Against School Uniforms

What is high school really all about? Well I think high school is really a time when teens start to identify themselves from one another, and start to learn more about whom they really are and who they want to be. That’s when we start to begin to develop our own personal style, trying to fit in and stand out of the crowd. I think students should not be forced to wear uniforms to school. Standard uniforms are unproven to be known to student violence; they just use it to cover up the real problems that have to be faced by teens; and they violate our rights of expressing ourselves, and our ability to look within ourselves and find out who we really are.

Every individual student looks different and is different from everyone else, and we all know it but we just want to say so. We tend to do this all throughout the high schools in America and everywhere else in the world. Students’ bodies are always changing and developing and we often try to wear clothing which is good for us and comfortable. It would be embarrassing to wear the same thing as everyone else and look actually looking bad in it. The shape and design may not go with a certain person and may not be the right thing for a student to wear so why put us through all that? Uniforms also prevent students from expressing creativity and using their own minds in making decisions on how to dress. I think being able to dress ourselves is a big way for us to mature and learn to grow up. All students are trying to find their identity and discover who they will become and want to be. If they cannot show who they are or find who they want to be, then a part of them will not be the same.

So what is left to do? No one will ever be really happy with any decision that you make for us that is not the right one. I think from these facts that I have said, you should understand that you should rethink about having to make us wear these awful uniforms that no students really wants to wear. The most satisfying thing between uniforms and free dress would be dress codes, which would have some tensions, but would allow us to maintain our clothing as being very creative and being able to be ourselves.

We as students seem to do a lot better with being able to dress our self then you dressing us. Did you like it when you were a student and you had to wear uniforms? I bet you didn’t because what student wants to sit in class for about eight hours a day uncomfortable? I know you didn’t because most students think alike when it comes to something like that. If you didn’t like it as a student then why are you trying to make us wear them? What did we do wrong to get you to make such a bad decision? We do what were told; we do our work, so if we’re will to compromise with you then why aren’t you willing to compromise with us? They are not the most comfortable things to wear; you wore them before you know how they feel.We as kids and teens like to express ourselves by the clothes we wear, and we can’t do that if you’re in the way trying to stop us.

If you as an adult were to just set ground rules to were you set up a dress code maybe that would be a lot better than trying to get us to wear uncomfortable uniforms. Many schools across the country enforce dress codes for the students and that seems like it goes good for them. I don’t understand the real reason why they want all of us to wear uniforms when were old enough to dress ourselves and not have to wear the same thing over and over again every day.

My "How-To" Manual: Make Jello

Jello doesn’t that just sound like something you would like to eat at this moment. Well if you are craving it and don't know how to make it don't worry am here to go step by step with you so that way you can make it yourself. Pretty soon you’re going to be sitting there eating some good jello. Jello is one of those things that sound really easy to make and the good thing about it is that it is easy. Add water, stir, and chill, right? That's what some people think that's all you have to do but really that's not all quit right. Actually there is a little more to it than that and if you have ever ended up with watery jello, thick rubbery jello, or a watery layer on top of a thick rubbery layer, you will know what we are getting at!

There is a first time for everyone, when it comes to making jello recipes, and the instructions on the side of the pack just say "add hot water, stir, add cold water, stir, chill" which seems to suggest that jello making is not that complicated to some people. Unfortunately, that is not the case. Whether you want to know how to make cherry jello or how to make strawberry jello, the instructions are the same. For making jello, you need to use a measuring cup to make sure you have exactly the right amount of water. Guessing is not recommended and the best way to go. Get the right amount of hot water and sprinkle the jello powder on top. Using a fork or wire whisk, mix together the jello and hot water making sure you mix it completely. Keep going until it is completely combined. Leaving undissolved bits of powder because you are bored with whisking is what gives you those rubbery bits in the finished jello, so keep whisking. It is good arm exercise too. When the jello has dissolved, add the cold water and mix well. Mixing well is what gives your jello recipe a good consistency. Chill the jello until it is set. Pretty soon you will have jello for you to eat.

