The 8th Grade Blog

Once upon a time there was an evil witch named Rachel (RA-KEL) who owned a dog and a cat. The dog vanished, and the cat was caught up in some bizarre experiment. “Finally, my last ingredient, KYLE!”

Rachel said as she cat-napped Kyle from his miniature home and threw him into a pot with chopped carrots and mysterious chemicals. 

In a fit of evil laughter, the evil witch tossed her head back. Rachel then took a wooden spoon and began stirring the “soup.” It was an gross green with lighter green streaks, Kyle almost puked.

Kyle began to glow after 5 minutes of churning, Rachel knew this was a good thing because the instructions said so. Kyle, on the other hand, exploded.

Kyle perished and came back to life as a zombie because the explosion was so powerful. He was also tossed to the other side of the world. He ended up in a factory that makes cyborg babies. Rachel was OK because she is magical.

Kyle looked around the factory he was in, he noticed an intercom on the wall and metal scraps piled into a corner.

“Cyborg babies, attack!” yelled a loud voice over the intercom in the factory’s main area, where hundreds of cyborg infants were positioned.

The cyborg babies’ eyes on their robotic side blazed a bright red, indicating that they were now in attack mode and staring at Kyle.

Stitches covered half of his face, and patches were sewed onto him, the fabric of which was an unsightly red floral pattern. He resembled a worn-out cat plush for a two-year-old.

One of the cyborg babies suddenly leaped into the air trying to land on and crush Kyle, but Kyle manages to avoid the cyborg babies’ unsuccessful attack. When the baby landed, it exploded, shattering the other babies around, but there were still too many for Kyle, a little zombie cat, to tackle alone.

But suddenly a crash happened behind Kyle, and Kyle turned around to see what had happened. He noticed a stack of factory ceiling tiles on the floor, and underneath it was DaDedDog, a famous rapper, and Rachel’s lost dog. He was head first on the ground for so long that the sun set and rose in the same exact position where he was when he crashed, and the cyborg infants and Kyle just stared at him, not sure if they should call the cops.

Then DaDedDog leapt to his feet and punched a cyborg baby in the face. The baby exploded into a million pieces, one of which hit another baby in the face, which exploded into a million pieces as well, and another cyborg baby was hit by one of the fragments. This went on for another day until there was only one baby left, at which point the baby exploded from fear.

Kyle and DaDedDog then became best friends and returned to Rachel’s house, where she was still experimenting on replacement cats who looked precisely like Kyle but weren’t zombified, and they lived happily ever after. 

The End

 

Introduction:

I looooove playing in sports! It allows me to be active while doing something I like. You learn teamwork, get exercise, make more friends/create stronger friendships, decrease stress, and help individuals achieve better academically. Continue reading to learn why you should participate in sports.

 

1. Teamwork

One of the most significant characteristics to possess is the ability to work well with others. Almost everything, such as building houses, talking to someone, and so on, requires teamwork. Every sport I’ve ever played has needed me to collaborate with others in order to score points. You have to hit the ball, just like in softball, right? If you don’t hit a homerun every time, but there are times when you do, If you have someone on base who can score on your hit, that is a well-executed play. In soccer, you can’t simply have one person dribbling the ball the entire time; otherwise, the ball will get stollen and the opposing team will score a goal. To score goals, you must communicate and collaborate to move the ball around.

 

2. Exercise

I hope no one wants to be a couch potato, gain weight, and lose the ability to touch their toes. To avoid this, you must engage in some physical activity! Weight lifting, jogging, or even walking, if that is convenient for you, is one of the most important parts of being fit. Every sport requires some form of workout to keep you fit. Basketball, softball, baseball, soccer, track and field, hunting, lacrosse, hockey, football, and other sports. More exercise improves your sleep and makes you feel better in general!

 

3. More Connections AND Better Friendships

We all have at least one buddy, whether they are older, younger, or the same age as us. What a better way to spend quality time with them while also getting some exercise! All at the same, you may be making more friends than you already have! Friendship is a wonderful thing to have since it improves your mood, gives you a feeling of belonging and purpose, and even boosts your self-esteem!

