Anger Issues (Rated G version)

Something was bound to get broken. My father had a bad temper when I was younger. I used to listen the best I possibly could to keep from getting yelled at. I grew up as a child that listened 100% because I was scared to get yelled at.
My best friend Jarred used to be terrified of him because of his temper. When Jarred was over and Dad was home we would make sure we would play far away from Dad. Most of the time we would be at Jarred’s house because he was scared. Now Jarred likes him.
Up until my father started working for Arnolds Sand and Gravel he was quite cranky. After the job switch he lost a lot of his stress and became more of a happy guy. He lived quite a distance from home so we only got to see him on his days off.
It wasn’t until my father moved to Edmonton that he really became happy. After he moved he has been in a good mood. The only problem is that he lives so far away. It sucks that he lives far away but at least now he is happy.

analogy story

Once upon a time there were three mice. They loved going to this restaurant until it was bought and ran by cats. The cats would often wait until all of the other cats had ordered and gotten their drinks before they would wait on the three mice. Eventually the mice finally said something about the terrible service and they were kicked out and banned from this restaurant.

This analogy is about waiters waiting on adults before kids, always happens at the red bull those bastards.

Ant Dilema

Have you ever felt discriminated against? Have you wanted to do something, but were just not able? Well that’s just like the story of the ants. These ants had no legs. All they could do was slide-that’s the only way they could get around. These ants loved ice cream. Every ice cream store in the city had stairs. They went and complained to every store manager to get a slide in their store. The store managers just laughed and said they didn’t care. They went to the head of the Two Legs, who was the owner of all stores. They tried to reason with the man but he just said he didn’t care. This was as high up as they could go and it was their last chance. To this day they still have the problem of stairs and no slides. They still wonder when one of the Two Legs will finally do something to help.

Different Points of View

My mom and I have different points of view. A big one is our thoughts on piercings. She doesn't understand why someone would want to put extra "holes" in their bodies. That they look disgusting. I disagree. I think that its not so much as putting extra holes in my body but that I'm making a statement and you should't look at it like that. I think it's a form of art just like tattoos.

Since I was 12 I've wanted my nose pierced and for my fifteenth birthday I got it done. The only reason my mom agreed was because her friend convinced her it was ok. My mom was afraid it would look bad. I said it wouldn't and I was right. The second piercing I got was my lip. I had talked to my mom before about how I also wanted to get that done. She of course said no. I already had enough and it would look disgusting. But I didn't care. I told her I was getting it done and since I was 16, I didn't need her to sign for me.

And now we come to my recent one...my eyebrow. By now my mom is kinda like whatever. She thinks I have enough piercings. You can never have enough is what I think. This time though I inform her that I am going to go with Brian and we are going to get our eyebrows pierced together. So I think that my mom is now use to the fact that her daughter is going to have many piercings and in the future won't be surprised if I come home with a new one.

If you knew me.........

If you knew me, you'd know I'm a a different person out of school.You'd know that I like dirt biking, and that I want to go sky diving one day. You'd know that I like the snow but but not the coldness that comes with it. Sooo if you took the time to know me you would see many new things you've never seen before from me.

Penny in the Dust

Penny in the Dust

1. It means when you remember something or "go back" to that time. An example is when he's walking, so like after the first paragraph.

2. The major conflict is when Pete loses his penny and doesn't want to tell his dad. Pete and his father are involved. He loses the penny because he was "looking for treasure" and had burried it. It was resolved when his dad found it.

Penny in the Dust: Questions

1. That his father would think that. He is surprised.

2. He doesn't return the penny because it means something to him now.

3. He shows love by working hard, giving him rides, gave his son the penny and for being there.

4. The boys world is imaginary where his fathers is in reality. The father feels happy and sad. The boy feels scared and ashamed.

5. It was that he could finish work early and the boy wanted to spend time with his father.

6. The penny is symbolic because he had that penny with him till the day he died.

7. He is a working man, he was a serious man, and was stern. That he took things seriously.

penny in the dust questions

part 1

1. Remembering a past memory. The example is he remembered losing the penny in the dust.

2. The father and the son have a conflict. The conflict is the son loses the penny and he doesn't want his father to know. Its resolved by the father finding it and the son telling him the reason for losing the penny.

part 2

1. The father thinks his sons is afraid of him.

2. The father doesn't return the penny because he wants to keep it to remember that day.

3. He keeps the penny. the father finds the penny in the dust. He gave the penny to the kid in the first place.

4. The fathers world is all about reality and very down to earth. The sons world is very different, its whatever he wants it to be. The boys world is very imaginary.

5. When the boy told the father about how he wished he could spend more time with his father.

6. The penny is very symbolic in this story. Its so symbolic because it meant so much to the father that he kept it with him ever day till he died.

7. The father is a hard working man. he gets things done in a serious manner. Everything he did, he did very seriously.

Sometimes Good; Sometimes Bad

I have always been a mommy's girl. Never really a daddy's girl. Maybe because I am closer to my mom than my dad. I spend most of my time with my mom and not really with my dad. My mom and I would always do stuff together such as: shopping, going for walks, or just hanging out together. But it was a bit different with my dad.

My dad and I had a different relationship. It was more quiet and not as much out there than mine and my mom's. My dad and I have some things in common, including: we both like horses, and hunting. But it's way easier to talk to my mom about personal stuff. I have a hard time just going up to my dad and just saying something about my boyfriend. It's just not the same with me and dad.

My mom knows me like the back of her hand. She can always tell when I am upset or just having a bad day. Not always is that a good thing because sometimes I don't want her to know what is going on. But it feels good when she notices that something is wrong. My dad has a way of knowing when I am bummed out too, but somehow me and him just end up fighting about it and getting mad because usually it's about something makes him upset too. Yes, I do wish me and dad could be closer, but the relationship we have now isn't so bad. However, it could definately be better.

So needless to say, I don't enjoy the awkwardness, and tension between me and my dad, but it's better than nothing. I hope that I will always be real close to my mom because every girl needs a woman in her life to help her out when things get hard. I will always love my dad and my mom, through anything!

justin
Reflective essay
As I was growing up my relations was pretty good with my mom, but not as good with my brothers dad. I lived with my brothers dad pretty much my whole life, I don’t remember living without him around. We lived in the city for a little while, then we moved out to my farm. On the farm I didn’t really interact with my mom too much. Sure I’d go in and eat supper and she would put me to sleep. But we didn’t really play games together or anything, we did a few times but not very much.
As I grew up on the farm we kind of got further and further away from each other. And then when my brother was born it even got further apart. I played with my brother when I was younger but I got jealous of him because he was the youngest and my mom seemed like she liked him more. Then after a while of my mom and my brothers dad not getting along we finally moved.
We moved to Radisson because that is where my grandma was living. Grandma was my favorite person in the world so I would pretty much live there. I would go home for a few days at a time because we were only a block away. I would still talk and see my mom but we never did any activities together. So in all I love my mom but don’t have a super strong relationship with here, I don’t like talking about things to just about no one. And I’m 16 now and there isn’t really any way to “hang with your mom” its just a little weird.

Successful Argument

My parents and I had a huge blowout. My dad is a stubborn man when he feels that he is right and it is hard to change his mind on a topic when he has made up his mind. My mom is the more reasonable one of the two and listens to both sides of an argument. I myself am a very impatient person. I like to have the answer right now and not later. My relationship with my parents is awesome. We don’t usually argue about a lot of things and we are good at coming to a mutual agreement.

When I finally figured out I wasn’t going to win the arguement I gave up for that day. Three days later I decided to bring up the same argument again to see if I could sway their minds. We argued for another hour and I gave up yet again.

