Spring 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!

3/21/24

Today I went to School without the crutches and it wasn't very fun because my foot did hurt all day. When we got home I layed down for a little bit but then got up and started to go over all my pumaes and self defenses and started getting in my own head and mixing them up because im nervous for tomorrow. I I disided to go out on the four wheeler to clear my head and came back to do more. 

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ER

 so yesterday I was in the ER and I didn't have to Walk because  they said go inside your Bugatti  and I did a ultrasound  and I stayed there over night it was terrifiying

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3/21

Today I woke up and did homework then I am going to school and  today will be easy because there’s no test and I will probably just finish my cycle today and then I will go to sparring then come home.

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1 day !

today i went to school and had a math test and got the first 100 i got in math since 6th grade. good omen for friday night maybe? after coming home i went to my last black belt class of the cycle. its funny how im not going back to the dojang until testing night. now im doing homework.

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3/20 - #50!

Fifty journals! That's really cool. I really like the idea of reflecting on my day and writing about it, I think it's made me a lot more relaxed after putting my thoughts down somewhere. I wish I had been more consisten with these journals, but I also think I'm going to continue journaling somewhere! Testing is just about ~2 days away, which is really exciting! I'm so glad I get to be on this cycle, and I hope to make my first Master, the one who believed in me when I didn't believe in myself, Master Gina, proud! Goodluck to everyone!!

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Mar 20

Today was pretty good. Didn't work at 9 round on the morning so got up a little later. At 2:30 I headed to the dojang and worked till 8. My new favorite drink is the Irish Creme Monster coffee.

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March 20th, 2024

Today is my last journal. Today was a pretty normal day. I woke up had a normal morning, went to school, and came home. I then got a haircut and food. Afterwards, I came home and did some school work. After that I did some requirements and now I am here. 

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3/20

today went by really fast! I started of my day at bible class, then I went to Spanish which was super easy. after that I had English and chemistry. then I left, got lunch, and came home. then I took a quick nap, got ready, and left for a guitar lesson. then after, we left straight for TKD. then after class, me and my mom went to subway. then I came home and did some homework. now I plan to just relax and get ready for tomorrow.

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3/20/2024

Hi King Tiger Family. Well... I finished all my requirements today. Although Nate and I are only auditing, I feel like this cycle has been a great way to get back into the swing of things. Now, I need to maintain until the next cycle where we test. I wish everyone luck on Friday and Saturday. Breathe, Relax, Enjoy the moment, and just show what you worked so hard to do. It is an incredible experience. Take care. 

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No sardines!

Hello fellow cyclers and welcome to - WE INTERRUPT THIS BROADCAST WITH AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: ONLY 2 DAYS REMAIN BEFORE BLACK BELT TESTING - Oh my goodness! I could have sworn I shut down all interruptions in my device settings earlier… but that’s a problem for another time. Anyway, as I was saying... welcome to another late-night journal! But what that guy was saying is right.  It’s only two days before testing and I can’t sleep although I’m really confident in my stuff and I’m going through everything over and over again while counting down the days. Today was my last class (not counting sparring) before testing. I won’t be able to make it for Thursday 6:00 class. :(  It doesn’t really seem like I can ever get taekwondo-ed out. Not that I want to. Today I assisted with some classes in afterschool and then returned for Master Chelly’s class, which like...

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Final Reflection

Good luck to everyone who is testing this weekend. I wish I could attend, but I am working all weekend. I have one more cycle. I made alot of progress in the beginning, and slowed down when I started working. I will continue to train in-between in the cycles. There's a few more things I need to work on/learn. I'm excited for rest of the year.

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3/20 Couple more days..

I know I haven't done these in a while but we only have 3 more days till testing so I though I might as well just do one. First off I don't know if everyone gets this enough but even if I don't know you, I'm proud of you. I didn't make it this far last cycle and I'm proud but I'm also just out of words.. I can't believe myself and a bunch of others have mad it and I just want everyone to get a good night rest for the next couple days before you get too tired. I'm out of words right now but I'm really proud.

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Shaan Pattnaik 3/20/24

Today I came to Tae Kwon Do to get a Class Assistance, a mentor session, and a mentee session. My class assistance was fairly straightforward; I helped a few kids during line drills and was not very needed in breakout classes. My mentor session was very productive. My mentee and I worked on Koryo, Hurricane Hooks, and Yellow/High Yellow Self Defense.