The ways you can know if your jello did not come out right is if you get rubbery jello your jello is rubbery; you have either not added enough water or not mixed it well enough. If you have watery jello then you have either added too much water or not left your jello to set for long enough. Remember jello takes hours to set, especially if you are using a jello mold rather than individual bowls. Leave it alone and give it more time!

If you get jello with chewy bits in it then you have not mixed the jello properly or your so-called hot water was actually not hot enough to dissolve the jello. If your jello strange hole in it then you have poked the jello with your finger to see whether it has set. Tilting the jello mold slightly is a better testing method.

If the jello still isn't set after several hours you either haven't waited long enough or you have added fresh or frozen pineapple, kiwi, papaya, gingerroot, figs or guava, all of which contain an enzyme that breaks down gelatin and stop jello from setting. These tips can help you when you’re trying to figure out why your jello isn’t coming out right. I hope I have succeeded in helping you make some yummy jello.

My Final Essay

Summer School when people hear these words they take it the wrong way. Summer school can be a bad thing like everyone takes it as but then again at the same time it can be a good thing too. Everyone is always on my case about me going to summer school but for me I would rather be learning then be at home doing nothing. I can see why everyone is on me because they only want what’s best for me but am old enough to know right from wrong and I know the decisions that I am making. It’s no one’s fault but mine for me being here but why can't people see that? Am okay for being here but why aren’t they?

There’s a point in your life when you mess up or make a mistake. At this moment I did mess up and make a mistake but I don't regret it. I have learned from my mistake and honestly I am kind of glad I messed up because I think if I didn't I wouldn't have learned about writing. I think I have come a long way from the start of summer school to know. I accomplished a lot that I don't think I ever accomplished before in this kind of way. Before I came to summer school I was too lazy to do anything like my work or homework. I knew I had to do it but at the time I just didn’t care. All the writing in my blog well that’s the most I ever wrote in my life. I surprised myself I never thought I could write that much. Doing all these writings it made it all seem easy I would just start typing and then all the words and thoughts just came to me.

At some time we all discover ourselves out about many different things. Over the past three weeks I have discovered myself as a writer. I discovered my abilities for writing; I can just sit here on the computer and write my life away. That may seem kind of strange because three weeks ago I probably wouldn't be doing what am doing now. I think writing can be good for us because I feel you can express yourself in many ways. People may not hear you but maybe they will hear you when you put it on paper. I learned a lot over the time I was here. I now know how to write well and use my voice.

We all have a voice but it’s only up to you to learn how to use it. Over the past few weeks Mr.Leh had us find our voices and try to use them for good use not bad. He had us go to "change.org" and make a difference and use our voice against the things that we thought weren't right that was going on. I tried it out and after awhile I got into it, I didn't think I could ever stand up for what I believed in. I could honestly saw this will probably be the best part of my summer. I don't mind learning I think it’s better than doing nothing. If we all use the voices that we have maybe everyone can make a difference in this world instead of only 5% of us trying to make a difference.

My Unique Self

What makes me myself? What would I like to be remembered for? There are just so many questions floating around in my head that people would like to know the answer too. We as humans wonder what kind of person we are in life and how good or bad of a person we are towards people. Have you ever stop to think to yourself about if people are thinking about the same thing you are sometimes? I have so many wonders in my head about myself that I hope I will find the answer to.

What makes you different from everyone else? Everyone is their own person in their own way and is different in many ways. People are unique and wonderful just like you and me. They do good things in their life for other people and that may be one way that makes them who they are. There are things that set me apart from the crowd of people. I do my best to stand out of the crowd I do whatever it takes to be abnormal and not be like everyone else. I choose to be me and do what pleases me no one else. Some of my friends say am a “dork, weirdo, and am so silly”. I thank my friends because if it wasn’t for them I don’t think I would be able to be such a dork without them.

