Nov 15-19 (Kicked out)

To tell you the truth I thought i was kind of fun wandering the school with a bunch of my friends. If I was alone looking for a place to study for like intervention or something, I guess I would feel pretty bummed out. This happened to one of my friends and he got caught in the hall by one of the teachers and was sent to detention. It sounded pretty harsh when he tolled me about it O.o. When we were left outside I new something was up. I mean what kind of a teachers leaves there kids out in the freezing cold winter air without telling them where they are? If that actually happened my parents wouldn't be to happy XD. Now back to the Trail of Tears. When you sit back and really ponder what they felt, you kind of feel heart broken. Just imagine being in your house, somewhere warm and inviting, then being told you have to leave on foot to some totally different place... never to return. And on the way your hole family dies and you realize your all by yourself somewhere you've never been, in the cold freezing weather. O____O Sounds wait less to me. Without waiting there is no hope and without hope there is nothing. If it truly were me I would most likely curl up in a small ball and just cry. I hope no one ever has or ever will have to feel that way again. The one responsible for this had no feeling for the Indians and what they truly felt. So far reading Little Tree, I have this feeling of admiration for the Cherokee.

Nov 8-12 (Title Importance)

My first reaction to the title "Education of Little Tree" was, "is this book a biography about someone?". I thought it meant we would be ready about someone going to school and what there education was. Maybe it was significant because that kind of a person couldn't get an education in that time period. The thought of a former book poped into my head about a black little girl who couldn't get an education in a white school but managed to get in. So far though, the connection I made was far off. When it said little tree I thought it meant we would be reading about someone learning about little trees... At the beginning of reading chapter two, "The Way", the first idea that poped into my head was a path way. When our group was done reading we found out it was a path in a way. "The Way" Is about the way of life. Kind of like the food chain, "to only take the life of animals if they are weak so the strong will live on so there will be more strong later on." It also means other things too, not just eating other creatures. It's sort of like there whole way of life. The heartbeat of mother earth, nature, the sun, pretty much every thing to them is alive. So far we cant infer much form the title "Education of Little Tree", but i'm guessing we will get to learn more info about little tree and his learning further on in the book.

Nov 1-5 (Trail of Tears)

The Trail of Tears was the forcible movement of the Native Americans from their homelands to Indian Territory which is now known as present day Oklahoma. The Native Americans that mainly became affected were of the Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, and Choctaw tribes among others in the United States. The tribes were forced to the Western United States during the 1830's. Andrew Jackson was the first U.S. President to implement removal of the Native Americans with the passage of the Indian Removal of 1830. In 1831 the Choctaw were the first to be removed, and they became an example for all other removals. After the Choctaw, the Seminole were removed in 1832, the Creek in 1834, then the Chickasaw in 1837, and finally the Cherokee in 1838. After forcefully being removed, some Native Americans remained in their ancient homelands - the Choctaw are found in Mississippi, the Seminole in Florida, the Creek in Alabama, and the Cherokee in North Carolina. A small number of Europeans and Africans (usually as slaves) also traveled with the Native American tribes on the trek westward. 46,000 Native Americans from these southeastern states had been removed from their homelands which opened 25 million acres all by 1837.  The Cherokee people called this journey the "Trail of Tears," because of its devastating effects. The Native Americans faced hunger, disease, and exhaustion on the dreadful journey to the western states. Many died as well, The number of dead are only estimates as there were none willing/wanting to take count.
• Choctaw: 2,500 to 6,000 
• Muscogee (Creek): No estimate
• Chickasaw: No Estimate
• Cherokee: 4,000 to 15,000