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Caleb A, English Period 3, DE
ReplyDelete“Braces is only unbearable if you convince yourself it is… or if you undergo an appointment with the orthodontics” (something I had made up and once believed in.) I have only had my braces on for roughly a year and I am ready to get them off. It’s not the pain, but oh, how I yearn for: the sweet taste of sparkling cider, richly creamed caramel, greasy and buttery popcorn, and the relaxing chew of pink bubble gum. When I floss, the wire has more than once popped out of the bracket, impaling my right cheek, and has stayed there for more than two and a half weeks until my next appointment. The first thing I always say when I get my teeth tightened is “mom…, when is my next appointment?” I am done with these ‘tracks’ and am waiting very impatiently for the end. These braces have dubbed me the title ‘Trap-Jaw’ and ‘Metal-mouth’ among my fellow family members. Also, I hate it when every single time I reach for the sun-chip bag, my youngest sister always, always, makes sure that she exclaims to the whole world that I can’t have chips or anything crunchy because it interferes with my braces. I mean, come on right? But what makes me even more infuriated is that it’s not even my fault. I didn't choose my dad’s genes that would force me to get my canines pulled down. Why am I punished for what I am not responsible for? I mean, it’s not like I fell down and caved in my entire two sets of teeth. Also, whenever something hits my mouth and I begin to get teared-eyed because of the metal braces snagging my cheek, all I get from my sister is “take it like a man”. Where's the compassion and empathy? They have never experienced and will never experience the -beginning to cry- pain, anguish, and amount of suffering I am experiencing.-calming down- But all I must do… is look at the outcome and see how much better off I will be soon than I was a year before.
Oh... I'm so sorry that you're going through that Caleb. It also scares me, because I was told that I'm going to need braces this year, and I REALLY don't want them. So far though, I think that they have forgotten. Here's the trick: NEVER mention it. :)
DeleteI have a really sensitive mouth, so Im always in pain when I have braces
DeleteI have to get them back on soon :(
Hey! You just like scared me like crazy 'cause I'm getting braces when my back molars come in (which they almost are)!!!
DeleteIsabelle P. 3 (DE)
DeleteOuch! That's rough. I totally feel you with the braces thing. I've had mine on for a year this month... haha but who's counting right? For me, braces haven't been too bad except my last appointment. Last time I got power chains on top and bottom (all of my teeth) and then I got thicker rubber bands. Which before I was on a break of rubber bands! So it hurt a lot! But for me, it's totally worth the pain to eventually get strait teeth! :)
Brady L. Period 3
DeleteI got my braces a little before Christmas. They hardly hurt at all and I thought that the braces weren't working, but on the next appointment they told me everything was fine. I was convinced that since I had braces I wasn't going to eat any sugar for Christmas. I was dead wrong. I swear I ate more sugar during Christmas break than ever before. I am really surprised that my braces weren't broken after that. It was truly a miracle.
So the thing about braces is that you forget about them about 85% of the time you have them on and even in the time you are thinking about them, nothing happens for the majority of time. What I was doing was taking that 15%, which involves appointments and other things like sports and dessert, and I expanded it to appear far more gruesome than what it really is. Yeah these things are true, to an extent, but it only needs to be bore for a couple days after a hard appointment and occasionally a couple hours in between months or scheduled appointments. Also, what I have learned about sugar is that eating no sugar is just a suggestion to people who aren't planning on brushing and flossing their teeth every night. I do that and my teeth are white and my gums are healthy, almost like I hadn't been brushing/flossing every night. What also helps is to think about all the people who you will catch their fancy because you have perfect, straight teeth.
Delete-*I do that and my teeth are white and my gums are healthy, almost like I hadn't been eating sugar*- (error in thought in the second to last sentence)
DeleteI know the feeling, Caleb. I have had braces on since October and they are difficult to handle, but sometimes the way to get through it is just to simply think of how beautiful and straight your teeth will be after the few years that you have them on! It will be worth it, trust me.
Delete-Cheynie W. (1st)(DE)
I have braces, too. But I still eat all those foods you mentioned. I actually get my braces off next week!!! As much as I want them off, I don't want to go through the process of pain to get them off.
DeleteI have to get braces soon but I dont think for very long. But I am so terrified!!!! I watched my older sister wear them for 3-4 years. I am really sensitive to pain in my mouth... I am not excited...
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ReplyDeleteTired, SO tired. School starts in about and hour or two; but I'm just hoping that I will still be awake by then. I get out of bed, shrug off my covers, and begin to get ready for school. Afterwards I walk over to the computer that we have sort-of spliced in between the dining area and the kitchen. Now.... you want to know something weird? I don't feel nearly as tired! My eyes are wide open, I have no homework to do from yesterday, and I feel like I will be able to go through this whole day without falling asleep! See ya'll at school. :)
ReplyDeleteP.S. English is the best thing ever!
-Slice of life- March 10
ReplyDeleteJocelyn Crofts (DE) Sister. Jackson's english class.
Title: OLD thoughts AND YOUNG emotions.
"I listened to the steady beat that played in my ears, I heard the symphony of the piano and strum of the guitar being played, and I heard the lyrics of the song being sung.
I found myself vulnerable, vulnerable to the world. My mind was so impressionable to the thoughts of society.
I gave up a sense for a drug, a leg out of carelessness, and I gave up my spirit for popularity instead of choice.
We never thought about protecting the future, we only ever thought about protecting ourselves, we never thought about the consequence, because I guess we always thought that for some reason our children would know how to handle them, but I see know that that was a fools way of thinking. After all how would they know how to even start if we never thought to finish. We will forever be known as the generation of fathers that walked out on our family and the generation that was so privileged, spoiled, and selfish that we caused the future to suffer and pay for the debts we have collected, I see that know.
I understand and I see my failure, I see where I went wrong and I can see how our choices are starting to hurt my children and grandchildrens' future and now I finally understand what my father meant when he told me "If a nation expects to ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be."
"Wow! that's amazing, I mean not the parts about, you know, not caring about the future, and don't get me wrong the whole stories great, but I was just thinking how coincidently amazing it was that you used the same Thomas Jefferson quote my history teacher always uses." I said as I sat uncomfortably in one of those uncomfortable, cold, metal fold in chairs.
My great-grandfather looked at me a little surprised, but then smiled and laughed before asking me how I knew who he was quoting to which I replied again I had learned from listening to my history teacher, Brother. DeGraff, quote over and over with much pride and importance.
we spent the rest of the afternoon playing board games, eating grandmas wonderful food, and talking with each other about our interests, plans, and past; when night came we all sat down and watched shanghai noon and shanghai nights, the movies, while we all enjoyed warm milk dipped peanut butter cookies and home made freshly toasted and buttered banana bread slices.
That's really deep insight that your great-grandfather shared, Jocelyn. Thank you for passing it on.
DeleteIt's so important to remember the past and look to the future. When we ignore either one, we get in a whole heap of trouble that's much easier to get INTO than it is to get OUT OF.
And it's awesome that you could recognize a quote because of Brother Degraff. I love when I hear someone quoting a quote I've heard in Liahona :)
Thank you for your slice, Jocelyn!
it has been proven that breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
ReplyDeleteit can also be the most delicious. :P
to day I toasted waffles microwaved sctuptious bacon and drank a cool glass of OJ.
Christian (Tx) or christian c. (Tx) period 1 DE
yum!
DeleteJacob Meyers \(^_^)/
DeleteOh man my mouth is watering already... :)
I love oj like crazyyyyyy... :)
Same with waffles... :)
Bacon makes life worth living.
#TheNarwhal
OJ is my FAVORITE drink ever!!!!!!!
DeleteI still don't understand the whole "Narwhal bacons at midnight thing." Haha, I am glad that hasn't been on the chat lately... ;);P
Delete-Cheynie W. (1st)(DE)
Oh how I love living on a farm! The crowing of the rooster in the morning, the bleating of the baby goats, the whiny of a horse, the bark of a dog. It gives such a loving of God's creations. Planting asparagus in the ground, filling up water, playing with the little goats, they all bring joy. I have the wonderful responsibility of taking care of all of our animals not counting our three cats. The city is too crowded. I love the clear air and open fields. I love my dirt bike, and riding around on local tracks. I love doing service with my scout troop. I love my family.
