2026 Jan 11 – OT M12 KJMS
OT-M-12 KJMS 1/11/26Today when I came into class, LG wanted us to do something special and meaningful. Instead of starting class in the usual way, LG wanted us to participate in a quiet spiritual exercise. He asked us to stay in one position of prayer for one full minute without speaking any words out loud. […]
2026 May 10 -OT M12 KJMS- field Trip FCPD –
Week 37, by OT-13-M submitted 5/10/26 When I got into class today, I was the first person, right on time, 9:00 AM. I had brought all my things to class and I was ready to test out, so when I got in, LG immediately asked me to test out my pledges, then after that, I […]
2026 May 3 – OT M13 – Week 37
Week 36, by OT-13-M submitted 5/3/26 When I entered class today, I began with the usual routine. I participated in the meditation exercise to center myself and become more mindful of Allah, and then I performed my salah. After everyone finished, we started learning about two major upcoming events in Islam: Hajj and Eid al-Adha. […]
2026 May 5- OT M14 – Dear MOM
Mothers note 5/5/26 Dear mother.. I have never written you this comprehensive of a letter before. My goal is that this letter is very thoughtful and impacts you mentally, in a loving way. You do so much for me that I may overlook on a daily basis. But, it doesn’t matter how much, or how […]
2026 May 17-OT M13 KJMS – Week
OT-M-13 KJMS 5/17/26 One of the first concepts we learned about was the idea of the “tree trunk.” The tree trunk represents the belief in one God, while the branches represent different religions that came afterward. This concept teaches that many religions originally began with the belief in one Creator. The Quran strongly emphasizes Tawheed, […]
2025 Oct 19 -OT M12 Week 7
When we got to class, we found out that LG was being substituted by TJ. At first, we were surprised, because LG usually teaches us in a very specific way, but TJ had her own approach which was equally as educational. She wanted us to review things from previous lessons that most of us had […]
2025 Oct OT M 12 Week 6
When I got to class today, everything went as usual. We practiced pledges together, and there weren’t any problems. After the pledges and going over the papers, we ate cookies and got to juggle, which was all fun, then the actual class started. When class actually started, the first word LG mentioned was news illiterate, […]
2025 Oct OT M 12 Week 5
Today when I got to the masjid, I was the first one in class but I forgot what to do when you enter the class, so I had to remember outside and wait until somebody did it so I could copy them. Nobody really knew until RB came, but he messed it up once, so […]
2025 Sep 28 OT M 12 Week 4
For the second time when I came to class today I forgot that if you come late you’re supposed to pray two Rakahs. LG asked me to go outside with RB so that he could tell me what I was supposed to do, so once I came back inside I prayed two Rakahs and then […]
2025 Sep 21 – OT M12 – Week 3
Last night, I was drawing my own book, but I didn’t realize the time so I ended up going to bed late at around midnight. Surprisingly I wasn’t too tired in the morning but I started to feel the effects towards the end of class today. Because of that, I might have been around five […]
2025 Sep 21 OT M 12
Last night, I was drawing my own book, but I didn’t realize the time so I ended up going to bed late at around midnight. Surprisingly I wasn’t too tired in the morning but I started to feel the effects towards the end of class today. Because of that, I might have been around five […]
2025 Sep 15 – OT M13 Week 2
When I entered class today I saw R and J. R told me that he was the only person in class last week. It was very surprising for me. He also said that he was lucky because he got to eat as much pizza as he wanted since he was the only one. After […]
2025 Aug 24 – OT M12 – Week 1
Assalam, in this essay, I will describe what we did in class today. As soon as I entered class for the first time today, the first thing I was asked to do was to recite the Fatiha. Of course, I did, but when I was asked to recite other things, I didn’t know what to […]
2025 Nov 16 – OT-M12 KJMS – week 10
When I arrived at the masjid today, the weather was harsh—cold winds blowing against me, and the chill settling into my clothes. It didn’t help that I had lost both of my jackets the day before, leaving me even more uncomfortable. I was running late again, partly because I asked my mom to come with […]
2025 Nov 2 – OT – M12 – Week 8
The moment I arrived at class today, I was very late. It was the 8th week, and LG has been progressively pushing the class start time back, so by the time I arrived, I had lost some 30 minutes or so. No one else seemed to realize that the time had shifted either, strangely, so […]