Sneaux week

During the days when we had no school because of the weather I honestly did nothing. I sat in my bed and watched Netflix and lots of movies. I also did the work we had to do but that didn't take too long, so I had a lot of time to watch all that tv. I finished one season of my show, but I only had like 5 episodes left of the Walking Dead anyway. I watched the movie Frozen and like 3 other old disney movies because those are my favorite. American Horror Story was another show I watched, but I only watched about 3 of those. 

Besides watching movies and shows, I took naps. I took one nap a day. I would wake up at like 10:30 then go to sleep for a nap around 3:00, and finally go to bed around 11:00. Those three days I just rotted in my bed eating goldfish. I only went outside for a total of probably 10 minutes total. 

On the third day I went to the EHS vs. CHS soccer game. That was really fun! It was the first time I had been out into the real world with people other than my family in 2 1/2 days. The little break was great and wish we could have more. 

Sneaux week reading and working log

30 mins. Fixing note cards and adding information to them

15- mins of looking over all the comments I received on my work

20- mins of drafting

45 mins of drafting

1 hour of drafting

1 hour 20 mins of Absolute True Diary 

Explaining my NHD project to my sister:

The theme was rights and responsibilities. I almost immediately knew I wanted to do something with the Holocaust and concentration camps. After 5th grade I have always thought the topic World War II  was really interesting. I narrowed the topic down to the lasting impressions the survivors had after their time in the camp Buchenwald. The survivors had lasting impressions because of what they experienced in the camp. They were put in Buchenwald because they believed something other than what the Nazis believed. After they were forced to be imprisoned, they were starved, forced to work, undergo medical experiments, and some just killed; Their human rights deprived. All of that just because they believed something different! In 1945 the prisoners took control of the camp by overpowering the officers. The prisoners that escaped had scarring memories. It affected them for the rest of their lives. What I learned specifically is that not only prisoners in Buchenwald were scarred. In 1945, just after the camp was taken over by the prisoners, the ally armies came in to liberate the camp. These soldiers in the ally armies were also greatly effected by the sights they saw. The events that happened in Buchenwald were so terrible that people that didn't even go through it, were effected for the rest of their life. 

My topic is the neglected rights of the prisoners of Buchenwald concentration camp during World War II. My thesis is: Not only did the horrific experiences of Buchenwald impact the prisoners during their time in the camp, but left lasting impressions on the survivors. The survivors were so negatively impacted because of the torture they experienced in Buchenwald. They were forced to be imprisoned because their beliefs differed from the Nazis. After they were imprisoned they were forced to work, have medical experiments tested on them, or killed. All these things completely deprived them from their human rights. When the camp was overthrown by a prisoner resistance group and ally armies, the survivors left with lasting impressions from all the horrors they faced inside Buchenwald. Not only did the prisoners have emotional scars, but also soldiers that helped liberate them. 

reading log

A True Diary of a Part Time Indian discussion- 20 mins 

detailed outline- 1 hour 

reading A True Diary of a Part Time Indian- 45 mins (outside and in class total)

Reading Log

ATDOPTI: 

-10 mins in class 

-10 mins in class 

-10 mins in class 

-30 mins in study hall 

-20 mins at home 

-annotated bibliographies 2 hours 

-notecards for 30 mins 

total: 170 mins 

Research

I chose the Buchenwald concentration camp because of the NHD’s theme rights and responsibilities. The prisoners of the concentration camps and prisoners of war in WWII had absolutely no rights. They were forced into labor camps, experimental camps, or death camps against their will. They ended up at these camps because of what they believed.

Buchenwald was a labor camp. The prisoners were asked to do labor or an immediate death. The ones that chose to work worked mainly in factories. There were a lot more male prisoners and guards than female prisoners. Later on the women were sent away to other camps or ghettos.

So many prisoners died at Buchenwald. An estimate to the total number of deaths was about 56,545 people. Most people died from diseases, starvation, or exhaustion. At least 1,000 Soviet Union prisoners of war were shot in the head when they first arrived. This was an example of how prisoners of war were treated worse than the actual concentration camp prisoners. Even though Buchenwald was a labor camp, there were small medical experiments they would conduct on the prisoners. The experiments the guards and “doctors” would conduct on the inmates were awful. They would expose them to poison and burns to see how much they could take until it became fatal. The doctors also would put them in freezing water for multiple hours to see how long the body could fight off hypothermia. All these experiments were held at Buchenwald, and Buchenwald was just a labor camp. 

Word Ward II was a horrible time to be known as a Jew, but most people don’t know that Hitler looked down so many other beliefs and religions upon. Even though this topic is so sad and gruesome I can’t wait to learn more about how it all happened.

reading log

Annotated bibliography- 30 min
The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian- study hall 45 mins
study hall 45 min
in class- 20 mins
out side of class- 35 mins
total- 175 mins

Later in Life

I ask my friends Claudia, Audrey, Ellie, and Sophie where they want to live after college and what they want their career to be. 
Claudia said she wanted to be a children's Psychologists and live in Tennessee. Ellie said she wanted to be a doctor and live in Manhattan. Audrey said she wanted to be a Pediatrician and she doesn't know where she wants to live. And Sophie said she's not positive what she wants to be but maybe a dermatologist. She also would like to live in California. 

Ellie's answer surprised me the most. She cringes at gross things about bodies and blood and stuff like that. I don't think she actually wants to be a doctor, she just likes Grey's Anatomy. I also think its surprising how she wants to live in Manhattan because she always talks about sending her kids to Episcopal. I don't think she will stick to both of her answers,