ReplyDeleteI think it is so cool that you live on a farm! I wish I lived on a farm. but to make up for it my friend lives on one so I get to go over to her house and ride her horses. :) you are SUPER lucky though :)
DeleteNicole A. DE 1st
i love the crowing of the rooster too
DeleteThe best part of living on a farm, in my opinion, is riding for wheelers:) In my experience of a whole two months;)
Delete-This post brings back memories of when I got to help out on a farm. It is peaceful. The animals are more then extraordinary. The work is easier to handle because you get to breath in the outside air whilst doing your work. This post brings me back to all of those happy memories. That is what writing is suppose to do. It's suppose to let us reminiscence in past memories. Thank you for doing that for me. I applaud you sir.
DeleteThe last time I played Monopoly it was awefull. There was so much tention on the room.
ReplyDeleteWe were all super focused but we all started goofing around for some odd reason.
And in the end no one won and it was just one big mess.
Period 1
Abby F. 1st period
DeleteWe have those games at my house to! Sometimes our games go on for days.
Period 3
DeleteI don't like board games. They seem to make me even more board then I am. I think I could only stand chess or something that makes you get up and move a lot. Otherwise I would be super "board". Say, are you still doing ballrom?
my slice of life-
ReplyDeleteI think the worst part of the day is getting up in the morning. Its so annoying, because I'm always SOOOOOOO tired.
Why can't school just start a little later, so we can all sleep in. And now with the time change, its even harder. URGGGG.
-Rachel Morris DE student, period 3
I totally agree.
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ReplyDelete------------------------------------------------------------------------My Slice of Life------------------------------------------------------------------------
I love Monopoly! My friend Carson and I have been playing Monopoly since we were 5.
Sort of.
We would take the Property Cards and put them under their corresponding spots on the game board. We each took 2 tokens for our players. We then rolled the dice and if we landed on a property, we took the property exactly opposite the one we landed on. We sometimes fought about which one it was, though, because we were 5, and, you know, 5-year-olds don't do opposites very well in this situation. We would also make up nicknames for each property, like Atlantic Avenue was nicknamed Atlantica, and all of the railroads were named the first half of the first word + road, so Reading Railroad would be nicknamed Readroad, and so on.
Now that we actually know how to play Monopoly right, it's a lot more fun then trying to play it with a rulebook made by 5-year-olds... :)
Until next time, slicers!
Over and out...
Caleb A, English Period 3, DE
DeleteThat's a lot of creativity for a five-year-old. I'm 16 and I still haven't thought anything up like that for Monopoly. I guess I am just more accustomed to the old-fashioned way.
i hate monopoly it is so tence in my family. it takes forever
ReplyDeletePersonally monopoly is my least favorite boardgame. I have zero patience (which I'm working on) And you're right..monoply takes some time to finish. Maybe I should improve my patience by playing it more.
DeleteMcKenzie A DE Period 3 Boston
DeleteWe had a monopoly game that lasted for a week and we all finally gave up and put the game away.
A few weeks ago I went rollerskating with some friends, and that morning we accidentally missed English because we weren't paying attention to the time or something. For the past two or three years when we have gone rollerskating I have NEVER fallen (and we do this at least twice a year) but I guess the English Gods came down and punished me for missing class. And I fell hard on my knee and got a HUGE ugly looking bruise all around my knee, and it hurt to walk for like 4 days, and I couldn't kneel down for like two to four weeks because of it. luckily it is at least almost fully healed. Now I try to NEVER miss English :)
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Abby F. 1st period
DeleteThat is terrible! Its good that you don't miss English anymore! Haha
Haha! I'm sorry I am laughing, that sounds really painful. Though I can't skate for a whole two minuets without falling....
Delete(It's been a while since I've played monopoly.)
ReplyDeleteAre you ready to build up years of sibling rivalry? Are you ready to ruin family night forever? Are you ready to see proof that your friends and family will do anything and I mean anything, lie, cheat, steal, and even go to jail to climb the corporate adder and leave you in the dust. I guess what I'm saying is. . . Are you ready to play Monopoly?
Monopoly is a high stakes game were you put your friends, your family, your wealth, and your Alice all on the line to make it to the top. Prepare to bleed your siblings to the last dollar on rental fees. Inherent your long dead grandfathers money and riches in the treasury. It never felt so good to buy a railroad.
Monopoly... family night will never bee the same.
(Anthony/Tony Maden 1st period, Academy.)
DeleteHAHAHA... :)
DeleteAwesome, Tony!
Erin B P3 DE
DeleteI love this! It makes me think of a game show, or some movie advertisement! Super cool!
LOL, that was great Tony; I totally agree with that though, My brother used to cheat at Monopoly just to win, (he doesn't anymore.) It does still get ugly though, but I love it just the same! :)
DeleteI love animals. this April we mite go get more chickens, a rode I land red and we mite even get a crested chicken. The crested chickens are my favorite. they are so funny looking, and we have 2 dags and they are big dogs we have a Newfoundland dog and a golden we also have 4 bunny's and 1 babie bunny. i love are animals.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.cacklehatchery.com/images/non_bearded_white_crested__black_polish_roo.jpg
Heather ford DE 1 period
I want a big dog!!! I have two miniature shih tzus, but I really want a big dog!! But my dad won't let me:(
DeleteAs I read these slices each day, I am nudged to write a little better. I learn from reading what other people write. I see what you see, and I want to be able to show what I see too. I think of paintings with their globs of oil paints plastered on the canvas in such a way that the story caught in the artist's eyes are able to make sense for us. I taste the words that are placed on the plate, these slices of life that we all have to give if we will but write like we should.
ReplyDeleteYour words are so poetic and true to this wonderful project.
DeleteAnastasia B. (1st De)
In my family we love to quote movies. I remember staying up late into the night with my brother Jesse. We stayed up and almost said word for word the movie Megamind. It was super funny and even now when we argue with one another we say "Oooo, i'm shaking in my baby seal leather boots." It always makes for a good laugh and usually ends an argument that could of gotten blown way out of proportion.
ReplyDeleteThat is so awesome! My brothers and I do the same thing. We would quote movies all the way to seminary in the morning. It is always a good way to end arguments with each other. Awesome slice!
DeleteErin B P3 DE
DeleteI love this!! My family and I play something we call the movie quote game. someone says an obscure movie quote, and we all try to guess what it is. I can almost quote the Winnie the Pooh movie completely through, songs included.
Abby F. 1st period
DeleteMy family does that all the time! We did it so much that my parents had to make a rule saying that we could not quote movies at the dinner table!
Caleb A, English Period 3, DE
DeleteMe and my siblings do that too. We quote sayings that have been in the family for years like Princess Bride: "He didn't fall!? Inconceivable!"... " You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." Thanks for sharing.
Haha! That's awesome! My siblings and do the same thing! Most of the time we quote Winnie the Pooh. Its kind of funny too because we are all older!
DeleteI got the book the Five Kingdoms by Brandon Mull on Christmas, It's really good for those of you who like to read. I also got the second book on my birthday. It's in mid evil times, but it starts in our world. The first on is called Sky raiders, the second one is the rogue Knight. I don't know how to set a profile so this is Jared's younger brother
ReplyDeleteGot to sleep in today.... Well, went to seminary but then back to bed... BEST FEELING IN THE WORLD. Now I have to catch up on science cause I missed it!!! Oh well, totally worth it. Try it sometime, people. That and disney movie marathon night.
ReplyDeleteMcKenzie A DE Period 3 Boston
DeleteThe Disney movie marathon night is something I can vouch for! A bunch of friends, popcorn, ice cream, and Disney movies makes for a wonderful amount of silliness!
Slice of life 3/10/15 3rd Period, 1st class.
ReplyDeleteSo today I’m looking through the job requirements of my backup plans ya know in case I can’t go military. So I have decided to see if being a paleontologist is up for grabs because I LOVE Dinosaurs! Like that was probably the first job I ever wanted was to find dinosaur bones or work on them. Problem is though the internet is so bad in the spot where I’m sitting in the classroom I can’t load the webpage to find the info! Jeez this is a bit frustrating, or is it? I find that I always say something is gross or frustrating when in reality I don’t think it is or feel it is. If you don’t get what I mean by “feel it is” I tend to not want or like to feel often from past experience sooooooooo that should make it easier for you if you ever ask me “how do you feel” because the answer will most likely be something Spock would say, “I do not understand the question.”
