Nisha

**MY LIFE; FROM YOUNG TO OLD**

 * A YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND TOMORROW POEM BY NISHA RAJAKRISHNA**

Yesterday... I was scared of the shower, especially the drain, it was like a scary whirlpool that would drown you, but I loved to take baths it was as relaxing as a spa, filled with buckets and buckets of hot water. I liked Polly Pockets, they were the gems of my life, but I despised Barbies, they were creepy little people. I was nervous about school starting, what did you do?, but happy to try new things, especially food. I loved playing games, it took my mind of the struggle of life, but I hated to lose, it made me feel like I was worthless. Today... I am scared of doing badly in school, if I do, my future is gone, But I love cooking, it helps me express myself, through food. I like all my friends, because to me they are like gold, but I despise bullies, they are piranhas with nothing to do but hurt people. I am nervous about leaving SAS, But happy about going back to the U.S, I love my little brother, he is the one who understands me best, But I hate it when we fight. Tomorrow... I will be scared about not getting into a good college, but will love to try the experience of studying away from home. I will always like nature, because it is what brings us back to Earth, but despise pollution, for it is what kills nature. I will be nervous about dying, it is sickness that spreads, but that every human must endure, but happy about growing up and becoming “knowledgeable”. I will always love math, it is like figuring out a mystery, but I will never like history, I just don’t understand it.

**THE LAWYER** **A DOGGEREL WRITTEN BY NISHA RAJAKRISHNA B2** Your honor, I am innocent, please believe me, yes please do! I might, don’t know, but if you don’t have a lawyer, I will have to sue! Yes, I do have a lawyer, she’s right here next to me! Yes, I am his lawyer! Hello your honor, my name is Amy! Well Amy, hello, now is your client guilty or not? No, no, no, I am positive my client is not guilty of any type of fraud! Well, where is your evidence; hand it over to me! What? I need evidence? What baloney! You don’t have evidence? What type of lawyer are you? The client shouted in fury! The best that you can get! I am antsy and airy! When the sun comes up, I come with it, I am a flower full of wit! I am a piece of cake, a piece of __straw__berry cake, that never breaks!! Your honor, please give me some time! I need someone new! And I am going to need her fast, or else, I’ll get sued!

**SHANGHAI, CHINA** **AN ACROSTIC POEM BY NISHA RAJAKRISHNA**
 * S** ECOND LARGEST CITY IN CHINA
 * H**OME TO CHINA’S LARGEST INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL; SAS
 * A** RCHITECTURAL WONDERS ARE BUILT HERE
 * N** ICKNAMED “PEARL OF THE ORIENT”
 * G** ROWING EVERY SECOND
 * H** ELPING THE WORLD ALL THE TIME
 * A** NCIENT; ALMOST 2,000 YEARS OLD!
 * I** NTERESTING, WITH LOTS OF PLACES TO SEE
 * ,** COMMAS MEAN NOTHING, WHICH IS WHAT PARTS OF SHANGHAI MAY SEEM LIKE AT FIRST
 * C**REATIVE, THE WORD THAT BEST DESCRIBES SHANGHAI
 * H**USTLE AND BUSTLE IS SHANGHAI AT IT’S BEST
 * I** NTELLECTUALLY THE GREATEST OF IT’S KIND
 * N** EVER BACKS DOWN ON A CHALLENGE
 * A** ALWAYS DOING BETTER, AND BECOMING BETTER

Here is my chivalry project that I made with Renée, Riley, and Richard. It was about the Knights of the Round Table. In this Project, I learned about how to use iMovie more effectively. I also learned that there were many round tables, some real, some forged, but the main one was the Winchester Round Table.

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This is my digital dictionary. I chose it as my Freak the Mighty Project. It has many words that make connections to our class-read book, Freak the Mighty, and my enrichment book, Phoenix Rising. Enjoy! A Adventure – adj. – an experience like no other. Something that has earned you respect, not necessarily good, or bad; Max and Freak’s journey to the Testaments; Nyle’s time with Ezra
 * __ Digital Dictionary __**

Ally – noun – A friend who is dear to you, who you devote your life to, a friend who is not afraid of doing anything for you, someone who will stand up for you; more than just your best friend; Max and Freak; Nyle and Ezra

B Bird-brain – noun – An ignorant person who doesn’t know any better, and judges a person without knowing them. A more uncommon way of saying don’t judge a book by its cover; Killer Kane, because of the way he talked about Freak without knowing Freak; Ripley, as he talked about Ezra without even knowing him.

