When I arrived in August, I thought that I wouldn’t have a lot of friends in any of my classes. When I showed my schedule to my friends I didn’t notice any classes that we had parallel. But as school started, I noticed that in every single one of my classes—except for one—I had multiple friends.
By October, school was going good: I was playing quarterback for the football team—exactly where I wanted to be. I liked almost all of my classes, and I was learning Spanish really we’ll—-another goal of mine. I could talk in conversation—just a little limited tough.
Suddenly it caught up to me fast, this year was gonna get tough. Progressively school got a lot harder. Science got tough, and Spanish wasn’t easy anymore.
As the year comes to a finish, I think back on what I’ve learned. Studying is crucial in 7th grade. With all the tests, learning checks, and quizzes that get hurled at you, you need to study. Also, organization is something that you need to have. Teachers aren’t as lenient as 6th grade teachers so if you loose something, you’ll get a zero or partial credit.
School has been good to me though, I’ve had a lot of fun this year, but man oh man, summer sounds sweet now.

Is it sometimes necessary to use violence to achieve a better society? Is violence justified if the end result is good?

Violence—to me—is a last resort. Violence is the LAST option. Wether it’s a world event, or something at school, somebody is going to get hurt if violence is used. So matter if it’s verbal or physical violence.

During WWII we lost millions of lives due to violence. Then we brought in our Armed Forces—loosing even more. I do believe that this was the right dip excision, but we just didn’t do it right away, we used it as a last resort.

At school, violence is also never the best option. First you can just tell someone to stop, then you can tell a teacher. Up you should never use violence at school. Violence is never a school option. Schools have so many people for you to talk to to get people to stop bothering or hurting you. They do this to stop violence.

Where the Sidewalk Ends
From the book “Where the Sidewalk Ends” (1974)

There is a place where the sidewalk ends
and before the street begins,
and there the grass grows soft and white,
and there the sun burns crimson bright,
and there the moon-bird rests from his flight
to cool in the peppermint wind.

Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black
and the dark street winds and bends.
Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow
we shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow
and watch where the chalk-white arrows go
to the place where the sidewalk ends.

Yes we’ll walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
and we’ll go where the chalk-white arrows go,
for the children, they mark, and the children, they know,
the place where the sidewalk ends.

This is one of the first poems that I remember reading. I read it a Barton Creek Elementary. I love all the creative imagery that Shel puts in his writing.

It was my one of my favorite— no my most favorite thing to do. The Disney move, “The Country Bears” made me plain happy.
There was no sitting down when I watched this movie. I stood on the coffee table and DANCED! I loved dancing to those silly bears country music. I would always slip on my socks, fall on my but, and drop head first onto our carpet. As I’m writing this post, I’m looking at that same table sitting right across from me and the memories are just flooding in.
I love country music, and now that I think about it, I think I learned to love country music from the Country Bears. These bears sang good ‘ole river dancin country music. Banjo and all— I definitely learned to love country music from them.

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La clase de español es divertido. I would bet money, that most people couldn’t read that. Well, that’s because Spanish class isn’t easy—by the way, that said Spanish class is fun.

I’m taking Spanish this year and Señora Ortiz is my teacher. Spanish class is fun because I have a lot of friends in my class. It’s also fun because I get to learn more every day. I definitely learn the most in Spanish because it’s all new to me.

You learn all about conjugations and grammar and masculine and feminine words and sooooo much vocab—let me say that again— sooooo much Vocab.

Now it’s time for your lesson for today. What does this mean… La clase de español es divertido. You should know that by now.