Fall 2025 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!

1/31/25

1/31/25 Today when I woke up I did not feel well. I began my exercises anyway because I do not have time to take a day off. In math and reading it was hard to keep paying attention. I went to a BBC weekday class today. We worked on sticks and staff.In gym I worked on cup stacking and I am considering choosing it as my new skill.

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LMP Jan 31

Good day. Spent some time focusing on my jog and was able to get in 2 miles in roughly 20 minutes. I’ll take it. Also spent some time working on my stances and trying to improve my kicks…however, my focus should really be on the curriculum. Looking forward to this weekend. 

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1/31 Dreiman, Dominic #15

Today started off by me waking up at 6:00am and eating and then going to school we had a math test that I think I did ok on and after we had this thing called winter social which me and my friends played flag football and basketball. Then my dad pick me up to go to taekwondo at Harrisburg and go home and that's my day.

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Journal #19--1/31/25 JR. INSTRUCTOR CAMP!!

Today I woke up and got a poptart to eat on the way to school because I had math group again this morning.  After school I went to KT and helped with little tigers and did some bbc stuff and then hung out with Nixon and Carter.  We are about to leave KT LKN for Master Evins school or Jr. Instructor Camp!! 

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National Hot Chocolate Day - 1/31/25

That's right, it's National Hot Chocolate day -- um yum! I'm so excited for today because it is Jr Instructor Camp day and I get to help. I love assisting the other students although not thrilled about watching Trolls at midnight (probably).  I also decided to start my Electronics Detox for my essay today.  So far it hasn't been too bad but I'm realizing just how much i rely on my phone.  Anyway, I'm off to help with camp and fit in all my physical requirements along the way.  

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1/31

Today at school I had a field trip to baily middle school...so big, but it was fun. Then we had early dismissal because we have to get ready for Jr instructor's camp. We are going to get some food and then we are leaving. I am excited for camp! ♥

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1/31

I am writing my journal a little earlier today because tonight I will be helping at Jr. Instructor's camp. I got picked up early from school today to prep and pack. I did some requirements, and soon we will leave. Before the bus ride me and my family are going to get an early dinner/late lunch. I'm excited for camp!

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Junior instructors camp

Today after school I'm going to junior instructors camp but fornow I'm getting ready for the bus ride to school. Today at school I have the Chinese market for lunar new year. HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR BY THE WAY!!! I will be early dismissal from school to get ready for Junior instructors camp because my school doesn't end till 4:30🫠

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Jr Instructors camp

I am going to Jr instructors camp today so I am writing my journal early.today at school we had art and we played football at recess.we also worked on a science project about habitats.i am going to run 2 miles today so I can catch up on my miles.:D

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1/30/2025 4/50

I went home after today & did practice after school but changed up the order. I had fun at school but unfortunatley my math teacher will not be there. She left videos for us to do. My math class is looking very fun & I am exited to learn more. Have a nice day.

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Another long night of homework

Today went by kind of fast.  I was hoping to have a lot of free time, but that kind of went down the drain with the amount of homework I found out I had.  Taekwondo at Shoreview was good again today.  I get an idea of what I need to work on when I'm there.  Also, I had my first high-power rocketry club meeting of the semester!  We might be doing a competition at the end of the semester, so stay tuned...  Will probably work on more of that tomorrow.  Anyway, it's 4 minutes to midnight here, so I'm going to get off and continue with my homework.   #bread

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1/30

Today I did some filming in school today for an economic project. This project is due next tuesday and tomorrow is potentially the last day for filming. (my group is only 40% done filming). Even after we finish the filming, we are tasked to edit all the clips together into one compilation. 

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EEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWW LIKE EEEEEEEEEEEEWWW

So alongside being a teacher at taekwondo, I am also a teacher for LNC's Elementary (third grade) and Middle (eighth grade) schools. Today, I had to grab kids from various third grade classrooms for their advanced class with me. I have a total of sixteen that I teach at the Elementary school. But on the way to Mr. S's classroom to collect four of his students, I had the most appalling welcome to his classroom.   CLEAN (clap) YOUR (clap) FLIPPIN (clap) CLASSROOM!   I step into his elaborately star-wars themed classroom and am met with a crunch. I look down and realized I had stepped on a pile of cinnamon toast crunch cereal pieces. There was food and trash all over Mr. S's classroom. Not to mention as he was teaching, kids were running around and goofing off the entire time. I got the kids in his classroom as quickly...