I was reading a book when my brother knocked on the door and asked me to come to Radisson with him to get fuel. My brother and I are very close-we tell each other everything. Just before we left, a good friend of ours showed up and wanted to come with us. I found this strange, but never commented on it. We left for fuel and never went back home. I began to wonder where we were going. When we got into the city my curiosity started to dwindle as to where we were going. My brother hates driving in the city so I knew something was up. Then all of a sudden I could see the top of a really tall building and Josh smiled and said, “I convinced them buddy, we are here.” I was so shocked I wasn’t sure what to say.

We had fun water sliding that night. Our room was huge with two big fluffy white beds and one great big 50 inch flatscreen situated on the wall. Off to the right of our beds was a huge bathroom with a shiny white tub. We had pizza after exhausting ourselves going up and down the three flights of stairs to the gigantic waterslides. We watched movies until two in the morning. I had a blast!

It made me feel awesome knowing that I got to do something I never thought I would ever do without my parents. From this experience, my parents may now trust me to do more things on my own. I learned from this experience that sometimes if you leave things be your parents will reconsider what you ask.

Reflective Essay

Reflective Essay
“Our Love Tradition” – Allie Ferris-Nichol

When I was younger, I didn’t have the best relationship with my parents. Don’t get me wrong, I loved them both very much. I was just more of a quiet and reserved child. All my friends were imaginative and wild; I suppose I was a little more, “grown up”. My mom and my dad were split up - they had been ever since I could remember. I never saw a problem with this; I understood they both loved me so I never really questioned it.

I was with my mom most of the time, during the week. I was with my dad on weekends. My dad and I were never really close. It’s not that he didn’t try, or that he didn’t love me, it’s just neither of us really liked to show our feelings. My dad and I weren’t all “lovey-dovey” like my mom was.

My dad always gave me a hug and said, “I love you”, it was just never with the same enthusiasm my mom had. I hardly ever said, “I love you” back - not because I didn’t love him, but because I found it somewhat awkward. I never knew how he would feel if I said I back, and the last thing I wanted to do was make him uncomfortable. Although my dad and I didn’t have the “OUT THERE” I love you relationship, we had smaller and simpler ways to show our love for each other that we were both comfortable with.

I can remember at the age of five, my mom would have friends over late into the night. I was shy so I always stayed in my room. One night my dad came over, a night I really needed him. Funny he came, it’s like he just knew. What I’m about to tell you is the defining moment in mine and my dad’s relationship. He came over at about seven in the evening, I was tired and my mom had all her friends over, music playing loud. My dad could sense I was scared, so he held my hand. Before this moment I can’t remember holding hands with such meaning behind it. He held my hand until I fell asleep.

I woke up the next morning and he was gone. My mom would never let him sleep over, although I wish she would have. After that night, my dad and I had a new tradition. From ages five to nine my dad would hold my hand until I fell asleep. Every night I remember trying to hold on a little tighter so that he would still be there when I woke up. I set a goal for myself to be able to hold on tight enough that he wouldn’t leave.

One night, I was squeezing as tightly as I could. My dad said, “You don’t have to hold on so tight honey, I’ll always be back again tomorrow night.” I suppose he just didn’t understand how badly I wanted him to be able to stay. Even though he told me I didn’t have to, I still always held his hand as tightly as possible. This was our little “love tradition”. Just knowing he’d come all the way to hold my hand, even though him and my mom didn’t get along… literally showed me how much he loved me. I know that holding on so tight told him just how much I loved him too.

I will never forget these nights with my dad. It’s how I label our relationship. Those nights were the nights that made me who I am today. My dad and I still don’t have that “lovey-dovey” relationship that my mom and I have. I’m fine with that, because those nights when we held hands always remind me how much we love each other.

Penny in the Dust

Penny in the Dust – Ernest Buckler

1.The literary term for flash back is, “by which an event or scene taking place before the present time in the narrative is inserted into the chronological structure of the work.” The flashback in the story is in the beginning, right after the first paragraph.

2.The major conflict would be when Peter loses the penny. All of Peter’s family is involved because they couldn’t find him anywhere. The conflict is resolved by Peter’s father finding the penny and by Peter explaining to his father the reason behind hiding. By Peter telling his father this, it improved their relationship because they were now honest with each other.

Penny in the Dust: QUESTIONS

1.Peter said he felt as if he had struck his father because he couldn’t believe his father really thought that Peter was scared of him. Peter knew he hurt his father by not explaining himself properly.

2.I think that Peter’s father kept the penny because it was a memory between father and son. It was a defying moment in their relationship and his father didn’t want to lose that. It was his little piece of “gold” in the dust. It resembled imagination and wonder, and it represents the love for his son.

3.Peter’s father shows him love by doing little things such as helping him on the cart when he sees him struggle, by giving him gifts like the penny. He also shows love by showing concern about Peter and his where-about. His father really does love him, although he is not an expressive man.

4.Peter’s world is expressive and imaginative, where as his father’s world is serious and full of responsibility. I don’t think his father really understands childhood and the freedom of mind that is needed to live a healthy childhood. When Peter explains his game with the penny, his father REALIZES that Peter is still a child. He finally accepted that and Peter is shocked AND happy that he could be open with his father.

5.I believe what moved Peter’s father was simply how much effort Peter was putting into his explanation, also that his father could sense Peter was upset with his father being upset. In the moment he had tears in his eyes, I believe he was accepting Peter as the child he was.

6.The penny is very symbolic in this story. The penny not only represents imagination, but it also represents the love and understanding between father and son. The penny will hold that profound memory of acceptance and truth forever.

7.Peter’s father lived a serious and responsible life only to give his children the best life that he could give them, He wanted his children to grow up right, and he did that by showing sternness and strictness. He was never mean to his children, but he really only showed one side to them; in attempt to raise his children properly.

reflective essay?

. My mother is usually a very reasonable person. I have a very good relationship with her. we do fight a lot but we get over it very quickly. I am very close with my mother and she with me.

It was a Friday night and Justin and I were hanging out, like we usually do. Justin is very eccentric and loud. We would hang out like this all the time during the summer. Justin and I had a really good friendship. We started to get bored so I had the great idea of taking the truck. We made it 4 miles out of town. then i hit some washboard and went out of control, i went off the road and hit an approach then a small tree and came to a stop in the sand. i got all my shit together and we made it out of the ditch and went home.

The next day my mother came up to me out of the blue and asked me what i did the previous night. i told her me and justin just hung out and didnt do much, then she said "oh really." thats when i knew i was cought. she then began to ask why all of the stuff from the back seat of the truck is in the front and why the running boared is cracked and how the dents in the hood got there all over night. I tryed to explain myself but it was to late my mother had lost her cool.

for the next hour and a half my mother had yelled at me and told me if i was to ever take the truck again that she would not let me get my license when i am elageble for it and that i would be grounded for 3 months. I then apologised and she seemed were dissapointed still like she should have been. then she told me my punishment witch was not exspected she just said the only reason she was so mad is cuz i could have gotten hurt. she just said that she was very disapointed and i better not do it again. i was thinking to myself there is no consiquense? then it ocured to me that she really cares and that her beeing worried makes me feel bad and that i consiquense enough.

Reflective Essay

I always considered myself to be closer to my mom than my dad. My parents split up when I was super young so for pretty much all of my life I have gone back and forth between them, seeing my dad on holidays and living with my mom in Vancouver. I never realized that I had a problem with it until a few years ago. When I was little I just considered it to be completely ok and that it was just how things were. Every holiday I would get on the plane to fly to Saskatchewan to see my dad and my family and I really enjoyed doing that but after so many years of doing that I felt like it was getting harder and harder to leave after the holidays. I started thinking about moving to my dad's... but I didn't say anything to my mom. I waited quite a while and still didn't say anything. Then one day my mom told me that she was thinking about moving away from Vancouver. She told me that she thought that it would be a good idea if we moved to Toronto so we could be close to her sister and her family. That's when I decided to tell her that I wanted to move to my Dad's.

