I’m kind of glad school is over. I’m not graduating but its all good. My best memory would have to be going to the plays and stuff like that. This year went by so fast it was so much fun here I think I have changed a lot in just this one year.i see the value of life and I have made a lot of friends this year. I wish I could just stay at school but I’m going to go home. I will always remember this one year I’m just Tyler now nothing else and I have made friends with all the teachers. I’m just glad that its all over.
TY
Thursday, May 28, 2009
I feel that we need to start making changes because we don’t want to have another dictator like in every one of the movies and the graphic novel a part of being human is repeating history and our history has a lot of dictatorship and violence. I think that we all will have to change to make sure history doesn’t happen again. And our history has been judge mental I mean we have the starting of having a black president. Anyway I think the best example is like in swing kids the rebels because they didn’t believe in the same thing as there dictator believed in and they were sent to camps and killed and beaten just for there beliefs. They were also rebellious with the music they listened to. They were also judged for where they lived.
In persepolis it was the government that was trying to dictate what people could do and wear and say pretty much. The women had to wear a veil over there faces and no one could drink or anything fun like that. I believe that’s what will happen if the government gets to powerful. Its probably worse than a dictator because it’s the government.
In concluson I believe that its in all of our power the make a better world. No more violence and no poverty and no more hunger and every other problem so just stop and think what will happen when you don’t. look to the future and help others.
TY
In persepolis it was the government that was trying to dictate what people could do and wear and say pretty much. The women had to wear a veil over there faces and no one could drink or anything fun like that. I believe that’s what will happen if the government gets to powerful. Its probably worse than a dictator because it’s the government.
In concluson I believe that its in all of our power the make a better world. No more violence and no poverty and no more hunger and every other problem so just stop and think what will happen when you don’t. look to the future and help others.
TY
HOTEL RWANDA
In Africa there are 2 types of religion hutu’s and the tutsi’s
And in the beginning of the movie there are 2 girls sitting by each other
One hutu the other tutsi , which was weird cause if you have seen the movie
They hated rach other. The reason for that is there great grand parents.
Paul the hotel manager keeps his friends and family from
Getting killed by the hutu soldiers, he bribed them with everything
He had, money, jewelry, beer.
Paul is changing from a hotel manager to a hero by making
Sure everybody gets to safety and everybody gets fed. On his way
back from getting food, a hutu soldier told him to go the back way
so he did and the driver couldn’t cause it was all foggy ,when the fog
started to clear, there were hundreds of dead tutsi all over the road,
they have been chopped up and shot, there were kids and adults.
At the end of the movie they get the un to send troops that will
Get them to safety.
Kirk
In Africa there are 2 types of religion hutu’s and the tutsi’s
And in the beginning of the movie there are 2 girls sitting by each other
One hutu the other tutsi , which was weird cause if you have seen the movie
They hated rach other. The reason for that is there great grand parents.
Paul the hotel manager keeps his friends and family from
Getting killed by the hutu soldiers, he bribed them with everything
He had, money, jewelry, beer.
Paul is changing from a hotel manager to a hero by making
Sure everybody gets to safety and everybody gets fed. On his way
back from getting food, a hutu soldier told him to go the back way
so he did and the driver couldn’t cause it was all foggy ,when the fog
started to clear, there were hundreds of dead tutsi all over the road,
they have been chopped up and shot, there were kids and adults.
At the end of the movie they get the un to send troops that will
Get them to safety.
Kirk
Hotel Rwanda
My favorite quote was said by Cornel Oliver. he was a U.N. peace keeper in charge of protecting the lives at the hotel. His words were extremely important to me, and I quote “we are peace keepers, not peace makers.” I believe he meant that he must follow the rules of engagement, not to fire unless fired upon. That meant that they could not leave the hotel and just start shooting into random crowds of people. He was a great man who seemed to have no fear, at the time he only worried about the innocent lives at Hotel Rwanda. He did all he could to ensure he was at the hotel. Even when the Hutu’s entered through the gates after killing the guards he had posted their. He still kept his head telling his men not to fire. Soon after he begged Paul to let the refugees stay. I think that this part was crucial in helping Paul to open his eyes.
After Paul met cornel Oliver, and having seen nothing but death and destruction I noticed significant change in his personality and his ability to stay calm even when his family was in great danger. He wanted nothing more then to help as many people as he could. The big change was when he had been given a passport by Cornel Oliver to leave the hotel. When the time came to leave most the people at the hotel, he just couldn’t do it. He quickly got off the truck and said goodbye to his wife, thinking they would be safe. So he stayed with the people, he knew he probably wouldn’t make it.
I shall be keeping those words close to me. Not only are they meaning full in war or conflict, I can also see them being used in day to day life. I will never forget that movie, the lessons it has taught me have been stuck with me ever since we watched it. I shall always lead my life towards nothing but good, Paul is one amazing person, I wish I could have met him. He had great courage as well as Cornel Oliver.
Kevin
My favorite quote was said by Cornel Oliver. he was a U.N. peace keeper in charge of protecting the lives at the hotel. His words were extremely important to me, and I quote “we are peace keepers, not peace makers.” I believe he meant that he must follow the rules of engagement, not to fire unless fired upon. That meant that they could not leave the hotel and just start shooting into random crowds of people. He was a great man who seemed to have no fear, at the time he only worried about the innocent lives at Hotel Rwanda. He did all he could to ensure he was at the hotel. Even when the Hutu’s entered through the gates after killing the guards he had posted their. He still kept his head telling his men not to fire. Soon after he begged Paul to let the refugees stay. I think that this part was crucial in helping Paul to open his eyes.
After Paul met cornel Oliver, and having seen nothing but death and destruction I noticed significant change in his personality and his ability to stay calm even when his family was in great danger. He wanted nothing more then to help as many people as he could. The big change was when he had been given a passport by Cornel Oliver to leave the hotel. When the time came to leave most the people at the hotel, he just couldn’t do it. He quickly got off the truck and said goodbye to his wife, thinking they would be safe. So he stayed with the people, he knew he probably wouldn’t make it.
I shall be keeping those words close to me. Not only are they meaning full in war or conflict, I can also see them being used in day to day life. I will never forget that movie, the lessons it has taught me have been stuck with me ever since we watched it. I shall always lead my life towards nothing but good, Paul is one amazing person, I wish I could have met him. He had great courage as well as Cornel Oliver.
Kevin
If I where to live in a different place I think I would live in Amsterdam. People think drugs are all bad but I disagree depending on how you use them and why. Some drugs like magic mushroom or peyote I don’t think people should look down on, cause those drugs are not addictive and they make you think about things that you normly would not think about and in turn they can make you a smarter person. The thing that sucks about people being so agenst drugs is that most of those people that hate them so bad and want them gone is the people that have never tried them. Drugs can give you an understanding of life im not talking about hard man made drugs im talking about drugs that grow natruly. It sucks that the main reson drugs are illegal is because some people do not take them responsible and they make it so the public look down on drugs. But there is plenty of people that do drugs responabley. Think about it, if drugs made you completely stupid they would not be around cause anyone who took them would get caught.
Colton
This term is that last one of my whole high school life. I have been going to school for about 14 years now, 5 years straite with no break. Its not cause im dumb and cant learn its cause I would never fell like being in school sol I always sluffed with my friends. I am glad that school is almost over and I am ready to move on to collage. At first I was scared cause I was not sure how I was going to be able to move on with my life and start being an adult but now I have a better understanding and I have a plan so now I am starting to get exited about growing up. Im so glad that I don’t have to worry about not passing highschool anymore. Im not afraide that im going to be a loser.
Colton
If your going through hell keep going! I think this means that if your going through hell don’t stop and give up just keep going cause there is always an end to bad but there is never an end to goood so if your going through hell don’t give up. I think life really is what you make it. One way I know this is true is from experience. Like high school. It was majour hell but now that its almost over I am really exited cause I can do awesome things in my life now. Im more muture now so I think collage will be easyer then high school. A nuther example of when I was going through hell is with my girlfriend. I have been with her for 3 and a half years and we are still together. We have been together all through high school and sometimes that has been hard because sense we don’t go to the same school our curiosity about dating other people has caused problems but we worked out a way to stay happy by just taking a bread for a month and that’s all it took to make the curiosity away. People always tell me that 3 years is a long time but I really don’t think it is. 57 years is a long time, that’s how long my grandparents have been together.
Colton
Colton
This term is that last one of my whole high school life. I have been going to school for about 14 years now, 5 years straite with no break. Its not cause im dumb and cant learn its cause I would never fell like being in school sol I always sluffed with my friends. I am glad that school is almost over and I am ready to move on to collage. At first I was scared cause I was not sure how I was going to be able to move on with my life and start being an adult but now I have a better understanding and I have a plan so now I am starting to get exited about growing up. Im so glad that I don’t have to worry about not passing highschool anymore. Im not afraide that im going to be a loser.
Colton
If your going through hell keep going! I think this means that if your going through hell don’t stop and give up just keep going cause there is always an end to bad but there is never an end to goood so if your going through hell don’t give up. I think life really is what you make it. One way I know this is true is from experience. Like high school. It was majour hell but now that its almost over I am really exited cause I can do awesome things in my life now. Im more muture now so I think collage will be easyer then high school. A nuther example of when I was going through hell is with my girlfriend. I have been with her for 3 and a half years and we are still together. We have been together all through high school and sometimes that has been hard because sense we don’t go to the same school our curiosity about dating other people has caused problems but we worked out a way to stay happy by just taking a bread for a month and that’s all it took to make the curiosity away. People always tell me that 3 years is a long time but I really don’t think it is. 57 years is a long time, that’s how long my grandparents have been together.
Colton
I like about the movie is they cared about anther I like the swing kid because they were fighting for to help the Jews and they care about anther than just there self they tried to help anther as good as they can help anther they never give up being a swing kid some of his friend betray him but at the end they fight with each anther about why his friend turn on him they were all swing kids at first but jh made them join them one of them like being jh. But swing kids like to dance a lot he had to over come his friend death and keep swing kids going that was a challenges he never give up hj take his dad because he didn’t want to be one of them so he got killed by the hj.
HOTEL RWANDA
Is about people who are trying to save there self of the bad people who want to kill them because they say they are better than they are. They need to die Hutu are the one who don’t like the anther so they want kill all of them but pole is the guy who trying to save his family anther family he had home for them to stay in but the Hutu wants to kill them and they no were there live. But pole has cops there and he had army they don’t want to help pole at first but they help pole out later but at first they didn’t even care what happen to pole or his friend but at the end cops and navy helps them to get freedom cop guy didn’t want to help him at first but he did because if pole don’t tell the anther cops what happen he will get killed so he help pole going to tell them that he help them they think the cop did all of that stuff to the people pole going to tell them the truth. They get shot
Cole
HOTEL RWANDA
Is about people who are trying to save there self of the bad people who want to kill them because they say they are better than they are. They need to die Hutu are the one who don’t like the anther so they want kill all of them but pole is the guy who trying to save his family anther family he had home for them to stay in but the Hutu wants to kill them and they no were there live. But pole has cops there and he had army they don’t want to help pole at first but they help pole out later but at first they didn’t even care what happen to pole or his friend but at the end cops and navy helps them to get freedom cop guy didn’t want to help him at first but he did because if pole don’t tell the anther cops what happen he will get killed so he help pole going to tell them that he help them they think the cop did all of that stuff to the people pole going to tell them the truth. They get shot
Cole
Swing Kids
This movie was very good. I liked this movie because it showed how the Jewish people had to go through a lot to get what they wanted. This movie showed youth that put themselves in danger to do what they loved doing. They overcame many challenges and adversity. When they were forced to join the Hitler Youth they did what they were told, but when they went back home they were their own people again. The town these kids lived in was like a prison for them because they were always being watched and they could not do anything without the other Hitler Youth knowing.
The kids showed that they are willing to go to any extent to do what they loved to do. Dancing was their hobbie. They would do it even though they knew that it could get them into trouble. This showed that the kids were very brave and were not going to quit doing what they do just for an organization. These kids all overcame many challenges like getting up and doing what they believed they had the right to do. When Peter and Thomas first joined the HJ they did not really like it. It wasn’t until they seen things through the Nazi’s perspective that they started to succeed in the HJ activities.
Even though the kids were involved in the HJ they were still going out and dancing in the clubs. They knew what their consequences would be but they did it anyway. Eventually they were caught but they always seemed to get out just before the HJ seen that it wan them dancing. At the end of the movie it shows Peter being taken away to a concentration camp because he was caught in the club dancing. This showed that he didn’t care what the HJ thought about dancing he was going to be a Swing Kid forever and he let them know that when he was put into the back of the truck.
MaCee
This movie was very good. I liked this movie because it showed how the Jewish people had to go through a lot to get what they wanted. This movie showed youth that put themselves in danger to do what they loved doing. They overcame many challenges and adversity. When they were forced to join the Hitler Youth they did what they were told, but when they went back home they were their own people again. The town these kids lived in was like a prison for them because they were always being watched and they could not do anything without the other Hitler Youth knowing.
The kids showed that they are willing to go to any extent to do what they loved to do. Dancing was their hobbie. They would do it even though they knew that it could get them into trouble. This showed that the kids were very brave and were not going to quit doing what they do just for an organization. These kids all overcame many challenges like getting up and doing what they believed they had the right to do. When Peter and Thomas first joined the HJ they did not really like it. It wasn’t until they seen things through the Nazi’s perspective that they started to succeed in the HJ activities.
Even though the kids were involved in the HJ they were still going out and dancing in the clubs. They knew what their consequences would be but they did it anyway. Eventually they were caught but they always seemed to get out just before the HJ seen that it wan them dancing. At the end of the movie it shows Peter being taken away to a concentration camp because he was caught in the club dancing. This showed that he didn’t care what the HJ thought about dancing he was going to be a Swing Kid forever and he let them know that when he was put into the back of the truck.
MaCee
I realty like the quote “we acquire the strength we have overcome.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson. This is one of my favorite quotes because it is true. Whenever we face something difficult in life and we overcome it, it makes us stronger. Because if you can stand up and face the problems in life then you can do anything.
In the movie Swing Kids there were a couple of teenagers love to swing dance. The problem is that were they lived swing dancing was not accepted it was against the law. The boys did not care though because they love it and eventually in the movie they get caught and a couple of them got forced to join army.
In the movie there all of them but one joined the army the one boy did not because he was crippled and they would not accept them. The crippled boy was weak he could not stand up and face the problems in life, he took the easy way out and killed himself instead of overcoming adversity and his challenges.
Stephen
In the movie Swing Kids there were a couple of teenagers love to swing dance. The problem is that were they lived swing dancing was not accepted it was against the law. The boys did not care though because they love it and eventually in the movie they get caught and a couple of them got forced to join army.
In the movie there all of them but one joined the army the one boy did not because he was crippled and they would not accept them. The crippled boy was weak he could not stand up and face the problems in life, he took the easy way out and killed himself instead of overcoming adversity and his challenges.
Stephen
The topic and the quote that I am writing about is persepolis, and overcoming adversity and challenges. In the book, an Iranian girl named Marji overcomes challenges and adversity from oppression from her country. She also over comes the challenges of growing up. Another challenge she over comes is standing up for her freedom, questioning authority, being her own person, standing up for what is right.
