Mental Gymnastics!

My sociology teacher in high school refused to refer to quizzes and tests as such because she claimed the labels induced stress, so we referred to them as "mental gymnastics". So, hopefully you performed well on today's assessment - whatever you choose to call it. Perhaps a Leviathan? You'll find out next week what that is if you don't already (hey, AP Euro students!).

We're finally finished with Unit 4 - Global Interactions.  Sophomores, you've been hanging out in this Early Modern Age since April of your freshman year (Remember the Renaissance? Yeah, that was all still the same time period). We're getting ready to move into Unit 5 - Industrialization & Global Integration, otherwise known as the Modern Age.  Global Integration is just a fancy way of referring to Imperialism, or the Western exploitation of other parts of the world (sounds a lot like the Early Modern Age). We'll chill in the Modern Age until the end of January. To help give you some foundational knowledge over this time period, we've asked you to read pgs. 616-619 out of your WHAP textbook for Monday.

Tomorrow we're going to take a bit of a mental break, although some of you perfectionists might incur some anguish over tomorrow's activity, and do some arts and crafts.  Please try to bring your own scissors and glue sticks! I love arts and crafts.  Here is a link to some creative ideas for painting canvases.  Although, I don't really advocate for the destruction of innocent teddy bears. If anyone would like to make any of the things on the link for me, I'd be much appreciated.

Speaking of arts & crafts, it's almost Halloween and there's so much crafting and baking potential to be had. Toilet paper bats, popsicle pumpkins, and cotton ball ghosts!  Your teachers fully embrace your creative spirit and would just love it if you brought baked Halloween goods for us.  Like those spider cookies below.  Or any of the following. You're probably noticing that we like for you to make us things.  Usually of the edible variety.

BRING THESE FOR MAH BELLY.

So I've been cracking up at this comic for the last few days.  There's more here if you're interested.

For your TBT pleasure, and since today was orange out day, but was supposed to be pink out day, I present to you, nine-year old Ms. Siddiqui in her pinkest and orangest outfit. That's my great-uncle to the left.  He still thinks Bangladesh is called East Pakistan. Lols.

So much pink and orange.

And finally, I leave with you a clip from The Office.  Oh, Creed. 

- Warrior Princess Siddiqui