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In The Hallways

During class the halls so quite
The bell just rang, me rushing out just to see him
Lockers slamming, teachers yelling “Hurry up don’t be late for class”
I’m blocking everything out, except for him, his look, his smell, his smile, his laugh, his voice. Than one day he breaks my heart what do I do I want to forget him but I can’t forget, his look, his smell, his smile, his laugh, his voice, I just Loved him so much but, now, I want to forget him and he want go away.
That is what happens in the halls when the bell rings.

In A portrait...

Check out the portraits you photographed. Write from the point of view of the subject who posed for you. IMAGINE your poem. What do you guess about the subject?

portraits: http://picasaweb.google.com/journalismpuff/Portraits

photo editing

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How to...How to!

Animal Drawing Contest


How To Articles are So in right now!

What can you do that you could teach other people?

Check out these examples:

How to be Popular in Middle School

How to be cool



Now write your own. Each step should have a digital picture illustration.

We can post them on Wikihow.

Bubble Blowing Photo Essay

Bubble Gum: Slice of Life Essays

Post your Slice of Life Bubble Gum Essay here! But first, need some research? Check out http://www.dubblebubble.com/

What is the best part of this photo essay?

April Fools!

Write an April Fools news story for the front page of the paper reporting on an alien attack at Tanglewood. (You can make up another disaster story if you want to instead). Use the inverted pyramid style mapped out below.

Bottled Water...What are your thoughts?

Write 50(ish) words of thought about bottled water...Ever had it? Like it? Fav.kind?

Slice of Life Writing

Choose and ordinary event to brainstorm about for your slice of life column...
Ask yourself..What can I learn from this? How do I feel? What does it tell about life?

Post your RANT or brainstorming here!

Where I'm From

I am from the windy city,

From a crowded family and a huge dog named Tina,

I am from going to Movie Theaters,

From eating skittles and M&M's,

From living with babies and a big family,

From going to the mall, restaurants, and going out,

From eating chocolate,

From chewing gum and gum popping,

From a funny and humerous family that like to play around,

From playing jokes on each other and from my family helping me out,

I am from a Mexican family!!!!

-Jessica A.

BJ loves Pit-Bulls

BJ loves her Pit Bull,cookiedough. She got it from a petstore. It stays with her and her mom. Cookiedough is brown and black. BJ loves her because she is agressive and protects her. Cookiedough sleeps outside when she has been bad, like the time when she bit the mailman.

-Zykeisis

I'm from the sickness to health
I'm from Jack and Sharon,

from God, who calls people like me,

from aniamls and art,

no limit to where they go,

from books like Narnia and Red Wall,

and back to reality again and again,

from the basketball court shooting shots,

to the water where I swim the butterfly,

from nachos to crackers to fudge sticks,

from the dream world where they all can come true,

to 'What people say about you doesn't make it true',

to 'Nothing is impossible with God',

from Greenville South Carolina growing up to wherever I will go when I grow up,

from Nicole to Brooke, doing things together,

to my room where I exercise and think,

from writing a story,

to my mind where the deepest thoughts bounce around and poke,

where God answers prayers,

to school to learn, to home,

I'm from having my eyes set on my goals and dreams!

I'm from a life filled excitement where my ultimate goal is be like Jesus Christ!!!!!

-Olivia A.

"i am from"

parents
georgia
south carolina
florida
food
fruit
wealth
candy
spoiled
aunties
uncles
nana
papa
swimming
love
music
myself
movies
singers
actreses
style
smartness
christanity
puppies
mexican food
chinese food
soulfood
hatred of italian food
puppies
city
ancestors
helpful
destany
latia
ambition
honesty
manhattan(the store)
american eagle
steve and berrys
pastries
baking
lip gloss
sk8er girl
outdoors
name brands
water
hardships
different
stand out
No one can change me i am what i am

-Marquesha Miller

Office Nicholson

Officer Nicholson had bad injured. She is also a control freak. She spend 12 years of being hard. Once Officer Nicholson shot at a thing. She never got shot or shot at a person. Officer Nicholson has arrested some people a Tanglewood. Loves her job and doesn't like fights. She was a quiet person in school. Never crashed a car but got hit by a car.She never been in a drive-by. Got upset for arresting a student she knows. Ran into America's Most Wanted man before. She has never arrested a family member. Her family doesn't live in Grenville. Didn't work hard in school. When she was little she wanted to be a police officer. She has seen dead bodies. Has been in a car chase. Officer Nicholson said don't get mad if someone talks about you because its just words. She had been called because people would beat animals. Never been in danger. Nine weeks of training. Had been called for gang calls at the mall. Has been undercover.

-Trevon

Mariya Peterman's favorite color is blue.

12 year of Mariya Peterman likes the colors blue and red. She hates school and doesn't have a big head. Mariya Peterman's favorite teacher is Mrs.Jones. Mariya's likes South Pole Shoes. She likes everything that is watermelon. She likes Tanglewood Middle School. Sometimes she likes to write. Mariya doesn't like to ride bikes. Her best friend is Abigail. Mariya loves chocolate ice cream. She was born on January 11 and has a brother and two sisters.

I am from grapes,apples,friuts,lot of people,food,schools,nice teachers,mean teachers,girls,friends,family, eating,clothes,shoes,movies,skating,ice cream, laptops,phones,candy,air-forces, jordans,sodas,music,dogs,animals,motorcycles,colors,,myspace,gmail, school class,rooms,hotels,swimming,games, cars,trucks,pizza,pictures,DVD'S, mcdonald,burger king,wendys,money,to banks xbox, football, ipods,xbox 360,fried chicken.