In the book persepolis, Marji over comes the oppression from her country. When she was young, She tries to learn all she can about her country. Marji also tries to go with her parents to protest the king. Another thing she over comes is all the bombing and war that is around her.
Some challenges and adversity she has over come when growing up is all the religious oppression, and from the government, and from her peers. In the country to Iran, all women have to wear a veil, to cover them selves. It its also illegal to have certain things, epically from America. But she finds a way to get around that. As she got older, she was sent to Austria for a few years, where she overcame many challenges such as oppression from the locals, drugs, money problems, sleeping on the streets.
The last thing marji does that over comes challenges and adversity is standing up for what she believes in, rebelling against authority, and fighting the system. She becomes a punk and starts to question authority from the religious police, her teacher etc. She stands up for what she believes in, by not conforming to the rest. She dresses like a punk, speaks her mind, and goes to parties even though its illegal.
Jesse
In the book persepolis, Marji over comes the oppression from her country. When she was young, She tries to learn all she can about her country. Marji also tries to go with her parents to protest the king. Another thing she over comes is all the bombing and war that is around her.
Some challenges and adversity she has over come when growing up is all the religious oppression, and from the government, and from her peers. In the country to Iran, all women have to wear a veil, to cover them selves. It its also illegal to have certain things, epically from America. But she finds a way to get around that. As she got older, she was sent to Austria for a few years, where she overcame many challenges such as oppression from the locals, drugs, money problems, sleeping on the streets.
The last thing marji does that over comes challenges and adversity is standing up for what she believes in, rebelling against authority, and fighting the system. She becomes a punk and starts to question authority from the religious police, her teacher etc. She stands up for what she believes in, by not conforming to the rest. She dresses like a punk, speaks her mind, and goes to parties even though its illegal.
Jesse
I relate to this story by like when she was doing drugs and hanging with bad friend I relate to that .when I was hang with friend I think everyone should read this book its funny lot better than a book ant that long lots of good stuff in the book tell u about how she grow up like how her family lived how she live on the street I just think it’s a good book I think author should read this book to and this book has good pic in it and a lot of funny stuff in the book it a good book I didn’t like when the pages got long but I still think the book a good book and other should read the book it funny book sad book has everything in the book
Cole
Cole
Friday, May 22, 2009
I relate to this story by like when she was doing drugs and hanging with bad friend I relate to that .when I was hang with friend I think everyone should read this book its funny lot better than a book ant that long lots of good stuff in the book tell u about how she grow up like how her family lived how she live on the street I just think it’s a good book I think author should read this book to and this book has good pic in it and a lot of funny stuff in the book it a good book I didn’t like when the pages got long but I still think the book a good book and other should read the book it funny book sad book has everything in the book
Cole
Cole
My thoughts and feelings on the book Percepolis is that it’s a really good book and that I can actually relate to it. What I like about the book is that I can relate to it and that Marjane thinks a lot like me, and she acts a lot like me. What the purpose of reading this book is to break the stereotype that not everyone in Iran is a bunch of terrorists who wears towels on their heads and just go blow stuff up because they hate everyone. Also it’s to reverse the memory for all the people who died to make Iran a more free place. I already have recremended this book to my friends. What I think will happen in the end is that she’ll figure out what she needs to do in life to get back on track.
Jesse
Jesse
Persepolis
I actually really liked the book. it has taught me a lot about Iran. Most people are hearing a lot of bad thing Iran, but really their culture isn’t all that bad. I wish I could read more of this and learn more about the culture. I can’t believe that they really had to go through things like that, such as bombings and protests. I would defiantly recommend this book to anyone willing to read.
Everyone has a past. I hear a lot of kids here saying they have it bad in life. After reading this I can’t bring myself to accept that I or anyone else has had it worse than her. My friend is the only person who I think has been through something similar. I’m not at liberty to tell hers story. So in the end I would say that I would defiantly read this again in later life, this is a great book and has taught me to keep my head in bad situations. I hope you read this in the future.
Kevin
I actually really liked the book. it has taught me a lot about Iran. Most people are hearing a lot of bad thing Iran, but really their culture isn’t all that bad. I wish I could read more of this and learn more about the culture. I can’t believe that they really had to go through things like that, such as bombings and protests. I would defiantly recommend this book to anyone willing to read.
Everyone has a past. I hear a lot of kids here saying they have it bad in life. After reading this I can’t bring myself to accept that I or anyone else has had it worse than her. My friend is the only person who I think has been through something similar. I’m not at liberty to tell hers story. So in the end I would say that I would defiantly read this again in later life, this is a great book and has taught me to keep my head in bad situations. I hope you read this in the future.
Kevin
Friday, May 15, 2009
This has been a good year I cant believe it’s almost over it feels like it just started a couple months ago. It is weird for me to go through a full year of school. I have never lasted a full year of school until now I was always sluffing or staying home. I hated school I regret not going because now I wont graduate when I should have because I’m far behind in credits so I have to go through a whole another year of school. I will graduate though I’m going to go to collage for my culinary arts degree. I’m going to make it big time I hope I love to cook and I want to be the best.
TY
TY
Journal
One of the things I wrote in my journal is to over come getting my school done or stay away from friends who do bad stuff. Than can stay out of trouble than .I show my mom that I can do good and I never stop trying .I want to get school done but have not over come it yet when. I get everything done that .I need to do like getting my fines paid have over come it yet everyone think. I am going to do nothing in my life but I am going there make some thing some day. I don’t care what they say
Because. I am going to stay in school I will show them .I can do something with my life but its going to take a lot of work to get there .I want to over come it. I want to overcome playing drums never stop Intel I get it done. I never stop so I need to try more first I need to start not so good but I keep on trying .I can get it done for sure. I going to do good in school all good stuff like that.
Cole
One of the things I wrote in my journal is to over come getting my school done or stay away from friends who do bad stuff. Than can stay out of trouble than .I show my mom that I can do good and I never stop trying .I want to get school done but have not over come it yet when. I get everything done that .I need to do like getting my fines paid have over come it yet everyone think. I am going to do nothing in my life but I am going there make some thing some day. I don’t care what they say
Because. I am going to stay in school I will show them .I can do something with my life but its going to take a lot of work to get there .I want to over come it. I want to overcome playing drums never stop Intel I get it done. I never stop so I need to try more first I need to start not so good but I keep on trying .I can get it done for sure. I going to do good in school all good stuff like that.
Cole
When it’s dark enough you can see the stars
This can obviously be taken literally and easy to understand. I tried to take it in more the metaphoric sense. First this made me think of when you’re camping. It’s easier to see the stars because there isn’t the pollution of the city lights. Everything is clear and peaceful. I think he meant that sometimes things might be dark and difficult. So we just need to stay positive and clear our minds to find our way through the difficult times. It also reminds me something the Buddhists say, and that is goods day are not good days with out the bad days.
Grant
This can obviously be taken literally and easy to understand. I tried to take it in more the metaphoric sense. First this made me think of when you’re camping. It’s easier to see the stars because there isn’t the pollution of the city lights. Everything is clear and peaceful. I think he meant that sometimes things might be dark and difficult. So we just need to stay positive and clear our minds to find our way through the difficult times. It also reminds me something the Buddhists say, and that is goods day are not good days with out the bad days.
Grant
I cannot wait until graduation. I am finally going to be done with high school.
My dad and my sister are coming down for it; this is really cool because me and my dad barely even talk. Also my grandparents are going to be coming down to it. I am excited because when they come they are going to be bringing my car. They are a little upset at me right now because they did not know that I got piercings and a tattoo until yesterday, but the only one that seems to have a problem with is my dad. But once graduation is all over with and I take a couple of months to just chill I am going to be going to Utah Valley University. I either want to go into social work or be a pharmacist. I think I would rather go into social work because I like helping people and I can relate to the situation that the kids I would be helping are in. But also it would be cool to be a pharmacist because they make sixty finve bucks and hour. So I am not quite sure what I want to do yet.
Stephen
My dad and my sister are coming down for it; this is really cool because me and my dad barely even talk. Also my grandparents are going to be coming down to it. I am excited because when they come they are going to be bringing my car. They are a little upset at me right now because they did not know that I got piercings and a tattoo until yesterday, but the only one that seems to have a problem with is my dad. But once graduation is all over with and I take a couple of months to just chill I am going to be going to Utah Valley University. I either want to go into social work or be a pharmacist. I think I would rather go into social work because I like helping people and I can relate to the situation that the kids I would be helping are in. But also it would be cool to be a pharmacist because they make sixty finve bucks and hour. So I am not quite sure what I want to do yet.
Stephen
I think the quotes are pretty cool. I like the one that was by the General Patton. It said “it’s not a matter of your dying for your country its make the other bastards die for there’s” because I think its pretty cool. It’s also pretty funny because it’s true. I also think that it’s seen that way from everyone.
I can’t wait until Wednesday because I find out what day I’m getting released from my program. This was a cool year because I met a lot of cool people and wrote a lot of stories. I learned a lot from the people and the teachers that’s cool. This was my first full year in school. And I will be able to go to collage that’s the best.
TY
I can’t wait until Wednesday because I find out what day I’m getting released from my program. This was a cool year because I met a lot of cool people and wrote a lot of stories. I learned a lot from the people and the teachers that’s cool. This was my first full year in school. And I will be able to go to collage that’s the best.
TY
Adversity & challenges
I know I can over come adversity and challenges. When challenges occur, you must make your best judgment on how to overcome them. I will overcome all obstacles! I will make sure that I make it through high school I only have 8 more days and this is now my main priority! Problems get in the way, but from now on I’m going to let them pass right over me. School is more important to me then money, then family. Even though family is extremely important to me, I have to let them know that I have to worry about me sometimes and that is what I’m going to half to do. As you can tell, I usually speak of things that are on my mind. I’m so close graduation is in my reach! I just need to focus and for these last 8 days I will need to kiss butt to make this happen. I hope teachers will forgive me and give me another chance.
Kevin
I know I can over come adversity and challenges. When challenges occur, you must make your best judgment on how to overcome them. I will overcome all obstacles! I will make sure that I make it through high school I only have 8 more days and this is now my main priority! Problems get in the way, but from now on I’m going to let them pass right over me. School is more important to me then money, then family. Even though family is extremely important to me, I have to let them know that I have to worry about me sometimes and that is what I’m going to half to do. As you can tell, I usually speak of things that are on my mind. I’m so close graduation is in my reach! I just need to focus and for these last 8 days I will need to kiss butt to make this happen. I hope teachers will forgive me and give me another chance.
Kevin
Challenges and Adversity
I have always been a good student. Overcoming adversity and challenges has helped me with how good I do in school. There are many people who have told me that I don’t stand a chance at graduating. At one point I believed what they said and just stopped going to school altogether because the challenge seemed like it was impossible to achieve. It was when I moved to Price that I started to work harder and was actually able to focus on going to school instead of staying up late and partying with people who claimed to be my friends. I later found out that these people were the main reason why I was not going to be able to graduate when I wanted to. They were making me miss school to chill, and it just wasn’t worth it. I now realize that working hard to overcome challenges and adversity usually pays off in the end, and it all becomes worth while.
By. MaCee
I have always been a good student. Overcoming adversity and challenges has helped me with how good I do in school. There are many people who have told me that I don’t stand a chance at graduating. At one point I believed what they said and just stopped going to school altogether because the challenge seemed like it was impossible to achieve. It was when I moved to Price that I started to work harder and was actually able to focus on going to school instead of staying up late and partying with people who claimed to be my friends. I later found out that these people were the main reason why I was not going to be able to graduate when I wanted to. They were making me miss school to chill, and it just wasn’t worth it. I now realize that working hard to overcome challenges and adversity usually pays off in the end, and it all becomes worth while.
By. MaCee
Friday, May 8, 2009
Adversity
I guess you could say I'm pretty lucky because I have had it pretty easy. The hardest thing in my life is dealing with my dad who is a drug addict. I'm really glad I don’t talk to him anymore. My life has been so much better with out him. Lots of people don’t like me and I get a lot of shit because I'm straight edge. Just because some straight edge kids beat people up cause they do drugs that’s not how I am. I have respect for everyone and their choices. That is the adversity in my life.
Grant
I guess you could say I'm pretty lucky because I have had it pretty easy. The hardest thing in my life is dealing with my dad who is a drug addict. I'm really glad I don’t talk to him anymore. My life has been so much better with out him. Lots of people don’t like me and I get a lot of shit because I'm straight edge. Just because some straight edge kids beat people up cause they do drugs that’s not how I am. I have respect for everyone and their choices. That is the adversity in my life.
Grant
FIRE
One particular day, in the instant I pushed the fire button on the blasting machine I immediately knew we were in deep trouble. The marsh shot up and toward us like a giant wall of mud, stumps and trees.
My instant reaction was to run. In fact, I turned and instantly broke into a full stride! Moments later, debris was hitting the ground around me. Unable to dodge what I couldn’t see, I stopped and turned around to avoid being hit. Fortunately when the dust settled, I was still alive, and able to take away a valuable insight about change management during times of challenge and sudden, difficult, unpleasant adversity.
Kirk
One particular day, in the instant I pushed the fire button on the blasting machine I immediately knew we were in deep trouble. The marsh shot up and toward us like a giant wall of mud, stumps and trees.
My instant reaction was to run. In fact, I turned and instantly broke into a full stride! Moments later, debris was hitting the ground around me. Unable to dodge what I couldn’t see, I stopped and turned around to avoid being hit. Fortunately when the dust settled, I was still alive, and able to take away a valuable insight about change management during times of challenge and sudden, difficult, unpleasant adversity.
Kirk
FAMILY
To the extent that the story of my present life has a dimension beyond the purely personal, I suppose it’s an account of becoming an orphan. My mother and father died within 11 months of each other in 2007 and 2008. One realization does dawn upon the death of the second parent, namely that you’ve now moved into the green room to the River Styx. You’re next. Another thing about parental mortality: No matter how much you’ve prepared for the moment, when it comes, it comes at you hot, hard and unrehearsed.”
Kirk
To the extent that the story of my present life has a dimension beyond the purely personal, I suppose it’s an account of becoming an orphan. My mother and father died within 11 months of each other in 2007 and 2008. One realization does dawn upon the death of the second parent, namely that you’ve now moved into the green room to the River Styx. You’re next. Another thing about parental mortality: No matter how much you’ve prepared for the moment, when it comes, it comes at you hot, hard and unrehearsed.”
Kirk
Challenges
When I have challenges I can learn from what I go through. Like when I was D.T. I tried to do good for I could home and now all I got to do is to do good. When I am in this program and anther challenge was to get good grades. I want to try hard to over come this. Just doing good so I can go back home and stay home not keep on getting sent away because I an sick of doing bad stuff. And I am just going to do good and than I can go back home. If I stay to of trouble and do good in school and get my grads up and than I be home but for now. I got to get a job and pay my fines and when I get all my fine paid it look good in court and when I get my grads up. I will do good and working on getting all my credits up I beadle to get to get my ged . And I want to be better at biking and stacking. And I want to be a personal trainer . And I want to go to school to be a personal trainer. I want to be a pro biker but I need to get out of all of this law stuff first and when I go back home. I am going to do good its going to be a challenges.