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Journal #18--1/30/25

This morning I got ready for school and I ate 2 pop tarts on the way to school because I had morning math group (working on 6th grade math with Ms. Darr the TD teacher) and I didn't have time to grab breakfast at school.  We are working on Pi, circles, radius and circumference.  We just finished adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing negative numbers.  Then we did blocks and we played bobble.   Then I rode the bus to KT and did my BBC stuff, then we had sparring tonight.  When we got home we had dinner and I showered and got ready for bed.  I also just finished my Book for cycle tonight!  I'm watching a little YouTube before I had to bed...See everyone at Jr. Instructor camp tomorrow!!

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Jan 30th

Today was a running day.  First, in gym class some kids were goofing around so we had to run extra, probably 9 or 10 laps.  Then I ran 2 miles when I got home to fulfill black belt requirements.  Today I set a personal record for my 2 mile run by doing it in 19:45. I also had to do extra of each physical activity for missing some of them yesterday.  I feel spent.

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National Croissant Day! 01/30/25

I believe I should make all my titles for this cycle that national whatever day. Previously I would run to specific songs for my mile but this time it's in my title. Today was bland. I did more school... Wrote another memior... did 2 test... did requirements... get hurt in class... All that good stuff. I did land on my hip funny and it's really starting to hurt so I took some medicine but it still hurts for now. It's only one more day till Jr. Ins. Camp and I'm really excited. I hope everyone is ready for the second to last day of the third week!

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3 hours till friday!

So I finally woke up at a decent time (5:00) and got some black belt stuff done! I had to go school school and start the day of with gym class! I love gym, I have Mrs. Ford who is the 2nd best teacher of all time and today we had our fitness test which usually last like a week and today we did our push ups and planks, I didn't get the maximum 30 push ups but my form was really good, and my plank time I got the maximum 3 minutes pretty easil. Anyways the rest the day up till American history was pretty boring and easy, I mean I litterly took notes in sciences then got to play games the rest of class, but anyways time to talk about history class... I currently am working on a mini project which it's basiclly a one pager and honestly I...

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Soccer

At school we played soccer.my team lost 1-0 but it was a really good game.At recess we played football but we lost 35-14.Today was fun I did sparring and talked with Braxton and Nixon about PokeMon.today was just a really fun day.

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1/30

Today was the first normal day at school in a while (schedule wise). I had a science test. but it was fairly easy since my teacher let us use our study guides. When I got home, I did my requirements, ate a quick dinner and went to TKD. I'm super tired now. I'm also doing some packing for Jr. Instructor's camp tomorrow. I will be helping out. Now I will go get a good night of sleep.

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Feeling better

Today I'm feeling much much better coughing is better temperature is back to normal still have a bit of a stuffed nose but it's already much better than last week on thursday .Hope that we are all 100% and are ready for another day of black belt requirements! Sleep tight don't let the ( totally real and not at all sarcastic ) bed bugs bite.🛏🪲🐞🐛🤪

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01/30/25

Today was another nice day. I finished reading a book to be ready for book club at school in the morning. I also got daily requirements done. Classes were fun tonight at KT LKN, it was really busy too.  I'm looking forward to Jr. Instructor camp tomorrow and Saturday.  See some of you tomorrow!

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1/30

Today at school there was only subs because all the teachers were planning. At school I did a lot racing with my friends, which was fun. After school I did my requirements, then had a snack and relaxed and the then got ready for TKD. ♥

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1/30/2025

Today I woke up at 6:10 and did my requirements and running then I had to get ready because today I have choir at 8:00 At school. So WE GOT A GUINEA PIG FOR ARE CLASS PET!! ITS SO FFFLLLLLUUUUFFFFFFFYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!Then after school I had dance from 6:00 -7:30 know I'm at home relaxing.

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1/30 Dreiman, Dominic #14

so today started off by me being not being sick and going to school I had math and English in math intergers and English I'm writing a personal narrative about a incident that happend in a RV today I had to miss soccer but I will be ready for all of my sports to come.

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LMP Jan 30

3 weeks in already…..getting better at all the curriculums I need to know…but I really don’t know if I’m going to be ready by March. I still need SO much. I don’t want to be fussed at at testing or hold up the test. I may need another cycle……

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Another Track Meet

I ran in another school track meet yesterday. This was the first track meet that we didn't have to take a bus t Winston Salem, and it was held right here in Spartan Park, which is owned by the school in Huntersville. I ran a 500m, and I came in first in my heat! Against 8 other runners. I ran it in 1:16:00 the 2nd place runner came in at 1:20, so I was 4 seconds ahead. There was multiple heats, and across all of the 500m heats I was in 8th place, so not bad for a beginner. I ran the 4x800 relay too, but the scoring didn't post our individual scores, the team ran it in 11:16:32, we were the only school running the 4x800m relay and there were 2 heats, we did better than the runners in the 2nd heat, so I dont think its the best time,...