Elizabeth Wall
ReplyDeletePeriod 3 D.E,
Yesterday was a very big day for me. I went to the gym with my mom at 7:30 and then went to the dentist. After the dentist we drove home and picked up my dad. I though we were going out for lunch, but instead we went to the dealership and my parents got a car for me to use until I leave for my mission! It is the prettiest car. I will also be flying to Utah for school tomorrow I will probably see al of you on Thursday.
That's so exciting! I love waking up in the morning not expecting anything to happen that day, and then out of know where big events take place left and right. Enjoy your new car!
DeleteHayden O. -3rd Period DE
ReplyDeleteOn today's episode, I will discuss the topic of my mismatched pair of socks. I honestly do not know how this came to be, but one day I looked down at my feet and my socks were not matching!!!! We bought an 8-pack of socks at Costco (which is one of my favorite places on earth) and the difference is not that great. 4 of the pairs are gray with black toes and heels, and the other 4 pairs visa-versa. I was a little bit shocked for some reason, and I realized that there must be another mismatched pair in my house that was missing! We have a mystery on our hands people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I started hunting for the pair that day to no avail, so I had to take my socks off to spare my poor family. I have continued this search for months, but still have not brought justice to this heinous crime against nature. I have continually found a one of the mismatched pairs, but then I find the other pair when one of them is in the washer!!!!! I am pretty sure this is some kind of sick joke... But there is a break in the clouds friends!!! I think I have solved my problem! Thanks to me being a meddling kid, I found one mismatched pair yesterday and am now wearing the other pair today!!!!! I have righted the wrong and proved to the little troll who has been hiding them that I WILL PREVAIL!!!
The struggle is real friends, the struggle is real....
Erin B P3 DE
DeleteIn my Irish dance class, me and a few other people always mismatch our socks, unless they're special, or white. Once I said to my friend "(gasp)Karla!* I am ashamed at you! You're socks are matching!" She then explained that they were special socks, so it's okay.
*name has been changed
I'm bad at cooking. I'm really bad at cooking. Whenever I cook anything, it burns, and if it's not burnt its lumpy or underdone. Sometimes it's burnt, lumpy, and underdone. The rest of my family can cook, but if my life depended on it, I still don't think I could do it. I can bake, but even that sometimes burns. Last time I tried cooking, I made the fire alarm go off all through our house. My dad wasn't too happy about it. It's gotten so bad, nobody trusts me in the kitchen anymore. I think I'll just stay away from the kitchen for a while, and stick to… something else.
ReplyDeleteBrady L. Period 3
DeleteMaybe cooking is something you could work on and become better at in the future!
Just a reminder: you didn't put your name and period in your slice, just in case you forgot. If you left your name out on purpose, then I apologize in advance.
Arianna N. Period 1
Delete(I wrote the slice, and I am the one that is bad at cooking)
Hayden O.
DeleteWow, I am very sorry. Maybe your spouse will be GREAT at cooking!!!
Caleigh K. 1st period
ReplyDeleteMy dad, Hawken, and I were talking about world trips we should take together. I went to Brasil with my dad last year and it was pretty cool. Now Hawken has gotten a passport and tickets on a plane ride to go out of the country. In a week, or so, he and my dad are going to fly to Fiji. It sounds super fun to go swimming with sharks or wading in crystal sparkling water... Missing any school days... They both will also have to take a boat ride to the tiny island they're staying at. I hate boats. The trip is mostly focused on a big scuba diving trip. They're both really good at it. Especially in that clear water. I would rather go to Africa to see the amazing people, culture, and animals. I wish to go do service projects and see the kids. I would love to go there.
That would be awesome! And I could stow away in you're suitcase so that I can go too! You know... Figuratively :).
DeleteKyAnneD. Period 1
ReplyDeleteI'm going to right a bunch of random words that I think of by looking around the room.
Apple, scarf, quilt, moist, khakis, fun, glasses, gabe, is, annoying, awkward thumb band-aid, satchel, books, mouse, pad, freckle, dane, coat, boat, life, flag, lizard, dagger, sword, sound, noise, loud, quiet, rocket, music, notes, history, DeGraff, button, FOOD, love, eat, dead, hot, munchkin, time, chord, redhead, demon, soul-less, evil, kind, good.
So if you ever get lost when talking to me, this is why. My train of thought is not a normal train, going strait and steady on the track without wavering, it's more like a bird, flitting from one thing to the next and getting distracted by every little thing. Some people think that's strange, and they avoid talking to me. Others move along with me, darting from subject to subject, mimicking my every move. When someone can keep up with my train- no, bird of thought like that then I know they're my true friend. But seriously, I get distracted so- wow is that a butterfly?
This is exactly why you are my favori-SQUIRREL! What? Oh, sorry, I got distracted.
DeleteThat is great KyAnee! I can TOTALLY re-late to that.... What was I talking about again? I forgot... Oh ya! :)
DeleteTroye G. (ED) 3rd
ReplyDeleteWhen i was little, i had a mini mooter scooter. It was so fun riding around the neighbor hood. Now that I'm older, my legs are to long to ride it any more. But, sometimes i still ride it around our yard. It's fun to think of times when i was younger!
Thats really funny because I do the exact same thing. (except with my brother's scooter) But I at least have the courage to ride it around the neighborhood. Maybe this will persuade you to travel futher than your yard. ;)
DeleteOMGOSH! I loved your mooter scooter! That was like the best thing ever when you got it! Haha, good times!
DeleteWho is ED? I'm just kidding, Troye I love you!!
Yesterday I got a promotion at work including a raise. I live in texas and work somewhere called Babe's Chicken. Associating with my managers and coworkers supports me to be more responsible and gives me confidence as I join "the real world." The promotion and extra responsibility is both stressful and rewarding..I love the woman I'm becoming so far and only hope I can continue to suceed and feel comftorable in my new atmosphere.
ReplyDeleteI got into a play at our local theater: it's a modernization of Sophocles Antigone. Our director gave us a Goals/ Obstacles/ Tactics/ Expectations sheet and told us to fill it out for our character before we meet again. I play Tiresias, a blind Grecian prophet, and as I filled out the sheet, I realized how well I will be able to play this character. What Tiresias wants and does fits with what I would and will do if ever in that situation.
ReplyDeleteSo my Slice of Life today is parts from that sheet. I hope that I was able to convey what I meant in my words.
GOAL: - What do you want more than anything, as a character?
I want the war to be done, but more than that, I want those surrounding me to look around themselves, to see what an influence they can have. I want the people - the mothers and the fathers, the brothers and the sisters, even the little children - to make good choices that will lead to better actions. I want the city to return to safety and sanity, balance and beauty, happiness, kindness, love and most of all, freedom through the correct blend of justice and mercy.
OBSTACLE: - Who can help me achieve my goal? Why? How?
The king, Creon - if he will listen to my advice before it grows too late, he can start to right the city. He can extend kindness instead of cruelty, and warm love rather than cold law. If he can offer mercy, the city can begin to heal. The city can begin to return from the ugly anger and insanity of war. It can change from a place of fear, misery and bloodshed to a place of happiness, unity and security; if mercy is allowed to temper justice, and love is allowed to temper laws.
The people can help me in this, too, if they will let go of anger, let go of fear and hate. If they don’t, then their children will be unable to grow up without these scarring shadows. And the children are the hope of a city. The future
-Who can keep me from achieving my goal? Why? How?
The king, Creon. If he allows his pride to take precedence over his reason, his laws to overcome his love, cruelty to crush compassion, the city will be unable to fully recover from its inhumanity. Harsh hardness is not the way to begin healing. But pride and anger can blind a person like nothing else in ways that are even more dangerous than a physical blinding. And if he is blinded to the truth of what the city really needs, then he and all around him will wind up hurt by his decisions.
TACTICS: -How can I get what I want?
I can warn the king, the people what their choices are doing. I can spread wisdom and knowledge and truth which will also heal the city in its healing. I can inform those around me that as justice is nothing without mercy, so is mercy nothing without justice.
EXPECTATIONS: -Why do I deserve to achieve my goal?