I think what makes me myself is I am a loving and caring person. I try my best to get along with everyone do be friends with them. I do what I need to for my friends, if they need a helping hand to lend them I will lend them one, or if they just need someone to listen to their problems am going to be there for them. I feel it is best to be good to your friends and family because without them then who do you have in life? My friends have always been there for me so I think the least I can do for them is be there for them. I love my family so much I think if it wasn’t for them I wouldn’t be where am at today. They are there for me and love me no matter how mad I get them.

I would like to be remembered as someone who made an impact on some one’s life, and made a difference in the world. I just would like people to remember me for a good thing not something bad. That’s way I do whatever I have to so I make something out of my life. I do have my share of mistakes but I just learn from them and do better next time. All of us want to be remembered as something in life and am just glad to say I will make a difference and be remembered for what I did. The same way we remember “Jesus” in life. He has made a big difference in life and on this world, and he is different from all of us no one will ever do exactly what he did or be him. That’s the great thing about life there is only one of you and no one is ever going to find someone quit like us. Am one of a kind and I know nothing can change that.

Have we all done nice things for the people we love in our life? I do what I can for the people who mean the most to me. The nicest thing I have ever done for someone before is give them everything they wanted but the biggest gift I given them is love. I feel that love is the biggest and nicest thing you can give someone. Without love you have nothing and you feel empty inside. That’s when people start getting lonely and doing crazy stuff like committing suicide. Maybe if they just had that one person who gave them love and was there for them maybe they would still be here, but we will never know the truth. I wouldn’t ever want it to go that far. When it comes to my friends I try my best to do nice things for them I might take them out, buy them gifts, or just spend quality time with them. I want them to feel loved and to let them know they have someone there for them. When the whole world walks out on them that is when am going to be there for them.

Do we learn our lesson after we do something wrong even though we know we did not make the right choice? We all learn many lessons along the way in life and it’s our choice if we want to do something about it or just leave it at that. My greatest lesson I have learned from in my life is never judge a book by the cover. I use to do this so many times to people; I wouldn’t ever give them a chance as being my friend or getting to know them. I didn’t like it when everyone would judge me and it make me feel like crap. I was doing the same thing to people and I bet I made them feel the same way I did when people would judge me before they even got to know me. That’s when I decided to learn from my lesson and start giving people a chance at being my friend. The weird thing about it all is the very first time I meet my best friend I didn’t like her at all and I started to judge her, but then I started getting to know her and now were best friends. I find it ironic that it ended up the way it did but am really glad I did give her a chance because she has made a big difference in my life. She has changed me as a person to look beyond what we see because behind the wall that was built you may be surprised at what you will find.

My New Identity

Have you ever wanted to ditch your identity and lead another life? What if you got the chance to do that because of the danger you’re in? This very thing is happening to me at this very moment, I am in grave danger and there are people after me so I need a new identity. How do you get a new identity with a new name, new social card, new everything? That's the hard part to do.

I am leaving my old life and going to start a new one. In a new town with new people. Am leaving New Mexico and everyone behind. Am heading towards Perris California in the save part of the town. Am going to be living in getting a house, I will be living with my two dogs. Am really never going to be home am going to go out to all the clubs.

My name is Abigail Chavez, am twenty-three years old and I love to party. I like going to the beach and meeting new people. I have light brown hair, hazel blue eyes, and three tattoos. I usually wear summer dress and a lot of shorts. I had to leave my family and move on with my new life.

One night when I went out to the club I meet this guy that I fell in love with. We started talking and getting to know each other. We ended up going on our first date at beautiful restaurant. He was asking me questions about myself and I couldn't tell him about my true self. I had to tell him about the new me Abigail Chavez. I was finally starting to like the new me, new life, new everything. Everything was great I was even doing the job I loved so much. I had got my degree in teaching. I had found an amazing job at one of the high schools and was doing what I always wanted to do. Teaching was my everything I loved helping the students and being able to be there for them. Nothing could go wrong everything was going great I was loving everything I created. 

