Jacob

Freak the Mighty project This is my Ftm project and it is a letter to the editor. Enjoy! Letter to the Editor By: Jacob Liu B1 (acting as Kevin in the story)

Friday March 22nd, 2013

Dear Rodman Philbrick,

Best friends always stick up for each other. They come to each other’s aid and standing up for each other is one of those times, no matter what their height, strength, or size. It doesn’t matter if you are a David or a Goliath. Every single //homo sapien// on the planet should stand up and help each other. Sir Gawain risked his life in order to protect King Arthur when the Green Knight came and challenged the knights to play his “game” and all the other knights opted out except for Sir Gawain. Eventually, he was able to survive and so was King Arthur. That’s a fine example of how you should stand up to each other. So why not stick up for each other, like how Sir Gawain did?

Standing up to people is just as important and necessary as food and water are. Bonnie Hunt, an actress and comedian, said that: “If I’ve learned one thing in life, it is: Stand up for something, or you’ll fall for anything.” But first, let me tell you a little about myself and my friend Max. My friendship with Max matters because I help him and he is my friend, me and Max together equals Freak the Mighty because Max has a big body, and I have a big brain, so together we are unstoppable. I am three feet tall and I live with my mother, the Fair Gwen. The reason I am so short because I have Morqio syndrome. Max lives with his Grandma and Grandpa because his father murdered his mother and is in jail. One night, after the Fair Gwen and I had supper on Christmas Eve, when Max was sleeping, his dad “Killer Kane” came back and kidnaped him. When Killer Kane tied Max up, a police cruiser went by the house, but didn’t see them. After fighting back, Killer Kane started strangling him and Max was close to passing out. In order to save Max, I disobeyed the Fair Gwen’s order to stay in the car and instead, I went down into the basement to save Max with a squirt gun. I told Killer Kane that the squirt gun was filled with sulfuric acid, and I sprayed him in the eyes. Max and I fled for our lives, running up the stairs and out of the door with Killer Kane close on our heels, frantically rubbing his eyes and running after us. We dove out of the front door of the tenement, and thankfully outside the door were so many cops that we could get trampled to death, but we didn’t. Then, I revealed that the squirt gun was actually filled with curry powder, vinegar, and soap, not sulfuric acid. Ultimately, Killer Kane was locked up in jail, for ten more years and his original sentence.

Why should you be scared of standing up for your friends? Don’t tell me you are afraid getting hurt doing that. Some people have thoughts like “That tiny little guy, what shall I fear from him?” but you don’t judge a book by it’s cover. Look at me, I’m miniature for an eighth grader and I’m not physically strong, but does that mean I have no ability to stand up for my friends? No! Of course not! If you are timid, then look at me again! When I was standing up for Max when his dad kidnapped him, and when he encountered Blade, the seventeen-year old troublemaker who went to juvenile court three times, was I afraid? Although both of them could’ve easily injured or even killed me, I wasn’t the least bit scared. In fact, I vanquished Max’s dad and outwitted Blade and his gang. I guided Max and we ran right into the pond, nearly drowning Blade in the process. Later, police rescued us from the pond. Another example is that when classmates teasing Max with comments like: “Killer Kane, Killer Kane, had a kid who got no brain!” and other offensive comments about his not-so-high intelligence. No one was on my side, but I still stuck up for Maxwell. Ah, that was the day when I shouted at the top of my lungs: “Order! Order in the court! Let justice be heard!” and stopped them from teasing Max. Most of you are probably bigger than me and probably taller and wider, and you probably don’t stick up for people when getting threatened by people twice your size. You don’t have to be physically strong, but you have to be mentally strong and show no fear of backing down. If you get beaten, get up again. Just because you can’t beat someone doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t stand up for yourself. Thomas J. Watson said that, “If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good.”

Queen Elizabeth II once said, “The world is not the most pleasant place. Eventually your parents leave you and nobody is going to go out of their way to protect you unconditionally. You need to learn how to stand up for yourself and what you believe in.” You have to stand up for yourself, and for your friends as well. Ultimately, something will happen to the bully if not now, probably later. There may even be a sacrifice involved. My sacrifice to save Max was disobeying the Fair Gwen’s order, and she had a fit when we got home, but I did the right thing. Always, no matter what the sacrifice, stand up for yourself, and be persistent in that.

So what are you waiting for? Take a stand today; stick up for your friends, and stand up to your enemies. Go out and take a stand, and remember this: stop at nothing.

Yours truly, Kevin

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Chivalry reflection: As a group, we generally did pretty well and this projects' purpose was to understand the meaning of chivalry and learn how the Middle Ages' society worked. There were a few challenges we had to solve: one was that we took too long to make the costumes and we eventually left out some costumes because there wasn't enough time. Thankfully we worked for another hour to film at hot time and Polam finished editing at home. Me, Angelina, and Polam worked hard, but Brian sometimes would mess around and get off track. We also had to persuade him to use more expression in his act (King Arthur). We also couldn't go to hot on the same days and that caused some difficulties as well. I think next time, since we now have more experience with iMovie, we will try to finish early and use every minute of the time we are working on our project productively. 10/28/12 Here is my best two poems from my poem collection! Enjoy!!!

One is: EPIC poem The superhero Part 1 It was the time of war, Evil villains were everywhere, Destroying everything and killing everyone, There had to be someone, Who would defeat those ruthless devils, A new superhero arose, but would it be enough? Everyone had doubts, He would stake his life, In an all-out brawl, Which would come death and unending war or impending peace.

Now for the dramatic ending!!!!!!

Part Two of The Superhero Boom! KaPow! The superhero fought, A battle for Earth, Villains decided, That it was time, To kill that superhero, Once and For All, It was too late, The superhero found out, And there came an epic battle, Where there was no winner, The superhero had no strength, And he died after the Mother of All Battles, But all the villains died along with him, He sacrificed his life, To save Earth, From death and destruction.

The second one is a series of Quatrains, enjoy! War Everything is in ruins, Everywhere is devastation, Everyone is dead, Is that what you want? War? Anarchy?

Reading Fun and entertaining, Dramatic and mysterious, Electrifying and humorous, Reading is all that, combined!

Hello! My name is Jacob and welcome to my page on wikispaces! Soon I will be posting some of my work and some other stuff! See ya!