My sad love story.

I grew up not knowing what to do.
Needed a family so started rollin’ with the crew.
Then I met a girl who needed a family too.
That was the first time I knew the true meaning of the words “I love you.”
Cause I loved her and she loved me.
She made me feel like a king.
And she looked like a beautiful queen.
She was also the sweetest thing I’ve ever seen.
If you’ve ever been in love then you’ll know what I mean.
But I lost my girl and I don’t know why.
She broke up with me; I felt bad but she was the one who cried.
But I will still love her till I die.
Cause she was my first love.
And when she met me she fell in love with a thug.
But just know I love her hugs.
I thought she was a queen, but she’s more like an angel from above.

Created by Justin

In the next scene they move into the new house, into the white neighborhood. The very first night that they are there, they get their behinds bombed on! Shoot did you really think that they were going to just say “oh no we got bombed we should leave”? Yeah right! They said “hell no we from the hood and you know payback is a trick!” so they start to make plans to get back at all the whites in the neighborhood. Finally they get the hook up with some bombs. They all snuck out one night and hit up every house in the neighborhood, they put bombs on all four corners of every single house (except for theirs because it was already gone). And the next day, right when all the other neighbors were getting home, they set off all of the bombs at the exact same time! You know what the neighbors did? They cried and cried and tried till they had dried their eyes out! Do you know what the Youngers’ did? They straight laughed till they all had a six-pack! That’s what happens when mess with the brotha’s from the hood.

Oscar

Relationships

Well first of all relationships are always hard as hell to stay in, tell you find that perfect person for you. Most of the time it takes a hell of a lot of time to find that perfect person that fits your needs and truly love you and respects you all the time. I am kind of stuck in a bind right now it sucks ass cause I have never been in this kind of bind before so I have no damn clue of how to deal with it. It sucks so bad I wish I would have never got my self into this bind if I could go back I would change all of my past, besides one or two things and that is two people that really mean a lot to me. I have feelings for both of them but just being in this situation confuses the hell out of me and it sucks. I wish to god that I would have never got into this situation cause it would make a lot of things so much better for me and two other people to.

Brett

I work the events over at UVU so I get to watch the shows that are going on. This month since its Christmas most of the events are Christmas themed. Last week I was at the Kurt Bestor concert. The school was going to the same show up in Salt Lake, but since I already saw it I didn’t want to go see it again. I’m not so into classical music, but since it was Christmas music it wasn’t so bad. I got to see a show called “The Forgotten Carols”, I thought that show was really good because of the music that was played. I’m working my butt off just so I can get enough money to buy some stuff for my sisters for Christmas. I really wish that I could buy them everything that they have on their wish list, but there is no way that is going to happen this year. Even though their not going to get everything that they want I hope I can still make it a good Christmas for them.

Karissa

Heritage
What I think heritage is, in my words, is something that you have in a culture like ideas and stander such as possessions that you value.

Now with me, I don’t have any kind of a culture or heritage of my own nor does my family have a heritage or culture.

A heritage is a good type of culture to have in many ways like it can protect you from things. It can have a big influence on your family. It can also make it so you cant do certain things or touch different things.

I don’t see why people have a heritage, its just another thing that gets in your way of living way on my perspective but I can see why other people have it. It’s part of there life and they like to have it.

With me it just seems just like a waste of time that what I think.

Landon

So I’ve been thinking about this a lot. Since lately things have been kind of bad, not only for me but, for others in the same boat. You know how foster/proctor care is supposed to be awesome and things are supposed to go really great? Well, lately things have been falling apart in some of my friend’s homes, and I’m a little weary about it. Like in their homes we are supposed to technically feel comfortable, not feeling like you would rather be in d.t than there. Or being locked up for the rest of the foster care days. My foster sister M is feeling really resentful and hateful against my foster mom, even though in my opinion she is relaxed and doesn’t have as much rules as most foster/proctor homes. I mean of course my friends…some of their homes are totally and completely a waste of time. Like if you wanted to get put down that much you might as well go to jail where all they do is put you down because at d.t you don’t get put down AS much. At their homes your supposed to feel like your at home and comfortable. Not going to bed crying and crying from all the things they said to you. And as for your own family, your foster parents are not supposed to put them down or make them feel awkward. So basically, I guess you could say I’m most angry that homes are doing that to their kids and putting them down. It just irritates me, because your supposed to feel safe and relaxed. Not uptight at them or anything.

Natasha

Well I guess that now that Walter threw away all the money that he and his family had, most of their dreams are gone. The whole family is now going to be in a tight situation without that money. Walter might have ruined Beneatha’s chance of going to school. Honest truth I think that Walter should now have to work as much as possible to make up for what he did. To me he owes his family more than just the money because not only did he end up broke and with no liquor store, but his family also ends up with nothing. If I was in that situation I would take the other mans offer to move into a different neighborhood. I mean if they were offering me three times as much as the house costs, I would take the money and move to a different house. I would buy another house in the same neighborhood and hope for the guy to come by and offer me some more money so that I can do the same thing again and again.

Oscar

Sum more life…

Why do people think that life is so hard? Life’s not hard it just takes forever to get through. For some reason when some one is about to die then (magically) all of their sins get washed away. I mean they could have robbed an old lady and shot a puppy but once they are about to die its automatically sad. Like, I don’t get the thought process of the world I guess “a person is smart but people are stupid”. I guess I am just the different one because no one get my logic and it is incredibly hard to explain how my thoughts, styles and stereotypes are. I do want the world to know the troubles and the pro’s and con’s of the world are but I can’t teach what I don’t fully understand.however when I do I will help the world. That is…if I EVER get this society. Well I guess one day the world will find out itself. I decided (just now) not to help the world they are ignorant

Zack

I love Halloween. It’s one of the things that I look forward to each year. I think Halloween can be both good and bad. It can be good because you get to have a lot of fun, dress up however you want, and you get a ton of free candy. If your lucky you know someone who is throwing a Halloween party. It can be bad because in the past people have put chemicals on the candy that they hand out, and at a lot of Halloween parties there are drugs and alcohol. Fights can break out when people are intoxicated and around their friends.
Wearing a mask can make it where others don’t really see who you are, on Halloween masks are fun and a lot of people do it. Some people wear masks on a daily basis. I know I wear a mask every day to hide who I really am. Wearing a mask helps me protect myself because if no one knows me personally then there is less of a chance that they will be able to hurt me. My favorite Halloween memory is when I was five and my dad and me went trick or treating together. My least favorite memory is when I was at a Halloween party and I fell down the stairs in front of all my friends.





By: Shalee

I think women should be able to hold any jobs regardless of anything. Women are people too. They deserve the same respect and rights to jobs and other things just like men. I don’t think there are any jobs that are specifically to men. I think that women can do the same things that men do.
I think Beneatha has the right to do what she wants. I also think that she doesn’t have to marry anyone if she doesn’t want to get married. She should be able to marry whomever she ants to marry, when she is ready. Beneatha also has the right to follow her dreams, and do what she wants to do. Just because she is not a man doesn’t mean she shouldn’t be able to have certain jobs or do certain things. Everyone is entitled to their rights.







By: Shalee

Today we are writing about what is the important thing about having a good impression. I think that’s true because if you don’t have one you can be considered a bad influence on people. That’s kind of sad but if you have a good impression you will have more friends and you would be happier then someone that doesn’t have a good impression. You should wear nicer clothes start a conversation that everyone can find entertainment in it. You can also be more polite and that kind of stuff. I will tell you more but I can’t think of anything else right now so I’ll talk to you later.