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Pre-Test Pull ups

Here is a link of me doing my pull ups for my pre-test. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ftd9Sus857THK151MQUZ38WLO0dDyF0P/view?usp=sharing Total pull-up count is 12.    

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Chinese New Year and Astronomy

Chinese New Year is a bit of an event at Macalester, given that we have a large number of students here from China.  I went to a tea social today, the first one of this semester (I was a regular at the tea socials last semester), and I was going to go to the big event they were having, but today was the first day of an astronomy research course that I have that goes from 7 to 10.   I usually don't like doing night classes, as they mess up my schedule of eating dinner super late, but the course itself seems fun.  Unfortunately, these are the sparring days at Shoreview but I won't be able to go much due to my class being at the same time.  I have quite a bit of homework to do, and I am also about to go do a midnight gym session.

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01/29/25

It's been a long day of school and taekwondo. I took a 30-minute nap when I got home from school after I ate, and then went straight to taekwondo. I then stayed at the dojang for about 4 hours before going home again and doing homework. 

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little bru

So today started normal I woke up went to school came home watched you tube and went to kt.  Well actually I went to another kt school but let's ignore that for now when I came home my parents told me that my little brother had been a bully, so I had a long talk about that.  But I am about to go to bed and am I going to a bible study and school tomorrow so it will hopefully be better.    

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1/29/2025 3/50

today I had to wait at the library till 3:30 so I got home at 4:00 & class was at 4:30 so I had to do practice between classes. I got a total of 5 signatures today for sparing, blackbelt class, 2 for helping in class, & 1 from my mentor. we did staff & stick form 1 as well as warang.

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Leading class

Today was a busy day.  As soon as I got home I had to practice my trumpet for band, run a mile and barely had time to complete burpees before it was time to leave for sparring class.  I was able to lead the warm-ups for the first time today. I had black belt class immediately after sparring.  I appreciate that my mentor was willing to stay back after black belt class for a session, so that helped me with my staff and poomsaes.

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GO TO CLASS SHAYNE! 01/29/25

For starters I really didn't know what to title my journal but I just did so, yeah. Also I've been seeing a kid on cycle and this goes to all first timers for the cycle but YOU CAN NOT RECORD ALL OF YOUR JOURNALS IN ONE DAY! So if you miss a day, you miss a day, you can't do anything to make it up! Make sure everyone is on top of that this cycle, even I have to be reminded! Anyways, I've been needing to have more reasons to do something with crochet. I've really been wanting to but I just need a good reason to. I'm also SUPER excited to help with junior instructors camp. I'm going to have a lot of fun with my friends and some I make along the way! hope everyone is refreshed in the morning!!!

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half way to the weekend

Now this is the second day i've woke up late. There is something wrong with me or something but anyways I wokes up at 6:30 and just waited for school then when I had to go to prison the scanners didn't go off!!!! Now for the past 3 years there has been scanners and if it beeps you have to be searched. I have been searched for the past 3 years EVERY SINGLE DAY. It waste like 2 minutes of my time, BUT TODAY IT DIDN'T GO OFF!! I was so happy and made the rest of my day. I started with spanish which I just had some notes and then math class which is way better in the mornings then the afternoon, after that I had science which I took like 55 minutes of notes :O and then had lunch and then the rest of my day was pretty easy,...

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TAE KWON DO

I did my exercises today.I did safety patrol and we had Latin today at school.we also played football at recess we lost 7-0 but it was a really close game.Me,Braxton,and,Nixon talked about Pokemon scarlet and violet and how to get limited edition Pokemon.at school we also talked  about football cards.

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Journal #17--1/29/25

Today I walked to school, mom and I walk almost every morning (unless its raining).  It was a regular day at school we did blocks, had lunch and specials.  When I got to KT I did some black belt stuff and ran a mile with Carter and Nixon.  After we played some games.  Then we headed home for dinner. After dinner I watched a little YouTube and took a shower.  Now I am getting ready to head to bed.  Tomorrow is a long day because we have sparring.

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1/29

Today was math diagnostic testing at school, it was so long but I'm proud of my score. Otherwise just a normal day at school, but this warm weather felt amazing. I great as it was, it confuses me... it's January and it should never be this warm at this time of the year! I was super tired when I got home but my, my sister, and my mom went on a long walk before TKD class. I did double classes today and got 2 more leadership credits in. Now I have some homework to do, then I'll read and go to bed. :)

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01/29/25

Today I did got both leadership credits done. I was nervous about leading the warm-up but once I started, it flowed pretty good.  I was able to get requirements done while it was still warm this afternoon. Such a great day.  Just ate dinner, its time for shower, reading and then bed time.  I hope everyone has a good day tomorrow. See ya at sparring. 