Creating my new identity was not that easy, along the way of me creating it I had some hard times. Like the fact that I had to change every little thing about me, it was pretty fun because I got to choose whom I wanted t be and how I dressed and looked. Don’t you just wish you could change yourself and get to choose everything? I think the hardest part about it all was actually putting it all into plan. If I had to choose between the new lives I created or my real life I would choose the one I created only because I made it to the way I like it.

My new town and city is very beautiful. Everyone here is friendly and really nice people. There are some rude people but you get those kind of people everywhere you go. I just wish I lived here before instead of now. I love every minute here, I get to see things I never seen before. The mall here wow it is way bigger then the one back in Albuquerque. I find it crazy how we can go to a new place and it feels like you been there forever. I never thought this would ever happen to me its like a dream come true. Has something ever felt too good to be true? Well that’s how this feels right now.

Being able to do what you want when you want. Don’t that just sound like the best thing ever? It can be but then again it can’t. Have you ever felt like your being suffocated by the people you love and you just need to get away for a while? I felt like that for a long time but that’s when I decided to get away, a new everything. The best part is not knowing anyone and I didn’t mind. Sometimes it’s okay to be alone just so you can relax and clear your mind. I think if we could all do this we would all lose in touch with everyone, so sometimes it may not be a good idea to make a new identity.

My Alphabet Story

A little place where nothing happens there was a little boy who lived with his mother. Beside the fact that he was an only child his mother loved him very much, he loved where he lived until one day something did happen in the little place where nothing happened. Chester who was the little boy’s uncle and the mother's brother had stopped by early that after noon to talk to his sister and nephew about an accident that had occurred last night. "Dogs were barking all night long and were going crazy over all the racket and noise they were hearing in the streets" Chester was saying. Everyone had woken up to the dogs and all the noise that was going on, "I had run out of my house to see what was going on and there was a family of bears wondering the streets". First I didn't believe what I was seeing, they must of came down from the woods looking for something to eat or to cause harm. George was Chester's neighbor and had told him that one of the bears had dragged a little girl off with them; I had gone back inside my house to go get my raffle. However when I was inside my house getting my raffle I heard screams coming from three houses down from mine, I guess one of the bears was in the front yard trying to get into the house. I never thought in a million years that anything like his would ever happen, when I first moved here they told me "that this was a clam and mellow town and that noting big ever happens here. Just before I thought nothing else could go wrong a bear came running towards me trying to attack me, I didn't know what to do at first I panicked, closed my eyes and just started shooting when I opened my eyes the bear was laying there right in front of me. Killing that bear was one of the hardest things I ever had to do, but it was either me that would have had to go or the bear, and I knew it was going to be the bear. Lopsided I stood still in shock of what just happened, we finally got rid of the bears either by killing them or running them back to the woods. Maybe things would be different if we were more careful and we expected that something may occur, and that just because one person thinks that the unexpected can happen. No one knew what to do, how to react, or what to say after everything was cleared up. Other then the fact that one little girl went missing and we could not find her I was really happy to be alive. People in town don't know if they feel safe now or if they should leave because they don't know if bears will come to town again. Question after question people kept asking if the families were going to be safe, no one could answer the questions because no one could predict the future to see if there would be anymore bear attacks in the town. "Rather than the fact that all this has happened I came here to let you know what was going on last night and to warn you to be on the lookout for bears". Somewhat of the town went back to their everyday lives doing what they did before the attack of the bears, but the rest of the town never was the same after. They just couldn't go back to their normal lives because it was just so tragic of what happened, it did effect lives of the people but that was life. Usually in life things are going great for you but then something tragic happens and it may affect people in many different ways. Very many people have to live with some impact in their life but for some they don't have to worry about anything. Wonder after wonder am still confused about the night of the attack, there are so many questions I ask myself about that night but they will never be answered. Xerophytes are blooming throughout the woods and we hope that the bears stay up there eating those instead of trying to get our food. Year after year things started getting a lot better for the people in town and they stared calming down, I didn't think I would ever see the town go back to the way it use to be. Zealous I felt about this whole tragic incident but I knew it was finally over and I could go back to living my life, I just hope everyone can move on the same way I did.

