bit at night after being on it all day. Now it's time to rest.

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Black Belt Class

Tonight in black belt class we worked on poomsaes and self defenses. We did Koreo, Sam Chang, and Chil Chang. After that we practiced our self defenses. There was also a new person that did Tae Kwon Do in Atlanta and came to our studio tonight. He was a First Degree black belt and was new to our type of style. For self defenses we did green belt and yellow belt. Then our class ended and the Philippine Combative class started.

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today I we...

today I went to school and it really felt like a Friday and I am ready for this week to be over. I went to all three classes and ran afterwards.

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Today was ...

Today was full of a lot of work but I pushed through it. I thought the weather had a empact on everyone because I thought a lot of people were thinking a little slower than normal but it got better throughout the day.

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Today was ...

Today was basically sad for me. I lost he cap of one of my favorite pens. I also missed a meeting that was important! I was very sad. Well besides that, I went to black belt class and i had a mentor session.

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Tuesday

Got to the dojang earlier than normal again today. Worked on my creative form. It is almost complete! Also worked with Master Cavazos on Hapkido 1-32. Finished writing my last essay as well. Got a chance to also work with 2 of my mentees. Very productive day!

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pumpkin cheerios

oooh...i just ate some pumpkin spice cheerios...really good...my mombought a whole bunch of pumkin spice things from trader joes. Today was fun, i had retakes in pictures, my first picture, i looked like a turtle. I tok PMAA, it was a lot of fun. we sparred with padded sticks. I hope you had a good day too!

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Lap Dog!

My dog is laying on me! I love it. He is bigger than a lap dog but not as big as great danes. When my parents asked me what type of dog I wanted I said a dog that would lay in my lap. He is a mix between lots and lots of types. I think he might be part dalmatian, part basset hound, and part beagle. 100% mutt. And 100% adopted. :-) He is such a good dog I don't know why he was given to the shelter. He doesn't pull hard on the leash and he gets along with the cat but he sometimes thinks she is playing and he runs at her. She doesn't like that much. He seems to like it quite a bit.

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I was able...

I was able to do 2 minutes of whimpy jump rope last night. It hurt a bit so I did 15 seconds at a time. My leg is sore today, but I am hoping it isn't the jump rope. I will try again tomorrow.

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Tuesday

Today was a good day, let me tell you what I did. This morning was stressing but we got through it, we were running late. When I got to school we started Reading and my mom was there to help. After that we had Math and Enhancements. This time I had music, and after that I had lunch. So now i am going to take class, have a mentee session and also sparring class, so see you tomorrow.

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right now ...

right now im in ss im bored im listening to Lana del Ray, working on this really annyoing and (shhhh) stupid project. its like called a farcebook about people like we have to create someones facebook account but like a historical character. me its Betsy Ross.

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Cool day i...

Cool day in class teaching a new white belt his basic kicks. It was a really good experience. Rain most of the day so I'm glad I got my run in the morning.

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