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Muskaan Matthew

  So over the last couple of weeks, I'd been in a funk. I didn't want to talk to people. I wasn't eating as much. I was sleeping away my problems! I wasn't even getting my nails done as often as I love to!  Which I get done basically every week. I was confused as to why my spirit was so negative and gloomy. Then it finally clicked for me. It wasn't me! It was the negative energy around me. At the time, my "so called friends" were talking about me, leaving me when things got rough, and  not checking on me at all.   If you know me, you know I'm a very spiritual person. I started to pray at night and stay to myself a little bit more to start growth within myself. What I learned from this experience was two major things that have helped me become a better person. First, I learned God allows things to happen in your life so that you can grow spiritually and mentally as a person. He allowed me to notice my "best friends" were changing on me. The ...

Zoe-  Muskaan 

I used to think of life as one giant iPhone. On this phone you use your social media apps, text messages, and safari. Then you have unnecessary apps such as notes, camera, and voice memos. The social media apps are great it's just if you use too much of it, it can become toxic. Just like friends! It's great to have friends, but sometimes you need a break from them to recover and find yourself. The unnecessary items such as voice memos are just things you don't need it your life. They're nice to have but you don't need to wrap yourselves up worrying about them. You could put them to the side for a rainy day. Symbolic object: Iphone

[Piggy:] "I don't agree with all Jack said, but with some.  'Course there isn't a beast in the forest.  How could there be?  What would a beast eat?" "Pig." "We eat pig." "Piggy!" "I got the conch!" said Piggy indignantly.  "Ralph--they ought to shut up, oughtn't they?  You shut up, you littluns!  What I mean is that I don't agree about this here fear.  Of course there isn't nothing to be afraid of in the forest.  Why--I been there myself!  You'll be talking about ghosts and such things next.  We know what goes on and if there's something wrong, there's someone to put it right." He took off his glasses and blinked at them.  The sun had gone as if the light had been turned off. [...] "Life," said Piggy expansively, "is scientific, that's what it is.  In a year or two when the war's over they'll be traveling to Mars and back.  I know there isn't no beast--not wit...

Mathew Bickham Ellie Shoemaker

      Something I've noticed with this bizarre book is that if the boys actually did what they were supposed to do, they could've left the island a long time ago. They are always fighting, which causes them to miss opportunities to leave their disgusting lifestyle. They tried to establish some order and rules and regulations. Nothing just seems to work because everyone wants to be in charge! This made me realize something in my everyday life.     If people weren't so caught up trying to run everything, more blessings would come your way. Life isn't always about being right or making sure everybody else is during their job. If everyone in life could mind their business and focus their job in life, things could happen quicker.

     As I've gone through high school, I've learned girls love to slander  other girls so that they may feel better about themselves. I've never quite understood that! In my opinion, when people "speak falsely of others to damage that person's reputation", it just shows they have their own inner issues that need to be fixed. If people just got along, it would make high school so much easier. Honestly, talking bad about people just causes frustration and drama.  A bad habit  that I have is panicking before tests. Even if I study for an assessment, I still have this feeling I will not do well. Especially in science class. That class is the hardest to me. It is "custom" to me now to panic and pray I don't make anything lower that a B-.