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!

3/2/24

today I woke up and I chilled out for the day and did requirements until I had to go to the airport. When we got there we went through security reallly fast and then we boarded the 2 hour plane ride. When we got to Florida we got an Uber and we driived to the hotel and we had dinner and went to bed. 

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3/2 journal

Today I went to instructors camp which was really fun. It was fun to meet a bunch of people for different schools

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3/2/2024

Today I woke up at a normal time even though I stayed up way too late last night. I did some requirements and last minute packing. I took a shower and got ready to leave. We got to the airport and met up with our friends and then got on the plane. Me and harper watched to new hunger games movie and then we got to the hotel. We were all starving and went to eat and the food was garbage. Now i gotta figure out what to wear for tomorrow.

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3/2 Really quick.

Today I did nothing so I'm going to have to double everything tomorrow. I hope the people at Instructors Camp had a great day and hopefully you guy all get a lot of sleep. I got to see some of my family today and that was pretty much it. I hope everyone had a great day and stay safe.

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3/2/24

Today was a regular day I woke up and ate breakfast. After that I played soccer outside and played Fortnite. At about 3 I went shopping and once I came home I did my requirements.

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03/02/24

today i slept in and woke up to do my requirements. then i read the whole a good girls guide to murder book and it was pretty good. now im watching tv  

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3/2 Journal

Today my uncle insisted on no screens for a day. It was pretty normal and my cousin brought out a 500 peice puzzle which we started at 11. I helped out with the top part then i quit by 12 because i got really  bored. i sat for a good while and watched my cousins and parents finish it and joined them again at the end we ended up finishing at 3 because we took a lunch break. the rest of the time we listened to music and watched wedding videos . my cousin threw up right next to me but he had a bowl because he threw up earlier but i gagged and almost threw up. 

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Instructors Camps

Finished with the weekend of instructor camps. It was a great experience as always. I’m always an honor and impress with how large king tiger is, and this camp was only for 13+ instructors. I am truly happy to be part of the king tiger community. And I’m glad excited to see all the younger instructors after me grown and share with there peers and younger students.

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Cadens Journal

Today I woke up and did two hours of science homework. Then I created my organs shirt that I will be wearing on Tuesday. After that I went to go get a haircut. When I got back from my haircut, I finished up my homework. After my homework was done then I went to my friends house. We played soccer and Madden. he had a birthday party so I came home and played basketball with my brother. Then I got ready for the party and the neighborhood. Around 8 o’clock-ish my friend invited me over so I walked over to his house. 

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Journal for Saturday

Hello King Tiger! Today, I planned to wake up early and do empathy training to finish my essay, but, turn out I can't because I woke up at 8:30 in the morning  and if I do at least 12 hours being mute, I have to stay mute until 8:30 at night and I have a meeting to join at 7:30. But, since I have no school on Monday and Tuesday(Long weekend, let's go!!!!) I will do my empathy training on Monday. After I woke up, I started doing my requirements, and after that I ate breakfast, and after this journal, I am going to do some homework. Hope everyone who is going to Instructor's camp has a fun day

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Peter's blog

Today i woke up at 3 and went to Tae Kwon do..then we got on the bus for instructors camp, and I'm currently on the way.

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3/2/24- #41

Heading to instructors camp now. I don’t think I will get sleep just because it’s a bit noisy (and I can’t fall back asleep anyways). Just listened to music and preparing for the fun, yet tiring day ahead…….

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3/2

Today I woke up and was miserable but happy then just kinda walk slowly to my car got in it then went to taekwondo gym and I’m. currently on the way to intructors camp and I hope that I won’t be exhausted after even though I probably will be tired but at least the time there will be great and I don’t think I’ll be sleeping when I get back to my house

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March 1, 2024

Day is done, gone the sun.  I feel like I drove all day today.  No human contact.  Tomorrow will be a very busy day.  Lots of human contact.  : )

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Peter's blog

Today I was mad because I didn't get to go to the dance so to blow off some steam I worked our and did a bunch of work. Then I took a 2 mile jog and now I'm going to sleep. That's all that happened today  

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3/1/2024

Hello king tiger family. Even though I completed my 50 journals I wanted to stop by and say hi to everyone. This has been a good week for me. Yesterday we had had our Black History event at school and I was John Lewis for our wax museum. There were so many people and I got a little nervous at first. After the museum there was a performance from other classes and our step team performed. Everyone did a good job. Today I took a science and ELA test but only got my grade for the science test...a 95. I was happy about that. After school I came home and worked on my requirements for over an hour. I had to make up for yesterday since I did not have a chance to do anything other than run. It was hard and I was tired after but I got it done....

