Bubbles.

I believe this is my last blog post and I;m reflecting back on my writing. I believe i have improved my writing from last year to this and will keep on improving the more I write. This was a great experience for me to be able to write on the computer and not in a journal.

Last Year.

I am going to miss this school. Since theres only two weeks left of school I’m trying to live it up to the fullest. I started here at the bottom and achieved such great hights and now I’m at the top. Now we must move on to the bottom again and soon back to the top. At highschool I know I will also achieve great heights. In between the move is summer and boy am I glad to have a BREAK! I can almost smell the chlorine of the pool and feel the cold rush coming through my body when my skin hits the water. I can feel the tan coming from the sun and I must say its the best part of the year.

Well I’m not sure if we are going to be able to keep writing but if not I would like toyou for reading. take this time to say goodbye. I hope everyone that read my blog posts enjoyed and I thank you all. I enjoyed writing on this blog post and hopefully we will be able to continue this. If not one last time thank you dearly and goodbye!

I believe that we should be able to keep writing in our blog posts. Many highschoolers can get overwhelmed easily and having a blog where kids cans express their feelings may help. Also kids might want to be able to go back and read their writing for old times sake! If you give kids the ability to write on their blogs you can inform other readers saying that this has not become any more of your responsability. This way if anything inappropriate comes up it will not be your repsonsability. If we are not able to kepp writing in our blogs it would still be nice to be ab  le to back and read out writing and remind us of the good times we had here at this school. Thank you and I hope you consider letting the kids that would like to carry on their blog to highschool to keep blogging.

I’m inside but I’m longing to be out there. I’m longing to be young again where thirty minutes of my busy day I was free to run around like a bunny hopping in a field. I was free to slide down the mile long slide that now seems almost as if it has shrunk. I look out there as rays of sun shoot through the trees. I  look out remembering the times when I would climb up to the highest point possible as if it were Mount Everest. Time has come and gone and now the time for Playground has gone and won’t come back so I dream because thats the most I can do.

One of my most exiting moments of my middle school experience happened out of school. It was summer and time for camp. I went with a few of my friends I already knew but met more than i can imagine. I keep intouch with some of these new friends but not as much as I wish i would. The part that made this such a great experience for me was my surroundings. My cabin was able to get very close and it almost felt like a second home to me. It was the first time I have been away from home for two week and even though I missed my family and dogs the cabin made me feel as if there was’nt anything missing. At this camp I also overcame my big fear of heights and by the end of the trip I had done the whole ropes course they offered. After this experience I feltIlearn a lot overcame some fears and basically had fun meeting new people.

In the beginning Duke Frederick banishes Duke Senior, yet he lets Rosalind stay. Charles, a strong man is planning on beating up Orlando a small stubborn man, in a wrestling match. Charles is winning in the start but in the end Orlando is the winner of the battle. When the Duke asks who he is he is disappointed from the answer because he does not like his family. Rosalind is falling in for Orlando as he is falling for Rosalind. Celia is soon banished but Rosalind decides to go with her since they are so close. They take touchstone with them into the forest and disguise themselves so no one knows who they are.

My favorite piece of writing would be A Mile of Sand. I wrote it in the beginning of this year. This is my favorite piece because when I go and look back to read it, every time I feel I am reliving the experience. As I go back I can almost feel the waves coming up and sucking the the sand from under my feet. The piece of writing can calm me when I’m upset or frustrated. After re-reading this it helps me to build on new writing pieces and can always give me a good idea on what to write about.

The poem I just read by  Giselle was really good.  The mood was calm but also very to the point. My favorite part of the poem was ” like the sand after the tide comes in, that get’s swept away with each gasping pull…”. I love this part because I can really feel like I’m living that moment. I go to the beach just to stand and watch the waves come in and pull the sand from under my feet until I’m almost knee deep. Another part I enjoyed was right at the beginning, “The rushing waves,
filter through, the creative walls of my imagination.”. The reason I really like this is because it reminds me of new clear fresh water. Like the water where you can look down and see your feet. The non polluted water. I’ve never been able to experience this but hopefully soon I will be able to. I’m determined to.

 Dear Soojin,

As I read your post I found this quote I totally agree with,”“time” and “exposure” are only things we need to get to the beyond-level.” I too believe that if we want to get to great writing hights we must be able to write our minds and not be under a structure from a teacher. As i thought about this i kept reading and then found this quote that totally connected to what I was thinking, ”teachers can’t really teach a student to become opened”. Thanks for your time in writing this. You really made a stand for kids that just want some freedom in their writing.  Also thanks to you Mr Mayo has given us the priviledge to have a freewrite and just write what we want to once a week on our blogs here. Thanks Soojin

This year almost feels it started yesterday yet in about two months eighth grade will be over and in comes summer. This year I have met new people, changed some friends but more importantly had a  blast learning new things about myself. Half of me cant wait until summer and then high school and then the other half doesn’t want to let go of all the great times in and out of school. This summer i believe i will be going to ocean city with a really good friend of mine and then hopefully north Carolina with my family.  Next year i will be at Blair High School and i really am excited about meeting more new people. Right now its spring time and the weather is GREAT. When i walk outside and breath the cleansing fresh air travel through my lungs. Then look and see the flowers sprouting and grass getting even more green. I waited all year to be able to break in my new shorts and flip flops and the time has finally arrived. =]