Boy In The Striped Pajamas

The Boy In The Striped Pajamas is a novel written about the strange friendship between a German commandant and a jewish child. Both forced to live on either sides of a fence, the very fence that puts a large 'gap' in between them. Yet they mold an unforgettable friendship that leads to a tragic ending. The most captivating part of the book would be that it was written in Bruno's point of view. They readers automatically felt the sorrow of the clueless child dying so cruelly. Boyne also seemed to send a message on how this could never happen, to show the gradual change the world has come to. We're more united, more peaceful towards each other, the countries and it's representatives handle circumstances in a more civilized manner.

In The Boy In The Striped Pajamas, written by John Boyne, Bruno, the antagonist, was having a conversation where his father said "just accepting the situation in which you find yourself (so) everything will be so much easier." (p. 53) The consequences that come with just accepting the situation, and ignoring the contribution you could have to change it, is the regret that comes after it's too late. You would walk away with the fact in yourself, that things could have come out differently more positively, that is, if the out come was adverse. There's also the madness of just staying put with something that your thoughts were against. The rage and guilt always haunting you, and the 'what ifs' pondering you late at night. But then again, just accepting the situation keeps you safe, amongst the crowd. You don't attract any unnecessary attention, thus creating an uproar in the situation. Now it's whether you'd like to keep low and be safe or stand up and receive what you actually want. Bruno took his father's advice and stayed at Auschwitz without complain, which lead to a new, but harmful friendship.

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Fence

Book Cover

Zarafsha :)

Treaty of Versailles, Fair or Not Fair?

The Treaty of Versailles was unfair to the Germans, even if they did damage and harm things during the war. The Treaty was presented in 1918, but Germany was forced upon agreeing to it by 1919. Forcing this on the Germans did not help the situation, where Germany was already ganged up on, defeated and vulnerable to the allies. Already being in poor condition, the country was expected to reduce it's defense operations, making it in an unhealthy state. Looking back at this, now, Wilson's vow to bring peace and bringing independence to countries seems the base plan of the Allies to bring Germany down for going against the Allies. Using Wilson's fourteen points, the Allies, especially Britain and France, established the harsh Treaty. The bill that Germans had to pay was exceeding, and not helping Germany's economy at that time. All of this, the loss of their pride, fueled to Germany's anger, probably leading to the extermination of Jews. If, this hadn't happened, if they had done that, if, if, if only; these are the things we think of now, things could have been different then. But is done, is done, Germany's desire to eliminate the Jews was most probably formed when Germans were shamed and unhappy about the loses. They had lost all the lands conquered before, just because they lost one war, all the land overpowered from previous victories, from previous times of hard determination was lost. People in German became resentful and hoped for victory, this also happened to be when Hitler was raising. From the shame of the loss, Germans searched for a someone or something to blame on, with Hitlers lead, the blame was pointed to the Jews. But that was only the beginning of new, but horrid, revolution.

Although Wilson's treaty was of good intention, he was blinded by it's light to see the other misfortunes around the world. For Example, Japan's request for a treaty opposing racial discrimination was rejected even when the vow was to bring peace to the world. Racism was actually an major factor during those times, especially with African slave trading happening in the western world. Things that seemed small as such, could have effected the world today in a good way, by helping unite even more nations together. Even though that stage today is almost complete. Also, when Ho Chi Minh a Vietnamese patriotic asked to speak to the Allies, they refused. This put the impression that the Allies might have been saying to help bring peace, but not letting someone address them in a civilized way instead of force might have lead people to think otherwise. Wilson only let Europe overcome the rule of the large empires, but Africa and Asia was still under the dominance of European nations. But today things are different, most of the countries in the world are independent and most don't fight for their own nation, not including Israel, Korea and other countries with the similar problems as them.

