Winter Break

I enjoyed my winter break a lot . I spent my whole Break in Florida with my family . The first week I was just with my mom because my sibling and my father weren’t able to get here when the winter break started because they still had school but they arrived in the second week . But they couldn’t arrive that early as they were supposed to because their flight was moved because the tons of snow caused a lot of trouble so they had to flight three days later and it was very sad because one of my brothers wasn’t able to come anymore because he is a very successful  soccer player so he barely has breaks and he had to stay home  . But everybody was very happy when they finally were here . We were staying in a hotel in Boca Raton .  The hotel is very close to the town center which was very useful so we could go shopping anytime we want to .  We went to a lot of malls because we were getting our Christmas presents . We also went to the beach when the  weather was really nice and sunny . The water had a really good temperature and the sun was strong so we could tan really good , but the beach was very crowded that day so it was a little bit hard to find a spot for 5 persons but we were able to find one so we all layed down together . For new years we went down to Miami and ate at a nice italian restaurant . After the dinner we walked to the beach and spent some time there where we met an german guy who was here for school , too . Later there was a nice firework . At the last day of break we went out for one last nice dinner and then my family dropped me off at the dorm and we said good bye . The next day I went to school and they left with the plain .

Trimester Expection

I think the last Trimester was good . I enjoyed talking about the Odyssey a lot . I think the vocabulary tests were hard . I hope that we'll have some group activties this trimester .

Odyssey

I enjoyed talking about the Odyssey because it was different from other stories and the fact that it Odysseus might existed makes it more interesting . Odysseus has to go trough a lot of situations in the Odyssey he has a lot ups and downs , but it doesn’t matter how deep he falls with his crew he always represents himself as a very good leader and get his crew and him out of trouble . It is also festinating how he always thinks before he does something , for example in the Cyclops before he just started hitting the Cyclops he thought of a plan how to trick him so everybody would get out of the cave save . I also have a lot of respect for Penelope she was waiting for Odysseus for 20 years , I do not think a lot of women would do that for their husband , and she kept loving him the whole time . I think reading the Odyssey is very good , because Odysseus is a very good example for people and especially young people today , because he teaches never to give up , to over thing before you handle and being strong .