Hi, everyone! Thanks to those who are reading our posts! Lately we've been studying Greece and Rome, partly because of our history curriculum and partly to get ready for the Winter Olympics in Vancouver... Now we know what XXI Olympiad means. We'll be following all we can from websites, though a lot of sites are blocking live coverage to Thailand. Guess they don't think many of us will be interested?

Anyway, our assignment was to write a journal entry as if we were a person from long ago suddenly dropping in on life as it is now. I wouldn't let Nate name the "amazing technology" his character encountered, since he wouldn't know what it was, but I think all our readers can guess, right?

A Roman visitor to Thailand by Nate Noble

Today I was in a closet and when I came out again I was in a different country. I landed on a strange piece of metal with four wheels that was moving very fast. I jumped off and landed on my head, and flipped over and landed on another strange piece of metal and broke through and landed in a seat inside. And people did not notice me when I went inside. Then they stopped the moving piece of metal and they got out and I was very delighted that I was in there by myself. And then I got out and then went on a strange piece of metal. Then a person went in and we started up and went very fast and then I was back in the closet. And I came out and I was back in my world.

A Greek Person Coming to Vancouver by Pete Noble

Today I was going in the Olympics and Pegasus carried me to Vancouver. I had never seen hockey sticks and skates before. I met a very good, good hockey player who explained the game to me. There was a very, very good goalie named Roberto Luongo. He was on Team Canada. The goalie talked to me and he let me go watch the Olympic game and the score was 6 – 8 and then Pegasus came to pick me up and then I found myself sitting on the bench where I was watching the chariots racing. The end.