-Trevon

I am From
I am from brown sugar and ice tea
i am from lipgloss and girly stuff
i am from going everywhere and running up credit card bills
i am from chocolate ice cream and short skirts



By: Keandra Robinson

JASMINE JETER

I AM FROM STRAWBERRY'S & WHIPPED CREAM. I AM FROM TALKIN ON DA PHONE. I AM FROM LOVING MY FAMILY. I AM FROM LOVING MY FRIENDS. I AM FROM HAVING FUN AT PARTYS. I AM FROM JUST HAVING FUN.

Write your own: Where I'm From based on the pictures you see. We can use the poems to better understand other people and help our readers understand.

I am from

I am from a quiet family

vegetables pizza, a house in the forest

and ranch.

I am from sodas, chips, and vegetables.

I am from a Hispanic family and rabbits

I am from a messy room to a messy hair

I am from 3 sister and 1 brother.

I am from 126 Sandra St. where everything is peaceful

I am from chocolates with strawberries.

I am from uncles in the gang

I am from pillows and blankets.

I am from watching t.v.

I am from blossoms and roses.

I am from hearts.

I am from a sweet and loving family.

I am from sweet to wild animals.

I am from
Strawberries,lots of people, chinese,Mickeymouse, NewYork,clothese and shoes, cleaness,cheerleadind,pom poms, gymnastics, flips, cartwheels, babies, chicken, soccer, swimming, drawing, ice cream, applebees and chilis, music, lilwayne, 12panorama drive, lots of colors, red, purple, orange, yellow, Dr.pepper,lol,myob,ttyl, mountain, manhattan,roca wear, air-forces, going out and having fun, skateing ring,movies,boys, step up 2, jackets, Body shop, miami, kids, candy, chockllate,skittles, starburst

Where I’m From...

ATL

Atlanta, Georgia

McDonald’s fries

Football helmets

Basketballs

I’m so hood

Lil Wayne

Plies

Young Jeezy

Lap Tops

Myspace

LMAO

Holla

Cash

Southside

Shut up

Fighting

Grove Estates

Reedy River

Manhattan

Tyler Perry

Madea

USA Skating Rink

Green Eggs and Ham

14 years of lemon

Youtube

Blackplanet

My haters

Gamecubes

Nintendo64

Braids

Smoking

Drinking

Crank Dat Superman

Crank Dat Spiderman

Crank Dat Yank

Crank Dat Batman

Go Hard

Stomp the Yard

Step Up 2

Google

Nicole Burgess hurts her self on ice
In october 2007 Saterday 11 year old Nicole Burgess went to an ice ring with her friend.While they were skating they started to play around.
Then nicole had fell on her stomach and then she said "she couldn't breath".So they stoped playing for a while and then they started back playing
and the she fell and got hurt so her mother took her to the doctor and they said that she had broke her arm and the doctor put a arm brace onit.

where i'm from
I am from...
Mac and cheese,
Mexican and Italion.
Please,
And Thankyou.
Chicken pox and measels.
Dogs and Cats.
Dr.pepper and Pepsi
I am from
love and kindess
rules the world!!

Photo essay: What You Don't Know

What did you learn? What did you like? Dislike? What could we do better next time?
What was most interesting to you in the photographs? Responses?

My expression of Armando

well my friends think I'm older than my age. Some people don't know me very well or just never met me. Some guys think I'm a dude from Iraq but the real deal is I'm from Texas and Mexico! my i.d. is the way I talk is that from Texas I'm not from the countryside I'm from the Houston urban area as a Hispanic I speak Spanish that why it get mix or called Spanglish.

Kyshawn: I think people will say I am bad. I don't want people to know how I look when I get up in the morning. I don't want people to say I am an evil little boy. I think that I got to talk junk to people. People will say I am little but say stuff to bigger people.

Andrew:Sometimes people think that I am a bad kid but I am not but if they knew where I came from they would justleave me alone. I want people to know that I am not a bad person. Sometims I am nice but not all the time so stop trying to make me look bad.

My name is Shaquan Saunders and I really don't know what other people think when they just look at me, but they might think I am nice, truthful, cool or friendly. The things that I would want people to know is I mean what I say, I say what's on my mind, and people tell that I look mean, happy, or a bully. Sometimes I can be friendly, I like to do things, I like to have fun and I'm nice to girls.

When people look at me they act like they think i'm stupid. They talk down to me and they speak slow. What people don't know about me is I'm smart. I'm good at figuring stuff out like math. I think about what I want to be and what I have to do to get there. One thing that's true about when people judge me is when i'm mean, and I'm only mean when people get on my nerves.

thingz about me iz dat when people first see me dey think shy,& nervouse but also otha people think i'm wild & that i love to talk to boyz on da phone.Most people dat know me now that i love talkin on da phone,going skatin an just havin fun.But sometimes i'm goofy and energetic.

When people look at me i think that they think i am mean but also goofy. i want them to think that i am very fun to be around and cool!

when people look at me they probably think im happy or fun.if dey do think dat then dey are true. what i really want people to know iz dat im someone who u can talk to & a person who knows how u feel.& dat im a person who luvs to be in da celebrity life(business)& i also want to b a celebity.i really luv to be in front of the camera or tv.most people i know tell me dat im crazy or sometimes even pshyco.all da people dat know me,know dat i luv to eat.mainly dey here me talking abut it dats why.sometimes i can also b picky about stuff cuz i allways get my way.most people will see me outside b\c i luv da outdoors b\c i like to observe things.all of da people dat know me know dat i am crunk\crazy.but wat they might not know iz that sometimes i feel sad b\c of how people are dying & dat my 7yr.old cousin died on feb.27 2007 last year on my sisters birthday.& i like tv. but sometimes when i watch shows like amw i feel like i have to watch my back 4rm crazy people.but on da good side, iam a fun\happy person

i think you should know that i am a very nice person and i am fun energetic and loving and love babbies

i do boys stuff. and that i don,t have a boyfriend.that i,m nice and i loves animals.i love school, too.that i,m perty and smart and i,m fun to be around.destiny davis

things you should consider mostly everybody thinks that they have everythig ad that others who dont arnt popular or as cool as them.but maybe they could consider not judging a boo by its cover