My mom didn't particularly like my idea that much... she made it quite clear. I could see the hurt in her eyes when I said it. I could tell that she was wondering why I would want to leave her. After a while I could see that she was getting mad. She asked me why I would want to move there, so I told her that I missed my dad and that I wanted to live somewhere where I could pretty much do anything, like go quadding and skidooing. And I also told her that I really enjoyed working on the farm. She got even more angry after I explained it. She told me that if I moved to a small town I would have so much less opportunities than I would have living in the city. I told her that she grew up in a small town and she turned out great, but she argued back that she wished she wouldn't have grown up in a small town, she didn't have all the opportunities she would have wanted to have. "you'll miss me when you're there too you know" she said. I told her that I know I would miss her but that I still wanted to go there, just to see what it would be like to be there most of the time intead of just on holidays. "I hate not being able to see my family whenever" I said. she told me that SHE was my family. I told her that I obviously knew that and that I loved her but I want to be with my other family too.

About a month later after we had that argument, she was picking me up from my Dad's on her way to Ontario. I had been visiting my dad for about a month and she said that we would talk about the whole moving situation on the way to Ontario. I was so sure that I wouldn't be able to move to my dad's which upset me. Even though being in Toronto was awesome and there was so much to do I still felt like I wanted to move. My mom wasn't even there for the month that I was in Ontario because she went back to Vancouver to work for a bit. So, I decided that I was going to just go to my dad's and stay, at that point I was getting pretty mad because I felt like she wasn't even listening to anything that I was saying. So, I flew to my dad's. She knew but she didn't know that I was planning on staying. I felt bad but after a while of being at my dad's I called and told her that I had made up my mind, that I was 15 and that I was old enough to choose if I wanted to live with her or my dad. She was pretty mad. But in the end.. I think it was good for everyone. Now I'm enjoying being here and I'm glad we got over the conflict.

Penny in the Dust (Epic Title isn't it?)

Part 1:
1. Remembering a past incident or memory. Everything except the first and last paragraph are parts of flashback.
2. The child and father have a bad relationship with eachother. It is resolved when they look for the penny and become more open with one another.

Part 2:
1. The father thinks that his son is afraid of him.
2. The father kept the penny as a souvenir of what had happened and to show Pete that he loves him.
3. He kept the penny for Pete to find years later down the road. He goes to find the penny. He gave Pete the penny in the first place. He also cried when Pete was telling him of what he would do with the riches of the penny.
4. The father cried and the boy felt like he could be more open.
5. It was that the boy wanted good things for the family and the father.
6. The penny is symbolic. It symbolizes what the family can not have.
7. The father is a rough, tough, robot nearly incapable of emotion. Deep down inside him somewhere he has a heart though.

Penny in the Dust questions

Penny is the Dust
1. Flashback is used in literature to refer to a time that has happened in the past. The flash back in “Penny in the Dust” started around the beginning after they began reminiscing and ended just before then end when you find out that the father has passed away and the funeral is starting.
2. The major conflict in this story is when Pete lost his penny in the dirt. The people in involved in the conflict were Pete, his father, his mother, and everyone else who was looking for Pete after he lost the penny. The conflict was resolved when Pete’s father found the penny.

Penny in the Dust questions
1. I think the meaning of him feeling like he “struck” his father was because he felt that he was being dishonest with his father.
2. I think that Pete’s father kept the penny because it was a memory of a father son moment.
3. His father shows love to him by helping him when he struggled to get on the cart, when his father franticly sheared for him, when he suggested looking for the penny and by give him the penny to him in the first place.
4. His father would feel awkward and conscious of trespass if he entered into Pete’s imaginative world because he is very serious. Pete would feel awkward if his father came into his imaginative world because Pete is very imaginative.
5. I think that Pete’s father was all teary because of the simplicity and anxiety of his son’s answer to why he lost the penny and also because Pete was imagining a better life for the family.
6. This story is symbolic because a penny is not worth all that much and that the penny really can’t make life better but with a little imagination life can be better.
7. The father was a very serious man. He worked all day long and never had to hurry. He never held his son, never laughed, and was kind of scary. He is nice man and cared for others in his own kind of way.

conflict with my sister

It was January and mom and dad were away on holidays in Mexico. My grandparents were staying at my house with me to make sure everything was ok. I had wrote exams and then had planned to do something with friends for a little while that afternoon while my grandma was gone to town to check on their house and grandpa was away at the farm. I knew grandma wasn't going to be home til later that day because she was going to stop at the farm on her way home to see little man, Jared.

It was about 3 that afternoon and I got a text, it was my sister asking me where I was, she knew I wasn't home. She was asking all kinds of questions, where I was, who I was with, what I was doin, why I wasn't home. I had ignored her text because grandma knew who I was with and where I was and that I was going to make it up to Uncle Kurts for 5:30that evening. Not texting her back had caused some trouble, she started phoning and not answering it had made it even worse. I believe I had a fight with her earlier that day so this is why I was not answering her phone calls or texts. I finally answered the second call and it didn't go over well. She thought I hadn't talked to grandma, which I had and it was fine with her. My sister thought that I was lying and tried getting me into trouble, ha didn't happen!

It just was not a good two weeks for my sister and I, she thought I would be stressing out the grandparents. She was trying to be the mom that she wasn't. I always get along with my sister, just when mom and dad were away she was trying to watch out a little to much for me when she wasn't staying with me, she had no reason to be calling and texting me trying to find out what I was doing. The other sister had stuck up for me and things got worse! Everyting went downhill everything we could argue or fight about we did! My other sister had came out for the weekend, this was happening on a friday. We went to uncle Kurt's to have supper and visit them and Jared, we started talking about what was happening, he how ever told me not to worry about what she was trying to tell me because I was where I was suppose to be at the time I was suppose to be there and I was ok. A couple hours had passed and I had finished bathing Jared came back to where my phone was laying I had two missed calls and three missed texts, all from the sister. By this time I was annoyed and upset because I was fighting with the sister that I never fight with. We were always the closest and didn't fight much.
In the end after the two weeks were done we ended up being back to normal and things were good. The fight ended up just being minor.

I Told You So

I Told You So

Don't you just hate when your parents disagree with you. My mom and I usually get along really well. We are both easy going, and enjoy having a good laugh. She comes to my hockey games, and we to the lake and stuff like that together. Its usually all butterflies and rainbows, but not this particular time.

I had sprained my ankle in volleyball two sundays ago. It is starting to feel a lot better, but the swelling is still there. I had a hockey game wednesday night and really wanted to go. My mom said that i should stay off it until it heals fully. I can see why she said that, because i wouldn't want to wreck it for the next couple months. I was set on going though.

I drove myself to that game, because my mom didn't want to watch me hurt myself. I tried putting my skate on at the game and i new right away that my mom was right, but i would never let her know that. I suited up and went onto the ice to see if i could skate. It hurt to skate but I played anyway. After the first period I took some tylenol and played the rest of the game.

After I had undressed and showered, I could barely walk. I got home and mom saw me limping and asked me if i had hurt myself. I said no and she clearly knew i was lying. Despite her anger that i went to hockey she came into my room with an icepack and through it to me, and walked out without saying a word.

I guess you could call an unspoken "I told you so".

Snap!

Reflective Essay



I have always been a daddy and mommys girl. I dont know what I would do with out my parents, they are my life. When I fall they always pick me up they have always been there for me and always will be. My parents can read me like the back of a book. Dad can always tell when im lieing and mom can always tell if something wrong. Not only my parents but my brothers are always there for me and would beat up any boy that messed with me!

