Me: What’s your name
Toddler: Le-LeOnardo Mendez
Me: Where do you live?
Toddler: I live on Earth
Me: No, WHERE do you live; where do you sleep and eat?
Toddler: In my house.. With you.. And mommy and daddy and Andresito, and Natalia
Me: Where are you from?
Toddler: Umm.. I doh no.. Continue reading
This Is Me
I tend to listen to different music notes
Instead of jotting them down in my notebook
I have a habit of sitting around and chatting
About random things
To these teenagers I call friends
Instead of repeating words out of a hard covered..
I think the word was… Book?
I’d rather just wait for the movie to come
“To a theater near me”
Then read it, at the library across my street.
BUT HEY! That’s just me. Continue reading
Reminiscing
At the moment it was
fun
I thought it would do no
Harm
At first it started as us
just fooling around
But then…
But it was my mistake
We saw each other
Almost everyday
Acting like
Nothing had happened
But feeling the tension
Rise up my spine
Knowing what I
Had done
Knowing what
I was doing
Was wrong
It was meant to be fun
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Change
Hand in hand
We walked
With our backpacks
On our tiny shoulders
Color pencils in
Our pouches
Pigtails swaying
SIde to side
Skipping and singing
Down the school hall
Heading to
Second grade class
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We walked
With our backpacks
On our tiny shoulders
Color pencils in
Our pouches
Pigtails swaying
SIde to side
Skipping and singing
Down the school hall
Heading to
Second grade class
Continue reading
Vietnam Veteran Question and Answers
After learning about the Vietnam war and reading historical books a lot of questions came to mind. For example; what was a typical day the soldiers, how was training, and especially how some were able control their emotions. I interviewed Mr. Christensen and really talked to him about his experience going to the Vietnam War in 1975.
Did you become a Vietnam Soldier by Choice? Were you drafted? How and when did you get drafted? Did you know you would be in the war when you heard about the draft? How did you feel when you heard about it, and how did you feel when you were drafted? Were you scared?
Mr. Christensen did not expect to be a war. He was drafted to go to Fork Polk Louisiana in 1967. A part of him was scared but when in war there was no time to react because it was so overwhelming. He had to separate his emotions from reality. Continue reading
My Biggest Fear
Fear! Everyone is at least scared of something! It’s part of being a human. Whether you’re a guy or a girl, young or old, we’re scared of something. Heights, sharks, report cards, etc. But I know one thing most teenagers are most afraid of… getting rejected by their school crush! My biggest fear is getting rejected by HIM!
I’ve known this guy for about a few months now, and never thought I was gonna fall head over heels for this guy. I see him everyday and talk to him everyday. I met him through friends and followed him online -not in a stalking way though. My first impression of him was, I thought he was shy and a goody-goody. But then we became friends and we get to know each other. We shared laughs and crack jokes during math class. Talk in the hall ways, and mess around during free period. Continue reading
She’s NOT My Mother
You know that feeling, when you haven’t seen your best friend in awhile? And then the moment when you finally do, you feel overwhelmed, excited. You feel as if they were never really gone. You feel complete! Well that’s the feeling I get at three o’clock everyday when I get to see my mom!
My mom and I were always really close. I always thought that because she was my mom, she had to be. Like she had no choice, you know? But then everyday, that theory is proven wrong. Continue reading
Ruby Bridges
“Our Ruby taught us all a lot. She became someone who helped change our country. She was part of history just like generals and presidents are part of history. They’re leaders, and so was Ruby. She led us nearer to knowing each other, the white folks and black folks.” -Ruby’s Mother, Lucille Bridges
Ruby Nell Bridges was born on September 8, 1954, in Tylertown, Mississippi in a small cabin. Ruby grew up on a farm, with her parents and grandparents. In 1958, Ruby was 4 years young, when her parents decided to move to New Orleans for a better life. Her father, Abon Bridges, got a job as a gas station attendant. Her mother, Lucille Bridges, took night jobs cleaning floors and bathrooms. Soon, Ruby had two younger brothers Jonah and Malcolm, and a younger sister, Michelle. Even though Ruby’s parents were struggling a bit, Ruby’s education was still important. Continue reading
Watershed Survey
1) Name the major mountain ranges and other important geographic and geological features near your house.
Mountain Helix, trees
2) Trace the water you get in your kitchen, from precipitation to tap.
Lake Murray
3) Describe the soil around your house.
sandy
4) What were the primary subsistence techniques of the indigenous cultures that lived in your bioregion before the Europeans arrived?
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Berlin’s History
Ever wonder why the Berlin Wall was built? Or Why the Berlin airlift happened? Or why Stalins Blockade happened? Stalin’s actions of the blockade caused the Berlin Airlift which caused the Berlin Wall.
On June 1948, Soviet leader, Joseph Stalin tried to force Allies out of Berlin by blocking all roads into the city. ” The Berlin Blockade was an attempt in 1948 by ability of France, Great Britain, and the U.S to travel to their sectors of Berlin, which layer within Russian- occupied East Germany,” (History.com). They blocked the western allies, railways, roads, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under allied controls, which cause the Berlin Airlift. Continue reading