I want everyone to have a happily ever after. I want life and freedom to prevail. As I said under Goals, I want the city to return to safety and sanity, balance and beauty, happiness, kindness, love and most of all, freedom through the correct blend of justice and mercy. My desire is that the city will be set to rights. My desire is right, and my actions - warning Creon, convincing him to ‘bury the dead and let the living go’ - have been as earnest as my desire. I have done all that I can as an aging, blind woman. That is why I deserve to achieve my goal.
I was impressed and inspired by how well Charlie Chaplin made this point. I can see Tiresias and a few other of the Antigone charaters echoing Charlie, and I hope that if y'all have the time to watch or read the links below, you will. They're totally clean, and really good food for thought.
DeleteVideo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=SMIcOEg9Lpc
Speech: http://www.charliechaplin.com/en/synopsis/articles/29-The-Great-Dictator-s-Speech
Thank you for reading!
Isabelle P. 3 (DE)
ReplyDeleteOk so today our inspiration was, "Monopoly" right? So during our writing time in English I started to think of all the times I played monopoly when I was little. I remember playing it a lot with my friends. When we didn't know what to do we would pull out a game and monopoly happened to be it quite a few times. But then Sister Jackson talked about having coconut on her cereal and my mind switched gears. I thought of how I loved chocolate and coconut together. I then thought of,"Almond Joys!" I recently have found a love for almond joys! Anybody else with me!? So thinking about candy it made me think of this quote I saw on Instagram. It said, "When you're stressed, you eat ice cream, cake, chocolate and sweets. Why? Because stressed spelled backwards is DESSERTS. Mind= blown." Haha so there is the answer to all of your problems. Just kidding! ;) But I thought it was pretty interesting! Well, that's all I have for today. Thanks! Stay awesome everyone!
I am the only one in my family who likes almond joys! They all think I am crazy, but we both know that they are the crazy ones;)
DeleteAbby F. 1st period
ReplyDeleteA couple of weeks ago I went to California to perform in Disneyland with my dance company. Wile we were there we got to play at the park.It was my first time and it was awesome! I went on so many rides! I think that my favorite ride was either Tower of terror, California scream-in, or space mountain. On our way there and back we stayed the night in Vegas. when we went there it was dark so we got to see all the lights. The whole trip was amazing and I am so grateful that I was able to go!
That's SO awesome! I've never been to Disneyland, I've been to Disneyworld, but that was with my grandparents and my cousin Alayna, So we didn't end up going a a lot of big/fun rides. We did do a couple though, and I had fun.
DeleteWhat is Space mountain like?
Anthony Bennion Period 3
ReplyDeleteHere's Another Poem:
We all have our own social media
and everything is as accurate as Wikipedia
So don't type your name in Google
Go home and play with your pet poodle
Don't always be on your Facebook
be with your family, watch the notebook
The songs with the lyrics and the profanity
Don't listen to that, it will drive you to insanity
So put down your apple or mobile devices
and don't fall into life's dangerous vises
I agree with that. Thanks.
DeleteGreat message! You are great with poems.
DeleteTruman Brown period 4.
ReplyDeleteMonopoly. Usually the first thing that comes to a persons mind when this word is mentioned, is the classic board game that shares that label. This game invented in 1903 was created to demonstrate the evils of land ownership; thus the title of monopoly which is defined as "the exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity of service."
How many monopolies are present in our country and world today? Are there more than we actually foresee? There are many theories that are prevalent on this subject.
Monopolies are real. They are universal. They are treacherous. They will affect us if we do not affect them; we must.
Slice of Life day 10 (:
ReplyDeleteI have never played Monopoly before. The closest I have gotten to play it was sometime last year. Here is the story. I was at my friends house. We didn't know what to do. It was a dark gloomy day so we didn't really feel like going outside. Then one of my friends suggested that we play a board game. So we go to the gamy shelf and look through all the games. We finally decided to play Monopoly. I had never played it before so this would be my first time. Well, sorta. Keep reading. So we go to the table and start setting it up. We get the money dealed, the board set up, and we chose our characters. Everything was ready. We were getting ready to start, and then... it was time for me to go home for dinner. I didn't even get to start the game. Oh well. That is the closest I have ever gotten to playing Monopoly. I still haven't played it since. But I still have my entire life ahead of me. I'm sure I'll find an opportunity later.
That happens to my friends and me all the time!! So frustrating!
DeleteI HATE it when that happens! That happens a lot to me because I get into a conversation.... and then that game or activity never happens because I talk too much. :(
DeleteSlice of Life Day 10 Emily Block DE 3rd period DE
ReplyDeleteSomething I do every day is walk my dog Cocoa Puff. I never listen to music when I walk her because I like to use this time to think. I just let my mind wander. I think about stuff I’m worried about, my dreams, my favorite things, and how I hope the future turns out. Ever since I started doing this, I fell so much less stressed.
Great idea!
DeleteCaleb Alton, English Period 3, DE
DeleteI don't have a dog to help clear my thoughts with a little walk, but something I do do is when I am out for a jog in the morning, I think about life then and think about things I need to get done for the day. There's nothing better to clear the encephalon than a little bit of fresh air and walk in the noon-day sun. Finding peace is the best stress reliever.
Daniel just left. He is going back to collage. I love it when he comes home. We aren't super close right now because he is going to collage two hours away, and I never get to see him. He has always been my role model. He has always been flippin' awesome! He was a fire fighter, he went on a mission, and he was just sworn into the Air Force! I love him so much. I am so proud of big brother!
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DeleteCassie period 3
ReplyDeleteIn China, although people believe God, but we don't have so many religions. So I don't know the details and the stories about Jesus and Christ. After I came to America, there were couple missionaries came to my house and taught me many knowledges about Mormon. Two of them can speak Chinese, because they have been Taiwan to do missionary work for many years. They really help me a lot to understood the Mormon better. They are so nice.
Missionaries are awesome!! I'm glad they were able to help.
DeletePeriod 3
DeleteCassie, if you want more missionaries to help you understand the book of Mormon, I know 2 missionaries that speak mandrine chinese. Even though I live far away, you can come over here on the week ends like saturday or sunday, and they can teach you again. Would you like that?
Sincerely, your friend,
~Tiffany
Tess Larson 3rd Period (DE)
ReplyDeleteI don't do classes live (I watch the classes about a week later), and I just found out about the Slice of Life project, so hopefully it's okay if I start late.... :\ Here's my slice of life for the day:
When I was a two-year-old, I thought that I was the most fantastic baker in the world! To show my talent, I decided to bake cakes for my family. The only times that I was able to successfully make a cake were when Mom and Dad were taking a nap and I woke from my nap before they did, or when Dad was at work and Mom was on her computer in her study. To start making my fabulous cake, I got a cake pan from the cupboard; and I didn't even care if a few more cake pans fell out and broke as I pulled out the specific cake pan that I wanted. Then it was time to make my cake! My instructions went a little bit like this:
1)Pour flour into the cake pan. Pour until your arm gets tired, or you can just set the carton on its side and let the flour flow out of it. It doesn't matter if it overflows or if it gets all over the countertop and floor-- Mom just cleans it up afterward.
2)Get your sugar and do the same process with the sugar as you do with the flour.
3)Go into the refrigerator and grab the milk. Because the 1-Gallon milk carton is heavy for your small and weak two-year-old arm, it's okay to spill it everywhere--except in the cake pan.
4)Get the egg carton out of the refrigerator (and you don't even have to open the super heavy fridge door because you left it open when you got the milk out!) and throw in the cake pan as many whole eggs --egg shell, yoke, egg-white and all-- as you want. It's also okay if you use all of the eggs in the carton and all of the egg cartons in the fridge. Don't worry about cleaning up the broken eggs on the floor and counter that missed the cake pan when you threw them from ten feet away.
5)Sneak into your big brother's candy drawer and get your favorite candy that would compliment your cake flavor. Of course, you'll have to taste-test some of the candy to see if it's still tasty enough for the cake...
6) When all of the ingredients are mostly in the cake pan, take your finger, fresh from picking your nose, and stir the batter with your finger. It may spill out of your cake pan. That's totally fine. Mom cleans it up. She aaaaaaalways cleans it up. ;)
7)Stick the cake pan with what's left of the batter in it in a random cabinet in the kitchen. ....or it could be a cabinet in Mom and Dad's study with all of their nice bills and paper... Again, it may slop around all over the floor and in the cabinet when you're carrying it to the cabinet. And again, ignore it. Somehow, the cabinet serves as an oven...
