Writer's Exchange: Students
Writer's Exchange: Students

• Cryo-genetics is coming soon! God help us all.
  Hey everyone! Straight to the point: Has anyone ever heard of cryo-genetics? No? Aw, come on! Okay fine. Here’s the point of cryo-genetics in a nutshell: Cryo-genetics is the process of bringing a frozen body/entity back to life (cryo meaning ice from Latin roots). I’m dead serious, if you’ll excuse the pun. I know it sounds completely [...]
• Redundent Red Ribbons
  Have you been seeing too much red lately? I think that the red ribbons on my street have overloaded the limit. My family still puts red ribbons on our mailbox but I think that some people overdue it! Every house on my street has red ribbons on their houses, on their bushes, on their [...]
• Great Exploration Class!
  I took a really fun class every Friday for a long time. 6th graders can take this class from 2:00-2:45. We got to pick any place we wanted and “go” there. We got 5,000 dollars to spend. We had to pay for meals, hotels and more. I chose Morocco because it is my last name. [...]
• Someone is thinking of you.
  This post is not for me to read with pleasure, nor is it for my fellow classmates. I am writing this post for the soldiers in Iraq. We often catch ourselves too involved in our own live to think about the lives of others. We, in the United States of America have video games and [...]
• My Wonderful Explorations Class
  Last Friday, the world is your oyster explorations group had a celebration for finishing our traveling trips. This explorations group was based on traveling around the world. Each member of the explorations class “received $5,000” (we didn’t actually get $5,000). But then we each planned our trip and we got to pick which country we [...]
• A Little Turkey Day Love
  People were filing rapidly into the room from a small door. The tables had been decorated with leaves by the five other kids and I that had showed up earlier to help. The adults set the table, and cooked the food we were to [...]
• A Quiz
  Which would you say is most important? ○A. Imagination ○B. Intelligence ○C. Influence   Your first choice of a book would be- ○A. A fiction novel ○B. A practice book that your Math teacher had recommended for the class to try ○C. A mystery   If you were writing a blog, it would be called- ○A. The benefits of creativity ○B. The geniuses of history ○C. [...]
• SSAT
  I woke up slowly and unwillingly knowing today was THE day I fear the most. Today was the day that every kid in the whole world puts a huge red x on there calender, writing in big letters “SSAT!!” I woke up and sat up in my bed. Looking towards my feet [...]
• The Oireachtas
  I am an Irish dancer and I compete in competitions called feises. At all feises, dancers compete with girls and boys who are their same age and level of dance. In Irish Dance, there are six levels of competition: Beginner, [...]
• The True Meaning of the Holidays
  Over the past few years the December month electricity bills have increased immensely! People all over the country of the U.S. have been putting more decorations outside for the holidays. These decorations as you might have guessed are involving a LOT of electricity. Decorations start from simple Christmas lights on roof tops and bushes to [...]
• African Children
  When I watched this you tube video for the first time I almost cried! It really shows how bad conditions are in some places in Africa. I realize how often I take things that I have for granted. For example, I have food, clean water, and a [...]
• Christmas
  As we know, the Christmas season is upon us, and for me it’s the most wonderful time of the year. Everyone seems to be a little more friendly, and more understanding. People start to reach out to other people in need in the form of community service, or just helping a friend who is faced [...]
• Charity
  “A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.” -Jack London This made me think of “Pride for Parets”. Pride for parents is an orgnization for less fortunate parents who can’t pay the normall expenses for presents for their children during the [...]
• My 7 Favorite Things About Christmas
  Christmas is amost always a favorite holiday for children, but mostly for the presents or, for the older and more mature children, the celebration of Jesus Christ’s birthday, but I enjoy Christmas for uncommon reasons. After thinking a bit, this is what I like about Christmas and what makes Christmas Christmas to me. I really think [...]
• A Great Tradition
  Every year my dad and I do a special thing, going to Durham NC to see Duke play a basketball game. Every year we have the same base schedule-first we fly in, and eat dinner, we go to our hotel, watch a movie then go to bed. Next we go tour the Duke campus and [...]
• The Meaning of the Holidays Up in Flames
  One by one the candles burned out till there was no more. As each flame vanished a thin ribbon of smoke appeared. It twisted and danced in the air like a fluttering bird, lost in the wind. The eight days were over. In the midst of my disappointment I found myself thinking, “Drat, no more [...]
• Bringing Joy to Everyone
  Last week, as I was passing by this house like I always do, I noticed something way different. They always have a lot of blow up Christmas decorations out on their yard, but this year, they had way more. I counted them and they had 23! They even wanted to make everyone happy by putting [...]
• The Second Thing You Should Know About Me…
  One other thing that I enjoy is the city and the country. Now you may think that a person can only choose one but you can be very wrong. I have learned be choosing first the country, then the city. Niether worked out because the were both part of me. Some of you may think [...]
• Helping Others
  Those of you who are in Ms. Howard’s class have probably seen my reflection on this (or will in the morning). To me, helping others is extremely important. Doesn’t it mean a lot when someone just gives you a hand? And it is not that hard to do either. I think of [...]
• Inspiration
  Whenever I hear the word inspire, alarms go off in my head. I cannot really say who inspires me the most, but I think of many people who have.  When younger I wanted to be a doctor so I really paid attention to my doctor, and he was my inspiration. The very next year I [...]
• Frustrating ornament parties
  I love Christmas, especially all of the parties. I love everything except when my sister has her anual ornament party.  20 screaming girls on sugar highs equal headache.  They’ve been here since 3:00 and they haven’t stopped screaming.  Don’t get me wrong, I like all of these girls seperatly, but together they give me a [...]
• November 13
  You may be wondering about the title of this post. What happened on November 13? I guess your just going to have to find out. The refreshing shower cooled off most stress, nerves, and other thoughts. Just to think about what would happen to me in less than two hours gave me the chills. Yet, it [...]
• The SSAT