Tyler

I think that if anyone had to tell another person two things about themselves to impress someone, they would most likely say something positive about themselves. I mean it’s kind of obvious that they aren’t going to be saying the bad things because they are trying to impress the other person. To me it sometimes seems like some people are fake. I think like that about some people because they say that they are one way but when you really get to know them they are actually really different from what they said they are. Everyone should just be able to tell other people who they really are. Don’t try to be someone your not. So when you tell someone something and your trying to impress him or her come to them with the truth. Don’t just say all the positive things about you. I think you should also tell them what some of the negative things about you are. If they like you for who you are, they won’t care about the negative things as much.

Oscar

A dream to achieve
There was one time that I had a dream that I really wanted to achieve, like really bad, but when the time I wanted to do it came, I couldn’t do it.

I kept on trying over and over again but no matter what I did or how hard I tried to achieve this dream it wouldn’t work.

Now all of this pissed me off so bad that I couldn’t achieve my dream because I loved this dream a lot.

I felt so bad inside my body because it was on of my biggest goals in my life but I just couldn’t do it. So eventually I gave up cause I figured if I kept on trying to achieve it that it was not just going to work.

Now if your all curious of what my dream was it is that I wanted to get a girlfriend that I could stay with for the rest of my life and have it so she would never cheat on me or ever break up with me, just us together for life.

Landon

Rap about life

I’m a player for sure and I love it.
Made bad choices now I go to summit.
But it’s good cause I’ll rise above it.
A lot of people at this school dreaming and wishing.
That one day we all get out of the system.
And I to hope this come true as well.
Cause being in the system is like being in hell.
It seems like I gave up and just fell.
But I’m only falling to my knees.
Putting my hands together and begging God please.
And he’ll help us players you just got to believe.
Just remember me when you alone in the streets
Cause I know sometimes things get rough
Cops don’t help they just put us in handcuffs
Cause they think we good for nothing thugs
No one listens to us kids not even the judge
But it’s just keep your money stackin’
And well all kick it when we gone in thugs mansion
Keep it real guys girls
And don’t forget we just living in a tough world


Justin

Life in my old group home
Well on august 13th of 07 I got sent to a group home. Which sucked it was 3 hours away from where I live now in Lehi and I was there for a long time. The first three months I did so bad I did not move anywhere in the program, but finally I got my stuff together and started to do better. I was moving forward quickly getting home visits and getting to see my family all the time and stuff like that. Then I would start going down hill again and then I would move up it sucked. Then I got a new case worker and he let me out after being there for 11 and a half months of hell. I left the group home on level 3, which is one level before I could graduate, but now I am still doing good staying drug free and living an honest life….

Brett

Why I’ve Been Pissed

I’ve been mad because I have six more months at the proctor house I don’t want to be at. My caseworker said that I still have a find to pay that’s about six hundred dollars and I have to pay it before I can go home. I can’t get a job I’m fifteen I’ve tried to get a job, but nobody wants to hire me. So I have to chill till April to turn sixteen to pay for my find.
Another thing that’s pissed me off is my brother doesn’t want me to come home. He doesn’t want me to come home because “He’ll just screw up again.” That pissed my off the most because I look up to him a lot.
So I’m probably not going to be myself for a while.

Boyd

So there have been a lot of things going on lately. There’s been so much unnecessary drama in my life recently, I have hard times dealing with what’s going on. I’m glad that we blogg because I haven’t had many ways to vent. I go to therapy once a week and the only time it is ever ok is when I talk about my relationship with Angelo. Everything else is just going to hell. My dad was doing really bad for a while but all of a sudden he realized that he had hit rock bottom and the only way to go was up. He checked into a volunteer rehab program and had been clean from heroin for three months. I thought he was doing so well. Out of nowhere he stopped answering his phone and wouldn’t return my calls. I finally got a hold of his girlfriend and she told me what had happened.
My dad thought he was going to relapse, so he was going to check back into a rehab. He never made it there. Some of his old drug buddies said my dad owed them money, and that they wouldn’t tell us where he is until they got there money or their drugs. I have always seen things like this on movies; I just never imagined it could happen to my family. No one knows what drugs can really do until you get a reality check.






By:Shalee

So this week I’m going to write about on Sunday that im going to get a tatoo. But I don’t know what im going to get it. I think im going to get it of a cross with r.i.p on top and grandpa on the bottom. Then have his birth day and the day he died in the cross.
The reason im doing this is couse he was like my best friend. He would take me to do everything and just all that grandpa stuff like taking me to baseball games and football games
So when he died I kinda lost my best friend the person I could tell everything to so that’s why I want to get that tattoo


Jasin

Today I’m going to write on how I think that crying makes me feel weak. My own personal opinion is that to me crying makes ME feel weak in front of others because on the outside I almost act like tuff and mean. But in reality I’m really actually insecure about myself. Hence why I act the way I do. Like sometimes others think that I’m all mean because I'm over confident or I’m to cocky for my own good. But really I’m just a person trying to get by in the world with out freaking out and have everyone tell me they hate me. Because to really understand someone, you have to know that about some people in the beginning. Sometimes people think that the people who are over confident don’t get hurt or don’t give a crap what others still say about them because it’s not true. People are always going to give a crap about what you say, even if you don’t know them. It’s all their insecurities coming out and kicking everyone in the face. So don’t judge people by the way they look or appear to act. Everyone has something to hide. Me its my insecurity.

Natasha

Today I guess I’m going to write about just some random things since it’s a “free write.” I guess I’ll write about what I did over the weekend. This last weekend that just past I just went to watch two soccer games and I went to play a little bit of soccer too. All of this was on Sunday since everyone is usually busy on Saturday. So we first went to the field where Grandview elementary was before they knocked it down. I went with two of my cousins and a couple of friends. We stayed there to play for probably two hours. Then after that we just sat there for a little while. What I thought was funny was that one of my friends had to call his tracker so he called his sister, and they three wayed his tracker. After that we went to watch a soccer game and then we went to play street soccer in an underground parking lot. That was pretty bad, but at the same time I was tired by the end of the first game. We played two games, and then I just left with one of my friends to go watch another soccer game. That was pretty much all I did that day…

Oscar

I am so excited for Thanksgiving break next week. Last Thanksgiving I was up in Montana and I didn’t get to come home and see my family. I’m just happy that this year I’m going to be around them for the holidays. I got asked what holiday I liked better, Thanksgiving or Christmas and I really had to think about it for a little bit. I decided that I like Thanksgiving more because you get to spend all day eating really good food. My mom isn’t really into cooking, but we still get to stay home and eat all day. Another think that I like about Thanksgiving is that there is always the day after to go shopping for the day. Most stores have the after Thanksgiving sales, so it will be fun to go on a shopping spree with my mom. I look forward to the next couple of months, being with my family.

Karissa

What I like doing on thanksgiving.

Well usually every year I go down to sandy to my cousins’ house. We usually have a lot of people over there. They make a very big dinner, and it all tastes very delicious. I like it a lot, we usually all help cook everything cause if only one or two people cooked it would take at least two days to cook it all, cause there really is allot of food. Usually the dinner is served around six o’clock in the evening. After we are done eating we usually go downstairs and play x box. The game that we usually play is halo 2 and it is really fun, I like it a lot and we always play with at least four people. Sometimes we even play x box live with people all over the world it is really fun. Then around like ten o clock at night we finally go home and get rest. The next day we usually wake up really early and go do something fun. The reason I like thanksgiving is because you get to spend time with your family, eat good food, and just pretty much have a good time….

brett

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Today I'm going to hop in my 12 to a gallon SUV that's plastered with magnetic 'Support our troops!" ribbons and drive my spoiled children to a sub par public school that teaches them nothing but how to talk in circles and manipulate others. Afterwards I'll go back home quickly to do some sort of illicit drug that has been purchased from a drug dealer that runs the shadow government of an impoverished third world country (a country that we impoverished). I'll then drive to my job at a large generic corporation, which is short sighted, ignorant of the needs of others, and generally abusive to everyone. I will do my work only well enough to remain employed while I steal office supplies, and spend most of my time browsing the internet for trite, stupid humor, and talking with my co-workers about shitty television dressed up as important and groundbreaking art. After work (which I take a half day from) I will drive home and berate my housekeeper in a passive aggressive way about would like to have cleaner carpets. I will spend approximately thirty minutes talking with my wife, who I have an abiding hatred for, and then not see her until we sleep next to each other. I will spend the rest of the time drinking myself dumb enough to go to sleep, and watching fox news, screaming at the television. This doesn't bother anyone, as my house is big enough to give everyone plenty of room to be perfectly alone. My son is in his room-smoking weed and listening to crappy overproduced music. My daughter is taking naked pictures of herself to fill an emotional void inside of her, and sending them to perverted men on the Internet. My wife is just sitting on the bed, staring at the wall, nursing a very complex emotional disorder that will only make itself apparent when she commits suicide after our children move away to go to overpriced colleges, and we get an unsatisfying divorce.