On July 14th I left for B.C. I was so happy to leave. When I got there I changed my mind and wanted to come home after the first couple of days. I called my dad asking if he could come get me but he wouldnt. So every morning I would call asking for him to either come get me or get me an early flight home. In the end me dad debated on actually driving out to come get me. I think mom changed his mind she told me to suck it up pretty much. I was so mad at them, they kept telling me that if I left early that my granny would be upset that I left. I didnt care I wanted to get home and see my family and Krista. This was the first time I have ever been away from home.

My dad called my uncles telling them to come get me from my grannys house. So it got better I wasnt so home sick when I got doing stuff. I went up into the mountain with my auntie and uncle and three cousins camping that was good kept my mind off things. It helped went to a wedding seen Breanne there was nice to see someone I really knew. After that I went and spent a few days at my uncles house he lives on the lake. It was really like to go boating and swimming while I was there. I even got a dec tan and im pretty pasty. Towards the end I stopped arguing with my parents to come get me, the days were going by faster towards the end.

When it was time to come home I was pretty excited because I missed everyone so much, but I ended up having a good time seeing all my family I dont normally see much. If I were to go again next year I would but I think I would want my parents to come so they arnt getting calls everyday telling them to come get me or get an early flight home. But overall the trip was good I got to experience my first plane ride.

You Know What Really Grinds My Gears....

I remember the butterflies in my stomach, the fear in my eyes, and the anger in my moms. It was about a year ago and I wanted to play senior hockey but my parents thought differently. Winter was about to arrive so the team was starting to practice. My cousin wanted me to play and so did other players on the team. My dad was starting to agree with me me about playing, or at least going to practices. I didn't think I was going to play but, determination and with a little bit of wisdom I thought it might happen.

The first argument was over going to a practice. My dad is a pretty easy going guy, a hard worker and a pretty easy guy to convince about things. My mom on the other is a very good parent, however not a very easy person to convince about things. What mom thinks about things, that is usually what she is going to think about them forever. Mom said "there is no way your going to practice, what if you get hurt your volleyball season will be over." I honestly didn't think about that but i thought it was worth getting hurt over, I really wanted to play.

Moving on later that night about an hour before we had to leave, I still didn't know if I was going or not. Dad was on my side now and wanted me to go for the practice and told mom a wouldn't get hurt. Mom still determined to change our minds, put the guilt trip on, she said "fine go but when you get hurt think of what the volleyball team will think." YES, all I could think of is that she said I could go. I went to the practice learnt a little, and had one of the most fun times of my life.

I wasn't told I could play with the team but I told Troy Rookes I was going to play. The first game I wanted to play so bad but mom, dad, and Ashton were against this. We had volleyball conferences the next day and I knew I wasn't going to happen. The same happened for the second game, and I didn't go. However about 2 hours before I was going to leave for the third game I was just telling my parents. I said I was going because I didn't have volleyball and I didn't see anything wrong with going.

My parents still didn't want me to get hurt but I said I would be fine. It was also snowing and the game was around two and a half hours away, in Meadow Lake. The reason that played a factor on things was because they needed to be there if I was going to play. I said to dad "you have a 4x4 truck for a reason if you want to come then go." After more debating I finally heard "you can go" I don't know who said it but it didn't matter. I went there with my cousin Kinley, his friend Colby, our buddy Marcus, and one guy Derek, who I didn't know. I was so pumped to be playing and I even got an assist my first game. Looking back at it I think it is a little stupid, but all that matters is that I got to play.

Penny in the Dust

1) The literary term of a flashback is a literary device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological order of a narrative. A large amount of the story would be considered a flashback besides the first few paragraphs introducing the story and the last few paragraphs concluding the story.

2) The major conflict in this story is between Peter and his father. The father gave Peter a shiny penny and because of their relationship it meant a lot to him. However, when Peter was playing with the penny in the dust and imagining greater things he lost it. The issue was resolved when the truth came out and the father helps him find it.

Questions

1) I think that by Peter saying he struck his father he meant he emotionally struck him and shocked him, maybe even disappointed him by apparently thinking his father would beat him.

2) I think that the father doesn't return the penny to his son for a few reasons. One being, he doesn't want him to lose it again. He wouldn't want him to lose it again because he wouldn't want him to feel as bad as he did when he first lost it. Another reason may be that he wants the cherish the memories he had with his son, obviously that was a big moment in their relationship.

3) The father showed his son love in the following ways:
He gives his son a shiny penny
He frantically looks for his son when he's missing
He helps his son find the penny
He comforts his son and shares a touching moment with him
and last, he doesn't give the penny back

4) Peters world is the childish, imaginative world, whereas the father seems like more of a realist, and creates a more serious world for himself. When the father enters the boys world he feels awkward and conscious of trespass. When the boy sees his father about to enter he senses but doesn't understand the foolish child-like fragility of his world.

5) I think what moved the father so profoundly was how excited the boy seemed when talking about all of the greater things for his father and him. He was so honest and true, and he wanted to spend time with him so badly.... I think that really touched the father because he's probably never spoken about his feelings so openly before.

6) In this story the penny is symbolic. It's a gift from the father which symbolizes that even little worthless seeming things can be worth a lot and bring people together.

7) The father seems guarded, and serious about his work. He seems like he's not the best at communicating or showing his emotions. You can tell that he loves his son and maybe he doesn't want to get his sons hopes up by going along with his creativity – again I think he's a realist. He's probably a nice man once he opens up.

Voice of the Grandmothers: Reclaiming a Metis Heritage

Insights and Outlooks

1) Christine no longer felt like she needed to hide who she was and her culture, and so she wanted to figure out exactly who her ancestors were and where she came from. Her discovery of a biography of her grandfather had also encouraged her to figure out just who she was. I'm not really personally interested in uncovering my past and the past of my family and not many people that I know are or have. I'm a little be curious about my ancestors and I think it would be cool to find out who all I'm related to and where we came from. I'm related to Steven Harper!!

2) I feel quite bad about Christine feeling that she needed to hide her heritage, but at the same time I understand. At that point in time she wouldn't have been accepted into society. I don't think that anyone should have to hide who they truly are, that just seems cruel to me. I'm also disappointed to hear how the native country wives were treated, that's not fair at all! It's like they were just being used.

3) Yes, I agree with Christine about the point of her familys denial of their heritage being a survival mechanism. I agree because at that time it may have been neccisary but on the other hand I also disagree. I kind of think that she should have stood up for herself and her heritage and culture.

4) I don't really have many things "describing who I am" in a historical sense. I know that my ancestors are from Germany, Scotland, and England. Other than that..... I have no idea! Suprisingly it really doesn't bother me that I don't know. I don't think I would like those things changing or influencing who I already am.

Late Assignment - Emotional Poetry

"Poetry is what gets lost in translation" ~ Robert Frost

Poetry is an emotion filled style of writing because it involves people expressing themselves, and their innermost feelings. Poetry is people pouring those feelings out onto paper whether they're good or bad.

Both of the poems we read in class were similar in the way that they were both about childhood. The poem "Childhood Memories" talked about having a bad childhood and the other "A Childood Forgotten, A Childhood Lost" the author wrote about not remembering their childhood.... The tone and feeling of the poems matched the subject in a way that you wouldn't expect.

The poems that we read in class tugged at the heart strings. They made me feel deeply sad, sympathetic and angry! I was angry about what had happened to both the writers and I was angry that there was nothing I could do about it.

Did I like or dislike the poems? Well, that's a loaded question. If it was just random writing on a piece of paper then I would definitley have enjoyed them. They were very well written. However, this was people pouring out their hearts and expressing how they truly feel inside and that kind of breaks my heart. The reality of it was important though, it's not like everything is perfect all the time.

Once again, the subject of childhood matches the tone of the poems. We may not always like to read about childhood in this context but as unfortunate as it is this is the reality of some peoples lives.

