"To Bully "or not "to Bully"

As children get into elementary school, kids begin to change in their attitudes. Some turn to be great and nice when it comes to dealing with others. Then, there are other children who pick on others just to get a grin or a laugh every once and awhile. Bullying is wrong and should be taken care of where it usually starts. Even to this day, kids in high school pick on other students because of how they look or who they hang out with. To me, those kids are immature and do not deserve to have people to care for them since they do not care for others. All they think about is themselves and how they act. When they finally realize what they do is a horrible thing to do, then it's the time to accept them and care for them as well. Do what you would unto others as you would yourself.

Reasons for the Season

1. Family time
2. You get to eat a lot!
3. Peace between early colonial pilgrims and Native Americans
4. Fun holiday
5. Keeps everyone inside
6. Spend time with relatives
7. Tell stories of life between relatives
8. Give thanks to the Lord
9. Giving thanks to people outside your family
10. Making people happy

Speak book review

IT was ruining her life. There was nothing she could do about it, until she found hope. Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak showed me what it was like to to suffer through a traumatic ordeal. Every year, there are countless teenagers who are raped, but they usually never tell about it to authorities or their parents. Many of the cases never reach higher than a whisper in the victim's head. In contrast, there are a few that "speak" their mind and confront their darkest enemy.



In the book, Speak, Melinda Sordino is the average school girl entering high school. Inside she has a dark secret she couldnt tell anyone. Before entering Merrywether High, there was an awesome end-of-summer party. The outcome of it was cops infiltrating the place and crashed it all because of Melinda. Of course, everyone knows who crashed the party, its what happened before that no one but Melinda knows. All throughout the year, she is trashed and humiliated because of what she did. Her old friends hate her now, and she is left with a new girl who desperately wants to fit in, Heather.



Considering the style of Laurie Halse Anderson, she developed a real life experiance that was made into a fiction. I like the book itself for only a few reasons; it shows what can happen to teenage girls who are victims of rape, and it shows how strong a person can become if they overcome their greatest fear. Speak is a great book in how it shows the emotions of a teenager and what they can go through during their high school years.

In conclusion, this book, Speak is a book I would recommend to others to read. Everyone should get a chance to read this book. Boy or girl, both could learn something from this book as I have and share it with someone who is close to them so they could understand how fragile a teen's life can become.

Have you ever wondered what it was like to be a spy? Have you wanted to hold a device that looked like a pen but actually fires a sleeping dart? Well, there is one lucky/unlucky boy at the age of fourteen that is able to experiance that thrill. His name is Alex Rider. Anthony Horowitz's Stormbreaker with its creativity and its fast paced on-the-go action stlyle.

Settled in England, Alex Rider is another average school who lost his parents in a plane crash. He lives with his uncle until something horrible goes wrong. His uncle is killed in a car accident. But, Alex knew it was more than just an accident when he sees the bullet holes in his uncle's car. All his family is gone except for his friend and housekeeper. Once again, Alex finds more dirt on his uncle when he finds out that he was a MI6 agent! From there on, Alex dedicates his life to becoming a spy and finding any information on his beloved uncle.

In the setting, it's the beginning of school for Alex. Just like him, it was the beginning of school for me. Expressed so vividly, Anthony Horowitz showed scenery. He makes you feel like you are a part of the book by using clear adjectives.

The style for this book like many, it shows a pioneer striving to make a difference and changing the world. It shows what most soldiers do in their every day life. Also. it combines the humor and drama that we see or read about in most books.

With everything as it is, Stormbreaker is one of the best books I've read that has caught my interest. everything about it makes me want to read the rest of the Alex Rider series. In the end. I give this book a four-star rating and hope that everyone that likes that secret agent books as much as me will like this one as well.

"Varsity Blues"

When the team has been grouped together in the locker for prayer, I can hear the crowd outside
cheering and jeering. That sensation brings excitement to me knowing that I'm a pioneer. The pride of wearing that orange and black brings the adrenaline on in me. Sadly it does not last forever.

When the season's over, the chill in the air rises on the back of my neck. I feel satisfied about the season, yet I want more out of it. From then on until August 1st I have to wait until that "sensation" comes back. I yearn it. Between the season before and the season to come, I work up to making that feeling come back and get me pumped up for everything ahead to come.