Cole
When I have challenges I can learn from what I go through. Like when I was D.T. I tried to do good for I could home and now all I got to do is to do good. When I am in this program and anther challenge was to get good grades. I want to try hard to over come this. Just doing good so I can go back home and stay home not keep on getting sent away because I an sick of doing bad stuff. And I am just going to do good and than I can go back home. If I stay to of trouble and do good in school and get my grads up and than I be home but for now. I got to get a job and pay my fines and when I get all my fine paid it look good in court and when I get my grads up. I will do good and working on getting all my credits up I beadle to get to get my ged . And I want to be better at biking and stacking. And I want to be a personal trainer . And I want to go to school to be a personal trainer. I want to be a pro biker but I need to get out of all of this law stuff first and when I go back home. I am going to do good its going to be a challenges.
Cole
ADVERSITY AND CHALLENGES
In times of great distress you can literally hear something that no one would ever tell anyone secret wise. Is there a secret that no one else knows but you? I have plenty, will I ever tell anyone these secrets? Not sure. I guess it will come when the time comes.
I compare challenges the symbol of a mountain, like our mascot. I to hike and climb mountains weather its with a group of boy scouts or just me by myself. I have always loved the mountains they are a silent symbol of great power, of a great challenge, in witch most people would never think of climbing it is sad to hear most people or a close friend hiking with you complain and threaten himself to turn around.
The Hikers Creed
By Kevin G
A hiker does not quiver when given word of a great challenge,
He does not complain or ask to turn around.
He simply listens to the woods knowing they will keep him safe, safe from the struggles
of a callous city below.
As this lonely hiker follows this creed and the oath of the woods as a promise not to liter or hurt a growing tree
then this lonely hiker will meet with a success most people will never experience with a growing bush of cotton in their hands.
As this lonely hiker climbs, the mountain speaks with a voice so cooling yet so strong “ill see you at the top”
In times of great distress you can literally hear something that no one would ever tell anyone secret wise. Is there a secret that no one else knows but you? I have plenty, will I ever tell anyone these secrets? Not sure. I guess it will come when the time comes.
I compare challenges the symbol of a mountain, like our mascot. I to hike and climb mountains weather its with a group of boy scouts or just me by myself. I have always loved the mountains they are a silent symbol of great power, of a great challenge, in witch most people would never think of climbing it is sad to hear most people or a close friend hiking with you complain and threaten himself to turn around.
The Hikers Creed
By Kevin G
A hiker does not quiver when given word of a great challenge,
He does not complain or ask to turn around.
He simply listens to the woods knowing they will keep him safe, safe from the struggles
of a callous city below.
As this lonely hiker follows this creed and the oath of the woods as a promise not to liter or hurt a growing tree
then this lonely hiker will meet with a success most people will never experience with a growing bush of cotton in their hands.
As this lonely hiker climbs, the mountain speaks with a voice so cooling yet so strong “ill see you at the top”
ADVERSITY AND CHALLENGES
In times of great distress you can literally hear something that no one would ever tell anyone secret wise. Is there a secret that no one else knows but you? I have plenty, will I ever tell anyone these secrets? Not sure. I guess it will come when the time comes.
I compare challenges the symbol of a mountain, like our mascot. I to hike and climb mountains weather its with a group of boy scouts or just me by myself. I have always loved the mountains they are a silent symbol of great power, of a great challenge, in witch most people would never think of climbing it is sad to hear most people or a close friend hiking with you complain and threaten himself to turn around.
Kevin
In times of great distress you can literally hear something that no one would ever tell anyone secret wise. Is there a secret that no one else knows but you? I have plenty, will I ever tell anyone these secrets? Not sure. I guess it will come when the time comes.
I compare challenges the symbol of a mountain, like our mascot. I to hike and climb mountains weather its with a group of boy scouts or just me by myself. I have always loved the mountains they are a silent symbol of great power, of a great challenge, in witch most people would never think of climbing it is sad to hear most people or a close friend hiking with you complain and threaten himself to turn around.
Kevin
Adversity and challenges that I have over come would be how I am the only punk kid in this school, if not this whole city, also known as redneckville. I still keep to my beliefs and still dress how I want because I don’t care what other people think. I choose not to follow the set standards of society. I choose to be my own person, to think for myself. I over come the challenges of being an indivisual when everyone else wants me to be just like them. Society wants me to dress nice, have short hair, believe in God, not swear, drink or smoke. But I choose not to follow this set standard, so I’m an outcast. It’s challenging, but I’ve over come it.
Jesse
Jesse
Adversity and challenges are a part of life you can’t avoid them but I think you can learn how to overcome them. Most people wish that these two characters did not exist. But with out these life would not be interesting at all. To tell you the truth I think life would be very boring because if we didn’t have challenges we would not learn new things and grow. _
Everyone who has been on the path to success or is successful has had to overcome adversity and challenges. But I know for a fact it can be done even though Sometimes things don’t go my way it’s just a part of life.
When I want something but it’s a challenge to get I try to put my mind and energy on what I wish to experience because if I don’t it will be impossible to do or get.
My life is constantly nudging at me trying to get me to spread my wings by pushing me off of one cliff or another in the hopes that one day i will discover that I can fly and sore through life and that i have talents and I can rise to new heights that I never thought I could. That’s the whole purpose of adversity and challenges and what they are all about.
Colton
Everyone who has been on the path to success or is successful has had to overcome adversity and challenges. But I know for a fact it can be done even though Sometimes things don’t go my way it’s just a part of life.
When I want something but it’s a challenge to get I try to put my mind and energy on what I wish to experience because if I don’t it will be impossible to do or get.
My life is constantly nudging at me trying to get me to spread my wings by pushing me off of one cliff or another in the hopes that one day i will discover that I can fly and sore through life and that i have talents and I can rise to new heights that I never thought I could. That’s the whole purpose of adversity and challenges and what they are all about.
Colton
Challenges
Some challenges I have overcome was working hard to get out of Genesis and constantly working on schoolwork to catch up on my credits. Also I have overcome the urge to do drugs. My body now feels more energized, and I feel more refreshed when I wake up.
Some challenges that I would like to overcome would be to graduate early so I can go to college, to get out of my proctor home, and last to go home and live with my family again.
Sometimes I feel like I am going through hell. I think this means that when times are hard to keep moving on because it will get better if you just take the time to keep trying and not give up. This relates to my life because there have been many obstacles that have gotten in my way of achieving my goal, and I felt like I just should give up. But I kept trying to make myself better and eventually that goal turned into another memory of mine.
By: MaCee
Some challenges I have overcome was working hard to get out of Genesis and constantly working on schoolwork to catch up on my credits. Also I have overcome the urge to do drugs. My body now feels more energized, and I feel more refreshed when I wake up.
Some challenges that I would like to overcome would be to graduate early so I can go to college, to get out of my proctor home, and last to go home and live with my family again.
Sometimes I feel like I am going through hell. I think this means that when times are hard to keep moving on because it will get better if you just take the time to keep trying and not give up. This relates to my life because there have been many obstacles that have gotten in my way of achieving my goal, and I felt like I just should give up. But I kept trying to make myself better and eventually that goal turned into another memory of mine.
By: MaCee
If I was in the matrix and I had a choice to choose my talents, then I would choose the talent to have all the talents. I think that would be a good idea because then I have the talent to have them all. I could fly, or blow people up with my mind or something like that. That would be awesome! I would probably go on a killing spree if I had the talent to have all of the talents there is. This talent would be the best to have if I was in the Matrix. Bet you didn’t think about that talent did you? Nope, you didn’t. I think the matrix is awesome. All the movies were good. The first is the best though.
Jesse
Jesse
If I could have any ability in the world I would want to be able to fly. I would want to fly because then I could go to places without getting stuck in traffic jams. This would be an advantage to me because I would never be late to anything again. No one would be able to tell me where I can and cannot go because if they did I could just fly away, and go where I want when I want. Flying is an ability that all kids dream of when they are young. It is usually because they have seen many movies where superheroes fly around large cities and save people for a job. This is one thing that I would give anything in the world to do just because no one in the world can do it. If I could fly I would help people more and time would pass a lot easier. Someday maybe someone will find out how to allow themselves to fly but until then I will just have to fly in an airplane.
MaCee
MaCee
KIRK
The Matrix is a 1999 science fiction-action film written and directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski and starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, and Hugo Weaving. It was first released in the USA on March 31, 1999, and is the first entry in The Matrix series of films, comics, video games, and animation.
The film describes a future in which reality perceived by humans is actually the Matrix: a simulated reality created by sentient machines in order to pacify and subdue the human population while their bodies' heat and electrical activity are used as an energy source. Upon learning this, computer programmer "Neo" is drawn into a rebellion against the machines. The film contains many references to the cyberpunk and hacker subcultures; philosophical and religious ideas; and homages to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Hong Kong action cinema, Spaghetti Westerns, and Japanese animation
Kirk
The Matrix is a 1999 science fiction-action film written and directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski and starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, and Hugo Weaving. It was first released in the USA on March 31, 1999, and is the first entry in The Matrix series of films, comics, video games, and animation.
The film describes a future in which reality perceived by humans is actually the Matrix: a simulated reality created by sentient machines in order to pacify and subdue the human population while their bodies' heat and electrical activity are used as an energy source. Upon learning this, computer programmer "Neo" is drawn into a rebellion against the machines. The film contains many references to the cyberpunk and hacker subcultures; philosophical and religious ideas; and homages to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Hong Kong action cinema, Spaghetti Westerns, and Japanese animation
Kirk
This week has been so long. My parents were out of town for a couple days, so I had to take care of my sisters. When they finally got back from their trip, my mom left again to go with her work. I know that it might sound selfish but I am really tired of having the responsibility of taking care of everything when they are gone.
The next couple of weeks should be a lot better. I am going to California with my family and it should be a lot of fun. I need a vacation and I am really looking forward to spending time with my family. By the time our vacation is over I will probably be sick of them and be excited to come back to school, but for now all I want to do is get away. Anyways, I don’t have a lot planned for the weekend. I will probably just be hanging out at my house. I might go and see a movie with some friends. Last week I went and saw Obsessed I heard that it was good but after watching it I am not going to be taking those peopled advice anymore.
Karissa
The next couple of weeks should be a lot better. I am going to California with my family and it should be a lot of fun. I need a vacation and I am really looking forward to spending time with my family. By the time our vacation is over I will probably be sick of them and be excited to come back to school, but for now all I want to do is get away. Anyways, I don’t have a lot planned for the weekend. I will probably just be hanging out at my house. I might go and see a movie with some friends. Last week I went and saw Obsessed I heard that it was good but after watching it I am not going to be taking those peopled advice anymore.
Karissa
Friday, April 10, 2009
Narrative: Conclusion
My whole family and I were at the hospital waiting to see how she came out of the surgery. At first we did not know if she was going to get her hearing and her sight back, it was too early to tell. One thing that we thought we knew was that she was going be alright, so we thought. We were sitting in waiting room because there was only 1 person allowed in the I C U room at a time. That’s when we got the news, my mom was not recovering from the surgery and we did not know if she would. We waited for about two hours, then we got the worst news I have ever hears in my life. My mom was going to die, and there was nothing I could do. The worst part of it was that she could not talk and we did not know if she could tell if we were there with her or not. After my family and I talked about it for a while the doctor came and told us that she was going to be transferred to a new room were we could all be with her. We were with my mom for about two or three more hours, then we decided to go home and come back tomorrow.
My oldest sister and I got home at about 7:30 on January 9th 2006. we were home for about an hour when I got the call, My mom had passed away at 8:49 PM. I did not know what to do, we had a bunch of people come over and comfort us but it did not help. Then my grandparents showed up they were the only ones that could make me feel even the slightest better, I will never forget that day. .
Stephen
My oldest sister and I got home at about 7:30 on January 9th 2006. we were home for about an hour when I got the call, My mom had passed away at 8:49 PM. I did not know what to do, we had a bunch of people come over and comfort us but it did not help. Then my grandparents showed up they were the only ones that could make me feel even the slightest better, I will never forget that day. .
Stephen
Narrative: Body Paragraphs
It all started about 8 years ago. I was sitting at home when it got the news; I would never be the same again. It changed my life forever. My two sisters and I were just sitting at home. I was about ten years old at the time and my sisters ten and twelve. We were having a good day until my mom and my dad walked in the door crying.
As soon as I turned around I could tell something was not right. Something was defiantly wrong. My mom has tears rolling down her face, and you could tell that my dad had been crying. I went up to them and asked them what was wrong, but they would no give me an answer. Later that night they called me and my two sisters down to the family room for a family meeting. You could tell that there was something horrible going on. We all sat down and started to talk and that is when my parents informed me that my had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer.
After about a year of having the cancer and doing chemo therapy treatments she went back to the doctor to see if the cancer had slowed down or not. We found out some horrible news that day, her cancer had spread from her ovaries into her lungs. The doctor told us that she needed to have surgery done to cut the cancer lumps off of her lungs. We took my mom to the university of Utah hospital to have the surgery done. All of us were terrified. As soon as my mom was out of surgery we knew that she was going to be ok. We even thought that it may have stopped the cancer.
It was about a year later when my mom and I went to doctor again down at the University of Utah. I was waiting in the waiting room for what seemed like hours, and then my mom finally came out of the doctor’s office. She had a huge smile on her face, and that time I knew something good had happened. When we got home we sat down as a family again and that’s my mom told us that her cancer had gone into remission, but the doctor also said not to get to excited because there was high probability that it would come back.
Unfortunately the cancer did come back. About two years after it had come back we found out that the chemo was not working like we had hoped. We found out that the cancer had spread to her brain and that she needed to have another surgery and she needed it soon. She had been in the hospital for a month before Christmas, she was not healthy enough to come home but she insisted on it anyways, she would spend Christmas in the hospital. It was about a week after Christmas she was in the hospital again and she had gone completely blind and deaf in one ear. They transported her to a hospital in Ogden to have hr surgery. The day before she went into surgery I got admitted the hospital for kidney problems. I was in there for about a week then I got out. The day after I got out I went to visit my mom/ I will never forget that day.
As soon as I turned around I could tell something was not right. Something was defiantly wrong. My mom has tears rolling down her face, and you could tell that my dad had been crying. I went up to them and asked them what was wrong, but they would no give me an answer. Later that night they called me and my two sisters down to the family room for a family meeting. You could tell that there was something horrible going on. We all sat down and started to talk and that is when my parents informed me that my had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer.
After about a year of having the cancer and doing chemo therapy treatments she went back to the doctor to see if the cancer had slowed down or not. We found out some horrible news that day, her cancer had spread from her ovaries into her lungs. The doctor told us that she needed to have surgery done to cut the cancer lumps off of her lungs. We took my mom to the university of Utah hospital to have the surgery done. All of us were terrified. As soon as my mom was out of surgery we knew that she was going to be ok. We even thought that it may have stopped the cancer.