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3/20

Today I woke up and just did some homework than I went to school and today was easy and I got a 93 on my math test then am heading home and I will do my black belt requirements.

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3/20 joirnal

Today I didn’t really do much. I went to taekwondo and did a mento session. Then I got home and did homework

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ill

So i woke up and i  threw up at 6:00 then i woke up @ 8:30 not exactly and i practiced tae kwon do then i threw up theni played gorilla tag

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Mar 19

Started at 9 round. Had about 4 people today. Then went to the dojang and worked until 7:30. Overall nice day.

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2 days left !

today i went to school and then came home and practiced for testing and did homework

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Shaan Pattnaik 3/19/24

Today I had a mentor session; we worked on Staff form 2. I also did a leadership and a class assistance.

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Rollar skating

Went running with my dog, he did so well. I reward him with frozen treat. I put a collar around my cat, and the collar had a feather attached to it further away. So my cat kept trying to get the feathers. My cat and dog were entertaining so I worked on stretches and kicks. Rollerskating tonight and practice some jumps, Because we outdoor skates, we have level skating routes from beginner to advance. I went on the advance route tonight, which was very long routes with hills, going up in big hills going down. It’s tough and it’s hard to keep up sometimes because those people are so fast, I was told that actually come to the advanced skate more and I should psych myself out. 

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3/19/24

Today was a ok day at school. When I went to TKD I helped with class and got mentored . I came home and had dinner after that I did some homework.

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3/19 - #49

School was really normal today, nothing super interesting, but taekwondo was fun! I needed two more mentee sessions, so I got to work with a yellow belt and high yellow belt! It was confusing because I believe those two poomsaes are really similar to eachother. After having them do 'minion poomsae' (doing their poomsae on their knees) and 'animal poomsae' (doing their poomsae based on an animal, they chose a cat), my brain was getting tripped over the two. So, I had them work on hopstep kicks. They raced down the mats, which I thought was a good idea until I saw them doing more running down the mat and less kicking down the mat. I challenged them to instead do really good kicks down the mat, and anytime they (purposefully) did a bad kick, whether that be from speed or not trying, they had to do 3 jumping jacks. They...

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Dad Habits

Every Dad (yes, Dad should be a proper noun) has at least one of the following character traits: happy, funny, crazy, strong, helpful; amazing, right? (or maybe, like mine, your Dad has them all) It’s all the more helpful to have a Dad. Whether they helped you win the school stand-up comedy competition, which no one participated in, or they correct your blocks in Sa Chang, either way your Dad will always want to be proud of you, which is why he will take any chance to boast about you to anyone around. And maybe you’ll think - ugh, dad’s so annoying! but your Dad does this because he loves you. He wants everyone to know that you aced the test, said something funny or got your 2nd degree black belt. No matter what, he’s proud of you and he wants everyone to know. To all my future Dads, please do this....

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March 19th, 2024

Today I woke up late and had a more rushed morning. I then went to school. I had a rough start to my morning, but overall my school day was pretty good. I talked with my friends during AP Gov. as I normally do. I then came home and did homework for a while before run club. I then left for run club and talked to my dad in the car about everything going on. I had a lot of fun at run club and got a short, but good workout. Afterwards I talked to Coach Fam and got one of the best pieces of advice I really needed to hear. I then came home, ate, got my uniform ready for tomorrow. Now I am here. 

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3/19

today went pretty well. I had math and then band. then I went to economy and made the highest grade on the test in my class. then I left school and went to taekwondo for a little bit. then me and my mom went to eat and now I'm going to relax for the rest of the day

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3/19

Today I woke up and I am doing my black belt requirements then I’ll go to school and I hope my teacher don’t give us 100000 test then I’ll come home and run then go to class.

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t minus 3 days?

today i woke up and went to jail and had a normal day. then i went to help out with senior tigers class. its was my first time leading sit down warmups so that was fun. then i did a mentee session with isa and then did a mentor session with master weeks. now im doing homework send help

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Mar 18

Today started at 9 round, but I wouldn't call it work sense nobody showed up during my shift. Afterwards I went to the dojang and worked until 8. When I got to my mom's I ate dinner and watched a movie.