Once you've finished with those instructions, grab your family to behold your amazing creation! Your brother laughs--he's obviously laughing in awe. Your dad suddenly gets a bad headache when he sees the ruined bills and paper-- he obviously can't handle how good of a baker I am. Your mom bursts into tears-- she obviously is so proud of her prodigy baking baby!
So, yep, I was pretty much the best baker in the whole entire house when I was two years old!
Period 3
DeleteThat is how children seem to think when they are 2 years old. FANTASTIC! So creative. I enjoyed it very much. Pritty sad that kids don't know how contaminating it is to mix the cake batter with the same finger you pick your nose with. Thanks for sharing that post. It was hilarious!
Period 3
ReplyDeleteLight in the Laundry Room:
The blinds are tilted half way which allows strips of light to fill the room.
Rain coats, jeans, and shirts are hanged on a single cord.
The weight of the cord does not bend or break.
Heated blankets and folded t-shirts are on the floor;
Colored in various ways, the dryer smells clean and fuffy.
I like the laundry room, because it's part of a holy house.
Like a temple, all things need a place to wash and fold clothes.
Sometimes I wonder if I can feel the spirit here.
Its warm and sweet flavor is stained on the fabric.
What a beautiful master piece and bright the room can be.
Maybe I slice about the time I was in surgery. That would be werid but cool! What do you think.
DeleteHey! MAURYN!
DeleteWhat do you think?
Should I post about the time I was in surgery?
Maybe that will be my next post.
I think that would be cool, but do what YOU want. I shall not tell you what to do with your life. Or should I say, your Slice of Life :D Haha. You rock Tiff!
DeleteMauryn you are the best. I hope you have a wonderful life and keep on smiling. I love your sweet spirit.
DeleteI have great memories of playing Dinosaur Monopoly with my cousins. I don't think we ever finished a single game, but we did have a lot of fun. The best game we ever played was last year right before their mom's funeral. We forgot about the world and threw ourselves into the game. Sometimes, you just need to play a game with the people you love to win in this life.
ReplyDeleteNicole S Period 3 DE
DeleteI love being able to lose yourself in a game. For a few minutes you can forget everything around you and absorb yourself into the make-believe world before your eyes.
Brady L. Period 3
ReplyDeleteFor my slice I made a reverse poem, but when I posted it and refreshed the page it wasn't there. I explained in my slice that even though our life may not be the best, we can turn it around and see it in a positive view. I was pretty frustrated, but then I realized that I should look at this situation in a different way. It gave me an opportunity to write a new slice about my reverse poem, and it taught me a lesson. I was telling all of you that you should turn life around when it is not going as well, and I wasn't doing it myself. Now that I have gotten a taste of what I am preaching to you, I advise you to always look at the positive in any situation. If you do this, you will become content with life and whatever challenges it throws at you.
That is pretty neat how you turned the situation around and looked at it as a good thing!
DeleteThat is one of the wisest things that man can do while in this mortal life. If we can look positively on all things that happen to us that seem absolutely horrible, we will find true happiness in our lives.
DeleteThat is one of the wisest things that man can do while in this mortal life. If we can look positively on all things that happen to us that seem absolutely horrible, we will find true happiness in our lives.
DeleteOh my gosh this is sooooo funny!!! After I wrote the comment above I accidentally pushed the "back page" icon and it erased the whole comment! I laughed instead of getting frustrated and because I didn't blow up I was able to focus and get it posted back up. So ironic!!!!
DeleteOh my gosh gain!! after I wrote the comment on the comment above I was going to ctrl+c so in case when I posted, I would have it saved so I could post it again. But, I accidentally pushed ctrl+v so it erased anyway! double ironic!
Nicole S. Period 3 DE
ReplyDeleteFor my slice I wrote about my ballet class I went to this afternoon.
“And up!” my ballet teacher’s voice rings out loud and clear above the soft classical music playing in the background. I shift my body weight to the balls of my feet and shift my shoulders back. My eyes quickly dart to the ballerina next to me, before switching back to my own figure. I bring my toe up to my knee before extending it out, in tune with the music. My grip tightens on the bar as my leg hovers, extended in the air behind me. I point my toes and straighten my neck. I lower my leg back down and sit in first position. The rays of light from the window streak across the room, making the elegant ballerina’s even more beautiful. I adjust my hair and continue with the routine.
Being short is an adventure. I understand that I am not really that short to some people but in Liahona I think that I am one of the shortest. It feels like that anyway because all my friends are so tall! I once got a piggy back ride from my brother who is 6ft 2 and for that one moment, I got a glimpse at how much of a different perspective we all have. My brother then decided to see how life is from my angle and bent down to my height and walked around our house. He was amazed. The only words that he spoke were, "Wow, you're short". Inspiring.
ReplyDeleteAlicia R. DE Period 3
ReplyDeleteMaking an omelet is easy. Making an omelet for the first time while trying to cook rice? Not so much. I am grateful for technology, since I can look up recipes for both an omelet and rice while calling my parents to ask how to use the rice cooker.
Red R. (3rd)
ReplyDeleteAnother full day is here. I'm going to go to school, do homework, and go to soccer practice. Soccer. It's an amazing sport; it's fun, it's physical, it's draining, it's fulfilling, it's HARD, it strengthens you, and it does pay off.
When I get to soccer practice, I feel ready to work my hardest and put in my best effort. I warm up but still feel good and strong. About halfway through practice, I'm feeling the burn and I'm tired, but I can still keep going and still try to give my best. By the end of practice, I'm dead. I don't want to move and I just want to be left alone for a few days. I wonder why I even do soccer. It's time consuming, I don't get home until 5:30ish, I have homework I need to do, and I'm just wasted by the end of the day. If I quit it would make things easier. So why don't I quit?
I don't quit because I know that this is good for me. I get to push and test my limits. I get to improve and get stronger. I get to be part of a team and gain experience and knowledge. I have been waiting to do this for 2 years, I'm not going to quit. there is satisfaction in easy things, but there's more satisfaction in endurance, long-suffering, overcoming, and success. Yes, soccer is hard, but it's worth it.
I get home from soccer practice, dump all my stuff on the floor out of pure exhaustion, go eat some dinner, pick my stuff up, do homework, go through my nightly routine, go to bed, and then wake up with excitement the next day. Bring it on!!
You just motivated me big time!!
Delete-Cheynie W. (1st)(DE)
Monopoly is a terrible game. When I was young, me and my cousins would play Monopoly when we got bored. Sam was always the cashier because Jacob and I didn't know how to do it. We would play for hours arguing back-and-forth ruining our friendships. We never finished the game because one of us would get too mad to the point of hatred towards another. The only thing monopoly is good for is ruining friendships and families.
ReplyDeleteI haven't ever actually played Monopoly, but I've seen others play it. No other game I've ever seen has caused family bonds to break faster than "a quick game of Monopoly." Brother against brother, father against son, friends turned to foes and backstabbing and thievery at every turn. Take my advice: if you like someone, don't play Monopoly with them. They definitely won't like you after, and you probably won't like them either.
ReplyDeleteJefferson D 3rd period
DeleteToday I went with my mom, grandma, and all my siblings to an awesome place called Fox's Pizza. The food is great and they also have an arcade, so we went around frantically earning tickets in the hopes of buying a pair of toy handcuffs. The highlight of it for me was when I got to play a shooting game, which I totally rocked at.
ReplyDelete-Ainsley, Period 1 DE
Monopoly has always been one of my favorite games, when I was little my family wold play it every Sunday. I always needed to have my mom help me because I didn't grasp the concept of the game besides rolling dice, and moving my piece how ever many dots the diece had. This frustrated me so much because none of my siblings needed help! So, when I finally caught on to the other parts of the game, and could play with out help I was elated! Because of my new found knowledge I wanted to play monopoly every day, sadly my siblings did not share my enthusiam for the game, so I had to be satisfied with playing once a week.
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ReplyDeleteToday I was packed with places to go and things to do. I started Drivers Ed at AF High School.. 3 hours in the same desk everyday for the next 2 weeks. I think I'll probably start going in my onesie. I had to leave in the middle of Drivers Ed for a violin competition. I'm think it went well, but I didn't really have time to think about it sprinting back to Drivers Ed (you can't miss more than a half hour or they'll make you re-take the class). I felt almost overloaded in the moment, but a nice long nap was welcomed when I got home. And now I'm ready to go to bed. 3 more striaght hours in a desk tomorrow? Bring it.
