Comments on Peer's Posts

Hope V. - I'm super sarcastic too Hope, maybe that's why we don't get along...

Ana B. - Yes I did read all of those things, so I hope you enjoy knowing I know that much more about you. Don't forget what I told you about the scar thing, I promise it's a better story.

Kamryn A. - Kam I really enjoyed reading your list, although I already knew a lot of things on this list.

Ashley T. - Hmmmmm, you don't seem like the person that likes meeting new people, but that's just me. Also already knew that you aren't a creative person, I can tell by your book! Enjoyed reading your list... a little.

Alyssa G. - I am a very bland, emotionless person, so I can relate on that. Your'e a funny person, enjoyed getting to know you this year.

About a Boy

"It happens, and I wish it didn't, but that's life, isn't it?"

There is one thing that everyone has to deal with that no one wants to, death. This past month death has seem to be something that just keeps happening. I lost my grandma a little over a month ago, and that was by far one of the hardest things I have ever gone through. I became used to the question, the constant "How are you?", the question people ask when they don't know what else to say. I became used to answering it, "As good as I can be, it happens, and I wish it didn't, but that's life, isn't it?" I was angry, so angry at everyone and everything. I understood that it had to happen, and it was her time, but that doesn't make it hurt any less. I took comfort in knowing she is in a better place, but that place she is in, it's not here with us. She'll never call me again, I'll never hear her voice again, never see her walk into another room. We knew the day would come, but we were never prepared for it, but then again, is anyone ever really prepared for that? Everyone dies, its a gruesome thing, but it is the truth, no one can stop it, we can only live until we can't anymore. It wasn't until last week the unclear meaning of death became even more of a question. On April 28, 2017 one of my friends passed away after taking his own life. Keyshawn Jackson was someone taken from us too soon and it makes me angry. It makes me angry to think that he was going through something so bad he felt that was the only way out of it. I am angry that he felt like he was so alone and that whatever he was going through would never get better. I am angry because I can't even begin to imagine what his family must be feeling, and not because I want to understand or be able to relate, but because no one should ever have to endure that kind of pain. I'm angry because my friends are hurting, and there is nothing that can be done about it. I am angry because everything is supposed to happen for a reason, but there is no reason for this. It seems unfair, to go from having someone in your life for so long to having them ripped away out of no where. This type of thing shouldn't happen, it isn't life and it shouldn't be that way for anyone. But it happened, I wish it didn't. and sadly that is what life has become.