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3/1/24

Today was an interesting day at school. First we had indoor recess even though it was not raining . When I came home I did homework and played some chess. Scince we didn’t have TKD today so I did some extra practice.

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3/1 WOMAN'S HISTORY MONTH

Today I did requirements and went to school. I had free seating in lunch and a incentive for the 7th grade. Then I went to bbc (black belt class) and I wish everyone luck tomorrow for Instructors Camp. I hope everyone had a great day and stay safe.

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3/1 Journal

1 month closer to summer! It was ok day in school so i wore my pjs and crocs.In math we did corrections for our test and i got a 100. In science we dissected the frogs and i had to step away because i almost threw up and some girl did throw up and wore the same shirt the rest of the day which was gross. we didn’t have encore because of the incentive and i chose volleyball as my activity and it was fun. In social studies we learned about war propaganda. in social studies we finished up work. When i got home i did my requirements and relaxed it rained all day today which was sad. I am currently at my cousins house and i am watching something with them.

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3/1 - #34

Yesterday I wasn’t feeling very well, so I went to sleep the moment I got home. I also didn’t go to school today, as I still didn’t feel well and my school cancelled the zoo trip. Today would have basically been a free for all day, so it was better for me to stay home!!  I’m very excited for Instructor’s Camp tomorrow, and I’m excited to learn anything new! I hope we get to do things outside tomorrow, because I remember not being able to do that last year!

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03/01/23

happy friday! today i had to go back to school. today we had a science quiz and a pretty uneventful day. next week on friday we have to go on a field trip to mpa for a band thing so we had combined rehearsal with the other band class. after school i came home and did my requirements and homework. 

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Jordan Small-3/1/24-#50 pt.3

Hello, today is my actual #50 journal so I most likely wont be posting anymore.  Today I went to school, and had band, I got new reeds for my clarinet so that was cool.  After school I came home, and did my homework, then I went to the black belt class.  After that I came home, and did my requirements.   Bye! Have an outstanding day! 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

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3 hour drive

My family had a  3 hour drive to wilmington nc because my parents are going to instructors camp then we are in my hotel now i am doing  this  journal

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3/1

Today I woke up then I did my homework for school and then I went to school. My first class was just regular, didn’t do much. Second class I got a 97 on my social studies test. Then the rest of the day was a pretty regular Friday for me. I came home then I ran two miles in the rain. Then I went to black belt class. After class, I came home, ate dinner, and did my black belt requirements. 

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3/1/24

Today I went to school and it was the last day until spring break and for recess and fun Friday we couldn't go outside because it was raining. When I came home I played with my bunny Maze and watched videos on my phone. We leave for Disney tomorrow and I can't wait. 

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Cadens Journal

Today I got my miles done in PE. Then in social studies, we continued our project. In ELA we had a test and kept working on our social media campaign project. In science, we learned about sex ed. In math we did a big test and I aced it. When I got home I ate food and played basketball. then I went to taekwondo. After tae kwon do I ate dinner and shower. Then I watched Oppenheimer with my family. Good night.

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Journal for Friday

Hello King Tiger! Hope everyone had a nice Friday. I couldn't do my journals yesterday because I was tired after playing tennis matches at a different school. Today was a sluggish day for me today because of the rain and my whole school stank when it was raining. I almost fell asleep in math class and after school, I went to black belt class, which was a bit weird since there was no Master Natasya, Master Marcus, and no Master Chelley today. I am going to finish my homework for math today after this journal. Hope everyone who joined instructor camp has a great day tomorrow.

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3/1/24- #40

Another chill day so far. One more class before I head to King Tiger to help instruct. Im excited for Black Belt class, and a little nervous for Intructors Camp tomorrow......

