Victim

I was a loner

It was normal not to have friends

I can’t trust anyone

I felt scared

He was a little piece of hell inside my head

Racist to Japanese people

I used to keep things bottled up

But now I’ve smashed that bottle. 

Tribulation

Tribulation is a thing that everyone is afraid of; some say that it is God’s punishment to human beings. If there was a tribulation, and our class full of twenty five people is the only surviving people, I think we should stay calm and listen to the teacher, Ms. Mitchell’s instructions. If we don’t stay calm and everybody starts worrying, it would be really hard to be strong and refocus on trying to survive. Also, if we stay calm, it would be easier to discuss ideas and think clearly. With twenty-five people, we surely could figure something out, like how to gather food, build shelter, and how to survive. We also have to cooperate and work well together. Working well together would bring us closer and would get things done faster. Most importantly, we’d have to stay together and work as a team. As a class, we have to make sure that we won’t lose anyone and everybody should contribute into doing something. We would have to find enough food for all twenty-five people to eat, and try to work together to build shelter. We should also make a plan on how to survive and making our lives better or like the way it was before. With the whole class working together, I believe that we could start a new and good life after the tribulation.   

Juliet's Mind

My mind escapes from thy love no more.
The night when I first met thee,
I fell in love with thy sweet words.
I tried to say fare-the-well,
For, alas, thy name a Montague.
O' Romeo, I tried, I tried,
But my mind won't let go.
So I followed my mind,
Together we become husband and wife.
O' Romeo,
On Earth or Heaven
I will love thou forever
Like two lovebirds,
Loving till death do them apart.

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"All the Troubles of the World" response

The short story “All the Troubles of the World” by Isaac Asimov is a truly amazing story; it really gets me thinking about all the horrible things that humans have done. In my opinion, humans’ sins made Multivac want to shut it self down. Humans’ brains are limited, and so is the computer, it can only carry limited amount of information like secrets, pressure, and expectations.

Multivac has memories and feelings like humans. Humans’ carries lots of secrets, maybe some secrets are not as ugly as the ones Multivac has in its computer brain, but even so, carrying secrets is not the most pleasant thing to do. Secrets can affect our emotions because when a person tells us a secret about themselves, we have to be responsible to keep their secrets in order to keep a relationship with them. Therefore we cannot tell anybody and we would keep the secret in our hearts for a long period of time and we would begin to choose our words carefully when we talk to our friends, afraid that we would spill somebody’s secrets. Like Multivac, we are under big pressure of trying to keep those secrets and would begin to think of shutting ourselves down.

We, as humans, would always receive expectations from others, especially teenagers and adults. Teenagers usually get expectations from their parents, expecting them to go to a good university or get a good job when they grow up. Adults get expectations from bosses or even their own children. Bosses expect them to make lots of money and work really hard for them, and children expect their parents to buy them what they want and could always afford what they want. Multivac, like humans, gets expectations from others expecting him to keep all the criminal records with out being human like and expects it to not feel pressure of the entire human burden he carries in his computer brain.

Pressure is what every human would go though. Some people enjoy pressure and view it as a positive thing, but others can’t get through it, and they would decide to end their life because of the huge pressure on their shoulders. Some teenagers face pressure because they would have to face their parents everyday planning out their life for them. Some university students face pressure because they want to do a good job on their studies and successfully graduate from university. Some adults face pressure because they have to be responsible for their families. As humans, pressure is something we can’t ignore, it’s also really stressful. Even a computer like Multivac can’t take all the burden of all humankind and eventually wants to shut itself down.

In the short story “All the Troubles of the World”, the computer Multivac is very much like humans because it kept secrets of humans who did crime, had expectations from people who depended on it, and it has a lot of pressure on it’s shoulders. People’s sins made the computer human-like and made it want to die more than anything else in the world.

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Best Teacher

She was the best,

The one that I admire and love the most.

With all my hearts and desire,

I will remember her forever.

She was like a peacock,

Dressed colourfully and pretty.

She was also like a sparrow,

Flying and hopping everywhere.

Always being cheerful all the time;

When she entered high school,

She kept her old self

And was brave at facing the teenagers.