Burden – noun - An unfortunate event when a gifted child is placed with a horrible disease and doesn’t get to live their whole life. Like only reading a little bit of a great book then stopping there; Freak had Morquio Syndrome; Ezra had leukemia

C Callous – noun – A hard time, the down parts of life. Everybody has them; there is no way to escape; When Max got kidnapped by Killer Kane; When Muncie got mad at Nyle

Charismatic – Adv. – A charming way to talk to adults so that you can get out of trouble; to impress by using large, scientific words; The way Freak talks

D Desperado – noun – A person with an evil heart, whose only purpose is to make life full of misery; a horrible person; what some would describe as an accident of nature; Killer Kane at his best!; Ripley Powers

Disclose - verb – to overcome shyness; to crack open your “shell”; to reveal what is really in you; how Max revealed his true self; How Ezra revealed himself

E Etredgini – noun – A great person who is full of courage; someone who displays courage in many different ways; Freak, as he stood up for Max, helped Max, gave Max confidence, saved Max’s life; Nyle as she was always by Ezra’s side even if he was extremely sick.

Exactness– noun – The real truth, that is not fake; what every truthful person uses; what life’s lessons should teach, how you show your personality; what Killer Kane should have used when he killed Annie in the first place; What Nyle should have used about Ezra

F Finesh – noun – A misunderstood person, that nobody understands; thought of as one characteristic, but really isn’t; Max, Freak, Muncie, Ezra

Fluctuate – verb - To completely flip as a person; to become from a malicious, insolent person, to a kind, thoughtful person with a gigantic heart; how Iggy and Loretta changed; How Blade changed.

G Gall – noun – Someone who has to deal with extreme sadness in their lives, this can be death, sickness, etc.; Nyle, Max, Gwen, Mrs. Trent as one of their loved ones has died.

Grin – noun - A wise, and often old person who is respected. They have been through life, and know life’s path but sometimes don’t get the respect that they deserve; Grim, Gram, Gran.

H Hapless – adj – Describes an unfortunate event when an innocent person is killed for no reason; Killer Kane killing Annie; Ripley killing Ezra.

Hazard – noun – A syndrome that seems dangerous and contagious to society, but really isn’t; Why Ezra and Freak were sometimes avoided.

I Intervention – noun – When doctors try to change something for the benefit of patients, sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn’t; What doctors tried on Ezra, Freak, and Bethany

Intrepidity - noun – A characteristic that only a few individuals have; the capability to never let go, no matter what challenge you cross; to always have the pluck to keep on moving; the ability to NEVER give up, no matter what challenge you come across; What Freak, Max, Grim, Gram, Gwen, Nyle, Ezra, and most importantly, Dr. Sparks had.

J Joke – verb - To have fun with others, you don’t exactly have to be smiling or laughing, you just have to have that feeling in you that you are having a good time; When Max and Freak went on quests; when Ezra went outside with Nyle for the first time after the accident.

Jump – verb – to get rid of your past, to jump out of your bad times, and to forget about them, to start over; How Max, Grim, and Gram started over after the Killer Kane incident; how Ezra and Mrs. Trent started over after the nuclear incident.

K Kind – adjective – How everyone is supposed to be, what the expectation is; How Nyle was to Ezra after a while; How Gwen was after she got to know Max

Kingly – adjective – To be treated like a king; How Killer Kane expected to be treated; How Ezra was treated at first

L Liable – adjective – to be guilty for something, often you don’t want to admit it; What Killer Kane obviously was for killing Annie; What Nyle was for hosting Ezra

Life – noun – Something that is not perfect, never perfect, sometimes wonderful, sometimes horrible, always ends, what some people hate, what some people love, but every single living person has to deal with; What Ezra almost lost then soon again lost; What Freak lost.

M Menacing – adj. – Describes someone who is absolutely tormenting to be around, someone who will ruin your life, often a desperado (pg. 3); Killer Kane, and Ripley Powers.

