The awesome archaeologists from Dig This 08!

Dig This! What a cool name, what an unforgettable class. Time never stops, as soon as I flickered my eyes, Dig This have already reached the end. Still remembered the first day of class, I was sitting at the corner of the Peabody classroom, being indifference to the class. I was like an oyster, stayed inside my shells and separated from the class. No matter it was the tour of Philip Academy Andover or eating lunches in the Uncommon, I was by myself. Seriously, it was not cool to be by yourself.

            Since I was come form Hong Kong, I have a different accent from the other kids. I was scared of talking, because I was afraid that my classmates would laugh at me. Dig This has let me understood that if I didn’t try, I won’t know the answer. As a result, I started to communicate with my classmates, such as Beebie, Aidan and Malina. I found out that they were really kind and nice. In addition, I chose to write a creative story for my final project. Because I want to challenge myself to speak in front of people, I want to show them what I have learned during Dig This!

            Dig This has been a great class. I have gained and obtained lack of knowledge. Our class has successfully unearthed the history. It has colored my humdrum summer, it has taught me tons of substantial information about the Native Americans. However, I still have three new ideas for Dig This!  First, I hope Dig This can add some excavation about prehistoric dinosaurs bones, don’t you think is cool if you find a tyrannosaurus’s tooth? Secondly, I hope the kitchen could provide different kinds of lunch for us, because I have had Turkey sandwiches for all my field trips. As a result, I was scared of Turkey now. Lastly, I hope Dig This could accomplish some kind of souvenir. So when I arrived in Hong Kong, I could show my accomplishment to everyone. Also, I can always remember all my beloved teachers and classmates.

            Obviously, since Mr. Newhall was an expert in Cornell notes style, he has “forced” us to follow his footsteps.  I was being sarcastic when I said, “Forced”. By the way, I have really taken advantages from taking Cornell notes. It has helped me organized my thoughts and information during class presentation. I am 100% positive that I am going to use Cornell notes at my school. Also, I have learned how to read an article and take good notes on it. In the past, I won’t take notes while I was reading, so I didn’t really understand the article. From now on, I started to take notes on the key idea of the article. Third, I have learned how to find appropriate and reliable sources for projects. It is going to be a vital skill for me, because at my school, I have to due with tons of projects. Lastly, I really enjoyed all the filed trips that Dig This has prepared for us. I really like to learn from looking at artifacts from the past.

            I was really proud to be part of Dig This! I knew I would never regret for coming to Philip Academy Andover. I have gained lots of substantial skills and met lots of really nice people and teachers, who I am going to miss them so much in Hong Kong. Dig This was like a big puzzle, formed by 13 little pieces, Malina, Beebie, Aidan, Anthony, Victoria, Sid, Christine, Cindy, Sameer, Thalia, J.P, Mary and Me. We were all part of Dig This 08! “Congratulation Kenny! You have graduated!”

They were our stars in Rebecca Nurse Homestead. They really helped us went through the process of excavating artifacts. If they didn’t help us, I don’t think the excavation in Rebecca Nurse Homestead would be that successful!