Lessons 176-180

Western literature-For the last week of Western literature we reviewed Hebrew and Greek literature, Roman and the new testament literature, and early medieval and late medieval literature. Then I wrote a conclusion to the question the professor had asked at the end of the course.

Western Civilization-I watched a lesson about the age of discovery, then a video on some concluding remarks of the lessons, then a preview of Western Civilization course. For the last lesson I wrote an essay. Click HERE if you’d like to read it.

Mathematics-I did a review of all the lessons of the past year so I could study for the test. Then I took the test at the end of the week and got 22/25.

Biology-For my last week of biology I learned the structures of the nervous system, all about the brain, the cerebral cortex, memory and learning. Then just a wrap up without a quiz or essay.

Business-I launched my business for the year, which is going to be babysitting. Then Mr. Richards gave some more tips for hopefully starting up a bigger business for the future.

Spanish-I am on unit 13 ( describe your family ) in Duolingo.

That concludes my last week of the entire school year of the Ron Paul Curriculum. Thanks for reading!

~Lillyana

Western Civilization

What is the truth of the matter regarding the true claim that people i the middle ages thought the earth was flat?

A lot of people today, in the 21st century, still believe that people from the middle ages believed that the earth was flat. This is just simply false and a really huge myth. The only two people in the middle ages who are known to believe this were, Lactantius (a Christian Heretic who is used to represent most early Christians), and Comas Indicopleustes (a philosopher and Greek traveler). The medieval people were actually more influenced by the Greek philosopher Aristotle and the Greek mathematician Eratosthenes. Who both had tons of evidence and believed the earth was round. It was just as ignorant in the middle ages to believe the earth was flat as it is now.

It blows my mind that so many kids are taught that back in 1492 the medieval people were scared that Columbus would sail off the edge of the earth. When really, this is not the truth. The truth was, people didn’t know that there was land in between Spain and Asia, people thought Columbus would run out of food and water and starve to death. Not sail off the edge of the earth.  

Lessons review of week 31

Mathematics: I learned about circles. The area, measuring sectors, measuring segments of circles. Lastley I learned about Locus or Loci for plural.

Business 2: There wasn’t much for video lessons or readings for this week. It was mostly me working on my business website and planning my business for this summer.

Western civilization: We started off the week with learning about The Fall of Byzantium. Then spent the rest of the week learning about the Renaissance.

Western Literature: I continued reading and going over the document Little Flowers of Saint Francis of Assisi. This is a Christian document. At the end of the week I had to answer the question of if this document gave guidance to how Christians should live their lives.

Biology: This week of biology was pretty interesting. I learned about Innate Immunity, Adaptive immunity, B and T cells, and Immune System Disorders. At the end of the week I had a quiz and I got 16/20.

Spanish: I am now on unit 11 on Duolingo.

Thank you for your time.

~Lillyana

Review of lessons 116-120

Business: We went over Facebook advertising, email marketing, and app development. I learned how to make my own app.

Biology: I learned all about insects and bugs, how they live, how they eat. Everything from scorpions, to spiders, to mites.

Mathematics: We covered arcs and chords, inscribed angles, tangents, and vertexes.

Western civilization: I learned about The Albigensian crusade, the Mendicant orders, and Magna Carta.

Western literature: I started reading the The Sack of Rome ( The city of God ).

Spanish: I am in level 6.

~Lillyana

Lessons 106-110

This is what I did this week:

Mathematics: We started working on the basics of trigonometry, basics of circles and properties of chords. So far, Trig is fairly simple, but it is only the first week working on it.

Western literature: We wrapped up the New Testament and started reading the Justin, First Apology.

Western civilization: I learned about The Great Schism, France and The Medieval church in France.

Biology: We did an overview of the animal kingdom, and did an introduction to Invertebrates and Vertebrates. This material is quite interesting to be learning about, especially going into such depth.

Business 2: I am in the part of business skills development in the business course, this week I learned about audio recording, how to take better pictures, google keyword planning, and google ads.

Spanish: I am now taking Duolingo as my Spanish course and I am in unit four already.

Thank you for reading!

~Lillyana

Lessons 91-95

This is what I did this week:

Math: I studied for my test that I took today. I got 30/35

Biology: I learned about organization of plant structures, and plant cell differentiation.

Business 2: I’m going to start writing an online kindle book. So I started planning my book.

Western civilization: I read and learned about the Byzantium empire, Islam, and Charlemagne.

Western literature: I just continued reading the New Testament.

Review of Week 12

This is what I learned in lessons 56-60.

Business: I learned about four more business opportunity’s. They where app development, 3D printing, bookkeeping and accounting, and lastly crowdfunding. I found bookkeeping to be the most interesting to me.

Math. In geometry I learned all about quadrilaterals, trapezoids, and parallelograms. Also had some algebra 2 review.

Biology: In biology I learned about community interactions, disturbance, and biogeographic’s and pathogens.

Western Civilization: We started with the background and then birth of Christianity. I learned about the religion, and then The New Testament.

Western Literature: The week started with and introduction to Latin literature. Then I started reading Oratorical Partitions, and I have been reading it since.

Thanks for reading my week 12 review.

~Lillyana

Social Media Affects On Teens

(This paper is completely research based. )

First, lets define “Social Media”. The term is used to describe what we share on the web or apps such as Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, etc. Social media is any digital technology that allows people to instantly share or see information on the apps or the web.

