AALIM F. SABIR
ABOUT ME: My name is Aalim Sabir I am 13 years old and in the 7th grade. I live in Atlanta, Georgia.
I aspire to be an Aerospace Engineer and private pilot. I also love soccer, basketball, swimming, and video games.
I attend AYA Middle School, so far I have made new friends and learned new things. I can't wait for the next year.
I attend AYA Middle School, so far I have made new friends and learned new things. I can't wait for the next year.
MATH
KEY LEARNING: In class we learned about African fractals such as the Ba-Ila village in Zambia and the Bamileke
village in Cameroon. We also learned about European fractals such as the Koch snowflake.
village in Cameroon. We also learned about European fractals such as the Koch snowflake.
MOST ENJOYABLE: The most enjoyable thing in class is solving riddles and drawing models such as the Koch snowflake.
EASIEST: Drawing fractals such as the Koch snowflake and the Ba-Ila village.
SCIENCE
KEY LEARNING: In class we learned about many different astronomical terms such as Equatorial bulge, Eclipses, and Solstices. We also read a book called A Star of Deep Beginnings by Charles Finch that talks about different things that our ancestors were doing thousand of years ago. We also watched a video called Cosmic Africa.
MOST ENJOYABLE: Watching the cosmic Africa video that talks about an African man trying to find different ethnic groups who have ancient astronomical knowledge and being able to perform science experiments such as the solar cooker.
EASIEST: Making my presentation on equatorial bulge, Eclipses, and Solstices.
MOST DIFFICULT: Making my solar cooker, because I had to find the materials to make it and the weather was not right. my solution was to use an electric light source, but the butter did not melt.
Solar Box Oven:
Eclipses and Solstices:
MOST DIFFICULT: Making my solar cooker, because I had to find the materials to make it and the weather was not right. my solution was to use an electric light source, but the butter did not melt.
Solar Box Oven:
Eclipses and Solstices:
LANGUAGE ARTS
KEY LEARNING: In class we focused on essay writing and learn about different terms such as gerunds and complex sentences.
MOST ENJOYABLE: Learning about adverbs and listening to the adverbs song. I also enjoyed reading Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe.
by Chinua Achebe.
EASIEST: Learning about the different terms such as Gerunds, Adverbs, complex sentences.
MOST DIFFICULT: Writing an expository essay because, I had to follow the rubric and my thesis statement was too weak.
Aalim Sabir
November 16, 2018
Expository Essay
In the first few chapters of Things Fall Apart. The main character Okonkwo does not want to be anything like his father Unoka because, his father was a lazy man. Unoka went to the spirits one day and asked them why his crops wouldn't grow and they said, The reason why your crops wouldnt is because your always taking shortcuts. Later in Unoka’s life he became ill and died. He was not buried instead he was left in the evil forest to die. When Okonkwo has to take care of the farm he also has to take care of a child that is not one of his own Ikemefuna. Ikemefuna is a prisoner of war.
Okonkwo only follows the tradition when he had the yam dinner at his house. The only time he is not following tradition is when he beat his wife during peace week. Okonkwo is not really a product of Umuofia, because he does not owe anyone anything. If he does owe anyone anything, than he would get mad and nobody wants him to get mad. The characters in the book so far are Okonkwo, Unoka, Ikemefuna, Nwakibie and the seven wives of Okonkwo. The book takes place in Umuofia a village in Africa. Okonkwo is following the tradition and not following the tradition. The theme of the story is tradition because, Okonkwo is not following the tradition of peace week. But Okonkwo is following the tradition of the yam festival.
Okonkwo follow the tradition of the yam festival because he was able to show his hospitality for his people. Okonkwo can not follow the tradition on peace week because, he beat one of his wives for lying to her. He had to go to the spirits to state his problem, but they told him that it was peace week and that even if someone does not do something that you like you still should not beat her. Okonkwo was sent to get a few things for the spirit, but he decided to go with the old tradition which was being dragged across town.
Okonkwo was following certain rules. The main reason why he could not follow all of the rules was because he had anger issues. The thing that I learned from the first few chapters was that the men could have as many wives as they want as long as you can take care of them. In my opinion I think that the book is good so far and i can’t wait to finish it.
GEOGRAPHY
KEY LEARNING: In geography we focused on different geographical features such as mountain ranges, deserts
We also used google maps to look at different countries.
We also used google maps to look at different countries.
MOST ENJOYABLE: Teaching the class about the Arctic Desert on my first day. Everyone including
the teacher thought that a desert was a hot dry and sandy place such as the Sahara desert.
the teacher thought that a desert was a hot dry and sandy place such as the Sahara desert.
EASIEST: Watching a Geography Now video and picking and showing a country in google maps.
MOST DIFFICULT: Making my presentation for presentation day.
1.The United States of America is 88,693 square miles bigger than China. China is 3,705,390 sq mi and the USA is 3,794,083 sq mi. The population of China in 2017 was 1.386 Billion people and the population of the in 2017 USA was 325.7 million people.
2. China and USA both have geographical features such as beaches, bays, wetlands, grasslands and deserts, mountain ranges and plateaus. But USA has more lakes and rivers than China, and China has more mountain ranges and deserts than the USA.
3. The Tiananmen Square protests took place in 1989. It was a protest held by students, intellectuals and labour activists. the protest was held because most of the people did not like how the Communist Party ran the country. In the protests some people wanted a change towards a democracy. later in the protest the government used force to end the protest. On June 4 tanks and soldiers to attack the protestors, 3000 people died in that massacre.
4.The Ordos Desert, also known as the the Muu-us or bad desert. the desert is located in the northeastern part of China. The Ordos is a mixture of clay and sand.
Medved - the Russian word for 'bear.'
Russia's bear symbolizes there vast country.
