Dear Me國(미국),

Principle of Research - Card House Project

Let me explain what a "Card House Project" is.

I know Card House sound pretty childish and 

doesn't sound like a Freshmen thing to do. 

Well, in this project, we were able to build our hypothesis.

Also, test out the hypothesis that we built. 

We pretended that the card house was an actual house to test out.

And the flour was the fake snow that we sifted on top of the "House".

Our Hypothesis was: 

The thicker the card house wall, the more flour it can hold.

We had to test out five different thicknesses of the "walls"

And three different amounts of the "snow" to sift it.

After a few different ways of building a card house, 

we found the best method to build the card house.

That was not complicated for us to build it 15 times.

And our hypothesis was proven correct.

As the thickness of the wall (thickness of the card) increased,

the amount of the snow (flour) that the card house can hold also increased.

When I started this project, I was kind of questioning

if this correlates with the things that we have to learn.

Like setting our hypothesis. 

But after I was done with the project, and presented what we have found,

I was able to understand the intention of the teacher. 

                                                        (This is the online version of our trifold)

So today's 🌟KEY TERMS🌟 are

Hypothesis: a claim you make before you test your idea [가설]

Variable: any factor tha can be controlled, manipulated, or measured in an experiement [변수]

Independent Variable: the variable you manipulate [독립변수]

Dependent Variable: changes(maybe not) as result of manipulating

                                  the independent variable(changing variable) [종속변수]

Dear Me國(미국),

 Principle of Research

Principle of Research, when you hear this name of the class,
What is the first thing that you can imagine?
Well, I thought of writing a lot of research papers.
But, I was mistaken.
In this class, we do a lot of research, but that research is to build our projects.

Our first project was called the "Card House Project".
I know it sounds very childish, but it's very informational.
Before we all start building the Card House,
We learned how to make a good Hypothesis.
It means a claim that you make BEFORE you test.

For example, this is the Question: 
Is there a higher incidence of respiratory illnesses in lower-income communities?
for this question, the Hypothesis will be 
"Lower-income communities are more likely to get respiratory illnesses."

To set and Hypothesis, you have to know what is your Variable.
Especially Independent variables and dependent variables.
Independent Variable is the variable that you manipulate(change),
and Dependent Variable is the variable that changes(maybe not) as a
result of manipulating the independent variable(changing variable).

Then, in the question above, what is the two variables that help us set the hypothesis?
"Respiratory illnesses" is our dependent variable.
Because it may have illnesses and may not have it.
"Lower-income communities" will be our independent variable.
Because incomes vary in a different town.

So today's 🌟KEY TERMS🌟 are

Hypothesis: a claim you make before you test your idea [가설]

Variable: any factor tha can be controlled, manipulated, or measured in an experiement [변수]

Independent Variable: the variable you manipulate [독립변수]

Dependent Variable: changes(maybe not) as result of manipulating

                                  the independent variable(changing variable) [종속변수]

Dear Me國(미국),

New Semester, New Classes

In Second Semester, I am taking a different class from the first semester.

My first block(first class) is Web and App Development.

Like the class name is Web and App Development, 

I learn HTML, how to make webs, and apps later on.

I have learned codings only a few times

when I was in 6th grade, and Middle School 1st grade.

But it was only surface-level things and by using

different coding platforms.

So I was very nervous and wasn't very interested in that class.

But after the first three days, I was like"Omg, this class is fun!"

However, the first week was very confusing and hard...

Because I have never learned HTML things.

This was the first assginment that I did.

That website was made from many different HTML languages.

Like there weren't any templates like this blog.

But after this assignment, I was able to understand

how this HTML works and how that word can effect

on the web page after I publish it.

So this class made me put more interest in

something a different field of study.

I am still not sure what I want to do later on,

But this class definitely helped me to widen

my perspective to see the world.

새학기, 새수업

 2학기에는 1학기와 다른 수업을 듣고 있다.

 내 첫 번째 블록(첫 번째 수업)은 웹 및 앱 개발이다.

 클래스 이름이 웹 및 앱 개발인 것처럼

 HTML로 웹 및 앱 만드는 방법을 배운다

난 코딩을 제대로 배워본적이 없다.

초등학교 6학년 때 동아리에서, 중학교 1학년 때

정보 수업시간에 배운 것이 다였다.

그리고 내가 배웠던 것들로는 완벽한 웹이나 앱을

만들기에는 너무 얕은 수준이였기 때문에

배웠다고 하기에는 조금 어려웠다.

그래서 긴장도 많이 되고 수업에 별 관심이 없었다.

그런데 수업을 3번 정도 듣고 나니까,

"음? 이 수업 좀 재미있는데?"라는 생각이 들었다.

재미는 있었지만, HTML을 배운적이 없었기에

어렵기도하고, 조금 헷갈리기도 했다.

This is called Text editor.

Which is a Chrome extension to built an website through HTML.

그래서 이 수업을 듣고 나니까,

내가 예전에 생각했던 진로와는 완전히

다른 방향으로도 생각해 보게 되었다.

