"Moses" a Story of a Hero...

Harriet Tubman known as "Moses" was a hero to all black slaves. Harriet played a very important role in the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman was born around 1820, her birth name was Araminta Ross. . Along with her family she was a slave. At age 6 she was sold to work as a house made. At age 7 sold to work in the fields. At age ten she suffered from a bad blow to the head. The blow left her sleeping spells that no one could wake her from. At age 25, she was married to John Tubman. She later changed her name to Harriet Tubman. Afraid of being sold Harriet, ran away one night with help from a nice with woman.
Harriet Tubman escaped successfully to Canada.The next year she returned to Maryland and took her sister and her sister's two children to freedom. She then made another dangerous trip back to the South a little after to bring her brother and two other men. The third time she returned, she went after her husband, but found he had married another wife. Harriet Tubman had been a hero. For ten years she saved 300 slaves and brought them north. Putting herself in danger to save those she loved.

Moving Butterflies...

I am so nervous this week. In four weeks I'm moving away from California to Missouri. That means I'll have to leave all my friends here. Plus I have to go to a new high school where I don't know anybody! Which is a big problem for me because I have the worse problem making new friends. My parents are really excited about moving especially my mom. She excited because we're moving to her home town. The only good thing about moving is we'll live thirty minutes away from a city. Also my new room is like a loft. Which is really good for me because I'm an artist and also like to write a lot.

-Your Nervouse Writer,
Star

Swimming...

I Stand in front of the dive board,

My hearts racing but I keep calm,

The whistle blows and up I go on the dive board,

"Bang!" the Gun goes off and I dive,all eyes fall on us,

I feel the cold water sting when I cut threw the water,

Holding back nothing I stroke forward,

breathing occasionally, I see the other swimmers,

They're caching up so I press harder,

I touch the wall then turn back,

Finally I make it back touching the wall,

"Click!" goes the timer with my score,

Pushing myself out of the water a cold wind hits me,

Grabbing my towel I hear the scores,

FIRST! place was me!,

I jump up and smile with glee,

My coach pats me on the back with praise,

Then I get ready for another race...

-Claudia Lynn

What will the world be like in a 100 years?...

Many People ask what would the World look like in 100 years from now? I think the world will be quite different from what it is now. I believe that their will be flying cars. Roads in the sky and rocket packs so people can fly. Also their might be cloning and new medical discoveries! The world will be in its golden age the top of its height! People will be able to take tours of space. New continents my appear expanding our world. New inventions allowing people to have a better life will be made. Such as talking robots that can do your work. robots that will change the world allowing us humans to be free of work. More jobs will rise with new buildings and businesses. Our worries now we will be laughing at. wondering why we ever worried about global warming or running out of gas for our cars. Hydrogen cars will be the new age with no pollution. our technology will be amazing. Computers will be better and smarter. Everything in a 100 years will be bigger and better!

Student Dropout: The Main Reasons I Think Students Drop Out of School for...

I think Students drop out of school because they think they can get by with out it. Most girl students where I live drop out of school because they get pregnant. Also because they are needed at home to take care of their cildren and help mom around the house. Guy's where I live drop out of school because they join a gang. Gangs are common hrre. Mainly because thier parents only speak and understand spanish. Also because thier parents came from mexico illegally. And since thier parents only speak spanish and don't understand english they can talk about gang stuff right in front of them and won't get caught or in trouble. its a big problem but no one here will take action.

The Case of the Missing Diary...

Miss Scarlet was having a dinner party to celebrate getting the role in the up coming play. She decided to invite, Actress Miss Blue and her friend of the family former detective Green. It was a couple minutes before the party and Miss Scarlet and maid Anne were putting the finishing touches on the table when they heard aloud BANG!. That sounded like it came from the study near the front hallway near the front door. Frightened Miss Scarlet went to investigate but as she was crossing the front door someone knocked. Stopping she walked over to the door and cautiously opened it slightly to find Miss Blue standing outside the door.
“ Please come in, and I’ll show you to the Parlor” said Miss Scarlet cheerfully opening the door all the way to let her in.
“ Thank-you, but I would like a drink and a snack be..” another knock came cutting her off.
Miss Scarlet opened the door and welcomed detective Green in. Soon she led them all to the parlor and decided to check out the noise in the study. As she walked in she saw that the light on the desk had been turned on and her diary was missing. Worried she called maid Anne and told her to show her guests to dinner. She decided to tell detective Green.