Many of Russia's enemies made a mistake of thinking that Moscow was only a few hundred miles away but it was more than that. The cause of that mistake resulted in them run out of supplies.
5. Shenzhen is the Silicon Valley of hardware, because they produce all types of computer hardware.
6. The documentary was talking about how People in Shenzhen do not follow the copy right rule because there is no copy right rule.
7.The government allows people to improve on a design for example an iPhone, In Shenzhen somebody may invent an iPhone that runs on android technology, and then later somebody may evolve that iPhone into a new iPhone with a face recognition.
Shenzhen is a fast growing city, many years ago Shenzhen was just a farming country and many people were living in poverty because of that. Now they have a city of technology and hardware, and many people can open up their own businesses because of that.
SOCIAL STUDIES
KEY LEARNING: In Social Studies we learn about political activist in Africa and America such as
Robert Mugabe, Samora Machel, Frantz Fanon, Julius Nyerere, and Stokely Carmichael.
We also learned about African revolutions and the political leaders who participated in them.
Robert Mugabe, Samora Machel, Frantz Fanon, Julius Nyerere, and Stokely Carmichael.
We also learned about African revolutions and the political leaders who participated in them.
MOST ENJOYABLE: Making my presentations for presentation day. My presentation was about Robert Mugabe.
I also enjoy learning more about Marcus Garvey and the Black Star Line.
I also enjoy learning more about Marcus Garvey and the Black Star Line.
EASIEST: Learning about different Pan Africanist, their organizations, and who they had to fight against the Europeans.
MOST DIFFICULT: Making my voice impersonations for Kwame Ture, Samora Machel, and Frantz Fanon,
But I was able to get them done. The reason why it was difficult because I couldn't get the voices right.
Robert Mugabe:
Born on February 24, 1924 in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), Africa to Gabriel Mugabe Matibiri and Bona Mugabe, he was one of the six children in the household. In his early life Robert Mugabe excelled at school, he was also a solitary person meaning that he would rather read a book by himself than play soccer with the other children. The cause of him being alone resulted in him being bullied. When he got older, Robert Mugabe became a teacher and taught many schools in
Zimbabwe from 1945-1960.
When he stopped teaching, one day he attended a Kwame Nkrumah meeting and was inspired by what he did in Ghana, Africa with his movement, so Robert Mugabe decided to create his own movement with the help of another figure Joshua Nkomo called ZANU-PF The Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front. Robert Mugabe, Joshua Nkomo, and many others helped to fight against the British and to gain independence. In July 1964 ZAPU and ZANU went to war and won in 1979. The African people were able to reclaim their land from British rule and Robert Mugabe became the first prime minister of Zimbabwe from 1980-1987. Then he became the second president of Zimbabwe from 1987-2017.
Frantz Fanon:
Frantz Fanon joined Algeria’s armed forces to help them gain independence from France. Algeria gained independence on April 8, 1962. He also served in World War 2
In the French Free Army. He was wounded during battle and received the Croix de guerre. On December 6, 1962 Frantz Fanon died of leukemia in Bethesda, Maryland.
Julius Nyerere:
In his early life, Julius Nyerere attended Edinburgh university and Makerere college. He worked in Nyerere forwarded African liberation by fighting against the British with his organization, TANU Tanganyika African National Union founded on July 1954.
His organization just like ZANU was able to kick out the British and gain independence in 1961. He became the first president of Tanzania from 1964-1985. On October 14, 1999 Julius Nyerere died of leukemia.
Kwame Nkrumah:
Nkrumah was a Ghanaian politician born on 1909 in Ghana, Africa Nkrumah forwarded African liberation by forming the Convention People’s Party. His political party helped gain independence from the British rule just like the other countries under British rule in Africa.
In 1952 he became the prime minister of Ghana. In 1957 Ghana was able to gain independence in Ghana from the British. On July 1,1960 Kwame Nkrumah became the first president of Ghana. Later in his life he move to Guinea where he would live for the rest of his life.
FAMILY LORE
KEY LEARNING: In Family Lore we focused on building our family tree and collecting a stash of
family pictures, recipes, songs, poems, letters, and stories.
family pictures, recipes, songs, poems, letters, and stories.
MOST ENJOYABLE: Building our family tree.
EASIEST: Building the family tree.
MOST DIFFICULT: Figuring out who was apart of my family as we went farther back.
CHESS
KEY LEARNING: In class we focused on different types of chess moves such as forks and checkmates.
MOST ENJOYABLE: Playing chess
EASIEST: Playing against the computer.
MOST DIFFICULT: Playing against my classmates.
COMPUTER SCIENCE
KEY LEARNING: In Computer Science we focused on making our own game.
MOST ENJOYABLE: Making our own games on scratch a computer coding program.
EASIEST: Making our games on scratch.
MOST DIFFICULT: Finding a gaming engine to make my game because the one that I wanted to use was too advanced.
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Comments
Never stop learning!
May GOD continue to bless you & yours!!!
Jeddah
WOW! Aalim, I am so impressed with what you are learning in only the 7th grade. I, too, read Things Fall Apart, but I was IN COLLEGE!! I also aspire to learn how to play chess...maybe, one day you can teach me :) It's so wonderful that you are actually enjoying learning. I pray that you continue to enjoy learning. Keep striving, and insha'Allah, you will fulfill your dream of becoming an aerospace engineer.
WOW! I am thoroughly impressed by all the wonderful things that you learned in only 7th grade. I remember reading Things Fall Apart, but I was IN COLLEGE!!! I still aspire to learn how to play chess. Maybe one day. Today, I learned that the USA is bigger than China. I always thought that China was bigger because of their massive population. Thank you Teacher Aalim. I pray that you continue to enjoy learning and continue to challenge yourself.