31st: Process Journal Entry Date: 6:05:09

Can't wait for the Space Camp trip I am sure that things will turn around when I go there !!  The same as yesterday, tired and very bored, I wanted to get myself some sleep, and good thing it was the last period. I did 

30th Process Journal Entry Date: 5:05:09

 Yess !! Fortunately thankgod that the date the essay was postponed and due to 3 or 4 more of classes to complete this essay after the 9 days after the trip to Turkey. For now I kept on going and kep ton saving different files and documents in 2003 and 2007, and making extra documents of the essay as a back-up plan incase if it got deleted in some way. I was still checking and making extra information and organizing the analysis, that I kept on forgotting to add to my essay but instead I went onto some other kinds of information for the essay. I have ben working really hard for the past few days in all classes and  I didn't have enough energy for today since I just kept on working and working, and by the lack of sleep I get, which effects my concentration inside class. I felt so lazy and half asleep. I didn't do that much homework and couldnt wait until space camp hoping it can give me a break from all this work and junk and all. I wasn't bothered to do anything and took the whole class in just modulating my essay. I never had that much rest and I still wonder whether this time will really help me suceed in getting good grades. I was becoming more tired since it was only 4th period and wondered how Im gonna go throught 5th and 6th period. I was also hungry and just wanted to eat. I was becoming more lazy and bored since we spend like more alot of the classes either the library or the computer lab and it was too boring, not becoming a habbit but boring as hell. 

29th Process Journal Entry Date: 4:05:09

The Essay is due in 2 days, so Im working to my full potntial. So far so good I have everyhing I need, basicly al the information to refer to on my essay and I will try to catch up since I still have to add alot to my essay and I keep trying to concentrate more but kept on going confused on which one I should work on, which category, either one at a time or do all of them if I see a mistake. I went with the second option and everything went wrong, Mr. Bonnalie actually told us what we had to include inside the essay, the little bits and pieces and the important ones, so unfortunately, that didn't go very well, since I went with the second option only to get over this thing quickly and over it ASAP. Times to times, I just had to stop, wait and think about the dillemas that has been delayed my time into resolving this problem. If I didn't solve this, I would guarantee that my criterion B mark, would be poor. Other then that, I was sure I needed to work on this over extended period but unable to since it was to be completed inside school. There was no pressure for methough since I was confident that the task can be finished at the day of the deadline. 

28th Process Journal Entry Date: 3:05:09

Today, Mr. Bonnalie told us that we had only remaining of 4 classes until this 1200-1600 word essay is due on wednesday, so I started to work as soon as I stepped into the multemidia labs room and worked really fast, and leave the remaining errors later on, but until now, I plan to only type up the whole essay and make sure I reach my objective, and that is to finish atleast one of the 3 categories of my Roman civilization before the end of this period or tomorrow's possible. I worked on pretty consistently, nothing new today happen, except the usual, and that's people talking to eachother while doing their work. Pretty much, often I was pretty unconfidence or negative to myself, since I could't get this assignment done, but as soon as I started to make a commitment by doing all of my work, and typing one of my Roman civilization, it seemed pretty easy but I was still having some pressure. I was worried about our science test tomorrow and the one on tuesday on spanish, with more assignments and me having not the time to do all of these incoming problems, I was being negative, luckily I have a set up tablt to set the thing I should do day by day. Since I have time management, I was stll having alot of pressure and I couldn't help it. Overall today's work was the same as often, we worked, I successfully finished my task and it was like taking a candy from a baby, I worked on the religon category and it was like only 10 cards, so I just typed it up. Unfortunately like I said, I have 2 more categories to finish showing that I am having pressure in simultaneously handling other if I dont get this finish, I might also fail this, not to mention the I might stil have some missing information and I might need to reseasrch about it.

27th Process Journal Entry Date: 29:04:09

I was sensing that I the deadline is near, I was positive about that since Mr. Bonnalie said that our time is short and I am worried STILL FOR THE MILLIONITH TIME ABOUT OUR OTHER ASSIGNMENTS AND THE TIME WE HAVE LEFT FOR THIS THING !!?!? AND HOW MANY WORDS ! That was the main thing that was bothering me the most, I was stressed and having like a blackout. Then, I decided to have some positive thinking; I was still working on my 3rd paragraph on the religion category since I was it was pretty long and I would be correcting it later if there was any errors in the essay in terms of like vocalbulary or my information that I collected, eveything was not goin well, I have other assignments due, tests, typing this thing up, finding out how long this essay will take me and more. Other then that, today was just another day of stress, I worked well, and there was no problems or anything new, it was the usual. 