Ignoring their detestable laughs,

As well as their horrible attitudes.

I am terribly sorry

For I have been embarrassed to tell the others,

That she was once my English teacher.

I felt guilt, and my own betrayal towards her.

Ice formed upon my heart when I heard her death.

I want a time machine,

To bring me back to the past and say thank you.

For everything that she have done.

I wish the party of your life isn’t over;

I wish you would be as cheerful

As you were in teaching grade seven

When you are in heaven,

I will remember you forever.

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Letter of Apology

Nov. 17, 1950

The Whole Town

5450 Pleasant Street

Dear Citizens of the town,

I, Adela Strangeworth, apologize for the horrible letters that you have received from me. I have been thinking about my behaviours lately and realized that my horrible letters have caused a terrible affect in your relationships with your families. Therefore I am truly sorry and ask for forgiveness.

I shouldn’t have been writing those letters, I know I was wrong. Deep in my heart, I never intended to write those letters; otherwise I would say the awful things to you in person. I thought I was doing the right thing, helping people by letting them see what I thought the people they love was doing something bad.  In my mind I thought that I ought to let them know what was going on with the people that you care about. I never knew that it would cause pain to some people. I am deeply sorry and I would learn from my mistakes.

I know that I made this mistake myself and I would like to take full responsibility for it. I would never do such thing again and I would like a second chance to prove that I am sincerely repent and I will earnestly reform myself.

Sincerely,

Adela Strangeworth

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Earliest Memory



My Third Performance



When I was getting my Award



My Award



My First Performance







My Second Performance

By: Emily Shi

                “Look at that little girl! She’s so cute!” The feeling of pride first came to me when I was around five years old. I was on a huge stage with lots of people crowding around me for the first time. I saw people cheering for me everywhere. I was excited, nervous, and felt pride when I was on the stage performing my dance for the first time.

                When I was first told by my dancing teacher that I could go on stage and perform, I was so thrilled that I jumped so high on the trampoline and banged my head on the ceiling. I was five and I didn’t know what being on stage was like, therefore I was really excited. My teacher told me that needed practice in order to do an amazing performance. I practiced for months until my teacher said the dance was perfect and told me to rest at home. I was so happy when I thought about the fact that I was going on stage that I couldn’t sleep. It was a few days before the performance that I started to get nervous and scared.

                Stage fright was the most horrible thing there was in my memory. I was always having stage frights throughout my life. There were three performances that I had to go to. When I attended to my first performance, I was scared. I was so frightened that I started throwing up. All my makeup was ruined, and the abhorrent smell surrounded me. Luckily my performance was the last because I was the smallest of all the other performers. My mom and my aunt putted new makeup on me just in time. As I walked up the stairs towards the stage, I was still nervous, then I heard my mom behind me giving me cheers and I suddenly felt a lot better. When I was on stage walking towards the centre, I heard people cheering for me. I see crowds of adults and children around the stage watching me. I felt the feeling of pride for the very first time.

                The feeling of pride was amazing. It was like baking a cake for the first time and succeeded. The sweet smell of pride was floating around me as I danced my best. After the performance, I was announced that I got into the finals. I was cheering with the crowd. My mom and my aunt ran towards me and hugged me hard. When the finals came, I wasn’t scared at all, because I knew what being on stage was like. As I was stepping towards the final stage, my mom putted some glitters in my hands and told me to throw it towards the audiences as I dance. I did, and the audience were cheering even louder. I heard people saying, “Look at that little girl, she’s so cute and talented,” as I walked by them. I felt so proud of myself for being on stage and it felt great. I was so happy that I felt like I could touch the blue sky with cotton candy shaped clouds after the performance. I felt like I could fly when the judges handed me an award. I could touch the dream of being a professional dancer as I grow up and feel the feeling of pride every time I go on stage.
                Earliest memories are always memorable to many people. Some are bad, some are painful, some are sweet, and some are like a dream. My earliest memory was sweet like honey and short like a movie. Even though I’ve performed many times in my life before, I’ll always remember how I felt when I first stepped on stage and danced.