Jaydn completed the reading of the novel A Thousand Splendid Suns. She then completed an essay test that asked her to critically think and write about the themes of women's rights, suffering and perseverance, love and loyalty, and shame and reputation. She also analyzed the characters' development throughout the novel.

I continued reviewing the work for the the first semester with Jaydn by solving practice problems on angle pairs, triangle properties, and polygons. By solving the selected problems, she had to use knowledge from several important topics we have covered. There was no assignment.

The Biden administration will not send an official US delegation to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing as a statement against China's ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang, in western China. US athletes will still be allowed to compete in the Olympics, but the administration will not be sending government officials to the games. The same policy applies for the Paralympic Games, which are also taking place in Beijing.
The White House is looking to send a clear message that the human rights abuses in China mean there cannot be business as usual between the U.S. & China. The move marks an escalation of pressure by the US on China over allegations of forced labor and human rights abuses in China's western region of Xinjiang, against the Uyghur population and other ethnic and religious minority groups. We looked at a very brief news story on the camps where China imprisons, abuses and tortures Uyghur people because they are a minority population who practice Islam with their own, unique, vibrant culture. Jaydn expressed that she would like the U.S. to do more to help the Uyghurs, but acknowledged that the U.S. has to be diplomatic in its protest because China, like the U.S. is a nuclear power.

Work on fingerspelling for receptive skills. Quiz for progress

I reviewed some of the important angle properties in polygons with Jaydn and worked problems using angle sums of interior and exterior angles in polygons. I helped her to solve problems where angles were expressed as algebraic expressions. There was no assignment.

Jaydn read, discussed, and analyzed two chapters of A Thousand Splendid Suns. She then wrote a short essay analyzing the theme of regret as seen through the character of Jahlil.

Fingerspelling and Receptive Skills.

In the 1800s, the end of serfdom marked the beginning of even more struggles for the Russian people. They went from being forced to rent farmland, to being completely landless. This pushed people into the cities and left many jobless. The Russian Revolution occurred in phases, beginning with the revolution of 1905, the people wanted moderate guarantees and concessions that would limit the tsar's power and make life easier for the citizens. The Romanov Dynasty had always been unwilling to give up power and Nicholas II eventually seized control back from Duma, the Russian parliament. With the outbreak of WWI, Nicholas II hoped for the opportunity to raise his approval rating but the country was not ready for war. Amongst supply and food shortages, people began to protest again and Nicholas II finally agreed to abdicate. A moderate government was established and was still committed to the war, but Communists like Vladimir Lenin did not think the government went far enough. Another phase of revolution happened in November 1917 called the Bolshevik Revolution. This is when the first Communist government was established. After a Civil War, the Soviet Union fully rejected Capitalism and Lenin became the effective dictator of Russia.

Jaydn read, discussed, and analyzed chapter 48 of A Thousand Spendid Suns. She then began an outline for an analysis essay that will analyze the theme of the rights of women as seen in the novel and its characters. She will use text for support and elaborate on the text.

Money signs in ASL: coins and bills. specific amount to be used through signing.