usually if an angle is bigger than 360 degrees say it is 400 degrees, if you are finding the reference angle, you have to subtract 360-400 to get -40 which is an angle that is coterminal and shares a side with the 400 degree angle on the x-axis (if the circle is on a coordinate plane) and you plot the -40 degree angle. If the angle is negative you go clockwise and if it is positive you go counter-clockwise. Since the angle is bigger than 360, it over-encompasses a circle and it is hard to represent, so we subtract 360 from the angle to make it represented as a reference angle, instead of using 400 degrees which is in another dimension, we can find how many times the circle goes around to get 400 by subtracting 360 from it. It is different for radian angles though. I hope I didn’t confuse you;) pre-calc is lots of fun and color-coding and labeling a unit circle is enjoyable.

Dave and Andrew both helped me today in ap english with the unit circle and i think i understand it better now. also dave helped me with physics honors as well. i’m on spring break starting tomorrow to april 3. my pre-calc teacher says there will be a quiz on 6.3 on april 5 (tuesday), i have ch.19 test in ap world history april 6 and an ap english quiz april 7 (thursday) on Into the Wild and also transcendentalism and a physics test on conservation of momentum on april 7 (thursday). so i am going to have a busy spring break, studying and reading chapters. andrew has gotten back to being tense around me because i’m doing better in pre-calc than he is and dave is helping me. dave is a great guy, he is very compassionate, entertaining and explains things in great detail and he is very helpful. he’s the type of person that gets along with everyone. also my yoga teacher has so many cool templates such as chameleons (blending in with nature or surroundings, being at peace with your surroundings), fairies (flying away from stress), buddhas (spiritual awakenings, being at peace with yourself) to color to relieve stress.

sebastian is great person who throws javelin on my track team, he is very encouraging when our team works out in the weight room and he is good at explaining the workouts. we also have two new guys who are very entertaining, i was practicing with them since this is my first year throwing. the two new guys were very encouraging and i managed to throw the shotput (8 lbs for girls) to six inches on my third try not the farthest, but it’s progress). before i couldn’t even throw the shot put far enough, it would just land an inch from my foot and their was no projectile motion, but i have more force now. you have to put a lot of weight in your back leg so when you throw, the back leg is like a launch for your hips to open and have the motion throw far in your arms. my team mates were great as well and helped me lots. mildred, erin, matt, james and the two new guys were all helping me. today, during lunch break, i visited my yoga teacher and i think i might switch my schedule a little next year to take a class with her, my friend, javi (sophomore year cooking class) is in her fiber arts class. javi is quite an entertaining guy and he and i share an interest in the medical field, we both enjoy working out and helping people. he is competitive, but in a fun way.

here is the workout i did for track:

20 minutes of sprints (100 m)

front squats (10,10,8,6) cross arms hold bar and lift it as you squat

leg upleg-step using box (10,8,6)

bench press (10, 8,8,6)

incline pushups (3X10)

curls (3X10)

i feel like my wrist is developing more muscle, but it is also sore as well, but i had lots of fun. shawn and dakota, both friends in my pre-calc class have been teaching me shortcuts on how to solve pre-calc equations since they feel the teacher makes it long-drawn and it is pretty cool. they both are in my physics honors class as well and they have a great sense of humor. dakota has a witty, sarcastic sense of humor much like andrew and dakota can be competitive at times, but not as fiercely competitive as andrew. dakota was teaching me how to rock climb using the stair banister and the wall today and it was quite entertaining. he said we probably used 4000 horsepower (it’s just a fun way to experiment with physics, i don’t think we exerted that much power, but if you have more mass and speed, your power is more).

after yesterday, my special friend didn’t feel so left out, but today when i went to my yoga teacher for 25 minutes during my lunch break, my lunch buddy (steve) felt left out so i decided to make him laugh by showing him cool techniques on the graphing calculator and talking about track. i felt bad b/c when my special friend asked me to hang out with him after school today, i couldn’t b/c i had track practice, but i had lots of fun with my lunch buddy (steve) and my team mates at practice.
anyway, i wished him a happy spring break. i get the feeling that the more i do well in math and science and go for track, the more my special friend likes me. he has gotten over the fact that he is better at english and history b/c he really cares about me and just wants me to be happy doing what i love. i’ve seen him around other girls and he doesn’t seem to really connect with them as much as he does with me. sometimes he walks alone to think and i do the same and we meet each other and we smile at each other. i think he still wishes he was my boyfriend, but it’s hard with our busy schedules and me having so many friends helping me with school. i feel like i share a special connection to a lot of my friends especially dave and andrew (when he’s not being tense from competition). it’s great having them around to help me with school. sometimes my special friend gets jealous b/c i spend lots of time with them, but he doesn’t have to worry because even though i love all my friends, he remains my special friend, the one guy i love the most.

here is a paragraph i wrote about dave:

Everyone has friends that have helped them throughout tough times in life. Friends also connect to each other with platonic love. True friends see beyond your mistakes and also help you improve your skills. There is no friend like David Murphy; he and I have been friends since ninth grade. Whenever I get stressed and complain, Dave is always encouraging and often helps me with schoolwork. Dave is very modest and easy to talk to and we share a spiritual connection that ties us as friends; we both care about each other. Dave’s humor, easy-going nature, intelligence and compassion make him a great person to be around; we have platonic love as friends because we both chose each other as friends and both help each other develop and grow. Dave is like the song “All I Want” by Toad the Wet Sprocket, in the song it states “Nothing’s so cold, as closing the heart when all we need is to free the soul, but we wouldn’t be that brave I know.” Dave’s considerate nature makes him trustworthy and his confidence helps me feel better about myself and makes me feel more open to meeting people instead of closing myself off. There are no words to describe the platonic love I feel for Dave. Without, him I would not have developed the confidence I have and have felt my soul feel much freer instead of holding back in making friends; he taught me many valuable lessons on trust and acceptance of myself. Also in the song, it states “All I want is to feel this way, to be this close, to feel the same.” I always want to keep the memories of friendship and also am grateful to the way Dave encourages me and makes me laugh when I am sad. Without Dave, I would not be the same person I am today; I am glad that he is my friend and we share platonic love where we both help each other grow and develop.

here is a paragraph i wrote about my special friend:

Everyone is a snowflake, beautiful and unique; no one has the same experiences in their lives. We are all shaped and become stronger based on our life experiences. Yet, there are always people who come into your life who make such a difference and you are never the same again. Caring, compassionate and understanding are three words to describe the guy who came into my life in seventh grade when I felt like I had hit rock bottom and had no friends; he helped me build back the foundation that I thought I had lost. There is no one like my special friend, who is always energetic and reminds me to embrace the positivity of life. Before him, I never knew what I was capable of. Yet, the moment he came into my life, doors opened and I saw light

my special friend and I have been friends since seventh grade throughout high school. In seventh grade, I had low self-esteem and was often bullied. We met in gym class when we were playing soccer, he picked me for his team and it was such a relief to have someone notice me since most people avoided me. When people laughed at his pick, he would defend me and when I felt depressed, he would say things like “I have faith in what you can do, don’t give up.” Throughout the years into high school, he would role play being a bully and teach me ways to be more assertive. If there were times when I cried or felt like I could not go on, he would hug me and say that he was there for me.