 

4. Reduces Stress

You’ve probably been stressed at some point in your life! You may not know how to deal with it at times, but what better way to deal with it than sports! Sports can help you disengage and disconnect from your phone, allowing you to relax and enjoy yourself. It may be a high-stress parent or a few too many things on your plate, but taking a break for 30 minutes and walking, running, or even kicking a ball around in the backyard will help release some of your tension!

 

5. Help Your Grades

Isn’t it true that everyone aspires to get high grades? People who participate in athletics are under a lot of pressure to get good grades. They can’t be failing in order to participate, therefore their lack of low grades marks them out as “that person.” There will be college scouts when you participate in showcase tournaments or even most high school sports. On my team, we have player profiles on the back of the dugout, and the first thing those scouts look at is how you are doing academically. They want people to have really good grades!

 

Concussion:

Finally, we can see how beneficial sports are to your health! Sports, whether you enjoy them or not, are a fantastic way to learn teamwork, get some exercise, meet new people, decrease stress, and even help you do better in school! So, my question to you is: will you join for the next sport season?

What is your astrological sign? If you don’t know what zodiac signs are, they are twelve 30 degree sectors that make up the earth’s 360-degree circle around the sun, or your personality, as some may say.

Are astrological signs real? They are accurate and based on actual occurrences. The zodiac signs are the bands of the sky that appear to follow the paths of the sun, moon, and planets. This is what some people mean when they discuss their zodiac sign.

Do the zodiac signs influence one’s personality? No, there really is no scientific proof that the constellations on the day a person is born alter their brain chemistry, but a person’s zodiac sign may influence their personality if they allow it.

Zodiac Signs The 12 signs of the zodiac are intimately related to how the earth travels through the sky. These signs were developed from constellations that point out the course that the sun seems to take throughout the year.

What is your zodiac sign?

Aries (March 21-April 19)

Taurus (April 20 – May 20)

Gemini (May 21 – June 20)

Cancer (June 21 – July 22)

Leo (July 23 – August 22)

Virgo (August 23 – September 22)

Libra (September 23 – October 22)

Scorpio (October 23 – November 21)

Sagittarius (November 22 – December 21)

Capricorn (December 22 – January 19)

Aquarius (January 20 – February 18)

Pisces (February 19 – March 20)

 

 

What would I do without sports? For me, sports are like fuel like oil for a car they keep me going and make me happy and want to go places in my future. During my time with sports I have made so many friendships that I hope will never go away I have 5 reasons that you should do sports

Mental Health 

This is the first reason because mental health takes a toll on kids every day in very different ways. SPorts might help with taking so pressure off of your back because you can go talk and hang out with people you might not talk to much. Sports changed my mindset because I could always count on people being there for me and turning my mood around.

Exercise 

For my second reason, I chose exercise because some kids might not have the opportunity to have exercise besides Physical Education. The local sport might be able to change the amount of activity that you get on a day-to-day basis. When you get the exercise your mood changes with endorphins that release into your body and change your mood from grumpy to happy.

Problem Solving

When playing sports you might have a defender on you trying to get at the ball or stop you from getting a point and with sport, you have to learn how to get around all of the challenges that might come your way. That will help you in your everyday life by showing you how to get around the bumps that head your way.

Friendship’s 

Sports have given me so many amazing opportunities and the best one is friendship. I have created so many meaningful friendships that I hope to never lose. With sports friendships have a huge impact because when playing with your team friendship allow you to have serious fun you are able to laugh and giggle but also able to challenge yourself and your teammates.

Time Management

This is the final reason that sports are very important it teaches you how to work around schedules if you have a sport from six to seven it teaches you that you have this amount of time for food homework etc. It also tells you that in order to get better and have a clear path at a college level you have to get good grades and keep getting better at sports you have to work around schedules.

These are the five reasons that sports benefit kids in various ways and sports also help kids keep out of their comfort zone. This is why sports should be a part of kids day to day lives. What are the benefits of playing sports to you?

          Sports may literally change the game. They’ve changed the world in such a remarkable way. I feel that everyone should participate in sports because of the numerous advantages it provides. There is a sport for everyone, and I’ll tell you why you should participate in one, including health benefits, setting kids up for success, creating new relationships, decreasing stress, and leadership.