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3/1/2024

Hello King Tiger Family, It is Friday!!! I got up as normal. Normal day. Working from home today. Got a run in during lunch, and did some requirements this morning. Looking forward to Black Belt Class tonight, and then Instructors Camp tomorrow. I am excited. It will be a long day but worth it. Looking forward to seeing everyone there. Take care.  

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Weekend Vibes

Written my journal now rather than later. Im making cereal ice coffee latte. I've been following a barista on youtube and she suggest using the milk from your cereal for an ice latte, to give it a sweeter, or special taste. I'm using cinnamon toast crunch and letting it my milk marinate. I don't know if marinate is the right word, but it feels rights. On Sunday I plan to make a matcha tea with honey drizzle in. Very simple, but I haven't done it yet. I packed a bag for instructors camp this weekend. I am very excited, I haven't gone since I started school. I'm also excited it back in Greenville. I am ready to train my butt off.  I'm a bit worried about the black belt cycle. I have not been as active the past few weeks due to my work schedule. I haven't been able to got...

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Feb 29

Pretty normal day althought it was a leap day. I went to work at 9 round this morning and every section had leaps involved. After that I went home for a little. Then I went to the dojang for a couple hours. Got home and had dinner and winding down.

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2/29/24

happy leap day! today was a normal day at jail. i then came home and did some studying and requirements and went to sparring class. we cant actually spar until all the boys get cups so it was kind of boring and it was a really small class too. then i did a mentor session and went home and now im doing hw. bye bye

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2/29/24 Journal #52 Leap Day...

I woke up and got ready for school.  We walked to school again, it was MUCH colder this morning than yesterday. 🥶 Yesterday I wore shorts and a t-shirt today it was back to long pants long sleeves and a big coat.  At school I did my normal blocks and specials.  Then I went to KT and did my black belt stuff and worked on 2 more essays (my living and non living)!  Tonight was sparring class, Brien told mom he wasn't going to be able to come and then he showed up!! After sparring we went to La Unica for dinner, Anthony ordered  a beef tongue taco...and we all tried it I didn't think it was to bad but mom and Brien hated it! Then we went home and showered and went to bed.

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2/29/24- #39

So it looks like this week will just be much of the same (until Saturday). A chill day at school as well as a chill sparring class. I am not at home, I just finished writing one of my 2 essays due for school, and now I'm going to sleep. I am once again on call with a friend, so it doesn't look like that will change either.........

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Bo Cho Dan "Blooket" Game

If you've played Blooket at school, I created a Blooket game for the Bo Cho Dan test.  Here is the Blooket link: https://play.blooket.com/play?hwId=65e146b565eb894c2c62f2c8 The link will close on Sunday night.  I will refresh the link on Monday.    

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My loaf of bread

Today I'm going to write about my dog, Ozzy. He's very cute but (sighs) difficult. He's cute in the way that he'll walk up to you and make a cute face. Or just straight up lick your face. But sometimes he jumps out of nowhere and just straight up tackles me. I try hard not to use red belt self-defense number one. Tricks are another cool size of Ozzy. He can sit, he can lay down and he can even do a jump turning side kick! You might be thinking, "no he can't", but if you don't believe me you can ask Master Natashya or Master Marcus. They both witnessed it and they will be my eye witness. Finally, you're probably wondering why I titled this journal my loaf of bread. It's because when Ozzy is laying down he sometimes looks like a loaf of bread! Well, there's no class tomorrow or...

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While listening to a podcast/video I heard the phrase ...

To master something requires a critical eye of your own work. Critical doesn't mean to point out just the wrong or negative things, but to look at everything, the big things and the little things. Being realistic, but also challenging yourself to be better. 

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2/29/24 # 50

Happy leap day! And my final Journal # 50. So today I woke up and got ready for the science benchmark. I did well on it and tomorrow we are going to have some rewards since we were doing well in class.. After school I walked 2 miles with my mom and did some band exercises and rolls and falls. Then I got prepared for sparring class. I did pretty well until I ended up hurting my foot on the last one. Now I’m back at home relaxing and having some snacks. Wish you all good luck for the upcoming physical and written test next week. Have a good night. Bye!!

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2/29/2024

today I woke up early to do my hair and when i got on the bus rylan wasn’t there. i had a good day and it went by pretty fast. at work i did my requirements and a mentor session. i’m very tired and have rug burn on both my elbows. good night!

