Advice for the Class of 2016

The best advice I could give to an upcoming eighth grader would be to listen to all of your teachers, whether you like them or not, and do all of your homework. I know some people don't want to do so but it seriously is so important. If you pay attention and learn everything you need to it will make homework easy to complete. I would also advise you to get involved! Join clubs and sports; it makes middle school life so much easier because you can meet so many new people and have fun doing it. Academically, eighth grade is much harder than seventh grade to be perfectly honest. But if you follow my advice, I know you'll do great.

My social advice for you would be to not have a boyfriend or girlfriend. Haha, there's just unnecessary drama that goes on with that. In some cases, having a partner is totally fine, but usually you don't need it, and you're only in eighth grade and have so much time ahead of you for that stuff. I would also say to not start any rumors or lie to your friends, and be nice to everyone even your enemies!

By taking my advice you will have a GREAT time in eighth grade! Good luck and enjoy it while it lasts!

Reflection

As a writer I feel that I have learned a lot. I've learned that in fact I do write better under pressure to meet a deadline; it's hard to be on my own because I tend to put it off until last minute. I also learned that I love writing essays, however, poems and short stories aren't my best. I like being able to choose what I write about, and that usually includes reading an article or book on real world issues and reflecting on that. My strengths when writing are my ability to use different literary devices to improve the picture of my piece, my A-B transitions, and being able to break down a mode of literature. My weaknesses include the conclusion to my essays, and being able to fully develop all of my ideas. Over the years, I feel like I have become such a strong writer and I think seventh grade really played a big role in this. Coming into eighth grade I scored in the ninety's on my September District Assessment and I feel like seventh grade did actually help me score so high. Overall, I love to write and I feel that once I go into high school I will be comfortable in my language arts class because of all that I learned here.

High School Ice Cream Social Reflection

After attending the high school ice cream social, I feel more comfortable going into high school. I feel better knowing some seniors and being able to talk to them. However, I don't have many concerns or worries going into high school. I know a lot of people that are already in the high school because of my sister who is a junior this year, and will be a senior next year. I'm more than excited for high school and can't wait to get out of middle school. I feel like I am beyond ready and need new challenges and experiences. I am also excited to go into high school because I made the Pewaukee Poms Varsity Dance Team; I can't wait for that to get started and be part of the sports departments in Pewaukee High School! I truly cannot wait for high school and don't have any concerns.

For Kaley

It's the first time they meet and it's fireworks,
But they couldn't predict so much hurt,
It's the time when they kiss and its magical,
Until the first fight and its critical,
It's the memories they spent living each day,
Now all has to fade away,
It's how every song reminds me of you,
Especially everything you've put me through,
It's how countless nights with no sleep have made me stronger,
Our love wasn't bound to grow any longer,
It's how the stinging pain of your abuse,
has demanded me to finally let you loose.

Cynthia's Side

**based on the character Cynthia from the story of "Raymond's Run"**
Some people might think I'm a fake but if they really knew me they'd know that I have to be the best at everything because of my parents. They always pay attention to my talented, beautiful, and exciting older sister, Sarah. Sarah is the perfect daughter considering she has a 4.0 GPA, participates on the dance team, soccer team, and track team. My parents give her all of their attention and attend all of her games, meets, and academic events. But for me, I'm left alone and feel the need to prove I can be as good as my sister to my parents and friends. So I try to be the best at everything I do, even if that means lying. Sometimes I'll say I had no practice at piano and spelling, I was just born naturally with that talent; when what really happened was I practiced for four straight hours the night before. From having this certain trait of competitiveness my whole life, I feel like I have to be better than anyone, not just my sister but anyone. One person that I always want to beat is "Squeaky" who is a tough and confident girl in my grade. Squeaky has won every track meet and has a natural talent running. Even though I don't show it, I have great respect for her. However, I don't think she likes me that much. Probably because I lie and she can see through me, I mean I wouldn't want to be friends with a liar if I were her. Anyways, I've realized that lying isn't the right thing to do but I don't know how I can ever stop. I strive and thrive for the attention of my parents.