It was about a year later when my mom and I went to doctor again down at the University of Utah. I was waiting in the waiting room for what seemed like hours, and then my mom finally came out of the doctor’s office. She had a huge smile on her face, and that time I knew something good had happened. When we got home we sat down as a family again and that’s my mom told us that her cancer had gone into remission, but the doctor also said not to get to excited because there was high probability that it would come back.
Unfortunately the cancer did come back. About two years after it had come back we found out that the chemo was not working like we had hoped. We found out that the cancer had spread to her brain and that she needed to have another surgery and she needed it soon. She had been in the hospital for a month before Christmas, she was not healthy enough to come home but she insisted on it anyways, she would spend Christmas in the hospital. It was about a week after Christmas she was in the hospital again and she had gone completely blind and deaf in one ear. They transported her to a hospital in Ogden to have hr surgery. The day before she went into surgery I got admitted the hospital for kidney problems. I was in there for about a week then I got out. The day after I got out I went to visit my mom/ I will never forget that day.
Narrative: Conclusion
After all that, I still love California. I’m sick of Utah but I still realized that you have to live with the choices you make. No matter what your choices will fallow you. So stick it out and you will make it. Also you will always have to go through changes like me. I went from sunny all the time to the cold weather. Even in Utah I still have friends in California that I talk to every once and a while. I miss the sunny old days but I have learned that change isn’t always bad.
TY
TY
Narrative: Conclusion
After I found out that my dad was not my biological father our relationship kind of took a hit. Now that I am older and I understand more about the situation I couldn’t love my dad any more than I already do. I have learned that it is not you DNA that makes you related but the love and support that is given. Everyday that my dad and I spend together we learn more about eachother, and we have the greatest times. He had done more for me then anyone in the world has, and I know that he loves me. In the future if my kids could have half the dad that my dad is, I would be satisfied.
Karissa
Karissa
Friday, April 3, 2009
Narrative: Body Paragraphs
Going off of what I wrote last week. I still feel as if it was a lie and I’m switching subject to sobriety: about how I felt when I was high what led up to my sobriety what made me decide to become sober and how I feel now that I’m sober…how I felt when I was high?
I remember sitting there waiting for my dealer to call me back and tell me where the spot was and when I could pick up my happy time waiting for the time to pass. Tick tock tick tock goes the clock, wasted time of my life although this is bad for me I still felt like doing it and I loved it. As I drive to the spot grab my stuff and almost right away spark up a bowl. By now you probably feel like I do now that I’m sober “god I just want to smack this kid.” But wait before you get that image in your mind think about it put yourself in my shoes.
What led up to my sobriety and what made me decide to become sober I guess I really didn’t have a choice on whether I could still smoke or not because I got locked up. As I sat there still waiting for more time to pass waiting for my alarm clock to go off so I knew to get ready to go to work sleep deprived and erie. As I got up off of my broken down couch. Getting ready to go to work I was sick of it wanted to quit but damn that addiction I had to pay for it somehow I couldn’t steal from my mom she had no money to steal. I go to work pull ridonkulous shifts three shifts in a row seven to two, two to eleven, eleven to nine the next morning still sleep deprived I get on the city bus and wait to transfer as I get home my mother is waiting in the living room holding my special box. My special box that held my drugs covered in stickers of all sorts. That box in one hand her cellphone in the other getting ready to call my probation officer. I turn around and walk out pull out my cell and ext my friends “hey I need a place to crash is it cool if I come over” as I walked back to the bus stop I got a text and it said “not right now I’m at school later” I turn around and walk back to the house that some call home I call it hell. I walk through the door and told my mom that I didn’t want to do it anymore.
Too late the cops are on their way . I step outside to smoke and wait there for the cops to show up I sit there smoking cops show up I finish off the last thing that ill have for a little while. Sure I could have ran away but what’s the point of that ill just get more trouble that I don’t need I stand up empty my pockets get rid of my smokes lighter money and enerything else that makes me happy. Arrested and in the back of the cop car. The cop says on the radio we have a ten eighty seven from logan transport to dt paraphanelia domestic dispute. “domestic?” what did my mom tell you guys?
Alex
I remember sitting there waiting for my dealer to call me back and tell me where the spot was and when I could pick up my happy time waiting for the time to pass. Tick tock tick tock goes the clock, wasted time of my life although this is bad for me I still felt like doing it and I loved it. As I drive to the spot grab my stuff and almost right away spark up a bowl. By now you probably feel like I do now that I’m sober “god I just want to smack this kid.” But wait before you get that image in your mind think about it put yourself in my shoes.
What led up to my sobriety and what made me decide to become sober I guess I really didn’t have a choice on whether I could still smoke or not because I got locked up. As I sat there still waiting for more time to pass waiting for my alarm clock to go off so I knew to get ready to go to work sleep deprived and erie. As I got up off of my broken down couch. Getting ready to go to work I was sick of it wanted to quit but damn that addiction I had to pay for it somehow I couldn’t steal from my mom she had no money to steal. I go to work pull ridonkulous shifts three shifts in a row seven to two, two to eleven, eleven to nine the next morning still sleep deprived I get on the city bus and wait to transfer as I get home my mother is waiting in the living room holding my special box. My special box that held my drugs covered in stickers of all sorts. That box in one hand her cellphone in the other getting ready to call my probation officer. I turn around and walk out pull out my cell and ext my friends “hey I need a place to crash is it cool if I come over” as I walked back to the bus stop I got a text and it said “not right now I’m at school later” I turn around and walk back to the house that some call home I call it hell. I walk through the door and told my mom that I didn’t want to do it anymore.
Too late the cops are on their way . I step outside to smoke and wait there for the cops to show up I sit there smoking cops show up I finish off the last thing that ill have for a little while. Sure I could have ran away but what’s the point of that ill just get more trouble that I don’t need I stand up empty my pockets get rid of my smokes lighter money and enerything else that makes me happy. Arrested and in the back of the cop car. The cop says on the radio we have a ten eighty seven from logan transport to dt paraphanelia domestic dispute. “domestic?” what did my mom tell you guys?
Alex
Narrative Rough Draft
MOVING TO LEHI
Colton
When I was five years old my parents decided to build a house in Lehi. At the time I lived in a small rental house in Sandy UT on a main street. We lived next to an abandon house that had no windows or doors and it was all messed up. it proble had about thirty feral cats in it. That’s where my aunt got her cat.
When I turned six on my birthday there was a space shuttle coming back from space that flew right over my house. I was exited cause my parents told me that the reson it was flying over was for me sense it was my birthday and I believed them. Then about two weeks latter our parents told us that we where going to move to a new house with a backyard and a safe neighbor hood. They told us to get in the van so they could take us up to Lehi to see our new house being built. When we got there my cousins where already there and the house was only made out of would because that’s only how far they got when we went to see it.
My cousin Lilly and I went into where the kitchen was being built to sit on the floor and eat Wendy's kids meals. That was the first time I ever tried dipping fries in my frosty. Witch I have done I think every time I have gone to Wendys since. After we where done eating and looking abound we went out to the backyard to see how big it was. The ground was kind of muddy because it had rain earlier that day. I jumped out the back door and fell into a window well that I didn’t see and got a big scrape on my arm. My older brother Rhett helped me out cause I was to little to get out my self.
When everyone was done checking out the new house we all got in my van and headed home.
About three months latter our house was done and it was time to move in. my mother was really excited she was getting kind of upset that we where not packing fast enough. After we had all our stuff in boxes and bags my dad, bothers, and I had to take everything out side and get it ready for the moving truck. When the truck finely got there my dad didn’t let me help put all our stuff in the truck because he didn’t want me to get hurt witch made me cry cause I felt like I wanted to help more so he had me grab our dog Pecos witch was a puppy and he had me sit in front on the big moving truck. He told me that I could help by not letting the puppy run away and making sure she came with us.
When we got there my mom was already there along with some of my uncles waiting for us to get there to help us unpack. Right when we pulled up my brothers and I jumped out and ran into the house to pick witch rooms we wanted. Austin and I had to share a room and we wanted to sleep by our parents room so we got a small room right next to theres. My older brothers Rhett, and Jordan got a room right next to Austin’s and mine.
After about a month we had new neighbors move in next door. The Lowes. That’s when Austin and I met Ryan Lowe. At first Ryan and I didn’t get along cause for some reason he liked to kick me in the legs all the time and I would come home from his house with bruises on my shins but after a wile we became closer and we have been friends ever since.
When my dad finished our basement Jordan and I moved down stairs witch gave Austin and I our own rooms I got the bigger room with is bigger then my parents room and is the same room I am in still today. My parents let me choose the carpet color and wall color. I don’t know why I chose the walls to be blue and the carpet to be green but that’s what I go.
Now sense we have lived in that house for thirteen years now we have had so many memories in it that I think it will be really hard to move out of witch is funny cause my parents original plan was to stay there for only three years.
Colton
When I was five years old my parents decided to build a house in Lehi. At the time I lived in a small rental house in Sandy UT on a main street. We lived next to an abandon house that had no windows or doors and it was all messed up. it proble had about thirty feral cats in it. That’s where my aunt got her cat.
When I turned six on my birthday there was a space shuttle coming back from space that flew right over my house. I was exited cause my parents told me that the reson it was flying over was for me sense it was my birthday and I believed them. Then about two weeks latter our parents told us that we where going to move to a new house with a backyard and a safe neighbor hood. They told us to get in the van so they could take us up to Lehi to see our new house being built. When we got there my cousins where already there and the house was only made out of would because that’s only how far they got when we went to see it.
My cousin Lilly and I went into where the kitchen was being built to sit on the floor and eat Wendy's kids meals. That was the first time I ever tried dipping fries in my frosty. Witch I have done I think every time I have gone to Wendys since. After we where done eating and looking abound we went out to the backyard to see how big it was. The ground was kind of muddy because it had rain earlier that day. I jumped out the back door and fell into a window well that I didn’t see and got a big scrape on my arm. My older brother Rhett helped me out cause I was to little to get out my self.
When everyone was done checking out the new house we all got in my van and headed home.
About three months latter our house was done and it was time to move in. my mother was really excited she was getting kind of upset that we where not packing fast enough. After we had all our stuff in boxes and bags my dad, bothers, and I had to take everything out side and get it ready for the moving truck. When the truck finely got there my dad didn’t let me help put all our stuff in the truck because he didn’t want me to get hurt witch made me cry cause I felt like I wanted to help more so he had me grab our dog Pecos witch was a puppy and he had me sit in front on the big moving truck. He told me that I could help by not letting the puppy run away and making sure she came with us.
When we got there my mom was already there along with some of my uncles waiting for us to get there to help us unpack. Right when we pulled up my brothers and I jumped out and ran into the house to pick witch rooms we wanted. Austin and I had to share a room and we wanted to sleep by our parents room so we got a small room right next to theres. My older brothers Rhett, and Jordan got a room right next to Austin’s and mine.
After about a month we had new neighbors move in next door. The Lowes. That’s when Austin and I met Ryan Lowe. At first Ryan and I didn’t get along cause for some reason he liked to kick me in the legs all the time and I would come home from his house with bruises on my shins but after a wile we became closer and we have been friends ever since.
When my dad finished our basement Jordan and I moved down stairs witch gave Austin and I our own rooms I got the bigger room with is bigger then my parents room and is the same room I am in still today. My parents let me choose the carpet color and wall color. I don’t know why I chose the walls to be blue and the carpet to be green but that’s what I go.
Now sense we have lived in that house for thirteen years now we have had so many memories in it that I think it will be really hard to move out of witch is funny cause my parents original plan was to stay there for only three years.
Narrative: Body Paragraphs
I just remember looking out my window and seeing a moving truck driven by my mother. I hadn’t seen her since I was Five years old so I don’t really know what she looked like I just knew it was her. Yea I was raised by my brother next thing I know I see my stuff getting loaded up in the truck it was one of the worst moments for me was saying good bye to my old life my girl and my friends.
Seeing my mother for the first time in a while was a cool moment seeing her was a happy moment because I still loved my mother. Even thou she wasn’t there for me most of my life, which sucks. My brother raised me and that was one of the hardest choices my mother ever had to make but she could finally take care of me .
The trip out here was the most quiet trip even though the music was on and I had my headphones in and I was texting my homies and my girl. When my mother did talk she just asked how I’ve been I ignored her. When I saw the Utah state line I started to feel more depressed than when I left California.
In the first year I was in Utah the first month I got locked up and I went to Farmington bay o&a after that I got put on probation. I was on that for a year before I violated it by drinking. On July first I got sent to dt again eight days later I got sent to proctor care I feel bad for it. And now I’ve been in it for almost a year.
Ty
Seeing my mother for the first time in a while was a cool moment seeing her was a happy moment because I still loved my mother. Even thou she wasn’t there for me most of my life, which sucks. My brother raised me and that was one of the hardest choices my mother ever had to make but she could finally take care of me .
The trip out here was the most quiet trip even though the music was on and I had my headphones in and I was texting my homies and my girl. When my mother did talk she just asked how I’ve been I ignored her. When I saw the Utah state line I started to feel more depressed than when I left California.
In the first year I was in Utah the first month I got locked up and I went to Farmington bay o&a after that I got put on probation. I was on that for a year before I violated it by drinking. On July first I got sent to dt again eight days later I got sent to proctor care I feel bad for it. And now I’ve been in it for almost a year.
Ty
Narrative: Body Paragraphs
My mom was young, in college and having the time of her life. She was working a great job in a doctor’s office and loved every part of it. She met a very attractive guy that worked there and she thought she had fallen in love. My mom thought that their relationship was serious and that he was the one that she would marry. She believed that she could trust him, but that all changed when she found out that he was married. My mom left him but faced another challenge that would change her life forever.
When my mom found out that she was pregnant, she was single and very scared. She lived with roommates and had no clue what she would do with a kid. Her friends were very supportive and told her that they would help her out any way that they could. After I was finally born my mom couldn’t be any happier, but it was still hard for her to raise me by herself.
Soon after I was born, my mom met a night in shinning armor. She knew that Justin would be a great dad and a fantastic husband. They soon got married and of course I was the flower girl at the wedding. They moved into a cute little house and started a new family and a new life together. My mom and I were the happiest we could ever be.
After my sisters were born, my dad really wanted to get the papers signed so that I was legally his daughter. He had wanted to adopt me for a long time but he had many obstacles. He was diagnosed with cancer but fought if off after a year. Finally he was healthy and able to go to the courts.
I was young so I don’t remember much of the court process, but I’m sure that it was really long. We spent most of the morning signing papers and talking to people about the same thing over and over again. Finally they approved the request and I was legally my dad’s daughter. After we were done at the courthouse, my parents took me to breakfast. The one thing that I vividly remember about the whole day was having the most delicious chocolate milk in the entire world. My parents and I were so happy and we have been ever since.
Karissa
When my mom found out that she was pregnant, she was single and very scared. She lived with roommates and had no clue what she would do with a kid. Her friends were very supportive and told her that they would help her out any way that they could. After I was finally born my mom couldn’t be any happier, but it was still hard for her to raise me by herself.