Most people dont now me because I do not talk that much. I dont now that much people how goes to these school.

when people look at me they think I am mean. But I am not i am sweet, cute, and intelligent but when they get to know I am funny,cute, and more funny

when people take a view me they immediate veiw me as different.so begin to leave me out and pick at me.But i want to be the same thing they want to be... aceppted as a normal person without trying to be or act like someone else and i dont want to be critized by the way i look what you dont see is that i am no different from you.I love animals and i love be surronded by whom i love and who loves me.so the next time you see me please dont criticize me because i already have enough people on my back as it is.

When people see me, I think they don't think I'm pretty. They probably think that I am crazy and smart. I want people to know I'm competitive, a perfectionist, I care about my grades, I can talk to people if they are feeling bad, and that I am Christian and proud of it. When people look at me, they can tell I'm thin, I like to eat a lot, and I'm different compared to other people.

People think I'm mean but I'm not. And they think im cute but sometime I can be mean. I love being around the girls. I am a ladys man and girls are the funnest thing you can be around. I relly love girls. -Leonte

When poeple first see me they think that I have oan attitude. Other people think that I am outgoing and that I speak what's on my mind. I really don't have an attitude until I get mad. I actually do speak what's on my mind and I'm outgoing too, but sometimes I am shy and timid.

dis is munich here is some thing bout me ...When people look at me I dont no what they thonk cause im not in they heads.But i think they think im quiet and shy.But when im home and with my family im wild and crazy also can be bad.I like to dance an go places with my cousin A.K.A my sister.Almost all my teachers have more negative thing than positive but i can make that seem different.i can be forgetful most times. when im around my friends im just plain corny and laughing at stupid stuff.

That i'am a good person and a funnyperson and i like to make new firends and have a good day and i like to go to school for i can getnew firends and good grades for school.And i like to go to the park and play with my borther and firends. And when i go home and i play cards sometimes i play on theloptop sometimes i do go outsidesometimes i do go outside sometimes. Sometimes i call my firends and i call my borther sometimes i do call him.And i like to talk on the phone sometimes i do call my sissy sometimes i do.
-That i'am a good person and a funnyperson and i like to make new firends and have a good day and i like to go to school for i can getnew firends and good grades for school.And i like to go to the park and play with my borther and firends. And when i go home and i play cards sometimes i play on theloptop sometimes i do go outsidesometimes i do go outside sometimes. Sometimes i call my firends and i call my borther sometimes i do call him.And i like to talk on the phone sometimes i do call my sissy sometimes i do.
-Victoria

When people see me they think i'm mean. I hate test.I like to be besynot bord.teacher think i'm bad but they realyb misjuged me

IM super cool.I stay fresh everyday. Im super funny. Im super smart. I can be good or bad at times.

I seem tired, but really I'm upset because people made fun of me.

When people see me think I'm funny, charming and smart and I have a great personality.

People think i'm ok.They think i'm smart!People think I am cute.They think i'm different.Some people think i'm cool.Some people think i'm weird!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Things about me...Most people think I am mean but really I love to laugh and I am very nice. Also people think I am lazy because of my appearence but really I am very athletic. But I want people to know that I ride and love dirtbikes. See when people know that they will treat you different and will want to talk about it and I don't mind telling you about them and myself.

I'm weird. I'm a punk. That's not true at all. I'm crazy. I'm random. I can be weird but not weird like stay away from me weird. I really don't care about what people say or think of me. I'm a good guy with a good attitude. I'm a Christian and can be cool or funny. At first glance people might think I don't spend much time on what I look like. Their right. I am athletic and buil like it. Even some of the smallest people I know make fun of me being small. I have good Christian friends that are just plain wild that influence my attitude. It's not that I care but don't judge me.

When people look at me they think that I am one of those people who are really smart. By do they know that I like to lisson to rap and other kinds of music. And that I'm not really that smart. I also love to read about horses and how there owners don't care for them.

She ain't nothing more than a white girl with an aditude. That's true, but I'm not just a white girl with an aditude. I may talk alot but I do care what other people have to say. I got potential and a grate personality. I'm also smart and I never push people out of the way of being the person with all eyes on them no matter what they say or do to be the center of attention.

People may look at me and think I am a hard person to get along with and I would be hard to be friends with. People dont know that my attitude and personality is different from one antoher. My attitude is good towards people when poeple have a good attitude towards me. When people look at me they may say that I look like I have a lot of attitude in me.

They thing i am a bad person but i am a nice and i want people think of me a nice person.

That I'm Really fun to hang out with my friends and that really serious when I'm making a promise or something else. I love to hang out with my friends and when ever I can. I 'm always kind of busy. And when I get home and want to play or talk to someone my age I dont have anyone.But I can keep secrets I have a lot of secerts that CAN NOT TELL ANYONE at All. so if you have a secret come tell me because I can help you out. But I have change a lot ever since my BEST FRIEND died. I'm still the same but with a different attitude.R.I.PRaul Torres4/1?/92-1/20/2006I MISS YOU!! =[

what people think when they look at me is that I am weird because I am quiet and that I am younger than my age. You should know that I am very quiet and when they ask me why am I so quiet I just tell them that I dont know because really I dont know. I am very responsible and when my older sister comes to me about something I tell her what's wrong and what's right. When people see me, they can tell that I am very quiet and I like to have fun with my friends.