The perfect household that everyone wants, huh?
This is the background of the lives of those you think are so great
Don’t you want this…

Once life has gotten this far, there is no turning back you cant fix something that has been shaping a persons life for so long, don’t ignore the problems until they are to far to deal with just approach head on and it may save them before they fall off.
But then again why doesn’t the world know about equal living why don’t I (the father) just leave but for some reason I think its my (the fathers) fault
It would not be improbable the son has no father figure to help him, the daughter doesn’t have the father telling her that its indecent. The mother though that’s her problem and I (the father) should have thought better before even getting married but the wife couldn’t have been helped, no one knew about it so sometimes that’s just how life is

Zack

Caffeine

Caffeine is the life and soul of what and who we are. I am caffeine, you are caffeine… therefore you are me. What is it that makes us unique? Are we unique? To some extent maybe, but when it all comes down to it, I am you and you are I. The hammer of Thor has struck the heavens with a mighty force that could split this world apart. Here we are, and why? What is it that we are meant to be or do? Lost in the forest is a little deer. Where’s his family? What is he supposed to do now all alone? I’ll tell you. He should cry, and fear the hunter. Without family, without each other, we’re not unique. We’re not ourselves. We’re blobs of matter that serve no purpose and no reason. So, I guess what I am trying to say is that I am thankful for everyone in this world: the criminals, the rich, the poor, you and I. Someday we’ll all be somewhere else, but the important thing is we are everlasting beings.

Austin

Man I can’t wait until I go home. Which is not for another 2 months I hope. It will be so cool kicking it with my family and friends. I also will get to drive my car so I will be able to go anywhere I want. My family would be happy also so I will be able to just chill sweet I like free write because man I like Friday’s because I get to listen to music and just chill on a laptop. That’s the best thing about school and after school I get to go home and sleep. I can’t wait until I go home though music is the best thing ever made because you can just relax and listen to it and be happy it is so cool. It also will show what you like to listen to also free right is cool because I can write about what ever I want and get credit.

TY

If I had 10 million dollars I would donate 5 million to Primary Children’s Hospital because I like kids and I want to help them get better. Then I would buy a house and a car. Than I would buy upgrades for my car and that stuff. I would also help my mom if she needs it. man I cant wait til I go home for thanksgiving. That will be so cool because then I get to kick it wit my family and my friends. That will be so cool. Normally I would be getting trashed and that’s why I’m kind of glad I’m out here because I haven’t wanted to get drunk at all because I want to change my life. I like being sober because I feel healthier than I did when I was drinking.

TY

THE HAUNTED FOREST

During the month of October of the year 08, I wanted to go the haunted forest with my girlfriend but I had no money at the time. I started working for my grandma and a friend down the street, and while working with them I earned enough money to go with my girlfriend. So we went. We got there early so we just sat outside the haunted forest tell it got dark, then we bought our tickets and went in. when you first get into the haunted forest there is this room, it plays the clown off saw to try and get you scared, and jumpy before you actually go into the haunted forest. Finally we got to go in all the way, not even five minutes into the forest my girlfriend was getting scared so bad. She was running so fast because she was scared. At some times she ran so fast that I had to hold on to her sweater so that I did not lose her. Finally we got through the whole thing and sat down and rested because we were running for so long. We went home finally and ate some food and then we went to bed…..


brett

I would have to give the five million dollars to a friend. But there’s a catch, I would tell him to give me back half of it and he can keep the rest of it. That way I would end up with more than half…. Ok no I wasn’t going to give the money to a friend. I would probably donate the five million to two different places. Half of it I would donate to the Primary Children’s hospital. I think it would be good to donate it to them because that way they would be able to help out more kids. Maybe they could even make the hospital bigger, so that they could have more people there being helped. The other half I would donate to some place where they help people pay for food for kids with PKU. The reason for that is that I have a younger brother that has PKU. For those that don’t know what that is, it’s some type of disorder thing where you can’t digest all the protein that you eat. If you don’t digest all the protein that you eat it can cause you to get like Down syndrome or something like that. I know what it’s like having to pay for the food that those kids can eat. It’s not cheap at all because it’s not the same food that the rest of us can eat. After I donated that to them then I would go to them and buy the food that I would be able to give to my little brother.

Oscar

So I’m going to free write today, about how money and family can both be working together. Sometimes you hear that people put their money and jobs before their family. Like to me, that doesn’t mean that they don’t love you they’re just trying to do the best they can to support you and help you with the things you need to get or done. Okay, here ill tell you a story that happened just recently. Not to me, but to a friend. Her dad has a very good job at a very high paying job at a mine. And well her step-mom works in Wal-Mart. So what can you expect? Well anyways, her step-mom hasn’t been paying any real attention to the house payments or the bills. So they might have to foreclose their house. See this is really bad because her dad is being laid off because the copper is running out and isn’t worth as much as before. So they are trying their hardest to take their head out of their butts, to get things done before he gets laid off. So in that instance her step-mom put all the money before the good of her family, now their paying the price for it. So there are two sides really to the money and family shananagins. So when i'm older I want to put my family before any money I ever made in the whole world.

Natasha

Why We Read?

We read to get a better at speaking and have a better vocabulary. To have us get a point of fiction is to get us into books because it sounds real but it’s really fake.
What makes a good book is to have a good quality in the book. Like it has to have some kind of interested in it in order for a person to like and get into books.
What I think makes a good book is it has to have some kind of action in it. Like any action to make me interested in it in order for me to read any books.
If a book does not have any kind of quality or action then I don’t see why there is a reason to read books. I mean some books are interesting enough to read all day, but some are’nt.

Landon

One of our topics to write about this week was, “What would I do if I had 5 million dollars to give all to charity”? I didn’t really have to think too hard on what charity I would give too because there is one that I think really needs some work done with it. Over in Africa kids and adults are dying every day from illnesses that can be prevented. In the U.S. we are not really affected by it because we have the vaccinations to prevent it. The medicine is cheap in the U.S. but in Africa and other countries most families can’t afford it. If I had five million dollars to give I would send it to help aid the people in Africa, to receive the medicine that they need to stay healthy. AIDS is also a huge problem not only in our country but in the entire world. Along with sending money to help vaccinate people in Africa, I would also donate money to help find a cure to AIDS and cancer.

Karissa

Who is my role model?

My role model is my brother, because growing up he was always my biggest competition in everything such as sports. We both played football. We both played running back and we both also played linebacker . We both also wrestled . I took nationals and state. I think the reason I did so good in wrestling is cause my brother would always be on the side of the matt cheering me on. One thing my brother did that I really look up to him for is when he graduated. I look up to him for this cause everyone would tell him that he wasn’t going to, and he just showed them all up. Also why I think I matured and got tough is cause when I did something stupid me and my brother would fight. So now you know who my role model is

Justin

If I won ten million dollars in a lottery, I would donate it to either Primary Children’s’
Or to a cancer research program. If it went to the Primary Children’s’ I would want the money to be used for helping injured children and technology to help the lives of premature babies, and I want it to help fund the health care for under privileged children.
If it went to cancer research, I would want it to fund technology that could help find the cure for cancer, and I would like to invest in the studies for cancer.