My Bucket List

1. Swim with Dolphins.
2. Go skydiving.
3. Spend the whole day eating junk food without feeling guilty.
4. Visit all 50 states.
5. Visit the Forbidden City.
6. Help someone in need.
7. Go to Paris.
8. Fall in love.
9. Fly an airplane
10. Give 5,000 dollars to the Orphanage.
11. Help the kids in Africa.
12. Create something amazing.
13. Build a home for my mom.
14. Meet Taylor Swift.
15. Publish my own book.
16. Go to New Jersey.
17. Go to a Rascal Flatts concert.
18. Go watch Sumo Wrestlers.
19. Own a Capuchin Monkey.
20. Go Cruise.
21. Buy a Wal-Mart.
22. Go to Japan.
23. Go to College.
24. Get married and have three kids.
25. Go to Las Vegas for my twenty-first birthday.

There are so many things I would like to accomplish in my life before I am gone. I only listed twenty-five things I would like to do in my life time. There is just so many and so little time for me to do it all. I am going to try my best to do all twenty-five things before I leave this world. The one biggest thing I want to do is build my mom a home for her to live in. My mom has done so much for me and I feel I should do this for her. Everyone has different things they would like to accomplish before they die. My list may not mean much are may not be important to people but to me it means a lot. These things are important to me because it is the things that i would like to do. I would really like to go to college to get a degree in Criminal Justice. Some of the stuff on my list may be way above and beyond but I at least would like to try to reach it.

I believe that if I was able to help the people in need that would make me feel really good about me. I would be able to go on living knowing I did something good for someone else besides myself. When I talk about giving five-thousand dollars to the orphanage, I say that because it's kids who need love and support. They don't belong there and maybe if they knew that someone in the world still cares about them maybe they won't give up in their life. The other people I would like to help are the kids in Africa. They are starving, homeless, and need shelter. I would really like to make a difference in their lives and do the best I can. I may not be able to do it all but I can try and get as much help as I need. I think if one person can make a difference in this world then there is still hope.

When were young we all say we want to travel around the world. Out of every kid that says that how many actually travel around the world? I been saying I would like to travel from place to place. Hopefully when I am older and doing well with life then maybe I will get to travel the world. There are many places I would like to go see like the Forbidden City, Paris, Japan, Africa, and New Jersey. These are very beautiful places to see but the main place I really want to go to is New Jersey. For some reason I always I wanted to go there. After I had to do this project in the fifth grade on a place you would like to go I ended up picking New Jersey. I stared all the research on it and ever since that day I always said to myself "I will go there when am older". I would like to go to the Forbidden City only because it sounds so interesting and a mysterious place to see. The words Forbidden makes the city seem like "don't come here or else". It just gets me wondering what's there and is it really a scary city to visit.

Taylor Swift who is she? That's what I get asked by some of my friends. Taylor Swift is one of my favorite Country Artist. She is eighteen years old and a very talented person. She has many albums out on sale. My favorite song by Taylor Swift is "Love Story". This song reminds me of a fairy tale that can and has happened in some one's life. I somewhat believe in happy ever after but then at the same time i don't. This song gets me thinking if the is a Romeo out there for me? One of my goals to do before I die is meet Taylor Swift in person. I know this may not happen but you always got to have faith in your dreams because if you have no faith then what's the point in even having a dream at all? Like people always tell me "it's good to believe in yourself". My second favorite country Artist is Rascal Flatts. They are a really good country band that I love so much. They have so many wonderful songs that relate to me. That is one reason why I like them is because I can relate to their songs. One of my favorite songs by them is "stand". Something I would like to accomplish is going to see them in concert when they come to Albuquerque New Mexico.