아직은 내가 무얼하고 싶은지 확실하지는 않지만,

이 수업 덕분에 내가 세상을 볼 수 있는 관점이 더 넓어진 거 같아서 좋다!

Dear Me國(미국),

I haven't been checking my blog for a long long time.

I had some different even that I wanted to write, 

but I procrastinated for months and months.

My freshman year’s first semester ended a month ago.

I assume you have read the blog that I explained about the classes that I took!

(If didn’t, here is the link ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ RIGHT HERE!)

Math.. math had always been my weakest subject.

At the start of the semester, it was going okay, all the materials were handleable.

But the class goes on and on, some things that we were learning was

Understandable, but keep making weird mistakes and mistakes that

If I paid more attention, I wouldn’t have made it.

The gym was fairly okay, except for the health part. 

The gym is where you just do your best and do what you have to do.

Like, if I have to play basketball, then try your best even though you aren’t the best.

But health was unexpected. We had a few pop quizzes and different tests

On first-aid and different muscle pairs. 

And yet, I thought it was fine and just memorized it. That wasn’t how it worked.

I had to memorize all the pairs and their different usage of them.

Bible was the most interesting class, we were able to discuss 

and share different thoughts. Also, learn some new information about the Bible. 

A few times, we shared our prayer topics and we all prayed together.

That was very touching it felt good to see and know that many people

can pray for me as I pray for many different people.

English! Was actually, my favorite class. 

In our classes, we read many different books and talked about them.

Like Macbeth by Shakespeare, we all had different parts and

We read it together and sometimes we acted out.

That way, it helped me to understand what was going on in the book.

We had many written responses as homework, 

which wasn’t the best thing to do, but through that I know I have learned a lot.

CTE, which is an abbreviation for Career and Technical Education.

We learn a bunch of different things, mostly like presentation skills and

how to write a proper research paper properly. 

This class wasn’t my favorite class to be in, because the class was

covering so many things that we should have already learned and known.

My first semester wasn’t the best academically. 

I have a feeling that I should have done better.

There are some regrets that I have now, for the first semester.

But I know that I can get better and better and use this first semester

as a stepping stone to go forward!

Dear Me國(미국),

 "A Month Review of Highschool"

이제 정확히 고등학교에 들어간지 한달이 되었다.

첫주는 교실찾고, 수업에 늦지 않도록, 정신없이 갔다.

둘째주는 첫주보다는 나아졌지만 아직 적응중이였다.

특히 공부를 어떻게 해야 할지 적응중이였다.

셋째주는 80퍼센트 적응완료, 조금씩 큰 과제들이 내 손에 쥐어졌다.

넷째주는 95퍼센트 적응완료, 학교 시스템이 어떻게 되는지

선생님들과도 많이 친해졌다. 당연히 친구들하고는 잘지냈다.

고등학교는 중학교와 많이 다르다.

중학교에서는 조금만해도 쉬웠다면, 고등학교는 

조금만해서는 안된다는 것을 한달 동안 깨달았다

(조금 더 일찍 깨달을 수는 없던걸까..?)

고등학교에 와서 보니, 수학이 재미있어졌다.

아마 조금 어려워도 이해만하면 쉬워져서 그런 것 같다.

하지만, 영어는 조금 어려운 것 같다. 

영어는 내 모국어가 아니니까 당연한 것 같지만,

당연하지 않도록 열심히 하고 있다.

그리고 원래도 중요하다는 것을 알고있었지만,

모르는게 있을때, 질문이 있을때는 꼭 이메일을 해야한다는 것이다.

보통 선생님들께서 늦은 시간이 아니라면, 

1-2시간 내로 답장해 주시기때문에, 나는 보통 집에오자마자

숙제 확인을 하고 질문이 있을때 바로 보낸다.

혹시 답장을 못해주셔서 숙제를 정확히 못했을때,

이유가 정확하고 선생님께서 납득하실만한이유라면

친절히 설명해주시고, 숙제 끝낼시간을 하루정도 연장해 주신다.

그리고 이번 한달간 느낀점은 어려운 수업의 선생님과 친해지는 것이 

매우 중요하다, 나 같은 경우는 영어가 어렵기에

수업 10분전에 들어가서 선생님과 짧은 대화,

그리고 질문이 있으면 질문을 하고 수업을 준비한다.

어려운 수업의 선생님만이 아니라, 복도에 지나가다

눈을 마주치는 선생님들께도 인사하고 되도록 선생님들과

잘지내는 것이 중요한 것 같다. 

 

"A Month Review of Highschool"

It has been exactly a month since I became a freshman.

The first week, I was very busy finding classes and trying to not be late.

The second week, also, very busy but better than the first week.

In the third week, I adapted about 80%, some big projects were on my hand.

Forth week, adapted to high school about 95%, got used to the

school's system, and became friendly to the teachers. 

Of course, I got along with my friends very well.

High school is very different from middle school.

If it was easy with just a little bit of work in middle school, 

In high school, I needed a month to realize that little isn't enough. 

 (Why could I have realized earlier..?)

After I became a high schooler, math became fun.

Maybe because when I understand the concept,

It is easy to solve questions.