Soon after I was born, my mom met a night in shinning armor. She knew that Justin would be a great dad and a fantastic husband. They soon got married and of course I was the flower girl at the wedding. They moved into a cute little house and started a new family and a new life together. My mom and I were the happiest we could ever be.
After my sisters were born, my dad really wanted to get the papers signed so that I was legally his daughter. He had wanted to adopt me for a long time but he had many obstacles. He was diagnosed with cancer but fought if off after a year. Finally he was healthy and able to go to the courts.
I was young so I don’t remember much of the court process, but I’m sure that it was really long. We spent most of the morning signing papers and talking to people about the same thing over and over again. Finally they approved the request and I was legally my dad’s daughter. After we were done at the courthouse, my parents took me to breakfast. The one thing that I vividly remember about the whole day was having the most delicious chocolate milk in the entire world. My parents and I were so happy and we have been ever since.
Karissa
Narrative: Body Paragraphs
Two hours later I went and pick up my siblings to take them to my friends house, but first I had to get the mail from my old house
So my siblings and I arrived at the apartment complex we use to live at and started toward the mailbox when the magna police department pulled up and blocked me into the complex, at the time my family was on the run from DCFS.
They pulled next to the car I was driving, and was looked in
And saw my siblings inside and ask them to get out, so my three yr. old little brother Braxton got out first, then my four yr. Old brother Tony, then my little five yr. Old Sister Kirsten. They put my brothers in the back of the cop car then they told my little sister to get in the front of the cop car, but she seen me, and tried to run to me but the cop threw her on the ground. She was crying and her knees were scraped and bloody.
That made me very mad, so when the cop was picking my little sister up I grabbed a fist sized rock and hit the officer in the back of the head. A couple seconds later four other officers jumped on top of me, then put me in handcuffs and took me to DT. They told me I was getting charged with assault on a police officer with a deadly weapon.
Court didn’t go as I wished, The judge told me that I was going to long tem for five months then have another review to see if I could be placed in the foster home my sibling were in.
Five moths pass slowly as a snail; I went to the review and was Able to go to the same foster home as my siblings.
Three short months, that all I was in foster care, the foster parent’s ask if we would like to be adopted and my siblings and I
Agreed. To see the joy in my mother and father’s eyes were like being kissed by an angel! Breath taking as if you found something you’ve always searched for, then one day it’s right there and you couldn’t be any happier.
MARCH 17, 2007.the day I was waiting for, the big day,
The day I get adopted, the day of all days.
Now my siblings and I are happy and loved more then ever
Thinking that what started as a bad thing, ended up as the best thing.
By: Kirk
So my siblings and I arrived at the apartment complex we use to live at and started toward the mailbox when the magna police department pulled up and blocked me into the complex, at the time my family was on the run from DCFS.
They pulled next to the car I was driving, and was looked in
And saw my siblings inside and ask them to get out, so my three yr. old little brother Braxton got out first, then my four yr. Old brother Tony, then my little five yr. Old Sister Kirsten. They put my brothers in the back of the cop car then they told my little sister to get in the front of the cop car, but she seen me, and tried to run to me but the cop threw her on the ground. She was crying and her knees were scraped and bloody.
That made me very mad, so when the cop was picking my little sister up I grabbed a fist sized rock and hit the officer in the back of the head. A couple seconds later four other officers jumped on top of me, then put me in handcuffs and took me to DT. They told me I was getting charged with assault on a police officer with a deadly weapon.
Court didn’t go as I wished, The judge told me that I was going to long tem for five months then have another review to see if I could be placed in the foster home my sibling were in.
Five moths pass slowly as a snail; I went to the review and was Able to go to the same foster home as my siblings.
Three short months, that all I was in foster care, the foster parent’s ask if we would like to be adopted and my siblings and I
Agreed. To see the joy in my mother and father’s eyes were like being kissed by an angel! Breath taking as if you found something you’ve always searched for, then one day it’s right there and you couldn’t be any happier.
MARCH 17, 2007.the day I was waiting for, the big day,
The day I get adopted, the day of all days.
Now my siblings and I are happy and loved more then ever
Thinking that what started as a bad thing, ended up as the best thing.
By: Kirk
Friday, March 27, 2009
Narrative Introduction
My second chance
How horrible it must be to be in a position worst then mine was. As I drove in the passenger seat staring out the window thinking of the worst possible situations in my head that could happen. It was a great summer day, the sun was at the highest point in the sky. I felt a startling pat on my shoulder from the driver, “Kevin” my sister asked “it’s okay” with a confident but worried voice “I know the principal he’s really nice” I kept my mouth shut. As we approached summit my sister already began to unbuckle her seat belt as if she was about to storm out of the car like a soldier running out of a WWII amphibious assault vehicle only there was a look of excitement on her face. As we pulled up I became sick. When we got out of the car I remember telling myself in a speechless thought “Kevin this is your last chance to graduate high school.” There was a sign above the door with a green man climbing a rock wall with the word Summit written in the wall. On the way up the stairs I tried to give myself confidence. I told myself remember, your doing this for your grandma! My grandma passed away from pancreatic cancer a year before. My sister lead me up the steep stairs witch kind of reminded me of the sign out side as if I was climbing a wall, a symbol , what could most hopefully become a sign of hope. After we got up the 2 sets of stairs my sister then lead me down a hall to a place she called “the family room” she opened the door and there sat a tons of strange multiple but the one I noticed most was the one my sister began to talk to. He was a man with the slight appearance of santa clause that gave me comfort but yet still on edge the feeling of sick had now left and in it’s place came a feeling of pain so bad I thought I would pass out under the immense pressure. “My brother would like to go to school here” my sister asked. While under the pressure I began to lose focus and all I could see was the santa like
Kevin
How horrible it must be to be in a position worst then mine was. As I drove in the passenger seat staring out the window thinking of the worst possible situations in my head that could happen. It was a great summer day, the sun was at the highest point in the sky. I felt a startling pat on my shoulder from the driver, “Kevin” my sister asked “it’s okay” with a confident but worried voice “I know the principal he’s really nice” I kept my mouth shut. As we approached summit my sister already began to unbuckle her seat belt as if she was about to storm out of the car like a soldier running out of a WWII amphibious assault vehicle only there was a look of excitement on her face. As we pulled up I became sick. When we got out of the car I remember telling myself in a speechless thought “Kevin this is your last chance to graduate high school.” There was a sign above the door with a green man climbing a rock wall with the word Summit written in the wall. On the way up the stairs I tried to give myself confidence. I told myself remember, your doing this for your grandma! My grandma passed away from pancreatic cancer a year before. My sister lead me up the steep stairs witch kind of reminded me of the sign out side as if I was climbing a wall, a symbol , what could most hopefully become a sign of hope. After we got up the 2 sets of stairs my sister then lead me down a hall to a place she called “the family room” she opened the door and there sat a tons of strange multiple but the one I noticed most was the one my sister began to talk to. He was a man with the slight appearance of santa clause that gave me comfort but yet still on edge the feeling of sick had now left and in it’s place came a feeling of pain so bad I thought I would pass out under the immense pressure. “My brother would like to go to school here” my sister asked. While under the pressure I began to lose focus and all I could see was the santa like
Kevin
Narrative Introduction
‘’Get on the ground!’’ yelled the officers. I know this was going to be bad. 2006 was the exact year that all of this happened. It was Wednesday, February 12. I was driving my two little brothers and my sister to my friend’s house, where we were staying for a couple days, because I had no clue where my parents were. So I asked my best friends mom to let my sibling stay a couple days.
Kirk
Kirk
Narrative Introduction
“BuZzZzZz” went my alarm My brother told me I’m not going to school today. I look around my blue room and I see my tv and its staticy because I fell asleep to a movie. I have posters all over the walls. My brother than said “Yo fool your moms is commin’ to get you for I lil’ while I haven’t seen her but twice in about 2 years. I didn’t really know my mother that well I’ve lived with my brother sense I was 5 I felt as though my mom didn’t care about me because she left me with my brother and kept my older brother. I wanted to run because she lived in Utah I went to see my friends and say my goodbyes because I knew what was going to happen.
TY
TY
Narrative Introduction
How many people can say that just one parent adopted them? My story begins with my mom in college. She met a guy by the name of Blake Larson who she fell in love with. My mom planned on marrying him but there were some problems. She found out that he was already married. My mom left him and wanted to move on with her life, but soon found out that she was pregnant. Blake’s wife didn’t want him to have anything to do with my mom or me so he never got involved. My mom was a single parent and happy as could be, until she met someone who made everything even better.
Karissa
Karissa
Journal Post
I love Fridays because I look forward to not going to school in the morning. I love sleeping in and then being lazy all day. On Saturday my day usually consists of watching T.V., taking a bubble bath, and then going out to a movie. I love not having to force myself to get in my car and drive to school early in the morning. Once Sunday comes along I am already dreading going to school the next day. Its not like I don’t like the teachers or any of the kids, I just hate waking up so early. My first period teacher knows how much I hate waking up because they don’t normally see me at the beginning of class. Its not that I don’t like their class, I just don’t like having to get out of bed before day light to get to their class. I’m really trying to wake up earlier so I don’t miss anymore school, its just really hard.
Karissa
Karissa
Narrative Introduction
“Get all the kids in the car and wait for me hurry” my mom was yelling. “Bre you don’t have to go” my dad was pleading. I was 10. It was the day before fathers day and my little brothers birthday. This was the day my father passed away. We got home to him acting all weird. I knew something was wrong at the moment I walked in. My mom was yelling at him telling him she hated him and he was trying to leave a message for my aunt. My mom told him we would be better off if I just died.
Breaunna
Breaunna
Narrative Introduction
A man in all white held me by my arm. All eyes on me as I was pressed into a large pool of water. I was pulled out and I looked out to the eyes and saw the joy and how proud my mom was. I would forever hold this close to my heart. It was amazing all the bad things I have done in my life I was forgiven for. This long journey I have been on was one step closer. I had an indescribable warm good feeling with me. This will last and guide me through my life. I had waited and worked blood sweat and tears to achieve this and I did it.
Grant
Grant
Narrative Introduction
Have you ever had a day where you woke up and thought what the heck happened, where did the time go, what happened to my life all the memories fading slowly sifting away like the color of the green leaves in fall and you cant do anything to change it except just wait until the spring for those beautiful colors to return the reeds the greens the pinks the yellows? And well… I forgot the rest but you know the colors of spring. Well as I rushed through life not paying attention to life and what was going on around me I woke up this morning and ended up asking my self that same question. “What the $##$ happened to my life? Where did it go? Even now that I sit here trying to find out where it went. I can’t recall the past 17 years of my pathetic life. I feel as if my sister telling me that I was an accident that she was right just a proverbial wasted egg a bad investment of life.
It feels like she was telling me the truth but at the same time I feel as if it was a lie. To be continued ???… maybe.
Alex F.
It feels like she was telling me the truth but at the same time I feel as if it was a lie. To be continued ???… maybe.
Alex F.
Friday, March 20, 2009
A ten line poem
As I sit here in a great struggle. Trying to save something dear A grade, a future, a life.It is hard to admit that one poem
Can mean so much to me.
Yet knowing I will make it
I will succeed. I will force myself
To do my up most to go the mile I can succeed,
I will succeed And when you find this grade
You will find
that my grade my future my life Lies in your hands.
13 words
How are you? This class is
Competitive like a pack of apes fighting to
Become the “alpha male”
The only words of advice I have for these
People are simple 13 words
Boys know how to fight
And only men know how
To walk away. so remember my children
The day you can learn that you are smarter
Then a monkey is the day this class becomes a little less
… callas
I hope that some day this class will be a class full of men because
More and more every day our old teacher becomes a little more like a parent
Baby sitting a 3 year old.
Kevin
I am so glad that it is Friday! This week has been so long and boring. I need some advice on a pretty stupid subject. So if you liked someone who seemed to be interested in you, and they came up to you one day and said that they were going to go out with someone else who had been way into them for a while, what would you do? It’s not that big of a deal, I just think that I should just forget about it, but I don’t know. If any of you have some advice let me know.
On another subject, I am so glad that it is spring. I love being outside in the sunshine, and being in the warm weather. I don’t really like camping and not being able to take a shower. I love going to bon fires and parties all night. I am so glad for spring because it’s one season closer to summer. Have a fantastic week end everyone!
Karissa
On another subject, I am so glad that it is spring. I love being outside in the sunshine, and being in the warm weather. I don’t really like camping and not being able to take a shower. I love going to bon fires and parties all night. I am so glad for spring because it’s one season closer to summer. Have a fantastic week end everyone!
Karissa
Forbidden Love
We talk in secret,
We made this work,
My heart is pounding,
For it is broken,
Filled with doubt,
She came back,
Just like I said she would,
My feelings deep,
But that doesn’t matter,
You love her,
Not me,
But that’s ok,
If you’re happy,
Then so am I,
It may hurt,
But oh well,
Just know that I’ll always care,
Always cry, always wonder,
For our forbidden love.
For you
You make me feel good,
Great, excited,
That fact that you’re gone,
Hurts, kills inside,
I hate how they act,
They don’t listen,
Don’t care,
Babe for you,
I’ll do anything,
Be anything,
For you I will,
Start a better life,
Be better,
Think better,
Act better,
For you I will learn,
Listen, think,
Life has meaning,
A solution, a problem,
But I’m willing to try,
To see were it takes me,
For you I will care,
Accept, feel,
Only the ones who try,
Will get the gift of happiness,
So, finally I say,
I will love you,
Always and forever
By Dani
We talk in secret,
We made this work,
My heart is pounding,
For it is broken,
Filled with doubt,
She came back,
Just like I said she would,
My feelings deep,
But that doesn’t matter,
You love her,
Not me,
But that’s ok,
If you’re happy,
Then so am I,
It may hurt,
But oh well,
Just know that I’ll always care,
Always cry, always wonder,
For our forbidden love.
For you
You make me feel good,
Great, excited,
That fact that you’re gone,
Hurts, kills inside,
I hate how they act,
They don’t listen,
Don’t care,
Babe for you,
I’ll do anything,
Be anything,
For you I will,
Start a better life,
Be better,
Think better,
Act better,
For you I will learn,
Listen, think,
Life has meaning,
A solution, a problem,
But I’m willing to try,
To see were it takes me,
For you I will care,
Accept, feel,
Only the ones who try,
Will get the gift of happiness,
So, finally I say,
I will love you,
Always and forever
By Dani
There once was a guy named earl
That wanted to play all the girls
He lived in the ghetto
And got kicked with a stiletto
His life went down in awhirl.
Shining so brightly
The warmness so comforting
Hoping it wont go.
Im so surrounded
Unfamiliar faces
Please just go away.
The time just goes by
Maybe one day it will speed up
And I wont have any time to think
Think about all the things I miss
Or maybe I am missing
The pain just goes numb
Without feeling it’s much easier
I can’t feel the aching
I cant feel the pain
I just let the time go by
Hoping it will go a little faster tomorrow.
Breaunna
That wanted to play all the girls
He lived in the ghetto
And got kicked with a stiletto
His life went down in awhirl.
Shining so brightly
The warmness so comforting
Hoping it wont go.
Im so surrounded
Unfamiliar faces
Please just go away.
