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.