Penny in the Dust

Penny in the Dust

1. A flashback is a moment in time when you remember something that happened to you a while ago. Besides the first couple of sentences, the whole story is a flashback. It starts when they say “do you remember the afternoon we thought you were lost?”
2. The conflict is between Peter and his father. The conflict is that he lost his penny and doesn’t want to tell his dad. It is resolved by his dad finding the penny and telling him I wouldn’t have beat you if you had told me you had lost it. Peter explains to his dad how he lost the penny.
Questions
1. Peter feels that way because his dad entrusted him with the penny and he lost it. He feels bad that he never told his dad. His dad did not know he was so afraid of him and what he would do. He was hurt that he could not tell him what happened.
2. His father never returned the penny because he did not want Peter to keep imagining the things that they could not have. The automobile for example.
3. Father shows his love by giving him a penny. He went looking for him when he thought he was lost. He went out to help Peter look for the penny. He put his arm around Peter and had tears in his eyes after he told him what he was pretending to do with penny.
4. The father feels awkward and out of place in the boy’s world because he can’t relate to anything the boy feeling or doing. The boy feels like his world is foolish and fragile and that him and his dad can’t get close because of it.
5. What made the dad put his arm around Peter and have tears in his eyes was the fact that everything the boy imagined the father couldn’t give.
6. The penny is symbolic. It brings the boy and his dad a little closer. It is symbolic of what he can’t have.
7. The father has trouble showing emotion. It is hard to tell when he is showing emotion. He is a hard worker. The father keeps to himself. You can tell by the father’s actions that he really truly does care about the boy in his own way. The father wants to give Peter as much as he can imagine, but he cannot afford it.

Penny In The Dust

1. Flashback is when you think back to something that happened in the past. In the story the flashback is pretty much the whole story. It started after the first paragraph.

2. The dad and the little boy are involved in the conflict. The little boy got the penny from his dad. The boy cherrished the penny that his dad gave him. He always played a game with it, when he would bury the penny in the ground and than digging it up pretending it was tresure. But one time when he was playing that game he lost the penny in the dust. He was too scared to tell his dad that he lost the penny, so he hid. When his parents found him hiding, he told his parents what happened to the penny. So his dad said that they will go find the penny. To their luck, they found it in the dirt. But the dad did not give his son the penny back. This is because the dad kept the penny as treasure.

Questions:

1. I think this means that the dad was shocked that his son thought he would beat him.

2. The father doesn't return the penny to his son because he keeps it as a treasure.

3. His dad shows his love by giving his son the penny, than helping his son look for it after he lost it, tearing up when his son was talking about how he wanted to buy a vehicle to ride into town with and ride down the streets with his father, and another way he showed his love is by puttin his arm around his son for the first time in 7 years.

4. The father felt awkward and out of place when he's with his son. He also felt concious of trespassing. And the son's world was foolish and fragile.

5. It was how the son said that he was imagining that he bought his dad a mowin machine so he could get done work early every day so the father and him could go into town in the big vehicle he imagined he bought his father and everyone would watch them drive down the street. Both of them laughing, talking, and smiling.

6. The penny was symbolic in the story, because the father gave it to his son and it was treasure to them.

7. The father is a quiet guy, but he can be very caring. He truely loves his son, but sometimes doesn't know how to show it correctly. This could be because he isn't used to being around his son and bonding with him. This is a problem because than it'll be just awkward between them.

PennyInTheDust

1)The term "flashback" means to look at the past and kind of re live it. The flashback occurs after the first paragraph when they start "searching" for the penny.

2)The major conflict in this story is to find the penny that was lost. The father and the young boy were the two that were involved the most in the conflict. They were trying to find the penny that the young boy had lost and that penny meant lots to him. It was resolved by them finding it at the end. The boy made a game with the penny. He was playing with it in the dirt and burried it and tried to find it as a treasure but he ended up loosing it.

Questions:
1) When the boy says he "struck" his father, he means he would have shocked him. I think he would have tried to tell his father what had happened, while trying not to make him mad. The father would not have beat him anyways.

2) He was keeping the penny as treasure so that they boy could eventually do something wiht it.

3)The dad loves him. He shows it by giving him the penny, than helping him find it and shining it and keeping it.

4)The dad of the young boy felt like he was out of place and awkward when ever he was with his son.

5)The father felt so profoundly because he was proud of his son for taking care of the penny he was givin and being so upset when he had lost it.

6)The penny symbolises the father and the boy.

7)The father was a caring but didn't really show it until the boy had lost his penny. He is the type to do things on his own with out telling people. He is a quiet man, there for the son is scared to tell him he lost the penny because he thinks his dad will beat him. He keeps the penny to show that he cares about the son and his future. He was keeping the penny so the boy had something to look back on when he gets a little older and remember his dad.

Penny in the dust

1. Flash back means looking on what happened or talking about the past. In the story the flash back started after the first paragraph.

2. The dad and the little boy are involved. The little boy got a penny from his dad and he liked it so much and he played with it and imagined how he could buy stuff with it but the one day when he lost it. He was playing in the dirt with it burying the penny and digging it up imagining it was treasure then it got lost. He was two scared to tell his dad so he hid, after a while he felt so giulty he told his dad he lost the penny. The confessed about it childish thoughts he had about the penny and this touched the dad and the dad kept the penny when he found it and kept it in his upper vest pocket i think they dad kept it as his treasure from his son.

Queations:

1. I think he means that he shocked him.

2. The dad keeps the penny as his treasure from his son.

3. The dad shows is love by giving his son the penny, helping him find it when he lost it, and keeping it but also keeping it in good condition.

4. The dad felt awkward and out of place.

5. What moved the dad so much was that the son had so much passion in the penny and cared for it so much when it was something so little and the fact that is was a gift from his father, he did not want to lose it.

6. The penny is symbolic.

7. The father is very quiet,But deep down hes very caring and loves his son with all his heart. He doesnt like to show his feelings this makes him look strong.

Penny In The Dust

Questions:

1. I think when the boy feels as if he has "struck" his father, it means that the boy feels he has let him down or disappointed him.

2. I think the father does not return the penny is because if the boy ever loses it again he doesn't want the boy to feel bad for losing it. Also whenever he looks at the penny he will remember this memory he had with his son.

3. Four ways the father shows is love are; putting his arm around him, looking for the penny with his son, crying, being worried about his son when they couldn't find him.

4. The two differences between the worlds are that the father does not show his feelings and the boy does. I think the father feels different emotions, like happy or sad, because at the same time he is probably sad that he knows his son knows that he doesn't show emotion and happy that him and his son had this moment. I think when the boy is watching his father enter this world, its a relief for him because deep down he knew his dad truly cared, but wasn't sure and this was a sense of relief for him to find out for sure.

5. It was the excitement of the boys words that made him tear up, and how happy the boy was when he speaks. The father was so happy because the boy talked about them spending time together, and he saw how happy the boy was when he thought about spending time with him.

6. The symbolism in this story is the penny. The penny symbolizes the love that the father has for the son and that even a penny can mean so much to the little boy because thats all the expression of love the kid ever got from his father.

7. The father has a rough exterior. He is a hard working man, he doesn't express his feelings, my guess is that he thinks if you show your feelings you are not a man, or maybe he just doesn't know how to show his feelings, and has trouble showing his emotions. When the boy is hiding, and they find him only the mother shows emotion, she shows that she has been worried and relieved that they found him, the father just has a blank look on his face and tells the boy he better eat something.

Penny In the Dust

Questions:

1. I think what that mean is he feels as if he hit his dad. However it wasn't a physical hit it was an emotional hit because now his dad thinks that his son thinks he would have beat him.

2. I think the father does not give the penny back because he wants to keep it to remember about all the times the kid thought about him. Also I think he would like to keep it to take him back to the moments they had together.