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Treaty Cover

Nazi Flag

By Zarafsha :)

No Man Is an Island

John Donne's Words:

No man is an island entire of itself; every man
is a piece of the continent, a part of the main;
if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe
is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as
well as any manner of thy friends or of thine
own were; any man's death diminishes me,
because I am involved in mankind.
And therefore never send to know for whom
the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

The words from 'The Island' by Armin Greder, Jason van Gereden's visual poem, and John Donne's poem all reflect similar text. They all talk about the illusion of difference that humans believe, the discrimination between humans equal to us. The theme of the texts is isolation, and how no man can survive on it's own, we're all connected. The story of how people just make up the differences, without actually understanding them. The beggars on the street are passed without being looked at, or thought of their poor condition. In The Island, Greder showed how 'the stranger' was silenced and labeled as a monster without doing anything at all, showing the fear of difference. But Donne's words lecture about the connection, the similarity that bind us, yet the simple differences put a sea in between " a part of the main".

The Island (Greder) highlights prejudice, as without introduction or anything, the lost man is marked as a threat, a stranger. He's voiceless and powerless, treated like an animal for looking different from the natives of the Island. He's thrown around the village without having as much of say in it, the people of the island dehumanize him and turn their thoughts of him into a monster. The 'otherness' is strong too, on how looks deceive them, separating them, it creates a barrier. The man is taken away because he's an other, someone thats not them, and it's because he comes from elsewhere, he's lost and in poor condition, but still an other. The visual poem also expresses the otherness of the tramps, how their poor quality is ignored by the people passing by. They are segregating themselves from the street beggars by ignoring their 'loathsome' existence. Donne dismisses the idea of isolation, instead promotes togetherness, "every man is a piece of the continent". He conveys that mankind is like a puzzle and every man/piece is needed to finish the whole picture, and every piece connected with each that makes one man's mistake, everyone else's too.

The distinction between the 'us' and 'them' is an instinct made by humans. They are afraid of what 'they' could do, what 'they' might do. Creating barriers just helps the 'us' feel more safe, their afraid of the change that might come from interacting. From Donne's words, it seems all mankind is connected, one man's mistake is yours too, "I am involved in mankind". Discriminating yourselves, also is an act of possession, Greder's book conveys this when none of the villagers wanted 'the stranger' coming in contact with 'their' things, as it might be poison to them. The villagers thought it was best to lock him up, because they were afraid to lose their power and their land. The visual poem tells that underneath every unnoticed homeless person on the street, there's hope of surviving and a story worth listening to. Connecting Donne's word to this, we're responsible for each other, looking after one another, for every man is linked, creating mankind, joining the puzzle together.

Judgements prevent us from seeing the good that lies beyond appearances. ~Wayne W. Dyer

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The Island: http://openlibrary.org/works/OL9981863W/The_Island

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Zarafsha :D

Profile EE (Excellently Excellent)

Just like last year, in Humanities we a serious of tests to identify what our learning profile is. This done to help our teachers and ourselves understand what, where and how we learn best. My profile was, Profile EE (aka the Excellently Excellent).

From looking at my Profile and relating it to me ways of learnings, I learn best when I've written or verbally communicated and analyzed information. Whether me detailed or just the bid picture. Although, the profile states that when I can structure information in an orderly fashion as I take in the "big picture" with I ears and eyes. Even though, my in my profile it's been said that as a verbal learner I tend to talk about my learnings in order to understand it fully. I disagree with that mainly because I do not think that I'm a verbal leaner. As with the statement that I have the need to talk about what I've learned I'm not exactly sure. I don't usually ask question to instructions but like to make sure what I've

learned is correct. In some ways it could be true. I, like most other students, learn best when I'm NOT under any stress. For if I'm under stress or preoccupied, I'm been prone to forget things. And the profile also states that I may have trouble hearing or seeing things when under stress, which not entirely true. Sure when anxious I may miss details and have difficulty paying attention. But I know one thing from the paper is absolutely true, I need to talk things through when I have a hard time comprehending what I learned.

During class and while learning, I need to either write or talk about the what is being learnt. It's easy for me take it in visually because there is a slight possibility I could forget it. Also, what I've learnt can be forgotten if don't go over it frequently. While learning, I in an

environment where I'm calm and relaxed, because under stress I get edgy and began to forget things. As you can see, my memorizing skills are not all that good. Also, if there's a lot pressure on me, I get clumsy and lost.