There are many things to come in life and many things for me to see. I would really like to do everything that's on my list. Am going to try everything in my power to do everyone. It's going to take time for me to do all of them but I need to get started now. Am really looking forward to doing them and I really hope I get to do them with someone special in my life.

My Romantic Story

Love is the biggest mystery of them all. We as teenagers don't understand the difference between love and lust. When a boy or girl tells you they love you is it true or is it just lust. I didn't understand this myself till I experienced it for the first time in my life. It all started the summer going into my junior year in high school.

I was forced to spend the summer with my dad in Denver Colorado. I hated the fact that my mother was sending me off for the summer with him. This meant no friends, no sleeping in, and especially, no fun. "I was getting into a lot of trouble with my friends and was going down the wrong path" that's what my mom kept telling me. I didn't care at the time, she could tell me over and over and I wouldn't hear a single word she said. I was going to do whatever it took for me to stay here with my friends instead of with my father.

I tried everything in the books but nothing worked on her, she was like a metal machine that just wouldn't budge or break. Eventually I just gave up on trying to stay home and started packing for the longest summer of my life. The worst thing about this whole trip to my dad's was my little sisters were staying with him for the summer also. I had two little sisters Alyssa who was 9, and Stephanie who was 6 years old. My parents were married for 20 years but after my little sister Stephanie was about 2 years old my parents got a divorce. I never forgave or talk to my dad after that, I couldn't believe after such a long time being married to my mom that it happened. After I witnessed my parents splitting up I didn't believe in love anymore. I told myself I wouldn't ever fall in love or feel anything close to it. I didn't want to end up getting hurt the way I witnessed my mom getting hurt. My dad would write my sisters letters and me once a week, but I didn't ever open them I just threw them in a box. My sisters didn't ever understand why I wouldn't write him back they were still too little to understand what was going on. They would always tell me "dad loves you Samantha" "Why don't you ever write him back"? Every time they tell me this I just ignore what there trying to tell me and change the subject.

We finally finished packing and getting all our stuff together, I said good-bye to all my friends and was ready to face a long summer of torture. We were finally heading out for the long drive ahead of us; I really didn't want to be in the car for about eight hours with my mom because I was really mad at her. The drive seemed like it went by fast we were only thirty minutes away from my dad's house. For some reason I was getting nervous, I don't know why but the closer we got the more nervous I got.

Looking Beyond The Story Being Told

How would you like it if strangers went to your home and started cutting down your land and tear it apart? How would that make you feel? How do you think the animals and humans who live in the forest feel? You think its okay for you to go and destroy someone else’s home but it's not okay for them to do the same to you right? I thought when we got put here on earth that every living creature should be treated equal. No human is better than the other? Today I saw a movie that made me look beyond the story being told. The movie "Avatar" reflects on our everyday lives in many different ways. In this movie I saw what I see when I walk out my door, on the news, in this world. People not caring about what the world is coming to. We are killing our planet little by little every day, and no one seems to care. Why is that?

The movie shows how humans go to another place just to take what don't belong to them. The same way Christopher Columbus came to America and took what belonged to the Native Americans. This land did not belong to him or us but he didn't care if he was hurting or killing people to get what he wanted. He did what he had to do to get what he wanted, but was it the right thing for him to do? That’s something only you can answer yourself. To some it may have been the right thing to do, but for me that was the wrong thing to do. How can you be so cruel to people and hurt them the way he did? In the movie they did the exact same thing. They wanted to get close to the Avatars so that once they trusted the humans they would take their land and kill anything that gets in their way. They stared killing the land, animals, even people. They cut down the trees and things that meant the most to the Avatar's. We do the same thing to our forest and land. We think its okay for us to do that.

