As kids get older, every teen's mom and dad will look back on the times when thier kids took their first steps, was finally potty trained, and had their hilarious moments. Memories like those will never go away. When you're a child, you don't care about what anyone else thinks of what you do or say. It's hard to really know who your true friend is because you think it's your mom and dad. The things that little kids adore now will most likely make fun of when they grow older. "Papa's Parrot" by Cynthia Rylant is a life-changing story because it will make you remember the memories you had in the past, and mention that you should never forget to remember how important your parents are.
When you start to have the same interests with your dad, mom, or even your friends, your relationship between you and them will grow stronger. My mom and I have a very close relationship and we do everything together mostly because we have the same interests. Since I started growing into my teen years, I've been wanting to be with my friends more rather than with my family. When Harry in "Papa's Parrot" grew up, he started doing the same thing. All he wanted to do was be with his friends and not spend time with his father. The next moment he was sitting in the hospital beside his father and realized that he should have never stopped hanging out with his father and ditching him for his friends.
Not everyone realizes that it's important to spend time with your mom and dad until they die. Hanging out with your friends can be so much fun, and it sometimes can be better than spending time with family. However, if you're hanging out too much with your friends, it's nice to get away and talk with your mom and dad or spend time with them. Although I spend most of my time with friends, I don't know how my life would be like without my parents. They give me everything I need to make me happy and are so grateful to me.
Beneath everything the author wrote, this story will teach and tell you that it's important to balance your time with your family and friends becuase problems such as losing a family member, having no friends, and getting bullied because you hang out with your family too much can occur. Weather your close with your family or not, it's still extremely important to not forget to spend time with them no matter what.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Water Wings are the Way to Go
Have you ever been in the position of being bullied and have never been able to recover? It's hard to wake up every morning knowing that it's just going to be like yesterday: another miserable day caused by bullies. Not only can bullies be your enemies, but they can also be your friends. While reading "Deep Water" by William O. Douglas, readers will experience the emotions felt by the main character and even realize that bullies have no right to act the way they do.
Not all bullies intend to physically hurt of even kill someone, though many purposely hurt someone's feelings and make them feel bad about themselves. In every school and every town there is harassment caused by bullies. It's hard to think of it this way but the people who bully you can also be your friends. A few years ago, I was bullied buy a coulple of my friends. They would alwasy call me stupid becuas I couldn't think as fast as them. I'd get called names and was treated as if I didn't mean anything to them. My confidence level was going down but luckily I found new friends that were kind, respectful, They saved me from the bad that could have happened if I would have continued to get bullied. Usually if you get treated this way, you're likely to not say anything for a period of time because you're too afraid to stand up for yourself. Although it might be hard, it's extremely important to do it at one point because it's a boost of your self confidence.
Wherever you are and whatever school you go to, there's likely to be bullying going on. In an online story about a teenager who was getting bullied bullied illistrated by Sarah Cleaves, a girl would get text messages saying that she is nothing and that she is a failure. This gilr had no idea who was texting her and didn't have the courage to stand up for herself.
Most people get bullied because of the way they look, act, dress, where they live or what they live through. Every kind of bullying can tear someone down and that's why it's important for the victim to stand up for theirselves becuase it's not right for bullies to act the way they do.
Not all bullies intend to physically hurt of even kill someone, though many purposely hurt someone's feelings and make them feel bad about themselves. In every school and every town there is harassment caused by bullies. It's hard to think of it this way but the people who bully you can also be your friends. A few years ago, I was bullied buy a coulple of my friends. They would alwasy call me stupid becuas I couldn't think as fast as them. I'd get called names and was treated as if I didn't mean anything to them. My confidence level was going down but luckily I found new friends that were kind, respectful, They saved me from the bad that could have happened if I would have continued to get bullied. Usually if you get treated this way, you're likely to not say anything for a period of time because you're too afraid to stand up for yourself. Although it might be hard, it's extremely important to do it at one point because it's a boost of your self confidence.
Wherever you are and whatever school you go to, there's likely to be bullying going on. In an online story about a teenager who was getting bullied bullied illistrated by Sarah Cleaves, a girl would get text messages saying that she is nothing and that she is a failure. This gilr had no idea who was texting her and didn't have the courage to stand up for herself.
Most people get bullied because of the way they look, act, dress, where they live or what they live through. Every kind of bullying can tear someone down and that's why it's important for the victim to stand up for theirselves becuase it's not right for bullies to act the way they do.