Cynthia's Side

Season of Warmth

Summer is the season of warmth and comfort,
After resting through most of the year,
It sprints to you as fast as it can,
Reaching you and pulling you in,
Filling you with happiness and confidence,
Enjoying the exciting weather and actions,
Summer is the season of warmth and comfort.

Futuristic Aliens

The year was 2081, when aliens took over Earth. Tall, frightening, intelligent creatures storming Earth trying to deprive humans of existence. Why you ask? Well ever since our sixty-first president (Carter Zimmerman) was elected, things have gone wrong. Many natural disasters have occurred, ripping California, Oregon, and Washington right off the map. The United States consists of forty-eight states now, as California, Oregon, and Washington combined to make their own island; not a state, yet owned by the United States. With the health and technology fields sky rocketing, other career employees are making no money what so ever. Making no money doesn't help when you have a huge family to provide for. The number of babies born since 2011 has been a great amount. Our economy and environment is not stable at all right now, no way the citizens of America will be able to make it to 2083. We start to wonder if the Sun will ever explode in our generation, and that's when the aliens come into this. They stormed our Earth in order to make our land theirs. With no respect for the humans, their only focus is to arrange the extinction of humans. They tell us the Sun will explode and it's better to die now than suffer from no light, and with all these natural disasters going on lately it's not a bad idea? But how will they aliens even stay on this planet? Well, they don't need light, they survive off each others presence. It would be an understatement to say humans are afraid and terrified. With no idea what to do or how to handle this, the future will predict its self.....

Last Exorcism Movie Review

Friday, February 18 was an intensely chilling night. Fighting to open my eyes long enough to get a glimpse of the pale, deadly body of Nell. It was hard to sit through two hours of pure horror, as the reverend fought against the demon soul of Nell's. The movie takes place in a very small town consisted of farmland, animals, and little people. When Nell's soul is taken over by a demon, the reverend is called to come save her. The reverend, along with his cameraman and work partner travels to Nell's house. Reverend has experienced many situations in which people's mind has them convinced that the devil is them. But in this case, she really is the devil so it is overwhelming for the reverend. During the movie, Nell attacks many people, slashes her brother's face, and manages to kill a cat. At the end, you find out that Nell has been raped and has gotten pregnant by this person. The baby inside her abdomen is actually a devil baby. When Nell gives birth to her demon baby, they end up killing it by throwing the little piece of evil life into a fire. From there, it was very confusing to follow because the cameraman tries to run away, scared as heck. You see many trees and bushes as if the cameraman is sprinting through the forest, clearly out of breath. At this point it's chaos, when the camera turns, Nell's brother is there to destroy the cameraman. The camera stills and you understand that the cameraman dies. Probably the most absurd ending to this torturous film. If the director had added a more suspenseful and intense ending, this movie would have truly gave me nightmares. However, I slept like a baby and had no problem watching that movie. Overall, the Last Exorcism was a good movie but could have used some modifications.

Bookshelves

I see the rough, dusty, elderly wood bookshelves
The books’ fantasy world’s hidden inside those rusty shelves
The smell of coffee overtakes my nose, and my insides melt with warmth
The candle wickers as I turn the page, awaiting what’s to come
I delve into that place in my mind, the place where I want to escape and forget my life’s fears and problems
The comparison to life and the book itself is incredible and unexplainable
Such a small item to contain life, emotions, feelings, detail, depth
So we strive to see the littlest things in life as the biggest
We strive to use our books to take us to that place, that one special place.

The Real Solution to Bullying

In the book Love > Hate, the ultimate strategy to end bullying is revealed. The author, Brooks Gibbs, explains the proven solution for teens and adults to stop one of the biggest issues in America. The author’s writing drives you into a deep ocean of thoughts and emotions that occur inside a bullying victim’s head.