3. Four ways the father show his love are; going and looking for the penny with him, crying with him, being nice and not abusive, and being scared when they couldn't find him.

4. I think that the father and his son are in two different worlds. The difference between the worlds is the son has a bunch of feelings and is very emotional; however the father is kinda different and doesn't show his feelings. I think that the father starts to feel more emotion when he starts to see what his sons world is like. He is sad because he has never saw this before. Also the son would be emotional as always because his father is coming into his world and recognizing it.

5. I think that it is when he was talking about all the good times they could have together. When the boy starts to tell the father about his dream the father realizes all the times he wants, but haven't had, with his son.

6. I think that the penny is obviously symbolic. I think it symbolizes the "friendship" the son and his father have. It is the reason they are happy and even though its just a penny it brought them closer together.

7. I think the father probably grew up in not a very good environment. The way he treats his son at the start of the story, would tell me thats how he got treated in his younger years. I don't think he wants to be mean I just think that is how he thinks he has to treat his son.

Voices of the Grandmothers: Reclaiming A Metis Heritage

1) she wanted to know about her ancestors. i haven't needed to uncover my past but i do think it would be cool to find out about some of the stuff that went on back then, and the stories of my ancestors. i don't think think i know anyone who has really gone and figured everything out but i'm sure someone i know has gone and done that. i would be interested in my ancestors because i think it would be cool to learn about my family history. some one could have done something pretty cool and it would be awesome to find out about it.

2)i think it really sucks that she had to hide her heritage, i don't believe that anyone should have to do that, it's not really fair. i also don't think that the country wives were treated fairly either. first of all it's not cool that they were "chosen" without really having a say. second of all i don't think that it was fair that their marriage wasn't even legal and the man could just abandon them whenever he wanted even if she had his kids.

3) yes, i'd say i agree that the denial of her native heritage from generation to generation was a survival mechanism rather than a betrayal. if it wasn't for her grandmothers and her family being native he family today wouldn't be there.

4) from the people in my family i have learned quite a bit about our heritage. i know that my Gedo's (grandpa) side is from the ukraine, and i'm pretty sure my moms side is from ireland.

Voices of the Grandmothers

I think that Christine Welsh searched for voices because she wanted to know about her family heritage after a the point in time that she was curious and realized that it was important to her to find out who were her ancestors. I personally had not really tried to find out about my family history because I have always been told many stories about my family’s history. If I was curious enough to find out more about my family history I would like to find out more about my ancestors.
I don’t like how Christine Welsh decided to hide her native heritage because of the discrimination around her. She could have stood up for herself instead of hiding it. I also don’t like how the native country wives were treated.
I would have to say it both a survival mechanism and a betrayal because they wanted to survive and not be discriminated but they betrayed themselves by being around the non-native people and wanting to be one of them.
Something I learned from listening to the stories of my family history is that I come from native heritage and that my ancestors were pioneers that crossed the plains.

Voices of the grandmothers: reclaiming a metis heritage

Christine Welsh was interested to find out about her families history and her background. I would like to know more about my past, but havent got around to it yet. Im interested to find out about my ancestors because would be cool to know about the past and where I came from.

Christine Welsh tried to hide her native heritage from everyone but really I think she should have stood up for her self instead of being embarassed about her back ground. I didnt like how the native women were treated by the non-native people. I think Christine tried to be non-native because she thought if people found out she was first nation they might not except her.

1) She searched for the voices of her grandmother because she wanted to know who and where she belonged to. She knew there were Indians in the family and she was wanting to know who it was and if she belonged to one. I don't think my family has had to try and uncover their past to figure different things out. I don't have anything to that I am curious to try and find out in my family.

2) I don't think that Christine Welsh needs to try and hide her native heritage. I think she should be happy with the culture even when the trades are going on. She should not be afraid to say she is native.

3) I think she tried to hide that she was Indian because she was embarrassed to be and Indian because it wasn't cool to be Indian.

Voices of the Grandmothers

“Voices of the Grandmothers”

The thing that prompted Christine Wales to search for the history of her grandmothers was because all of her grandmothers would not recognize as being part Indian for that reason is it spured her on to figure out why they wouldn’t recognize themselves is part Indian. No one I personally know from my family or outside of the it had a need to uncover the past that I know of. You may be curious about your past because you may want to know where your family originated from or if anybody in your family was famous or in the war.

I feel like I understand why Christine Welch had to hide the fact that she was native but I feel like it was ridiculous that the Europeans made her feel this way and didn’t just accept her for who she was. I feel that the native wives were treated very poorly. I believe the Europeans could have treated them a lot better than they did because without of them who would look after the kids and clean the house and make the meals. These are some of the things the Europeans never considered when they were treating the wives the way they were.

Yes I agree that Christine Welch’s explanation that her great-grandmother’s denial of her native heritage was a survival mechanism. I believe this because back in her great grandmother day natives were considered less important than a man’s dog for this reason her grandmothers hid the fact there were native so she would not have to go through the same thing they did.

From listening to my grandpa I learned that Presceskys come from deep in the Ukraine and that we still have relatives there. Through my grandpa’s stories I learned my great great grandpa had a lot to do with Ford’s Battleford’d history. He found a lot of the artifacts that sit in there today. Through my dad I learned that my great grandma Creamer was going to come across to Canada on the Titanic but missed it. She came across on a ship called the Mayflower. I found this a very interesting piece of my family’s past because if she had been on the Titanic she would’ve died. My dad told me a story about my great grandpa who used to play on the Titanic as it was being built.

Voices of The Grandmothers

1. The reason she wanted to do that was because she spent lots of time hiding that she was native. Then it became good to be Native so she wanted to learn more about it. I don't believe this has ever happened to me or anyone I know. It would be a little cool because then I could figure out a bunch of stuff that I didn't know.

2. I think that it would really suck trying to hid who you are and who you wanna be. I think that it was a little weird with the country wives, the way they treated them was a little weird.

3. I do see where she could be coming from with the survival thing. However if you straight up deny something then i do believe that it is just a betrayal.

4. I don't really know a whole lot about the past in my family. There is a few things that I had heard about my great grandparents being tall and that is where me and ashton got our height from.

voices of the grandmothers

Christine Welsh searched for the voices because she was curious about her past and felt that she was surrounded by mystery her whole life. I do not know of anyone around me trying to uncover their past and heritage. I would like to see where my ancestors trace back to because I have a Scottish last name on my dad's side and my mom's side is from Sweden.

Christine Welsh's need to hide her Native heritage was because in her time it was not very accepted in her society. She would be cast out from every one because being Native was a "bad thing". The country wives were treated poorly beause they were only there to cook and clean and do laundry for the men on the road. They didn't use white women because they were too fragile and could not handle traveling. While social attitudes to both Native and white women were misinformed, one can understand that the author might have had mixed feelings about her background given the changing social status in her heritage.

Thus I agree with her decision to deny her heritage to survive school and her social life. She did this because she would be outcast from her school. Being Native at the time was very hard and she wanted to fit in, which is common in youth. I agree with this even though she was turning her back on her culture.

I have not discovered anything about my heritage besides that I descend from Scotland and Sweden. Therefore looking into my roots is not important to me.

Emo poetry stuff

Were these poems really meant to bring any images to my mind? If so then something is wrong because I didn’t have any intense pictures flying through my head like I was supposed to. I had absolutely no pictures brought to my mind, possibly a monkey hitting some cymbals together but other than that nothing. As for things that I liked about these poems I can’t think of anything that I like about these poems. I don’t like the point that they are trying to get across; the poem structure/style is also something I don’t like. They are boring, uninteresting, and depressing poems so they do not appeal to me.

