Holocaust Museum Post

        Last Thursday, my class and I went on a field trip to the Holocaust Museum. While it was kind of depressing, it was also very interesting. When we walked in, we were introduced to our guide who would be taking us around the museum. The museum was organized in a way that made it seem like you were in the Holocaust, it showed all of the parts of a Jew's life in the Holocaust in the order they undertook it. For example, some things we did were going inside a freight car and a model Ghetto. We also learned about the rise of Hitler, the altruistic citizens of the Holocaust that saved Jews, the Nazi Olympics, Kristallnacht, and much more. One of the things that we learned that most would not believe, is that the allies were oblivious to the fact that the Nazis were killing Jews in concentration camps. I learned a lot at the Holocaust Museum, and I hope others do too.

Diary Blog Post

March 12, 2015

Dear Diary,

        At 9:30 in the morning, my dad woke me up to help him do something. I didn't know what we were going to do until I got into the car. My dad needed help moving/building desks, moving/building chairs, and cleaning up his new half of his office building. At first I thought it would be easy and quick, but it turned out to take 6 hours.      

        First, we had to go rent a uHaul truck to move all the stuff from our shed where it was delivered. We rented a pretty big truck, so it only took two trips. Loading the truck took forever though, so transporting everything to the office took about 3 hours. Second, we started with the desks. I would drill in the screws and he would plug all the pieces together, then we would finish it by putting the actual desktop on top. Third, I built chairs. While my dad was throwing out all the boxes from the desks and other furniture, I was putting together chairs for the desks. I could build one about every 10 minutes, and I only had to build 6. The chairs were the quickest part. Then we finally had to clean the place, which only took 20 minutes.

        And this is a normal weekend for me.

Who Chose Love in My Life

In Daniel’s Story, Erika said the following to Daniel and Rosa:

“We must live, and when this is all over, we must work to make the world a better place.  And if we die, we will die knowing that it was not our fault, that we did our best, and we can go to our deaths in dignity… I want you both to live…And to remember...You must choose love.  Always choose love.”  

(from Daniel’s Story by Carol Matas, page 70)

   We were assigned to talk about someone in our lives who chose love, so here it is. 

    Someone who I knew who chose love was my mom. She took care of my sister, brothers, and I. There's not one specific time when she chose love, it was our entire childhood, and will be again in the future.  She raised us great, she always payed attention to us and loved us. She always kept us happy, excited and healthy. My mom was ALWAYS there for us. This is one person in my life who chose love.