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My seventh grade was not what I expected it to be. I expected bullies, lots of work, and boring days. I soon found the complete opposite, I found everyone to be very nice and definitely no bullies. Also, we had less homework(than I expected) and the activities were way less boring than just dumb old worksheets.

Then I found out that 7th grade is no place for sleeping, and that homework was suffocating under the “need” to play video games. The problem of being focused on video games and friends becomes larger in 7th grade. That is balanced by the programs we can participate in. In 7th grade we are allowed to do sports, more music programs, special classes, and brand new classes.

Having more choice for my classes and activities is fun and much more satisfying than having them chosen by a machine. 7th grade has been an interesting year, but as it comes to a close, I am ready for change and can’t wait to see what 8th grade brings for me next year.

The air, warmed by the hot stoves and food. People mill around in the waiting area. The tables glow in a faint orange light. The smells of delicious tex-mex fill the air. Maudie’s.

Maudie’s is a great tex-mex restaurant in Austin, Texas. It has many types of delicious foods and drinks, but something you can’t beat is the comfort and atmosphere of Maudie’s. It gives you a sense of a warm, soft, happy environment with people laughing and talking all around.

The menu is packed with delicious foods, from enchiladas to queso, and more. Everything on the menu is amazing! The taste of the food fills not only your mouth, but the air, and the smell is to-die-for. If you go at night, you’ll see the bright string lights hung in the outside area. The entire restaurant is clean, comfortable, and air conditioned.

Overall, if you’re in Austin, and you have nowhere to go, Maudie’s is the perfect place for a great meal. Enjoy!

Your heart races, you see the papers getting handed out.  Oh, no! you forgot to study! By now, you’re probably  remembering a past time when this happened to you. Tests are not a good acessment of students ability and are unnecessary!

When you get a bad grade on a test, does that mean you’re stupid? No! it means that either you didn’t study enough, you don’t understand the material, or you didn’t try hard. Even Einstein had trouble with his teachers and schools. All of your grades and focus shouldn’t be spent on tests. Tests are taken at a curtain point in time, and if you get a bad grade, you could know the information the next day. But yet, your grades will reflect as pour and you will look dumb.

Furthermore, tests are time-consuming and pointless. Standardized tests are very long and don’t fully test you. For example, if you forget something you learned back in august(like most of us would) and take the test in may, then how is that a fair test of your progression in school? How can you call that accurate?

Tests are not a fair assessment of students abilities, and they are unnecessary!

Below the road
Across the trail
Among the trees
Through the pipe
Beside the bat
Into the stream
Over the waterfall
To my house