I would use the half of the money that I got to get my life straightened up. I would get my own apartment or house. I would get a car, pay my bills, and I would set the rest into a savings account.

I don’t think that money is the best kind of charity because money isn’t everything it’s just material stuff. I think that showing affection to someone or showing him or her in some way that you care. Love does a lot more for someone more often than money can.




By: Shalee

Why do I read?

I read to get out of the places that I don’t want to be in. Before I got locked up I didn’t read I didn’t care for reading at all. I started to read to pass time and I found that I could read and forget about were I was. So whenever I had time I read. After a wile it became a habit. Now if I’m pissed off or don’t want to think about something ill read. Like I really don’t like my proctor house so I chill and read my book, plus I don’t really have anything better to do sent I got my dirty U.A.

Boyd

I think the quotes are very interesting. They make you think very hard about what they mean. They are insightful about what they say they are very cool that the people can think like that. And its cool because they make you think about it and it gets stuck in your head man. I’m so bored. I’m glad it’s Friday. I get to listen to music, just chill and do my blog. It’s also cool that its Halloween it sucks that I can’t dress up today. It’s the Halloween way. I love today I think it’s the best day of the year. I hate this new term they took my favorite classes and I still have English 2nd not 4th which I think would be better. Have English 4th and have math 2nd make my day easy not complicated. We now have to write 10 lines because people were writing less than 5. Which is stupid o well I’m done going on about my life later

Ty

I think that if you get stuck thinking about the future or the past. Then you won’t get anywhere except for where you are at the time. You won’t think about the present and what you can do to make things better than they were before. The past is the past and there is nothing that we can do to go back and fix the mistakes that we made. Really the only reason to look back to what we did before is to see what we can do differently to so we don’t make the same dumb decisions again. Just move on with your life and don’t get stuck there thinking about the dumb things from before.

There’s been a couple of times where I have been stuck thinking about some of the things that I did not too long ago. Some of them I sometimes wish I would have never done. But while I was just sitting there thinking about it over and over again, I realized I should just move on because I wasn’t getting any further in life. I was getting no where. The whole time I was thinking about the past everyone was telling me to just move on but I never noticed that until I was able to open my eyes and see how much I had actually missed out on.

Oscar

I think it means to live in the present is that, well obviously living in the present. Not in the future or the past but the present. Because to me, I used to live in the past and that’s all I ever thought about. And it was kind of scary. But the present is pretty scary in itself. I’m not a very religious person but my grandma always told me “God doesn’t give us challenges that he thinks we cannot face and over come”. You know what I mean. Because to me it’s like don’t live in the past or future but today. The reason that the past is called the past is because it’s the past. It’s already gone, there’s nothing you can about it. The present is called the present because it’s a gift. The future is the one you can really change. Because the future is the one we should be looking forward to. So, live today, not tomorrow or the next year. Take it 12- 24 hours. So enjoy it and embrace it. Even though it sucks sometimes. It’ll be all good.

Natasha

Your past and future
It means to live like now. You don’t need to think about it much to think about your past because it has already happen. Your future you need to think about because it has not happened yet.
You need to think about your future real hard to know what is going to happen, but to think about your past you don’t have to think as hard because it has already happened.
Now when you think about your past real hard you might bring back either bad memories or good memories. It’s good when you think about your happy memories because you will have a good feeling inside you, but when you think of your bad memories you will have a mad thought in you. So it’s not good to think about your bad memories.
So when you think of your future don’t think to hard because you don’t know what is going to happen because it hasn’t happened yet.

Landon

Today is Halloween and I’m not looking forward for tonight. I haven’t gone one Halloween in the past four years where I haven’t gotten in trouble with the law. I’m working all night, so I’m going to be pretty busy with that. I still have to get through the rest of the night avoiding doing anything wrong. I used to take my sisters out to go trick or treating, but now their both old enough to take them selves. They don’t need me to go with them anymore. I hope that as they get older they learn from my mistakes and can avoid from making the same ones that I did. Their both really good kids but sometimes holidays, especially Halloween can bring out the worst on some people. I would rather be doing stuff with my family and friends instead of working but supposedly Halloween is a really busy night for pizza orders, so im going to be their for a long time.

Karissa

I'd write basically every day I guess, things that were happening with my family, fights I had gotten into at school, stuff like that. If the mood struck me I'd write a story where I was the hero. From the age of 7-14 I filled probably 11 or 12 composition notebooks, but I have none of them now. I would always go about destroying them in the same way. I'd finish one, and put it in some secret place on the bookshelf. Any random number of months later I'd stumble upon the completed journal, pick it up to thumb through, and feel incredibly nauseous. At first I'd start just ripping out pages that I especially hated, but then by the time I was done the whole thing would be in the garbage. I must have destroyed hundreds and hundreds of pages. One time my mom found out I was doing this and with a sad look on her face told me that when I turned into an adult I would really regret doing that, and wish I had them to look back upon and have some sort of a lifeline into my childhood. Maybe I'm not grown up yet, because I still don't regret it.

Zack

I can’t wait until I go home. Which is in like about three months that part kind of sucks but o well it all works out in the end. Also it would be cool to just chill with my mom and brother and friends. I can’t until Obama is the president because than he will bring the troops back. Then I’m going to go to California Again. That will be awesome see my old high school and some of my old friends. And just chill with my friends and see my family. I like free write because I can just go on and on about whatever I want. It will be so cool to see some old teachers and my little brother and sisters and I might stay out there I’ll be out of Utah at least. I will also be with my friends from out here, which is going to be a fun trip. I will also get to see my brother’s grave which is what I have wanted to see forever. I can’t wait!

TY

I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about how I would like my future to go. I would like to finish my high schooling and if possible I would like to graduate early. If I graduate high school early I want to take the rest of what would normally be my senior year to save money for tuition.

I would also like to get married and settle down sometime in my life before I get too old. To me the whole point of getting married is being together and growing old together. Not getting married when you’re a few years away from dying. I only want to have kids when my living situation is stable, and I have a good career. When I have kids I would like to have a baby boy and then maybe a girl. I would like to live somewhere nice and decent. I don’t know what state I might be in when I get my own place, but it will happen.





By: Shalee

I really don’t know what type of business I would want to own. If I could own my own business it would probably be some kind of sports store. It would mostly have to do with soccer. I would probably want to make it a store like scoreboard sports. I would like it to be like that store because there all they sell is soccer gear like cleats, shin guards, socks, shorts, jerseys, keeper gloves, sleeves and all that good stuff. If I could at least get it going here in Utah, I would be happy with that. After getting it started here it would be a lot better if I could get it going internationally so that people could know about it. If I could get it known internationally I would be making a lot more money just because of the fact that more people would know about it and they would be buying more from it. I would have a lot of things for the team Chivas. Chivas is the best team in Mexico and one of the best teams there too. It’s also my favorite team too. I would name my store….. Umm ok I don’t know what I would name it.

Oscar

I think that the building I would want to own would be a veterinarian place. Because I love to work with animals, because I think they’re the best things in the world. I think I would sell dog food, nail clippers, different shampoo, toys, treats, and of course grooming. I think that it’d be located in a big city or a big country like Alberta, Canada. Or like New York City. I think that I would choose Canada because I’m originally from there. And I know from seeing that there really is a lot of animals in Canada because people are starting to get lonely, so they buy animals. Because animals help them not feel so lonely. I mean if you really think about it animals are always there, they’re loyal, and they never really leave, unless of course they die. And the fact that they don’t judge like humans.