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February 29th, 2024

Today I woke up and got into my JROTC uniform. Today was a pretty easy day at school. I then came home and went to physical therapy. Shortly afterwards I went to Tae Kwon Do, I helped with class and took sparring. Then I came home, showered, stretched, and now I am here. 

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2/29/2024

Today at school I had to bring my Bags Of Hope box to the house because there was only one donation in the box. After school I went home and got some requirements done and then I went to TKD. Now I am hanging out with my sister. 

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2/29 Journal

Happy leap day! Today was dress like your on vacation day and my friend went all out and stole her brother’s hawaiian shirt. She brought 3 leys ( i don’t know how to spell it but it’s those flower necklace things) so she gave me one. In the morning i went and visited my sixth grade teacher and surprised her because her birthday was recently. In math we had a test and i got a 8/9 which im proud of because it was hard. In science we looked at dead frogs and i almost threw up and almost started crying because of how scary and gross it was, Tomorrow we are disecting those frogs and i think i may throw up. In spanish we had another test and i don’t know what i got but i feel pretty good about it. In social studies we did a mock trial so we...

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2/29 Ugh, grades..

Today was okay.. I mean I got an award for my propaganda poster project and got an A- on my science test and B- on my reading test at school, but otherwise everything was kind of boring. I went to class right after school and did sparring, then I went home almost got hit by a car and had another long talk with my dad about my grades. Honestly I need at break about my grades, it's always blah blah blah " you're failing two of your core classes. how is that posable?", "You need to bring your grades up.", "why are you crying? there is nothing to cry about right now", "I know what your going though," like no you don't? Is all you care about is my grades? Then do it for me?! I've been through so much just give me a break about it. Anyways I just really...

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2/29

today was really slow. I had 3 hours of economy but I had a sub today. then I came home and have been working on papers while my mom is at a woman's conference with our church. I hope to be able to practice some bass tonight but I doubt it will happen. Have a good night everybody!

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2/28

today was really simple. i had a half day at school which i really liked. then i came home and got ready to go to a drum lesson where i precticed "eyeless" by slipknot. then i left and went directly to class which went well. then i came home, did homework, and rested.

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2/29

Today I woke and did all of my black belt exercises then went to school today kinda sucked I feel like I never exist because my teacher never call on me for a question and I got in trouble because my ELA teacher said I was being loud because I slam my computer even though it was a accident then I went home and did my 2 mile run then went to sparring

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BASKET BALL

TODAY I DID BASKET BALL IN PE THE I WENT TO GET MY LUNCH W MOM THEN I HAD SPANISH L I REALLY LIKED GOING HOME THEN I WRITED THIS  JOURNAL

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2/29 Journal

Today I didnt really do much but I still ended up with a lot of homework. I came home did some requirements and some homework.

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Cadens Journal

Today when I got to school, I got my Miles in PE. After that I played basketball and volleyball with my friends. We did boys versus girls and it was a tie. After PE I went to social studies. And social studies we talked about leap year a lot. After that, we got to pick our group for a big project. And ELA I finished my project and my teacher said it was very good. In science, we went over the endocrine system, and we had a lot of work. In math we finished up probability and then when I got home I ate. after that, I did, tae kwon do requirements and chilled. Then I got prepared for tae kwon do and sparring.

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Wang Ho

Today was a fine, fine King Tiger day.  I completed all of my requirements this morning and later helped in the Junior Tigers class.  I attended High Belt and Black Belt classes this evening.  Did you know Wang Ho means King Tiger?

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Peter's blog

Today I went to school and it was an ok day. Then I got home and went to grand Master Evins school for black belt class. Then I got home and did some work.

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Feb 28

Today wasn't too shabby. Pretty normal day, worked at the dojang from 3-8. Played some games with my friends for the first time in a bit. Had some good fun.

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2/28/2024

Today I had a great day. Everyone at school said they loved my outfit and I was put into a group with a girl who I just started to like again and I think me and her are going to be ok. I have no missing assignments anymore and grades are due on friday. I’m really proud of myself but a little frustrated with my teachers because they all said they arnt going to update grades till the weekend. overall I had a good day! goodnight! 