Mentor – noun – A teacher, someone who can help you life, someone who helps you realize who you are; What Freak was to Max; What Max was to Freak; What Nyle was to Ezra

N Never – adverb - A horrible word, what keeps potential away; what Nyle didn’t believe in, and helped Ezra lived; What Freak didn’t believe in, and he had spirit in his life till the day he died.

Nurturing – adj. – to be caring, and forgiving for the person you are caring for, to always love them and make them feel needed; What Nyle gave to Ezra

O Oath – noun – What is thought to be something that confirms thoughts, that is always true, that has exactness (pg. 5), but sometimes is not true, what a desperado (pg. 4) often misuses

Overprotective – adj. – To be very gallant to your child, however to their own benefit; How Grim and Gran acted to Max so that he would not become like Killer Kane; How Gwen was to Freak because she knew that Freak should live every moment of his life as he could

P Peppy – adj. – When a parent is very happy for their child, because they are growing, emotionally, physically, and socially; When Grim and Gram were happy because Max was making new friends; When Mrs. Trent was happy that Ezra was getting better

Pulchritudinous – adj. – utterly and gorgeously beautiful in someone’s eyes; doesn’t have to be necessarily beautiful on the outside, the inside counts too, even more than what is on the outside; How Gwen looked to Max; How Nyle looked to Ezra

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Questions – noun – What life’s curiosity gives you, how you figure out the secrets of life; discoveries; How Max used Freak’s brain to “figure out life”; How Ezra learned about the outside world through Nyle.

Quests – noun – An adventure, when allies (pg. 2) have a great time together and develop their friendship even more; Freak and Max’s favorite activity; A different way of saying what Nyle and Ezra did together.

R Reconcile – verb – to make up with your past enemies and solve your problems; How Muncie and Nyle kept their friendship

Retain – verb – To keep your grip of something, to keep your possession of it; What Max did to Freak to keep their friendship; What Ezra did to keep his life.

S Secret – noun – What life’s truth holds, an item of hurt, and an item of trust; what only allies (pg. 2) (or sometimes even no one) can trust each other with; What Nyle was doing at her own house; The disease that Freak had

Sensitive – adj. – To be subtle about something, that you don’t want anyone to talk about, or tease you about; How Max was about Killer Kane; How Freak was about his disease; How Nyle was about Ezra; How Muncie was about being short

T Tart – adj. – similar to the word desperado (pg. 4); a word to describe a person who should not have been born, who is a disgrace to the world; Killer Kane indeed!!!!!, of course, Ripley Powers

Temper – noun – What a lot of people have when they are sensitive (look above) about something, something that will never get you far in life; What Nyle had if anybody insulted Ezra; What Max had if anybody teased him about Killer Kane

U Unable – To be not able to do something because of a condition; How Freak was not able to see the fireworks because he was short; How it was hard for Muncie to fight Ripley because she was short

Uninterested – adj. – Used to describe someone who just doesn’t care about life anymore; often used when someone’s ally (pg. 2) has died; What happened to Max after Freak died; What happened to Nyle after Ezra died

V Vacant – adj. – To have absolutely nothing in an object or a place; How Max’s life felt once Freak had died; How Cookshire looked after the accident

Vanquished - adj. – To be totally defeated after a long battle, often sickness; How Freak and Ezra both felt

X Xanthan – noun – Something sticky, that will always be there, hanging over you, something that is hard to get rid of; How Ezra couldn’t get rid of his cancer or Freak couldn’t get rid of his morquio.

W Witty – adj. – Someone who is very smart and can think of words easily, someone who is specifically gifted in the area of language and often gifted in other subjects too; Freak, obviously, and Muncie

Wordy – Similar to witty, someone who can easily think of a retort, or a compliment or insult; someone who has vocabulary in their brain; someone who is a “word-whiz”; Freak and Muncie

Y Yappy – adj. - Someone who talks a lot and likes to have the attention on them all of the time; our one and only, Freak

Z Zappy – adj. – Describes a truly amazing book that will touch the minds of all readers, something that will be a masterpiece forever; media type="custom" key="20872702"
 * Freak the Mighty and Phoenix Rising **