Advice for High School

The best advice I have ever been given was from my friend, Brittney Crocker. She gave me, along with my other friends, a note about advice for High school. There were 25 different pieces of advice, but I am going to choose two. The first one that I chose says, “Get yourself involved in anything and everything, even if you know you won't be any good at it. Memories are just waiting to be made." I totally agree with this and think it is a good motto to follow. If you don't get involved, you won't try new things and if you don't try new things that you will be stuck doing the same old things. You will never know if you are super good at something until you try it. It is a lot easier said than done, but I think it's something I need to work on. Having the courage to try something new!

Some more advice she gave me is, "Don't lose each other. Stick together, but don't associate yourself with just a single clique. Branch out, so you can say 'hi' to everyone in the hallway. AND be nice to everyone, NO EXCEPTIONS!!" This, I believe, is a great piece of advice. Stick together with your friends will make things a lot easier. But you do have to be careful and not exclude anybody. This goes along with being to everyone. If you are nice to people, they will often be nice back. 

I am kind of nervous for High School, but I am very thankful for the friends, teachers and family I know. I think High School will be a great experience and lots of fun! I am going to try and make the most out of it. 

School in a perfect world

I think school is pretty fun. I get bored sometimes and so I want to create a new kind of school. A school in a perfect world.

The main thing about school is that it gets boring after having to sit for so long. I think to make this problem better we could have cushioned, rainbow chairs so we are at least comfortable. We could have access to water and food all day long, so we aren't trying to learn on an empty stomach. We can have pets kittens for everyone, that sit by our side and purr in our laps. Everyone should have a voice, so that means that if you want to put input on something there needs to be a good way to do that.

We should have a full day of school all week, but Wednesday's could be fun days. We should just do fun stuff and play games if you are all caught up in schoolwork. If you aren't caught up then you would have to work all day until you were. Finally, everyone should be required to wear foam, glittery, magical stars to light up the day. There are many other ideas that include, unicorns, rainbows, butterflies and Bob the Builder, but these are just some of them. I really enjoy school, but I still think that in a perfect world things would be a bit different.

I believe I...

I believe I can make a difference. No matter how small or who it is in, I want to make a difference. It may be in one person's life or it may be in the world. I can achieve this by working hard and staying focused. My goal is to be a person that someone will remember. I don't want to be just a mediocre, normal person. I want to make something out of my life and be remembered for that.

When I grow up I want to have a job that helps people. The reason this is, is because I love that feeling after a long days work of the thought that you just made someone's day, life or even saved their life. Making a difference can mean anywhere from feeding one hungry person to feeding 2,00,000. Anything is possible!

To fulfill this dream I need to believe in myself, be a leader, and set my mind to it. If my standards are set high and I make the right choices to accomplish all my goals, then I believe I can change something. I want to be remembered so I chose to believe that I, as one person or as a group, can change the world and make a difference in society.


"I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do."

“I don't want to end up simply having visited this world.” 

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world."

I really like this blog!

I really like this blog...It's my good friend Taylor's blog, so please visit it! My favorite part is the picture about sunshine saying never grow up! :)

Here is the link.

Another quote

So if you haven't figured it out yet, I really like quotes especially ones by characters in movies, T.V. shows, etc. Here's one by Dr. Seuss...

My disease

There are many disease that I would like to cure and learn about, but I am choosing to do syringomyelia. This disease is important to me, because my grandpa had it. He had problems walking, eating, and just moving and was in a wheelchair for half his life. It is a very deadly disease and I wish it didn't exist.

Here are some facts about it:

• Syringomylia is a disease in the spinal chord in which longitudinal cavities form in the spinal cord.
• This disease may result in pain, paralysis, weakness and stiffness in the back, shoulders, and extremities. Syringomyelia may also cause a loss of the ability to feel extremes of hot or cold, especially in the hands. . 
• The cause of syringomyelia is still unknown, but scientists think it has to do with the spinal cord forming a fluid-filled cyst. 
• Some symptoms include: lost of reflexes in shoulders, neck or arms, muscle weakness or pain, facial pain or numbness, and many more.
• Syringomyelia is usually not treatable, but you can get surgery. Most doctors recommend not treating the condition if you are older in age or the symptoms are not getting worse.

Support people with this disease by helping them. My grandpa had to have a caregiver so she could feed him and get him to bed. Basically people with this disease need assistance with everything they do. If I could cure one disease it would be syringomylia, so my grandpa and other people wouldn't have to of lived almost their whole lives wheelchair bound.

I think winnie the pooh is a great role model. He is so kind and caring. I think that those are two of the biggest characteristics to being a good person. Sometimes you don't realize how much one kind act or even a smile can do for someone that is down. So be kind. Say one kind word or just smile at someone, so you can walk away knowing that you just possibly made somone's day. It is a great feeling! Be kind and caring it goes a long way.

Dessert Dance

This spring we will be having a dessert dance. The dessert dance is the biggest dance of the year and is only for 8th graders. We, the 8th graders got the option to choose the theme. Many ideas came up, but I voted for Netherland. I think this theme would be very fun! It would suit our class best, because it shows how most of us want to stay in this Neverland and not really grow up. Growing up means a lot of responsibilities and you have to be more independent. The jump from middle school to high school is very big and we change a lot and it is the time when we are actually starting to grow up (maybe) and start our lives as an adult. I guess we don't all grow up, but it is still a big change. In middle school you are kinda just screwing around having a good time then high school comes along. You start to actually think about growing up and maybe start to a bit. Then college comes and that is when you actually have to start growing up. It is a long process to becoming an adult. Leaving middle will be one step closer to being an adult and to starting the journey. Having Neverland as a theme would give us a chance to be in Neverland one last time before we part for high school. Some ideas as far as decorations go would be silhouettes of peter pan characters. We could have quotes around the gym from Peter Pan about growing up and changing. I will contribute to help make this night wonderful by being on the dance committee. I can help make decorations that way and design the dance. I think that whichever theme we do it is going to be amazing and very fun, but I do think Neverland is a good idea. I can't wait for the dessert dance!!