26th Process Journal Entry Date: 28:04:09

For sure I dont know how Im gonna be like working on my humanities thing along as I progrees through typing up this essay, and everytime I type it up, inside my head are worries about other incoming tests and assignments I have to handel that is near our deadline for this essay typed up, which we dont know becuase MR. Bonnalie haventinformed us anything, and which puts on more pressure. The time that this thing is gonna take me to type is a while, which is also a big affect if I dont finish this by the deadline, there are stil more and more test coming in and I wonder on how this is going be handeld by one person and everything on other dued assignments in a short period which results in stress. Today I started the 3rd paragraph of my essay type up essay focusing on the religon category for my Roman civlization type-up. It was pretty easy; although I didn't finish, I still figured that it was easy and it gave some confidence, and then again, I was thinking about the same thing over and over again during the duration of the class period on typing this thing up. and that, is about the tests and assignments that has to be submitted later on.

25th Process Journal Entry Date: 27:04:09

The second day we actully did our work and I was looking forward towards typing up this essay since I figured myself as a pretty good typer since I thought I might finish this early and Im also kinda pretty good in essays. Although from all this confidence might drive me to be too relax and I might not finish this task intime, I also did sense that I might be encountering some pressure in myself while typing this because I might not be able to finish this intime, although everythins seems to be easy, by just reffering to my cards on the information I had and just type it up, it still seemed pretty hard since I have alot of information and I might not be able tog et all of them finish, thinking about it too much, it made me too woried and I was  having too much pressure and I still do. Plus, we might be having any other incoming tests coming in and we already have a test on science about our end of unit and I have to study alot for that and I am gona be thinking how the hell Im gonna get this also done. Today I finished my introduction looking at that previous introduction card Ihe inside m blue folder. I was thinking made a second paragraph focusing on briedly explaining my research about the Roman civlization; I was also wondering on how I will actually try to start my 3rd paragraph focusing on on of the Roman categories, how long this thing would be and if there was enough words for me to type up for the other 2 categories of the Roman civlization....and I instead worried about that tomorrow ! 

24th Process Journal Entry Date: 26:04:09

Today was like the first time we step into our class for months, because usually we spend time in some other places, like computer labs and libraries to research on our projects on the civilisations. Today, we were to start planning our essay for humanities; I got the sheet of paper about the instructions that the teachers typed on word document (a printed copy of it), and I started to copy some of the things, and decide to do my introduction (which is part of the instruction, to write the introduction on a card). Unfortunately, the things I copied was horrible and I threw it away and do something else to prepare/start the essay from scratch. I began thinking and grabbed and sorted out the cards I have and figured I had enough for the essay, in all the 3 categories and my bibliographies, so i decided to think for a while, inside my head and plan the introduction, and wrote anything inside my card, put aside the planning part and just progress along as I do my work. I managed to do my introduction and the class finsihed minutes later just as I started to do something else, it felt weird today becuase we werent inside the class for a verly long time, and think inside class, it's like just getting back from the summer vacation and you have no clue/idea on how to use your pencil, or what to do!

23rd Process Journal Entry Date: 22:04:09

I worked for my Roman Government, and I actualy liked it, which was wierd since I was soo intsted it it. I had no problems today, and since it was like our final day, also final day of the week, I worked hard and was proud with what I did so far. Among all the categories, my Roman government explanins alot more, some are not in general, but also detailed like lesgilatives, senate, the constitutions and others. I was so forward in learning something about it, I had alot of cards and I guess it will dominate the amount of information I have for both of the other categories combined, so I felt proud, and I didn't get distracted, I worked to myb full potential and I have successfully, completed everything I plan from the begining. Im on track and I felt so relaxed since I finished mostly everything I can, but incase I haven't, I decided to research more and take my cards home and review, research about it once more, if possible, I can keep doing it whern it's necessary. I worked hard and I feel prepared for the incoming essay on next sunday, but in the mean time I will be doing what I am supposed to do to write the things for my essay that are based on what I've written down on my cards.

22nd Process Journal Entry Date: 21:04:09

I worked on my reliegon, but there wasn't really any other question I could find, I was satisfied of having all of the informastion, because there wasn't really alot I could find about reliegon. Although, since it was near that we wont be researching this again as a class in school anymore, I started to see and check, re-check my cards and tried to find any questions I could find, My class mates was bothering my today, luckily I managed to do my work, ignored and stick with my priorities. I had few minor problems in sorting out the cards in the accurate category, such as if a person workds for the government, does that fit into the jobs category or the government's category and so on. That was one og my biggest diffucukties and I hope I can managed to handel it properly. Other then that, everything is goingn well.   