I love how you looked at your busy day with a positive attitude and was ready for more tomorrow. Good for you.
Delete-Cheynie W. (1st)(DE)
Erin B. P3 DE
ReplyDeleteSo I made a few acrostic poems for Monopoly...
Misers playing
On the table
Never caring
Or even able
Playing with the
Other people
Leaving all
Your money equal.
My second one:
Money
Order
Nail-biting
Ornery
Playing
Over-the-top
Looniness
Yummy?
I made a few other ones, mostly because I feel several different ways about Monopoly, including Long, Boring, Fun, Crazy, Mean, and Funny. My brother tends to lose all of the pieces in his room, so I also consider it Incomplete when playing with my family.
Brady L. Period 3
DeleteThe word Looniness reminded me of something: the Canadian dollar is called a Loonie!
Erin B P3 DE
DeleteWow Brady! I didn't know that! Thanks!!!
Today my sister came home from Arizona and Im so excited!! She was visiting my aunt and uncle and cousions :)
ReplyDeleteI decided to take a very literal approach to today’s slice and talk about pie.
ReplyDeleteWhy is pie so great? Is it the circular shape? Maybe.
Perhaps it’s the taste that seems to envelop every taste bud with deliciousness.
Whatever the reason is, it works.
It’s no coincidence that when doing expense reports company employees use the PIE chart tactic in their attempts to win over judgmental bosses.
Pie has an effect on people that no one can quite understand. The American way is defined by baseball, hot dogs, and apple pie.
Take a slice America.
I would like tend with a quote from the television show Psych.
“Nothing shuts my pie-hole but pie.”
I prefer pecan or peach
DeleteTired
ReplyDeletestill homework
still tired
more homework
Time? sleep please. No its three.
need rest
homework complete!
more homework
finish homework
do research for test
do slice of life
GO TO SLEEP
it's only six...
EXAUSTED
sleep come to me
embrace sleep
hawken k 1st
my daily slice of life
Nice slice Hawken! That one little part when you said: "More homework... homework complete!" Reminded me of Baymax in Big hero 6 saying: "I will scan you... Scan complete!" You know....? Just a thought :).
DeleteHahaha totally, Elise. :D
Delete-Cheynie W. (1st)(DE)
My life everyday hawken.
DeleteKyAnne p-1
Jared B
DeletePeriod 1
I like sleep.
Julia G.
ReplyDeletePeriod 3
D.E.
Today My Mom and I went to San Antonio together. From where I live its a 4 Hour drive for only 1 way. It was a load of fun though! We jammed out to Michael Buble and played road games. I absolutely love spending time with my mom!
Julia G.
ReplyDeletePeriod 3
D.E.
Today My Mom and I went to San Antonio together. From where I live its a 4 Hour drive for only 1 way. It was a load of fun though! We jammed out to Michael Buble and played road games. I absolutely love spending time with my mom!
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ReplyDeleteKensington K. period 4
ReplyDeletePeople travel the world to find exotic, beautiful things. You can't just go there and expect to find it, we must search for it and want it. I also think that if you go somewhere and find things that interest you, capture those moments and take them with you to other places. I believe that not only the obvious things that everyone sees, and enjoys are the most beautiful. I think the little things are beautiful in there own way. If we don't find some kind of beauty in everything, then there's really no beauty at all. Beauty can be found anywhere, we just have to look for it in the least obvious places.
I love the game monopoly. My family and I play it all the time. It's the one game were my dad is ''allowed to cheat'' as he says. Whenever he owes someone money he just looks at them and says: I'd rather owe you for the rest of my life then pay you. He normally wins the game because we can't really do anything about it.
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ReplyDeleteI love monopoly! When I was little I only played it a couple of times but really didn't know what I was doing and how to play. My family really isn't the best at playing board games and my little siblings can’t stay focused on a game for longer than 5 minutes so playing long board games is out of the question and only something I would do on New Year’s Eve (even then it was a challenge and we would just end up quitting and doing something else). The first time I actually played monopoly was at my friend’s house a couple years ago and I loved it, my friend’s family also loves it and they have a couple different character monopolies sets and it’s fun to mix it up now and then.
Words are so simple, so easy to pass by.
ReplyDeleteWe walk around in a world of people who no longer stop and read signs.
In a world lost in it’s self how can we hope to survive?
When the world says look up all people do is “share” and “like”.
What if instead we took a sept a leap into the future with out our electronics and get back to nature?
Where the world asks “I am so bored, what can I do?”
Take a step back, walk out side, put on some running shoes.
Take a hike, bike or swim. The world is more then a two dimensional screen, there is a world of color and life; So get up and go play outside.
Anastasia B. (1st DE)
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DeleteThat is so true Anastasia! It is good to go out and get fresh air rather than playing on a computer or a device.
DeleteIt is and thank you!
DeleteMattaya Kearney period 4
ReplyDeleteI realize that sometimes life doesn't work out the way we plan. We all think and dream about things at random and imagine what we think it should be like or what we wish it to be. Making plans that will probably never happen but we dream them anyways. I do this daily. When life gets hard you make up a different story and pretend to live in it. But what do we do when those amazing dreams that we had start to come true? Or even if you imagine this great story and when it starts to become reality, it gets better. Sometimes I think it's at the worst time, because I forget my story. Maybe it might be better to live that way. But maybe, just maybe, if we try hard enough our storys will get better as they come true. Just a thought.
Wow, That was very profound Mattaya. Thanks for the insight! :)
DeleteThe game Monopoly is okay, but it sometimes feels as if it will never end. The normal game of Monopoly is very detailed with all the things you have to pick (like the houses and hotels and rent/ buy) and it is so confusing to me that I always prefer to play Junior Monopoly, even when I should be capable of understanding and being able to play the harder version. Then again, in lieu of either Monopoly games, I'd prefer to play something like Apples to Apples or Uno or Taboo. In my opinion, there are so many other fun games out there that make me wonder why anyone would chose to pick Monopoly over those fun games?
ReplyDelete-Cheynie W. (1st)(DE)
I think that monopoly is a hard game too. One of my favorites is Trivial Pursuit.
DeleteI have actually never played monopoly. All the ones you listed are fun though.
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ReplyDeleteI met “The Tattooed Mormon” Al Fox the other day at a seminary morningside. It was really cool. I was able to talk to her afterwards and get a picture with her. It was awesome!!
ReplyDelete-Rachel G (DE, 3rd Period)
In may 2014, we went to a church event called LDSHE. There were classes there, thousands of other Mormons, and a dance at the end. Lots of people gave talks there but my favorite speaker was John Bytheway. He is an amazing speaker because he uses his words in a unique way. He was an inspiration and I won't forget how amazing it was to meet him.
ReplyDeletePlanning a date with three other girls can be surprisingly really hard! A couple of weeks ago, my friends invited me and my sister to go to morp (backwards prom) at their school in May. Since It's a girl's choice dance we decided that we should start planning the day date portion as well as figuring out who we will be asking. Four hours later we only had half of the stuff planned.
ReplyDeletehaha I just got asked on a date and I'm having a hard enough time figuring out what I will wear. Having to plan the date as well sounds really stressful! Good Luck :)
DeleteJoseph H.
ReplyDeletePeriod 4
Have you ever been to Lowes Xtreme Airsports (LXA)? If not, you should really go. Seriously. There are many things that you can do, such as climbing the rock wall, swinging from the trapeze, and practicing on the American Ninja Warrior training course. As fun as LXA may be, there is a a major downside. Namely, when you fall into the huge pits, filled with foam squares, it is extremely hard not to get tiny pieces of foam in your lungs. Despite the major health hazards, Lowes Xtreme Airsports is a fun place to visit.
I love LXA! Whenever we come up to Liahona we always stop by and jump on the trampolines. My favorite thing to do is the ANW course!
