Chapter 32 Quiz

I just took my Chapter 32 Quiz and I got a 75% on it! I feel pretty good about it! There were about two contraversial questions but thats okay! I feel great about it! I can't believe this class and quarter is already over!

Primary Document Analysis- LAST ONE!

So I am finally doing my LAST primary document! I'm doing on the U.S. National Security Strategy primary document. I'm going to be up late typing it but thats okay. Finals are next week and this will probably help me out alot for the final. I can't believe the final is already next week. It seemed too soon for sure! Well Im hoping I will do well on the primary document analysis! :]

Mid-Term #2

I just took my history mid term this monday, and I did better than I did last time! On my last mid-term I had gotten a 78%, on this mid-term I had gotten a 80%. Not much of a difference, but still recognizing that I did better than last time! I did my Mid-Term on the Vietnam War. The terms that were infixuated with the Vietnam War given on the mid-term, out of 11, only 4 were on there. Which was a bummer, but I worked my way around it. The 5 terms I had chosen were 1) The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 2) The Credibility Gap 3) Iran Hostage Crisis 4) Crisis of Confidence 5) Peace Without Conquest. I was pro at the Gulf of Tonkin Resultion and redibility Gap, and I did fairly well on the Peace Without Conquest part of the essay. I believe I did well considering how un-talented I am at history. Memorization of certain dates and names then connecting it to the bigger picture and linking it to other ideas, just isnt my forte. History is VERY interesting to me, but it's not my strong feild of study. Writing is. Which is probably why i've been getting A's on my primary document analysis'. 

Chapter 29 Quiz

Alright, so i'm about to take the Chapter 29 Quiz. I'm hoping for at least a 90% this time! Give us some easier question for once Dr. Arnold! Just kidding. I believe that I will do fine, but i guess we'll just have to see! I've been passing all my quizzes with a B. Except for my first quiz WHICH I was totally not prepared for, my bad. But i've been doing fine so far! I'll keep my fingers crossed!

Class Discussion

We had a class discussion sometime last week about President Johnson. We were discussing 2 primary documents, one "Peace Without Conquest" and The Telephone conversationg between president Johnson and Bundy. I believe that President Johnson was two timing and manipulative. Thats my own personal opinion, between those two documents, he completely goes against what he said in the "Peace Without Conquest" speech. In the speech he talks about democracy and peace for Vietnam, but yet in the telephone conversation with Bundy, he questions "Why should I even care about Vietnam?" That doesn't sound like a very confident and responsible president. Yes, I do understand that he does have many stresses in his life as President, but he shoulden't go around saying that, then saying something completely opposite a year later at his speech in 1965. I do believe, though, that he is a strong willed president. Maybe not in his "telephone conversations" or his unfaithful "speeches". But he does within himself have a strong mind which did make him, realistically, a "decent" president.

After the Mid-Term

I just took the mid term and all the mid term asked for us to do is choose of the 3 time periods, then choose 5 terms that go along with that time period you've chosen then write a historical background section on that and then write an analysis. Sounds fairly easy huh? Well, I'm a talker, so I like to expand on certain details and write outside of the box... 1 hour couldent have possibly let me do that. I feel ok about my mid term but if I was allowed more time on it I would have done tremendously better. It was my first mid term so now I know for in the future!

Mid-Term

I've been studying for my mid-term all day and all weekend, and I'm not totally sure how i feel about everything! At times, I feel like ill do alright, but at other times I feel scared and nervous because I always want to do super good on my tests. I just worry too much so hopefully my mid term turns out fine! If only i could study for 5 terms and events that occured around those 5 then I would feel alot better, but 30? Thats intense! I'm sure ill do fine, HOPEFULLY! :p