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LMP Jan 29

I’ve been fighting a migraine on and off all day. Barometric pressure is changing with this warmer weather. I still have to go to sparring this evening AND do my black belt class after. I may go to lake Norman Saturday for class as North Charlotte is hosting junior instructors camp and therefore no classes Saturday. I guess it will depend on my head and the weather. I have a school teams meeting at 5pm….yay. 

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1/29 Dreiman, Dominic #13

Same as yesterday, I still have flu and am blowing my nose and coughing a lot.  I do my school work during the day when I feel better and take naps sometimes.  I will try to practice some forms today if I have energey. Nap time.

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1/28 Dreiman, Dominic #12

Woke up and went to school today but had to go see nurse because was not feeling well.  She checked my temperature it was high  so gave me a flu test and I had the flu.  My dad had to come get me and I spent rest of the day in bed.

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1/27 Dreiman, Dominic #11

So today was ok. I was just bored at school were we are doing biz town stuff school.  It was  kind slow but enjoyed recess and playing with friends at recess.

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1/29 - a break

Took a break monday and tuesday from the physical portion of the requirements (pushups, sit ups, etc).  Getting back into it today has been hard, but it was worth it.  I taught two classes last night and did a session with my mentee.  Overall, very successful.  

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Tuesday...

Tuesdays are worse than Mondays in my opinion.  You have a lot of work cut out for you and you still have most of the week ahead of you.  I am currently dealing with a huge wave of homework.  At least I'm in my "locked in" mood.  Anyway, I had another black belt class at Shoreview and worked on my 540 hook kicks.  I think the trick on getting a good 540 hook kick is to visualize 3 kicks and to do them stepping forward before you actually do the kick.  That helped me today.  Hope I have time to do more fun stuff around Macalester tomorrow.

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01/28/25

Every day feels the same now, it's always school, home, requirements, and maybe extracurriculars. I finally understood a calculus topic after learning it on the first day, which is always great. Unfortunately, I did not get to take a nap today so it was harder to get through the later portion of my day.

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WE BE HITTING THESE NOTES

So yes, these journals are going to get very 'music' oriented and focused, so expect me to nerd out on many things that I will not elaborate on because I am just so quirky :D.   MY VOICE BE CHANGIN' GIRLIES!   So I am a tenor, which an average tenor has a range of a B2 to a C5. My range, however, is an A2 to a D6. This is mostly due to musical theatre songs being far more demanding than an average choir or pop song, though there can be exceptions. This training is even more rigorous because theatre songs require emotion in order to work. If you want to sing a song in a way that makes you sound far better than what you blank-slate voice is, add flavor and emotion. The lower you sing, the more emotion you are directing towards the audience, as if you are...

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checking boxes

1/28/25 Today I had my first mentee session with Jordan. Then, I helped out in his class. After that, I had a class of my own. I did not get many exercises done, only the mile and pushups, so I will have to make things up tomorrow. I started a new song on trumpet today.

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bad start

Now I wake up knowing today is semester 2. I got ready for school and I have new electives. I still have spanish since it's yearlong class so not normal, but today I have cycling. I had cycling in 6th grade and it was really fun but in 7th grade I didn't have it sadly and now I have it again! We just started so we didn't get on the bikes today and I have to do fitness test before anything. That was really the only good part of the day, I'm not going through the rest because it was really boring. After school I kinda ran my best mile time of 6:36 which I kinda did because I paused it 3 times then walked in those times then ran, someday i'll do it without stopping hopefully! I went to class and now am going to sleep. Good night!

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1/28/2025 2/50

today it was a new semester, so I had a new 1st block which was math. My teacher is nice, and we are going to do work tomorrow because today was for getting to know each other. I then went home and as unable to go to taekwondo due to my mother's inexperience in driving. Instead, I did my work & did a mile long run. from there I did the rest of the work for my cycle. as if now, I have to take out the trash & take a shower soon.

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Recovery 01/28/24

So I made more bread yesterday and I think a lot of people liked it because I've been told that it was gone in about 15 minutes. Yesterday I was sick near the end of the day so I hopped straight into bed and slept for about 15 hours. I didn't feel all that well this morning but I got up and took a nice cold shower to wake me up. At class I got a mentee credit finally and did all my requirements and got both leadership and class assist credit. I got a bunch done today and still have to make up Monday's work. Wish me luck.

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LMP Jan 28

Had a good day. Did some testing at school, requirements done, and went to assist in class tonight. Had a meeting with my mentee…she’s growing up quick…going to JR instructors camp. Time for a shower and bed. For some reason, I’m not able to get on this site on my phone…..ps. Still despise burpees 

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Journal #16--1/28/25

When I woke up this morning I got ready for school.  Mom and I walked to school.  At school we did blocks, lunch, recess and specials.  After school my bus had to go a different way because there was some powerlines in the road the way we normally go.  When I got to KT today I did a mile, did some requirements, a mentor session, and both class assistance.  We had cookout for dinner before we took Anthony to Boy Scouts.  Got home after dropping him off and I finished up some self defense then took a shower. Now I am getting ready to head to bed. 

