Author: Reed Karman

Job said his friends were about as smart to gather under a stinging nettle.

We read a poem about compasses.

In Case for Christ we learned about some peoples arguments against the Bible.

We learned about  Hyderabad. It means Lion Town. It has 6,761,000 people. Hindus had the city then Muslims took it over then Hindus took over again. It is 4% percent Christian.

 

Today Job told of Earth’s treasures. He talked about mining for different metals and how even the dust has gold and rocks precious stones. He said man can dig trenches for water but God can choose the path of a thunderbolt.

We  learned about Pune. Pronounced puné. It is means city of merit. It is in India, in the state of Maharashtasa. It has 5,010,000 people. It is odd place. Who makes a resort for meditation?

The main Hindu god is Shiva and that is Mom’s doctor’s name and he is Indian.

We read a poem about a turtle.

Islamic art forbids the image of god or human form.

We learned about Hinduism today. The country with the most Hindus is India with 80.5% of the population and 827 million people. One of their writings the Vidas, a group of prayers and hyms,  is supposed to be the oldest religious writings in the world. One of the lowest forms of reincarnation for them is a worm.

We learned about Delhi. It is pronounced deli, like a place to eat. IT means threshold. 17,015,000 people live there. 4 million people live in slums which are growing. 3% of the population are Christians. It and New Delhi are the capital of India.

We read a poem about kites. Mom liked it. Vella and I did not.

If they did not have to quote everything in it Job could be a whole lot shorter. For half the book he and his friends are saying “Yes!”

“No!” back and forth except Instead of one word it’s chapters.

We went to the doctor today to have Mom a follow up checkup at the cancer center. Dad came and picked us up.

The Taj Mahal is a tomb. A ruler ordered it for his wife but both him and his wife were buried there.

Job thinks his friends are conspiring to destroy the poor.

We read a poem about how doors aren’t made like they used to be made.

Plants need protein too, I did not know that. Their nine essential (your body can’t make, just eat) amino acids which make up proteins. A complete protein has all nine. An incomplete does not.

This is the second day in a row a got 100 on my spelling test. Vella and I finished spelling at the exact same time.

We learned about Amritsar. It is in India. It has about 1,299,000 people.

Puss is the bodies of dead white blood cells.

We read a weird poem about soap bubbles. We learned about Jaipur in India. The people there worship rats.

We did an experiment on heart rate speeds and my heart rate is faster after eating than running.

We learned about Ahmadadad. It is India. It means Ahmad’s town. We read a weird poem about dinosaurs.

We started a new read aloud.