Like that quote says “Dogs are Mans Best-friend.” Plus, animals are worth saving, to me at least. I mean I’ve had some tumbles with dogs that bit my face. But after that I’ve never ever feared dogs. And I think that its all how you treat them. Like how humans get mad if you don’t respect them or treat them good. That’s how dogs think…at least that’s what my opinion is. So that’s why I would want to start a business with animals. But I really do think that a bigger city would work out better because the business would be better. I do think that I probably would employ my friends if they went to vet school and graduated with good grades. I would also hire my friends even if they had only graduated high school. Because, then they could work in the areas where the things we would sell would be. So sort of like working for me, not with me. But at least I would still hire them.

Natasha

My own business
If I had my own business I would tell everyone what to do to an extent. Then I would name it Landon’s robotic palace.
All my workers would be put to work immediately and work for most of the day but the robots would be made in a different way for each robot, like each robot would have a special ability.
For example one will have laser vision, one would have x-ray vision, and one would have multiple gun wear on him like machine guns, but there is no trick to buying them others will be more expensive then others.
Now these robots would be sold in three different places in the USA. Those places would be in the three corners in the United States. They will always be available I will never go out of stock.
The only people that I would hire are friends that I trust and have a good friendship with.

Yesterday I went paint balling with some of my old friends that I used to live with. I dressed up in this big coat and some sweat pants underneath my jeans, so if I got hit I wouldn’t have too big of a bruise. Once you get out on the field your adrenaline is pumping so hard that you cant really feel any pain anyways. I got shot in the back a few times but since I was wearing a coat the impact wasn’t too hard. Then towards the last game I got shot right in the leg and I have a welt the size of a soft ball. I think that playing sports and playing paint ball is a really good stress reliever and it is a good way to get your anger out in a positive way. I’m not saying that the only time to play sports is when your pissed off, but it does help. Going out and playing games like paint ball is a fun way to socialize because after you shoot someone you both have something to talk about.

Karissa

My Weekend


This weekend I get my first home visit sleepover I’m really excited and I hope that it is going to be fun. But I need to be good because my last few home visits I’ve been doing dumb stuff and making dumb decisions so this home visit I’m going to do the best that I can and listen to my parents. Also I need to spend more time with them instead of my friends especially my sister cause I think I need to be a better role model to her. I think this cause my mom always says my sister is just like me. That’s a good thing. I think until when she gets older she will probably get in a lot of trouble like me too. That’s one thing I don’t want to see happen so this weekend I’m going take my sister to do something fun and talk to her about stuff that she needs to know.

By Justin

My Halloween

My Halloween was great I got to hang out with friends and I had allot of fun even though I only went to 3 houses to get candy lol well anyways I think I am getting maybe a little to old to go trick or treating anyway I think Halloween is such a great holiday for kids cause they get to go out and get free candy so when families are not that wealthy when Halloween comes around the kids can get as much candy as they want and no matter what one piece of candy just one it does not matter what kind it is it will make them happy no matter what because Halloween is such an exciting holiday for everyone there are two three things I think you can do on Halloween one is spend time with your family two is you can get free candy three you can go to parties but always be safe on Halloween no matter were you are at or what you are doing…


Brett….

Summit Staff

This is what I think of summit staff… The staff here at summit high is most likely the coolest and most relaxed staff you will ever find anywhere. Except Lesli, she’s not as chill as everyone else. Then there’s Tyler who always makes sure everything has to be perfect. Then there’s Jason who’s the ‘wenas warrior’… Pfft what’s that! Just kidding Jason. Ben is Ben and no one can change that. Matt hates his second period. Jesseca is large and IN CHARGE! Doug… you big teddy bear. Dan… the man… yeah right… Jared the caring counselor. Brian the guitar slappin’ blonde haired counselor that rocks your socks! Then everyone else who works… THEY’RE the chill ones!

Austin

I think Halloween I a day that every can dress like a dumb ask and get smashed. Really that’s all that its about I cant stand dressing up like a freak unless I don’t know what I’m doing. Well anyway I’m going on a home visit and taking my baby nephew out trick or treating and chilling with my sister in-law’s family. I hope that it will be better than last Halloween. I got smashed I really don’t remember to much ecept I got a ticket for under age drinking.

Boyd

Techno

Who doesn’t love techno and other assorted dance music?! I’ve only been introduced to this style of music lately, and this music blows my mind! The repetition of the ten minute long songs are extremely popular with rave parties, clubs, and dance parties.


Right now I’m listening to Infected Mushroom and although it is not the best that I’ve heard, but it is definitely one of the more popular groups. These styles of music are fun to dance to even when not under the influence of any drugs. Everyone should like this kind of music because I think that it is insane!! What I say goes! Anyway you have to try listening to this music when it is turned up very loud. The louder it is the more extreme it is.

Austin

So this has nothing to do with the journal today. So music I guess well there is thousands of artist and million of people that like music. Everyone has different views. Mine I don’t like old music just new like 2000. I am picky on my music and so are many people. I love to try different music but sometimes I don’t always like it sometimes I do. It just depends on my mood. A lot of the time I listen to anything I have.
Most of my favorite artists are Paramore, Panic at the Disco, and Boys Like Girls.

I finally get to go home. I have two weeks left and I really don’t want to go. If I could move proctor homes then id ask if I could stay and graduate. Another thing is if I go home I know that I’ll probably do the same stuff that I did to get here. Id rather stay here were I know that I could graduate and be with people that got my back. I’ve been away from my family for a year. Is it wrong for me not to go live with my mom?

TRUST
I think that the only way for you to trust someone is to know them really well and if you don’t you don’t have to believe anything they say. But its all about trust, and if you don’t trust someone you could get in trouble for it. Sometimes you might still get in trouble, but if you don’t trust anyone than how are you going to get married without doubting anything they say. It wont turn out good you’ll never stop fighting, and you will end up getting a divorce. I guess you better start trusting people, or your life is probably going to be in jail.

Civilization

Civilization is living and being free with yourself, leaning with other people and whatever thing they want to learn about. The USA would be civilization because everyone in the world learning and meeting new people that is learning there own things that would be useable, helpful and throughout all of your or there life.

I will tell you the reasons why there is bad and good reasons why there should or should not be an hour of homework each night.
I will start with the reason that it is a good thing to have homework each night, well it starts with a positive reply from the teacher then you also get a good grade out of it all and you also don’t get yelled at.
Now the bad reason why we need homework every night is that this starts with that it is a waist of time through your whole hour that you can be doing something else and also you can’t get anything done in that hour that you have to do that homework, so what I’m mostly saying is that nobody like’s to do any homework even for an hour, it’s just a big waist of your time.

Landon

I don’t understand why there is fighting. Ya, I say there needs to be violence on some stuff. But over money its kind of retarded really all money is. Is green paper with numbers? I know why we need it I do cause money we need to buy food but to fight over. Wow! look money lets take it that’s what I see. I hate money then again I love it but not enough to resort to violence. Sometimes its not violence but the government keeps so much money that we never get any money. So yes sometimes money is the root of all evil but not always.!!

Kirra

“Money is the root of all happiness”.
I think that money isn’t what makes a person up, but it can change people. When people come into a lot of money at one time there is not way that their life can stay the same. The thing that people need to remember is where they came from and who they really are. They need to remember their values because they can loose them while getting lost in the money.
The evil of selfishness also goes along with money because people will do crazy things to benefit themselves. When people loose their sense of caring for other people and only worrying about themselves is when that person can get themselves into trouble. I heard about this guy that won the lottery and after that his whole life went into a downward spiral. His granddaughter overdosed and his wife left him. He started getting robbed on a weekly basis and soon got himself into debt and addiction. This goes to show that money isn’t always the root of all happiness but can ruin lives.