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02/28/24

today i went to jail and had a normal day. i did my requirements after getting home and had a doctors appt. then i came home and went to the dojang. i did a class assistance and then black belt class. now i have to do hw.

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2/28 Journal

Today was school spirit day so i wore my school shirt. In math we did a review worksheet because we have a test tomorrow. after that we had stop drop and stem which means we some project and it was kinda boring. In science we finished an assignment and tomorrow i think we are dissecting frogs which im scared to because it sound kind of gross, also because im scared of frogs that are alive so. I spanish we also have a test tomorrow so we did review for that to. In social studies we finished the worksheet and me and my friend bennett were dancing to the music we were listening after we finished so that was funny. In Ela i lost the sheet again for the second time which made me really mad at my self because how do you do that? Anyway i got a new one i...

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Journal for Wednesday

  Hello King Tiger! Today was weird day because I had to stay in Advisory(aka Homeroom) for the WHOLE DAY because all the juniors were taking the ACT and so they changed the schedule so that the juniors could do the ACT without any distractions. After school, I did some homework, did some requirements, and went to taekwondo. Taekwondo was fun and I am catching up on other stuff like mentee/mentor sessions, and my leadership/class assistance credits. I hope i am prepared for the physical, written, and final test.

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Listening

My dog had a grooming appointment at different Bandfield hospital than the one in Northlake. It was just a general check, but while I was waiting, I started to have a panic that I'm not doing enough to give him a consistent schedule and discipline due to my lack of knowledge and school. The vet tech came in and she listen to concerns. And we talked for a while, I was concern that I was taking too much of her time, but she didn't make me feel that way. She re-affirmed that he looks well and gave some advice. I really appreciate that little time she took to listen to my concerns. When I went to pick up Kodi, the vet came out and spoke to me to address my concern about anxiety and training, and tips about brushing his teeth. Being heard and listening well is so important. I've especially...

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Shaan Pattnaik 2/28/24

Today I when to school where my guitar teacher was absent; so we had a boring class. After coming from school, I went to Tae Kwon Do to work with my mentee, I taught him the attacks for kicking defense, looked at his Goom gahng and Koryo. His poomsaes look really good!

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2/28 "homework, requirements. It never ends.."

Today I went to school and reviewed for a science CFA we have tomorrow. But I just finished my requirements and went to class, and then I got the worst headache I've ever had. I ate food and went home after class. Then at school I turned in my poster and a lot of people liked it! (I think). I am now going to bed at 10pm.. I'm tired. I should do my last journal about how tired I just am. I think I need to go to bed more early than this but I can't bring myself to do it. I hope everyone had a great day and stay safe.

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2/28/24 #49

Hi all, today at school we went over science information in preparation for tomorrow benchmark. I had recess and played basketball. At home I did my requirements and played little bit of video games. I had a snack and got ready for taekwondo. I took 6 pm class and had a mentee session with a different student. Got home ate some pizza and got ready for bed. Night night!

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2/28/24

Today we finally finished our weather unit in school and now we are on heat transfer. I had one Spanish pop quiz and I got a hundred on it. I went to TKD and helped with a class. After that I met with my mentor and we had a session, sadly my mentee wasn’t here today.

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2/28 - #33

Blaze Pizza is doing a sale on 3/14, where any 11in pizza is $3.14. Is there a secret catch to this? Probably. As an early college I will proudly admit we are a bunch of nerds, especially my friend group. I got tired of Physics work so I went on my phone, where I saw the glorious $3.14 pizzas ad! I showed it to my friends, and since we're all nerds and just finished the trigonometry unit (which included the unit circle and... pi) we all got very excited over it. We're planning to geek out to our Precalculus teacher. She's either going to be excited with us or be concerned. I'll find out tomorrow!

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2/28/24 Journal #51

Today I woke up and got ready for school.  Mom and I walked to school, and it was really warm out this morning.  I got to school and we did blocks and had recess.  Then I went to King Tiger and did class and did my black belt stuff.  I also worked on 2 essays (My Role model and How I can apply Taekwondo to my life).  I also ran mile, it started to drizzle so I ran pretty fast because I didn't know if it would start raining harder and really want to get that wet! I am pretty sure it was my fastest mile so far 9:40, its definitely faster than my pretest time which was 12:15.  Finally we got to go home and I practiced my recorder some its pretty hard mom was trying to help me but I was still having a hard time.  Then we had...