But, I think English is a little bit hard.

It is very obvious that English is hard because it's not my first language.

So I am trying my best to not get obvious.

Also, I knew it was important that when I have trouble with 

Schoolwork, I should email the teacher. 

If it's not late, teachers usually answer me back within 1-2 hours.

So I usually check HW right after I come and email the teachers right away.

Perhaps the teacher did not email me back, so I wasn't able to 

Do my HW correctly, if the reason is reasonable, 

The teacher gives me explanations, and time to finish it.

Also, I thought getting to know difficult class' teachers was important.

For me, English is difficult, so I arrive 10 minutes

Earlier and have a small talk with the teacher and

Ask questions if I have one.

Not only the difficult classes' teachers, 

But also saying hi to teachers that you meet in the hallway,

And getting along with many teachers is very important.

Dear Me國(미국),

"First Day as a Freshmen"

이번 학기는 영어, 수학, 성경, 체육을 듣는다.

1,2 교시 사이에 밴드 활동과,

마지막 교시에는 CTE라고 1학년들이

다 들어야하는 필수 과목이 있다.

첫 날에는 1학년 설명회, 그리고 전체 예배로

1교시 수업을 하지 않았다.

하지만, 첫교시 교실에 가서 준비물과, 

이 수업이 어떻게 진행되는지 설명을 들었다.

원래 1,2 교시 사이에 밴드가 있지만, 

이번주에는 밴드 연습이 없다고 했다.

아마도 첫주이기 때문에 그런것 같다.

2교시도 똑같이 준비물과, 

수업이 어떻게 진행되는지 설명해 주셨다

그리고 수업에는 1학년뿐만 아니라

2학년도 같이 있어서, 자기소개도 했다.

1,2교시가 끝나면 점심시간이다.

점심을 먹을 수 있는 곳은 카페테리아,

학교 앞 정원, 학교 가운데 있는 중간 정원에서

먹을 수가 있다고 했다.

그래서 점심시간이 시작되자마자

나는 친구들에게 카페테리아에서 보자고 메시지를 보냈다.

3,4 교시도 1,2교시와 같이 준비물이 무엇인지,

수업은 어떻게 진행되는지,

만약 시험을 빠지면 어떻게 다시 봐야하는지

설명을 해주시고 자기소개도 했다.

마지막교시가 끝나고 나니, 

긴장이 풀리면서 갑자기 너무 피곤해졌다.

그래도, 첫날에 큰 이벤트 없이, 

잘 간 것 같아서 너무 다행이였다.

시작이 좋았으니, 계속 쭉 좋으면 좋겠다.

"First Day as a Freshman"

For this semester, I am listening

English, math, Biblical Theology, P.E.

In between the first and second classes, we have band practice.

And my last class is CTE, which is mandatory for all freshman.

For the first day, we had a Freshman meeting and

Big chapel altogether. So we didn't do the first class.

But we still went to the first class and learned what

should we prepare and the syllabus.

We have band practice in between first and second class,

But we didn't have it for this week.

I think it is because of the first week of school.

And like the first class, in the second class,

we had a syllabus and what should we bring for this class.

Also, in this class, we had freshmen as well as sophomores.

So we introduced ourselves.

After the first and second classes, we have lunch.

We should only eat our lunch in the cafeteria,

front lawn, and the courtyard.

So when the lunch started, I texted my friend 

to come to the cafeteria to eat lunch together.

Same as first and second class, 

In the third and fourth classes, we had a syllabus and what to bring for the class.

Also, we learned how to make up for the test I couldn't take.

When school ended, I was very tired.

Probably because I was very nervous the whole day

and the fact that I have thrived through the first day,

that made me relaxed.

But the first day was very successful, 

so hope my freshman year goes well.

Dear Me國(미국),

 "Already Freshmen?!"

나는 이번주 화요일부터 

Eastern Christian Highschool에 다니기 시작했다.

벌써 내가 고등학생이라는 것이

믿기지 않았지만, 또 고등학교에 간다니 설레기도 했다.

그 전날밤에는 '혹시 반을 잘못찾아가면 어떡하지?'

'혹시 내 락커 문이 잘 열리지않으면 어떡하지?'

등의 걱정을 많이 했다.

고등학생은 중학생보다 더 큰 책임을 가지고

학교 생활을 해야하기 때문에, 

조금 긴장을 하고 8월 31일에 학교에 갔다.

하지만, 다행히도,  내 락커문은 걱정과 달리

아주 잘열렸고, 너무 잘열려서 친구들이

락커를 좀 열어 달라고 부탁하기도 했다.

"Already Freshmen?!"

Since this Tuesday,

I became a student in Eastern Christian Highschool.

I couldn't believe that I was already a Highschool student,

at the same time, I was very excited too.

But the night before, I had so many concerns 

going through my mind.

'What if I go into the wrong class?'

'What if the locker doesn't open that I'll be late to the class?'

Because Highschooler has the title 

that has more responsibility than Middle schooler.

So I was nervous and went to school.

But, fortunately, my locker was opening very well,

And I wasn't lost in school and my friends

even asked me to help them to open the locker.