Karissa

I am going to write about almost nothing mainly cuz I didn’t really try to write my journals but hey old news right so today im going to jess’s house and its not going to be that fun because all the plans we had aren’t going right but I guess its okay cuz really if not at my house its better than normal so I shouldn’t complain my Procter sisters birthday party is today and im soo glad I don’t have to stay for that brat god she’s snotty well that’s enough for me

Tyler

Tired

MAN IM TIRED OF BEING TOLD SOME THING IS GOING TO HAPPEN AND IT DOSNT.THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IVE BEEN TOLD I WAS GOING HOME AND IT AINT HAPPENEN. MY CASE WORKER TOLD ME IM GONG HOME AND NOW IM NOT BECAUSE HE DIDN’T DO THE PAPERWORK. SO IM PROBABLY GOING TO BE HERE TILL DECEMBER. SO EVERY ONE THAT WAS SAD THAT I WAS GOING HOME IM STAYEN AROUND FOR AWILE. AND THANKS FOR ALL OF YOUR COMENTS.

BOYD

Senses

Most people are born with five senses---sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell
What would you do if someone told you that you could only have four? Which one would you get rid of? I think I would get rid of my hearing just because you can still talk to people when you can’t hear. It might take a little while to learn but some people already know how, so if you know someone that can they can teach you how. But if you lose any other sense you might not survive.

Adult on the Island

I think that if there was an adult on the island the boy would act a lot different cuz the adult would put all of the kids in check and I think will change cuz jack does not want to go home he wants to stay stranded and hunt. And he wants to be a wild child and kill every thing he can. He also wants to be a leader cuz he is one of the older kids.

Angelo

Chief

I think that it would change the book because the adult would be chief. Every one would do their jobs because they listen to adults not each other. I don’t have a favorite character in the book because its boring if you know what I mean. If I hade to choose it would be piggy because he is like the underdog and no one seems to like him. This is the first time I used periods while I’m typing. I love Fridays as do everyone I think. I mean we get to listen to music and use laptops witch is cool. I wish we could do this everyday.

Tyler

People

people


I think the difference in knowledge and wisdom is the ability to read and know peoples actions. What they think just by the actions of other people and reading what went on before I am not trying to be stereo typical but people follow others and listen to the one who speaks the most and steps the hardest but the one who steps the hardest know that when they do they will have followers and that is how they can step. But can you without the others? And if so would you take that road I think the people who take that road will be the highest leaders, but they need to know when to come out and let everyone know what they are trying to do.

Ex. Ok so take two people in a restaurant they are sitting down and for some reason its quiet they know that some thing should be said but either they have no idea what to say or are to embarrassed to say it. Nonetheless if you are in the upper hand and know what is going to happen then they will take the lead of the conversation but in real life there are so many different ways to read people that I don’t think anyone could learn exactly how.

The End
Thank You.

The Management
Zack

Afraid of

IM AFRAID OF
I’m afraid of being stuck in a cell for the rest of my life. I just don’t want to lose the people I know and love again. I’ve lost my family for to long already and I don’t want to put my mom through that again. I don’t want to see her though a piece of glass. I have one chance left before go to the CREEK till I’m 21. So I’m doing the best I can to keep myself strait.


Boyd

Snakes

I’m afraid of snakes. I don’t know why but I just hate them. I can’t stand being around them cause I’ll grab the first thing that I see and start hitting it. One time I saw one that looked the same color as the dirt and there was a hoe by me (the kind of hoe for gardening don’t get the wrong idea!) but yeah, I cut the stupid snake into like 13 pieces! Man that was something to remember…. That’s what it gets for being by my house. Next time it will think twice before coming near my place…. Ok maybe not because its already dead.

Oscar

Sleep and Dreams

Sleep and Dreams
Austin

When we’re asleep why do we dream? There’s a lot of reasons. Why I believe that we dream is mostly because of problems we have that need to be solved.

Dreaming about problems is the most common type of dreaming. Although your dreams may be totally random you can still relate them to a problem that may be in your life. Your unconscious mind is full of everything that you’ve seen and been through and when you’re asleep is when your unconscious mind is allowed to express itself.

Sometimes we also have totally random dreams that may have no meaning at all. There’s a lot of theory to why we have those totally random dreams. Organization, chemicals… etc.

So post your dreams in response to what I’m talking about and let’s all discuss what we think your dreams mean!

Fear

The only thing am scared of is heights. The first time I went to the lagoon I went on some ride it was high but my friend told me to get on it with him so I did. When I went on the ride I thought is was going to go fast and be over with but it was the longest ride I have ever been on. It just felt that my stomach went to my head that’s the only thing am scared of anything else aint nothing to a boss.

Rico

Good Person

A good person is someone that does things for the good of others not for the fame just because it right not because of a reward or fame. They also do it because its nice. The lights are out today. I hope they stay off because than we wont have to read. It also will suck if they stay off because I have computers next. How will I listen to music if the power is out? Man I wish I was in normal school. Its ok because I have some friends here and that’s pretty cool. I went from having just gang friends now I have normal friends. Someone I know told me she tries to be friends with everyone. I’m trying the same thing. I`m listening to runnin my momma crazy and thugs mansion just because they are true every last bit of it.

By TY

busted

busted

So my brother got arrested for throwing apples at stuff and taken to dt, and I told my moms to leave him there so he can learn his lesson. I know that he didn’t really do any thing wrong but he does stuff that I don’t like. I guess because if I don’t make my life great then he is my families last chance because there is no one else to be successful he’s the last one and I don’t know if I will make it. But ya I don’t know its just something to write sorry if I disappointed the ones who wanted to hear something funny.


(no comments please).

Zack

Leader

A leader is someone that was gone through bad times but corrected his life in a positive manner. He is a leader without trying .he has a positive force we people are with him he is peaceful but at the same time feels like he can change his life into a better way. Some who is positive sets a positive influence in the way he talks, walk & does his every day basis. Leader ship comes from some one who wants to better the world or to show there is a better way of living an easier life. Some on who is willing to sacrifice his freedom for a purpose.

Juan

Leader

A good leader.

I think if you are being a leader to get something out of it you aren’t looking out for the people that are following you. And you need to understand what the people are going through.

Boyd

Leader

What makes a good leader a good leader to me knows when to do something he also knows when not to do something he knows how to handle bad problems he knows when to tell the followers to go do something good or bad he is very good at what he does he has power and respect from every body.

angelo

Leader

I wouldn’t call myself a leader or a follower because if people look up to me it’s because i am being myself. I think a leader is when they take care of their family and they do it because there happy doing it not because they have to. I would say some people look up to me because who I am not who I hang out with. People think they’re koo when they do dirt but I like when the homies are real and they don’t care what other people think about who they are.

Small Steps: Ending

I thought the ending of the book sucked. They didn’t hook up or anything like that. They were hardly friends and he saved her life which was so cool of him. I also think that her being able to sing again is cool. Above all it sucked, but im tired. I am going to go to sleep earlier tonight so I stay awake. We should do this every day so I can listen to music because music is my life. Just like my dead brother I love music because I see it as he is still here with me even though we are different gangs. I cant wait til 3rd because I get to listen to music again. My favorite bands are icp ice cube and snoop dogg.

The Truth

The Truth

“What you perceive, your observations, feelings, interpretations, are all your truth, your truth is important, yet is not the truth.” That was by Linda Ellinor. “The truth” what is it? I guess I don’t really know. I guess it means “the truth” to society. I really have no idea what it means. I think the truth is always the truth no matter who is saying it. So I really think what she is saying is pretty lame! I think I would actually like to understand what “the truth” is that she is talking about. It makes no sense to me. If we can’t see the truth no one can bla .. bla .. bla .. I don’t get it! UGH! Who is this lady anyways? I really think the truth is the best though. It will end up coming out no matter what so just make sure to be true to everyone around and yourself. Ok well back to school I go.

By: Kesha

Working Together

WORKING TOGETHER

I would have to say that working with two is better then doing things wrong. I myself like doing things on my own because I know what am about and I know what I can and cant do. So it aint always a bad thing when someone is trying to help you.