I don’t read, listen to or watch stuff about people killing themselves off. I don’t like that kind of stuff. It’s not cool, interesting, or funny that people would kill themselves or attempt to end their lives. Although I say that, there is still one thing other that suicide these poems talk about. They mostly tell about bad childhoods. The subject of bad childhoods is something I can recollect. Last year we read The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and A Child Called “It.” The person who wrote Child Called It truly had a horrible childhood and we find that out in his book. The poem connects to our unit theme because it is about remembering a bad childhood.

“My childhood forgotten.” This is the most “touching” part of these poems. It is the thing that sticks out most to me. The author is writing in a state of sorrow about the subject and whoever the poem is about had a very bad childhood and chooses to forget it. The theme of these poems is recollection of bad childhoods.
Poetry is considered an emotional style of writing because it is a style written from our emotions and feeling. It is a way to see into our very being and understand how a person thinks and feels about a subject.

Childhood poetry

In the poems “A Childhood Forgotten, A Childhood Lost” and “Childhood Memories” I felt as if they were written to and by suicidal and mentally depressed people. It also made me feel sorry for the writers of these poems because of the content of the poems. I defiantly did not like these poems because of the depressing feel of them. The tone/feeling of the poems matched the poems’ subject because the poems were about depressing childhoods and the feelings of them were the same.

These poems were similar because they were both about the childhood memories that were bad or terrible. One poem was about the lost memories that they had and the other poem was and about have a bad childhood while others have good childhoods.

I think that poetry is an emotion filled style of writing because of the rhythms of the poems can affect the themes and make them more emotional. I also think that when people write poems they write it with meaning and that is why poetry is emotional.

Did We Just Become Best Friends.....Yup

I hated these poemes, they were depresing. these poems made me feel bad because other people my have not had a good child hood. But in the same respects it makes me feel good to know that i have a good childhood. they were very much alike because they were both depressing and made me feel the same emotions. I really dissliked these poems i understand there is pain and heartship in the worl but like really...do you have to wright it in suchna depressing format. these poems were set in a very depressing format. they showed what is wrong with the childhood of others. they made me feel very sad and depressed. peotry is a good way to make people feel emotion because of the format

EMO Poetry

I felt the two poems were really depressing and sad. the one about the girl committing suicide shocked me because i wasn't expecting the ending. the poems were similar because they were about childhoods and they were both really sad, but "A childhood forgotten, a childhood lost" was about how the childhood was good until something happened and the childhood was forgotten. in the other poem, the person seemed to have a bad childhood all together.

i can't say that i really enjoyed the poems... i thought they were a little too depressing. i'd rather read a happy poem not one about suicide and stuff. but i thought they were interesting and kind of creative. i also thought they were pretty well written and used alot of description. i thought the tone and feeling of the poems matched the poems pretty well. they both had a gloomy feel to me which matches the poems well because well, the poems are pretty gloomy.

i think that poetry is considered an emotion filled style of writing because most poems are about something emotional. the authors don't usually write about nothing its mostly and experience or how they felt about something.

Childhood Poetry

My feelings about the poem were very depressing. The reason for that is I’m not used to hearing about dark childhoods and depressing childhood because I don’t have one. I also felt that if I didn’t hear it ever again then it wouldn’t bother me. I didn’t enjoy these poems because I do not not like to hear about other people’s depressing childhoods. The reason for that is because that kind of stuff really bothers me and I wish I could help so I never have to read stuff like that.

The poems were very similar because in “A childhood forgotten” the girl committed suicide and in the other poem the guy seemed like he was close to committing suicide if he not already done it. They were both very bleak and depressing. Live both seemed to not have a very good home life were very good parents.

I do not believe the tone of these poems matched the subject because not all childhoods are that depressing and bleak, usually childhoods are happy.

I believe that poetry is an emotion filled style of writing because usually the people that write them are angry at something or sad about something. So they use poetry as a way to express to way they feel and that’s why it’s so filled with emotion.

EMO- tional Poems

These peoms are very emotional and depressing. They talk about suicide and how they can't take life. The peoms made me feel bad for the people, because no one deserves to have such a bad life and be thinking about suicide. That would honestly be the worst thing to be thinking about how to kill yourself. And being the parents to those kids would not be fun either. Having your son/daughter kill themselves because they are not happy with their life. It's a scarey thought.

The poems are similar in many ways. In both poems they were talking about suicide. They both are depressing and emotional. They are both about people who didn't have a very good childhood, or just forgot about some of the good parts of it. No one's childhood should be remembered as bad. The feeling i got from the poems was depressing, emotional, sadness, and anger. It all matched the wording and the subject of the poems. It all matched a little too much. It makes a person think about how good their life is.

I enjoyed these poems because they were very truthful and deep. However, I am not the kind of person who reads dark and depressing poems. But these ones had feeling; they made me picture what was going on in their lives and made me think about how good my childhood was. But like I said I am not a fan of dark - depressing poems.

Poetry is always deep and emotional for reasons I do not know. Some people find it easier to write how they feel in poetry, some find it easier to write about their feelings and life in a story. You don't see many poems that are not emotional and depressing. It's just some people find it alot easier to express their feelings in poetry. It could be easier to say, or easier to rhyme. I don't know. But if it gets all of your feelings out than that way of writting should be good.

My new best friend

“A time I wish I could do all over.”

There once was a little short boy named Tommy. He had no friends because he smelled really bad. He would never take a bath, so his dark brown hair always appeared to be greasy. At times he had dirt spots on his round face and clothes. He was a very lonely kid. All the little kids ran away from him because their parents told them to stay away from him. Tommy didn’t like that everyone ran away, it upset him. He loved to go a little green meadow by lake so he could watch the clouds in the sky.
One day he was fishing by himself at the little lake, that’s when I walked up to him. “Hi” I said, “My name is Daniel. Do you mind if I fish here with you?” “Uhh yeah sure.” he said. He looked surprised to see me talking to him. I sat down beside him and watched the ducks swim across the lake as I got my rod ready to fish. “Did you catch any fish yet?” I asked. His eyes sparkled with excitement to tell me that he had five but he likes to let them go after. He told me that he doesn’t like to kill any living being. We started to talk a lot more. He said that he would love a puppy but his parents won’t let him. “My parents are the same way.” I told him. After that day we became best friends.

Emo Poems

We read two poems in ELA 20 they were about childhood memories. They werent the greatest, not going to lie, but they make you really think about what other people go threw. They could have been a lot better, perhaps not to so sad and depressing. In one of them the person talked about killing herself. I think alot of poetry are peoples feelings being expressed threw words. Alot of them I think write poetry because they dont know any other way to get there emotions out.

EMO Poetry

These poems both gave me a different feeling. The poem called "A childhood forgotten, A childhood lost" made me remember when I was younger skipping rocks on the water, going to the lake, playing on the beach, getting pills and having to visit the doctor, and so on. I remember these things, however the author says he didn't. He said he remembers the crash in the fog, when I read this it made me feel like I was in the situation doing these things. The poems had similarities and differences, the similarites of these two poems in comparison are that they are both on someones childhood. I thought the poems were good, but I would rather read happy poems rather then depressing ones. The feeling of the poem "A childhood forgotten, A childhood lost" matched the poem because the poem talked about how the child forgot what his childhood was like. "Childhood Memories," matches the poem but not as well as the other title matched its poem. I think it is considered a emotion style of writing because its a depressing poem and sad.

EMO Poems

EMO Poems

We just read two poems about childhood and they weren't good. Don't get me wrong, they were very well written; however they were very sad and weren't very entertaining. I felt that the poems needed better feelings and they were too much about depression and not about better thoughts. Both poems reflected on depressing thoughts and bad things that had happened. Also both poems were about their childhood lives, and what had happened in them. In both poems the people had rough early years and in one the person even killed himself.

