Graduation Speech

      Hello, now I don't know about you, but I am a little nervous, yeah, who could be nervous speaking in front of a crowd of people. That is not the only reason I am nervous, I am graduating, moving on with my life, I won't see many of my classmates for a while and that, that makes me a little nervous, sitting in these seats is very nerve-racking, it seems like yesterday we were all in Mrs. Valerie's class learning: 'when in doubt right click', or in Mrs. Raker’s class learning about the zombie geese. For many students the one piece of advice they do remember from freshman year is 'when in doubt right click'. What exactly happens when one 'right clicks'? Well a drop down menu appears with options to choose from such as copy, paste, bookmark, back, etc. all of these options are useful in some way, whether it is to get a picture or to help get unstuck. We have been through a lot as a class, teachers have been leaving left and right, (I think they might not like us that much) and some of our fellow students that we spent the years growing up with left for other schools. After today we are going to be symbolic adults going into what is called the “real world”, this can be difficult for some students, but if we can become the leaders of our school I know that we can make it. We just need to remember that enough is enough and a pinch can sometimes turn into a jungle, we are not always right we are wrong, and we have to know when to admit it. We need to look on the bright side, don’t go to the dark side the lied about the cookies. Seniors we need to know how to right click, to save that moment in our mind, and how to right click to understand what we did wrong, we need to right click.

The sloth in Harlem

The poem the sloth I thought was a great poem. I liked its rhyming scheme, and its structure, although I do not understand all of the poems figurative meanings, this poem is an awesome poem. As I read this poem images of sloths in there natural habitat came to mind, and then I thought of the sin sloth. This poem made me think about it. I was stuck rereading and rereading it to try to figure it out. I don't know this poem is one of my favorite poems that we have read this year. Other poems have either confused me or I just wanted them to be over. Although Harlem was a pretty good poem, with an awe inspiring figurative meaning showing what life was like in the early twentieth century when discrimination was still a big deal. These are the two poems that I really like Harlem, and the sloth, they both seem to be something, and everytime you read the poem it has a different mean, which gives each of the poems more power. This year the poems have not been as bad as before, but still the sloth and Harlem are the two poems that I really liked.

New Year Buzz

The new year brings new changes... Now that is one cliche that I hear all of the time. I do not look forward to this new year because it does bring too many new changes. I will be leaving high school soon, then I need a job, college is also coming up, and then there are scholarships. I just hope that this new year also has some changes that do not stress me out. Possibly straight A's or passing some AP exams, yeah that would be nice. Getting a job will not be too bad, but it will consume time that could be spent doing other activities for school, or leisure. College will be fun, I already got accepted so I know where I am going, I just need to fork over the cash. That is what is stressing me out the most though, the cash. I will probably be getting a job in the next quarter, so that will help get me prepared for college. I also hope that some of the scholarships I apply/applied for work out. This semester is going to be insane, but I believe that there is a way to get through it, and that is organization. I usually just want everything done at once with out doing the work, but then I end up feeling guilty and do the assignment anyways. Organization of my time and my school stuff will help me get through this new year, and hopefully onto the next.  I also need to read and write more. Let's just stick with finding a job for right now.