Monday, June 6, 2011
Best Parent Award
Being a good parent doesn’t require instructions or a manual, it comes naturally. I live in small deprived village with my wife and son, making no more than one dollar an hour. Living in a small house, with barely any room to walk, I had to face the challenges of raising a kid, surviving off of little food, and making no more than two dollars an hour. Winning “Best Parent Award” is one of the greatest accomplishments in my life. I’ve been a parent to my son for 12 years, and I gave him the best I could afford. Every year we deal with struggles, money being the greatest one. My wife and I have always wanted more kids but we decided that it was going to be too much looking at how much we sacrifice now for just one. Pearls are how people become wealthy in our village, next to what they work for.
In my village, and most likely any other village, doctors are the most wealthy. There are accidents happening day to day, needing a doctor to cure the concern. Next to doctors are the teachers and the priests. I have been a teacher for 10 years, coming to school every morning, teaching kids and educating them. All the children who I teach and who I have taught consider me as a second father after theirs. Not only do I help them with school, but I also will help them with issues not relating to school. They will come to me for advice or even if a family member died and they need to express their feelings, which those actions shows they trust me as not only a teacher but a friend as well.
Aside from my job as a teacher, finding pearls is another part time job I work for. I once found a pearl that was like no other. I turned it in for money and was paid over two thousand dollars. Besides helping my family, I saved money for my son when he goes to college so that he can make a good living for his family someday. Sometimes he will doubt that he will be successful in the future. My son is currently in 6th grade and is about to go to middle school. The middle school closest to our town is Butler Middle School, one of the highest GPA ranks in our area. Every day he will come home from school, and work on more school work. He treats Butler as if it was Harvard University. As a teacher and father, I help him to succeed his goal of going there.
After his experience at Butler Middle School, he was ready for the challenge of High School in a nearby village. He would come home every day and have tons of homework for each of his classes, which he actually loved. By the second week he had made so many friends that he would see every weekend always doing different activities. He finished High School after two years because he was in all college classes, so there was no point to continue High School. Getting accepted to the second highest college in the U.S was an amazing moment for both him and me as well.
Whether it's dealing with kids at school, or even my own son, the privilege of accepting this award is an honor. Going through what I have gone through with my son and my teachings makes you view life differently, seeing the greater aspects of it. When my son was born, I thought that I wasn’t going to be able to give him enough and that I would fail at raising a child, but looking at where my son got to now, and how successful he is shows me that I succeeded in being a great parent.
In my village, and most likely any other village, doctors are the most wealthy. There are accidents happening day to day, needing a doctor to cure the concern. Next to doctors are the teachers and the priests. I have been a teacher for 10 years, coming to school every morning, teaching kids and educating them. All the children who I teach and who I have taught consider me as a second father after theirs. Not only do I help them with school, but I also will help them with issues not relating to school. They will come to me for advice or even if a family member died and they need to express their feelings, which those actions shows they trust me as not only a teacher but a friend as well.
Aside from my job as a teacher, finding pearls is another part time job I work for. I once found a pearl that was like no other. I turned it in for money and was paid over two thousand dollars. Besides helping my family, I saved money for my son when he goes to college so that he can make a good living for his family someday. Sometimes he will doubt that he will be successful in the future. My son is currently in 6th grade and is about to go to middle school. The middle school closest to our town is Butler Middle School, one of the highest GPA ranks in our area. Every day he will come home from school, and work on more school work. He treats Butler as if it was Harvard University. As a teacher and father, I help him to succeed his goal of going there.
After his experience at Butler Middle School, he was ready for the challenge of High School in a nearby village. He would come home every day and have tons of homework for each of his classes, which he actually loved. By the second week he had made so many friends that he would see every weekend always doing different activities. He finished High School after two years because he was in all college classes, so there was no point to continue High School. Getting accepted to the second highest college in the U.S was an amazing moment for both him and me as well.
Whether it's dealing with kids at school, or even my own son, the privilege of accepting this award is an honor. Going through what I have gone through with my son and my teachings makes you view life differently, seeing the greater aspects of it. When my son was born, I thought that I wasn’t going to be able to give him enough and that I would fail at raising a child, but looking at where my son got to now, and how successful he is shows me that I succeeded in being a great parent.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Cheater, Cheater, Boyfriend Stealer
Have you ever been in love or even like someone you couldn't be with? Always seeing them in the hall, and crying when you think of them. Having feelings for your best friend's boyfriend or girlfriend is always an issue. You're not able to tell them who you like and the consequence of losing your best friend will occur. In "Something like Fate", by Susane Colasanti, not only do readers see what it's like to be in love, but they also realize the difficulty of going through love.
