Marissa’s Blog

Eighth grade has been quite a year. It has had its ups and its downs but overall my eighth grade experience has been a good one. Unfortunately I can’t say that I am leaving middle school without any regrets. Though I have several, my biggest regret is not “stepping outside my box” early enough. It would have been very helpful throughout middle school. But I’m glad that I did manage to step out of my “box” this year.

This year was a challenge but the most challenging part was history class. It was hard for me to work with little direction and not knowing specifically what was being asked of me. It took me the whole year to figure out how to work on my own. But when I finally did it, I realized that I could do great things and I had been holding back the whole year. My favorite grade is definitely eighth grade. This is because by my third year at Moran I was well adjusted and used to my surroundings. That took away from the nervousness I usually feel on the first day of school. Another reason I like eighth grade the most is because I wasn’t “the little people” any more. I was “the big cheese.” I also liked eighth grade because I tried several new things like sports. The final reason I liked eight grade the most is because I finally stopped being shy and became more confident with myself
My emotions on the first day of sixth grade consisted of nervousness, excitement, and happiness. As it is nearing the last day of my middle school career I am faced with the same emotions toward high school. But I know that I am prepared to face any challenge I may come across while I am there because of the time I have spent in middle school.

I think that the United states government should become more democratic. The people should have more say in the decisions about the country.

The qualifications that somebody should meet to be able to elect the president are: they should be 18 years old or older and they should be a law abiding citizen.

If my name were to be a verb and people were told to Marissa they would probably start shouting out random thoughts and act whacky and crazy.

Music inspires me. Whenever I’m having a tough time with something i just turn on some music and it helps me relax and think. The music that inspires me most is usually slow. I like songs when the main instrument is a piano because the sound of the keys helps relax me. When I’m relaxed I can think more clearly.

I’m taggin somebody to answer this question to : Yeri

Democracy is government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.

I define a person by their actions.  Should I? No. It just seems that that is what people are “taught” to do. We look at one side of a story. We see something as it is written in the newspapers. We see the action that somebody took to do something. We do not see the intention behind it.

Though it seems like the right thing to do, people do not judge others by intentions. We judge strictly by actions. In court, evidence is the only reliable source of information and evidence is usually a documentation of actions that were taken such as a security video.

People are taught that we need to see things to believe them. You cannot see intentions. You can see actions. Therefore actions are what people are judged by.

Today is the day I turn 69. One more year and I will be 70. The years seemed to have gone by so quickly. But it seems that I have fulfilled a lot of the things I have wanted to do. For starters I got married in a garden just like  I said i would and I had three beautiful children. I also got to go to Italy when I was eighteen. That was terrific. And Tiffany and I went on the Amazing Race. We didn’t win but it was fun. I’m so happy where I am now. I have to go into the kitchen now though, my whole family is here for cake.

Hey my name is Marissa. I just joined stubc08! I am so excited to be a part of the stubc08. So before I start with a ton of posts I want to tell you a little bit about me. Well first of all I love to dance. I have danced for all of my life. I love listening to music especially Fall Out Boy.  But mostly any music that I can sing to or dance to I like. I am an only child so I don’t know what it is like to have siblings. Sometimes I enjoy having no siblings but other times I wish I had siblings. Tell me what you think about having siblings. I have two cats and their names are Chloe and Cali. I love to eat Italian food. My favorite things to drink are Sprite and rasberry lemonade.In my spare time I like to hang out with friends. Someday I would love to visit Italy. I want to visit Italy for the scenery and because that is where my mom was born.

 That is what i wrote last year in September. Nothing has really changed except that i just joined challenge09. I’m looking forward to it.

A random act of kindnes is just simply helping out a friend or even a stranger that might need help. Whether it be giving advice or picking up something they dropped.Usually anything you do to help can brighten up somebody’s day.