Expectations

   In Nervous Conditions, the differences in the way Tambu acts at different places is easy to see. Like Tambu, I think I act differently sometimes depending on where I am and who I am with. I feel I act differently because of the setting, like serious or playful, wherever I am. I think two of the places I am most different in is Church and at my house.
   The atmosphere for my Church is serious, so nobody really makes jokes during the service. We are there to praise God, and doing things like that are deemed as unacceptable and rude to other people around you. On the other hand, at my house my sisters and I love to joke around and play with one another. So I feel more comfortable to be crazy and have fun with my family. There are several places where I act differently, but these two stood out most to me.

Free post

   Over the past weekend, I did many things. Most of the time I spent working on my layered projects, because I knew I wouldn't want to do them throughout the week and the next weekend, because it is St. Patrick's Day. On Saturday, my family and I woke up and had to get ready for my little sister's soccer game. Anna Scot is on a club soccer team, and the season just started back up. They have already had a few games, but this one was in Lake Charles. Anyway, we had to get up relatively early, because it takes about three hours to get there. Before we left, my mom told us to bring some snacks, because they wouldn't stop when we got there. Of course we forgot to bring snacks, so we were hungry the entire ride there. At the game, it was rainy and muddy. I really wanted to just stay in the car the entire game, but my parents wouldn't let me. So I had to stand out in the mud for a little over an hour. During the game, Anna Scot's team played very well, but some of their players weren't able to make the game, so they didn't do as well as they could have. Even though they lost that game, it was fun to go and support my sister. We got back around five and then my parents and Anna Scot went to the LSU baseball game, while Kate, my other sister, and I stayed home and did some homework.
   On Sunday, Anna Scot had another soccer game, but this time it was in Baton Rouge, so we didn't have to wake up as early. We went to the field and I had two sweatshirts on. It was so cold and windy outside I was sure that I would blow away. But thankfully, I didn't. Anna's team won this game, so it was exciting for her and her team to have another victory. While at the game, we saw some other teams with people we knew and got to watch some of their games too. Then, when we came home, I did more homework. So basically, my weekend consisted of soccer games and homework.

Reading Times:
Monday: 46 minutes reading and annotating Nervous Conditions
Tuesday: 36 minutes reading and annotating
Wednesday: 41 minutes reading and annotating
Thursday: 35 minutes reading and annotating
Saturday: 83 minutes reading and annotating
Sunday: 51 minutes reading and annotating

Total: 292 minutes reading and annotating 86 pages in Nervous Conditions

Character View: Nyasha

   My life is terrible. My parents don't understand anything about me. They try to get me to behave the way people from this country are like, but I am accustomed to the English ways. They think everything I do is rude or disrespectful. I guess my mother, Tambu, and Chido don't understand why I stood up to my father when he beat me. But I swear that he was so mad he was going to kill me that night.
  I am very thankful for my new friend Tambu. Even though she doesn't know much about our lifestyle, she is adapting pretty well. I think it is funny to joke with her about the things she doesn't know much about. Even though Tambu I get along well with Tambu, I don't have many other friends. It is hard to be the headmaster's daughter at my school. Sometimes I just wish my family was back in England rather than here.

Reflection

   The projects that we just finished were not as difficult as i anticipated. Now that I have finished one layer, I feel confident I can finish the others. The only thing i will adjust for the next layers is how I use my time. For the first one, I didn't really do the assignments early. For the next ones, which I have already started on, I will not procrastinate. 
   The most useful assignment I have completed are the reading guides for each chapter. The questions help me understand things better, by giving me a reason to go back and reread the sections I was confused about. They also give me an opportunity to write my own questions and examine the chapter throughly. The least useful assignment, because I haven't done many yet, was the Menu. I only think it was the least useful because it did not require any understanding of the book, or knowledge about things we have already learned in English this year. 

Reading Times: 
Monday: 48 minutes annotating and reading18 pages
Tuesday: 61 minutes annotating and reading 2 pages
Wednesday: 56 minutes annotating and reading 17 pages
Thursday: 45 minutes annotating and reading 17 pages

Total: 210 minutes reading and annotating 74 pages

Reading Times

Monday: 29 minutes reading and annotating 13 pages in Nervous Conditions
Tuesday: 34 minutes reading and annotating 15 pages
Wednesday: 22 minutes reading and annotating 10 pages
Thursday: 39 minutes reading and annotating 19 pages
Sunday: 28 minutes reading and annotating 11 pages 

Total: 152 minutes reading and annotating 68 pages in Nervous Conditions

Work Times

Monday: 44 minutes writing paper
Tuesday: 36 minutes reviewing quotes and making sure cited properly
Wednesday: 40 minutes writing and adding works cited
Thursday: 24 minutes revising paper

Total: 154 minutes working on my research paper

Work Times

Monday: 14 minutes on book and 27 minutes writing outline

Tuesday: 19 minutes on book and 38 minutes writing outline

Wednesday: 15 minutes on book and 21 minutes revising outline

Thursday: 22 minutes on book

Total: 70 minutes and 66 pages reading You Have to Stop This, and 86 minutes working on my research paper outline