Rico

Desegregation

I don’t think that the prisons should be desegregated because most of the gang bangers that are there don’t get along with each other. Most of the time they only get along with the other guys from the same gang. Like surenos would get along with each other but not with the slobs. And if they were to desegregate the prisons then they would just cause a lot more problems for all the staff that works there. So if they want all hell to brake loose then they can go ahead and desegregate the prisons.

Oscar

Change

Change
Yes, I think a person can change. Its mostly on that person who needs to change.
Only you can change who you are no one else can do it and it is difficult to change after you have had the habit of not trying to change. You need to take step by step until you think you have reach that goal that you think that you have changed.
It also will take lots of time to change who ever you are, but you are who you are and no one can change that but you.

Landon

Funniest Thing

Ha ha the funniest thing that has ever happened to me is I was sitting on a wall by my house and there was a cart beneath me and under the cart mud. My boy friend was standing by my feet and by unlucky events I fell backwards into the cart the cart tipped over into the puddle. My boy friend went inside so I wouldn’t here him laughing I thought he went home. I went in side to take a shower well I realized I left something in the kitchen. I wrapped a towel around me to walk to the kitchen I get to the living room to find that my boyfriend was staring at me. Ya embarrassing

Gold Fish and THE life

Gold Fish and THE life Zack S.


The gold fish lives a life of shame but also lives a life much easier then everyone else. He doesn’t have to worry about the social life that the world does, or the problems in America, He doesn’t even have to worry about dating he just floats around doing nothing. Needing to look only for food but would it be worth it to have no fear and no problems over having no knowledge of the greatness of the world. should animals not be able to explore, just because we want another mall. I mean I would like to have more places to go but not for the price of other things’ survival. I don’t know I am just going as far as I can without hurting anything if I can help it (to an extent, I mean I need to live to.)

Change

So you will always know what you feel cause everything is physical and you will see your self change as you grow up. You will either change in a good way or in a bad way it depends on how you take the things you are going through and how you apply it in every day bases and if you gain anything from it or you learn from you mistakes. life is like a box a chocolates you will never know what you gonna get but if you know what you what you will know what you what. So if you want to make it in life it is up to you not people around you cause at some point in time they are going to die and you are going to be on earth by your self and you will have to depend on you self cause other people are going their own problems and things they have to do so they will be to occupied to pay attention to you or anyone else.

Juan

My Problems

The program
I am in a program called the journey focus and believe me they are the biggest freaks in the world so get this I was sent to dt then I came back to start the program over so I wasn’t that mad but I have been back for about a 2 weeks and there saying that if I don’t move up a level in 2 weeks then they are going to send me to a more stricter program and I am like what the crap and the level is 4 weeks min. and 3 months max. I really don’t know why they are freaking out.
And now they want to tell me this in only two weeks notice so if I don’t move up some one is going to die well not really. But it is pretty close. But this other kid went to DT and she came back one the second level and there are five levels by the way. But any way and she still hasn’t move up and she has been back for three weeks and they are not freaking out but there are on the white kid… racist pricks. It kind of makes me want too fill out a grievance form but it is really hard to fight the state when they are not on your side. So I will never win.
The only cool thing about the program is my proctor parents are tight.
I mean why in the heck are they getting so upset. Oh well. Thanks for reading my problems.


Johnathan

Love

I think that armpit and kaira is gunna go on a couple of more dates then ther going to get together and become boyfriend and gurlfriend. As I get more into the book I could tel u thet the manager is really getting mad cause Armpit is getting to get to know her more and they both are starting to fall for eachother.I also think that the manager is goin to end up killin karia cuase if he cant have her then noboby can that’s just my thought.

Change

Yes people can change, but sometimes it can be hard. At the same time it just depends on the person and what they want to change. I think that if you really put your mind to it and you really want the change to happen you can do it. First of all they got to set their minds to it in order for them to start to change. I think that for someone to change they got to be strong mentally because if their not then its going to be really tough for them.

Oscar

Love

Love
You need to know enough about them just like there name, age and what they like to do , like with me it only took me three days until I started to use the L word, because once you like someone and going out with them some people just get hooked on that person and start telling them that you love them that’s what happen with me but other people are much different then me most of them.
Actually, most of those people when they wait they wait until there almost engaged or married but not me I say it when ever I think I’m ready to say it.

Landon

Integrity

Integrity

I think integrity is just the way you live the honest life. Living in integrity would be a good thing. I think everyone should live the most honest life possible. I think you live honest lives by just doing the things your suppose to do. Just make sure to tell the truth no matter what. The truth is the best even though it will be hard at times the truth. But the truth will end up coming out no matter what so you should just me as honest as you can. Make sure to be as true as you can. The quality of being honest and have strong moral principles. That’s integrity in my mind.

By: Kesha

Trust

To be able to say I love a girl and actually mean it I have to trust her. If I cant feel that I can tell her anything and it will stay between me and her. And I have to know that she feels the same way about me. If I don’t know I wont show the way I feel.
Boyd

Change

Can people really change?
In my opinion people can change. Other people cant make them change. They have to want to change first, and then they have to except the fact that they need help. They have to change who they hang out with because they could change, but the second they step back into their old environment. Their going to go back to being the way they used to be before. They asked for help, and then they get back into trouble. “time can change me but I cant change me.” I think that phrase means that the only way to change is with time because you cant change over night, and you cant turn tine back to fix what you messed up with in life.

Stop Motion

Making Stop Motion Videos
By: Austin

What is a stop motion video? A stop motion video is a video that is made up of multiple pictures!

My friends and I love to make these videos because with them you can do stuff that is unrealistic such as, flying, floating, disappearing and things that are funny like riding a laundry basket like a car.

I have made a few videos like these. We have ones that I am floating and maneuvering around in a laundry basket. My favorite one is where I slide in and slap my friend Kyle in the face and he gets upset. He then chases me outside where I get in a laundry basket and take off. He gets in his car and starts chasing me. I slam into and he veers off the side but thinking I won was a mistake. He came back and slammed into me and knocked me into the curb where I crashed and burned. All that took about two hours, but it was only about twenty-three seconds of video. Also, it was about 320 different pictures.

So if you ever want to watch my stop motion videos, go to http://www.youtube.com/xjmhx91.

Point of View

I think what effects our point of view is determined by our experiences like if all you see is violence than you will think violence is good not bad that’s what I think is how our point of view is made by so anyways I`m so tired I like this way better than journal.its cooler because we get music I cant wait till 5th because I have my favorite subject.

Tyler

Mac Dre

I would like to to go see mac dre because he’s the best rapper ever and he’s the hyphest to, the more stupid u get the more hyphest it is. I would probably run a hundred miles to go see that cut throat well know that cut throats dead but still hella famous thou. He likes to dance out side of the car while the car is still going and he dances on the roof to and the hood of the car.

Rico

Violence

It is ok to use violence when someone like disrespects one of your family members because that’s your blood it’s a part of your life so of course you are going to be violent, your not gong to let someone just disrespect a part of your life that messed up.
Your going to do something about it, but another reason to use violence is when you have a girlfriend and other boys are hitting on her or doing something to her that you don’t like so of course you going to do something about it because that is the thing to do.



by Landon

Concerts

There are a lot of concerts I would go to see most likely metro station. I would choose that one cause I know most of their music and I absolutely love them. I would pay at least 100 dollars to see their concert and if any one wanted to buy my ticket well that sucks for them. I wouldn’t sell my ticket. A concert experience is whoa cant explain too much fun it gets crazy everyone screaming always fun.

Scalping

Scalping

I think it depends. I think that scalping can be bad but isn’t all that bad. I think that if your doing it just to make money and screw everyone else over its not ok but if you are doing it just because you need to get rid of them its ok. Sometimes you got the tickets for free or really cheap so its always going to sell for more than you got it for. So I say its ok if your doing it to just get rid of them and not because your just trying to get more money and screw people over.