The time just goes by
Maybe one day it will speed up
And I wont have any time to think
Think about all the things I miss
Or maybe I am missing
The pain just goes numb
Without feeling it’s much easier
I can’t feel the aching
I cant feel the pain
I just let the time go by
Hoping it will go a little faster tomorrow.
Breaunna
Friday, March 13, 2009
LOVE AND HATE
Love like a dove that’s flying above
Hate like fate it’s a rate of the heart
Your heart wants to take a shove
It will hurt until you find your counterpart
Love is also a turtledove
Hate can also be a work of art
That’s why people look for love
Just like hate is fate of the heart
It can be a dove
Or it can be fate
By TY
THE HOUSE
The house will run from the people
It also dropped its steeple
The people tried to catch the house
The main one that tried was the lady in the blouse
The house feels hurt
So it’s on an alert
The lady still tries
While the house cries
By TY
Love like a dove that’s flying above
Hate like fate it’s a rate of the heart
Your heart wants to take a shove
It will hurt until you find your counterpart
Love is also a turtledove
Hate can also be a work of art
That’s why people look for love
Just like hate is fate of the heart
It can be a dove
Or it can be fate
By TY
THE HOUSE
The house will run from the people
It also dropped its steeple
The people tried to catch the house
The main one that tried was the lady in the blouse
The house feels hurt
So it’s on an alert
The lady still tries
While the house cries
By TY
This week I found out that I am going to go on a vacation with my family to Northern California. A few years ago, we went on a cruise down to Mexico, and it ended up being a disaster. We were checked before getting on the ship, so you couldn’t sneak anything illegal on. The whole time that we were on the boat I was sick and in the worst mood. I was sleeping a lot just to stop thinking about how crappy I felt. When we finally got home, I was told that I ruined the trip because of what I was doing. Last year I was determined to make the best of our vacation, and since I was off drugs, we had the greatest time. I am looking forward to out trip this year just because I know it will be as great as when we went last year. I won’t be a kid for much longer so I need to take advantage of the time I have with my family.
Karissa
Karissa
Love
N. A warm tender feeling
Love natural thrrrobs of
Pure relationships.
Party’s new secrets, a secret
Flattery and a hot new gaze.
The crazy challenges the strong
Heavenly bond of the one’s who
Really believe in pure true love.
The fiery passionate kiss, the
Electric crazy feelings. The
Exciting new adventures the
Strong newly made bonds.
Life seems impossible with
Out each other. The heartache
That comes when your away and
The strong electric feeling when your
Near him, the way you smell of your
Favorite cologne of his. They way its hurts
To be away from each other for more than
A minute. Love the real question know is
What is Love?
Jess
N. A warm tender feeling
Love natural thrrrobs of
Pure relationships.
Party’s new secrets, a secret
Flattery and a hot new gaze.
The crazy challenges the strong
Heavenly bond of the one’s who
Really believe in pure true love.
The fiery passionate kiss, the
Electric crazy feelings. The
Exciting new adventures the
Strong newly made bonds.
Life seems impossible with
Out each other. The heartache
That comes when your away and
The strong electric feeling when your
Near him, the way you smell of your
Favorite cologne of his. They way its hurts
To be away from each other for more than
A minute. Love the real question know is
What is Love?
Jess
Love Hurts
Can you ever put a broken heart back together?
Can it ever beat the same way it did when he first touched you?
The heart of that sad lonely girl will never be that heart again
It cant the moment he turns his back on her
The moment he looks at her with those eyes full of hate
That heart is shattered it will never be the same
The boy just leaves she knew it would happen
It was coming and the world knew it
She cries herself to sleep most nights
Cries and wishes he’ll come for her
He promised he would always love her
Love her how?
How could he when all he wants is for her to suffer
All he wants is to leave her, cause her pain
She watches him from the corner of her eye
And he’s smiling
Not to her or what she said but how she looks
He knows she’s sad and that she’s alone
And that makes him happy
How then does that broken girl react?
She looks away and becomes content
Fro she knows that as long as her love is happy her life is fulfilled
Her joy her reason for all her tears that run down her check is him
The boy that would never smile
Never
Until know
She leaves him to be happy doesn’t bother him
She wants him to stay happy
She leaves the world and watches him from a better place
He never notices her absence and the broken girl is comforted
She still loves him and dreams that one day he will realize how much
She truly loves him
Jess
Can you ever put a broken heart back together?
Can it ever beat the same way it did when he first touched you?
The heart of that sad lonely girl will never be that heart again
It cant the moment he turns his back on her
The moment he looks at her with those eyes full of hate
That heart is shattered it will never be the same
The boy just leaves she knew it would happen
It was coming and the world knew it
She cries herself to sleep most nights
Cries and wishes he’ll come for her
He promised he would always love her
Love her how?
How could he when all he wants is for her to suffer
All he wants is to leave her, cause her pain
She watches him from the corner of her eye
And he’s smiling
Not to her or what she said but how she looks
He knows she’s sad and that she’s alone
And that makes him happy
How then does that broken girl react?
She looks away and becomes content
Fro she knows that as long as her love is happy her life is fulfilled
Her joy her reason for all her tears that run down her check is him
The boy that would never smile
Never
Until know
She leaves him to be happy doesn’t bother him
She wants him to stay happy
She leaves the world and watches him from a better place
He never notices her absence and the broken girl is comforted
She still loves him and dreams that one day he will realize how much
She truly loves him
Jess
My hidden emotions
I’m hidden lost in a sea
Of emotions nobody
Cares nobody wants
To care. How can they
You’re a screw up
You can’t do anything
Right. Let me just go
I don’t need to be here
Anymore. There’s nothing
To say to you anymore,
You don’t understand what
I was thinking or how I
Felt when it happened how
Could you. You’re and adult
You’ve been there once right
Wrong you don’t know what
Its like to be in my shoes, you
Don’t know the stuff I have had
To go through and its don’t matter
It’s my life if I screw up then let me
Learn from it let me figure how to
Repair my broken heart after I get
Hurt. You let me member you told
Me I was to blame so don’t just act
Like your innocent and its all me
Fault. You just left me like your nothing
And everything we went through was
Nothing. You left me to defend myself
Know look at me I have made it through it
All by myself without your help I’m making
A life for myself without you and let me tell you something
Your not in it and you’ll never be in it.
Jess
I’m hidden lost in a sea
Of emotions nobody
Cares nobody wants
To care. How can they
You’re a screw up
You can’t do anything
Right. Let me just go
I don’t need to be here
Anymore. There’s nothing
To say to you anymore,
You don’t understand what
I was thinking or how I
Felt when it happened how
Could you. You’re and adult
You’ve been there once right
Wrong you don’t know what
Its like to be in my shoes, you
Don’t know the stuff I have had
To go through and its don’t matter
It’s my life if I screw up then let me
Learn from it let me figure how to
Repair my broken heart after I get
Hurt. You let me member you told
Me I was to blame so don’t just act
Like your innocent and its all me
Fault. You just left me like your nothing
And everything we went through was
Nothing. You left me to defend myself
Know look at me I have made it through it
All by myself without your help I’m making
A life for myself without you and let me tell you something
Your not in it and you’ll never be in it.
Jess
An Untitled Poem.
The clouds fell,
They were like a man running away,
No one had seen him,
Except the little girl that prayed,
As he kept running the sky started to cry,
For it has lost its heart,
The only thing that makes it happy,
The man that was running,
Was the man that died,
The sky praised him,
For he was doing so well,
But then he stared running,
He suddenly just dropped like the clouds.
Love or so I Thought.
I feel in love,
Like a man and a woman conceiving a child,
I prayed for her,
Asked to make sure she was well,
She said she cared,
I don’t believe her at all,
She kissed a girl,
I did it back,
She told me again she cared,
I told her back,
Now I’m sad,
Not wanting life,
Till she figures out,
I will be in pain,
I need a life,
Need a girl,
Need the love,
She once gave me,
Oh well.
Dani
The clouds fell,
They were like a man running away,
No one had seen him,
Except the little girl that prayed,
As he kept running the sky started to cry,
For it has lost its heart,
The only thing that makes it happy,
The man that was running,
Was the man that died,
The sky praised him,
For he was doing so well,
But then he stared running,
He suddenly just dropped like the clouds.
Love or so I Thought.
I feel in love,
Like a man and a woman conceiving a child,
I prayed for her,
Asked to make sure she was well,
She said she cared,
I don’t believe her at all,
She kissed a girl,
I did it back,
She told me again she cared,
I told her back,
Now I’m sad,
Not wanting life,
Till she figures out,
I will be in pain,
I need a life,
Need a girl,
Need the love,
She once gave me,
Oh well.
Dani
I’m thinking I’m in foster care and it sucks. I want to go hang out with my friends and I cant do that. I need a cigarette, well I want one but I quit and I don’t want to start again, because it’s bad for you. It’s a bad habit it took me so long to quit, and my little brother doesn’t like when I smoke so it’s effecting my family life and everything.
I want to go see my brother and I can’t. He is like 26 and I haven’t seen him in like 2 years he is way cool. My other brother is in Iraq and I haven’t talked to him in like a yeah. I don’t have any idea what to write about so I am just blabbing.
This new school is weird kind of well not weird I am just not used to it yet at least I knew two people that came here so I had like at least 2 friends. Haha jess and Alex. I met jess in vantage point and Alex used to live next to me in Spanish fork. Speaking of Spanish I want to go back!!! Yeah?? If i go back I can see all my friends yeah.
Breanna
I want to go see my brother and I can’t. He is like 26 and I haven’t seen him in like 2 years he is way cool. My other brother is in Iraq and I haven’t talked to him in like a yeah. I don’t have any idea what to write about so I am just blabbing.
This new school is weird kind of well not weird I am just not used to it yet at least I knew two people that came here so I had like at least 2 friends. Haha jess and Alex. I met jess in vantage point and Alex used to live next to me in Spanish fork. Speaking of Spanish I want to go back!!! Yeah?? If i go back I can see all my friends yeah.
Breanna
Burn in the Sun
Fish pie eat the sky in the word you can’t deny
in the soup you eat it fresh.
House and mouse go for the cat in the hat
if you see the little bat you will live.
With out your nap.
So go to bed in your head and live you live within
So if you see that little fish
you will bite your tongue on the sun.
But if you go on the run.
Your friend will see the fun in your tie.
For what you see can bee to within
so love live in your sky to the way .
You eat the pie you will never die.
On the edge of the earth and near the sun
So run from your gun or burn in the sun.
Burn in the sun
Billy
in the soup you eat it fresh.
House and mouse go for the cat in the hat
if you see the little bat you will live.
With out your nap.
So go to bed in your head and live you live within
So if you see that little fish
you will bite your tongue on the sun.
But if you go on the run.
Your friend will see the fun in your tie.
For what you see can bee to within
so love live in your sky to the way .
You eat the pie you will never die.
On the edge of the earth and near the sun
So run from your gun or burn in the sun.
Burn in the sun
Billy
Change
Well I don’t really know what I want to write about so I will just write what comes to my mind. First off I am so sick of people doubting what I am capable of doing just because of my past. I am also sick of people telling me I have changed then they tell me that I haven’t done anything to change. people I guess just don’t pay attention to everything that I have been trying to do just to make them happy. I only think they pay attention to the bad stuff. The only person that I think does truly pay attention to the positive stuff that I do is my girlfriend. I feel like she really does care about how I am feeling because she notices when something is wrong. And when I do something she does not just focus on the bad stuff that I do she also pays attention to the positive stuff that I have done and it feels good hearing what I do that is good instead of always hearing all of the bad stuff that I have done. And I also hate how people judge me because of my past because I truly do think people can change. I am not saying that I have totally changed. But in the areas that I feel like I have nobody seems to notice the change that I have made in those areas I cant change everything all at once but I am trying.
By angelo
By angelo
I believe that freedom is being able to do what you want when ever you want except for murder and rape. I believe that weed shouldn’t be against the law. Also believe that the world shouldn’t really have a president because I think that a president is like a king and that kind of stuff because he can make a law that is not needed. Although he does have to through the congress, I still believe the president should be just a normal person not a rich guy or a senator or things like that. I also believe that freedom has a price tag! Like paying a ticket when you smoke under the age or drinking and stuff like that. Also having so many laws are limiting what you can do.
TY
TY
I am getting released in two or three weeks and I cannot wait. When I get released I am getting my truck, and my license back. I am getting involved with the w I a program, and also the social security disability. I think that it will help out a lot. I will be getting about a thousand dollars a month to help cover my medication costs. I am going to be living in Eagle Mountain, I will be graduating on May 28th I cannot wait. I had some pictures taken yesterday. They are for graduation. I am really excited to get done with school and get into collage. Collage will be tight. All of the parties and fun stuff like that.
I am going to go to U V U stating the fall semester. I want to become a case manager or something like that.
Stephen
I am going to go to U V U stating the fall semester. I want to become a case manager or something like that.
Stephen
Hate is like the color red because it sounds like crap it tastes like snot it smells real bad like death. Hate feels real bad because when you are hurt you feel pain and pain is the color red to me.
Blue is a relaxing color it sounds like the ocean waves. It tastes real fresh like a fresh baked pie. it smells like a fresh new t shirt blue feels like a soft new warm blanket. Blue is happiness like getting that new game you always wanted when you were a little kid.
By angelo
Blue is a relaxing color it sounds like the ocean waves. It tastes real fresh like a fresh baked pie. it smells like a fresh new t shirt blue feels like a soft new warm blanket. Blue is happiness like getting that new game you always wanted when you were a little kid.
By angelo
Friday, March 6, 2009
The song Stairway to Heaven always makes me want to get high of some sort. The video made me laugh because you could really tell that the guy was stoned out of his mind. The band is totally chill and it makes me happy to be able to listen to that kind of music at school because most schools don’t think it’s appropriate.
I think the music that we listen to affects out moods because angry music makes people mad and sad music makes people sad. Recently I have been listening to sad music because that’s what I thought would make me feel better. It’s getting better, but I still have some sadness here and there. When people listen to bad music sometimes they do bad stuff and there is way too much hate in the world right now. There are so many crimes that start because people think that their music is the way they should live in the world. They are wrong.
The song that we listened to is a great song. It has a lot of meaning to it.
~Dani
I think the music that we listen to affects out moods because angry music makes people mad and sad music makes people sad. Recently I have been listening to sad music because that’s what I thought would make me feel better. It’s getting better, but I still have some sadness here and there. When people listen to bad music sometimes they do bad stuff and there is way too much hate in the world right now. There are so many crimes that start because people think that their music is the way they should live in the world. They are wrong.
The song that we listened to is a great song. It has a lot of meaning to it.
~Dani
Cents we are talking about poetry and what not I’m going to say my thoughts about the subject.
I personally don’t like poetry. I guess the reason that is, is because I cant write good poems. I just don’t get how to put my feelings and thoughts into a creative format. The way I deal with my feelings are tell people what’s what and if someone tries to get big ill ether smash them or they’ll smash me.
There isn’t anything poetic about how I deal with my fellings. I would probably right poetry if I was able to sit at a table and write what I feel and do it in ten minutes and it be good.