Being a Logic Dominant Learner, I have different strategies that help me learn or that I use. These include brainstorming ideas, visualizing unusual images in my mind, I rely on my instincts, I prefer to use different ways of writing/saying things all the time, expressing my emotions, especially spontaneous joy is something I would o, I enjoy being physical and active doing activities much like hiking and swimming and so forth, and to understand some concepts I role-play the situation. These aren't all the strategies and habits that I use/work well with listed in the book. The rest of the bullet-points don't apply to me, or I disagree with. For example, I don't exactly like using mind maps to generate ideas, writing is one of my strongest subject yet it one of my least favorite work, so naturally when I saw that the booklet said I write poems and songs I disagreed with it. Although when I'm emotional I do

sing songs that I make up on the spot. I do not use metaphors and emotional stories as much as possible because I barely talk most of the time let alone tell stories.

I would like all my teachers to know that, I'm a quiet girl. Although I can achieve many things, I do it in my own quiet, shy way. I absolutely, totally, incredibly, LOVE reading. I read wherever, whenever I can. At dinner, at a party, sometimes if I have a good enough book during class. It's sometimes one of my flaws because I can get very distracted by a book, yet it enhances my writing and reading skills. I do tend to get distracted and doodle occasionally. It's just a habit that a lot of students do when teacher keep droning on and on. I have to have everything around me neat and organized. Whether it be the basket of markers in front of

me, or pencil case. I work better with a group who can be productive, but if I'm among those who talk, I join in and lose my focus. Even if I can get a teacher or someone to help me out, I prefer to solve my own problems. It may seem I'm too shy to come up to a teacher to ask, which sometimes may be the case, but I don't ever feel like asking for. I WANT to do it myself. At the moment this is all I can think of. These probably are the most important things I'd like my teachers to know.

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Two Brains

Say No To Library Closure!!

Through the UK, council men are putting the consideration of closing the Libraries that seem unneeded to them. I do not understand the need to close down the birth place of ideas, the place to get lost into the secrets of our thousand year pasts. The momentarily pleasure of happiness, the amusement in finding the perfect book. Reading is an object of delight in the people, casting them off would endanger the knowledge of our world.

I strongly disagree with this decision that may or may not up take soon. The thought of the door closed forever, horrifies me. Reading, to me, is the best pass time. The way when reading, you're lost inside a different world, a world that could be any where, any time, with any story. The pages itself, go away, the words spiral through your mind, forming pictures. Everything around, is forgotten.

Throughly, I think that shutting down the libraries is

wrong, and should not happen. Not just because of my love for reading, but for the knowledge letting free from the pages. These libraries hold the knowledge that everyone has the right to access. I'm absolutely against closing down the libraries in the UK.

An anonymous supporter, who does not want the libraries, sculpted papers sculptures. They were seen somewhere in one of the many libraries that may be closed down soon. Here are two of them;

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Music Box and Coffin

Dragon In Egg

By- Zarafsha :P

Me In Three Objects

Each person, individual, human being, or whatever you may call your self, has a vast number of characteristics that represent them. Each being’s personality is a tangles mess that forms their unique qualities. As there is more than a variety of traits each person contains, the list of objects that could symbolize myself is limitless. Nonetheless, I have chosen these three items that express myself most efficiently.

