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The 8 Old Town Academy Core Learning Strands.

The Thoughts of a Changed Machine

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 As I sit here 
I watch the people go by
I watch the birds pass
 
As the days go by
I wonder
What is it like to live?
To feel?
 
As I sat I felt nothing
No happiness
No sadness 
Just emptiness
 
As time continued
Everything blurred together
I think of all this
As I sit, isolated
 
Finally, I asked myself
Do I want to live?
Do I want to feel?
 
For a while I just sat there
Doing nothing
 
But deep down 
that question 
Put me 
Onto a different path
 
The path to Life

Grandparents day Q & A

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  1. Q  Did you enjoy seventh grade?
    A   Yes, except algebra.
  2. Q What were your favorite subjects?
    A  Geography and FFA.
  3. Q Did you play any sports?
    A  Yes, all different sports.
  4. Q Did you have good grades?
    A  Yes, except in algebra.
  5. Q Did you have computers in 7th grade?
    A  Never heard of them.
  6. Q Was school hard?
    A  Yes.
  7. Q  In 7th grade did you know about WWII?
    A  I was born close to when it started.
  8. Q What was your favorite book (If you had one).
    A  Black Beauty, Jim Thorp, and Mystery books.
  9. Q Was there lots of homework?
    A  Yes.
  10. Q Did you like writing?
    A  Yes.
  11. Q Was 7th grade your favorite grade?
    A  Nope, 9th grade was.

Hope of a Centipede

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I’m a centipede, thin and long
Scurrying around with my 100 legs
When people see me their skin crawls
Like I do

I have seen lots of people
They have really nice shoes
Except I only see the bottom
When they are coming at me

I am misjudged
I want to travel
But I’m always thrown out

People don’t see my potential
I could always lend a hand or two
But no

I will always be at the bottom
Until they can see what I can do

And they will
Wait and see

In the Summer

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Every year
In the hot summer
Five hours
We were away from you

We came through heat
In a car of silver
And when we arrived
We found you waiting

You welcomed us
And took care of us
When the day was searing hot
Your pool was not

The time
I will always remember
The fun
Of years ago

A Moment to Relive

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There came a day
From every week
That I would drive
In a car of red

You would take me
For a tasty soda
With a neon red cherry on top
The drink would go down without stop

And we would travel home
To see my grandma
She would make a snack
Of scrumptious white rice
I would watch TV while enjoying the snack

I remember those days
Of every week
When that was then
But now I must live on
To the day
When I will relive those days

Time Capsule Items of the Great Depression

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Item 1: Dirt from the Dust Bowl

The dust bowl was a time of drought and dust storms. This was a time before WWI when many people wanted to be farmers. They came and plowed up all of the topsoil and it went into the air. Soon static electricity built up and brought mighty dust storms to Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, and Oklahoma. The storms blew everywhere causing cattle to die, crops to be blown a way, and filled houses with sand. The government tried offering relief and support like canned food and money for certain things. Many farmers refused because they needed the sense that they could support themselves. The drought lasted around a decade.

Item 2: Hidden Alcohol from Prohibition.

This alcohol was hidden during Prohibition. Prohibition was the 18th amendment  that banned the production, and distribution of alcoholic drinks. This was very popular at first because of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) and the Anti Saloon League (ASL). Drinking was said to slow production lines and increase the amount of crimes committed. Prohibition actually did the opposite of what people said it would do. More people started to drink because they thought it was cool. Speakeasies were created which was a hidden underground bar. People also started smuggling the alcohol and making it themselves. This amendment only lasted around a decade. Due to the need of money in the U.S Prohibition was repealed by the 21st Amendment.

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His nose is as big as a zeppelin. Metaphor or Simile

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UntitledA simile is comparing two things using the words “like” or “as”. A metaphor is comparing two things without using “like” or “as”. A simile describing a character named Cyrano His nose is as big as a zepplin. As you can tell he has a big nose and is quite a character in the story Cyrano De Bergerac.

So far we know Cyrano is very outgoing because of his nose. This is because people make fun of it when he isn’t around. We also know he is self-conscious of his nose when it comes to talking to his love. We know thatNo one talks of his nose because he is the best fencer.

Tsunami Ballad

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There once was a town
That was about to drown
From an unstoppable wave of destruction

They ran uphill
To save their lives
Up they went
With speed and skill

As the water advanced
Through waves and buildings
White froth danced
At the top came more and more

Soon water had cascaded down
On to the tiny town
Which started to drown

As the water receded
The town depleted
Leaving only people
To remember that day

The Causes and Effects of Prohibition

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Bill Sunday once said “The reign of tears is over! The slums will be only a memory. We will turn our prisons into factories and our jails into storehouses and corn cribs. Men will walk upright now,women will smile and the children will laugh. Hell will be forever rent!” (J 434). That was Bill Sunday’s speech on what Prohibition would do. Prohibition was the 18th Amendment made to ban all the transportation and selling of alcohol. Many thought alcohol caused corruption and Prohibition would solve their problems.

One thing that caused Prohibition was that people spent all their money. Men bought too many drinks and were unproductive during work. Factory workers would go to work dunk and would slow the production lines down. Then workers would spend all their earnings on alcohol and go home with nothing for their families. Drinking was also considered unpatriotic because beer is made from wheat. That wheat could have been sent to the armies fighting in WWI.

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