At dinner Miss Scarlet stood up and made a toast. “ I want to thank you for coming to my small dinner party as a celebration for my part in the up-coming play.” She sat down then said “ Detective Green I was wondering if you could help me with…” Cutting her off Miss Blue excused her self saying she’ll be right back. Miss Scarlet then continued to say “ With something that has just occurred before you and miss Blue arrived?”
“ Now, Miss scarlet I am retired from being a detective but since you are a close friend of mine, I guess I could help you considering that is what you want me to do, right? Investigate something.” replied Detective Green.
“ Well, yes it is because just before you and Miss Blue arrived…” Miss Scarlet told him everything that had happened and right as she finished Miss Blue returned. They all finished their meal and before they went to the parlor stopped at the study to take a look at the “Crime Scene” , But When they got there Miss Scarlet was shocked and frightened to find that the lamp and the diary that was missing had been put back! Embarrassed and quite puzzled she took them to the parlor.
“ I’m positive of what I saw, even maid Anne heard the bang.” Miss Scarlet blurted out when they had all sat down.
“ Your quite sure of what you saw ?” questioned Detective Green
“ Yes, why would I lie ?’ Miss Scarlet
“ She’s telling the truth sir, I heard the noise.” maid Anne said out of no where.
“ Are you sure you weren’t just making imagining it ? Said miss Blue smugly
“ Well it’s not missing now, so lets make the best of tonight and have the desert you told me about earlier.” said detective Green
Several times Miss Blue got up and left the room but the longest time was right before it was time to leave. When she returned she explained to them that her stomach had been upset for awhile She went to another friends party two days ago and was extremely sorry. Just as they were walking to the door maid Anne ran out of the parlor with a pale face as if she’d seen a ghost!
“ What’s wrong ?” questioned detective Green
“ The diary, it’s gone!” cried maid Anne
“ mmm...just as I thought” murmured detective Green under his breath. “ Would you all please return to the study. I think I know the answer to this Mystery. he said.
They all went back to the study and sat down except for detective Green.
“ I think I know the answer to this mystery but first let me explain what happened , and please don’t interrupt while I explain. Now where do I begin..mmm, I remember here’s what happened, while Miss Scarlet and maid Anne were in the dining room our thief went in through the study window and stole the diary. But what the thief forgot was that she had left the light on so she went back through the window but banged her head while going through so she left the light on and made a quick escape back out. Not a second later Miss Blue Knocked on the door…
“ Your not implying that I stole it!” exclaimed Miss Blue
“Quiet! And don’t interrupt again. Now as I was saying, Miss Blue Knocked on the door and a little later I came and we all ate dinner and so on but while we ate dinner Miss Blue got up and left to go to the bathroom. We all guessed but, no you didn’t go to the bathroom did you Miss Blue!” said detective Green.
“ I..I” stuttered Miss Blue but stayed quiet.
“ Just as I thought but what gave it away was when you told us about the party you went to two days ago. You see I was at that party. If I remember you were not there because I saw the guest list. Now, you are the thief because right before it was time to leave you went to the parlor and stole the diary and made it look as it did when Miss Scarlet saw it didn’t you.” questioned detective Green.
“ Yes, I did steal it and I would’ve gotten away with it if you it wasn’t for you!” exclaimed Miss Blue angrily
“ Why? You’re my best friend, my partner.” questioned Miss Scarlet sadly
“ Because, you were going to publish that diary and it would ruin me and my career. I just couldn’t let that happen.” yelled Mss Blue angrily.
“ Oh, Miss Blue You’re my best friend and I was going to tell you tonight before you left that I decided not to publish it.” replied Miss Scarlet gently.
Miss Blue said she was sorry and should’ve known better and asked for forgiveness. Miss Scarlet forgave her and Miss Blue returned the diary then left. Detective Green thanked Miss Scarlet for the delicious dinner and Miss scarlet thanked him too and he left.
The End

I had my surgery 3 weeks ago and I'm feeling great. The first two weeks were hard and I was always in a lot a pain. Last week on Monday I started to walk again without crutches but I still walk kinda funny.
Today I went to P.T (physical therapy) today and have to start doing exercises for my knee. I hate P.T but I have to get my leg working right before track and Swimming. Last time it took me a month before I could even start walking,P.T,and putting weight on it. All in all I'm doing pretty well I think.

-Claudia

I'm very nervous this week because I'm going to have surgery on my left knee. I've had this surgery before on my right knee but I absolutly hated it. The surgery was to lower my knee cap by cutting the tendon and taking my knee cap and reattaching it to the tendon where its supposed to be. After the surgery I had to go to physical therapy every tuesday and thursday before school. My family hated it because they had to do my chores for me but they understood why. I was embarassed because I had to go to school with a huge soft cast and everyone looked at me while I walked around. Now I don't have to worry about that because I'm home schooled. So I'm very glad for that.
Their are some good things about my surgery. One of those is I won't have to deal with it when I'm older. Also since I'm moving I won't have to have it when I move. I will also be strong enough to be better at swimming and track which are my two favorite sports. Another thing is I get to miss a week of school and no chores again for a while.

-Starz

EARTHQUAKE?

Today while me and my mom were out my brothers called and said that they heard a loud BANG!. Then the earth shook like an Earthquake shaking the tv and everything else in the house, even the house shook.After a while the shaking stopped and everything was calm. they went outside and everybody on the street was out the to see what happened. People all over heard and felt it lindsay. After we hung up with my brothers on the phone, we drove all over lindsay to see what had happened but couldn't see anything. When we got home I immediately got on the computer to write about it. Here in lindsay nothing really exciting happens so that was really cool.

I love music that makes me feel good or show how I'm feeling that day. I have friends who made a band but their not famous yet. They mainly do rock and scream out music. There named

"THE WICKED". Sometimes I write them songs but since I don't go to school with them any more I haven't been able to. Right now I 'm writing a short story about the daily life of my family and believe me its not boring. Theirs usually an argument every day. It's probably because theirs SIX people in my family and including me three of them are teenagers and the youngest in our family will become a teenager in one more week. My mom likes to tell us something she saw on a comedy show. she says, " No where in the bible does it say how old Lucifer was when he defied god, My guess is fifteen." We all get a good laugh but it does have some truth but really god probably put teens on the earth to show parents how it feels to love someone who denies your existence.