1. Health Benefits Although this is a broad concept, there are a variety of health benefits of participating in sports. “Exercise has been advertised as a treatment for practically everything in life,” according to Fast Company, “from depression to memory loss, Alzheimer’s illness, Parkinson’s disease, and more.” It fascinates me that all of these significant health problems may be alleviated by simply playing a game of basketball or taking a walk outside. Electric Ireland also claims that exercise combined with some fresh air enhances sleep. These great factors make me question why not everyone participates in sports and makes me cherish them even more.

2. Setting Kids Up For Success Every child, regardless of their background, faces challenges in some form. Some people require an activity more than others to help them forget about their stress from school, family troubles, friend conflict, and so on. Sports provide the required distraction that some people require rather than resulting in harmful or negative habits. “Patterns of drug abuse among teens suggest that physical activity can strengthen resistance to addiction.” as stated in the National Institutes of Health. This means that athletics can provide the stepping stone to success that some children require. Instead of guiding them down a poor path, they steer them in the right way.

3. Creating New Relationships Playing on a sports team with strangers can be intimidating at first, but as you get to know them, you will soon become close. Sports bring individuals from all sorts of backgrounds together to play the same game and form a community. Sports provide you with a fresh approach to meeting people and putting yourself out there. Seeing these people occasionally rather than every day at school or work can strengthen your friendship since you value the time you spend with them. Sports allow you to ignore the drama of everyday life and concentrate solely on the game. I’ve met and become friends with a great majority of the people I’ve played with.

4. Decreases Stress When you’re physically active and entirely focused on the game you’re playing, you can relieve some of the stress that’s been building upon your shoulders. Sports serve as a mental distraction from the actual world by centering your attention on improving and accomplishing whatever you are doing. Electric Ireland claims that “Physical exercise reduces the stress hormones in your body and stimulates the release of endorphins. These endorphins may give you more energy and focus for whatever life has.”  Exercising might help you feel better and relax.

5. Leadership                                                                                                                                               Many children struggle with self-confidence and shyness from an early age, and sports are a fun and healthy approach to help them break out of their shells. Sports provide a sense of accomplishment, confidence, and self-esteem for young people. Sports may also help children feel included by allowing them to be a part of a structured team where everyone has a specific role to play. They also teach crucial leadership qualities and how to collaborate effectively with teammates to achieve a common goal.                                                       

 

         As you can see, sports offer a wide range of opportunities and possible rewards to all participants. Not only are they fun to watch and play, but they also have the potential to improve people’s lives. Regardless of your athletic abilities, I believe you can find a sport that you enjoy. I’m not sure how I’d manage without them in my life. They have molded me in a variety of ways and helped me maintain mental and physical stability. If you ever find yourself in a poor situation after reading this, I recommend that you exercise.

After school when you walk into the locker and your getting ready for practice there is a lot that happens and that is going on around you while you’re getting ready. For example, everyone in the locker room is talking and being loud and most everyone is a friend in there so it’s fun to be in the locker room. But some people in there aren’t the smartest people like for instance, my friend was in the locker room while everyone else was ready and he was just sitting there trying to put his belt into his football pants and he sat in there until our coach came in an helped him. And everyone was already out on the field warming up when he came strolling out of the locker room and slowly walked over to the field.

Every day the coaches sit and wait on the field and usually when I get in the locker there is already people leaving to go to the field because of me always talking to people I’m always late and by the time I get on my pads and I’m done talking and laughing to the rest of the people in the locker room when I get outside to put on my cleats coaches and players are waiting on me and a couple of other players, and when you make the coaches wait they get mad because they just want to start practice and when they get mad at you, you either have to run more or do extra conditioning at the end of practice which is, in my opinion, the worst and least fun part of the whole two hours we are practicing.  Congratulations now you know what happens in the locker room!!

The day starts off by my alarm going off at 5 o’clock in the morning beep! beep! And so I get up and go for a 2-mile run and then a leg workout tell 5:45, then an upper body workout tell 6:30. Then take a shower then get ready for school. Get on the bus at 6:45 and ride to the school. Then get dropped off at the high school at  7:30 and walk to the locker room in the middle school and drop my football pads off.

