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Student Page Setup: Do not use your full name on your page. Likes and Dislikes By: Nolan Liu C1  Yesterday… I was not keen on going on a diet and becoming skinny, But I was wild about eating flavorsome food that causes my mouth to water like a river. I was terrified about going to sixth grade; I imagined that the teachers would be mean like a big red devil, But I was courageous about taking on any challenge. I was heated that I couldn’t play as for I either had to do homework or go to swimming, But I was delighted that I was improving. I mourned that my pet turtle died, But I cheered every time my team won a competition.

Today… I’m not keen about running and sweating buckets, But I’m wild about swimming and soaking myself. I’m terrified about dogs and their big sharp K9s like a knife, But I’m courageous about going scuba diving in the deep blue oceans as wide as the sky. I’m heated because many humans don’t care about nature, But I’m delighted that I can make little efforts to save trees. I mourn every time I’m embarrassed, But I cheer every time I discover something new.

Tomorrow … I will not be keen on going to college, But I will always be wild about learning. I will be terrified of dying of old age, But I will be courageous like a tiger when the time comes for me to be courageous. I will be heated when the arctic disappears, But I will be delighted to see my own design flying in the air. I will mourn when I leave home, But I will cheer when I find a solution to today’s pollution, and the grey sky like gravel goes away.

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The Keeper of my Heart

The world a haunting place, Guilt a crushing weight, Redemption, unpractical, Cruelty a prison in which no one escapes.

As I walk through this desert athirst, You are my saving from above, A helping hand, A lighthouse to show the way

We needn’t suffer from this unjust fate, As disquieting darkness flees from true love, A helping hand to pull each other, From the ever gaining darkness of The strange and savage world

You are beautiful, kind, and fair Our paths I hope are entwined, and will someday meet. We together are indomitable Because you are the keeper of my heart

Dragon
Speculative Poetry By: Nolan Liu C1

Dragon! Talons sharp, breathing fire, He doesn’t live in a castle or the shire, But his home is a shabby cave, And the cave’s the only thing he craves, I don’t know if he even had a mother, I think he had a brother? I never met his family!

Dragon, what spirit could defeat your beastly manner? That person would need to have valor, Or he’d go pee in his pants when he sees your face, I bet that’d be the case! You kill, you murder whenever, I think you’d live forever I assume you’d live your life unchallenged!

But here comes a knight!

He’s telling Dragon to take a hike! With his slashing sword and gleaming armor! Dragon! Fight him, so he won’t bother you no more. But he isn’t scared!! He came prepared!! Dragon! You’re in trouble!

ABC Poem

Nolan Liu C1

A is for ant, crawling about.

B is for bull, crashing through gates

C is for cat, mischievous and playful,

D is destroy, the demise of cities,

E is for extra terrestrial, out of our world,

F is fish, graceful in water, squirming on land,

G is Gorgon; he/she was snakes for hare,

H is for horn, loud and noisy,

I is for Istanbul, ancient and exotic,

J is for jack-o-lantern, the main theme of Halloween,

K is for killing, the death of people,

L is for lake, a big body of water!

M is for monster, which scares tiny kids,

N is for nuclear, which causes leukemia,

O is for octopus, eight legs that is,

P is for pun, fun to most people but confusing to me,

Q is for quad, four wheels for the win!

R is for red, color of blood,

S is for Sand, warm when heated by the sun, cold otherwise

T is for time, you must keep track!

U is for unicycle, balance to ride, or fall if you don’t!

V is for vehicle, makes travel easier,

W is for weather, it happens in the troposphere,

X is for Xavier; he can read your mind,

Y is for yams, such healthy and filling food,

Z is for Zombie; he’ll eat your brain.

This is a persuasive paragraph I was working on in class. I hope you like it.

Whales have been hunted to the brink of extinction, but its not just whaling that is harming them, aquariums can hurt the whales too. Captured whales are put in tanks and forced to do tricks. If the whale doesn’t do the trick right food is deprived from it. A whale stuck in a tank for more than 20 years could drive them crazy. Tilikum of sea world was captured at the age of 2 and taken away from his family. His confinement at sea world caused the death of trainer, Keltie Byrne. Whales are intelligent species and very graceful animals. They are smarter than you might think. Other attributes whales possess are very similar to humans like happiness, sadness, and compassion. The imprisonment of whales has been a major factor for stress with these mammals, which has led aggression towards humans and trainer. For example Tilikum was overwhelmed with the stress of captivity and had drowned three of his trainers. It has been recorded that whales in captivity have higher stress levels and have shown to gnaw at the cement that construct their confinement. Whales don’t just harm their trainers; they harm each other if two whales are housed in the same tank. These aggressive foundations are sourced in the stress of the whale’s captivity. Nakai, eleven year-old orca was viciously attacked by two other orcas named Keet and Ikaika, apparently housed in the same tank as him. These hostilities aren’t frequently reported with whales in the wild. A four-year-old female beluga, Bella died in captivity August 26 2013, the cause of death is unknown. More than a dozen Belugas have died prematurely in SeaWorld San Antonio. A wild Beluga has a life span of 30-35 years, but in captivity, they are isolated and deprived of open sea in small concrete assembled tanks. The belugas that are being robed of their home in the oceans are not even two years old. Now, protesters gather on streets and shame sea world about its imprisonment of these delicate whales. One protester clamed that these whales are confined in nothing more than “glorified cement bathtubs” Before Tilikum was captured in Puget Sound, he was a transient whale, this means he travels around the world, hunting and migrating. Tilikum was not a residential orca; residential whales lived and hunted in one place. Residential whales cope better in confined tanks than Transient whales. Killer whales need to be aggressive in the wild, or they can’t survive, hunting larger prey to fill the stomachs of a whole pod demands some combative traits. No matter how much the trainers try to domesticate wild killer whales, these traits don’t go away. In the year 1970, more than 90 orcas were stalked and captured by boats helicopters, and underwater explosives at Puget Sound. The mastermind behind this horrific animal kidnapping was Terry Newby. During the capture frustrated and scared orcas shrieked, clicked, and shrilled. Their cries can be heard for miles around. The whales stuck their heads hi for hopes of a free family member to come to their aid. The helpless mothers watched as their powerless young taken away from them. The young orcas were transported to a dock on the north side of Penn cove and dumped onto flat trucks. Though this sounds horrid enough, the orcas are only at the start of the hardships for them to come. Among the captured was Lolita; she is now the only living orca from those captures. She spent forty years in seclusion, torture, and near-death in a concrete tub so called “home”. Whales should not be held in captivity but allowed to roam free in the wild. Whales aren’t meant to do tricks for entertainment, but for open sea and a life of adventure. If whales are deprived of that, how are we humane? If you were a whale, would you want to swim in a tank that is barely big enough for you? Whales were hunted for blubber and almost went extinct, now we go out and catch them to do tricks. Is there no solitude for them?
 * Whales: Tormented, Hunted, and Domesticated **