When people look at me they act like they think i'm stupid. They talk down to me and they speak slow. What people don't know about me is I'm smart. I'm good at figuring stuff out like math. I think about what I want to be and what I have to do to get there. One thing that's true about when people judge me is when i'm mean, and I'm only mean when people get on my nerves.

things about meim crazy and very very random! im mean. what ever comes up to mind, comes out in the mouth. for example if somene is looking a hot mess imma say it. thats just me being me. i love to go out. skating and what not. i hate being home. im also very serious and real. i dont like to play with frod people >>artificial>> when people see me they say i think im all that becautse of the way i carry myself. i have hiigghh self esteem. so i guess thats why. other people think i am mean. my face tells it all. i want people to know that i been through alot of struggles and i have been to watkin garrett wood more than you can count, so dont test me. people dont know your story, so dont act like your in my shoes.

Most people when they see me think that I am very shy and quiet; other people think that I am talkative and exciting. Most people that I talk to know that I love to eat, go places, and talk on the phone 24-7. And like when people first meet me they think that I talk a lot always want to have fun and am goofy, and energetic.I use to not not get any refearls but ever since i came to Tanglewood i have been geting refearls and i have change in some ways and i have been having anger problems when people be making mad you can only push me to a certain point until i just get very angery. But i still am me and very exciting and just love to have fun.

Photovoice: Teens in Opit Uganda

Check out the Displaced Communties photo gallery. Choose a student and view his/her pictures. Pretend you are a neighbor. Write about your life.

I'm from fruits

They sell in miny carts.
Put in chili powder.

Selling cucumbers,mango's,watermelons.
Corn where they add white cheese and make it into an ice cream.
Which they sell anyways.
Feeling the cold breeze during fall.

People walking with their dogs near the Missouri Lake.

High rocks that you can climb.

Dangerous but fun.

I come from horses in my head and fish left on my plate.

I come from pizza on my heart and Miss Puffer in my class.

I come from corn bread and chichen

and I come from a lot of back porch sitten'.

I come from sketters in my bed and

bites on my leg. I come from fighten'

in the room and brouses on my head.

I come from puppies in the dech and bees in my hair.

I am from six metal strings
tons of frets and chords
from wooden boards with wheels
and wide nosed shoes
from wild dogs
to attacking ferrets in pet shops.
I am from sweet sweet coffee
from sodas without caffeine
from barbecue cups
and medium steaks.
I am from straight A's in school
and bible believing churches
from cousins who couldn't live without phones and computers.
I am from a Gamecock family
in a world of tigers
I am from cookie dough ice cream
from play books and jump shots

from sucker punches
and shots that steal your breath like thieves in the night

from jack stands and broad tires
from running shoes all alike.

Black History Day at Tanglewood Middle

Black History Day at Tanglewood Middle

Tanglewood Middle School had an Assembly about Black History, February 21. Ms. Jones, the mother of our chores teacher, sang us the rhyme “Jump Back” by Paul Dunbar to help us remember why we had Black History. The chorus sang a few spirituals. Some football players from Malden High sang and danced. Our step team also showed us a few moves. Mr. Sandi Sullivan from AT&T talked about his life and told us that you need an education to have work. They had a fashion show of how they dressed back in those days. The students at Tanglewood were shown inspiration from the past and the triumphs of African Americans today.

-Haley Kuykendall

What You Should Know:

Check out the class picture photo essay:
http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1698621,00.html

Today we will make our own.

Voice of Civil Rights

1. Click here to read personal accounts from people with a first hand point of view of the Civil Rights Movement. These witness give first person accounts of what they remember.

2. Choose an important moment in the history of civil rights from this civil rights Photo Gallery. Write a fictional eye-witness account. Pretend you are in that moment, watching what happens. Include what you see, what you think, how you feel and what you wonder.

Photography analysis II

Check out these websites. Find a poignant picture and anylize it using the elements of photography.

National Georaphic

Ansel Adams Photographs

American Photographs

Photography from around the world

Photo Free Response

Respond to one of the pictures of Today
Use the most powerful 50 words you can think of!

Photo Analysis

Check out these Time Photos of the Year.
If that link doesn't work, try the Winner's Gallery
Anylize one of the photographs you think is poignant. Write on your paper, then post your critique if you have time.

Tanglewood Photo Ops...

Check out these photos of Govorner Riley's visit to Tanglewood!

What makes Tanglewood Great? If you were going to highlight one of the greatest/most interesting aspects of Tanglewood, what would you write about? What would you take pictures of to show what is unique (good or bad) about Tanglewood?

Love Poem Contest Winner...

VOTE

Cast your vote for Best new Stanza in our Love poem contest!Who wrote the silliest stanza?

Photo Essay Planning

To help you plan your photo essay, check out at least two of the photo essays on the links below. Answer the questions on your handout in a few paragraphs in a comment on the Blog. Then, we can get ideas from each other. Think of an idea for an essay that will be entertaining,enlightening, and important to your reader and to you.

Time Photo Essays: http://www.time.com/time/photoessays/index.html

Human Right's Watch Photo Essays: http://www.hrw.org/doc/?t=photoessays

The Most Important Lesson Brooke Chambers Learned

During this year, Mrs. Brooks taught Brooke in her classroom that Brooke should feel good about herself by discussing with Brooke this topic, because Brooke wanted to feel good about herself and everyone Else to do the same. Chambers believes everyone should learn this lesson and that it is very important. Chambers says this lesson was not funny, but very serious. It was just an accident Brooke learned this lesson, not on purpose. As Mrs. Brooke taught this lesson, Chambers says she began to feel better about herself and like she mattered immediately. Chambers did not expect to go to math class and receive a higher self-esteem. Chambers says without this lesson, she would feel worse about her life. This lesson made Chambers sort of happy. The lesson Mrs. Brooks taught had an impact on not only Chambers, but everyone else in the room through Mrs. Brooks passionate words.

