Adults Learning From Children

Children have a lot on their mind and they have a lot of knowledge to share.  Children think in different and sometimes more complex ways then adults do.  Students have to offer and share their experiences with adults.  In classrooms teacher are normal the ones teaching or educating the students but this little girl Adora Svirak is trying to show that students should have more of a voice and teachers some often listen to what they have to say and what they have to offer in terms of learning.  She is talking about what little freedom adults give children.  I agree, adults/teachers put so many restrictions on kids/students it is hard for us to say what we want and its hard to express what we like.  The combine knowledge of students and teachers along with children and their parents our knowledge would expand greatly creating a more diverse learning system.

Best Friend Ad

In a best friend I am looking for someone with a good sense of humor.  My best friend must be able to laugh at his/her own joke along with mine.  Another positive quality my best friend should have would be trustworthy and loyal to me.  They should not go behind my back and do mean things.   They should be nice/kind to me and also to my family.   My best friend should be fun and entertaining to be around.  They should be able to make whatever we are doing a good time.  My best friend should also be like a brother/sister to mean and when we fight we should be able to make up right  away.

Perspective

During winter I am a bud on a tree,
that you are yet to see.
Spring come around I am to be seen,
the color i am is a very light green.
Spring changes to fall,
I am still high in the tree so tall.
My colors change or orangish red,
soon I will be on the ground dead.
Winter is coming quickly,
I fell off and am becoming every so sickly.
I lay on the ground stepped on,
awaiting to be raked up.
My season is coming soon,
Ill be awaiting the coming of the sun
And again ill be free to color the branches
of the big trees.

Courage

Courage is "quality of being brave: the ability to face danger, difficulty, uncertainty, or pain without being overcome by fear or being deflected from a chosen course of action."  I was courageous when I was an off-duty lifeguard this past summer.  I was at the beach one day with my friends, we spent the whole day there and planned on having dinner there to watch the sunset.  While enjoying the setting sun and the yummy pizza we had in front of us, I noticed a swimmer.  The waves had grown twice the size they were that day and there was no lifeguards on duty.  The swimmer looked as if he was struggling and needed help.  I knew if I went out and tried to help him I could have been taken down by the waves or pushed under by this full grown adult.  That was my biggest fear that the lap swimmer,would have been so shaken up and nervous by the undertow that he was in and would have tried to push me under.  I knew that I would regret every moment of not helping this struggling man for the rest of my life so I decided to be courageous and dive in and help him.  I told myself that I wouldn't get too close for the safety of myself.  I swam out towards the distressed swimmer and began to tell him what to do.  I instructed him to not try and swim in but rather swim parallel to the shore in order to break out of the rip current.  The man and I swam about 15  yards and we had escaped the rip current and swam safety back to the shore.  The man thanked me numerous times and said how grateful he was to have someone as courageous as me there to help him.

Goals

Goals For MR. Sheehan's Honors 11 English Class.
1. To become a better writer.
2. To improve my writing sample scores and get out of the 8-9 range.
3. To start to like reading books.
4. To become more organized.
5. To become a better student.