101 Things About Me

1.  I am 17 years old which feels really old and young at the same time
2. I was born in Springfield, Missouri weighing 7 pounds 11 ounces
3. I moved to a little town outside of Dallas, Texas called Sachse
4. I met my all time best friend in first grade but we didn't become close until sixth
5. I fell onto a nightstand with a spikes on the handles when I was 6 and cut into my eye leaving a deep scar that I still have today
6. I used to walk up to one of gas stations with all of my friends when we were younger
7. I got a tiffany blue moped for Christmas and wrecked it a month later after hitting a stop sign because I though I could drive with no hands
8. My favorite color is tiffany blue   
9. I have broken every phone I have ever owned from shattering it to dropping it in the toilet
10. I hate the color orange
11. I watched 11 seasons of Greys Anatomy in 24 days... during the school year
12. My all time favorite TV show is FRIENDS
13. I have lived in 2 different cities but 6 different houses
14. I have a 24 year old sister, 13 year old brother, and 7 year old step-brother
15. My parents have been divorced since I was 11 years old
16. I started on the A team basketball team my 7th and 8th grade year
17. Ran the 200m, 100m, and 4x200m in track 7th and 8th grade
18. I attended 3 different elementary schools, 1 middle school, and 1 high school
19. I managed the Kickapoo softball team freshman year
20. Kickapoo girls basketball manager my sophomore... All-State Manager actually
21. Kickapoo volleyball team my junior year
22. I drive a 1999 green Oldsmobile Silhouette I call the 'Green Machine'
23. I have a very loud, outgoing, and funny personality as I've been told
24. My favorite number is 15
25. When I was in the first grade I fell off a jungle gym 7 feet in the air and landed on my face in gravel... was not pretty for a while
26. My first pet was a boxer named Watson who ended up living to be 13 years old
27.  I got a guinea pig one Thanksgiving that I had for 5 years named Sparkey 
28. I currently own a dog named Tucker who is 7 and a multi-poo
29. I am very sociable and very interactive with just about everyone
30. I have a huge fear of clowns and I don't know why
31. I absolutely despise feet
32. I hate the sound of people chewing their food
33. I got a C in photography 1 and I have no idea how 
34. One time I got ISS because I went to Wendys during school
35. I don't have a favorite animal
36. I don't think love is real
37. I have a thing for cool socks
38. My first love was in third grade with Max Fasang
39. I have blonde hair and green eyes
40. I've always wanted to cut my hair but I am too scared to
41. I love watching baseball
42. I'm horrible at saving money
43. I am not good at expressing my feelings
44. I dress down more than I dress up
45. I hate fake nails
46. I don't like to be touched, I enjoy my own space
47. I'm really bad at doing my own makeup
48. My favorite season is spring
49. My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving
50. I'm Irish
51. Absolutely love sprite
52. I have horrible allergies
53. I'm terrible at art, not artistic at all
54. I hate talking on the phone
55. I'm very badly allergic to grass
56. Not a huge fan of country music
57. Once someone took a baseball bat to my rearview window
58. I am really, really, really bad at math
59. I love english class
60. I use Snapchat the most out of all my apps
61. I think I tell really good stories
62. I hate reading
63. My favorite place to be in is my bed
64. Top 3 favorite movies: Bridesmaids, Project X, and Step Brothers
65. Freshman year was my least favorite year of high school
66. I have a dollar I keep in my phone case from a memorable, fun night
67. The hardest thing I have ever had to go through is losing my grandma
68. I love sunflowers
69. I laugh at everything
70. I'm really loud, always, I can't help it
71. When I was little my favorite show was Rachel Ray
72. I'm always touching my hair
73. I like rainy days, but not huge thunder storms
74. I like being outside but I hate bugs
75. I''m always down to hammock
76. I have never died my hair
77. My biggest fear is drowning
78. My middle name is Ann
79. I don't wear contacts or glasses
80. I got a 22 on the ACT
81. I am dog person
82. I hate working out
83. I like coffee
84. I sleep with my door closed
85. I take really long showers
86. I like the New England Patriots
87. I look more like my dad
88. "Bolth" instead of "both" drives me insane
89. I am 5'6"
90. I do not like beans 
91. I have never had Popeyes
92. I love Qdoba
93. I hate mornings
94. I shower at night
95. I prefer cake over cupcakes
96. I am terrible at walking in heels
97. I hate skinny jeans and tennis shoes together
98. I don't have my ears pierced because I am allergic
99. My zodiac sign is Aquarius
100. I have never been to the beach
101. I am not a kids person

Children's Story Feedback for Friends

Hope Villines

1) Little Suzy (was) never satisfied. She always cried and cried, never pleased.
2) Never satisfied Suzy sat down at the dinner table. Her mom put broccoli on her plate and Suzy frowned.
3) Suzy threw herself on the ground. Suzy rolled round and round, kicking and screaming. Suzy was steaming.
4) Never satisfied Suzy went to the park with her friend named Mark.
5) Suzy wanted to swing, but all the swings were taken. Mark said "Suzy don't be shaken. Let's go down the slide instead."
6) Suzy shouted, "No! I want to go home!" Mark replied, "Okay, then to home we will roam."
7) Never satisfied Suzy woke up on Monday morning. Time for school, but Suzy said, "No! School makes me want to drool."
8) Suzy pulled the covers over her face and refused to get up. Her mom replied, "Come on Suzy all grown ups get up out of bed."
9) Suzy got up, but never stopped pouting. As Suzy kept pouting, her mom kept shouting. All the way to school Suzy pouted like a fool.
10) Never satisfied Suzy had to go to the grocery store with her mom. Of course, Suzy threw a fit, said she would stay in the car and sit.
11) Suzy's mom said, "These fits have got to stop. I have to shop!"
12) Little Suzy cried and cried, trying to get her way. But Suzy's mom said, "No Suzy! Not today!"
13) Continuing, her mom said, "Now Suzy, we don't always get our way, sometimes we have to say, 'that will be okay'."
14) And for the first time never satisfied Suzy looked a little satisfied. (I guess sometimes Suzy is satisfied.) Maybe another phrase to end things.

--I like how the story rhymes throughout and how Suzy learned how to be satisfied at the end.