-Olivia

An Interview With Officer Nicholson

The journalism class interviewed Officer Nicholson about her job in Miss Puffer's classroom on February 6th, 2008, because the reporters were interested in learning about her experiences as a police officer. They found out she is a "control freak", which is how she put it. Nicholson says she knows how to communicate with people really well, and she knows how to control herself. Nicholson has been a police officer since 1995 when she was hired. Nicholson likes to solve things. She has never shot a gun at a person before. Nicholson admitted that she does get scared, but the fear does not stop her from doing her job. She loves her job. She has arrested many people. Nicholson cares about people which is part of the reason why she does her job. She cares about people who don't have the ability to speak for themselves. Nicholson says she does not get payed a lot, but she does not mind, because she wants to help people. She would do her job for free. Nicholson says that her being a quiet person and an observing person has benefited her with her capability of solving problems. She regrets not working hard in school and not getting a collage degree. Nicholson says the worst crime scene investigation she had to be a part of was about a five-month old child with lots of fractures, which is very bad for the health of a child. Later, Nicholson found out the child was being abused. When she did this, she felt liked she had been the voice of the child who could not speak. Nicholson says she watches America's Most Wanted and ran into one of the people who has been searched for. The person was a child molester. She saw him in Greenville County in her first year of work. She witnessed the man giving two older teenage boys drugs. The man took the boys to a hotel for inappropriate behaviors.

Nicholson said she always wanted to be a cop as a child. She has been to court a lot for a variety of reasons. She has had to chase people in cars and on foot. She said that when you chase someone in car, you have to think about the safety of people around you. Nicholson said on foot chases, "You win some. You lose some." Nicholson says she has had to tazor someone. Animal cruelty cases are not common in Nicholson's work, but she has been in a few cases of animal neglect. Nicholson has been in gang fighting situations she had to help stop. Nicholson has been undercover and was undercover as a prostitute. Nicholson said she would not arrest a family member if they committed a crime. She would let another officer carry out that arrest. Nicholson says she has never been attacked by another woman, but has been by men.

Nicholson is a very serious person who has had many encounters in life a lot of people have not as a police officer from convicting people on America's Most Wanted to arresting people for speeding.

-Olivia

Jazz Pooh is Mad at Denisha Johnson

Jazz Pooh and Denisha Johnson broke up their friendship last week at Jazz Pooh's house, and Denisha believes it is because she was annoying Jazz Pooh, and her facial expressions made Jazz Pooh mad. Johnson is still not 100% sure that that is why Pooh is mad at her. Jazz Pooh and Denisha Johnson are normally best friends and do the typical things best friends do, like going out to eat and going to the mall, like Johnson mentioned.These two girls have been best friends since they were born, according to Johnson. Johnson is relieved that her best friend is mad. Johnson said, "It's her problem." Johnson said that her ex-best friend is nice sometimes. Johnson was expecting to have a good time at her best friend's house, but she did not expect the friendship to break. Jazz Pooh has ceased to talk to Johnson. Johnson said that she wants to be best friends with Jazz Pooh again.

-Olivia

Ms. Hance at Tanglewood Middle!

Recently I interviewed another intelligent worker at Tanglewood Middle. The librarian who is also the teacher of the year, Ms. Hance gives me and my Journalism classmates an overview of her life as a librarian at Tanglewood Middle. She is a graduate from the University of Finley. She also took classes at Jacksonville and at Furman University. Ms. Hance has her degree in Elementary Education and Library Science. Hance hopes in the future she can go to school and get her masters degree. She only became a librarian because a women at her school while in college gave her a job in a library. She has been a librarian for 16 years (science 1986) and she was a Media Specialist in Georgia in 1993. She has been here for 4 years. She told me that the biggest lesson she has learned was when her mother passed away and she didn't speak up and give her opion and she says she learned to be more open. She says she doesn't have a lot of family. The closest thing she has to a big family is TANGLEWOOD MIDDLE!! She says she has 601 children: the students at Tanglewood and her pet dog Shelby. She says she is real close to a lot of students here and she is very grateful. She say the biggest complaint about her job is she doesn't have enough time with the students who enter the library. "I would love to be able to help students more and work with them more."

-Kayla M.

ZYKIESiS CANNON GETS NEW SHOES

Zykiesis cannon bought brand shoes.He said, "I like them cause they go with every thing." He got the shoes on January 21,2007 Zykiesis loves to dress to impress. "I like to dress better than other people, he said. "Most of the time he wears a sweater vest,zykiesis said that he picked them out himself.He also said that he didn't go by himself but he went with his uncle instead...

-Betty Jean

Marvin Learns Not to Judge People Based on How They Look

Marvin Espino learned his life lesson when he was five when his mom taught him that it isn't a good thing to judge somebody by the way they look. Marvin's mom said that the only way to judge somebody is if you get to know them and know how they act. Marvin said that there was this boy who looked different than other kids and he said things about him but when he told his mom she got dissapointed. When his mom gave him that talk he said he hasn't judged anybody on how they look and only on how their personality is.

-Jessica

Officer Nicholson Tells all about Tanglewood!