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weather

today we are starting on weather were using a thermometer hygrometer and a byromometer  and a aneometer we measure every day peace

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2/28/2024

Today I had a test in science that I thought I was going to do good on but the substitute didn't let us use our notes. After school I worked on requirements and then went to TKD. After TKD I went home and now we am giving our dogs a shower.

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2/28/24

Today it was another day of school and I had my math benchmark and I felt pretty good about it and then it was a normal day for it but for recess, I got to have recess with the fourth graders which was fun because I got to see some of my fourth grade friends and then when I got home I got to chill out and I ran 4 miles today and I went to tae kwon do and have my black belt class

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2/28/2024

Hi King Tiger Family. It is Wednesday night and all is well!!! Pretty good day at work, normal crazy farm, but not terrible. I came home, ran between the rain drops :-) and did some requirements. I did eat in there somewhere and now I am writing this. Plan now is to finish a few things around the house and walk the dogs. Try to get the bed at a decent hour, but that is what I say every night. Have a great one. Take care.

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Cadens Journal

today I woke up early for school and got homework. Then I went to the and got my miles done and then we played dodgeball. In social studies we got to sit with who we wanted and we had a very fun class. We played Butterfingers at the end of class and social studies. In ELA we did a social media project that was kind of fun. In science, we did a thermatrope and it was pretty cool. then in math, we did a activity on slopes. When I got home, I just chilled all day. For dinner I ate sausage and pasta. Then my mom came home and I watched a show with her.

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2/28

Happy Wednesday! Today was a really busy day. Took Jovi on a tour of Bradford Prep. He has a spot there for 5th grade and we need to make a decision whether to make the move. We love Grand Oak, but moving to Bradford Prep would allow him to stay in a smaller school feel through high school. It's a long haul from our place though! After I got Jovi to school, I got my black belt requirements done. Then I had to take Jovi for a checkup with his doctor who is all the way in uptown. We also went to taekwondo tonight and I got in a class assistance credit. Hope everyone had a great day!

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Jordan Small-2/28/24-#50 pt.2

Hello, today when I woke up I got ready, and did some of my requirements, after that I went to school, and did some more requirements.  At recess I ran 1 mile on the football field, after school I did some of my homework, and finished my requirements.  Then I went to the 6:00 class, and took it.  When I got home I did the rest of my studying.     Bye!

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2/28

Today I spent time studying for the written test. At school I had yet another normal day at school with no tests. After school I stayed at home and didn't go to tae kwon do to work on my written test practice. I got dinner and ate it at home.

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2/28/24- #38

I am currently in science class. I have nothing to do so I might as well write some of my essays that I am still not fully finished with. I am excited for Instructors Camp this weekend, just not super excited for the 4 hour drive. At least I'll have a friend to chat with over text........

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2/28

Today I’ve woke up and done all my exercises and then got ready for school I’m at school waiting for the doors to open then hope any test go fine and hope that’s the rest of the day will go smooth it’s a wensday so not much going on.

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Kyoru Gi

Did you know that Kyoru Gi (Sparring or Fighting) is a practical application of various forms against an actual opponent?

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Feb 27

Today started off slow and chill. Headed to nine round for my shift and only one person came into train and had the rest of the time to myself. After wards I went home for a little them to the dojang. Was there until 7:15. When I got home I set up my new computer and have been working on it for a bit.

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Weapons given to a ten year old

Hello guys. Today, as you might have guessed from the title, I will be talking about weapons and my full thoughts on them. To start things off, I'm going to talk about sticks. I like the stick forms because of the strikes and, for the stick forms I know, they're repetitive and fun to do. Sinuales on the other hand, while they're still fun, everything starts to blend in. My hands get tired and my mind wonders. They're just not one of my strong skills. The staff forms are a whole new level of complicated and fun. Staff form one is a sweet spot - think of it as gum inside a jaw breaker. It's a short form and it introduces you to a lot of basics. And then staff form 2 is like you're in 2nd grade and then the teacher moves you up to 7th grade - not knowing...