By: Kesha

Perspective

What effect your point-of-view or perspective in a solution or problem.

1 - Someone told you the problem that he heard from someone or someone was in the conflict who had a totally different perspective in the solution or problem.

2 – someone might just heard little bits of the problem but does not have all the aspects to the problem so he put 2 on 2 & had his own view of the conflict.

3 – someone has some of the puzzle of the problem or solution. He puts two on two with someone else point of view or adds the parts of the story that he likes.


Juan

Violence

Violence when is it ok? I think its ok to use violence when you feel that you are in danger or if you feel that a person you know is in danger. But if you are upset that’s not an excuse. You should have enough self control to keep yourself in check.

Boyd

Easy Said as Done

Are things as easily said as done most people think it is but for a lot of people its not so easy like when people ask you to do something and say “ this is all you have to do and you done” but most people say “that’s all” with sarcasm and you try to do it but it doesn’t work for example last year at clear creek Doug said “all you have to do is get everyone across without talking” most of the kids couldn’t do it without talking so we had to start over a couple of times so I don’t think it is easier said than done.

Ben

Favorite Music

My favorite styles of music.
Austin

Everyone likes different types of music. My favorite kind of music is definitely Rock and Roll and metal! The reason’s why I like this type of music is because I like the fast paced styles.

Rock makes me feel a little more relaxed and chill. My favorite rock band is Aerosmith. I like this music because the slow style of Aerosmith is also energy packed and really gets its point out. Another rock band I like is also leaning towards a little more like metal. Metallica is one of my favorite bands as well! They have the same songs like Aerosmith but they also have faster stuff closer to metal, like Iron Maiden.

I like metal music because the even faster music gets me so pumped up! The shredding on the guitars and the deep styles like Atreyu or As I Lay Dying make my head spin! Another reason why I like these styles of music is because of bands like Killswitch Engage. Killswitch Engage incorporates incredible singing with some equally amazing screaming!

I play guitar and my favorite styles are, of course, metal and rock! I’ve been playing for two years and I am definitely getting better. I would like to learn the style of Eddie Van Halen and guitarists like Michaelangelo Batio as well as Paul Gilbert and Dan Jacobs. These guitarists are what I would like to play like someday! Until then I will just have to wait and keep on practicing!

Cars

Cars
Cars are very complex the most important thing I believe in a car is the combustion system, which consists of the piston, piston rod, intake valve, exsuast valve, spark plug, spark plug cable, battery, crankshaft, and the exsuast system.

The second important thing is the traction and support of the tire/suspension system. The shock absorbers are very important because they prevent the undercarriage from getting damaged and for a smooth ride. The tires support about 76% of the cars weight the rest is all on the suspension system, which is hydraulics, shock absorbers, axel, and a very large spring.

The third important is the gas for simple reasons. The car can’t run with out a fuel source. The fourth important is the electric/computer system; witch is battery, alternator, belts, fan generator, dashboard computers, (check engine, gas low, brightes, brake, ABS, mileage, RPM, MPH, oil temp, engine temp, and seat belt light) radio, clock, air conditioning, heating, and the seat adjusters.

The fifth important thing is the brake system witch is the brake pads, disk brake, calipers, brake oil, the ABS-antilock braking system, brake pedal, and lights. The sixth most important thing is the safety system, which is seat belts, air bags, cytalick converters, which converts harmful gas emittions to non-harmful vapors. Another important part is a sturdy body and chassis.

Now there are there are 8 different types of engine a one cylinder, two cylinders, 4 cylinders, a V-6, V-8, V-10, V-12, W-16.

A one cylinder is usually found in bikes like bullet bikes, and dirt bikes, and lawn mowers, two cylinders are found in motorcycles, a four cylinder is usually found In your small cars like ford focus, Subaru outback, ECT. A V6 is found in your sedans like Honda accord, ford tarsus act, a V8 is found in truck and muscle cars. Like a ford mustang, Chevy corvette, or your dodge Dakota. A v-10 is found in a dodge viper or a dodge truck the car is used for high performance, the truck is used for high performance and heavy-duty work. A v-12 is found in your Ferrari, Lamborghinis, and many other high performance and racing cars.
Now a w-16 is found in your military trucks it is two v-8s put into one-engine 16 cylinders with about 4 miles to the gallon on traffic.

And that concludes the brief summery of your normal every day car

Jon

Blog

? zack

So I’m not too big on the whole blog thing. I don’t even know what they are for, but I got to do it for a grade. But not just any grade a good one… but I don’t know what to say I don’t know what format to use for this. Well I will just wing it I guess. This should be good…


Sincerely. thizzlethug

Integrity

I would say the word integrity means, u really don’t care what people think about u and your doing what you think is rite and you not doing it because you want to fit in. integrity I think means u will always try to be honest. I would say my mother haves integrity cause she always does what she haves to do.

Truth

The truth is, an honest opinion or a honest answer you give someone and the difference between the truth. My truth is that my truth is or can be a whole different truth then the actual real truth. With the truth that you say, you should know if you are telling the real truth, it’s that just sometimes if you are in really big trouble then you don’t want to tell the truth because you don’t want to get in trouble. You know if your telling the truth or not.


LANDON

Integrity

Integrity means pure honest clean happy sweet a person with integrity. Here is an example: Teg: hey a wallet cool it has money hmm look a license and a picture someone will be looking for this I will return this to the owner Rity: thanks here is a reward for your honesty someone without integrity Te: hey a wallet hmm I do need a new game cool I got Teletubie wars wow its so cool Rity: hey that’s mine Te: to bad you left your wallet now the money is mine cop: you stole you get to pay the consequence ta da the difference is one person is nice the other is snobby and rude so ya

Identity

**IDENTITY**

I think your identity is who you are. It can change depending on where you are. It will only change if you chose to change you. It’s how you dress, act and in a different time and place then you would change eventually. You would start to conform to the things and people. You will start to wear the same things and acting somewhat like them. Now one is the same, but you will start to be alike. I also think your identity is who you are when no one is watching. It’s just straight up you being you.

By Kesha

Janis Joplin vs Hanna

Janis Joplin vs Hanna

Janis was a singer that sang from her heart. She sang about the stuff that was happening in her life and drugs. So that makes her tight off the bat. But she was her own person. Hanna is a new Brittney Spears. She sells music that is what people want to buy. I feel that she’s just singing for the money. She dose not sing from the heart. So I think Janis Joplin is the better singer.

Boyd

Truth

I think the truth is the way you something because everyone has their own way of seeing something, like the law. Some people believe in the law but if you don’t believe in the law than your going to get in trouble for not obeying it. Like some people say you the right to believe in what you want but the truth is you don’t, and religion is the same way people pick certain religions because they don’t want to believe anything else. Because people that made that religion think what he’s telling everyone is the truth but to him and people that are in the religion it really is the truth. But not everyone believes in it that’s why the truth is whatever you believe in or what you think is the right thing to do.

Joplin vs Montana

Janis Joplin and Hannah Montana are totally different because Janis is more for elderly people just because of her time era and her music is a lot more relaxing and calm. She is also more appealing to hippies because her music is the kind of music that you can kick back and get high to her music. I personally do not like Hannah Montana that much because her music is annoying, and her music is for little kids.

By : Angelo

Different Person

If you woke up in a different place would you be a different person?

No, of course you’re not going to be a different person. You have the same mind and same body. You obviously can’t be a different person; although, sometimes you may be able to change your ways of thinking. You can’t just wake up though and all of the sudden become a different person. Maybe, you can wake up and start to think things that fit your surroundings. Like say you wake up in a nice green place that is very peaceful to you. You can start to change your thinking if originally you came from a red and scary place. In that case then you can be able to change your ways of thinking, and maybe even be a different person. Mainly what I would say though is no. You can’t wake up a different person.

Austin