Officer Nicholson was recently interviewed by my fellow and new Journalism classmates. She told us the changes and challenges she has had to do in order to be the successful officer that she is. I was recently introduced to our school resource officer. She has been an officer since October 1995. She is married with two children, a ten year daughter and a 7 year old son. She has been married for 11 years. She meet her husband when he was a K9 handler. She says the greatest thing about her marriage is learning from the mistakes that she and her spouce have made. She then told us why she became an officer. She says she became an officer because of her family memebers. She also told that before she became an officer she was a hair stylist for 5 years. She says she was told that because she was a girl she couldn't be a police officer. Before she started working here she worked at a state prison in 1993 for 2 1/2 years. After that she became the 9th female deputy out of 310!! She says she would love to be a K9 hnadler. She then goes on and tell about her job her at Tanglewood Middle. She say she has made only 12 charges and 2 in jail. (Just for Tanglewood) She told me that she as arrested more girls than boys. ("CAT FIGHTS," says Nicholson) She has mostly arrested people for fighting, stealing, and drugs at Tanglewood. Although she has been acttaked she says "I love my job, I really do. When I am not working I am lost without it. It has become part of me."

-Kayla M.

The Interview of Mrs.Hance

Mrs.Hance was born in 1962 in Ohio. She went to college to become a teacher but became a librarian.She really started reading when she was in first grade.her favorite hobby is playing video games but she also likes reading. her favorite book is the Hatchet.Her brother crashed on a motorcycle when 19. She moved to South Carolina to get a job. She also loves football.

-Desmond

Ms.Hance's Incredible Life

Ms. Hance has been a librarian for 16 years because she loves books and technology. She started off as an elementary teacher. Now she has been a librarian at Tanglewood Middle School for 4 years. The only thing she does not really like about her job is that she does not spend as much time with the students. Her favorite food is cheese burgers and her favorite word is cool, her favorite animal is a dog, and her favorite color is blue. Her greatest lesson is that if you feel there is something you need to say, say it.

Why do you always have to do that?

"Why do you always have to say that?"
"Because it is the truth."
"No it's not."
"Yes, it is"
"God, you always got to throw him up in my face."
"I don't throw him in your face ever."
"Yes, you do"
"NO, I don't"

"How do you get that you don't throw him in my face when you do."
"When do I throw him in your face?"
"Its like every time i get in trouble."
"Well I'm sorry if I do that"
"How can you be sorry? When you tell me that it is always too late to say sorry after you have already done it."
"I guess that there is a time you can say I'm sorry."
"When? After you have done something wrong?"
"Yes, I guess"
"So it is only when you have done something wrong?"
"NO, everybody can say I'm sorry."
"Whatever!"
"Don't walk away from me"
"Why not, you walk away from me when I'm talking to you?"
"Yes, but I'm your mother."
"So, you always walk away form your mother."
"That is different."
"How is it different? You are her daughter and she is you mother."
"I'm allowed to. I'm grown."
"So that don't make any difference."

Ms. Hance opens up to TMS Journalism Class

An excited librarian, Ms.Hance, comes into the journalism class and reveals life secrets and lessons with the staff. She really opened up as she came in and the first thing she said was,"C'mon! Ask me anything." Her not so secret enthusiasm bled through.

Ms. Hance was amazed as we came straight out to the point as the first question the class asked was the essential question of "What was your greatest life lesson?" The answer came out pretty fast as she told us the story of how years ago her mother died when the Ms. Hance was 36 due to her heart not being able to be sewn back up after surgery because of its size. Even as an adult it hit her hard. She learned that you should always speak up but you need to watch what you say. Due to the death of her mom, Ms. Hance said words to her niece that ended a great relationship and to this day she can't even remember what she said. She also recalls this event as her biggest mistake in life.

The next subject we got off on was how she ended up as a librarian. She said she had a love for Hardy Boy books. Once on a visit to the library she saw one she wanted to check out. She laid it on the counter to check out and the librarian told her she couldn't have the book because she had read enough of the Hardy Boys. She Went to college eventually, even after a guidance counsellor told her she wouldn't make it in college. Eventually she did thanks to the job offer the school librarian gave her. She started then and has been a librarian for 16 years, 4 of those at Tanglewood.

She then started on the subject of relationships. After losing her mom she lost her grandmother then father. She hasn't been married for two reasons: She's very independent and she just hasn't found the right person. She has tight relationships with her friends though. I personally think she takes after her mother as far as the size of her heart goes. The class asked if she had any children. She said,"Yes. I have 600 and they all leave at 3:00 which is the best way to have kids. I also have one at home with four legs and a cold wet nose." You guessed it; the other child is her dog.

Amazing. Ms. Hance who spends half the time joking around or dressed up like a doctor named Dr.AR, actually has a serious side. I was kind of surprised to learn so much from her.

Officer Paula Nickolson tells about her life as a officer

Officer Nickolson spoke to Ms.Puffer class at Tanglewood

Middle School on February 6, 2008. She came here to teach

us about her greatest moments in her life. She also told us

her hardest case to the most scary case. Officer Nickolson

has been in Tanglewood School for 5 wonderful years.

She says that she has seen people who are dead and have

been killed.she says that student have" lack of communication."

she wants to teach student how to het along with each other.

She choose to be a officer because almost all of her

family has been, and she has liked been an officer too.

Ms. Hance's Life Adventures

Ms. Hance started as an elementary teacher, but she has been a librarian for 16years. She says that she loves to act like kids and really likes things that kids do,so she says that she acts likes a big kid. Ms. Hance has been working for 4 years at Tanglewood, and really likes the school a lot.And she would rather teach at a middle school than any other. She always wanted to do CIA to help predators on the computer to young kids. She likes really thick cheeseburgers the best. She is silly but never really means to embarrass anybody.

Valentine's Day Disaster!

1929 Valentines Day SCOOP!
Write an article about the massacre of 1929 as if it were in the paper Feb. 14, 1929!

I love you more than...

I Love You More Than Applesauce
by: Jack Prelutsky
I love you more than applesauce,
Than peaches and a plum,
Than chocolate hearts,
And cherry tarts, And berry bubble-gum.
I love you more than lemonade,
And seven-layer cake,
Than lollipops,
And candy drops,
And thick vanilla shake.
I love you more than marzipan,
Than marmalade on toast;
For I love pies Of any size,
But I love you the most.

