Keep Austin Weird!

Where I live, in Austin, Texas, many people say to keep austin weird. Basically, it means that Austin is a weird place. Almost anything goes here. You are free to be yourself, and express yourself, weather it be in a crazy way, musical way, intellectual way, or an artistic way. People that live here are proud to, it is a very colorful and original city. In a part of Austin, somebody even dedicated their house to it. I posted a few pictures of weird austin things on the right side of the page...enjoy!

What's New

Right now in geography we are learning about the genocide in Rwanda, in Africa. It is really scary and awful just to see what those people went through. The situation is similar to what happened in the Halocaust, which took place in Germany. Peoples of one group are being killed just for being that way, they didn't do anything wrong. What is worse is that only a few thoughful, generous people went in to help. Countries didn't do anything, for fear of death themselves. One monday we are having a socratic seminar, which means that the students lead the discussions, and we have to take notes and read to prepare. We will lead a discussion about the genocide in Rwanda.
In my life, there are a few new things happening. Next week on monday, there is a horse that I am going to try out to see if I want to buy him. It is real exciting for me, because I have never owned my own horse, but always wanted to. In a couple weeks is spring break, and I am taking a friend to go with me to Utah. There, we are going to attempt to try and learn to snowboard. It is going to be funny to watch us even try to stand up! I will be sure to post pictures of that.

First Blog

My name is Delaney, and I am 14 years old.

So, this week in geography. Well, monday we had a test, it was pretty easy I thought. It covered russia and the republics including vegetation, climates, the russian revolution, and vocabulary. Then tuesday we began to learn about africa and today we learned about african tribilism. I learned that tribes have their own customs and culture, and almost every single one speaks a different language. Too many languages, especially considering that there are over a thousand tribes! The rest of this week we are drawing maps of africa, countries, physical features, cities, and more fun stuff.....

Lets see, when I am not in school, my life revolves around horseback riding, my family and friends. I love riding horses, I have been doing it since I was 7. Sunday I am going down to New Braunfles to look at a horse of my own, which for me is exciting! My family is small, me and my parents, 3 uncles, 1 aunt, 1 grandma, and only 2 cousins. Oh, and my dogs of course! I have four, two at my moms house and two at my dads. Their names are Max, Lucy, Bullet, and Roxy. My uncle is a swim coach, and this summer is getting put into some hall of fame....which is great for him. We are going up to see him later in May. I guess thats about all for now!