1st Period 

The bell rings at 8 0´clock, I make my way to math and grab my bag to get all of my stuff for this class out and plug in my chrome book so it’s charged for 2nd period. Get my homework for math and the bell for 2nd-period rings

2nd Period

So I make my way to science sit down and get my computer out and this class is really chilled, but when Mr. Nuttle gets mad you better not be talking over him

3rd Period 

PE is one of my favorite classes, Mr white is a great teacher. He pushes you to do your best you can and its just fun to work out and run with friends

4th Period 

SSR- sit down, shut up, and read. This one of least favorite, it’s just boring you just sit there and do nothing

5th Period 

So I go to work with the ilc kids and help them with math and take them lunch. To be honest it is tuff not to just  do the work for them

6th Period 

history with ms terry is fun with the group work but it has its ups and downs the worst is the vocabulary slides. But every time we do it.

7th Period 

English is really fun with Mr. Blair he makes the work fun and I have learned a lot about writing from him

After School 

A lot of people go home and sleep but some of us go to a sport like a football or cross country

5:00am My first alarm goes off I need more sleep I’ll wake up at six

6:00am I’ll wake up at six thirty

7:00am Crap*, I slept through 4 alarms, I get up and get ready for school, bearly getting downstairs in time to walk out the door on time

7:33 Time to walk to the bus stop

I step on the bus and hear the sixth graders on the back of the bus yelling, the day of chaos has already begun* I sit by Emily and we ride to school, talking about upcoming tests and unfinished work*.

I get off at the middle school and walk over to the high school with two friends the walk there is cold and we have to go all the way around the school to the doors that are unlocked, we walk to class like a salmon* going upstream.

1st-period Geometry, this class challenges me, if I am not feeling well I know that I can’t miss this class, because I will have 7 pages from classwork* and homework, most days I just end up with 2 or 3 pages of homework.

We walk back to the middle school our bags fractionally heavier from black and white pages from the teacher

I stop at my locker before heading to my next class

2nd-period History, this class is always rowdy and is different from my last class. Why do we need history?* I’m not going to use any of this info when I am an adult! I ponder this idea as I do my work and sometimes take notes.

3rd-period P.E. I change into my black and red uniform and head into the main gym, we run for about 7 minutes, around and around and around. Then I sit in my role call spot and wait. Eventually, a p.e. teacher will tell us to stand up and do 5 jumping jacks if you have to do 5 push-ups, you know you will do 5 sit-ups, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1. Finally, we squish into a small square up front, so we can be told where to go next, today it is the weight room for the cardiorespiratory unit. I walk there and know we are running*, and we do. Afterward, we go back to the locker room. p.e. is very repetitive.

4th period SSR, it is supposed to stand for silent sustained reading but is more commonly known as sit down, shut up and read. So I walk in, sit down, shut up and read. Sometimes we are allowed to do homework, but that is very rare. There are better uses of my time than half an hour of nothing.

5th period, I walk to language arts, my teacher is usually playing some sort of song as we walk in, he makes us write these blogs, in this class we either read or write when I go to this class I have to hurry because the teacher is very strict on tardiness*.

Lunch, I walk to my locker to put my binder away and meet Maddie, we walk to the lunch room together and I go to the lunch line because I woke up late I didn’t have time to pack a lunch. I sit by Maddie and we talk and laugh. Then we have to go to the courtyard, and freeze, if you are cold, suck it up, you are not allowed to be in the hallway or you will be yelled at.*

6th period, Science, the teacher is laid back, I never get homework and I understand the information.

7th period Office Aid, I get some of my homework done in this class, but mostly I deliver notes, and as soon as I walk into a classroom everyone turns to look at me*, except the teacher, I wander up to them and hand them the note as walk out as quickly as I can.

2:30 Now I get on the bus again, but the sixth grader’s volume has increased by about 80%*

Next, I get home, I do more homework* and eventually go to bed at around 10:45ish

The cycle repeats again and again.

*Every time you saw an asterisk, it represented a feeling of stress, from tests, presentation, homework, time management or possibly even worrying for my safety because I feel like our school is not prepared for certain events. My day is filled with stress and that is not a good way to live your life, there were about 12 astricks, and that is not good for students outlook on school, they will think of it as a stressful place. There are things that school administrators can do to help fix these problems, but from my three years at ems, almost nothing has been done about it. For student safety, I believe that we should practice lockdown drills in places other than one classroom, such as during lunch. I also think that students should have less work outside of school.