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1/28/2025

Today was OK when I first woke up my legs were so sore I almost fell out of bed. I had my I- ready test today at school.Then I had to go to dance and piano. Now I'm at home relaxing. Have a great night everybody!( sorry this was so short)

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1/28

Today was fun, we had to wake up early because I had jump rope team practice. At school we had class pictures, and I had PE, we play a game with 4th grade vs 5th grade (5th won!) Then after school we did our regiments and ran. Now I am just relaxing.♥

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01/28/25

Today was a good day at school. I finished my I-ready math test and blew past the extended goal that was set for me.  I had to go home with a friend because my brother was at the Orthodontist getting a new set of braces.  He didn't get back until late and to figure out dinner for him we didn't make it to class. See you tomorrow though!! I hope everyone has a good evening. 

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1/28

Today we had to leave for school extra early which left me being super tired all day. I've been really tired lately. I went on a field trip at school today, it was fun. We went to get a tour of another middle school for complicated reasons. When I got home, I ran a mile outdoors today because it was really nice temperature and weather wise. Soon we'll have dinner and go to bed early tonight. :)

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Long Morning

Today I got up to do my morning marathon of classes.  I was reminded why I rely on caffeine so much when I didn't have any before my 8:30 class.  I ate lunch and had a lab to go to later on, and then I had to pick up a bunch of packages.  I got on a call where I saw a lot of people from King Tiger back at home, which made my day.  I miss everyone back at home.  As fun as it is here, nothing and nobody I have encountered here as of yet can really replace that.  Anyway, I went to the gym afterwards to get some requirements done, and I am now doing some homework, after midnight EST, because I really didn't watch the time.  My first class tomorrow starts at 9:40, so I can look forward to an extra hour of sleep.

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Leo's Journal

1/27/25 today was a regular day, mostly had a big test in math and there was a holdup in science. Apparently a girl climbed a ladder up on the roof so I skipped gym. I submitted my midnight sky trumpet assignment. I'm very tired. 1 mile ran today in 9:02. Everyone was bored today but when i got home i was too busy for boredom.

 

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1/14/25; today was a regular day, had a quiz 1n 1st period and in 2nd(aced both) and was swamped with work so yeah, basically i'm just playing catchup on all my classes,i wonder how i did on union march trumpet test, it was hard homeroom was normal but 1st period was LOUD!!!!my life with zander and ben next to me in all classes, did a bit of work today,i'll be finished soon. Hope i can meet sat at 4 with the boys we'll join on minecraft and i need to catch up on bible reading.

 

1/15/25;had a quiz in math today did pretty well but when i got home basically worked till i dropped so that was hard sadly i missed tkd class but you can't have everything new minecraft world old one got accidentally deleted gonna make sure to read bible today

 

1/16/25 finally finished all catchup work today have big test tomorrow better study ran 2 miles today that plus everything else is exhausting new history project i plan to be as outlandish as possible on this without losing points going to bed soon

 

1/24/25 i went 2 bbc weekday today stopped at publix so i spent 2 hours for a 45 minute class i finished my daily workout it's getting a little easier sadly i didn't run a mile today so i have make that up ie been lax on journal essay and mentee to have 2 step that u for sure i'm tired +i have to wake up early in da morning  plus i wont be going to church sunday which sucks hard to balance all the responsibilities man i might be absolutely cooked.

 

1/26/25 stayed home today from church to get stuff done which was helpful, dog was a big distraction tho don't have much time i finished my no digital entertainment essay which is good i ran 2 miles today just like yesterday i am not sure how this is going to work out yesterday i got jordan as my mentee gonna have to start meetings and also gonna have to start leading stretches

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01/27/25

Nothing eventful happened today, it was pretty average. I’ve just been super tired lately, probably because of the requirements on top of what I already do but it’ll be okay. 

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1/27

Yesterday I had family on my mother's side come over for the entire day. I caught up on my schoolwork and am overall tired.

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average monday

I was going to wake up at 4:00 am to get even more ahead on my black belt stuff but I accidently sleeped in till like 6 which sucks, but anyways I just went to school, it's my last day of the 1st semester but my spanish class is a yearlong class so it doesn't rotate out with another class but my medical class does so I had spanish today which I don't really like that class to much and then after that I had science which I just took some notes in class but next class is englsih. Now today the 8th graders get to meet up with our future highschool administrators so I got to go there and I had to wait like FOURTY MINUTES in line until I spoke with my administrator and it wasn't much but I basiclly got to skip english and the rest of my...