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Onaleigh B. DE. Period 3
ReplyDeleteThe importance of modesty, it is something our church teaches to both the YM and YW. It is something my parents and older sister have taught me since I was a young girl. This year I decided I wanted to buy a prom dress for our Prom in May. I looked and looked. I found beautiful dresses at great prices, but modesty was always an issue. I thought about how I could just not worry about it; I thought of the possibility of trying to find someone or something to fix it after I bought it. But neither felt right. I knew I couldn't be true to what I believed without buying a dress that was modest. Finally after many weeks of searching we found a perfect dress, it was beautiful and modest and a great price. I finally felt at peace with my decision and we bought it. I may not be the prettiest girl at Prom, but I will have something even better than that. I will know that in this dress I am, "Standing as a witness of God at all times, and in all things, and in all places." And that is the most important part.
Jonathan Goldberg DE 3rd period
DeleteThank you for being modest! We guys appreciate it. You can never go wrong being modest.
Rebekah M. 3rd Period DE
ReplyDeleteMy family is doing scripture study going off the Preach My Gospel manual. At the beginning we talked about what it means to truly testify of Christ. That The Spirit would bring the words to our lips.
I find it more and more exciting as I progress spiritually. On Sunday, we were having a really meaningful lesson and The Spirit was really testifying to me. As I was making my oral observations to everyone, I just started talking about things that I wasn't thinking about before I started talking. The Spirit was bringing the words to my lips so that I could truly testify of Christ. It was an incredible experience, and now I know that I can do anything through Him!
yikes! I didn't post today!.... yesterday... Yesterday is today. not really... Okay! Hugs are important, I find them super helpful, and they always relieve stress. Science has proven that hugging for 20 seconds releases happiness in your soul. I love hugging, it makes me happy. HUG PEOPLE!
ReplyDeleteMcKenzie A Period 3- D.E. (Boston MA)
ReplyDeleteThe door bangs open. “Wow…” My brother stands in the doorway and looks into my room. It likes a book tornado has blown through the place. I was rearranging my bookshelves and hadn't found the time to put everything back. “I’m not going to ask.” He comes over and sits by me.
“You’re not going to ask why I have hundreds of books on my floor?” I chuckle slightly. He knows me all too well. Even though he’s only eleven we are still close.
“Well for all I know you read these all today!” I laugh for real this time, at his comment. I love books and the fact everyone knows makes me kind of happy.
“Well thank you!” He then begins to mime reading a book and tossing it over his shoulder, several times, at top speed, until I’m laugh so hard I can’t breathe.
Jonathan Goldberg DE 3rd period.
DeleteYeah, my siblings read like greased lightening, too. They get it from Dad. I'm very envious because it assists them on taking tests.
Caleb J. Period 3
ReplyDeleteI like monopoly. Recently, it was my brothers birthday. He got a game called bacon Napoli which is basically the same thing as regular monopoly, just with pig references. We played it as a family. It was really fun.
Trevor Fielding
ReplyDeleteperiod 4
Oh,
how many times have we "perfect beings" talked to our friends about the quirks and dorks of our world,
how they walk,
how they talk,
what they do to gain the label "socially awkward".
Now, what if your friend that you were talking to,
in secret,
torments himself too,
he doubts himself because he has one of those quirks that you've been bad-mouthing about.
Imagine that,
you've been scorning those "lesser beings" more than a little in front of your friend,
who now feels like he - by his best friend - is belittled
The point is,
gossip not only hurts those you talk about,
but also those you talk to! because more often than not,
they're dorks too.
-Trevor Fielding (boo-yah!)
Thank you so much for sharing this!!! I really, really like this! It is so true and a fact we often forget. Thank you.
DeleteMarissa M. Period 3 DE
ReplyDeleteI am not what I seem. I know how others see me, I know what they think. I am the weird girl, the one that is always the 'new girl'. I do not go to public school. People ask me if I am going to REAL school now. Now that I am not in Peru. I want to say that I am doing REAL school. It is different, it is weird so they think it is not real. How it bothers me! Just because someone doesn't look like us, or do what we do. If they sound different or speak different it is a crime. If they can't speak correctly then it is something to make fun of. If they do something you wouldn't do, then we make fun of them. It hurts and brings us down. Trust me, I been through it, I know.
Breanne F DE 3rd Period
ReplyDeleteIt was my first time in Washington D.C.. I was going with my dad. He goes there about every six months to talk to the Senators and Representatives. He takes one kid up once they hit about age thirteen, and this year it was my turn. I was so excited I was going to get to meet all the Representatives and senators and I would get to go see the the memorials. We got there a late at night, walked to our hotel, and went to bed. Our first day was all site seeing. Our second day was meeting with the Senators, and some site seeing. I really enjoyed sitting through the meetings and watching my dad talk to the Senators and the friends he was going up with to decide who was going to be the bad guy in that meeting and who was going to be the good guy in the next meeting.
Between the meetings, instead of having to walk to each building, they have underground railroad that takes you from the Senator building, to the Representative building, and to the capitol. (I don't remember if it went to the white house, but I think it did) In one of the meetings I got a tour of the capitol on the half that people aren't allowed to go into, so I got to see a bunch of different places that other people don't usually get to see.
Jeffrey Bratt 4th
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My favorite time of year is summer. I love summer because of the memories it brings back from when I was a child. Like flying down slip n' slides and eating popsicles. Those where the days.
Annabelle R. 1st
ReplyDeleteWhen ever my brother, Sam want to play monopoly he always asks me. The reason is because I'm the only one who will eventually play with him. He always tries to get me to play it I say no after awhile and then agree with him. As the game goes on, I'm losing more and more money. Eventually I get bankrupt and he wins. But when I ask Sam to play monopoly deal, which is a card game almost exactly like monopoly. But the point of the game is to get 3 or 5 sets of properties. I always win- well most of the time I win. Few times I lost to my extended family, but that wasn't very much. I'm like the champion of monopoly deal. I'm glad my brother agrees to play it, because he never plays anything with me. When ever you want to play it you probably should play it on a table. If you don't you'll never see the cards that fall down those cracks. Well... Unless you move to a new house. Monopoly and monopoly deal are similar in a way, but also very different. In monopoly deal you have to get more sets of colored properties. But as you know in monopoly you have to get the other people bankrupt. There are many similarities between the two games, but there are many differences too. In my opinion I think monopoly deal is better than monopoly.
The oh so many different styles I have. Thursday I woke up and was feeling rather lazy, so I threw on a boys baseball tee shirt, some black leggings, a pair of navy blue boys church socks from costco (my favorite place to get socks) and a fair of white converse, my hair was put into a very sloppy pony tail and a pretty much just drew all day long...
ReplyDeleteFriday when I awoke, I was feeling rather classy, in a sense found my coral button up long sleave shirt and threw that on and I put a black slipping cap sleave shirt over the pink shirt, I popped th coller out over the black shirt, I put my favorite black pants on and for my shoes I grabbed my black velvet pointy toed shoes that has a sparkly, ankle cuff that is attached to them. I let my hair just do its natural thing, and was on my way to go shopping.
I am just going to skip Saturday and Sunday because I looked like a druggy all day long, it was a struggle, I did not attend church due to a fever of a rather high temperature.
Monday I was still filling sick so I decided to dress in practically all black, I had a black long sleeve, v neck tee shirt, black legging black headband, The only thing that was not black was my socks, they were a dark red color, I was constantly asked all day long if I was going goth, I just shrugged and would reply that this was my current mood for the day....
That brings us up to today, a above the knee emerald skirt, with a black fancy shirt.... and I would say that today is a bright day....
Jared B
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DeleteMy friend I love it. I needed to see that today
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MaKenna Moses DE
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Just the other day, I was bragging to my friend that I got out of doing a devotional in seminary this semester. This was not an intentional thing or something I sought out, but it was a happy mistake. But the mistake I made was to glory in not having to prepare or present a devotional in seminary. Not even 24 hours later, I received a text from my teacher. In this text, he plainly and simply asked if I would give a devotional tomorrow. It has been months since we have had a devotional, but I get asked to give one hours after my triumph of avoiding this exact task. Be careful what you say because you never know how quickly that will turn against you.
Murphy's law in full action!
DeleteJonathan Goldberg DE 3rd period
I drove my Rc car today it was so much fun like always. And we also jumped off like a 15 foot cliff. But we made sure that it was soft on the bottom because it would of hurt so bad. When we jumped it was so fun, the feeling I felt is like when you get on a roller coaster and that is fun.