Add a stanza...let's see who's is the best!

William Davis Wrecks

When you think that your day couldn't get any worse. Trust me it can. One Monday, I was having a bad day. We went to school and I kept getting in trouble. Then after school we went and picked up my mom from work. As we were leaving the hospital, right when we were getting ready to turn left, an old women about the age of 70-80 came out of nowhere and hit us doing about 40 mph. She hit the left side of our car. I was sitting in the passenger and my mom was sitting behind me. When the car hit us, I went flying. The side where my mom was the right side of the car caved over my mom's foot. When we looked up we had men and women gathering all around the car. They called 911 for us to get us EMS. When we got out, we went right back to the hospital. We were in the ER for 3 hours. They said nothing was broken. Thank God. Now we are doing much better.

-William

Victoria Brother Broke His Arm

Victoria Marsh's brother Benjamen broke his arm while swinging at South Side Park. This accident occurred two years ago when he was swinging too high. He went to the park with his mother and sister. After he got on the swing, he was going really high. His mom told him to slow down,but he did not listen."About five minutes later he fell,"said Victoria. Right after he fell, they rushed him to the hospital. Benjamen learned the importance of listening to your parents.

-Desmond

The day my daddy hit a stop sign!

One day my dad had hit a stop sign in our neighborhood.He was going to his cousin's house & was speeding.He then saw the police and started speeding down by Evelyn Drive.The stop sign is still knocked down. My cousin Montre started laughing and told people on the bus.I was laughing too. My mom got mad & took the car away from him.

-Diashia

C,C Calloway Takes Care of Newborn Puppies

C,C Callway rescused a mother dog and her puppies and took care of them. It was two years ago, in December when she found them newborn puppies.She said she already fell in love with them.The mom of puppies died two weeks after they were born. C.C. had eight newborn puppies to take care. She said she was exhausted cause they kept waking her up every 3 hours.

-Maria

Missing My School

To be a new student is a horrible feeling. I really want to go back to my old school. I wanted to leave but now all I want is to go back. I know a few people here but I think the way Tanglewood operates and their expectations is what I am not getting a long with. For an example in the morning we are to sit in the hall way outside of our class and wait for the bell. At my old school the 8th grade students were allowed to sit with their friends in gym and conversate. We also were able to either go to dance class or play basketball until the bell. When we changed classed we didn't change with the 6th and 7th grade. When we changeed classes we had time to talk and use the restrooms. It seems that at Tanglewood we barly have time to get from one class to the other. We had relate arts at the end of the day and it was with our own grade period and not with different grades. SOOOOO to be honest I really really dislike being at Tanglewood and nothing would make me happier than to be back at the best school ever BEREA MIDDLE SCHOOL!!!!!!!

-Kayla

Mrs. Nicholson is the Best Cop

Mrs.Nicholson is a cop. She has been a cop for 12 years. She said she loves her job so much she will do it for free. She had put alot of kids in jail. There have been 11 charges this year. She has not been shot at. She has chased a lot of people and only guys has assaulted her. She shot a real gun. On the frist day on the job she caught a most wanted guy. She seems very nice to people, she is love her job she likes to save people lives, or help them. She is very nice to be around.

-Trevon Morton

Ms.Hance's life

by:Kyshawn Ware

Ms.puffer's 1st period A day class interviewed Ms. Hance on the 8th of February. She has worked at Tanglewood for 4 years.Ms. Hance was a librarian for 16 years. Ms. Hance feels like a kid when with Tanglewood Middle School. Tanglewood is the first middle school Ms. Hance worked at. Besides being a library lady, she would want to work with the CIA. One of her most embarrassing days was when her shorts were riped and a student told her. Ms.Hance never thought about being a library lady untill a college professor gave her a chance to be a library lady. A time when she embarrassed somebody was when she was hitting somebody with a flying monkey. One time when she made someone mad when she broke her and her nease heart and lot there friendship.

Jamedra Brown Has Surgery

Jamedra Brown got surgery on her throat on Mothers day at St. Francis Hospital in 2006. She got it because she had an abscess in the back of her throat. She was 11 years old. She was not mad but it was not fun. She thought she was gonna die. She spent 4 days in the hospital and could only eat Popsicles. The nurses gave her laughing gas to get her to go to sleep. For presents, she got teddy bears, balloons, and posters. The abscess blocked her breathing space. She said "I can't breathe!"when the abscess was being pulled.

