After 29 weeks of waking up at six a.m. and heading to school, the day finally arrived! May 16th was the day my 6th grade classmates and I left for an adventure! We had to meet at school at six a.m. sharp! It was a two hour drive and, to be honest, I didn’t care who I was driving with. An hour and 40 minutes had passed and we saw a big boat. As we got closer the boat got bigger. I knew then that this was going to be an unforgettable experience!
Title: The Real Story Behind Utah County Dad’s Viral Short-shorts Photo
Date: Wednesday, Sept. 11 2013
Source: Deseret News
Nowadays, shorts-shorts are just regular shorts to us teens, right? We say it’s “the fashion”, “it’s popular”, “everyone is doing it” etc. Well, a father of four daughters and three sons, in Utah County decided to do the same! He and his family always have a family night every Monday; however this family night was like no other! When his teenage daughter, Myley, decided to dress a bit “slutty” he says. Mrs. Mackintosh asked her daughter to change into something more appropriate and Myley, without hesitating answered with a NO! Instead of yelling at her, or lecturing her on being disrespectful and inappropriate, Mr. Mackintosh decided to be “in the fashion”. He got a pair of his old pants Continue reading
Dear Ms. Christensen,
I’m really looking forward to this year, because it’s my last year of middle school at O.T.A.! I want to make this year my BEST year ever, I want to make it memorable! How am I going to do that? Well simple, I’m going to interact with my classmates and include them in everything. I’m taking a pledge to STOP gossiping, because I know how much it hurts and plus you don’t learn anything from it ESPECIALLY since its all just rumors.
Apart from being a “social butterfly” I want to get good grade and work really hard to finish my work on time! I LOVE math, it’s easy for me. My brain somehow calculates everything in seconds! Language Arts… its fun, I struggle a bit on reading, like pronouncing words, or even reading out loud. I also don’t understand some words or have a bid vocabulary, but I’m working on it. Science is my 3rd favorite subject, I’m fascinated with Health Science -but I don’t want to be a doctor, too much blood- its fun to see how my body works. I love to watch Dr. Oz or The Doctors because they give you health tips. Continue reading
‘Twas bedazzled , and the juicy beast
Did huff and puff in the Fashion Vally mall;
All shoes were the claim,
And the fat beast went cray.
“Beware the stiletto, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch
Beware the crocs bird, and shun
The short Shorts!” Continue reading
I was inspired by, Improvisation 31 by Vassily Kandinsky. He painted Improvisation in 1931. It is know as the Sea Battle. I used tissue paper to make the bombing in the Boston marathon.
In 1948, Andrew Wyeth painted Christina’s World and was one of the best known American paintings. I was inspired by his painting to draw my own, Leonardo’s World. He’s my baby brother and i know that his world is just play, play, and more playing!
Guernica by Pablo Picaso, inspired me to crate a bid poster on what can and does happen when you bully others. It can happen to anyone! But this poster is mainly about girl to girl bullying, girls bully other girls because they’re not as skinny, or “pretty” as the popular. Self-harm is the most scariest, most dangerous thing that can happen, some can lead to suicide. Please lets all help stop bullying, if you see someone being bullied tell your teacher.
Because she could not stop
Gossipping
He viciously stopped for her
He turned around
And stomped his foot
Giving her what she
Gave other
Calling her names
Laughing in her face
Exposing her inerself
But it’s too late for that
She’s done that
Herself
Now she’s facing
The consequences
Cryptography is a machine that protects information by transporting messages/codes into a language only you and your partner can understand. It also decode messages. It was used in WWII to send messages across. The Germans used the Enigma to code their messages during WWII. The United States used Navajo to code their messages. The U.S found out how to break the enigmas codes by using the SIGIBA code. The Navajo code talkers were men who translated the cryptography messages. The Navajo Indians were the only ones who knew the Navajo language, so they helped the U.S, by translating the codes. America and Briton were allies so they had a link so that Germany couldn’t understand the messages.
Life is freedom, but are you going to have it forever? On April 30th, Lyvia Krancberg came to our school, and talked to us about her experienced living in the concentration camps with her older sister, Rose, in 1944. But despite the horror she lived through she was able to pursue her goals and dreams. Ms. Krancberg taught me, to appreciate more in life and to never complain for what we have or don’t have. Me. Krancberg also taught me to not live in hate, because it brings out the worst in us. But the most important thing i learned was to live life and move forward.
Ms. Krancberg not only lost her family, had to put her dreams on hold, but she lost her freedom at the age of 24. As a little kid she loved to run around and play with friends, she was happy. Then in 1943, when Hitler was killing Jews, Ms. Krancberg was taken away from her family and was left with her oldest sister, Rose. Jews didn’t get much to eat, and some died from hunger. Then she would remember, when she was a kid, how her mother for food and would complain how hungry she was. However, her mother wouldn’t give her food and would ask her, how it felt to be hungry. She said “ ‘ don’t say your you’re hungry you can die…’ ”. because you never really experienced hunger. Ms. Krancberg was influenced by her mother to appreciate the little things in life, because there’s always someone out there who has it worse. Now Ms. Krancberg in influences others to do the same.
‘Actions speak louder then word’. Adolf Hitler hated Jewish people, he killed the old people and babies. Ms. Krancberg and her sister lived through horror for years. She told us that we should never live with hate, because hate will become action. Actions can be taken back. She also said never sleep with anger, it’s not worth it. You never know if one day they’re gone and you never got the chance to have peace with them.
Even though Ms. Krancberg lived through hell, she was able to move forward and achieve her goals. Ms. Krancberg is now a writer, and has written many plays and was able to produce 3 of them. She has a great big family, her daughter is now a teacher. Ms. Krancberg showed me that, even through the toughest time, you will get through it, and when you do,to just move forward. You can’t change what happened to you in the past, but you sure can move on and live your life because you never know if one day life will be taken from you.
Ms. Krancberg, is my hero, the person I look up to, because she taught me to give thanks for everything i have, to not let hate get the best of me, and to live my life.