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ReplyDeleteSadly, I do not have my license... This is something which weighs heavily on my mind, all the time. People seem to ask me the same question, over and over again. "You don't have your license yet?." The answer is simple, it's because I'm lazy. They may be asking this seemingly innocent question out of curiosity, but in my mind, this is how it sounds; "Hey Alec, I bet you were unaware of the fact that I can drive and you can't. I could be in Juarez Mexico in nine hours, and you would still be here, unable to drive. How does it feel, not being able to go anywhere without someone driving you?. I bet it sucks." And then I have to explain the boring reality of things, and they always seem disappointed with my answer.
I was listening to a Hank Smith talk the other day and he said the best way to live a happy life was to follow these simple steps:
ReplyDelete1 Accentuate the positive.
2 Work hard.
3 Keep the commandments.
4 Eliminate contention in your life.
Caleb Galke
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When I lived in Panama me and my family had an awesome opportunity to go to an orphanage every Tuesday and help feed the babies and little kids then put them to bed for their afternoon nap. Going every Tuesday was a little hard sometimes because it was that day where we had a ton of things to get done, every week. And sometimes we would ask our mom if we could skip going to the orphanage just for that week because it would be easier, she always said no but never really gave an answer. Then one day my little sister was really set on not going and she just kept asking my mom over and over if we could just skip this one time; my mom finally said, “The way I see it is that The Lord has put us in a place where we can do this for him. He can’t come and hold these children himself so he has us do it for him. And for everything The Lord has given us I think this is the least we can give him.” After that we all had a different attitude towards going. It was still hard sometimes but having that thought in our minds really lightened the load. As the weeks, months and years went on we couldn’t wait for Tuesdays to come around because we really grew to love these kids. We began to see them, I think, in a small piece of how God sees them and adores them. We even went for Christmas one year and spent hours playing and just spending time with them. It was really hard when we moved because we knew that we weren’t coming back and that might be the last time we see them. But I know that sacrificing those couple hours every Tuesday helped those kids feel love that had been neglected from them for so long. It also helped me and my family feel the Saviors love in a more personal way, in a way that I had never experienced it. Those Tuesdays helped me put my life in perspective and see that I have it pretty good and that maybe just maybe my problems really aren’t that bad. And finally, those Tuesdays helped me lose myself and find the Lord, which is a blessing that I will never regret.
Last Friday was my seminary teacher’s birthday. We planned to all bring a flower to put in a vase for her. I had my flower planed selected the night before, it was a gorgeous tulip growing out back. The day of I left my house forgetting the flower. By the time I had realized it was too late to retrieve it. Scrambling desperately I discovered a large bag of candy given to me by my orthodontist for getting my braces off that same week. It was a slender clear bag off Mike and Ikes, and Sower Patch Kids. Was tied off with a bow and looked as though it would pass as a gift. Entering seminary, I got in a line of students putting flowers in the vase. I timidly placed my bag down next to the vase with a thud, attracting the gaze of all in the room. Upon seeing my gift my teacher praised me, sparking jealousy in all the others.
ReplyDeleteKaden Moses, DE, Period 3
ReplyDeleteTuesday. I hate Tuesdays but this Tuesday I had something to look forward to. My dad and I were going saltwater kayak fishing. This is something we both love to do and we are very good at it. Im not going to talk about my fishing success but I am going to tell a story of a few years back when I had no clue what I was doing. My dad and I had just bought our new kayaks to take on fishing trips. We wanted to catch something big so we planned to paddle five miles off shore from Galveston to an oil rig. We had heard these oil rigs out in the middle of the ocean attract fish because fish love structure. So with minimal knowledge of what to do we set off on our slow heavy kayaks. In about two hours of paddling we made it to the rig. Having no real Idea of what to do I put a pice of shrimp on a hook and cast it out. Within three hours I caught two small fish. Disappointed with my lack of success I made one more cast. I caught a small fish called a blue runner that was about six inches long. My dad said “awesome we can use it for live bait” I was annoyed with this statement because what were the odds of catching a fish big enough to eat this live bait hole? However, I did not want to be the negative one so I put the fish on a hook as we started to make our way to shore. About half way back my pole seemed to be carrying extra weight. I started reeling in to see if I had some sea weed stuck on my hook. As I reeled it started feeling heavier and heavier. Did something take the bait? Then all of a sudden something started to fight me, I had a fish on. When I reeled in the fish I was surprised to see a four foot shark on the end of my fishing line. After brainstorming for a wile my dad and I figured out how we could land it without being bitten. At the time it was the biggest fish I had ever caught. I was a good day.
Kensington k. period 4
ReplyDeletePeople should be very cautious of what they say on social media. I think that people should read things with an open mind, and should stop taking things so literally, that could help all the fighting we see all over social media. We shouldn't judge people for silly things, there is no point, we need to learn to love everyone.
Alivia Carlton 3rd Period (D.E)
ReplyDeleteI love history! Brother DeGraff is one of the best teachers I've ever had! I would probably be correct in saying that he is one of the best history teachers in the world. He makes history so exciting and fun! But of course you all guys already knew that! I hope that someday I can teach my children as passionately as he teaches us!
Matiah Goldberg 3rd Period DE
ReplyDeleteI really like Monopoly. When I was younger, my siblings and I would play it 3 or more days in a row during the summer. I always frustrated me how my brother always attracted all the money. It seemed, and still seems, that he always lands on Free Parking, that he gets the best property set (by trading or landing on them), and that the most people land on his property. He's like a money magnet! He would be collecting all this money as my money slowly trickled into his pile. But that was all part of the fun. It made it a challenge to see who could hold out longer or who could collect the most money. Monopoly is one of the best games ever invented.
I know exactly what you mean! My brother always wins monopoly, and even if he doesn't he still manages to make everything extremely difficult for the rest of us. Monopoly is evil and wonderful at the same time.
DeleteMaKenna Moses. 3rd Period, DE
Friendship means a lot to me. I am not very good at making friends to be completely honest. When I am able to obtain friendships, I keep those people very close to me. When my two best friends moved away my heart totally broke in two. Technology helped me be able to stay connected to them through Skype and Facebook. I's to happy that I have friends who are willing to take the time out of their day just so they can talk to me. This I cherish the friendships I have and I will go out of my way to fix them if I feel like they need fixing.
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Trying, trying.
Trying, trying.
Trying, trying.
This week I have to work on a slide show for my brothers wedding that's coming up in a few weeks. We are all so happy for him! Next wednesday we are all flying out to Utah because they are getting marred in the Salt Lake temple.
ReplyDeleteJonathan Goldberg DE 3rd period
ReplyDeleteMonopoly is a favorite game of my family, especially my brother. He has an uncanny ability to amass capital and property(he does this in other games, too). Everyone dislikes hi merciless style of playing, though it's all in fun. There is this stigma of mercilessness even when he isn't winning. I do pretty well, also, but I'm not hated because I am nice: I forgive rents, settle for less money, and don't brag about my game accomplishments. In addition to being nice, another strength I use is not trading property. I keep as much as I can so other people cannot get a mutiplicity of monopolies. I like my strategy better than my brother's strategy. While he may triumph more than I triumph, I don't have a stereotype connected with me. This helps me to win because people are nice to me as I'm nice to them; they also don't gang up on me. In the end, I win with a more strategy than my brother's.
That is a smart way to go! My brother is like yours, and has no mercy with monopoly. Maybe if I use your strategy everyone will try to help me win just so he doesn't. ;)
DeleteMaKenna Moses. 3rd Period, DE
Georgia d.l.
ReplyDeleteFriday's are cool, so are bowties, and fezzes!! AM I RIGHT WHOVIANS!!!! DOCTOR WHO BINGE TONIGHT
I really miss soccer. I wish it wasn't over. I hope they have a team next year! I'm not sure if I want to be goalie again or not though.
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ReplyDeleteWe were able to learn about CPR at mutual a few nights ago. Once a year our Young Women group does a CPR certification class. This is my fifth year doing it and it never ceases to amaze me how much you can improve a bad situation just by being prepared. It’s going to be easier for everyone included in the situation if even one person has prepared ahead of time. Preparation doesn’t necessarily make the bad situation any easier, but we have the ability to handle it with ease. I think that principle really applies to anything in life. School, Missionary Work, and anything in-between.