Eleven years ago, my parents and I moved into Warszawa, Poland, where I had fallen in love with beauty of city. The city contained a mixture of modern buildings and historical structures. Though, most of the ancient architectures were reconstructed, after more than half the city was demolished during World War ıı. These buildings and statues from the medieval times caught my eye the most because I’ve always been fascinated with things from olden times, where there was no electricity and candles were used. As a matter of fact, my early childhood dream was and still is to live back in the time where Kings and Queens ruled, served by royal knights. Being the princess of place where I would ride on carriage, and have the privilege of wearing gowns of exotic fabrics. While there, not only did I love the architecture, the country itself is a charm, the trees that dotted high ways, the stillness and soothing winds that blew across quiet nation. Warszawa is one of my dearest places to be, but unfortunately when we moved out of the country three years later, I never returned back. But I brought a postcard with me, from a gift shop during the fun afternoons spent in Lazienki Park. On the card, about 38 tiny pictures of famous structures, containing both modern and antiquated buildings filled up the postcard, which coincidentally is shaped like a heart. The photographs includes the Old Town Market Place, Royal Castle, Wilano Palace, Presidential Palace, and so on. I absolutely miss Poland and it’s wonders, but the postcard is all I have, for now. The card represents my affection of Warszawa and the Medieval times.

In my life, above almost everything, is reading. If I could, I would sit inside a enormous library, with gleaming golden ladders that stretch up against the ceiling high book shelves, hundreds and thousands of shelves stacked with books about absolutely anything and everything. Only my mother probably won’t allow me to sit all day in there. Nonetheless, I read every minute of my free time, I even read in gatherings, parties and family outings. There are two piles next to bed, four shelves full of books and some even have double rows! Another shelf in the closet with three rows of books. That’s just how much I bought from stores, so it doesn’t count the countless number of I borrowed from the library. In other words, you can say that reading is my life. I’ve read over a ton of books, varying mostly in the fantasy genre, and to find the right object to represent would be hard. Maybe my favorite book would do good, yet to choose a book above all the other ones is challenging too. For I enjoyed, The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S Lewis, Harry Potter by J.K Rowling, Twilight Saga by Stephine Meyer, Fallen by Lauren Kate, and so forth. After pondering and fishing around my room, I chose my favorite bookmark instead of favoured book.Not only does it in a way represent my passion for reading, but also that my hobby, not so coincidentally is collecting bookmarks. Two years ago, my collection started when I realized that bookmarks were a important part of reading, for obviously you’ve got to keep track of, until where you have read. This particular bookmark is exceptional to me than my others in my collection because it’s unique. Most bookmarks I’ve come across have sayings that are to encourage people to read books, but this one has a quote, “Laugh when you can. Cry when you must.” It’s eye-catching too, for it’s larger than most typical bookmarks, it is just slightly bigger than my hand. The colors are distinctive, so are the shapes that border the quote. To truly add the finishing touch, the bondi blue ribbon. Going to bookstores captivates me, searching for new books are my entertainment. All those new enchanting novels that hold secrets of who knows what. The bookmark was just hanging there, on an ordinary day, looking through the stacks of books, when it caught my eye. It seemed to me that the appealing would do good in my collection. So, just like that, I bought the bookmark, which is currently my favorite bookmark. Reading would most probably, describe me the best, against everything else, for reading is frankly my life.

Frustrating, isn’t it? Obstacles preventing you from saving your work, the spinning wheel irritating you, and your typing indiscriminately on the keyboard while using your other hand you keep clicking aimlessly on the screen attempting to solve technical problem which you’re very sure you it won’t ever make sense to you. In a situation almost identical to the one, I would think differently. As a matter of fact, I’d be thinking the exact opposite of what is mentioned above. I’m what you’d call a “Computer Geek”, for working on the computer is my absolute, second best pass time, after reading of course. Whether it’s just browsing through an search engine, troubleshooting technical difficulties, or chatting/catching up with friends and family from far and wide, I’m on it. Sometimes, when there is nothing in the entire world that can delight me, I’m wandering through my computer, discovery new short cuts, new mechanisms to personalize my computer, cool, pretty or unique pictures for my desktop, or just smiling at snapshots that bring back old memories. Most of my time is already spent on the computer because now days, with the modern gadgets, nearly all teachers are giving out homework that utilize the Internet. Not only does it effect that this age has more sophisticated than a decade or so ago, printing out paper is an issue for the it impacts the earth. Extra usage of paper, electricity, plastic and so on, has caused global warming, pollution, and et cetera. Choosing carefully, I decided upon showcasing my Kitty Thumb-Drive to symbolize zeal for using electronic devices, especially the computer. I guess my personal desktop would shown everyone, without doubt, my passion for gizmo's, but that’s too obvious and boring. The Thumb-Drive is shaped unusually, for I’m pretty sure not many people have USB that take the appearance of a cat. Besides, cats and any other feline creature, are outright the second to none animals in my world. The majority most probably would pick dogs, but I, unlike them, have a crazed obsession with the feline family. Tigers are my topmost favorite, though I’d choose any breed of cat over dogs or such beasts. In addition, Julia C., one of my best friends, just prior to moving away, she presented to me with the thumb-drive. It bring backs the good times we had, laughing at jokes, pretending to be responsible and so forth. This Thumb-Drive, formed in the shape of a pearly white miniature cat, is unique and special, on account of the fact it represent my relish for the cat family, memories of one of my best friend and electronic appliances.

