Why I Write

I write to improve my vocabulary.

I write to get my feelings out.

I write to inform others.

I write to get the grade.

I write to cripple my hand.

I write to create art.

I write to contain thoughts.

I write to remember.

I write to speak.

I write to prepare.

I write to calm down.

I write to ease my mind.

I write to create.

I write to impress.

I write to pass on.

I write to help.

I write to take up time.

I write to take up space. 

Goodbye

Dear Wendy, 

School has been really stressful lately, especially the last few weeks. At least Summer break will be here soon. I'm not sure if I will have any finals or not. Hopefully I won't though. I plan on working a lot over the Summer and hopefully spending time with friends. Next year I will be going to OTC for Middle College. It's where I finish highschool there and I get college credit for it. I'm pretty excited for that. Class is almost over so I won't be in Creative Writing anymore. I don't think I'll be able to keep in touch since I will be working and trying to have time for friends. I hope that you have a great time over the summer. Best of wishes to you. 

Sincerely, Josh

Photo Hunt

Something that makes me laugh 

Something that looks like a face but isn't

Something that makes me happy

Chinese Partners Opinion on Wife Swap

My Partner Said:
josh,yeah we have seen it,I think it is a really ridiculous show!I don't know why there is a such show 😂I can't say it is good or not but it shows something to us that every family has its own way to live 😀what do you think 😀

MSU Exchange Students

The MSU exchange students coming to visit us helped me learn the differences and similarities between our high schools in America and China. 

We talked about how the schools in China are a lot more strict and how life there is more education oriented. The students we had were Jasmine and the other students name escapes my mind. They told us that in China they have school from 8:00 am - 11:00 pm and that they have a lot more classes than we do. I would love to get into contact with them again. 

For the school tour we took them all around the school. We took them to the main halls and the gym and even through the court yard. The students took pictures with us. 

I thought that it was a great activity. It helped me understand how different our two cultures are. I think that the exchange students loved being able to come and see how different an american high school is. 

Wife Swap

After watching the Wife Swap video I saw, and heard, many ideas on what people thought was considered "right" or "okay" within a family. Well, firstly I think that families should spend time together. That's a given. Whether it be dinner or playing games bonding is very important. Secondly, I feel like kids should have an equal balance between work and play. Kids shouldn't have to spend five days at school followed by a bunch of extra work with no days off. However, kids shouldn't just be able to run around wild. That wouldn't lead to anything good. 

Next, this was probably the biggest problem people would have had with that all, is respect. I think that everyone in the house should respect each other. Wife, husband, child, anyone. They should all respect each other. I also believe that work around the house should be spread around the family equally. Though most people would find it stereotypical that a mans place is working to provide for the family and a womens place would be in the kitchen, at home, cooking, cleaning, and taking care of kids. I think that the family should split those duties equally. I really don't think we should have labels or stereotypes for what a persons roll is in the family.

Favorite Literature

   “And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting

On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;

    And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon’s that is dreaming,

    And the lamp-light o’er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor;

And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor

            Shall be lifted—nevermore!”

 This last stanza from Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven is one of my favorite pieces of literature. I really like it because it shows that no matter what the narrator tries the raven will not go away. I also like the way it uses figurative language and the repetition of “Nevermore”.  My seventh grade English class at Cherokee had to read this piece. I don’t just like this piece though, I like Edgar Alan Poe’s work in general. I think that the way he uses figurative language to paint a picture into the readers head is incredible but I also absolutely like the overall theme of his work. I like how dark and eerie his poetry is.  The reason that this piece has stuck into my head over all this time is because my class had to memorize the first and last stanza of this piece and repeat it back to my teacher. The overall theme of this piece alone though has made it stick into my head. I like how the author puts so much emotion into his work and you can feel the dread and emptiness the narrator has.