My Journal

Yesterday was pretty dangerous but kind of funny too. My recycling partner and I do the recycling job. We split it between ourselves and do the job. Before recycling, everybody had to clean out their desk. So, I lost 5 minutes on that. Then, while I was dumping all the paper, the box/bucket thing slipped out of my hands' grip and fell with a THUD! into the main recycle thing. Tensed up by all the stories I heard about this same incident, I went into the dumpster to see if I could carry the bucket with me out there. When I realized that the only way would be to throw the bucket out and climb out, I decided not to do it. It would probably attract attention. It's a good thing I thought about that because some boys were on their way and I would have been in big trouble. I found out later that Dumpster Diving was not allowed by the way the manager of all recyclers (a sixth-grade teacher) said it to me. At first I thought it was funny, but then I later realized how much trouble I would've been in that day. Not just getting a write-up but also what if I could not have climbed out of that recycling thing. I was saved by God's grace. D:

My Journal

Today I hope will be a good day. Nothing exciting though. We're just going to the computer lab to do some project. I keep on thinking about next year sometimes. But, there may be lots more work to do there. So, I guess I should enjoy these moments while I can. Or else, I will have a big challenge ahead of me. The thing I'm excited about is our different environment. It has its downfalls too though. If you are late to your next class. you will get detention. 2 detentions in a week is equal to Saturday School. I hope I do not have to go to Saturday School just because I was late to class two times in one week...

My Essay: Response to Lit.

                                                The Secret of Fire

Have you ever wondered where humans obtained fire? The Nez Perce folktale, "The Secret of Fire" written by Kristi Madison tells how fire was obtained. This story takes place in a forest. It takes place before people came into the world.

 This legend takes place in the Pacific Northwest before people were on Earth. The Pines were the only creatures to have fire and they refused to share it with the other creatures. This went on for many winters. But one very cold winter, the animals and trees were afraid they would freeze to death. Beaver had an idea to solve this problem.

That evening, the Pines all made a fire and some guards guarded around so as to keep the other animals and trees away. Beaver hid in a brush close by. Just then a big gust of wind blew one piece of live coal to Beaver. Beaver, taking the piece, started swimming away, the Pines behind his back. Soon, the Pines and one Cedar grew tired of chasing Beaver and stopped. The Cedar told the Pines that he would watch, from their view of the mountain, what Beaver was doing. As Cedar went on reporting who Beaver was giving The Secret of Fire to, the Pines just moaned.
They knew that the method to make fire would no longer be a secret.

As the story reaches the end, the message becomes clear. The author wants us to realize the importance of sharing. As we learned when we were little,"Sharing is Caring."This story also teaches you that if you do not share, you may have bad luck.

This is what the Nez Perce folktale "The Secret of Fire" can teach us. We also learned how this tribe believes humans obtained fire. Once again, this folktale has, in an interesting way taught us how important sharing is. So, I hope everyone in the world gets a chance to read this folktale.

My Journal

Not going really good... I made new friends already. They are very kind so I do not really mind. At 1:00 recess, two of the girls let me join the Moving Club. In the Moving Club, you just run voluntarily and can just get a shirt or a little key chain. The funny thing is, I didn't know what I was doing until we went to our P.E. teacher to write down the date and how many laps we ran. I ran the laps without knowing what I was doing.

My Journal

I love my life now. Our friend that was out sick will be coming today! I'm also almost freed from all my assignments. Have to work on the book report really hard! Otherwise, I can't wait to go to school.... Sometimes, I think too deep into things I don't need to necessarily. So then, it makes me feel like life is boring! Anyway.... bye!

My Journal

Ok, it's a waste to talkk about this friendship in my blog. Our friendship is a weird one. First, we get angry at each other and then the next day we become friends again. Then, we get angry at each other again. So, I guess we will be going back and forth between friends. If it starts irritating me, I'm just going to escape from their island and move to another one.  For now, I will have to put up with them.  

You know how friendship can break sometimes.....it's not pretty! It makes my throat get a bump in it as tears just flow down my cheeks.

My Journal

"things are not going very well in friendship land..."
That's what I told my friend who had been absent. I warned her since she had been absent. Now, it was up to her to choose the side. The two girls that I despise very much used to be pretty nice-at least one of them. Now, they aren't. They're cutting the friendship line so that people they despise, will fall into the ocean of students. Luckily, we have other good friends. So, even they don't care about us two, we don't mind. Anyway, I'm just there to support my friend that they are being mean to. I feel they are ignoring her and now they will start ignoring me...