Flash-Drive

Kitty Figure:

Even though describing someone, anyone in only a few objects is practically absurd, I’ve chosen three items, out of everything in my room, out of everything that I have held, I chose them. The postcard of Warszawa (Warsaw), illustrated that of all the places you can find on the altas, Warszawa, Poland is my personal favorite. Reading is the very best productive work I could possible think of, to show that, plus my hobby; collecting bookmarks, I decided to displayed my dearest bookmark. Last, but not the least, my Kitty Thumb-Drive shaped in the form of a snowy white cat stands for my fondness of the electronic devices and, what I think to be, the supreme animals; the feline family, also known as, the cat family. Choosing with difficulty, the settled on picking the Warszawa postcard, my favorite bookmark and my special Kitty Thumb-Drive to myself.

-Zarafsha :)

Sources - Photo Booth

My Name

Zarafsha.
A name with elegance and charm. A curly, glossy, and wavy hair. Almost the number 8, wiggling across the page. An ancient, dark blue comes to mind, more or less the deep world under the surface of water. Deep blue water, twisting and coiling to form a Z, then A, R, A, F, S, H, and finally another A. Maybe written in the dark and ancient blue ribbon, so soft and stunning, keeping all the eyes mesmerized. A sense of puzzle comes when looking at the name, a difficult math equation which pleases me in account of the fact my personality is quite a cryptic. There are rare times though, when the mood goes dark and grim, the name, Zarafsha becomes less exquisite. Even more exasperating is that in spite of the fact that it’s a unique name, it’s too rare causing people to pronounce incorrectly. Some names include; Zarasha, Zarafasha, or every so often, Zarafa.

Nonetheless, the name is special, meaning ‘Light of Wealth’ clarifying that the bearer would bring wealth in whatever way, which is true in ways. Around the time I was born, my father had earned a promotion. The name Zarafsha is rather uncommon, for hundreds have the Zara, but not Zarafsha. It came from a television show character, the show was one of my mother’s favorites back then. As the name was so uncommon, finding the meaning was mystifying, as a matter of fact I would have been named Tashfia if my great-uncle had not found the denotation.

Enchanting to articulate, spell-binding to listen. This is my name, Zarafsha.

It's About The Title

"Dreams Subtitle My Reality"

My Blog title is a quote about dreams and reality which I altered a bit to sound more like me. The real quote was actually; "I reject your reality and substitute it with my own." -Adam Savage, as I enjoy dreaming using my imagination and combing it with the actuality, I tweaked the quote into making it about one of my favorite pass time. I specifically chose the topic because I believe dreaming is important part of life for without them there would be no hope or a private sanctuary to retire when life is harden by the cruelty of the world. Dreams can vary from mythical and magical dreams to dreams of one's future or desire. Unfortunate for us, reality and dreams usually don't collide. So instead most people subtitle their reality with their dreams, which is to say, that even the though the world would stay the same, they themselves would only see it differently, depending on their imagination. This is not exactly living in a world where dreams and real life are all there together, but a world where there both there yet a wall stands in between the two. At least, that is what my meaning to the quote "Dreams Subtitle My Reality", you may come across some with a dissimilar explanation for each individual's illustration of the word "dream" is unlike to the definition of the next person you might ask.