21st Process Journal Entry Date: 20:04:09

So far, Ive had enough information, but planning to keep on going researching; for each category I have about 10 cards, I still am not satisfied. I am trying to reach higher and get cards amount of 50 atleast so it can benefit me in typing the essay. I have only about 10 cards for jobs because  I cannot list all of the jobs existed at that time of period, but Im basicly aware that slaves normall y work nearly everywhere, and for anything, either themselves as an indivisual, for their owners, or with their owners in places like barbers, farmers and other various places. I cannot list jobs such as like government beucase that fits more into the Roman government category. Overall, Im still doing the same things over and over again, arranging the cards, and try to come up with new ones to sort them out in each accurate category, today, I worked mainly on the Jobs. 

20th Process Journal Entre Date: 19:04:09

I have been working consistently on my work, and so far has make alt of good progress along the way, I have really put much into my concentration, completed alot of work so far. I knew my priorities and I have listened to Mr. Bonnalie and has been doing alot of things in such small time to repay all of those wasted time I had. The number of my cards I've created so far has increased and reviwed all of them, researching about the Roman empire alot to come up with more question, more cards, more knowledge, and more things I can include on my 1500 word essay. Im aware of the latest behaviors that is happening arond the class, disrespectful, and usually I joined in, Instead, Ive ignored, I knew my priority and I had no dillemas. I still need to do a few more for each category of my civilisation to make sure that I've enough information for each category in order to write my essay properly.

19th Process Journal Entre Date: 15:04:09

Today, I could sit with some of my friends, since Mr. Bonnalie had given me the chance and trust from the amount of work I've been doing, and putting more initiatives lately. Unfortunately, hoping that I won't be distracted working by my classmate, I was disturbed countless times and was unable to do my work from the interferences my classmate, and didn't do that much, I had at least did about 3-5 cards about the all the 3 different parts of the Roman empire, I had not done much, I had been chekcing all of my cards I've done, and I'm well organized and full of hoped to do more today(but didn't) , in the future, and certain to get this done before the dead line comes. One of the diffuculties I have experieced today was trying to focus on my work and the people beside to me working in class was trying to influence me in doing negative facts which I was tempting to do. Fortunately I manage to control myself and mind on my own buisness. But he kept switching off my computer. I should've repositioned myself somewhere else where I could've concentrated more in class to get this over with, I want to get good grades, trust from my teachers, respect and good comments. That's why, from now on, every single class, I will be sitting somewhere else that I can give 100% full concentration on my work as my highest priority. I also learned that if my colleague ever offered to sit with him, I would rather deny it then accepting it :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

18th Process Journal Entry Date: 14:03:09

Yesterday, I've heard what Mr. Bonnalie said about me in the parent teacher conference; I concur with him about my ability to do good in school, but easily get distracted by the influence of my own friends. Fortunately he said he witnessed some improvement and thats a good example and now I've been trying as hard as I can in completeing of all my unfinished work in humanities as fast as I can. I had other work and I realize the faster you do igt, the less work and stress you'll have later on, and Im in the process right now in handling that task. I have rest alot in class, and now its time I am gonna repay all of those hours I missed.

Ive done alot of cards so far, but not enough, and im still sure, if i just keep working I will be able to get this done before the dead end. On emajor dillema is that, Im not sure how much work I will have to handel in researching about 3 different things simultaneously in class before the dead end which is next week. I still have to recod the remaining days I have to do this and other work from other classes needs to be done, so I need to work like HELL now in order to go everything on scheulded. So far im doing very good in wishes to keep it that way.

17th Process Journal Entry Date: 13:04:09

Everything was going well, nothing was new and it's the parent teacher conference later. So I'll be working hard as I can to hear the comments later about my latest and previous behaviors. beside that, everything was going well and I am handling it fine and all on progress. 

I changed by listening to my teachers advices by giving more intrests into my work, I wanted for some change and wanted myself to be more mature in class, and I have, I have many websites, I have completed many of the government, occupation, and jobs. I have typed down most of my process journal and will soon correcting them, and I have drag myself into alot of trouble alreasdy so I wish to do the best as I can during this term. 

16th Process Journal Entry Date: 12:04:09

A whole new 2nd week of term 3 after the break, I was relaxed, I was tired, but now, It's a whole new week, a whle new week after the break and Im ready and prepared to train myself into handling my work in a serious matter.