The life of a teenage girl

Hey, my name is Vanessa and I go to school at Liberty High School and make just about straight A’s. When my mom and dad spilt up I didn’t know what to do anymore. I was the reason they spilt up. My sister and brother tell me over and over hat they hate me because of what I did to the family. I blame myself. My mom tells me that the fault was my dad and hers but it wasn’t.
“No mom, stop blaming yourself. It’s not dad’s nor your fault that you guys spilt up. It’s mine.” I say. “Why do you always got to say things like that?” she asks.
“What kind of things do I say.”
“Who told you that it was your fault and why do you blame yourself for the stupid mistake that we made?”
And I can’t, won’t lie to my mom. It was my sister and brother. She tells me, “don’t listen to them” but I do not know what to say, so she comes up and says, “I don’t always have to be the tuff girl in the family.” Then I ask, “What else I do then. No response so yeah I do have to be the tuff girl in the family doesn’t I?” It took her a long time to answer me but then out of nowhere she came up and said “No you don’t I need to learn how to be the tuff one where when you or your brother or sister get in trouble then I could help get you out of it.”
I do not know how to tell you this mom. I have been talking to dad here lately. He told me to tell you “He misses you and will always miss you." Then I told him I would try to bring it up to you but I do not know how to then he told me start talking to you about school so then I told him that you would know that something was up because I never talk to you about school.
So, here goes nothing I keep on telling my gut ‘You would understand that I’m just a little girl and that you would not hate me forever you would gain my trust back sooner or latter no matter what happens because I’m your daughter.” Being someone’s daughter is like telling someone that you would never give up on them or what they say because you are what you make yourself out to be not who you try to be. Well that is what she always said.
So one day she picks me up from school and then she asked “how was school” I said “ok why how was your day at work.” Well “I got a phone call” I had to ask “from who” she answered, “your dad” so “what did he want?” She said that “He wanted to see me and asked do you want to see him or not?” I answered with a sight “sure I guess that I will go see him only if he don’t ask me any question about you and how our life’s are because I’m not going to answer him about that because that is not his business it is our business.”
“So, when do I go this weekend I’m busy sorry can’t go.” She asked me “what I was doing this weekend that was more important then going over to my dads” I said. “Going out with my friends.”
She said, “How do you get that they are more important then my dad.” I said because “He left us and plus he don’t care about us any ways we are going out to eat then to the movies so can I have about twenty dollars or just some money to go out this weekend with them?” She told me, “NO”I said “Why?” She told me “I had to go to my dads instead of going out with my friends.” “Mama I don’t want to go with some one that doesn’t care about me or you nor my brother or sister even though they don’t care about me.” So, “Mama what are we really doing this weekend?” Answer “Well you are going to your dads.” “why he only wants to see me and not my sister or brother?”
She had to answer me with the four words I hate that she always has to say “Because I Said So.”
Now, it is the next day at school and my friends are asking me “can I go out with them this weekend.”
“I hate telling them no.” When they ask me why I told them because my mom is making me go over to my dads house.
“Yes the guy that walked out on the four of us.” I asked her “why she was making me go to a guys house that don’t even care about us and she said Because I Said So”
“I hate when she says that don’t you hate when your mom always says that to you?”
Well, “Girls the late bell is about to ring so we better get to our favorite class Social Studies not if I’m late for that class again I’m on my way to ISS no excuses because that would be my fifth time this week being late for that class.”
“If my mom finds out I’m in a lot of trouble with her and my dad even thought he don’t care about me any more.”
Well, “See you latter when classes Change to seconded period and all my friends standing at our lockers all five of our lockers are all in a straight line.”
Now it is the end of the day, I’m talking to my friends at my locker waiting on my mom to come pick me up at school now she just got here.
So, “Girls I have to go and talk my mom into letting me go out with you instead of going to my dads.”
Well, “I really can’t tell you girls anything else because my mom is making me go and I can’t do a single thing about it because when my mom says Because I Said So.”
“Plus my mom told me that he had a surprise for me and she knows what it is but she promised my dad that she would not tell me what it was.”
“Mama when do you keep promises with dad about anything so tell me my surprise.”
So, “I can act surprised about it and if I don’t want it I don’t have to go do I?”
Well, mama what is it?” Answer “it is a puppy your doggie had puppies”
“Okay mama I guess I will go just to get the puppy and stay one night and then will you come pick me up form dads please mama.”
She said “Okay that we could do that”
Now, “that is over can I have twenty dollars to go out with my friends I will go back to dads next weekend only if I like his new girlfriend.”
Mama didn’t know about his new girlfriend “I thought that he told her” I guess she just found out because she just asked me
“What new girlfriend are you talking about?”
He has been living with her for two mouths.
Now, “he told you that he isn’t seeing anybody or what did he tell you?” Answer “He told me that he was not seeing anybody.”
Well, “He told you a lie and he will keep on until you tell him that I told you the truth.”
You know that he is nothing much then a liar
Mama, “How did you feel when you found out that he lied to you about him cheating on you.”
She said “She don’t remember how she felt when she found that out.
“I still blame myself.” She doesn’t even know it because if I tell her then she will tell me “Not to start to blame myself for that same old mistake that every family will have to face once in there lives on matter if they aren’t the fighting type.”
“If you have a good family then you have to fight sometime instead to betting around the bush about things that are going on in your lives.” “Never tell your mom or dad that you hate them even if they do something so bad that it makes you want to kill yourself”
“It’s not even worth your life. Because I told my dad that I hated him for what he did to my mom and now he is trying to make me feel really bad. So that I will be sorry but it is not working right now. He hasn’t told me that he loves me, my mom, my brother and sister more than anyone or anything yet. When he does I’ll try to stay strong but I’m not sure how I’m going to react to it but I think that I’ll fall into his arms and cry and tell him that I love him, mom, my brother, and sister more then anyone or anything. They are my family. Families stick together and they don’t need to ever split up because they are made to stick together.” This is from a ninth grader, fourteen year old girl that goes to Liberty High School and needs to be with her family right now.
“Don’t ever think you are the blame for some stupid mistake that your mom or dad made always stick with your family and never let them go even if you need a break from them.
Now, “I’m going to stop writing this story because every story has a happy ending so go find your happy ending. I hope you find it soon I found mine in my family. So maybe you could start looking in your family to find your happy ending.”

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Officer Nicholson's Incredible Interview

Tanglewoods Journalism staff interviewed Officer Nicholson and found a softer side of her! Officer Nicholson, Tanglewood Middle School's resource officer has been married for 11 years. She met her husband when he was a k9 handler. She says her best lesson from her marriage is to expect side of her! t your mistakes and your mates mistakes. Officer Nicholson also has a 7 year old son and a 10 year old daughter.Officer Nicholson has been an officer for 12 years and only charged 12 students at Tanglewood Middle School this year. She wanted to be an officer because some of her family members were police officers and it was also a childhood dream. She says when she gets in a bad situation she uses her head to get out of it. She loves her job and "would be lost without it."

By,

Kayla Jordan