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TKD and book talk

Hello fellow cyclists. Welcome to another journal. I want to talk about how excited I am about the upcoming test this weekend. I kid you not, this will be the longest week of my life. Tonight in class we did some preparation for the test. Praneeth and I were the only two testers taking Master Chelly's class. We did some self-defense and poomsaes. All of these classes in the last week have a special feeling to them and it seems like they're talking to me and saying, "these are your last days young bird, use them wisely".  To relax, I started a new book that Instructor Jen recommended to me called "Bridge to Terebithia", which is about a kid and his best friend who make a magical kingdom called Terebithia. That's all I'll say for now. I don't want to ruin it for anyone else who may want to read it...

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Peter's blog

I went to a trip today at school to I fly. It was super fun but scary at the same time  

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3/18/24

Toady was a regular day. I scored a hat trick at school soccer today which means I scored 3 times in a row. After that I went to chess club and played 5 matches. I won 4 of them! At TKD I helped with class and when I got home I ate Mac and cheese.

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Shaan Pattnaik 3/18/24

Today I went to Tae Kwon Do and did a Mentor Session, Mentee Session, a Leadership, and two class assistances.

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3/18 Journal

Last journal ! I’ve been putting this off for so long but here I am. Today i don’t do much because we didn’t have school. My cousin came over because his parents and my mom went to raleigh. Question how do you guys say raleigh? I say it Ra-Lay but i know some people who say Rah-lee. anyway back to my day. I relaxed practiced my poomsaes and self defenses did my requirements and stuff. then I went to my tkd and practiced some more . then I helped out with the high belt class. After that I practiced the stuff again with my friend. When i got home I ate dinner and my mom came home. I just showered and now i have to go to sleep because I do have school tomorrow. I’m really nervous for the testing. also everyone in my dojang got an A on our written...

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March 18th, 2024

Today I woke up and did my normal routine. I then went to school and had a pretty good day. I had a quiz, which I feel I did pretty good on. I then went to practice, which was fun. Got to talk and hang out with my friends at practice. I then came home and almost immediately left for Tae Kwon Do. I finished all my mentor, mentee, and leadership 2 credits for the cycle. Those were my last class credits I needed. I did some requirements in between. I then came home, ate, showered, and now I am here. 

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3/18/2024

Today We didn’t have school I got to sleep in. I did some requirements and I took a shower and washed my hair. We went to the grocery store and I finally got the chocolate cake i’ve been craving. We went to class and It was fun. 

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3/18 Journal

Today was a regular school day. I was struggling so much in chem but I went home and figured it out so I'm chilling.

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3/18/24

Today I woke up and we didn’t have school because it was a teacher workday and I got to chill out. I did some requirements and I kicked out some stuff that I needed to finish. This weekend I finished all essays and did my physical requirement test. I did a 7 min and 57 second plank and 6 pulls ups. I was very proud of myself. I had class tonight and I went early to do some stuff and I helped out. 

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Burpees

If I wasn’t done with burpees I would be done with them today. I had to do 75 burpees at CrossFit. 30 secs on, 30 secs off until I got to 75. It didn’t take long 5-6mins, but man was it great warm up. I started working with my dog on leash training, he’s 6yr but I never trained him consistently because of school. So we’re working on it now. A lot of it will be me and my consistenty with it. We only been in two walks, but I can already notice the difference. its amazing what 30 mins of work, or a bit of daily effort can make in progress. With his training, or when I work on tkd, or with crafting and roller skating. 

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3/18 - #48

I was asleep for a lot of yesterday. When I woke up around 12 I went downstairs to eat, stretch my arms (that still hurt today?!), and helped my dad clean around the house. We also saw a lamborghini while driving around, and I made the joke of crashing into it. My dad was fully against it, jokefully disagreeing because that would be way too expensive. He then laughed and said he should race it in our 2007 Honda Odyssey. 

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Journal for Monday

Hello King Tiger! Right now, it is 5:30, and this is my last journal so I'll just get this over with. I am about to finish my requirements and be done with and get ready for school. Testing is in 4 days. Let's go!!!

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Mar 17

Today started pretty late. I had a late lunch and was outside .most of the day just keeping myself busy. Had some family time. Then played some games for a little. Time to sleep.

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3/17/2024

Today I got to sleep in late and when I got up my mom had taken hudson to his base ball games and I got my requirements done. I rested and then went out with some friends to an event. We got lunch after and when we got home I fell asleep. 