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1/27/2025 - TIRED

Today I am tired, and I am doing my black belt stuff. I'm going to bed early.   

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Back to work

Today I had to get back on track after so many days of taking a break. I did my requirements before going to school. Then I took class at king tiger and got with my mentee for his first session after that I had to go to piano before coming home and running 0.50 because my legs are to sore to run the whole thing. THE END!

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Journal #15--1/26/25

I woke up this morning and walked to school with mom.  On the way to school I ate a donut that was left over  tom yesterday from when Anthony gave them out (for his birthday) when they got back from his scout trip.  At school ,we finished our Literacy Diagnostic test and I got a 619, which was 10 points higher than I scored last time!  After that we had snack, then lunch and recess.  After that I had media for my specials.  Then I rode the bus to King Tiger, did some black belt stuff, had a session with my mentee and got a leadership credit.  Then we had to go pick Anthony up from school because he stayed after to play with the band at the basketball game. When we got closer to home I ran a mile through Birkdale while mom rode beside me!  Now I am relaxing and...

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Back to school

Today we went back to school another  dreadful Monday. Today I had  my math diagnostic but I am feeling way better and completely recovered from being sick. yay!! Tomorrow we're getting a class xpet hamster!!🐹🐹

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journal

my family is now divided on who is going to win on Sunday.I got all of my black belt stuff done for the day.I won 5 air heads today and was a  great day.# Bread

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1/27

It was hard getting up and going to school this morning after so many days off last week. At school we had a big diagnostic test, I was so tired I almost fell asleep. Afterwards, the day flew by. Straight after school I ran my mile, and I learned that I will be helping out at Jr. Instructors camp this year! When I got home, I had some math homework to do then I played on my iPad. Tomorrow I am going on a field trip, so I'm looking forward to that. I'm also looking forward to some sleep tonight :)

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01/27/25

It was back to school Monday today. I had a math test and it was long.  We got to go outside and enjoy some recess too.  I got some more leadership credit done today. I led punches and kicks and got thru my nervousness. After class I got a salad for dinner. I'm looking forward to sunny days and some warmer weather the rest of the week. 

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LMP Jan 27

Back to school. Had several days off last week due to bad weather. Got my requirements and jog in today. Was also able to locate most of the answers to our written test….just one more thing I need to know. I need to set an alarm on my phone to do my journaling and requirements on line. 

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1/19/2025 10/50

It is the day before I might not be at school. on one hand I would be having fun at home. on the other hand, I would be away from my friends. I also want to do my midterms I am excited due to my midterms as I get to complete fun puzzles.

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1/20/2025 9/50

there was no school today due to snow which was fun to note. as such I stayed home. at home I made breakfast & lunch before heading to taekwondo class. the class was fun & it was the first class of the week. the week seems to be going well, I hope it is going well.

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1/21/2025 8/50

I had my AP Gov & English midterms. AP Gov was about the constitution, which is complex, but I remember most of the clauses. English is different because it is about how the text works & how it proves things & makes its points. I did well on both midterms which was good to hear.

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1/22/2025 7/50

I had my biology & my pe midterm. my pe midterm was fine but it was mostly just the thing we always did. Biology was fun because it was easy & simple. After I got home, me & my sister had a behind the wheel lesson with my dad. after that I had taekwando which was fun.

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1/23/2025 6/50

Today I took my ap computer science & band midterms. My band midterm was first & it went well. The band midterm was actually just us playing several scales, recording it, & posting it on canvas. I got an 85 because I had problems with my accidentals. My computer science midterm went well with me getting an 88, it was a fun test.

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1/24/2025 5/50

Today I woke up at 11 because today I had no school because it was a workday. I spent the day relaxing & spending time with my family after my parents got done with work. After that I cleaned the bathroom because there was dust. I did research on one person who I admire (possible essay topic). it was a mediocre day.

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1/25/2025 4/50

I woke up & went to my black belt class. After I got home, I did instrument class after for 1 hour. I then went & watched tv before I went & made lunch. in the evening, I took a nap before I did my taekwondo work. I began writing my essay on my dead hero before I went to sleep.

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1/26/2025 3/50

Today I woke up at 12 for my dad's birthday. we cut the cake & all had a piece. I went back to sleep & woke up at 8 am. I most memorable part of the day was going on a 3.5 mile run for the cycle which was fun. I then went home where I ate lunch. My parents then went to Costco to get my dad's birthday present (an iPad) for work. We also spent the day having fun & talking before we all went to sleep.