I just don’t want to work at it and improve on poetry skills.
boyd
I personally don’t like poetry. I guess the reason that is, is because I cant write good poems. I just don’t get how to put my feelings and thoughts into a creative format. The way I deal with my feelings are tell people what’s what and if someone tries to get big ill ether smash them or they’ll smash me.
There isn’t anything poetic about how I deal with my fellings. I would probably right poetry if I was able to sit at a table and write what I feel and do it in ten minutes and it be good.
I just don’t want to work at it and improve on poetry skills.
boyd
Today is my second day at summit high, but my first day in this class. So far I like it everyone seems really nice and friendly. Well the teachers are at least. I do know a couple people that go here so that helps out. One thing I don’t like is I fill that I don’t need to come here. I’m behind on two credits so they thought it would help me out if I came here until the end of this term. I hope it does because I have a lot of problems and me having to come here is opening the door to let out everything that I struggle with. I just hope I earn my credits and move on to a regular high school.
Everyday for me is the same. I go to a program called the journey. I go and do community service until about five then I go cook dinner at the group house and then go do group until nine o clock. I usually don’t get home until about nine forty. I like it though because I’m never around my Procter parents. The only time I’m there is when I sleep and on the weekends. I haven’t been there for a weekend yet so ill have to see how that goes….
April
Everyday for me is the same. I go to a program called the journey. I go and do community service until about five then I go cook dinner at the group house and then go do group until nine o clock. I usually don’t get home until about nine forty. I like it though because I’m never around my Procter parents. The only time I’m there is when I sleep and on the weekends. I haven’t been there for a weekend yet so ill have to see how that goes….
April
I cannot wait until tonight. I am going on a home visit, and it is going to be awesome. I am leaving tonight, and I will not be back until Sunday night. I am going to go kick it with some of my friends from up there, and I am going to go look at some cars maybe buy one. I want to get a small truck nothing to small but not to big maybe like a Chevrolet s10 that is lifted or a dodge Dakota, I would really enjoy something like that. I think it tight my grandparents said that they would buy me a vehicle, so that is were I am going on my home visit. I have about two to three weeks left in the system then I will be out. I can’t wait until I get released.
Stephen
Stephen
Friday, February 27, 2009
On Wednesday I got to go to the play Romeo and Juliet. It was the first Shakespeare play that I have been too, so it was kind of confusing. Throughout the play I had to ask people what they were talking about and what was happening. My favorite character was Mercutio because he brought comedy to a tragedy. I was sad that he had to die so soon because he was hilarious.
Tonight I am going to the MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice concert. I’m excited
Even, though I didn’t ever listen too them, a lot of old people did and I get to see them dancing at the concert. Going to the concert is the only thing that I’m doing tonight and then tomorrow I have to work. It’s not going to be an exciting weekend, but I will still have fun.
Karissa
Tonight I am going to the MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice concert. I’m excited
Even, though I didn’t ever listen too them, a lot of old people did and I get to see them dancing at the concert. Going to the concert is the only thing that I’m doing tonight and then tomorrow I have to work. It’s not going to be an exciting weekend, but I will still have fun.
Karissa
Jealousy
It is strange how jealousy works. Even though you don’t really think your jealous it’s there in the back of your head. Now I’m not jealous of anything right at this moment I am sure! But after seeing someone in my last class almost explode on another girl it kind of made me ask why we get jealous… how do we over come jealousy? It’s in every human always there but yet it is hard to detect. The only way I have found it to have someone tell you. Like a sister, brother, a close friend, or any one extremely close to you who knows you like the back of their hand. I will admit though that it isn’t hard to tell if your jealous all you have to do is admit that you are. And that is the first step to getting yourself off the thought. This is an odd subject but I do believe jealousy is a large part of drama so that is why I decided to write about this.
Kevin
It is strange how jealousy works. Even though you don’t really think your jealous it’s there in the back of your head. Now I’m not jealous of anything right at this moment I am sure! But after seeing someone in my last class almost explode on another girl it kind of made me ask why we get jealous… how do we over come jealousy? It’s in every human always there but yet it is hard to detect. The only way I have found it to have someone tell you. Like a sister, brother, a close friend, or any one extremely close to you who knows you like the back of their hand. I will admit though that it isn’t hard to tell if your jealous all you have to do is admit that you are. And that is the first step to getting yourself off the thought. This is an odd subject but I do believe jealousy is a large part of drama so that is why I decided to write about this.
Kevin
Freedom is very important to some people. I wish I could have the freedom that other people have especially now that I’m stuck in states care. The freedom that I would like to have is to be able to walk down the road with a girl who I could be dating and be able to hold her hand without people looking at me weird because I feel like I have to hide things from other people and that isn’t right. Homosexual people are the most that have to hide things from people.
Freedom comes in many ways and one of the biggest is the freedom of speech one because no one follows that rule. That is one of our Amendments and the only person that can really talk freely is our president. It would be nice to have freedom to listen to non-edited music too because that’s all I hear now days is the bleeps in my favorite songs.
See when you are in the states care you really get your rights taken away and now I can’t even talk about people I like that are in the same program with me because I’m scared to get into trouble.
So, when Matt has us write on freedom I didn’t really think about anything and now that I have to rewrite it I have to edit some things out due to freedom of writing and speech. So, now do you see my point?
Dani
Freedom comes in many ways and one of the biggest is the freedom of speech one because no one follows that rule. That is one of our Amendments and the only person that can really talk freely is our president. It would be nice to have freedom to listen to non-edited music too because that’s all I hear now days is the bleeps in my favorite songs.
See when you are in the states care you really get your rights taken away and now I can’t even talk about people I like that are in the same program with me because I’m scared to get into trouble.
So, when Matt has us write on freedom I didn’t really think about anything and now that I have to rewrite it I have to edit some things out due to freedom of writing and speech. So, now do you see my point?
Dani
FREEDOM
Freedom to me is having the ability to go and do what you want to do because you want to do it not just because you have to do it. Most of the people in this school don’t get to do. What they want to do because their in the system and I don’t think that’s very fair. But its our fault that we have to be on a leesh and do what everyone else wants to do. I don’t think its fair that every one gets in trouble for the things that they really want to do because on Tuesday I went to the mall to hang out and got put on house arrest. And apparently they can tell your case manager you were on drugs and you werent. And then when they test you and you come up negative they still think your on drugs so if you get the opprotunity to get out of states custody take it don’t stop and think about it just do it. So if you think your free your not free because anyone can say their free when their not so you might want to stop and think about the place your in and then decide whether your freedom is worth what you doing.
Ben
Freedom to me is having the ability to go and do what you want to do because you want to do it not just because you have to do it. Most of the people in this school don’t get to do. What they want to do because their in the system and I don’t think that’s very fair. But its our fault that we have to be on a leesh and do what everyone else wants to do. I don’t think its fair that every one gets in trouble for the things that they really want to do because on Tuesday I went to the mall to hang out and got put on house arrest. And apparently they can tell your case manager you were on drugs and you werent. And then when they test you and you come up negative they still think your on drugs so if you get the opprotunity to get out of states custody take it don’t stop and think about it just do it. So if you think your free your not free because anyone can say their free when their not so you might want to stop and think about the place your in and then decide whether your freedom is worth what you doing.
Ben
I have a new caseworker and I’m very happy about it. My last caseworker didn’t really care. He would never call and if he did it was for one out of two reasons. One, he was getting yelled at by my judge for not checking up on me, or because he forgot I had to sign a paper for him. I asked him to get me a bus pass so I could get back and forth from therapy and it took him literally four months to get it to me.
On a positive note my new caseworker seems cool as hello! He wants to have a meet with me and my family so we’re on the same page. Another cool thing about him is he seems to not like my proctor parents at all. So I’m hoping that I’ll get moved or be able to do something different along those lines.
I’m happy for a couple reasons but this one is the best that’s why I wrote about it.
Love Peace and have a Good Day.
Boyd
On a positive note my new caseworker seems cool as hello! He wants to have a meet with me and my family so we’re on the same page. Another cool thing about him is he seems to not like my proctor parents at all. So I’m hoping that I’ll get moved or be able to do something different along those lines.
I’m happy for a couple reasons but this one is the best that’s why I wrote about it.
Love Peace and have a Good Day.
Boyd
I think that freedom now is just a word for me because no matter where I am there are always going to be rules against what rights I am supposed to have as an American citizen. And I think that even though I am not locked up in d.t. or jail I still am not free because I can’t do whatever I want to do. Even though I am 18 years old that is just another number all that that means is I now will get tried as an adult and no longer as a juvenile the charges now will be taken more seriously. And I still have to answer to some one and have to ask to go places. I am no free but I am not locked up I am in between I don’t think I will ever be truly free until I am living on my own. Even then I still will have to follow other peoples rules they have set for America
By angelo
By angelo
Hamlets indecision is evident throughout the play. Give examples and explain how his indecisions effects his actions and the plot of the play.
Hamlet has lots of problems throughout the play because he dose not think before he acts. For example, after Hamlet dose not kill Claudius in the church he goes up to his mother’s room and starts to talk to her. Polonius was hiding behind the drapes without Hamlet knowing about him being there. When Polonius starts to yell out help Hamlet with out thinking starts to stab the drapes thinking that it was Claudius. After he finds out that it was now not who he thought it was his indecision acting makes Laertes go to Denmark from France to get revenge on who ever killed his father even though Hamlet did not kill him on perpous.
This starts a chain of events leading to Ophelia killing her self because she is confused, Gertrude being poisoned and Claudius killing himself due to pressure of other people telling him to drink the poison that killed Gertrude.
If Hamlet thought about what he was going to do more then I think maybe not as many people would have had to die.
Hamlet has indecision problems when he talks to Ophelia also. She can’t tell if Hamlet really loves her of not. She felt used by Hamlet when he took her in the bedroom. I don’t think that Hamlet was really using her I think that she just thought that because Hamlet was acting strange after his fathers dies and cause she dose not understand that Hamlet did not mean to kill her father.
This play is about communication problems. If people in the play talk about there problems to each other it would of helped hamlet not go crazy, it would of helped Ophelia understand what was going on with Hamlet why what happened to her farther did happen to him, and if Polonius didn’t spy on Hamlet instead of just talking to him he problem would not of died.
Laertes should have found out why Hamlet killed his farther by talking to Hamlet instead of just wanting revenge. Then maybe he would not of tried to kill Hamlet and in turn not die him self. Laertes is the only one that Finley understands everything before he dies. He asks for forgiveness from Hamlet cause he understands why Hamlet did what he did. He realizes that everything is the result of Claudius being selfish and killing King Hamlet.
Colton
Hamlet has lots of problems throughout the play because he dose not think before he acts. For example, after Hamlet dose not kill Claudius in the church he goes up to his mother’s room and starts to talk to her. Polonius was hiding behind the drapes without Hamlet knowing about him being there. When Polonius starts to yell out help Hamlet with out thinking starts to stab the drapes thinking that it was Claudius. After he finds out that it was now not who he thought it was his indecision acting makes Laertes go to Denmark from France to get revenge on who ever killed his father even though Hamlet did not kill him on perpous.
This starts a chain of events leading to Ophelia killing her self because she is confused, Gertrude being poisoned and Claudius killing himself due to pressure of other people telling him to drink the poison that killed Gertrude.
If Hamlet thought about what he was going to do more then I think maybe not as many people would have had to die.
Hamlet has indecision problems when he talks to Ophelia also. She can’t tell if Hamlet really loves her of not. She felt used by Hamlet when he took her in the bedroom. I don’t think that Hamlet was really using her I think that she just thought that because Hamlet was acting strange after his fathers dies and cause she dose not understand that Hamlet did not mean to kill her father.
This play is about communication problems. If people in the play talk about there problems to each other it would of helped hamlet not go crazy, it would of helped Ophelia understand what was going on with Hamlet why what happened to her farther did happen to him, and if Polonius didn’t spy on Hamlet instead of just talking to him he problem would not of died.
Laertes should have found out why Hamlet killed his farther by talking to Hamlet instead of just wanting revenge. Then maybe he would not of tried to kill Hamlet and in turn not die him self. Laertes is the only one that Finley understands everything before he dies. He asks for forgiveness from Hamlet cause he understands why Hamlet did what he did. He realizes that everything is the result of Claudius being selfish and killing King Hamlet.
Colton
Friday, February 20, 2009
Hamlet & Laertes
They both have love for the same women, for laertes its his sister, and for hamlet it’s his girlfriend Ophelia. They both want to see her with a happy life and not with the wrong people, laertes doesn’t want her to marry hamlet because he’s starting to go crazy, hamlet doesn’t want her to be with her brother because he’s going to make her break up with him and then she wouldn’t be happy and neither of them want that.
They both are very honorable toward their family, friends, and in their work. They would rather die than have their families be mad at them. They have the most respect for their countries and would do anything to help protect it
They also hate each other and cannot stand to be around each other. They also want to get revenge for their fathers deaths and are very determined to do so and will go to great lengths, like hamlet got two of his friends killed so he could come back and kill his uncle.
And in the end they were both crazy for revenge they both ended up dieing while fencing with poison on the rapier (sword) and his mom, and uncle died.
Ben
They both are very honorable toward their family, friends, and in their work. They would rather die than have their families be mad at them. They have the most respect for their countries and would do anything to help protect it
They also hate each other and cannot stand to be around each other. They also want to get revenge for their fathers deaths and are very determined to do so and will go to great lengths, like hamlet got two of his friends killed so he could come back and kill his uncle.
And in the end they were both crazy for revenge they both ended up dieing while fencing with poison on the rapier (sword) and his mom, and uncle died.
Ben
HAMLET
The moral of the story in my opinion is that revenge gets you no where it only ends up with every one around you getting hurt. Even though it looked like revenge was the only way for hamlet. I mean after he murdered the king he tried to kill hamlet after he found out his father. Shakespeare was pretty smart in making this story. I understand now why matt decided to have us read Shakespeare.
I wish I could have been there to see the real Shakespeare’s plays I met this girl she loves Shakespeare after I told a poem to her that I memorized off of Dougs dead poets society she gave me one of the best complements. She said “ at least one of Travis’s friends are civilized“ the girls name is Robyn. She is currently dating my friend Travis.
The ending was one of the most suspenseful plays I have ever herd before I need to see the play in real time the acting would have to be great though
By Kevin
The moral of the story in my opinion is that revenge gets you no where it only ends up with every one around you getting hurt. Even though it looked like revenge was the only way for hamlet. I mean after he murdered the king he tried to kill hamlet after he found out his father. Shakespeare was pretty smart in making this story. I understand now why matt decided to have us read Shakespeare.
I wish I could have been there to see the real Shakespeare’s plays I met this girl she loves Shakespeare after I told a poem to her that I memorized off of Dougs dead poets society she gave me one of the best complements. She said “ at least one of Travis’s friends are civilized“ the girls name is Robyn. She is currently dating my friend Travis.
The ending was one of the most suspenseful plays I have ever herd before I need to see the play in real time the acting would have to be great though
By Kevin
I believe that the moral for Hamlet is revenge gets you nowhere. My supporting subjects is Hamlet spent most of his time thinking about how he will get his revenge and it ended up taking his life. He also ended up getting people mad at him mostly the king. That just made the king want him to be killed and he also gets blamed for a death.
