Year in Review

So this year I did a physics course online through Coursera and then I started to focus a lot on Government and History.

After finishing a BYU Independent Study World History Course in November, I studied for and took the AP US Government exam at Triton in May. It was a lot of hard work and fun as I got to learn things about the our Federal Government all through the year. I got a 5 with Heavenly Father's wonderful help on the AP U.S. Government and Politics exam.

My AP Scores

I also attended a town hall meeting, visited the local courthouse, created campaign signs and went canvassing during the primary elections. I only wish I wasn't still 5 years away from voting. My 18th birthday will be just a month after the 2020 election cycle (wretched). I found out what my AP score was on Saturday.

I am now taking a U.S. History Course also through BYU I.S. and I love it that I  live in a place where I can visit a lot of the places I'm learning about. We went to Plymouth a few weeks back and I got to go to Plimoth plantation and talk with the Governor about the colony.

I also took an art class at Triton and got to do a lot of creative projects. My pencil portrait of the Prophet Lorenzo Snow won a prize at the Budding Artist Competition at the NAA. One of my favorite art projects this year was a driftwood Nativity I made for Christmas. I also did a 3D animation in blender through a Youth Digital class that was really interesting.

For math besides the Physics algebra I finished Trigonometry and I started working on Pre-Calculus on Khan Academy.

I am still playing soccer with the 7th and 8th graders and with my brother pretty much every day.

One of my favorite things about homeschooling is eating really good food every day. We grow a lot of kale every summer and I have been mixing it into green smoothies and all sorts of other meals as one of my favorite foods.

I've read a lot of classic books this year with our family as well as a lot about freedom and government like The Law by Bastiat and We Hold These Truths to be Self-Evident. I've also found some time for fun reading and got through all of Sherlock Holmes and recenlty got into the Wizard of Earthsea series this year. I can't wait til Brandon Mull publishes his new Dragonwatch series.