Broken Pencils

LouEllen  Worked to the bone until the day she died.  This world will miss her careless humor.  Her happy presents,  and most of all her wise words.  The pain many of her fellow family member s felt was too great for this world.  Many sat and cried.  While others just decided to die.  She will forever be praised for her efforts.  But we will forever be engraved with the thought of all her leforts. 

  Dear 3rd grade me,  I know what you're going through right now, the fake friends, the scary teacher. Right now it seems like the end of the world. Not understanding the homework, and not being able to read like everyone else is a struggle because of the lack of help in your circumstance. But do not fear because everything will get better in a few years. Once you get through Junior High, those people won't matter anymore.  What they say won't affect you as much because you will learn to find your own self confidence within yourself. For your academic issue, you will eventually learn to take your abilities into your own hands. It's important for you to understand that the pressure is on you for now on. You are going to have to put in more effort than average to keep your head above water in school. Please stay away from all distractions. Don't try out for your Junior High cheer team or participate in volleyball or crosscountry. Yes you will enjoy it, but at what...

  June 1 What is failure? Failure is the state of not meeting the desirable outcome. In life we constantly run into this social concept of not reaching an intended objective. As you begin to grow though these failures become lessons. Which deliver us from the past to then be opened into the future. Within my academic life I have found many challenges. I tend to struggle within the realms of math and science. My ability in these subjects have held me back in achieving my academic goals. This summer I have found myself moving with the current of success to find my own particular method for learning from past mistakes in these classes. Rewiring my academic function and improving my skills. June 3rd Just thirty to forty years ago the uprising of technology was supposed to be the start of a new era. Now in the big 2026 we as a society question whether or not technology has gone too far in its progression. For decades many theorized the destruction that would stem from technology, ...