To Cheat Or Not To Cheat?

The first thing you can do about cheating in the schools is make sure there are good teachers who will actually teach the class and not just make them read a bunch of stuff in a book. The teachers need to spend more time with some of the kids that they know are struggling because nobody cheats on every assignment. So the teachers need to get a little bit more one on one with those struggling kids. The first time a child cheats you shouldn't give them a detention you should try and help them with whatever it is they are troubled with. If they do it a second time then they should get a detention etc.  I think constant cheating should be dealt with and I think struggling kids should get some more academic attention.

That 1st Time

My stomach is turning as I walk up to the van. I open the passenger door to see Mrs. Wine’s smiling face. My nervousness relaxes but only for a minute. Okay, everyone is in the van we are ready to go... Oh no... We are moving, that means its time. It’s time to talk; it’s time to present my speech in front of complete strangers. I try to sooth myself repeating to myself. “Cassidy it will be fine. You will do great. There is no pressure.” But it doesn’t help my nervous. Okay we are ten minutes away I take out my speech. My hands are shaking as I try to read over it. It’s not helping, I reach in my bag. No chap stick. Great, my lips are screaming. Oh crap! I didn’t pack water either. I'm thirsty and my lips are chapped. This is that start to a very bad day... and to make matter worse I start to see Glen Oak high school... I think to myself it’s time. I hear Mrs. Wines say “okay guys were here.” I said "no, I’ll stay here you guys go." She laughed but what she didn’t know was I was very serious. I’ll admit there was maybe 10% of excitement for my first tournament but the rest was completely nerves. I hesitantly get out then I think maybe humor will relieve my tensions. So I make a joke and everyone laughs I feel better, but again only for a minute. I walk into the doors of Glen Oak high school and I remember something Asia said. No matter how scared you are. Look like you know what you’re doing. So I did, I walked into the cafeteria and put on my “I know what I’m doing” face. For the next 20 minutes I practiced and warmed up. Then the next thing you know I hear “Okay let's start our tournament." I froze... I muster up the courage after a pep talk from my coach. I walk down the hall with Chelsea and Mrs.Wines, I find my room and Mrs.Wines hugs me and says "you'll do great." I'm shaking as the judge and other speakers approach. I take a breath and walk in. I'm fourth to go and it seems like only minutes went by before my number was called. I walk up with my papers in my hand. I'm shaking like crazy and then I breath. "good evening and let me express.." the words are rolling off my tongue and as they are I look at the faces of the other kids. Other beginners and they understood my words. I saw them nodding their head and agreeing with what I was saying. When I was done other speakers applauded, and I finally exhaled.

That 8 Legged Fear

I run down the steps to get a box and I freeze. There he is, his beady eyes staring right at me, dangling from his web, he looks like he is hungry, and I'm scared. My fear is spiders. Those eight legged creatures with a million eyes and pumped full of venom. My fear is rational. My fear is very very rational. Spiders are poisonous, they can lay eggs in your ears or brain. They can crawl into your mouth while you're sleeping. Did you know that you're never more than 5 feet away from a spider and that in your lifetime you will ingest AT LEAST 8 spiders. When I see a spider I freeze and muster up the courage to run as fast as I can the opposite direction. The scariest thing about spiders is that they are so small. Sometimes you cant even tell if a spider is near you because of their size. The most deadliest spider in the world is a Black Widow and the tallest it gets is 1.5 inches. I can not even look at a picture of a spider without wanting to cry from fear. I will never even look at a spider unless its in a cage and even then. As soon as it moves. I freak out.

 

Laughing xD

   

    What or who makes me laugh? Hmmm....Funny pictures make me laugh. My best friends make me laugh when they make funny faces. they make me laugh when they talk in deep voices. Erin makes me laughing when she tries to scream or when she fails to jump off a bed or act like someone. Jackson makes me laughing when he concentrates really hard on the T.V. and he gets this really funny face. My mom makes me laugh when I'm sad by telling jokes or saying something funny about some actor on a movie. I always try to laugh because when you laugh your day gets better.

I'm a leaf

Hi, I am a leaf. My name is Cassidy. As you probably already know fall is only a few weeks away. ONLY A FEW WEEKS AWAY?!?!?! Can you believe it? I don't want to fall! I don't want to crash to the ground, be raked up and then have little kids crush me! I've heard the stories I'm not stupid... If I don't get crushed then I'll just lay on the ground and freeze to death! I might even be ran over by a lawn mower! I don't want to die! There are so many things I haven't done yet. I haven't even gone to my first leaf prom! Or gotten my first leaf kiss.. This is horrible. Why does fall have to come? I hope I'm the last leaf to fall... Even though I don't like Fall a lot there are somethings that I do like. I love the smell I get in the fall and I love the wind. It makes me feel like I'm flying. My leaf mom told me that it's the circle of life. That we all have to fall. I guess I understand but I still don't want to fall..