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Ezra is a nice person and a good friend. He encourages me and lets me know when I've made a good point.

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Zoie is taking this class seriously even though sh is suffering from seniorits

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I mean we all know ben is a genius and will probably get a 5 on the Ap. Ezra works really hard to make up for not having taken a history/social science AP. Deborah is also really good at history in general and is awesome at applying that skill to this class.

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Ben works his bum off to introduce his previous knowledge into the class. He has patience for us even though we are all dumb compared to him.

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Ben- he stays focused and his force dedication is remarkable. He makes time to turn in things on time or at all.
stanhope- dealing with us, even though we ( I) can be a pain in the $%@#

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Shoutout to Leah for trying really hard in this class

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Ben is really good at getting his projects done on time, something that I am exceptionally bad at. and for doing really well on the test. Shoutout to deborah for always coming in during lunches.

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Deborah is determined to ace this class and more importantly, takes the steps to do that. She retakes test and does flashcards during tornadoes.

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Ezra models the attitude that we all need to adopt. He cheers when practice multiple choice as he wants to improve for the exam in May. His hard work and positive attitude have begun to pay off. He smoked everyone on the Barron's multiple choice.

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Zoie and Leah have added an incredible amount of depth to their projects by interviewing people they know from the country.

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When I have gotten bogged down with the minutia that the College Board requires, Ben has reminded me why I love this curriculum with discussions of invented tradition and selective cultural memory.

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I'm on the way to learning the political geography of the US as I do my daily stretches!

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Leah admitted to not knowing the term Latin America. This led to an informative discussion that emphasized a much tested fact. Brazilians speak Portuguese!

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It took me 48 hours to process Zoie's point about Yiddish

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It took me 48 hours to process Zoie's point about Yiddish

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I tried to lay the groundwork to have a debate if Yiddish was a pidgin or creole language so that we could learn difference and never miss a multiple choice involving these two concepts. Zoie's point about hipsters learning Yiddish because it trendy to do made me realize that a language can simultaneously be a pidgin language and developing [spoken and written]. To the hipsters who listen to a podcast on how to speak Yiddish, it is pidgin. To a child of in an Ashkenazi whose first language is Yiddish it is a creole.

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Ezra Stressed Importance that Tradition Played in Language

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Ezra Stressed Importance that Tradition Played in Language

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Ben commented that many  African countries would economically benefit if they chose one official language and ensured all citizens mastered it.  Ezra responded that language is a vehicle of tradition.  He used Orthodox Judaism continued use of Hebrew as an example.

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Ben said a lot of smart things that were cool and I learned stuff. Zoie was loud and that kept me awake.  I really liked Deborah's pregnancy story and Ezra's things that he said about slang.

Completely agree! Deborah's pregnancy story reinforced our discussion on the evolving nature of language. It makes me think of words like "pissed." In Australia it means drunk, in the US its a crude way of saying angry.

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Shoutout to Leah for waiting to say her story until Ms. Stanhope was done. Takes a lot of patience and teaches me to le Ms. Stanhope speak before adding to the conversation.

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Ms. Stanhope- The effort that you put into this class making engaging discussions that are productive and educational.
Ben- Any time I don't know what the heck I am talking about--whether that be today or ever--you politely correct me and inform me of whatever information I am lacking. I really appreciate the filling of knowledge gaps.
Leah- I liked your personal insights and your stories connecting her experiences in Europe with language.
Deborah- You pregnant lady. You insights into the migration of immigration was interesting.
Ezra- Your insight into everything including valuable opinions were fantastic.

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Ben brought a lot of good examples and good understanding of history. he helped explain how the vocab worked.
also to everyone i felt there was a lot of good respect and letting everyone talk, when they wanted to.

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Ezra was really amazing about leading the class discussion. He also made a lot of really interesting points- like when he spoke about slang

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Ezra put in hours into his Population and Migration test.

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Over the past week, Leah has demonstrated the grit to to retake her first test.

Zoie has fully entered the enterprise of AP HUG after debating her commitment. She turned in missing flashcards and passed her Reading Quiz

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Ben intelligently caught my mistake when I called Brunei part of Indonesia. I hope to remember Bali is the Indonesian island in the boonies that the Indonesian government hopes to use to lessen population and tourist pressure on Java.

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When Deborah brought up the Kiribati tactic of tourism [move the International Dateline east so it can be the first country to see the sunrise] she helped us review that longitude determines time zone.