What's going to happen in 20 years when there’s nothing left for our kids to see? Are we just going to sit back and let human’s destroy what Mother Nature created? Are we going to regret in 20 years the fact that we just sat back and let the world fall into pieces? Or are we going to stand up for what we believe in and do something about it? I know I have a voice and I am willing to use it, am tired of sitting back and doing nothing am ready to stand for what I believe is the right thing to do. I sure know I don’t want my kids to end up having to see some of the beautiful animals in books and old movies. I want them to be able to see it in person. I want them to have the experience that we have as kids now, to be able to witness all the beautiful things that we are sadly killing. There is not going to be anything here for all of us if we keep killing our environment and everything that lives on it. Natures is such a beautiful thing and pretty soon were not going to have anything. Everything will end up going extinct if we keep up the cruel things were doing to Mother Nature. Were killing all the animals in the ocean with the big oil spill. Don’t you see what we are doing? Can you just put down what you’re doing for once and look at the bigger picture? How hard can it be to care for something that does matter to people? It may not matter to you or some people but stop thinking about yourself and start thinking about other people for a change. Maybe if you do that then there is hope for us to come out from this big disaster that we created.

I don’t know about you but am using my voice. It may not be big but it sure is strong enough to do what’s right for us. Am going to use my voice to stand up for the incent animals that don’t have a voice. Maybe you will be willing to listen to me or maybe you won’t but that’s on you not me. As long as I can go to bed at night knowing I did everything I could to try to make a change and do what I think is right, then I will be able to sleep good with no worry about it. How can you sleep through the night knowing you don’t care for anything but yourself? Don’t you feel any care or are you just that heartless to not even care?

My Scary Story: The Walking Dead

It was a crazy stormy raining night. It was Friday the 13th, legend has it that the walking dead comes out to haunt the living. When I and my buddies heard about this legend we thought it was all fun and games. Till the night of October 13 that was the night our lives changed for good. It all started that afternoon when my buddies Mariah, Martin, Derek, Lizzie, and Karch came up with the idea of pulling an all nighters’ to see if this legend was true.

It had started raining early that Morin! My parents were leaving me and my friend’s home alone for the weekend well they went on a business trip. The one rule they left us was no parties. We didn't ever think that the weekend alone without parents could leave us with the death of three people. My parents finally left about noon and the rain still had not stopped yet, instead it just kept getting worse. That's when Karch and Derek had come up with the idea of waiting for the dead to come.

We all thought it was a good idea at the time we had nothing else to do, we weren't allowed to party so we just might as well wait for the dead right? To most people this may seem like the craziest thing for someone to ever do but to us it seemed like tons of fun. Who wouldn't want to wait for the dead? The girls were the ones who were going to do the shopping for all the supplies and the guys were going to set up everything that we need for the long night. We got started doing everything we needed to do because we didn't have much time before you know it will be dark. The storm just started picking up and getting worse each hour. "Don't you find it weird that the storm just keeps picking up and won't stop" Lizzie said to me on our way home from the store. I didn't make anything of it at the time, maybe if I did that night would have never happened!

We were finally all set and getting ready for the long exciting night. Mariah put on a movie for us to watch well we were waiting. Before we knew it started getting darker and darker by the minute. Lizzie stared freaking out saying she “heard noises outside and was seeing shadows move along the house.” Martin and Derek went to the window to go check it out and when they were looking out; at first they didn’t see anything then all of a sudden they seen something hit the window. I, Lizzie, and Mariah started screaming, Karch went to check to see what had hit the window and it ended up being a dead body! The lights started flickering on and off and the television went on and off. We were scared at this point and wanted to take the entire jokes and messing around all back, but there was no way we could. I went to go see what was going on outside and all I could see were tons of dead people heading towards my house.

I was terrified and didn’t know what the heck I got myself into. My friends and I were scared for our live and just wanted it all to end. The guys decided to go in the kitchen and find weapons they could use against them. I didn’t understand how the dead could come back to live and still be alive? I always thought once you die you die and there is no way to come back? Am I just in a dream or is this really going on? The guys finally came back from the kitchen with knifes and other really sharp objects. We were getting ready to go at war with the dead! All of us got everything we needed to end this big crazy mess. Lizzie didn’t want to do this but really none of this wanted to do this we were only in high school we were too young to die.