Hamlet gets killed for trying to get revenge for his father. So he wants to kill his uncle because he killed his father but he thinks too much about it when he could’ve done what Fortenbras did. I think he should have thought twice about because than he might have just decided to let him live.
Laertes also wanted to kill Hamlet because he blamed him for his sister’s death. Also he was responsible for his fathers death because Hamlet killed Laertes father because he just went and attacked the person behind the curtain because he thought it was the king.
TY
Hamlet gets killed for trying to get revenge for his father. So he wants to kill his uncle because he killed his father but he thinks too much about it when he could’ve done what Fortenbras did. I think he should have thought twice about because than he might have just decided to let him live.
Laertes also wanted to kill Hamlet because he blamed him for his sister’s death. Also he was responsible for his fathers death because Hamlet killed Laertes father because he just went and attacked the person behind the curtain because he thought it was the king.
TY
The question I decided to answer was “Compare and Contrast any of the following pair: Hamlet and Laertes, Gertrude and Ophelia, and Claudia and Polonius.” I decided to write on Hamlet and Laertes because they had a main part in the play. In this paragraph I am going to talk about the similar things that they had in common in the play. Hamlet and Laertes were both princes, but in different countries. They also wanted revenge for their father’s death.
Next, I will be talking about how Hamlet is different from Laertes. Hamlet was madly in love with Ophelia, which is Laertes’s sister. Hamlet also saw his father’s ghost. Another thing was he was very smart and knew how to get out of trouble. Hamlet was quiet about his plans when it came to how he was going to get revenge.
The last thing I’ll talk about is how Laertes is different than Hamlet. Laertes was very upfront with how he was going to get revenge on Hamlet. He also felt remorse when he was dying at the end because he relized why Hamlet was getting revenge. Laertes was a man who blamed others for his sister’s death. He didn’t approve of Ophelia and Hamlet being together, and he stuck his nose in other people’s business.
Dani
Next, I will be talking about how Hamlet is different from Laertes. Hamlet was madly in love with Ophelia, which is Laertes’s sister. Hamlet also saw his father’s ghost. Another thing was he was very smart and knew how to get out of trouble. Hamlet was quiet about his plans when it came to how he was going to get revenge.
The last thing I’ll talk about is how Laertes is different than Hamlet. Laertes was very upfront with how he was going to get revenge on Hamlet. He also felt remorse when he was dying at the end because he relized why Hamlet was getting revenge. Laertes was a man who blamed others for his sister’s death. He didn’t approve of Ophelia and Hamlet being together, and he stuck his nose in other people’s business.
Dani
Hamlets indecision is evident throughout the play. Give examples and explain how his indecisions effects his actions and the plot of the play.
Hamlet has lots of problems throughout the play because he dose not think before he acts. For example, after Hamlet dose not kill Claudius in the church he goes up to his mother’s room and starts to talk to her. Polonius was hiding behind the drapes without Hamlet knowing about him being there. When Polonius starts to yell out help Hamlet with out thinking starts to stab the drapes thinking that it was Claudius. After he finds out that it was now not who he thought it was his indecision acting makes Laertes go to Denmark from France to get revenge on who ever killed his father even though Hamlet did not kill him on perpous.
This starts a chain of events leading to Ophelia killing her self because she is confused, Gertrude being poisoned and Claudius killing himself due to pressure of other people telling him to drink the poison that killed Gertrude.
If Hamlet thought about what he was going to do more then I think maybe not as many people would have had to die.
Hamlet has indecision problems when he talks to Ophelia also. She can’t tell if Hamlet really loves her of not. She felt used by Hamlet when he took her in the bedroom. I don’t think that Hamlet was really using her I think that she just thought that because Hamlet was acting strange after his fathers dies and cause she dose not understand that Hamlet did not mean to kill her father.
This play is about communication problems. If people in the play talk about there problems to each other it would of helped hamlet not go crazy, it would of helped Ophelia understand what was going on with Hamlet why what happened to her farther did happen to him, and if Polonius didn’t spy on Hamlet instead of just talking to him he problem would not of died.
Laertes should have found out why Hamlet killed his farther by talking to Hamlet instead of just wanting revenge. Then maybe he would not of tried to kill Hamlet and in turn not die him self. Laertes is the only one that Finley understands everything before he dies. He asks for forgiveness from Hamlet cause he understands why Hamlet did what he did. He realizes that everything is the result of Claudius being selfish and killing King Hamlet.
Colton
Hamlet has lots of problems throughout the play because he dose not think before he acts. For example, after Hamlet dose not kill Claudius in the church he goes up to his mother’s room and starts to talk to her. Polonius was hiding behind the drapes without Hamlet knowing about him being there. When Polonius starts to yell out help Hamlet with out thinking starts to stab the drapes thinking that it was Claudius. After he finds out that it was now not who he thought it was his indecision acting makes Laertes go to Denmark from France to get revenge on who ever killed his father even though Hamlet did not kill him on perpous.
This starts a chain of events leading to Ophelia killing her self because she is confused, Gertrude being poisoned and Claudius killing himself due to pressure of other people telling him to drink the poison that killed Gertrude.
If Hamlet thought about what he was going to do more then I think maybe not as many people would have had to die.
Hamlet has indecision problems when he talks to Ophelia also. She can’t tell if Hamlet really loves her of not. She felt used by Hamlet when he took her in the bedroom. I don’t think that Hamlet was really using her I think that she just thought that because Hamlet was acting strange after his fathers dies and cause she dose not understand that Hamlet did not mean to kill her father.
This play is about communication problems. If people in the play talk about there problems to each other it would of helped hamlet not go crazy, it would of helped Ophelia understand what was going on with Hamlet why what happened to her farther did happen to him, and if Polonius didn’t spy on Hamlet instead of just talking to him he problem would not of died.
Laertes should have found out why Hamlet killed his farther by talking to Hamlet instead of just wanting revenge. Then maybe he would not of tried to kill Hamlet and in turn not die him self. Laertes is the only one that Finley understands everything before he dies. He asks for forgiveness from Hamlet cause he understands why Hamlet did what he did. He realizes that everything is the result of Claudius being selfish and killing King Hamlet.
Colton
This weekend should be pretty cool it’s my proctor mom’s birthday so we are going to go out to dinner. Next week is my 18th birthday I am way excited because I go to court the day before my birthday, and I might get released. I really hope that I get released on Thursday that way I can live one my own. If I get released then I am going to move into a house in Eagle Mountain, and I am going to be staying here to finish high school. After I graduate in March then I am going to just be working and going to collage at UVU. I want to go out into the social work field and become a case manager or a therapist or something like that. I am really looking forward to getting in collage and having a fun time going to collage.
Stephen
Stephen
I think the message of Hamlet is revenge and judgment. All of Hamlet’s time was focused on revenging his father’s death, which only led to his own death. He was depressed and in the wrong state of mind to make any rational decisions. When Hamlet was supposed to be focused on Ophelia all he could worry about was getting Claudius back for killing his father. If he had been more concerned about the things that were important at the time, he wouldn’t have lost all the people that he cared about.
When someone is betrayed by another person revenge sounds really sweet. Most people when their emotions are taking over their actions don’t make the right decisions. A person needs some time to think through and evaluate the outcome of the actions they want to take. Most of them don’t take the action that they were thinking about at the time the person betrayed them. The people that choose to take immediate action are the ones that are sitting in prison regretting what they did.
The comparison of Hamlet and everyday people is that everyone has the urge for revenge. Hamlet went psycho and took action to his temptation. If you let emotions overwhelmed you, you can loose everyone that is close to you. Hamlet’s love of his life, mother and best friends all died. Hamlet’s actions led him into his personal hell. I think that this tragedy is a lesson for everyone, don’t let you emotions take over you life. Just because you feel something and one point doesn’t mean that you are going to feel that way later. You don’t want your actions to be negative and ruin your life.
Karissa
When someone is betrayed by another person revenge sounds really sweet. Most people when their emotions are taking over their actions don’t make the right decisions. A person needs some time to think through and evaluate the outcome of the actions they want to take. Most of them don’t take the action that they were thinking about at the time the person betrayed them. The people that choose to take immediate action are the ones that are sitting in prison regretting what they did.
The comparison of Hamlet and everyday people is that everyone has the urge for revenge. Hamlet went psycho and took action to his temptation. If you let emotions overwhelmed you, you can loose everyone that is close to you. Hamlet’s love of his life, mother and best friends all died. Hamlet’s actions led him into his personal hell. I think that this tragedy is a lesson for everyone, don’t let you emotions take over you life. Just because you feel something and one point doesn’t mean that you are going to feel that way later. You don’t want your actions to be negative and ruin your life.
Karissa
Friday, February 13, 2009
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY
Well my days been going good. A lot better than my other v-day. Like one v-day I brought a girl some flowers and some other things that you gives your girl for v-day. Well I gave her the stuff I got her, maybe two periods later she told me that she was playing me with this dude in high school. I wasn’t very happy about that so I told her to leave me alone and get out of my face. She told me that she really cared about me and didn’t want us to brake up than she stated crying. I told her to go @#&^*!, ^#*&(#*&$, #(&^!%$ her self, and walked away.
After that v-day I really didn’t like the holiday. I have had a couple more bad v-days but I really don’t want to talk about them.
This is one of the better v-days I’ve had in a while. I hope that they stay this good.
Boyd
Well my days been going good. A lot better than my other v-day. Like one v-day I brought a girl some flowers and some other things that you gives your girl for v-day. Well I gave her the stuff I got her, maybe two periods later she told me that she was playing me with this dude in high school. I wasn’t very happy about that so I told her to leave me alone and get out of my face. She told me that she really cared about me and didn’t want us to brake up than she stated crying. I told her to go @#&^*!, ^#*&(#*&$, #(&^!%$ her self, and walked away.
After that v-day I really didn’t like the holiday. I have had a couple more bad v-days but I really don’t want to talk about them.
This is one of the better v-days I’ve had in a while. I hope that they stay this good.
Boyd
So, Valentine’s Day is coming up, and I dislike Valentine’s Day a lot. Well it’s ok. I have gotten dumped on Valentine’s Day a few times and I’m always alone, which now doesn’t really bother me because I’m used to being alone. I like the holiday because it’s the Day of Love, but because of my poor choices I can’t hang out with the girl that I really like.
I have some traditions of Valentine’s Day, my mom and I used to go out to eat to cheer me up because all my girlfriends just left me. Sometimes my mom and I would go to the store and buy the ingredients to make brownies. Then, we would go home and make the brownies and put it in a heart shaped pan.
My plans this year is I’m stuck home, so I will be hanging out with my foster mom’s mom again for the third weekend in a row. I will probably end up just watching T.V. and making food. I might see if I can do something, but I doubt that I can. This weekend is going to suck! So, that is what my Valentine’s Day looks like this year.
-Dani Hatfield
I have some traditions of Valentine’s Day, my mom and I used to go out to eat to cheer me up because all my girlfriends just left me. Sometimes my mom and I would go to the store and buy the ingredients to make brownies. Then, we would go home and make the brownies and put it in a heart shaped pan.
My plans this year is I’m stuck home, so I will be hanging out with my foster mom’s mom again for the third weekend in a row. I will probably end up just watching T.V. and making food. I might see if I can do something, but I doubt that I can. This weekend is going to suck! So, that is what my Valentine’s Day looks like this year.
-Dani Hatfield
My valentines days in the past have all sucked because there was not real love in any of them they were more about drugs and gangs there was never nothing like I have now with shalee and our relationship that we have now. Because we actually have true love for each other there is more to shalee and me than just sex we have a lot in common we communicate real good we share a lot of the same values. I can now finally say I am truly in love with her and I don’t care what people say because they don’t mean any thing. I think this valentines day will be the best one I have ever had just because I have shalee in my life
By angelo
By angelo
Valentines Day is tomorrow, and even though I don’t have a boyfriend I am still excited. I am just planning on going out to dinner and maybe to a movie or something. There is always something to do on a Saturday night. My mom is really big into holidays so she always gets me the most random stuff just for fun. I have always thought that buying gifts for someone on Valentines Day was hard, but my mom doesn’t really care. I loved elementary school when everyone would make their own boxes, and then you spend the whole day giving out candy and cards. It would be cool if high school did something like that. Even though we still do fun stuff, we still work, and we don’t have parties or anything like that. I guess when you grow up life just gets less exciting. Anyways Happy Valentines Day everyone!!!!!
Karissa
Karissa
My Essay About Safe Sex Ed.
I think if we were to have actual sex ed the rates of teen pregnancy and STD’s would go down significantly. The things that sex ed should cover are, knowing how to be safe, know were and how to get protection, why people should use protection, STD’s, why they should get tested, and teach the results of their actions.
We should teach protection to well be safe. Part of the reason I think STD’s are out of control because people don’t know the chances of getting STD’s or they don’t care. The youth that are experimenting and don’t know about berth control or that is no law that says you have to be a certain age to get condoms. If we were to teach about contraceptives in class that would help a lot with the teen pregnancy and STD’s.
Another thing we need to teach is that the results to their actions can really be life changing, and if they have certain viral diseases you can die. Well I guess that’s pretty life changing isn’t it. People think that if you use a condom you don’t have to worry about STD’s but you can still give your partner a STD’s even touching their skin. We need to stress on STD’s how they are transmited, and how they change peoples lives.
We need to teach that STD’s are dangerous and don’t just affect you. STD’s affect your partner, your loved ones, and even your own children. A lot of STD’s can be given to the featis if the mother has an STD. Now do you know that?
If people know only half of what could be tought and its not doing any good I think that we should teach everything that can teach. For the people that don’t agree with me I have one question for you. Would you rather have your children expiriment because their friends are…. Or expiriment with the nolage to be safe. You chose.
Boyd
I think if we were to have actual sex ed the rates of teen pregnancy and STD’s would go down significantly. The things that sex ed should cover are, knowing how to be safe, know were and how to get protection, why people should use protection, STD’s, why they should get tested, and teach the results of their actions.
We should teach protection to well be safe. Part of the reason I think STD’s are out of control because people don’t know the chances of getting STD’s or they don’t care. The youth that are experimenting and don’t know about berth control or that is no law that says you have to be a certain age to get condoms. If we were to teach about contraceptives in class that would help a lot with the teen pregnancy and STD’s.
Another thing we need to teach is that the results to their actions can really be life changing, and if they have certain viral diseases you can die. Well I guess that’s pretty life changing isn’t it. People think that if you use a condom you don’t have to worry about STD’s but you can still give your partner a STD’s even touching their skin. We need to stress on STD’s how they are transmited, and how they change peoples lives.
We need to teach that STD’s are dangerous and don’t just affect you. STD’s affect your partner, your loved ones, and even your own children. A lot of STD’s can be given to the featis if the mother has an STD. Now do you know that?
If people know only half of what could be tought and its not doing any good I think that we should teach everything that can teach. For the people that don’t agree with me I have one question for you. Would you rather have your children expiriment because their friends are…. Or expiriment with the nolage to be safe. You chose.
Boyd
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