I kept doing great work anf puttin gmore efforst and commitment into my work; I really had been working hard, and I found various information about government and jobs. I realize then, since all of the three (reliegon, occupation, and government) had the same quantity of information. I started into working on all 3 and started to rememmbering all the sources I got from books and the websites for the citation. I've been finding many information and well organized, I worked to my full potential and knew I knew my priority, and that is to work and focus on my real objective and that was to work on my work I had, I felt I wasn't doing quite enough to satisfy myself, and the fairness of other people who I interfered/disturbed during their work and they've done so much, and I think I deserved to work more by doing so, I try on a more faster pace. I barely had to organized anything and now.

15th Process Journal Entry Date: 1:04:09

It's the last day until the short break...... So I gave my best intiatives in doing the best work since we had about a few weeks left, and the next week, it will be the short break and I'll not be working on this during that week during my holiday in London. I had alot of websites/bibliographies.

I wrote it down since I was prepared and was organized this time, simultaneously did some organizing in during filling out the cards, one mistake I did though, for the bibliographies, I thought we were to wite down the links we found on the cards, thats what I've odne when instead u were meant to do all those on citation, which I wil get onto it shortly. 

14th Process Journal Entry Date: 31:03:09

I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TODAY IN RESOLVING ALL MY PROBLEMS SINCE I HAD MY BACK UP PLAN, but wait! I forgot my password for my user, and I was delayed (not something new) again! The password took some time for me to gain access back to my user, and used up a total of 15-20 minutes. Another painful consequence is that, before we started on this whole researching about choosing my own civilization to research about (it was all and independent work and teachers instruction was not given since this was all an individual work as a preparation for IB). We were to create our own wikispces page, we were to include our blogs displaying our process journal, but I didnt include any of those inside my new age for wikispaces for the humanities section. I needed Hamdan to assist me in everything that day, the password for my user, and to help me in trying to include all the things that was told by our teachers like our blog site on the wiki, it wasm't easy, since I realy dont like using the wiki since I always have some diffuculties with it, it was our first time using the wiki inside humanities class and even the humanities teachers were new to this kind of thing. So the whole yesterday, I had no hoped and I fooled around since Hamdan was busy helping the others, I was waiting for him to help me for the password reset and the things we had to do with our wikispaces inside humanities class that I didnt FULLY complete

13th Process Journal Entry Date: 29:03:09

More errors were coming in, and I needed to have a back up plan, everything was going messed up during organizing my work, I had hoped and that's why I tried to resolved my work, the problem that kept stopping me was mostly organization which includes in researching about it. I haven't mostly put some of the process Journal into my blogger, but I made a note on that on one of my cards. I kept that card as a reminder that I need to complete that at home as part of my own homework, and I doubt I will have enough time since I had more things coming in my head that i needed to complete. Finding extra information I was tempting to add about my reliegon, I didnt maintain enough time since I was focusing on my government, and jobs getting wrttiten down on one of my cards as bullt points, but not the real ones since previously I didnt have enough time to do it and I was on organization. yet again, MY PROCESS JOURNAL! THE CITATION MACHINE THAT I WAS RIGHT DOUBTING I DIDNT HAVE NEOUGH TIME, so i wanted to write that down too, but wait, I LOST MY CARD! THAT DSHOWED THE LIST OF STUFF I WAS SUPPOSED TO DO! i needed a back up plan, and that day is when I started to construct a table at my house showing about my time management.

12th Process Journal Entry Date: 25:03:09

I am going mad, everything was not on schedule as I expected it to be, everything is delayed, my short amount of information was not satisfying enough I guess to impress Mr. Bonnalie, I haven't done my citation and I required more information. Again, there was clear sign that I am delayed and needed to cath up with the time, so today, I was more on organizing and didn't research that much, but i did have about some information that is the basics from the government and the occupations, and I think this will do just fine in trying to get me prepared about the information, getting set up with organizing my informations but, unfortunately not with the time in getting the citation, and im thinking its gonna take me a while when Im gonna do my citation since I needed to deal with my research mostly, and incase of any dilleams of disorganization again.

11th Process Journal Entry Date: 24:03:09

Previously, the whole time I was not working onto my full potential, and wasn't doing a good job in getting my job done. I too was oblivious about the reports from teachers. But thanks to Mr. Bonnalie, he reminded us and I changed my attitude and worked in class as fast, and focused as I can trying to grab as much information about the same two parts (government and occupation). I was worried about the incoming reports since I thought I was going to receive bad marks as I mentioned before about my lack of improvement going on with me when Mr Bonnalie was advising me to do better as usual and there was no symbolic sign of improvement. Since the reports were coming in, I decided to work as best as I can out of the best, like the nerdiest people even Ive to admit I had to be one during that time since reports were coming in, I hoped to change Mr. Bonnalie's mind, even if it was last minute.