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t-minus 4 days !

today i went to an event for my moms nonprofit. then i we came home and i practiced all of my forms i needed help with then i played fortnite with my friends

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3/17/2024

Hi King Tiger Family, Today was a typically Sunday with church. Nate and I worked hard on some catch-up of requirements to make sure we are good this week. Only have 1 mentee and 1 mentor session left that we will complete this week and almost done all the physical items. Although we are auditing, we are feeling really good on our stuff. Only need help on double stick form 2. Getting ready for the test. Take care.

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Lost in a maze

Ask yourself, have you ever imagined or even dreamed that you were stuck in a giant labyrinth with only one exit at the very bottom? And the labyrinth is filled to the brim with items designed to destroy your credit cards? Welcome to IKEA! A giant concrete box of Swedish architecture. We went there to get a missing piece to a new dresser for my brother Liam. We walked around in the giant maze that they call the showroom. We explored all the model living rooms and kitchens that are cool to walk through but are absurdly expensive. At one point I stopped to look out into the parking lot through an emergency exit door. It was then that my brother became possessed by who knows what and decided it was a good idea to push me into the door which set off the alarm.  The alarm was blasting through the...

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3/17

today went okay, I went to a funeral then afterwards we all went and ate. then I came home, did my final paper, and practiced poomsae. now I'm going to relax for the rest of the day.

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tylonal

 so today i got tylonal  then i did my own mesurements and adault mesurements then i went to bed then i threw up then i was tired of forms and self defense the i went to bed

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March 17th, 2024

Today I woke up and did some requirements. I then went to church, which as always I volunteered in the kids room. They were little crazy today, but I had assistance from my friends in handling them. I then went to Walmart and bought a new LEGO set. I am excited to build it. I then ate and did a lot of requirements since I was behind. I then ate some more and had a hard conversation over the phone. I then sat in the Normatecs and ate since the conversation lasted a while. I then played Fortnite with my friend Erick. We didn't play well, but we had a lot of fun. Afterwards I read, stretched, and now I am here. 

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Shaan Pattnaik 3/17/24

Today I went to IKEA with my family. After coming back, I played video-games for bit did my Tae-kwon-do exercises, and unrelated exercises. I am doing my homework right now.

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3/17

Today I woke up and went to class for today and did kicks and poomsae then went to Lowe’s and bought cinder blocks to practice my brick break and then went home and played video games for a bit then waited for my boards to arrive from Amazon then I went and practiced them it was difficult at first but I manage to break a black board stacked on a red board stacked on a blue board (I don’t not know if they are the same at the taekwondo gym) then I practiced my flying side and my hurricane kicks then took a shower and ate dinner.

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3/17 Journal

Today I was a bit sore from yesterday so I caught up on my homework and practiced my poomsaes a bit. I still need to work on Bolo so I have to practice that over the week.

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Journal for Sunday

Hello King Tiger! Hope everyone woke up with great feeling today because today is the second day if the last week of cycle. Only 5 more days to go! Today started off great with me waking and doing my requirements. I finished all my essays last night. I was just about to finish my requirements when I remembered I have to go to this school today at 2. I got to go now. Hope everyone has great Sunday

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Demo practice

today was the demo team practice in Leland. Very fun,  very exciting. I’m glad to have this opportunity to work on demonstrations and various stunts and tricks.

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March 16th, 2024

This is a late one, but a summary of my day was: track meet. It wasn't bad, was very hot. I did pretty good. Dealing with a lot right now so being able to just chill and do something I love was amazing. I then came home and got some school work done and now I am here. 

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03/16/24

today i did my pretest run and my time went down 4 minutes from the last time. then i went to black belt class and i realized it was my last saturday black belt class until testing. we went over most of our forms and then i came home and did nothing for the rest of the day

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3/16/2024

Today we had to wake up really early and i didn’t get very good sleep last night because of my foot and having to elevate it. When we got to the track to run the mile the stairs were hard and it was very difficult to watch everyone else run and I couldn’t. when we got back to the school we did our physical requirements that were more difficult but I pushed through and still beat all my scores from last time. I felt good about the written test and got a really good score. 

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3/16/24 Journal #54 ALMOST DONE!!

Today was the final for our run and I did it in 10:17, which is almost 2 minutes off my pretest time!!! Today starts the LAST WEEK OF THE CYCLE, YAAAY!!!  Only thing left now is the overnight test, and I'm kinda nervous!!    Got all my essays and letters of recommendation uploaded to Dropbox... Now I'm watching the ACC championship game with my mom... GO HEELS!!!!       

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Shaan Pattnaik 3/16/24

Today was my running physical. I improved from my pre-test approximately four minutes. At home I practiced Staff form one and kicking defense.