If you suddenly start to fall for your best friend's boyfriend or girlfriend, there are only a couple things you can do. Lani felt like her and her best friend, Erin's boyfriend, had something more than friendship between them. She didn't know if it was fate or another guy in her life that she's not meant to be with. When you're in a situation like this, the best thing to do is just keep it cool and not get too comfortable with the other guy or girl. When you've been cheated on, there are many ways to find out about the cheating. When Erin went away for the summer and Erin and her boyfriend broke up, her best friend started to date him without Erin knowing. She eventually found out the first day of school because of the rumors about her best friend and him dating. Although Erin was extremely upset by the way she found out, the most painful way of finding out is to actually see it happening.
Putting yourself in the shoes of the girl or guy who was being cheated on is the worst position to be in. Recently, I read an online story titeled "The Day My Best Friend Stole My Boyfriend", written by a 22 year old college student, and it made me think of the novel I read. The girl in the story was in a long relationship with a guy she loved and a friend she thought she could trust, but they both ended up letting her down. Her friend would always hang out with her and her boyfriend, eventually she saw something weird going on between them. One day at lunch the boyfriend had to leave for a minute and left his phone sitting at the table with his girlfriend. She checked his messages to make sure nothing was going on because he was acting different lately. When he came back, he found her with tears streaming down her face and his phone in her hand. After I read this story, I immediately thought how this connected to "Something like Fate". Both stories have an innocent girl getting hurt by her best friend because of the guy. Although it's hard to get over a breakup, a good way to try to move on is listening to songs that you can relate to.
Love songs are mad to tell a story and people listen to them to make them feel better. Listening to songs written by Taylor Swift can teach you how to move on. She talks about the experiences she's had in her life about love and her stories can teach you to be careful when you're in love. Her song "Picture to Burn" mentions how her boyfriend cheated on her with another girl. Taylor was devastated and told herself that he isn't worth crying over, but he does deserve revenge so he knows that no one messes with her. One of her newer songs called "Better than Revenge: refers to how she had her boyfriend stolen from her. Not too long after Taylor and her boyfriend split, she found out that her ex was out late with the same girl who stole one of her past boyfriends from years ago. Again, Taylor was depressed and heartbroken because she thought that the relationship was going to last longer than it did. I can relate to Taylor's songs because even though I've never been cheated on, I've heard so many stories about it that it feels like I've actually been through it.
Although it's not healthy to like your best friend's boyfriend, sometimes you can't help it. "Something like Fate" was definitely worth reading and I would recommend for people to read it. There are many messages to learn from the book such as that you're going to make sacrifices to be with the one you love, love hurts, and cheating is not right.
If you suddenly start to fall for your best friend's boyfriend or girlfriend, there are only a couple things you can do. Lani felt like her and her best friend, Erin's boyfriend, had something more than friendship between them. She didn't know if it was fate or another guy in her life that she's not meant to be with. When you're in a situation like this, the best thing to do is just keep it cool and not get too comfortable with the other guy or girl. When you've been cheated on, there are many ways to find out about the cheating. When Erin went away for the summer and Erin and her boyfriend broke up, her best friend started to date him without Erin knowing. She eventually found out the first day of school because of the rumors about her best friend and him dating. Although Erin was extremely upset by the way she found out, the most painful way of finding out is to actually see it happening.
Putting yourself in the shoes of the girl or guy who was being cheated on is the worst position to be in. Recently, I read an online story titeled "The Day My Best Friend Stole My Boyfriend", written by a 22 year old college student, and it made me think of the novel I read. The girl in the story was in a long relationship with a guy she loved and a friend she thought she could trust, but they both ended up letting her down. Her friend would always hang out with her and her boyfriend, eventually she saw something weird going on between them. One day at lunch the boyfriend had to leave for a minute and left his phone sitting at the table with his girlfriend. She checked his messages to make sure nothing was going on because he was acting different lately. When he came back, he found her with tears streaming down her face and his phone in her hand. After I read this story, I immediately thought how this connected to "Something like Fate". Both stories have an innocent girl getting hurt by her best friend because of the guy. Although it's hard to get over a breakup, a good way to try to move on is listening to songs that you can relate to.
