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Jorge Araiza   A  D ay in Dr.Preston's  C lass   The last period of the day, seventh period, you look at the clock and you can see those great yet long lasting 5 minutes. You start to get your stuff ready but then your cut off by your annoying teacher saying "You do not pack up before for the bell, and plus the bell doesn’t dismiss you I do."   You nod  your head but then you start packing up once your teacher is looking away. The last minute, it looks so beautiful , yet  you start feeling like the universe stopped time to mess with you. Finally the bell rings and the stampede of students start running to the door.    As I start   to head to the parking lot I look at all the people around me and think, what are they  all thinking about. There are thousands of students at this school all with different objectives, different thoughts, different ideas, yet we all come to this high school and learn the same thing. ...

I would consider music to be literature. Poems are considered literature and the definition of a poem is "partake in nature of both speech and song". In music, there is speech in the lyrics and in a form of a song. Also, poems sometimes have rhythm, music also has rhythm. The differences between a poem, a rap, a song, an opera and a symphony are some of them have a different tone. For example, a rap is sometimes meant to be rapid fast and a song is sometimes meant to be a lot slower. Another difference is some are meant to be in some form of music. An example would be that a novel is a story, not a song. Also, sometimes poems don't have to have rhythm in the poem.

Something Interesting today was when I went to a fast food place. I ordered a burger but I didn't want the bacon on the burger. Then, when the burger came, on the paper that covers the burger was a sticker that read 'special'. For any of you that don't know what that sticker means, it's when you get an order and you ask for the item to be a little different than what most people ask for, so if you get a cheeseburger and you ask for bacon on it, then most likely you will see the special sticker. As I was looking at the sticker I was thinking, how far or crazy does your order have to be that it's not even close to what you asked for?

One day I was really bored and I made this character name Erick. Tell me what you guys think. the story of Erick: Erick was born on November 28, 1999. He has a mother and a father and lives in a nice home in Tempe Arizona. He doesn't mind the heat, he actually thinks its quite nice. He likes to walk around his neighborhood, he never runs around his neighborhood because if he did, he would most likely die from a heat stroke. He has a very nice and caring mother but his father is a different story. Actually, his father is the reason why Erick is always in such a bad mood. Erick and his father are constantly fighting each other. They never get along which is weird because if you would meet both of them they act a lot alike. They both hate the idea of having pets, they think it's just another problem in a home. Erick is not always someone you can really get along with but if you really get to know him, he can be an amazing person and a very good friend. Hopefully, you like ...

Dear Rick Warren, I am a Santa Maria High School student. I haven't read "The purpose Driven Life", but I look forward to reading it in the future. I believe this story will have some answers to my big question, which is "what is the meaning of life." I feel like if there is so much people on the earth, and some might say we are over populated, then what would make my life so important. When someone dies, life still goes on. I hope you can get back to me. Sincerely, Jorge L. Araiza

Venomous: secreting venom. Stolid: calm, dependable, showing little emotion. Hypnotized: in a state of hypnosis. Suspended: temporarily stoppped from continuing. Transformed: dramatic change in a form. Accuse: charged with an offense of crime. Anticipate: regard as probable. Fringe: formed in a tassel or twist. Melancholy: a feeling of sadness. Earnestly: qualities of depth and firmness. Dissolve: cause to become a liquid. Aggravate: make worse. Illuminate: light up. Capillary: fine branch blood vessels. Proboscis: the nose of a mammal

So today instead of going to some of my classes I went on a field trip to a college were I checked out a bunch of different jobs that  I might be interested in. One fun thing that I checked out there was the picture of me holding a gun. This was not a loaded gun and the bullets that go in the gun don't shoot bullets that will kill someone. When I was there I also took a tour of the PCPA theatre. They showed us some of the material they use for plays. They were working on beauty and the beast. They showed us the props, costumes, and builds they use in background. This was an awesome experience, the only thing that was wrong was finding our buses. I don't even want to go into that in this post.