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3/16 Journal

Today i did the post-test running portion which I improved on by 3 minutes which was really good. I got home and worked on my essays and did some homework.

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sick

 So I woke up at 3:00 and threw up and I went back to bed then I threw up again Then i couldent do my run wich is sad then I had some essays to do bye

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Journal for Saturday

Hello King Tiger! Today I planned to be quiet and finish my essays. I finished my run in 8 minutes and 38 seconds which was less than 2 and a half minutes of my pre-test run. After the run, I helped out with all of the classes and I began being quiet at 11:40. I am doing my requirements now and remembered about my recommendation letters and quickly sent them to two teachers. I am going to have lunch in a few minutes and I am going to spend the rest of my day doing requirements. :| Hope everyone has a great Saturday

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3/16

Today I woke up and immediately went to testing run and I did very much better I got exactly 8 minutes and was just so little of from 7 sadly then I went to black belt class and we did board breaks then I’m now home and ima kinda chill for the rest of the day.

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3/16 - #47

This morning was the Harrisburg dojang physical and written test. I beat everything from my pretest, including the run! I am very proud of that. However, as I still couldn’t do a pull up, I did another top hold. I wanted to at least double my time, from 3 seconds to 6. Although I felt weak, as this was the last thing we did for the physical test, I pushed through and got 6!! In doing so, sadly, I fell from the bar to the ground. I was still trying to hold onto the bar as I fell, and pulled my shoulder muscles and whatever is near the elbow. It hurt really bad. I did the written test, but it started hurting more. Luckily, I didn’t have to focus on the answers and rather focused on memorization. I wanted to stay, so I iced it for a few seconds and tried...

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3/15 - #46

Today was a nice day off, I got to work on preparing myself for my physical and written test tomorrow. I'm a little frustrated, because while there was improvement on things, I did not improve as much as I had hoped to. However, my expectations were a lot higher, and I'm still proud of the improvement.  However, I did worse on my time today. I understand every day is different, but it sucked seeing I took 14 minutes when on my pretest I took 12.  As nervous as I am tomorrow, I am also so excited, because tomorrow is just another step closer to the 22nd! Goodluck Harrisburg :D

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3/15/24

Today was a regular day. At school I had fun and took a test for my keyboarding class where I could not see the keyboard. At TKD I did sparring and the black belt class. At the end of class, we played TKD jeopardy that had the test answers so we could study. After TKD I studied for the test and ate dinner.

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Mar 15

Today was really slow. Worked at 9 round in the morning and ended up getting around 6 people in which was more than yesterday. Afterwards I went home and stayed there most of the day. Got some chores and work done. Later on after dinner I went to Harris teeter and picked up so needed ice cream.

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03/14/24

today i went to jail but i went on a field trip! we went to mpa for band and received the highest rating which is a superior. it was lake norman charter's first superior since 2009 so that's pretty great. after we went to cici's pizza and i ate 8 slices of pizza and more stuff and after we got back to school we skipped class and hung out on the field. after i came home did requirements and homwork

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Almost There!

Hello guys, welcome to my journal! I hope you all had a good day. My day was pretty eventful. Today at school was career day so there were a bunch of adults talking non-stop for three and a half hours. And then at King Tiger was the last day of color belt testing. I love seeing how excited everyone is when getting their new belts and breaking their boards. I didn't help out at testing but I did assist in two Little Tiger classes before testing. And I got a recommendation letter from a certain Miss Jen. It was phenomenal and it made me feel special. Thank you Miss Jen so much for writing me that! I have so much more to tell but tomorrow is running as you all know and so I have to get into bed now. See you at the track! 

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3/15 Journal

Today I did not really do much and black belt class was cancelled so that was nice. I did my essays and did some other homework.

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3/15/2024

Today I had a good day at school. After school I was a car rider and then went to TKD. we had to do sparring and during my first round everything was going well and then my toes clashed with my opponent and I had to go to urgent care because we thought I broke it. I didn’t break it it’s just very bruised and I have to have crutches. 

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3/15

today went well for the most part. I had a half day at school, and we didn't really do much. then I came home and played helldivers 2 for a while. after that, I left for TKD and took a couple of classes. after the classes, me and my mom went and got dinner. now I plan to get some rest.

