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What I Hate and Like

By: Eric Zhao B2   Yesterday… I loathed pepper, But I enjoyed ketchup. I scowled at my sister, But beamed at my friends. I hollered across the field, And murmured to my friend. I adored the parrot, But despised the bee. Today… I loath Chinese Gatorade, But I enjoy sushi. I scowl at the cat, But beam at the dog. I holler at my sister, I murmur to myself. I adore the dragonfly, But despise crows. Tomorrow… I always will loath onions, I will try to enjoy mushrooms. I will scowl at homework, But will beam when done. I will holler at crazy people, And murmur in a group. I will adore Earth, And will despise zombies. is am are

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** Epitaph ** ** I was born, ** ** I was fed, ** ** I grew up, ** ** Went to school. **   ** Learned my things, ** ** had some fun, ** ** lived my life, **
 * Now I’m dead. **

The Faraway Tree

I have seen all I could see, All except for the faraway tree,

I heard that it was full of life, like children’s soul that is alive.

I heard that it was high as the sky, but it’s fruits will fall to does who cry.

I heard that was bright as light, but it won’t shine to those who lie.

So go now and prove all I have heard, and come back with what all you learned. **How The Universe was Created** **The world was created in someway,** **then it created us someday.**

**Like the universe says to us,** **we are smart but not as wise as the sun.**

**The wind whispers in our ear,** **that all things are made with a purpose to stay.**

**I am the hand that writes it all,** **clear and blank like a wall.**

media type="custom" key="25395816" In class, we read a book called Freak the Mighty and this project is on the themes in the story. The theme of this video is how when you give something to someone, no matter how small, will matter. Like how Max gave Kevin his ornithopter back and became friends. (I apologize for the missed intro.)

media type="custom" key="23781068" align="center" In class, we each chose a topic to write a persuasive essay about. I chose Lower The Voting Age. I hope this paragraph persuades you! 5/12/14 Eric Zhao Period B2   Lower the Voting Age

Did you ever silently hope for a president to win the election? Don’t you think that children under 18 should have the right to vote? Kids are a part of the country. I believe that kids who are 16 years old should have the right to vote. We live under the law and we pay taxes. We should be able to make a difference. I believe that children should have the right to vote. We follow laws. Parents and kids that can work pay their share of taxes. Why should we not have the right to vote? In the future, I hope that children under the age of 18 will be able vote. Slowly, people realized and ponder on the question, do kids have the maturity to vote? Deciding on that is like deciding who the future leader may be, because kids, can make a difference. To choose our future leaders, kids also live under that leader. Doesn’t that make a difference in their lives? Finished with the voting, kids only hoped for a leader to win the election, giving them no control over the votes. Whenever adults vote, kids are powerless over the future of the country. Living under a leader, kids should decide on which one to lead them. Children also think differently then adults. While adults worry about the economic abilities of the leader, kids think about how the leader will affect their lives. According to Elizabeth Sowell’s studies; ‘a transition to adulthood is gradual. 18-year-old people are still kids. The brain only fully matures at around 20 years old’ If 18 year old kids get to vote, why not 16? Kids actually get 90% of their brain functionality at 6 years old. 18 year old kids do not have total control at impulses. Whenever a candidate gets elected, children are affected in some way. Deciding how their lives will change, will change them too. As kids grow older, their perspective changes, the kids that will do anything for candy has changed. Kids have the mind to vote at the age of 16. As long as their parents believe that they have the responsibility to vote. In the future, I hope that adults will consider children’s choices. Slowly, more and more people are realizing children’s potential. I hope, that America, the great country, shall be wise. Finished with stating my side on the voting age, we are ignoring another question. Whenever it’s time to vote, politicians ignore the kids and focuses on the people with the power to vote. By letting kids vote, politicians focuses on children too. Because kids; have the power to make a difference. Deciding that they do not have the mind to think maturely may be wrong. In the past, children may have not been mature, but they are growing. They are the future of the country. Do not think that kids do not have the mind to vote. They can be mature way earlier than you think. I believe that kids should have the right to vote. Slowly, with each passing year, they become a little wiser, a little smarter, and a little closer of being an adult. 16 years is long enough. They have changed, they are no longer the little boy or girl that cried for their parents.