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2/27 - #32

I had the first part of my math midterm today, and I don't think I did too bad!! I have the second part of the midterm tomorrow, so after I helped out with the senior tiger class I went home to review. I'm also planning on waking up earlier tomorrow to do a final review.  Working with the high white belts was fun! I noticed that their sidekicks were looking like round houses because they didn't really grasp bringing their legs in, so i had them balance small square targets while in the sidekick chamber position! They were laughing and enjoying it the whole time, and it was rewarding to see them having fun (because I've always found it harder to engage with senior tigers than it is with junior tigers) and especially rewarding to see them connect the dots! Once they realized all the had to do was tuck their...

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February 27th, 2024

Today I woke up, however, I woke up around 10:00. I was lucky and got to sleep in today since the juniors had to take the ACT test and I did not. I was able to get some requirements and personal projects done. I then went to school for the last 2 hours where we had 25 minute classes. I then came home and worked some more on the personal projects. Following that I went to run club. A lot of my friends were there and we had a killer workout. Afterwards I came home, ate, dinner, and did some requirements. I then took an Epson salt bath and showered; now I am here. 

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2/27/24 # 48

Hello! Today at school again I had benchmark testing again for math. I did pretty good and the rest of the day at school was pretty calmed. when I came home I ate apples and peanut butter and it was delicious. I relaxed a little bit and  Then I did 2 miles in treadmills. I worked on my requirements and surprisingly fell asleep in the sofa and took a long deserved nap. Now I’m relaxing playing some video games. And soon to go to bed. Bye!  

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2/27 Journal

Today i had a lot of homework to do because I had to go to work. Other than that it was a normal day at school.

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2/27 Journal

today was student teacher swap day and it was really funny to see all the teachers dress as students in hoodies and sweatpants and they had their phones in the pockets and airpods in their ears and they had an “attitude”. In math we did a worksheet i finished quickly in science we did a gizmo. in spanish we just did some questions from a workbook and went over them. In social studies we did a worksheet and in ela we finished up work. after school my mom dropped my sister at dance so i was home alone for some time and the. my dad came and we went to tkd. I helped out for 2 classes practiced some of my stuff and the. we got pizza. 

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2/27/24

Today I had to take the science benchmark at school. It was a normal day. My teacher was out. After school we picked up my sister and then took my brother to get a hair cut. After that we went to TKD. I worked on my requirements and ran laps in one of the rooms. 

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2/27/24

Today was a regular day at school other than the fact that we had a bomb threat in our school for the 2nd day in a row. I came home did requirements and then played chess with my friends.

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school day

today i did some scholl finished with home work then i went to king tiger after i went home then i got on the vr after i got  on the vr i ate some spegatii then i went to bed

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2/27/24- #37

Pretty chill day. Not much happened in school other than a few more homework assignments. Teaching class was enjoyable today, and now I am talking with my friend again. It’s been pretty regular that this schedule happens every day. Weird, isn’t it…….

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2/27/24

today i went back to jail on 4 hours of sleep. since we hit 100 pages on notes our science teacher threw us a party and we all got food. then our school had a second bomb threat in 2 days and we had to evacuate and go to the high school so that was fun. then when everything cleared up we went back and our band teacher got us cookies for no reason. then i had a pretty normal jail day. then i came home did requirements and went to girl scouts and now i have homework save meh 

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2/27/2024

Today my teacher had to leave our campus and go to the other one because she had to sub for another teacher who's dad passed away. So we were stuck with this sexist teacher for a week! We had her for last period which means that all the other kids before us made her mad so she decided to take all of her anger out on just the boys. While we were getting yelled at the girls were telling the teacher gossip like a cute little tea party. What I learned from today is that don't take people for granted. 

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2/27/2024

Hello King Tiger Family. It was a pretty good day. Very busy at work. Pretty much back to back meetings and I think tomorrow will be similar. I have a few key things to work on this week, but all good. I got home a little later than expected, so I did not run. I will have to do extra the rest of the week. Tuesdays are usually a good run day for me. I did do other requirements with Nate, and now onto getting ready for bed. I already walked our dogs. We have two pups... Jax (~100 lb German Shepherd) and Koda (~60 lbs Beagle/Pitt mix). Both are good dogs and they get along pretty well. Well onto doing some stretching and heading to bed. Take care.  

