Andrew and I discussed the different types of freedom and how it’s evolved over time. Discussion in relation to bill of rights.

We discussed Alexander’s rise to power and what freedom meant to the ancient Greeks compared to now.

Monitor Matthew’s progress on assignments and review quizzes.

I reviewed for Matthew his syllabus and upcoming assignments. We are prepping for next test.

Andrew and I learned about and discussed antiquity and its origins on government and politics. We discussed the greats of Caesar and Alexander.

Andrew and I discussed the origins of republicanism and democracy and the story of ancient government.

We discussed genres of music. She shared with me about her horses. Then we went outside and played ping pong.

I asked Ben if he would like to do some reading together and he firmly said no. He said he'd like to watch a video with subtitles on and that is technically reading in some way.

Today we had class for Ben's first period. He asked me if he could have a few moments to "wake up". I told him sure, but that I'd like to get this circuit done today. After about 5 minutes I gave him a warning that I'd like to get started in a minute or 2. When time was up, I asked Ben to put away his legos. He complied. We worked on a circuit of problems. When we found the answer to one problem, it led us to find the next problem to attempt. I allowed Ben to lead the way. I asked him questions like, "are we supposed to add the powers here or multiply them?" He participated and did fairly well. He needed a few reminders on the rules. I showed him WHY you add powers when multiplying (x^4)(x^3) really means (x*x*x*x)(x*x*x), and you can see there are a total of 7 x's there. So instead of writing out the x's each time, we remember that when we multiply like bases we add their powers. We reviewed multiplying, dividing, zero powers, and negative powers. At the end of class I complimented Ben on his focus today. I told him that sometimes we have to do things we don't want to do to get where we want to go. I told him I know he doesn't have a LOVE for math, but that he's GOOD at it when he does it.

In her journal, Kaitlin wrote sentences for her spelling words.