The match was about to start and I was nervous. I didn't want to eliminate my friends because they would be mad. I had to do what I had to do to get my group to the next round. When I started, I answered the two questions and got them right. I eliminated my group. The good thing was my group and I moved to the final round. This round was going to be hard.

My group was going against a group who had really smart people. I didn't fell confident because my group wasn't that smart. Then the round started. We had to get 20 points instead of 10. That was a real challenge. The first question was easy and got the first five points. The next question was hard, but one of my group members got the question right. The next question was even harder, and the other group got it. I didn't feel confident. The next question was easy and after that even easier and we won the quiz bowl.

    The second round started, and I was a little bit nervous. Some of my friends made it to the second round. It was my turn, and I was nervous that my team would lose. The questions were a little bit harder, but my team prevailed. I answered both questions and got them right. One of my team members said she wanted to answer the next question, but I said no because she doesn't pay attention.
    I saw two groups get eliminated and some of my friends were on those teams. The third round started, and I was even more nervous than before. My team was next and we were all nervous. I was going against my friends.

    American and Asian lives differ greatly. Even schools are completely different in Asia. What are some differences? In Asia families have completely different points of view. They encourage their kids to do well in school (like us), but when the child does something good the family will have the child realize why it was good. Most American families would just say good job. Which method is better? In my opinion the Asian way is better because unlike in America the child understands why it was something good. In America they just know it's good but do not know why. 
    It's the same thing in schools. One example Mr. Kimbley gave on his blog post was that a group of scientists gave an impossible question to a few American children and a few Asian children. The American children responded to the problem with "we haven't learned this yet". The Asian children worked for an hour to try to decipher the problem and never gave up. They would have kept working, but the scientists said the time was up. The Asian children never gave up.

    I was a little bit nervous about the quiz bowl because some of my group members mess around and never pay attention. When it started, I watched as the other groups answered questions about what we learned. Then it was my groups turn. The first question was easy so I buzzed in and got the question right. The next question was also easy so I buzzed in and got the question right again. So we won the first round. We scored 10 points. Each question is worth 5 points and there are 3 questions.
    As I saw the other groups go, I see some of my friends get eliminated on the first round. I was nervous for the second round.