As mentioned how important dreaming is, but having reality is significant too, so I thought of making a quote that has both. As much I love dreaming (dreams when sleeping and also day-dreams) I would never like the notion of losing physical existence of the real world.

By Zarafsha

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Deam and Reality Doors Picture

Imagination Picture

From The Darkness of Nu

This is my Creation Story Trailer, from my Ancient Egyptian Myths. Hope you enjoy! :P 

My Grade 6 Year

The 6th grade year has unfortunately come to and end. All through the year, there has been some ups and downs. Yet, even the year had it's bumps, I shall ever miss it. Especially my teachers; Mrs.Narsiman, Mrs.Smith, Mr.Smith, Ms.Fox, Ms. Thompson, Ms. Fulcher, and other teachers that taught me during this year. But there is always an ending for everything, nothing lasts forever. Now the time has come to move on to seventh grade. Seventh grade teachers do not know much about me, except, probably my name. Here is a reflection, that may help the teachers to understand my learning habits and me, more!

This year, I worked at my best, trying to create perfection out of my work. Even my learning, I've grown this year in many ways. My portfolio holds proof of that, for the portfolio From all the pieces of work I have done through this year, the one that I feel I've excelled at is the blog post that composed a story of a memory that frightened me. It was the Tiger Picture Blog post. This particular piece of writing stood out, because here I added details of emotion and action. Using descriptive words to clear out what I was feeling, what it looked like, what it sounded like, and so on. It was like taking a snap shot of the event, and going through the details slowly and carefully. Unfortunately though, that week was the week that I had to go back to the US, and it totally slipped my mind that we had that there was blog-post. So, this was turned in late, not exactly my best pieces, but I still feel I outdid the content. As there were times that I felt proud of, there were also times where I felt challenged.

During the course of this year, one thing that challenged me the most was communicating. It's always been in my nature to be quiet and shy. Making new friends or meeting new people was weird, especially when I had to start the conversation. This year, I was separated from my friends from last year, and at the beginning of the year I had been almost alone, but gradually, I became to know some of the kids in my class. Still throughout the year I had some troubles when working in groups or pairs. I still hadn't gotten any better at being less bashful, so being around students who I don't know all that well makes me quite close to sounding mute. All the same, even if I hadn't grown on the skill of not-being very wary of my surrounding, there were other opportunities where I grew.

Looking at my growth, what I've learned about myself as a learner is that I could write better than the style I wrote last year. The writings from last year, just went straight to the point of the story. Now, using bigger and more vocabulary in well structured paragraphs I writes essays, narratives, diaries and so forth. Evidence comes from my very first blog-post, where I introduced myself, that shows how I wrote before, to the blog-post I recently wrote for a Lit. Circle post, one The Giver book, by Lois Lowry. It was the letter from Jonas to his little sister, where upon we had to explain all that Jonas learned during his employment as the Receiver or Memory. Also, learning our Learning Profile helped me learn myself better. The learning profile showed my learning habits that I hadn't realized before, to help me understand what would be best for my learning though the duration of class. My profile letter was BB, which stated that I was a logical learner, who tends to learn better when there are written or spoken work to be done. But that's just a stereotypical statement that shows, but if I were to grade my learning habits, I'm sure it wouldn't match perfectly.

My evaluation of my working habits are:

a) Behavior

Could be improved

Satisfactory

Perfect - the model student

Explanation: Most of the time, well actually nearly all the time, I'm well behaved, but there are some times, where my mouth opens out too much. I don't become talkative during class for most of the time. The cause is there might be something out of the ordinary going on, or something fascinating that occurred, or something close to that. All I can say though, that generally I don't step out of the line.

b) Participation

None

Satisfactory

Actively participate in class

Explanation: Even though I pay attention as much as I can. Occasionally, when the class begins to bore me, I start reading during the lesson, or when the book that I may be currently reading might be very riveting. But for whatever reason, I have a tendency to read a book. I've become a book worm, since fourth grade, because I caught the it from one of my friends who just happens to be a book worm. I can't help it, but when I'm reading a captivating book, I try not to, but I just read at every possible second. It's one of my quality that I don't like. Reading is fine and all, but too much isn't good.