10th Process Journal Entry Date: 23:03:09

I had a few basic questions, about the Roman government, I am well aware of the time shortage we have in spending a few more days in the library until we would be moving on to the labs, so I tried to devised a plan, in finding a faster process into finishing the two topics focusing on the Roman government and occupations. I decided to read all the books and whatever basic general, non-complex information there are, I would add to the list of questions I have and that basic general information I have, will be my answer for that question. It kinda worked, I spend the first 15 minutes- 20 minutes struggling about the ways I can get organized working on two topics, there were problems about concentrating on my work since I was was easily distracted from my colleagues. In the end, it worked and I manage to resolve the problem plus, but unfortunately didnt get alot of cards on the in formation about the two parts (government and occupations).

9th Process Journal Entry Date: 22:03:09

I stopped finding information about Roman reliegon since it was hard to find in any of the books hat I chosed. Instead, I moved on to government and hoped of finding tons of useful information that explains all of the questions I need to know, or if there is a general information about the government, I can utilize it to create it's question and write down from the fundanmental general information. I had to find as many information dealing with gernment, since sonn onwards we'll be going to the lab, and our session in the library on reffering on books we'd be over, and I still had to do about Roman occupation.

8th Process Journal Entry Date: 22:03:09

chat with ya later

7th Process Journal Entry Date: 17:03:09

Abcent- Soccer Tournament today at Dukhan along with a couple of people.

6th Process Journal Entry Date: 16:03:09

I tried to recover my mistakes Ive done,  but eveyrthing went wrong again, I also forgot the blibliography from where I got all of my information on the work of reliegon Ive done so far in class, I was more organized but, I also started to loose my stuff. Nothing much happen  

5th Process Journal Entry Date: 15:03:09

Today was an unluky day for me, I had more mixed up coming in from other poeple in each characteristics and mixed up questions and incorrect answers. I was lack of confidence and started to fool around and got bored and did barely anything the whole day except cheking out some books related to this kind of subject reading chapter by chapter.  

4th Process JournaL Entry Date: 11:03:09

Today, I started to find alot of information about the reliegon characteristics about Rome; I received and had more then 6 cards about reliegion and shared information from my other class mates and now took this project more seriously and tried to do an excellent and get this thing done earlier, so I could mind about other things later on mind. I utilized the many other books trying to get more information and read more books, unfofrtunately at the end, I became lazy and started to give up and day dream the whole day.

3rd Process Journal Entry: 10:03:09

Today sucked, I was easily distracted and most of my classmates was seperated from my group and I usually didn't have anyone when I required assistance. I did find some good information from certain books, for one characteristics and still working on it, but the other characteristics are not found and it was depressing, the plan I devised into get this thing done was in trying to find all the answers for the questions for each characteristics simultaneously, and focus on all of them not one by one which was a slow process, but then, I decided to stick into focusing one by one since I have no choice and it was too late.  

2nd Process Journal Entry Date: 9:03:09

The second class, we rememmbered some of the books that we rememmbered that was actually a good reference and took them right away once I entered the library in the second day. We sat down with few of my classmates that had the identical civilization. I again encountered some peoblems in trying to get the accurate information that i wsas searching for, and sometimes, my classmates assists me by providing/sharing me with the right books that has the right information. I liked getting information on computers, but again, it was forbidden to use the internet fofr researching about our project, but on library books first. 

1st Process Journal Entry, Date: 8:03:09

Today was our first day after creating our folders for organizing all the information we will be finding in the future.

I took a few books, and checked them out in the library throughtout the whole period, and maintaied various diffuculties in tryting to actually find the right certain book that maintained all the wanted information and answers. I spend a long time searching one book by another and actually kind of spend the whole entire day searching for the wanted information for the questions that we will be asking for. My colleagues too experience the same thing and was delayed alot by wasting gtime in searching for the right books and getting distracted easily. At the end of the lesson, we found some books that is what we wanted and rememmbered some of the front cover, but one of the dillema was that, some of the books were mixed up and were'nt organized properly and we ended up looking at books with the wrong civilizations

INTRODUCTION

We as students has to choose a civilizations and choose 3 characteristics and research about it on books and other documents first in the library,and then the computer.

The 3 characteristics I chose were: 

1.) Government

2.) Jobs

3.) Reliegon

Among all the civilizations that was recomemmended by our teachers, I chosed the Roman civilization. Because I knew more informations and have more intrests in the civilization and want to know more about the civilization.