Yvonne


 * Who Says My Life Isn’t Wonderful? **

-Yvonne C. B2

I was fearful of being called names, But I wasn’t of expressing my feelings. I cried when I got teased, I laughed when I got tickled. I felt comfortable around strangers, But not when I was wearing a swimsuit. I knew I’m who I was, But I didn’t know much about the world.
 * Yesterday . . . **

I’m fearful of growing up, But I’m not of comforting people. I cry when I fight with friends, I laugh when I read books. I feel comfortable with people I’m comparable with, But not when I’m moved into a new setting. I know my family loves me, But I don’t know that I’ve hurt many people’s feelings.
 * Today . . . **

I will fear of not having enough time, But I won’t be still doing what I admire. I’ll cry when I think of letting go people I love, I’ll laugh when I think back to my childhood memories. I will feel comfortable around my family, But not when I’m thinking that I’m old and delicate. I will know I’ve lived a lingering life, But I won’t know when I’ll say goodbye.
 * Tomorrow . . . **

__Drew in My Shoe__

by Yvonne Chang B2

I have a goldfish called Drew;

But I have a brother too.

Brother Sam likes to goof off,

Oh, my Drew was really tough!

Then Sam put Drew in a shoe!

I need to save my goldfish Drew,

Although my shoe smells like cheese fondue.

I saved him with my life,

Then I offered him some fries,

While eating epic BBQ.

__Future Beholds__ by Yvonne Chang B2

Fine times when I was small, Used to not care what other people thought. Tomorrow things will be different. Used to dream of becoming a teacher. Remembering the goofy times of the passed. Enough of those thinking, lets get to work!

Being myself is all I need; Even though my times seems hard. Holding hope will always help, Over times my life has changed. Life now seems to come my way, Doesn’t my life just rock? Soon my dream will then come true.

__Seasons__ By Yvonne Chang I jump into pile of leaves, Dressing as princesses like we don’t care. Trick or treating; Getting pile of candies to share.

My ears were as red as a tomato, It was freezing; colder than the freezer. Suddenly something hit me, It was a snowball, then I got a fever.

I’m drink lemonade, Getting ready to become tanned. Then I see a mosquito on my leg, I shrieked and slapped him with my hand.

Stand still and listen; I hear birds chirping and crickets singing. The flowers are so beautiful, Then I went sniffing.

Can you guess what seasons I’m talking about? 12 months per year, 4 seasons per 356 days. Soon the year will past, lets cheer!

__Nature__ by Yvonne Chang B2

Nature’s beautiful; Animals, trees and flowers. Flowers smiling Birds are singing joyfully. Nature’s beautiful, no doubts.

__Middle School__ by Yvonne Chang

Now I’m a grown up, At least I feel like I am. 6th grade’s my first year. Lockers, lunchtime so different. Finally I’m mid schooler!

__**Freak the Mighty Project**__

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=__Controversial Topics __=

 Each students had to find controversial topic to write a essay on. The topic I found is Animal Testing. Here is my essay :)        Harming Lives of Innocent Animals     //“The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest.”// says Henry David Tho. This quote means, the squirrel you killed foolishly, dies in seriousness. We are acting like fools, using so much money on rubbish, killing animals. I believe that animal testing should be banned because it’s expensive, unreliable and extremely cruel to animals.   Animal testing is extremely expensive. Animals need to be fed, housed, and cleaned properly. They also need to be tested with drugs or testing substances. Testing process may happen throughout the course of the year, which then increases the final budget. Companies breeds certain animals used for certain experiments, which costs a lot of money and effort. The final payment of a DNA test may cost up to 32,000 dollars. A 2-specie whole life span cancer research may cost starting 2 million up to 4 million dollars. In 2010, Oregon National Primate Research Center used 5 million dollars on obesity tests, and Harvard College used 16 million dollars on inhumane addicting drug test on monkeys.  Animal testing provides us misleading data because their cells are a lot more different than humans’. Drugs have worked on animals might not work for humans, yet vice versa. So far, 94 percent of the drugs that passed animals have been a fail for humans. Probably on of the best-known failure in animal testing history was the “Thalidomide Testing Failure”. In the late 1950s to 1960s, the drug Thalidomide generated about 10,000 birth defects also thousands of fetal deaths all around the world. James L. Schardien, an expert in teratogenic (birth defect substances) stated, //“There were approximately hundreds of animals being tested and teratogenic effects only happened occasionally.”// For example, the causing of deformities of white rabbits in New Zealand only happened between 75 and 300 times. Also the widely used anti-biotic, penicillin has failed responding from infections on rabbits (and toxic to Guinea pigs), later determined safe and effective to kill bacteria infections in our humans bodies.  Animal testing is cruel and inhumane. Researchers in U.S. colleges have organized lots of “stress experiments” on innocent rats and mice. Those stress experiments include disabling them in tubes, shocking their tiny feet, suspending their tails, finally forcing them to swim and not drown. They don’t only suffer the stress experiments; they have to live in cages unable to have freedom like other animals. Studies prove mice become even more stressed when they see their own kind being tortured. No fresh air, only bars and concrete. No peace, only loud noises. During 2009, an undercover lab investigation discovered monkeys turning and spinning around in their cages wildly, biting their wounds, and pulling their own hair cause by the long-term mental misery they must suffer because of animal testing. Finally, in 2010 the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported having 97,123 animals suffer through pain during experiments without given anesthesia for pain relief.  Do you really want to see America loosing all its money on animal testing? Are you the kind of person that likes to see animals get tortured? I know I’m not, so I strongly disagree to allow animal testing. Animals are suffering pain for us, and its not even useful! Think it through, are you sure?    Citations  <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;"> [] <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;"> [] <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;"> [] <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;"> [] <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">

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