Reading through this book I fully realized how severe bullying really is and it helped that the author had his own experience with this issue. Middle school is when it became a problem for Brooks. Without any friends, strong family figures, and the same learning level as other students, he was a big target for bullies. Seeking so badly for love from peers, family, and others since bullies and his alcoholic dad were all he knew, Brooks went down the wrong route. Eventually, he found himself hanging with his so called “friends” doing drugs, drinking, stealing, etc. He was arrested for breaking into a car and stealing items from it, realizing he couldn’t live like his life like that, he reached the lowest point in his life. Losing his “friends”, he finally got to a state of depression where he would cut his wrists to deal with pain, feeling like he was going to die.

With the weight of the world on Brooks’ shoulders he finally had the courage to confess about drugs, alcohol, bullying, and everything else to his mother. His mother then told him how to deal with bullies, a method that actually works. Reinforcing the Golden Rule and Dr. Martin Luther King Junior’s “I Have a Dream” speech, she told Brooks the only way to get rid of hate is simply to match it with love. It doesn’t matter if it is verbal, cyber, or physical bullying this solution works. If someone expresses something hurtful and mean toward you, all you do is show kindness and love back; they then have no reason to hate you. Fighting fire with fire will never work, and this is a perfect example. If hate and hate fight back and forth it will only cause more hate. When you add love into the mix, there is no way hate can win because love can always be greater than hate.

Mastering the skill of showing love and kindness towards hate can often be a challenge, that’s why Brook’s explains that you have to do it hundred percent of the time. So how can our school and schools around the country do a better job of enforcing no bullying? Well, I think this is just it. We need to reinforce the Golden Rule to teach students how to deal with bullying. Not only will this solve most issues but students don’t need to feel like “snitches” or “tattletales” by filling out a bully report and maybe attracting more anger from that bully. By revealing this solution, students could take the responsibility of stopping bullying. It won’t have to be the teachers dealing with mean girls and fights in the hallways; instead it can be our own student body.

A lot of times bullying occurs from teens who want to be cool, fit in, have issues at home, etc. But is finding negatives in someone and digging deep into their core to fill them with anger and sadness really all worth it? Calling people names including your friends and family, is bullying. Laughing when someone makes a mistake, that’s bullying too. Thinking your better than someone else because of what they wear and/or have interest in, it’s all bullying. So instead of judgments, stereotypes, name calling, and everything else in between, we need to feed America what it has starved for every day; Love.

Anethesiologists

Anesthesiologists are physicians that work with patients having surgery and pain relief. Anesthetics are the medicines that keep the patient from feeling pain or sensations during surgery. Anesthesiologists give their patients these anesthetics before their surgery. The anesthesiologists watch their patient’s vital signs during their surgery and adjust the anesthetics accordingly. They also monitor and give medicines to their patients in their first recovery stages (Anesthesiologist Job Description, Career as an Anesthesiologist, Salary, Employment - Definition and Nature of the Work, Education and Training Requirements, Getting the Job).

Since anesthesiologists are very intriguing to me, I wanted to know how much money they make per year. I decided to visit more than just one website for research because an anesthesiologists’ salary probably varies for every anesthesiologist. After researching, I found that anesthesiologists have a very high salary because of their importance. One website gave information that an anesthesiologist earns $164,030 to $296,041 per year (Salary Snapshot for Anesthesiologist Jobs). Another said that their salary was about $332,464 (Salary Wizard). The last one stated that their earnings are close to $321,686 per year (Anesthesiologist Job Description, Career as an Anesthesiologist, Salary, Employment - Definition and Nature of the Work, Education and Training Requirements, Getting the Job). Overall, the salary for an anesthesiologist ranges from the low $200,000’s to the high $300,000’s. Anesthesiologists have a very rewarding and fulfilling job and earn a he amount of money per year!

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