Top ten things to be thankful for

1.God
2.Family
3.Friends
4.Home
5.Car
6.School
7.Freedom
8.Job
9.Peace
10.Money

My most important and favorite thing I am thankful for is God. Without God nothing is possible. He is the creator of the heavens and earth. God is my savior and the most important person in my life.

Also, another important thing that I am thankful for is money. With money, you can buy food, clothes, shelter and ect. Many people around the world dont have enough money to buy these things, they barely have enough to live. I am so thankful for having the life I do and being blessed with many things.

Everyone is thankful for something. What are you thankful for? To me, the 10 most important things I'm thankful for are; God, family, friends, home, car, school, freedom, job, peace, and money.

Speak book review

Are you the type of person who if you have a problem you keep your mouth shut? Or are you the type to tell someone so they could help you over come it? In Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, Melinda is a young high school girl dealing with something way over her head and doensnt tell anyone about it.

Melinda, to me, is the type of person to fix her problems on her own. She doesnt need anyone to do things for her because she is so used to doing them by herself.

The first day of school for Melinda was terrible. She said "I am an outcast." While walking through the halls she see's all of the teens glare and laugh at her. Melinda finds her hideaway spot in the janitors closet. She hides from her old friends, teachers, and especially IT, Andy Evan, the boy who made her mouth, body, and mind scarred.

Towards the end of the book, Melinda transforms in many ways. She finally speaks up and actually talks to other students.

I would most definatly recamend this book to all teens who attend, or have attended high school. The moral of this story is very touching and made me think about the people who dont say much to anyone and if something happend to them like it did Melinda.

Bullying

Bullying is a huge part of our society and needs to be changed. Have you ever been the person who got made fun of all of the time and was beat up and for not giving the bully your lunch money?



There are many kids that attend Batesville High that are bullied. I believe violence is not the answer and kids should handle these problems in another way other than beating them.



When kids move to a new school, chances of them being bullied is very likely. Most of the time, the bullys are the one's who have had a rough life and were also once beat. Bully's are the jealous one's and usually dont get enough attention.

Touching Spirit Bear book review

Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen was an interesting book about Cole Matthews, a young boy going through a hard life. He caused many problems in the community and when he finally almost beat Peter Driscal to death, his town was tired of his anger and put him in the circle of justice. After everyone agreed to send him to an isolated island in Alaska, Cole was mauled by a huge, white bear. When Edwin and Harvey came to check on Cole they noticed his wounds and took him to a near doctor. Six months later, Cole returned back to the circle of justice to see if he would be sentenced to jail. Even though noone wanted Cole Matthews to return back to the island, he did and had to build his hut and survive on his own. He did many activities to overcome his anger, including soaking in the creek, carrying the ansestor rock up the hill and rolling it back down, and carving designs on a totem pole. Now that Cole started to fix his anger issues, he realized there was no use in being angry all the time. As I read this story, I learned to be patient in everything I do and to not take things or people for granted.

I Heart You, You Haunt Me. Book Review

Imagine loosing your best friend, boyfriend, and someone you trust with your life all on the same day. Anna, in the book "I Heart You, You Haunt Me" lost her boyfriend Jackson. This book makes you realize many things. It was very touching and one of my favorite books. After reading this book written by Lisa Schenodzer, I learned to live everyday like my last and to love others with all of my heart. I enjoyed Lisa's style because it was written in poetry form and I never wanted to put it down. As I was reading, I felt as if I were in the story. The way she described Jackson coming back felt so real. If you like to read realistic books or books about relationships, I would recommend you to read it. "I Heart You, You Haunt Me" made me feel like I grew as a person as I read it. Lisa made Jackson seem so real and makes you wonder if something could happen to you like that. This was such an amazing book. I would recommend this to teens who have relationship trouble.

Copper Sun book review

Slavery brought so many tears and was a hard time for everyone. In the story Copper Sun by Sharon M. Draper slavery was the main conflict. Amari was a young girl who had to watch the death of her family and was taken away to become a slave. As she was taken to many places she finally met afi, an older woman who took care of her and made her a stronger person. After being molested and abused by the sailors on the death ship she never gave up. When Amari was sold to the Derbyshire farms, she met Polly, Teenie, and Tidbit. Even though Mr. Derby was a cruel and abusive man, his wife Izabelle had a very caring and loving personality. When Mrs. Derby had her baby she realized that she wasn't Mr. Derby's but was Noah's. After the death of Izabelle Derby and her baby girl, Polly, Amari, and Tidbit ran away to find freedom. On their travels, they ran into many people who helped them along the way. They finally made it to Savannah, Georgia and stayed at the Spanish Colony, Fort Mose. Amari found out that she was pregnant there by a rape. Even though all of these people went through abuse and rape, they never quit living and still had faith.

9/11

Where were you when the world stopped turning that September day? On September 11, 2001 everyone's lives had changed. We never would have thought that anything would happen like that. As we all watched the first plane hit one of the towers, we cried knowing that lives had been taken by someones accident. But, after the second plane hit the other tower we knew that it was a terrorist attack. President George Bush was visiting a school in Florida when the attacks happend. He didnt go to Washington that day because everyone was affraid that it was the next target. Even though that this day has changed our world we all grew stronger together through everything. Fire Fighters, Policemen, and others risked their lives searching for bodies or people trapped inside the buildings.