Ashley Tokarz

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Luis is a second grader from Barcelona, Spain who transfers to Jacob(')s second grade class. 
Luis isn't very good at English (at first, and so) he has trouble communicating with the other kids. 
Seeing his trouble, Jacob befriends Luis and decides he will help teach him English. 
Their second grade class has a big project coming up: reading a book of your choice in front of the class, and Jacob wants Luis to be ready for it. 
The two meet everyday at recess, and Luis also helps Jacob learn a little bit of Spanish. 
(That's all I have so far, I haven't decided an ending or what happens after they begin meeting). My plan is for the graphic design class to do the illustrations, which will just be simple people and a couple of settings.

Good so far, just finish it up!

The Jump to Gold (Rough Draft)

Harper was a 10 year old little girl who loved riding horses.

Harper had a horse named Sassy and together they were super good at winning competitions.

This year Harper and Sassy had made it all the way to the Horsey State Competition.

Harper knew she was really good at the competitions so she didn't practice a whole lot.

Before they knew it the time had come for the competition both Harper and Sassy had been waiting for.

Harper was convinced she was going to win, she didn't even feel the need to try.

But Harper was wrong.

They fell short and by the time it was over they lost.

Harper was upset. 

So upset she wanted to quit competing.

Harper's mom knew Harper shouldn't quit.

She was good, she just needed to be reminded of it.

So Harper's mom pushed her to get back to horse riding.

And pushed her

And pushed her

And pushed her.

Until she finally got back to it

And that is when Harper realized all she had to do was push herself

And she could accomplish anything.

Childhood Prompts

 One memory from my childhood that stands out the most is getting to be a flower girl in my uncle's wedding. I was seven years old so it was pretty exciting, especially because I thought it was a pretty important role to have. I still lived in Texas so I got to miss a day of school to drive up here, which is always fun as a little kid. I had the prettiest black dress and my favorite little cousin was the ring barer with me. The part that I remember the most is almost tripping down the aisle, everyone gasped but once I caught myself and started laughing they all laughed with me. Then to top it all off, once we got to reception I started dancing like there was no one around, and before I knew it a circle of people formed around me. As a seven year old girl that was a very eventful night that I will always remember.

As a child, and even throughout my "teenage" years, the most important person in my life was my grandma. She was always there for me for as long as I can remember. Even when we still lived in Texas, she would make so many trips to come see us in everything we did. She was my biggest supporter and she always let me know it. The weeks she would come to visit would be the best weeks I had. I remember waking up excited and that being all I could think about at school, just going home and seeing her. My grandma had heart failure later in her life, which resulted in her receiving a heart device called a left ventricular assistive device, or a LVAD. This machine didn't stop her though, she became a stronger person and even went on to teach other people about her machine. I looked up to her, even as a little girl I had tremendous respect for my grandma, I idolized her. She was a huge part of my childhood.

As a child I had a very loud and outgoing personality, loved to dance, sing, and talk. I could never meet a stranger because I loved to make friends with everyone. If you asked my parents they would probably tell you I was too hyper as a child, which is true, but I had a lot of fun. As I have gotten older I have changed slightly in some ways, but stayed the same in most. I think I am calmer now, but I definitely still have a talking problem which is why I consider myself a sociable person. I was a little crazy as a kid, but I think I was a fun one.

When I was little, fifth grade actually, I got my first detention. I was in reading class and we were learning about commas so we were doing an activity on the board. I walked up to write my answer on the chalkboard as Jacob Strickling came up behind me and threw his arms on my shoulders stabbing me with his pencil. I reacted by pushing him off of me and he went into the chalkboard and started crying immediately. He went to the nurse after telling our teacher I "shoved him for no reason". He came to school the next day and said I fractured his back, which was not true at all so I was really confused. But he started crying when telling his side of the story so I got a detention and all he had to do was say sorry. "I was wrongfully justed", that was a saying that came out of my mouth a lot after this incident. That was the most trouble I ever got into as a child, which was super frustrating.

Author's Bio

Lilli Flanigan is from the little town of Sachse, Texas and later moved to the slightly bigger town of Springfield, Missouri. Lilli sadly still lives with her parents Jami and David, and her brothers Jack and Josh. The only thing she really cares about is her dog Tucker, she feels that he really gets her. She has been jobless since last August so she is suffering through broke times right now.