for Annie Wang

Y is for young, because she was born in 2002
E is for enlightened by Rishi Mishra 
L is for likes to tell me that I stole her name (I was born first)
L is for lazy to bring your violin to school so you use mine
O is for oh my god we've known each other for 2 years
W is for woohoo! for getting into CSYO

Wang is your last name
Annie is your first name
Nice poem
Gee, you are so poeticZ

I chose this poem because Annie Wang really inspires me to write and be a better person.

2nd Quarter Poetry Journal Reflection.

In my life, I arrive to school
And then I prepare myself  for busy stops at my locker
Putting in my combination before, so then when there's a limited amount of seconds before my runs must ache and weep, I can quickly pick up my books and go.
But this time around  I've got a minute to spare
My locker is only inches away
My hands, about to give in on the book I currently was holding and eyes, locked on the target
As I come closer, and brush up upon the lock
It shuts me out.
And tells to "Go home, this isn't your locker!"





I chose this poem because it was a relatively accurate description of my every day life in the 8th grade.(Besides, that was only so many months ago ) I honestly think that this poem did not show improvement- rather actually, hints how it worsened.. But not really, I'm still as creative as last time. My favorite line that presents my creativeness would probably be best at lines 8-10.

2nd Quarter Independent Reading Reflection

This 2nd quarter went by super quickly, it feels like I just did my 1st quarter blog post last night! But anyway, This time around, I read 4 books (not including the one I'm reading currently) which include The Color of Water by James McBride, Electroboy by Andy Behrman, Fangirl and Eleanor and Park, both by Rainbow Rowell. I read one more book than I did last quarter, which isn't truly an accomplishment but it's a change! And I've realized, I don't really read things that go above and beyond my level and comfort zone, because I enjoy more pleasurable and easy reading. Not only that, I tend to stick to the same kind of books too, (but I secretly enjoy books of intensity i.e crime/mystery, mental disorders.. As freaky as that is). Ironically, the only book that I read that wasn't in that same general genre YA, Electroboy was probably my least favorite due to how sloppy it made me feel as an audience member. It just basically was a really out of control guy with a bipolar disorder who goes through shock therapy and that's it. It didn't any depth in the story, it was generally all the things you shouldn't do in your youth to ruin your life. Sure, sure I give him sympathy and pity his life for what he had been going through but it wasn't that great of a book and you couldn't take much out of it besides don't do drugs, don't alcohol, spread your money wisely and don't try to scam people. I knew that already but okay, Andy. My favorite book would have to be Fangirl as how free she can be and confident in herself on a daily basis though she had to split with her twin sister for the first time in college, which I think is probably something hard to do as sisters. I'm an only child but as I am PB&J to my best friend, they are probably too.

Though, my initial goal was to read 2 different books of fantasy/not-modern-times genre, I ended up reading only one... And It wasn't really my choice to read that book because it was an assigned by Mrs. Leistch... Awkward. To ask if I met my goal? No. not really. If anything, I'd give myself a 40%. 50% deducted because I only read one. and The other ten percent deducted through the fact that it wasn't through my own power and will. This next quarter, I would like to push myself to read 5 books total. And also, I would want to read The Death by Bees by  Lisa O'Donnell because this book stood out to me when I was choosing my book for my summer reading assignment. It was extremely intriguing as to what happens just in the first few 50 pages.