Free Friday...

Today in my English class I have the option of choosing what i wish to talk about. I have chosen to talk about education. I know that education isn't exactly what every teenager in the world thinks about. To me, however it's very important. My grades in high school mean alot to me because they are my only way to get a good job and get into college. I don't come from a rich family so i can't pay for my full college even with they help of my family. I don't feel sorry form myself because of it, but because of it i know the importance of education. I know that i have to keep my grades up in order to get where i want to go in life. I want to be a lawyer. I hope my dream will come true.

Banning Halloween !!!

Last year there was a boy that dressed up as Hitler for Halloween at his school. The school in return is trying to ban wearing Halloween costumes. I personally think that this is wrong and should not be allowed. Halloween is a time for fun and showing a part of what you like to others. Halloween is a way to be like somebody, or something else for a day. Little children are adorable when they come knocking on the doors to go trick or treating. Older kids, such as teens, should be able to share this fun for at least the one day as well. It's fun to be able to imitate someone that you look up to or just be your own dream person for a day. Halloween is my favorite holiday, and i personally don't think that it's right to take it away.

Invisible...

There are times when i wish that i was like Violet off of the Increadables. Being like Violet would be extremely cool. I would be able to make myself invisible any time i wanted to. I would make myself invisible when ever i didn't want to bee seen by someone i like, or don't like so that i could save myself from embarrassment. I would also turn invisible when ever i heard someone talking about me, and i would sneak over to where they where and listen in on what they had to say. One thing that bothers me is talking about me behind my back instead of to me about something you have a problem with. I wouldn't get mad and beat anybody up or play pranks on people. I would simply like to be like Violet so that i could save myself from embarrassment and so that i could listen in and find new ways to improve myself with out changing my personality or what i like or anything to extreme. I would still want to be me (M.H.T.). Having the power to be invisible would be one of the best things that would ever happen to me. Lets face it, everyone wants to be invisible sometimes.

Bonfire ...

This year for our homecoming the students here at _____ ISD, wont be having a bonfire. I personally happen to be one of the students and I'm very unhappy with it. The bonfire on homecoming is a tradition that we have had here ever sense my parents where in school. I love going to the bonfires every year. The bonfire on homecoming is probably what i look forward to the most through out the entire football season. I love to watch our boys beat up on the other teams of course, football is a game that I enjoy watching, but nothing can compare to the awsome intensity of the bonfire. I love to watch the flames of the huge fire that has burned deep in my soul ever sense I was a little girl. Fire has always been an interest to me. Something about it mezmorizes me. It's so beautiful. This year however, "they" are trying to tell me that we are going to have to break our tradition and not have the bonfire. It breaks my heart.
In replacement for the bonfire this year we are going to have a parade. This is a good idea i guess, but because we are such a small town our parade will consist of our 50 person band, our 8 varsity cheerleaders, 4 floats, and the football boys. The parade will simply be going aproxamatly 6 blocks. I have a lot of team spirit but the idea of getting rid of the bonfire was a really crappy idea in my mind.

I Wish ...

I wish there where a law against abortion. It would be a good law because it is my belief that abortion is killing a child. Though many people say that I'm wrong because the baby was not born or because the baby could not feel anything. How do they know that. The baby very well could have felt it as it leaves its mothers womb unwillingly. I believe that if a person gets pregnant then it is no one's fault but their own because there are so many ways in this day and time to keep from getting pregnant. Women have the pregnancy pill or shot, we have condoms, and if you are at a certain age and it is unfitting for you to have a child, or if you just don't ever want to have children you can have your tubes tied. Women who have been raped say that its not their fault that their pregnant. That is true, however it is their fault that they have decided to kill the child that they, in an unconventional way have been blessed with. There is also adoption if you don't want to keep the kid. I'm sure someone else in this would who cant have children would love a new born baby. I wish there where a law against abortion because I believe that abortion is killing. There are too many ways for a woman to keep from getting pregnant, or if she gets pregnant there are to many other options that she could do if she really did not want to keep it.