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2/27 1 more week.. (I'M SO TIRED)

Today I finished my school project and it's going to be a good grade! (Hopefully) I did requirements this morning and finished my mile just a few minuets ago so I'm very tired. While running I got one of my best times so that's cool I guess. Anyways I'm just really tired and my hand hurts so goodnight king tiger. I also just realized that there is only a week left before physical testing! YAY! I hope everyone had a great day and stay safe.

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2/27

Today I work up then did most of my black belt requirements the got ready for school, went to school it was a pretty average day I had 2 test which I got A’s on like usally😎 after school i invited my  twin brother to his first class but he was surprisingly good! (It was the white belt for a week thing) then had a mentor session.

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Jordan Small-2/27/24-#50 pt.1

Hello, today I went to school, and had Spanish, and we learned about Spain again.  After school I came home, and did some of my homework, and did my requirements.  After that I went to King Tiger, and had a mentor session, then I took the 6:00 class.  After that I came home, and did the rest of my homework.       The reason that it says #50pt. 1 is because I counted wrong, and that is 2 journals ahead so I still have 2 more.   Good night!

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2/27

Happy Tuesday! Got in 2 miles this morning before the rain set in. It somehow took me exactly the same time down to the second which is pretty funny. Hopefully I'll be faster next time. Got in my black belt requirements. I started the bb cycle on 1/1 so I am on week 9. My exercise went back down to 4 minutes, but I am keeping it at 5 for the first 4 days this week since I am going to have a hard time getting in exercise on Saturday with the instructor's camp. At least, I am going to try and have that day taken care of by then so I don't have to think about it. Had to miss class tonight as I had to take Jovi to his band's practice. Hope everyone had a great day! Feels like we are in the home stretch!

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2/27

Today I had a normal day at school. After school I did homework then went to class. After class I ate dinner at home then I typed this then went to bed.

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2/27

today was really easy. I only had school until 12:50 which was nice. then I started my mute day which has gone well. now I'm just going to get stuff done and relax.

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Cadens Journal

Today when I got to school, I got my miles done in PE. After that I played basketball with my friends. Two minutes before the bell rang for our next class. The PE teacher had an announcement. He told all of the kids to drop everything and make their way to the high school gym, which is not far away. While we were in the gym, the whole middle school was there and we sat there for 30 minutes to an hour. The principal told us we can make our way back to the middle school we all did silently. We then got our stuff and moved to the next class. After that, the rest of the day had very short periods, so I can’t share much. When I got home, there was banana bread which was amazing. And then did homework and tae kwon do requirements. Have a good day.

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Why do we wear different colored belts?

Wow, what a beautiful day today!  The flowers in my yard bloomed like crazy.  We walked what I thought was surely 2 1/2 miles, but it was only 1.6 miles.  FYI: Why do we wear different colored belts?  To symbolize an increase in knowledge with the darkness of color.

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2/26

today was really boring, I didn't feel great. at school, we didn't do much but then I came home and had a 45-minute nap which was nice. then I showered and left for taekwondo. I helped with the jr tigers then I had my class and afterwards I did a mentor session with instructor conner. then I ate dinner with my mom, came home and did homework, and now I'm going to bed.

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2/26 - #31

Today I failed a math test. I know I failed because I did not know half the questions on there. However, I am glad I failed. I usually stick to exactly what the teacher has given us to study, and not study on my own. That became a problem because there were things on the test I learned but did not study as intensely as everything else. I've learned I should be in depth about everything I study, as it'll benefit me.  Failure is important. Without failure, I couldn't learn the difference between doing something the right or wrong way. It'd be difficult to have morals if nothing ever goes wrong. I learn from failure, and it makes me better as a whole. Also, in English 111, we somehow got onto the topic of Fortnite and how we can form an argument essay. My idea was videogames how it has had...

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Peter's blog

Today I didn't have a good day because I got elbowed I the head playing football. Then i hot back inside and had 2 projects out of my 5 classes. Then I got home and did some school work. That's all that happened today.

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Shaan Pattnaik 2/26/24

Today is Monday. I went to school as usual, nothing worth mentioning. I went to Tae Kwon Do around 6:30 for a leadership credit and a class assistance. Afterwards, I came home to do homework and a mile. 

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