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Teeth and Trees

I was at the dentist all morning because I was doing a cleaning and filling. The I went to mint hill with my friends to get some plants. They moved to concord almost a full year ago and now they're working on their yard/garden. I picked a blueberry bush because I heard they were good fruit trees to start with and they can stay in pot and be fruitful. I'm not the best with keeping plants alive, partly because I would split my living with my parents, another reason was because I never had much discipline or motivation too. I just potted them and moved them near my front door, so they get great sunlight and I see them everyday.

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Journal for Friday

Hello King Tiger! Today was a great day with more than one quizzes and tests. I know I got all of them 100 except for one test because the math teacher didn't grade yet. I do hope it is a 100. After school, I finished my requirements pretty quickly. After this journal, I am going to upload my requirements onto the website and I am going to work on one homework. After that I have to plan the next week so that I could finish my mentor/mentee sessions, leaderships credits, and class assistance credits as soon as possible. Hope everyone has great Friday!!!!

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Shaan Pattnaik 3/15/24

Today, Weekday Black Belt Class is canceled, but I don’t necessarily get a break; I have to get a Class Leadership and a Mentor Session.

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migrane

Today I woke up and went to school after I went to school I hade a migrane so I called my dad I got  medicine and went home 

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Mar 14

Just another pi day. Today started at 9 round, only 2 people showed but what can you do. After that I went to the dojang and worked color belt testing. Wasn't as lucky as yesterday as I got kicked in the hands a bunch while holding boards.

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Journal for Thursday

Hello King Tiger! I have not been able to do my journals for the past few days due to some late night homework and stuff. On Wednesday, I had to go to a competition and our team won first place. We are moving to regionals next week or so. Today, was weird day because I had to skip all my classes because I had to do to rehearsal for concert that happened today. I just came back about 3 hours ago and finished all the homework I had. I am halfway done with my stuff for today and I will wake up tomorrow and o the rets of my stuff and tomorrow's requirements.

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03/14/24

today i went to jail and almost died of boredom. after i went to taekwondo to do leadership and take sparring class. then i did a mentor session with master weeks and now im doing homework send help

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3/14/24

Today I woke up went to school and had fun we played soccer and scored. After school I came home and studied for the written test. I went to TKD and helped with class. When I got home my mom mad a sandwich and we played a boardgame as a family. 

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pi day

 hello today is pi day I did some requirements I helped out in class

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3/14 - #45

I don't have school tomorrow, which is very nice because it means I get another whole day to focus on TKD, which will be especially helpful because Harrisburg students have their physical and written test this Saturday! Our final test is so close, I can't believe its almost here :O Today is also my favorite day (in March, anyway), 3/14! Otherwise known as Pi day!!!! Its based on the first three numbers in pi, 3.14. Established in 1988 by an Exploratorium (San Francisco science museum) employee named Larry Shaw, its known for celebrating the number essential for various mathematic equations, like the ones used to send a rocket into space!

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Shaan Pattnaik 3/14/24

Today there is no sparring class so I stayed home. Did whatever I could from home.

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3/14

today went pretty well. not many people came to school today, so we didnt do much. then i came home, ran, studied my review guide and i plan to relax for the rest of the night.

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3/14 Journal

Today I went to school and we were supposed to take a chem quiz but my teacher thought we weren't ready so we got to skip it. Bad part is that its tomorrow when I have an AP Earth test so I gotta study for both.

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Cadens Journal

Today I went to school. In the morning I got my miles done. Then I played with my friends. And social studies I realized I had to do the make up work for yesterday. Then I worked on the sign given to us. And ELA I just had to do a little bit of annotating to catch up. Then we did annotating with the class. And science I didn’t have anything to do since we watched a movie yesterday. Then we had a sub and we had a fun little activity. And mass we had a big project that we started yesterday. We have tons of time to work on it. I caught up a lot.  And I did decently well in my progress. When I got home I ate. Then I went to the orthodontist. They talked about planning a tooth extraction. When I got home I did homework. I...

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3/14

Today I woke up and happy pie day! I did my black belt requirements then went to school and today was kinda boring l just kinda tired through the whole day and at math my teacher was very mad today I don’t know why and I’m at home now and doing my requirements 

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3/14/24- #50 (The End)

Last journal of my first cycle. I am currently writing the last little bit of my last essay. Looking back on my journals, I definitely could have had a better cycle. While most of my problems were out of my control, I just wish I pushed myself more. But despite that, I am proud, and this is to the end of my journaling for the Spring 2024 Cycle. I wish everyone good luck these last few days. Everyone is doing awsome and have improved so much. Keep working, its almost over.......for now........... 