When adults think of the effects that social media has on teens, they are quick to assume that it’s all bad. That it ruins our brains. Forces us into depression. Causes low self esteem. However, this is not always the truth.

Social media has always been in our lives, we don’t know a world without it. Unlike other generations before us. It’s nearly impossible to get away from it. It influences everything. That doesn’t mean it’s a bad thing though. There have been studies done that say about 70% of teens say that social media helped them through the hardest times in their lives. Apps like Pinterest, YouTube, and TikTok help inspire a teens creativity and help them express themselves and how they feel. Social media has also been proven to improve a teens social skills and positively impact friendships. It can even develop closer relationships with family. Through apps like Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Being social increases self confidence and esteem. Many teens today are very introverted. Social media has been seen to change this drastically. Teens today actually feel very left out without it. 

However if used wrong, that’s when social media can become dangerous. Many people will argue that social media can affect sleep schedule, grades, and behavior in teens. That’s true, it can. It’s very easy to get addicted to social media, or even a device in general. Most adults are addicted to their phones as well. The average teen spends about 9 hours a day on social media. That’s why it’s important to have boundaries when it comes to the media. Actually, it’s been proven. If you don’t use your phone or device 1-2 hours before you fall asleep, you are bound to have some of the best sleep of your life. Which will help with grades and behavior. 

Another problem with teens and the media, often discussed, is body image. Most teenagers struggle with body image no matter what size they are. This is because our society has become so obsessed with putting the image in our minds that we need to become the “perfect person.” Even though there is no such thing. That’s why it’s so important for teens to talk to their parents or others about how the media is making them feel. They need to know that most of what people post on Instagram is fake. In order for them to maintain a healthy relationship with social media, and a healthy lifestyle.

What I’m trying to get through, is that the use of social media has only proven to be bad when it’s not used right, or used too much. That’s why it’s important for parents to be involved. Talk to their teen about social media, and how they feel, or how the parents feel. Teens get a lot more good things out of social media than bad. If used right, with correct boundaries, can improve their mental health, spark creativity, help them not feel left out among others, and help them become more social in this modern world.

Thanks for reading! Have a nice day!

Sources

igreviews.org/2017/10/positive-effects-social-media-teens/

momjunction.com/articles/positive-and-negative-influences-of-media-on-teenagers_00107975/

newportacademy.com/resources/well-being/effect-of-social-media-on-teenagers/

psychologytoday.com/us/blog/smart-people-don-t-diet/201902/teens-body-image-and-social-media

erywellfamily.com/media-and-teens-body-image-2611245

mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/tween-and-teen-health/in-depth/teens-and-social-media-use/art-20474437

pewresearch.org/internet/2018/11/28/teens-and-their-experiences-on-social-media/

Teenage Friends.

~Lillyana

Business lesson 45

Write 250 word essay on the business opportunity which most intrigued you this week.

Every week for the past 3 weeks I have been learning all about different business opportunity’s and how I can make a web based business out of them. The goal is to pick one or two that I find most interesting and start up my own web based business with it by the end of the year. I should have to stick with this business for the next 5 years until I’m making a significant amount of money off of it. That is the whole goal.

This week the business opportunity’s we looked at where blogging, photography, website security, and selling products online. I’m going to list my least favorite to favorite.

My least favorite would probably be “website security”. It doesn’t really seem to spark an interest with me.

Second least favorite would probably be “Selling products online”. If I did this I would have no idea what physical products to sell.

Third, is photography. I actually quite enjoy photography. However, If I had a business with photography, I would need to be really really good at taking photos. Most people now days have a smart phone, which have really good camera quality. Rare few people hire photographers anymore, or buy high priced photos online.

My favorite business opportunity I learned about this week was blogging. I could really see myself blogging for other peoples businesses. It sparks an interest in me. It sounds like something I could do for 5 years and not get bored. I have my own few blogs and love them. However, I would need to get much better at writing, but I could work at it.

Those are all the business opportunity’s I learned about this week. Thanks for reading1 Have a nice day!

~Lillyana

Western Civilization lesson 45

What specific changes occurred in Roman society as a result of the Struggle of the Orders?

The struggle of the orders was a very significant time in Rome history. It went from 494 and lasted to 287 BC This was a political battle between the plebeians class ( Commoners who lives in Rome and where not very wealthy ), and the patrician class ( Very rich people ). They were at a dispute oh whether the plebeians should have as much freedom as the patricians.

The plebeian class was fed up with being treated like scum by the the patricians. So they all up and left Rome. They greatly outnumbered the patricians so this worked out well for them. Because it deprived the upper class from all their servants and subjects. The patricians begged them to return. Gradually, they did, but only if things would change for the plebeians. Things did change. Intermarriage between the two classes was now allowed. They allowed a person to enter a class they had not been in before. Enslaving people who owed you debt was no longer legal. By the year 342 BC, a plebeian was made a roman consul.

Thanks for reading! Have a nice rest of your day1

Sources:

company-loves-misery.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-struggle-of-orders-and-tiberius.html

schoolessaysfromtheeverthingblog.blogspot.com/2013/11/tiberius-gracchus-and-struggle-of-orders.html

~Lillyana