Founding Fathers

Authors note: This is a essay about the founding fathers of our country. This is to remind everyone how many amazing things these men did for our country.

Dear Leaders of our country, 

Yes, you are the reason our county today is held together. You all need an endless number of thanks. You laid down the basic laws for us today. You would be shocked to see the kids these days. Even the littlest kids in grade school take everything for granted. From the education they get, the houses over their heads, and the food that they get fed. When you laid down these sets of 'rules', you planed kid to be like they were in those days. They took nothing for granted. I think the reason we take advantage of things because of the technology. We can do much more on our own with it, therefore we are not using or caring about teacher and parents opinions. 

George Washington you were the first president in our country. That is amazing, You will be remembered for all time. I don't know if you know this but you are also on the dollar bill. I honestly think that is so cool. I mean how amazing would it be to have your face on the money that all of out country uses every day. You basically set the foundation for our country and you obviously did an amazing job because we are still going today. Ben Franklin you are an amazing inventor. You invented things that if you wouldn't have made them no one would have and we would be without them. And accomplishing all of that and have 17 brothers and sisters at home. Wow! You were really motivated to get a good education to be what you became. Thomas Jefferson you were president for two whole terms, but before you were the governor of Virgina That's amazing, It is even amazing to be president for one term. But you went all out and were in the white house for 8 years. 

You all have helped out our country in amazing ways. But it is sad to say that I think that you would be disappointed to how much we have changed and bent the rules and how much we take for granted. You amazing men are forever thanked for making our country safe.

Love,

A loving citizen of this amazing county you have made.

a.k.a  Rose

Speak

Authors note: This is a cause and effect on the book Speak


In the book Speak Melinda is going to a end of the summer party. It's a high school party not a party for the incoming freshmen. But at this time she was still friends with Rachelle, and her brother had gotten them in. Mel being so young and insistent, got drunk and wandered into the woods alone. Andy Evens took the opportunity in his hands. He went up and kissed her. She thought it was going to be nothing more than making out. Then he unzipped his pants and threw her to the ground. She just thought he was hurting her when in reality he was raping her. Mel was confused and upset. When she finally got free she called the cops. Then someone yelled " The cops are coming!". For the whole party to hear. 

This caused Mel to have no friends in high school everyone hated her for ruining the end of summer party. The only person that would talk to her is the new girl Heather. Heather and her were totally different. Soon Heather and her grew apart.Mel then had no friends. She got even more depressed and resorted to cutting herself. Mel got blamed for something that wasn't even her fault. She wasn't wanted and she was outcast-ed for being raped, and not being able to say no. This is like the whole Steve Bartmen thing, he was out casted for doing something that he thought was right. All he did was try and touch the ball, there were others to but he was the one that was"picked" to be out casted that all the cubs fans. 

The Giver

Authors Note: This is about a book I read a couple weeks ago. The title is The Giver, By Louis Lowry. It is the conflicts and resolutions of the book.


In the book Giver  Jonas's community is all the same. They have a sameness. Their are just a select few that look different. But since they don't see color it is harder to tell. Most peoples eyes are dark, for a brown color. Jonas and the other few are light, for a blue color. In this community this is a HUGE difference. These people who are different from all the others are usually the ones chosen to be the new givers when they get their assignments. Jonas gets the assignment of being the giver. Here he learns that his job isn't all that. For every good there is a bad. He knows all, he gets all the memories. But he must go through pain and suffer. He can see whatever he wants in the community, but he knows all peoples secrets and what they do. Jonas doesn't think it is fair that one single person has to take in all the memories. He thinks that everyone in the community should have memories. Both good and bad. To do this he must leave the community so the memories he has go free and to other members of the community.

 The Conflict in the book is Jonas knowing all these feelings that no ones else knows.He wants to find a way so that everyone can feel all these different emotions. The resolution is Jonas makes a plan to leave the community, by doing this he will then leave the memories to all the people of the community. He wants his community to not be in sameness and have differences. 

Who am I to her? The Boy Who Cried Wolf?

Authors note: This is a personal narrative that I wrote about how i broke my wrist for the second time. 

It all happened in a matter of seconds. I was skating like a pro and then the next I was on the floor with my wrist throbbing with pain. I look down at my wrist, which was already turning purple with a big hard lump on one side. Then I flashed back to last year, when I had broken my other wrist. Purple, swollen, and a big hard bone that looked as big as an elephant. Right then I knew it was broken. Once I realized it was broken for sure, tears dripped out my eyes. For I finally felt the pain.

The pain steadily scorched through my wrist up through my arm as I ran over to my mom to show her my assortment of purple and blue blotches that speckled my wrist. After a quick assessment, she told me that it was fine and that I hadn't breaking or damaged anything. What? What is this? I know that I broke my wrist. I know what if feels like. Not only the fact that my hand feels like it's being crushed by an elephant, but my mom has the nerve to question my authority! How dare her. 

After a car ride home that was awkward at the least, I tried explaining to my mom that I truly was in overbearing pain and that I knew something was wrong. After bickering back and forth, she finally gave up and drove me to the doctor where I found that LIKE ALWAYS, I was right. In your face, mom. Even though roller skating is exciting to do, I think I've learned my lesson on thinking I'm skating like a "pro" but actually ruining my body in the process.

With my shattered wrist and my anger at my mom, tears steadily rolled down my eyes. From the pain to the thought that my mom didn't trust me to tell her about my own pain. For her to even dare to think about me joking about my wrist being broken when I am in pain. How could she? How could she not believe her own daughter? I was furious at her for a while. How could she? think her very own daughter was joking when she is holding her dismantled wrist in her hand, with tears pouring down her eyes? Who did she think I was the boy who cried wolf? Was that who I was to her? Then I took some time to get myself together and realized I was angry over nothing, really, and that it was all just an accident.

But by the time I realized this I was already in a cast and hadn't said a word to my mother in about an hour. She knew that I was mad at her. Then I decided I needed to apologize. She is my mother and may not always make the best choices at first but in the end, everything was A-OK. So I gave her a hug and said I was sorry and that it wasn't her fault that she didn't believe me. But after all that was said and done, I secretly knew that I was, in fact, a pro at skating.

The Giver

Authors note: This is a retelling of the book the giver. 


 All that was on Jonas's  mind was what assignment he would get and have until he went to the house of the old. Even at the evening meal during the telling of your feelings all he could say was that he was excited and wanted to know what his assignment was. Jonas gets the giver as his assignment.  He is excited and a whole new world opens up for him He will find out what color, love, and memories are. He will also find out why his community is in all sameness and what troubles some people go through to get it this way