Highschool…Im excited for it, but I’m also nervous. I don’t really know what to expect, because it’s a lot different from middle school. Im excited to leave middle school and also glad to be getting more freedom. Im kind of worried about getting lost, because its a new school and everything, but ill get used to it. I just really hope I’ll like the change. I also want to get good grades throughout highschool so I can go to a good college and get a good job when I’m older. What happens in highschool determines our future, so I have to make sure its what I want.

Why do we have no school on Monday? Why would schools across the country close to honor MLK? What’s the point? Would his legacy be better served by staying in school?
 

We don’t have school on Monday to honor Martin Luther King Jr’s legacy that affected the world.  It is a day where people are supposed to come together no matter what color or race they are.  He was the one that gave hope to the black and poor people.  Schools close because they want to give kids a chance to realize how important Martin Luther King Jr. was. He was the reason our world changed.
I don’t think we should have school on that day because not going to school makes people realize how important he really was.p>

I predict that Hillary Clinton will win the election because she has good plans for the future of America.  As president, she plans to strengthen the middle class, provide better and more affordable health care, end the war in Iraq, fight global warming, promote energy independence, strengthen our democracy, reform the immigration system, and restore America’s standing in the world.  Many people agree with her plans for change and want her to be elected as our president.  If she gets elected, she will help our country change, and fufill many people’s dreams of a better America. Hillary is probably the best choice for president because she knows the main things in our country that need to be fixed, and she plans to do something about them.

One of the people that has influenced my life the most would probably be my grandpa, even though he might not know it.  He’s only 65, so he still thinks hes young.  He’s mostly always happy when I see him and he usually has something funny to say.  He has taught me that life is too short, so you can’t have regrets.  You have to do what you want to do and what you think is right.  If he wants something, then he makes it happen for himself.  He doesn’t let anyone stand in his way.  He’s also given me a lot of good advice.  He’s one of the reasons I love music.  He’s loved music his whole life, and he’s always listening to it, like me.  For example, since he loves music so much, he found a way to meet one of his favorite singers.  He doesn’t wait for life to pass him by.  He recently found out that he has an aneurysm in part of his heart, and we don’t really know what’s going to happen.  He might have to have surgery, which could be dangerous.  That just shows that you never know what will happen, so you can’t take life for granted, like he hasn’t done and like he’s taught me not to do.  I just really hope he’ll be ok. 

I wonder about a lot.  I wonder what I’ll be when I get older. I’m not really sure about what I want to be yet, but I hope ill be succesful at what  I do.  I also wonder what the future will be like, what will change in the world, and what will stay the same.  I wonder if there will really be flying cars, or if there will be a big change for the future like everyone predicts.  I wonder about life itself, but I don’t think anyone will ever really understand it completely.  I also wonder what I’ll be doing 20 years from now, and what my life will be like.  Last, I wonder why life goes by faster than it should.  Some people don’t really get to finish what they wanted to in life, or accomplish their dreams because their lives end too soon.  I don’t think thats very fair, so hopefully it will change.