Love songs are mad to tell a story and people listen to them to make them feel better. Listening to songs written by Taylor Swift can teach you how to move on. She talks about the experiences she's had in her life about love and her stories can teach you to be careful when you're in love. Her song "Picture to Burn" mentions how her boyfriend cheated on her with another girl. Taylor was devastated and told herself that he isn't worth crying over, but he does deserve revenge so he knows that no one messes with her. One of her newer songs called "Better than Revenge: refers to how she had her boyfriend stolen from her. Not too long after Taylor and her boyfriend split, she found out that her ex was out late with the same girl who stole one of her past boyfriends from years ago. Again, Taylor was depressed and heartbroken because she thought that the relationship was going to last longer than it did. I can relate to Taylor's songs because even though I've never been cheated on, I've heard so many stories about it that it feels like I've actually been through it.
Although it's not healthy to like your best friend's boyfriend, sometimes you can't help it. "Something like Fate" was definitely worth reading and I would recommend for people to read it. There are many messages to learn from the book such as that you're going to make sacrifices to be with the one you love, love hurts, and cheating is not right.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
3 Introduction Styles
Why do people think smoking is fun to do? Smoking is one of the most harmful things to do to your body because it can lead to deaths or severe damage.
Day after day, WIsconsin's prices are rising higher and higher. This effects us because the people can't get their bills paid and have trouble paying for food, especially the people who don't have jobs.
Continually sitting at the same table alone, and going throughout the school in silence can get so miserable. Knowing that you don't have anyone to talk to for a big part of your day can be one of the most terrifying feelings in the world.
Day after day, WIsconsin's prices are rising higher and higher. This effects us because the people can't get their bills paid and have trouble paying for food, especially the people who don't have jobs.
Continually sitting at the same table alone, and going throughout the school in silence can get so miserable. Knowing that you don't have anyone to talk to for a big part of your day can be one of the most terrifying feelings in the world.
Monday, December 13, 2010
Hey Stephen By: Taylor Swift
Hey Stephen, I know looks can be deceiving (Stephen has good looks)
But know I saw a light in you (but there’s more inside besides good looks)
And as we walked we would talk
And I didn’t say half the things I wanted to (didn’t get to say that she likes you)
Of all the girls tossing rocks at your window (popular and is very attractive)
I’ll be the one waiting there even when it’s cold (I care about you more)
Hey Stephen, boy you might have me believing
I don’t always have to be alone
[Chorus]
Cause I can’t help it if you look like an angel (she can’t help that she loves you because you look like an angel)
Can’t help it if I want to kiss you in the rain, so
Come feel this magic I’ve been feeling since I met you (she feels like you could be the one)
Can’t help it if there’s no one else (there’s no one else but you, you’re the only one she loves)
Mmmm I can’t help myself
Hey Stephen, I’ve been holding back this feeling (she felt embarrassed to tell you she likes you)
So I’ve got some things to say to you
I’ve seen it all, so I thought
But I’ve never seen nobody shine the way you do (I’ve seen who you really are and you’re amazing)
The way you walk, way you talk, way you say my name
It’s beautiful, wonderful, don’t you ever change (everything about you is amazing)
Hey Stephen, why are people always leaving (people are leaving you)
I think you and I should stay the same (she likes everything they have together and wants it to stay the same)
[Chorus]
They’re dimming the street lights, you’re perfect for me (you’re exactly the way I want you)
Why aren’t you here tonight? (You should be with me)
I’m waiting alone now so come on and come out (I’m lonely so come here)
And pull me near and shine, shine, shine (pull me closer to you and shine like you always do)
Hey Stephen, I could give you fifty reasons
Why I should be the one you choose (I have reasons why I am the one for you)
All those other girls, well they’re beautiful (the other girls are pretty that like you but…)
But would they write a song for you? (but do they write songs about how they love you and songs about you)
[Chorus]
Myself
Can’t help myself (I need you because you’re great)
I can’t help myself
Friday, December 10, 2010
Letter to Ashley Baalke
Dear Ashley,
Oh my ashley. You've been my friend for about…3 years now. It has seemed longer but years go by slow. Could you imagine not being friends with me? It all started with soccer and me transffering out of Ms. Williams class. You make me jealous about how your hair always goes perfectly where you want it to and how good you are at sports. We get mad at each other for extremely stupid stuff but we always know everything will turn out ok. Well ashley, look at the people we've become. I'm very proud.
LOVE,
Sarah (SAR)
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