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Requirements

I made a list of all the requirements that I could think of today.  Then I marked each one with 4 possible values:  Blank, Know, Comfortable, Confident.  Blank means I don't know it and need to learn it. Know means I know it but I'm not good at it (have to go slow, think about the next move, etc) Comfortable means that I know it but I still might turn the wrong way, or use the wrong hand/foot/stance/etc, and have to correct myself. Confident means I am confident I can do it mistake free.  While we all still make mistakes, this is about how I feel in my knowledge.  I went through everything today as I practiced and made my marks.  This has given me a very good base on understanding not just what I need to work on, but how much I might need to work on a particular thing.

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1/17/2025 2/50

I woke up & got ready for school by getting my stuff & doing the dishes. I went to school & took my French III final. I stayed in that class the entire day & then went home. I relaxed & prepared for the weekend by getting all my clothes for laundry & doing the dishes.

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SKILLET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yesterday I went to a concert called winter jam with Ann Wilson new song Colton Dixon kb and SKILLET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it was so much fun I got to go with my friend and when we got there, we met a bunch of kids from my school and sat next to them.   when skillet came up everyone went wild, and the lead singer pointed at me and my friends. At the end I got a skillet shirt and one of my friends got a signed skillet photo it was so cool! It was so loud I still can barely hear anything!!! 

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1/50 1/27/2025

Today we had school off due to snow days & midterm makeups.  I woke up at 8 am & brushed my teeth before going downstairs & making breakfast of toast. I then wrote down my expected work time is week 3 of my journal. I headed to help with class at 5:50 & I helped with class. I then did my class at 6:40. I went home & prepared for school tomorrow. I then had dinner & went to bed.

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAh

So basically the screaming is because I am tired, forgot to journal over the weekend, and I still cannot put my requirements online. No biggie right?   GOODBYE AND WHY IT'S NOT SO DIFFICULT!   So, basically, during my free periods I either do homework or go to mmy chorus teacher's room and just hang. Today, myself and some others who are just some teeny-weeny-minor theatre nerds wanted some practice as we do have rehearsal tomorrow for the school play we are doing, '8 Minutes Left', where I play a character named Patterson. But that is not for today, today is for my acting while SINGING. Now, I don't usually struggle with this, but with fast and upbeat songs, I tend to just sing the words and not the emotion. 'Goodbye' from one of my dream shows, Catch Me If You Can, stars one of the biggets tenor inspirations in the...

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Sleep Schedule

This week is going to be the first full week of classes this semester.  I have created a schedule of morning classes so that if I am trying to catch up on anything, I can do so in the afternoon, sleep included.  I think I mentioned this in a previous journal.  Anyway, I now have a time to catch up on sleep if I don't get much through the day, which happens pretty frequently between homework and sleep issues.  I would have time to take a nap for a while and then get up to do whatever it is that I still need to do.  I'm not much of a morning person but it's worth the extra torture.

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Journal #14--1/26/25

I realized this morning that I forgot to do a Journal yesterday.  Yesterday my morning was busy, first was Black Belt class then straight from there we had to hurry up to church bc we had to do the door hangers for scouting for food with my cub scout pack.  We didn't have a lot of door hangers so it went pretty fast.  After we finished that we went to Bojangles for some breakfast and then mom and I headed to Brien's.  We walked a mile while we waited on Brien to get off work.  I found a soda can and mom and I kicked it pretty much the whole mile.  Mom actually stepped on Mr. Can and crushed him! : (    

Now for today, This morning I woke up I played some video games.  Then we got ready to leave Brien's and head to church.  After church we had to wait on Anthony to get back from his camping trip with his Scout troop.  Then we went home and had lunch.  I did some black belt stuff and played some more video games and watched some YouTube.  Then we went to Bad Daddy's for dinner for Anthony's birthday.  When we got home we had Reese's ice cream cake and Anthony opened his presents.  He finally got a phone! We watched the end of the Bill's game and they ended up loosing...ugh!!! 

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journal

we were watching the NFC championship game and my other 3 family members were rooting for the chiefs while I was rooting for the bills.i got my book stuff done today.

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1/26/2025-football day lets go chiefs

Today my favorite football team is playing to go to the super bowl. So, I am doing my black belt stuff and watching the game.  

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I forgot about yesterday

Now yesterday I was going to journal but completely forgot, so i'll start with yesterday. So I wake up on a beautiful saturday like all saturdays and today is my race day. I awakened at 7:30 and drank some water and went to Charlotte right next to Grandmaster Evin's school to a small event that consist of a 1 mile, 5k, 10k, 15k, and a half-marathon. So i'd be running the half-marathon and I went and looked at the trial real quick and went back to the start and, and bamm! The crowd of like 100-ish people zoomed off and we started downhill, like a really steep downhilll, so I was going at a 8:30 minute per mile pace which was WAYYY to fast, I was needing to go way slower like a 12 min per mile pace, but oh well, I slowed down to a high 9 min per mile...