c) Organization

Needs serious help

Satisfactory

I'm super organized

Explanation: I could be a neat freak, but I'm not. I don't bother keeping everything organized all the time. When I'm in a hurry, I could leave my locker in a mess, but later, not very long after, I'll get it back into it's original format. Nine out of ten times you'll find my locker, desk, and even my bag neat and clean. I take the time to place everything in order so later there would not be the bother to ruin my time by cleaning it out, over and over again. Keeping this in order, I'm able to find my work, books, and other things that is needed for my class.

d) Effort

Needs serious help

Satisfactory

I always go above and beyond what is required.

Explanation: Although there is no need for it, I try my best to go above the required goals. Especially in my writing work. It there instructions are: Write a 3-paragraph essay on ....... I'll end up writing at the very least four paragraphs. Not just the length, in my details too, I add extra information that is, obviously, related to the subject.

Of all the things, a goal I have for seventh grade is most probably try harder in math. I understand and everything, but I go too fast and make silly mistakes. I'm not careful at doing my work, I think that I try my best, but I know that I could do better. It may seem that I'm being critical about myself, but to me, math is really important in everyday life, even at the simplest things. So all in all, I want to make sure that I double check my work or that I work through the problems with more care.

Another goal that I have made for next year is not to get distracted during my studies at home. I have a knack to visit other unnecessary sites like Youtube and unneeded google searches. Choosing a song to listen on Youtube takes a lot of my time and so does searching things that aren't school related. I wouldn't mind if it were done during my free-time, but it's usually while I'm doing work. This causes me to sleep late, and spend more time on the computer, which, I've found out isn't good for your eyes. Then there's chatting on Google Apps, one way or another I end up chatting with someone. It's hard to get way once you start a conversation, so another distraction causing me to stay off task. I'm in hope next year, I'll have more will power to stop going on inessential sites.

I'm as ordinary as an ISKL girl can get, even if I may not show it, I'm pretty cheerful inside with a obsession for books and cats. I'm most probably suited to be a girly girl, rather than goth, punk, emo, and so forth. I absolutely love listening to music (but who doesn't), but it depends on the type of song.... I hide away from people, but once you get to know me, I'll my colors at you! I do like to work to perfection, adding anything to make it more so. I like being colorful and bright. And like most girls at this age, I've got a passion for hair and shoes.

Moving from ES to MS is hard. Adjusting to it's different atmosphere, not being the oldest anymore, but actually the youngest, and all those things and more. But believe me, sixth grade is a roller-coaster ride. At the beginning it's loooong ride down, then later comes the bumps, and as it skids to a stop, you wish it didn't end. As I said, there are bumps on the way. One of them is homework, it's alright and all, but finishing it off at the last minute is horrid. Unless your absolute A+ student, you can't scrape up more B. Not just home work though, any class work actually. Never leave anything to the last minute. Socially speaking, there are bumps too. Now that you feel older, better, new and more mature, there is a time when your friendship tables get turned around. You make more new friends as there are different classes with dissimilar students. Now there isn't any more of boys and girls nonsense, where boys and girls exclude each other for their gender. But that doesn't leave out the ups, like .... many kinds of teachers, new friends, now campus, lockers, lunch (where there isn't anyone to order you around on how to spend your lunch time), no more lines (student line ups), and MS parties!!! With all of the drama going on and all, I'm sure the new sixth graders are going to LOVE IT (just like me :P)!!

As the seventh grader teachers know me hardly, I'm hoping this will help to know me better. And of course, there's always next year to learn more! However, I shall dearly miss sixth grade, everything about. Including the down bits, which now amuse me and evidently the high lights. As mentioning before, "Everything comes to an end at some point. Nothing can last entirely forever, only for a length of time." - ME :)

"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." -Winston Churchill

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