I think there was not much to like in either poem. The stories were very depressing and unless you like wanting to kill yourself I don't think they would be that entertaining. The only good thing about these poems was that they really put you in there own shoes. After reading both poems you realize that the bad times that you have had just don't compare. When you are feeling bad about something that happened to you think of them, it doesn't seem that bad anymore, does it?

I think that when you read the poem it matched the subject; there was nothing really exciting in the text and nothing exciting happened in the poems. I think that poetry is considered an emotion filled style of writing because in every poem something happens, for the good or bad. Every poem should make you think, that would really suck, or wow I wish I was that guy! Even if the poem is little and not about someones life it usually has some happy or sad thought in it. I believe there isn't ever a bad poem because every poem makes you think and really tells a story.

-Insert Witty Title Here-

Approximately six years ago, I was standing on a green soccer feild. It felt great to be back playing after the long winter season. I had the scent of freshly cut grass and sweaty bodies lingering in my nose. My team was the one with the blue jerseys, we were in opposition of the red team.... Battleing it out for the win. They were the best team in our league, and we were currently tied two - two. The sky was over cast, and at that time I was playing midfield. I ran halfway up the pitch and the goalie's powerful kick was coming straight toward me. Everything seemed to be happening so fast, but for the first moment in my life it actually felt like all time had stopped. I peered down towards the ball that was now at my feet and in the next moment I looked up at the net. I knew I only had seconds to act on this oppurtunity. I knew this was my chance! It was a perfect time to show my team that I had been working my power kick. I stepped back and looked around, the reds were closing in on me, I had little time to make my decision! I swung and kicked the ball with all I had in me. Everybody watched as it soared across the feild! The goalie jumped up for the block!..... But the ball slid right inbetween his hands. I'm glad I made the decision to cease the moment.. not only did I break the tie for the win, but I made my first goal.

Everything Happens For a Reason

Regrets are something that happens to everyone. Some people try to forget their past, others may be proud of their past. The past makes you who you are today. Some people don’t have regrets, but I bet that they wish they could go back and do something over… I know I sure have.

There is always something that is stopping a person from really living their life; let it be a bad break up, or friends not getting along. Somehow there is always something that is going wrong. Preventing that is hard that’s for sure. However, when you don’t care what people think of you or what is being said behind your back, life will be a bit easier. Being the person to get hurt really sucks. I was once told that EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON, now I live by that motto.

Having a family, a boyfriend, and lots of friends is something everyone dreams of. But for someone with a bad past it is harder for all that to be perfect. Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to go back in time and change all that had happened? Maybe you’d change what you said to someone, or maybe you’d change how you reacted to something. But the crappy part is that you can’t change what happened already.

A time I would like to go back and change what I did was when I disobeyed my parent’s rules. I was in trouble for a very long time. But now that I think about it, I was not smart. And for what reason did I disobey them? Cause I was young and didn’t think about the consequences? Well now that I have grown up and thought about what I did, I am not proud. It’s easy to say that “it’s the past”. But not always is it so easy to shake off. There are times where I was sad that it had happened, and times where I didn’t really care. But it’s still always on my mind, how I got into trouble just because I was not thinking. Well now I am thinking better and clearer, and will not disobey my parents any more.

Overall, I look at what could happen that is good and bad out of the situation. Disobeying my parents is so not worth all the lectures and disappointment from them. I’ve definitely learned my lesson.

Ohhh Sh*t

If there was a time I could go back and change would be… When I went out mom told me “don’t be late and don’t be getting drunk”. Later that night I was doing good then I decided to play Beer Pong, well I was dumb and used vodka and pink crush and it was strong….not good. I was horrible at the end of the game I slammed all my cups it hit me like a brick wall. I couldn’t walk felt sick, didn’t really know what was going on. I puked in the “Jew stove” that’s what they called it. My brother Conner could not find me, he was freaking out I don’t really remember it much tho. He called mom to come pick us up, when she got there I sat in the front not feeling so hot we made it to Maymont, Conner asked me if I was going to puke I said yes so I got out in front of the bar and Kyle was holding me by my hair while I puked all over the ground, Kyle thought I was ok to stand by my self… no dice I fell down on the ground. Finally when we got home I was trying to get changed into my pj’s I fell head first into my chair. Mom helped me up, got me dressed I was pretty much useless. I know I really scared my mom because she kept checking me to see if I was breathing.

Overall I wish I could have been smarter and never played the game. It would of ended better for me and would have been no horrible hang over the next day. I have learned my lesson. I don’t like scaring my mom I felt bad the next day. I haven’t done it since……My bad!

Lake Adventures

It’s the beginning of summer and we had arrived at the lake. We had set the camper up and placed everything in its place. It was a hot sunny day so we decided to take the boat out for the first time that year, once everyone arrived. As we unloaded the boat and watched the water move from a cool little breeze, I had become more excited and just wanted to get going! The temperature was probably about 27degrees; out on the water it felt a little warmer than that from the sun reflecting off the sparkling water. I got this great idea to jump in the water from Murray persuading me, turned out it wasn’t so nice when it was only mid-June. I ended up swimming back to the boat very quickly as I was shivering from the cold water, however it was nice to cool down and get a feel of the lake water for the first time this summer. I enjoy everything about the lake even if the weather ranges from sunny to pouring rain! I want to go back to this day and have it done all over again, I enjoyed it that much, even the shock of the cold water! That day was lots of fun because all the family was there including the Meena family. We have made many trips up and down the creek at Jack Fish Lake and it is always very relaxing to cruise down there after you have been doing some water sports or swimming in the ice cold water. I want to do this day over because of how exciting it was even when it was just dad and I hanging out at the beginning of the day setting everything up. I guess it was a daughter, father bonding day till later on that afternoon. I enjoy being with the family at the lake and relaxing during the day on the chairs in the sun or cruising the water on the boat in the sun. This was just one of those days that everyone enjoyed, I think because it was the first day there! After we had our fun on the boat we went back to the camper and made a big supper, after we had our supper that us and the Meena’s had made, Murray, dad and I made a fire for us to sit around and enjoy, after we had collected all the fire wood that nobody else wanted to get. I think going back to this day and doing it over again would make me a very happy girl!

Choking Under Pressure!!!!

Short Story

Chad Bernier

Sept. 28th/10

E.L.A.

“A time I wish I could go back and do over.”

Last year about End of October we were in Leoville for volleyball regionals. Our team full of grade 12’s and other skilled players breezed through the round robin. Our first game in playoffs was against the home team Leoville. After a tough two matches we went to a third and battled hard right to the end. The game was 23 to 24, for us obviously cause were awesome. They over bumped the ball up to the net and Ashton, a grade 12 on the team, pushed the ball to the ground. The game was over everyone was screaming, we were going to provincials. After about 5 seconds the ref blew his whistle following a “lift” call.


Again everyone was screaming but this time at the ref. Everyone knew it was a wrong call, even he did, and the other ref was shaking his head. Once everything cooled down, we were too worked up and ended up losing the game. Next game was against Goodsoil, we played them once before and they were good. Again the game went to three sets. 24 to 21 was the score and we were up. We were sure we had the game, the set came up to me. It was low so I backed off and set it into the net, not over not near the top right in the middle of the net. The momentum shift started there and they started hitting and we started tipping it was not going good. They took the game 26 to 24.


I wish I could go back and put that ball to the back corner or somewhere on the floor. I wish that set could have been perfect and I could have demolished it into the ground. We had a better team than anyone there and we deserved to be in provincials. The team that won provincials, beat the team we beat in regionals no worse than we beat them. I think the best thing to do would be to let everything go about stuff like this, and don’t dwell on it. Or when you get the chance in a situation like that don’t FUDGE up!!!!!

GOOD- I think overall it makes you feel like you are in the situation.

BAD- Probably don't have the best punctuation.