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#bread2 01/26/25

Today was great. I did my requirements and ran not one.. but two miles! I really don't want to go to school tomorrow but life isn't fair. I woke up really late, it was about 11 A.M. when I checked the time after I could barely opened my eyes. I made some bread today that wasn't great but I'm guessing it was just the recipe. I'm really tired and my knee is killing me. I got to hang out a lot with my dogs today and play a little bit. I also went on my runs at 7 P.M. at night which probably wasn't a smart move on my part cause it was cold and really dark. That was all I did really today. Now, I'm going to go run to my bed and sleep like a rock.

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1/26

I got to sleep in this morning. I haven't been able to sleep late too much lately and for some reason my whole body is sore, so it felt good. All day I pretty much just relaxed, watched TV and drew in my notebook. Then we went and ran our daily mile. I ran 1.5 miles today and I'm proud of myself because usually I'm not a big runner. Now we're watching the football game after eating some delicious nachos. 

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1/26

Yesterday we had a camp out in our living room and watched titanic, which was really fun. So, this morning we watched so TV and made waffles. We took a long walk and then did our requirements. For the rest of the day, I worked on some essays and just relaxed. We had nachos and we are now watching the football game. ♥

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01/26/25

I enjoyed the sun and warmer temperatures. Got some nice outdoor time completing some requirements. Got to spend some time with a friend from school this afternoon too.  Got a math test in the morning and looking forward to a full week of school.  

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1/26 - First post

I'm behind on my journaling and data entry.  Spent about 2 hours working with another candidate today on poomsae and self defense.  It was a very successful session.

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My new thing

Today I started doing my new hobby/thing for black belt cycle. My new hobby is crocheting and it is SO HARD!( At least to me it is) So I decided to take a break and watch harry potter 6 ( the movie.) After that i got back to work. Then... I got so so far and thought I was doing great but my mom said we weren't doing it right and we had to start completely over after hours of work. IT IS REALLY DIFFICULT, TIME CONSUMING AND DEPRESSING !!! So I'm taking a break and doing my Journaling. I did not go out at all today not even stood outside... not yet at least. Hope I get better soon so I can still go to junior instructors camp!🥋🥋🥋🥋🤞🤞🤞🤞😔

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Journal - Day 8

Good afternoon, everyone! Yesterday was quite a bit. I woke up earlier than normal to get in a hot shower before black belt class and work because I had a birthday party to go to afterward. The birthday party was pretty nice, since we got a chance to go ice skating in Birkdale. I haven't gone ice skating since I was 3, so it was definitely really scary for me. At first, I was holding on for dear life to the rails, but toward the end, I was able to skate around without any help or even holding on. Afterwards, we went to eat dinner, and then I went home and got some rest. Today, I have a lot of work to finish, and I need to make up my requirements from yesterday. I'm not too keen on watching football for the day since my team has been out for a...

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1/24 Dreiman, Dominic #10

I was not ready to get outta bed but sometimes u gotta do it anyway I get up get changed go to school at school I won gaga ball and for lunch they had chicken sandwiches then I did more classes then finally came home then went to taekwondo ate dinner and went to bed

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1/23 Dreiman, Dominic #9

Today was a back to school day, so I get up get ready and blast to school my first class is PE I'm doing pickleball 🥒  then I go to my next class math then recess lunch then Spanish then English then visual arts then study then finally go home.

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LMP Jan 26

Had a great workout with Master Scott at the dojang this morning. Covered A lot  of things I needed to practice: self defense,  hakido, bocho specials, staff, single stick, bolo, poomsaes. Gonna take a little rest then do my requirements.  Looking forward to this week. 

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1/25

Did not get much work done today due to a meeting. Need to get some math review finished before test 1 comes around the corner next week.

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01/25/25

Morning black belt class was the same as usual. I finished my requirements before taking a shower and heading to a piano recital. After all that I took a short nap and spent my time reading.

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Lazy day. 01/25/25

So basically.............................. I felt like doing nothing today. And that's exactly what I did. Nothing. It's a Saturday after a horrific week (Cut me some slack) All I did really was play my game all day.. I mean all day. Which now that I think about it I could be doing better things but again like I said, it's Saturday. I did black belt class this morning and was really tired all day so I didn't do much. My mom made her own sourdough starter! (congratulations mom) I'm making a chocolate chip Irish bread tomorrow for all my friends at Lake Norman! (Be ready 😈) Other than that my family watched Karate Kid, my sister curled my hair in loose curls (It looks so bad)  and I got the best character in my game, it took a lot of money making on that game. (In game I had to make 20k and...

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