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Strong Trees

    A big brown truck delivered our beautiful Japanese Boxwoods today.  The tree represents the innocent student in their early stages of development and with the right nurturing they can become strong trees. (Master Chelley Hartle).

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03/13/24

today i went to jail after two days off and we had an incentive day so we spent the whole day outside burning in the sun. then i came home and did homework and went to taekwondo to help out with class and take black belt class and did some requirements there and then i cam home and i have more homework please save me

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Mar 13

Today was a decent day. At the dojang we had color belt testing. We have a lot more testers this time around. It went pretty well and I didn't get kicked in the fingers while holding surprisingly.

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3/13

today wasn't great. school felt super long, and we didn't do anything really productive. then I came home, tried to take a nap, which caused my mom to yell at me. then I went to drum lessons. then I was excited to go to tkd, hoping to go over poomsae and review guide but when I showed up it felt kinda alone. none of my friends really wanted much to do with me. they were probably just having a bad day so it's no hard feelings.

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FIVE GUYS!

So today I started of school in a good way I went to ELA then I went to math we played kahoot after I left school then I went to king tiger  I did black belt then I got mentoured then I got FIVEGUYS! BYE BYE

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3/13/24

Today was a meh day. I woke up went to school and when I got home did all my homework. At TKD I helped with class and studied for the test on Saturday. When I got back home I had dinner and finished a drawing.

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Terrific Testing

Testing. The wonderful process of which a martial arts trainer goes through to receive their new rank. Actually, talking about testing is giving me deja vu... wait! i helped out with color belt testing today. That must be it. I could only help with the first session because i had to go home and finish requirements. Normally I get picked up from school on the KT bus and arrive around 3:30. I help out with a couple glasses then go home to do requirements and then return for family class. But if you didn't catch it already, today was different. I got to King Tiger, got dressed and helped out with testing until 6:00. During testing I tried to attack as many testers as possible for self-defense. I got two groups out of three. The best part of testing is giving out certificates and belts. There were a lot of instructors helping...

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3/13/24

Today I didn’t have the best day at school it was just kinda of ok. When we got home and went to TKD I helped out with a class and then me and a friend studied for the test on saterday. 

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3/13 Journal

I had a bad day today. I went to math which was boring and then we had clubs and i left early to get my passport photo taken. After that was done i got chick-fil-a for lunch and then had to go back to school. Nothing really happened the rest of the day and then day 3 volleyball tryouts happened and i didn’t really do my best because my stomach was hurting. after that i went home i saw that i didn’t make the team, I was a bit upset but didn’t care that much because my friends made it and i’m happy for them. My stomach still hurts and i didn’t eat dinner because of it.

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3/13/24- #49

My second to last journal, I don't know whether to feel relief or if I have the feeling that I might miss these journals. Anyway, I forgot we had Maps testing today, so that was what I did for about half of the day. That did mean I did not get to finish my last essay like I wanted to. I expect to have everything I need in the dropbox put in by tomorrow night or the next morning. I'm a little dissapointed I'm not done yet, but I have been pushing a lot back.............

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3/13 - #44

I haven't been sleeping well recently, I have been swamped in a lot of work recently. I planned to sleep early tonight, but immdiately fell asleep when I got home. I missed the high belt class, but I was able to make it to the black belt class time. However, there wasn't a black belt class today, but instead I got to work with Master Foster on Bo Cho Dan specials and self defense, high blue belt's yuk chang, and hapkido 4! It was very fun :) Mrs. Palmer also bought boxwood shrubs for the testing Bo Cho Dans', and I'm very grateful she did! I couldn't do anything with the plant tonight, but tomorrow (or at least, by Friday) I plan to go ahead and put it into a pot and water it! 

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3/13

Today I woke up and a did all of my black belt requirements and then went to school it was sooooooo easy today because it was a half day and I got my running done in school on the track field after school I came home and am playing video games and and I hope the rest of the day is just nothing to much 

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Cadens Journal

Today I was feeling pretty nauseous and sick when I woke up. Turns out it was for a right reason. I got a doctors note and I’m going to school tomorrow. Says my parents had work today since it was a weekday I just sat around. I did tons of tae kwon do requirements, and bottles. Then I sat around until my brothers came home. I played basketball with them. Then I ate. I watched a show with my mom and then showered. I ate dinner and did homework. 

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