The war began with the dead; there was blood everywhere and people dying one after another. Before we went into the fight we made a plan to stay as close as we could to each other. When I was fight with this one dead girl I couldn’t find Mariah or Martin anywhere. I was looking and looking for them but they were nowhere in sight to be found. Till I was walking and all of a sudden I tripped over two dead bodies laying in my front yard. I looked down to see what it was and I screamed to find that Mariah and Martin were dead! All this anger and madness grew inside me and I went crazy I started killing every Walking dead person that was insight. We ended up winning the war with the dead but it really seemed like they won the fight because they took what meant the most my friends. After that day I never want it to be the it was. I couldn’t believe that it all happened. The only thought that was in my head was how am I going to explain this to my parents and especially there parents?

Where Do I Belong?

Why am I here on this planet living life? That is a question that we as people get in our everyday lives. This question might strike people and get them to think why I am here? What’s here in this life that's good enough for me? What am I doing with my life and where am I going? As a living and breathing person I got asked this question myself. It just kind of hit me by surprised and I just stopped to think to myself about if I really do belong here? What good am I to everyone in my life?

Now that I am thinking of what good I am to people and what do I mean to them? I think back to all the times I been there for someone in need of help or just someone who needs a helping hand to lend them. I may have done well in my life but I have also done badly. I see myself as a very outgoing, strong, independent, caring, loving, smart, beautiful girl. I have many gifts that I learned how to use over the years. It was not easy at first, every ten steps I took I fell nine steps back but I was always one step ahead of the game. All you need is one step to help you in life it’s always better than none.

When they say you have done well in life what do they mean? That direct term may mean a lot of things to people. It may affect people in many different ways. When someone has used those direct words with me they make me feel good about myself. They let me know that I did something right, or I may of helped someone along the way. One of my friends has told me I make an impact on their life. I try my very best to do well, to help the needy, or just be there for someone who may have no one. It is those people who need someone the most, the ones who may need a little push in life or just someone who can have that friend to talk to. When I was told I made an impact on her life I wondered to myself "what did I do?" I just did what I thought was the right thing to do for someone. Be the friend that they need, be that one that they can relate to in life. If everyone just had one person who was there for them and not someone who is making them feels like they don't belong. Then maybe this world would be a little bit easier to live in.

Someone I look at as a type of role model who I look up to in life is Mother Teresa. She was a very intelligent woman. She may not have made a difference in every one's life but she sure made a big difference in my life. Like they say you may not be able to change everyone or affect every one's life but being able to just help that one person you can make a big difference.

I Am Poem

I am a loving and caring person.
I wonder what people think.
I hear people whispering my name.
I see dead people walking at night.
I want to become a good person.
I am loving and caring.

I pretend to fly in the sky.
I feel happy when am with you.
I touch the clouds in the sky.
I worry that I might lose you.
I cry when we fight.
I am a loving and caring person.

I understand that you do love me.
I say things I do not mean at times
I dream that me and you will be forever.
I try to make you as happy as I can.
I hope you feel the same way I feel about you.
I am a loving and caring person.

Haiku Poem

You are wonderful
You know how to make me laugh
Am glad your my friend!

Perpective

This is probably the last time you will ever hear from me again. My family and I are being killed by your big mistake that you humans created and have no clue how to stop it. I just feel that we did no harm to you so why do you have to kill us? Every day I see my friends and family being killed by all the oil in the ocean. All I ask is if you can try save us? What about my kids there still young? I don't want them to die like this. Everywhere we go all I see is oil. It’s getting so hard for me to breath. I am tired of everywhere I go; everywhere I turn I see a dead body just floating around. When I do at my dead friend just floating I can see it in her eyes asking why me? What did I do? As I see that I think what going to happen to us? Are we going to make it? Why did you cruel people have to do this? Now what am I going to tell my children what is going on? The hardest thing for me to do is tell my daughter that she probably won't make it and she might die. Wouldn't it be hard for you to tell your kids that they are going to die and there is nothing you can do to save them???