Beauty Vs. Wealth

Would you rather be Wealthy and Ugly or Poor and Beautiful. That might be a tough decision for some people however i personally would rather be Poor and Beautiful. Money is not everything to me. I would rather be beautiful than wealthy. Wealthy people can have every thing that they want except for true friends and beauty. A poor person who is beautiful will have friends based on personality and a husband because he thinks that there is no one better in the world.

The Future (2018)

Ten years from now i hope to be graduated from college with a good paying job working at a law firm. I want to be working as a lawyer in a average town. A town bigger than the one I'm currently living in but one smaller than Amerillo. In ten years I will be exactly 26 because today is my birthday so by that time i want to try to be in a steady relationship (married), hopefully with my dream guy. However my current boy friend would work to if we could stay together that long ... but that is really doubtful. I would probably want to either already have one child (a boy) preferably, or pregnant (with a boy). I want two children when i get ready ... a boy and a girl ... boy first. I want to stay in touch with all of my family members and maybe even live close enough to them to visit them on a regular basis. I want my children to get to know and see and love thier grandparents. Ten years form now i see myself living in a nice home in the suburbs, with a big dog, a wonderful husband, maybe a rugrat, and living the life of my dreams.

That One Tragic Day

I was sitting in my home room class. Mrs. Robertson was my teacher. I was in the third grade, and i was 8 years old. I will never forget the look on my teachers face. She turned on the TV to the news and put her trembling hand over her mouth. Her eyes got big, and they changed color for her normal brown to a dark brown, nearly black. Her usual happy, and fun loving side left her in an instant as if an unknown force came and and took it all away. She walked out of the class room and into the hall where she met up with the other teachers and talked about something that us kids didn't seem to understand. The rest of the class and i looked up at the screen to try and figure out why our teachers where so upset, but none of us really understood what the big dill was. On the TV all we could see was two towers with smoke coming out of them like cigars. As a class we sit there with wonder and awe in our eyes and watched as the the buildings collapsed thinking "wow this is so cool". Our teacher finally came back into the room and explained what was going on to us in the best way she knew how. Her eyes where watery and her voice trembled as she told us what had happened on the day of 9/11. My memory will never leave me of this tragic day. I only wish that could have seen then what i see now, and not acted like it was no big deal.

One Change In My Life?

If i could change one thing in my life right here and now i would not change a thing. At this point in time of my life I'm actually happy with the way things are going. I have a few cool teachers at school, my mom is finally getting off my case, I'm having fun doing my sports and band (sometimes), I have the best boyfriend i could ever ask for, and all in all, I'm happy. I do wish that my dad could work here in town so that i could see him more than just on weekends, but he does what he has to do to give me the things i need, and I'm thankful. I also wish that i could see my brother more but he is living and working 5 hours away from home which makes that kind of hard. In all honesty though i really would not change a thing about my life at this very moment. Though things may get a little crazy from time to time, i still feel like my life is just fine the way it is.

Justin G. (sad)

Last night at the Jv foot ball game one of my friends named Justin got hurt really badly. He was making a tackle and he hit his head. He ended up having blood on his brain. Last night he went into surgery where they drilled a hole to get rid of the pressure that the blood was putting on his brain. His surgery went well and he was put on life support. Today he is being shipped to Dallas to see if they can help him even more there. Today in school that seems to be on everybodys mind. We are making a prayer chian for him and there are posters on nearly every wall that people have signed. To anyone that reads this please pray for my friend Justin he needs everything he can get right now to make it out of this ok. He is a Sophmore in high school and hopefully he will have a good long life ahead of him.

My First Post

Oh my gosh today is mix and match day at school and I got really dressed up for it! Today I'm wearing my gray, black, and white converse, my black, gray and silver striped knee high tube socks, my gray plaid shorts with black roses on them, my purple lacy tank top, and my older brothers solid black dress shirt. My makeup is done crazy too! I have one bright yellow eye and one bright blue eye! Today has been really fun so far... I hope i win one of the prizes at the pep rally on Friday for dressing up.