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Life is Beautiful

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 I think the movie and what we have been reading and learning about are the same in the way that they're teaching us about the Holocaust and how it has affected the world. The movie just focused on one story of the Holocaust and what happened to their family but in the movie it shows us how the camps were like and how the Nazti army treated the Jews at the camps and even not in the camps like in public places. The readings and stories that we read about mainly focused on what they did to the Jews and what the camps were like, they thoroughly explained the process and how it all started but it didn't tell a story like the movie. Unlike the story from the movie most families when they had gotten separated and ripped apart from eachother they never got to see eachother again and most of them sadly died. I think the movie was a different view of what had occurred in the past but I think it was beautiful the way they put a tragic story in that point of view. The movie was very u
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Perfect by Natasha Friend

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   Perfect is about a girl Isabelle who has self-image problems and deals with bulimia, bulimia is when you eat then you force yourself to throw up afterwards. When Isabelle was purging her younger sister April (ape face) walked in on her and told her mom. Her mom forced her to join a "Eating Disorder and Body Image Therapy Group". On the first day of group Isabelle couldn't believe who walked in and joined group. Ashley Barnum the most loved, perfect, popular, girl. But after a couple of group meetings they slowly started hanging out, at Ashley's. Isabelle met her family and she saw how they seemed like this "perfect" family but in reality they're not and you have to read the book to find out what Isabelle finds out about her family. But anyway as their friendship builds Ashley also discovers how Isabelle's dad has passed away and how her mother has become a biopolar, stressed mom. Isabelle faces varies of obstacles in her life with her new friend
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Times I've Felt Powerful and Powerless

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 I think the time I've felt more powerful was when I realized that I'm old enough to make my own decisions and not depend on other people most of the time. Even though I'm not able to control other people's actions, words, or feelings I know I can with mine and I know that I can stand up for myself. I think I realized this when I was talking to my mom about some problems I was dealing with and she told me that I had to be an independent person and not rely on people and it's not being selfish but just watching over yourself. The time I felt most powerless was when I knew I was struggling with something that wasn't in my control but I was a part of. I didn't know what things would lead up after that but I just felt like I had no control and everything was getting worse by the day.
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Goodbye Middle School

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  It's so sad to think that in less than a month I'll be graduating middle school. I think I'm most excited about is six flags, since I love roller coasters and we get to be with our friends and have a good time. My least favorite part of this whole graduation process was graduation pictures because I'm not photogenic at all and I always come out awkward, especially since I get apprehensive when I'm about to take a picture. I think for right now 8th really has become the year I discovered more about myself and matured more. I think the thing I'm most nervous about is promotion day, walking across a stage seems like such an easy thing to do but in reality for me it's not, won't be surprised if I trip, fall, and embarrass myself. I still remember my first day of middle school and how excited I was, feel like it was just yesterday I was walking through the front doors of Heritage. I would of never thought I would be sad for school to end. Surprisingly some
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My Thoughts On The Movie "The Freedom Writers"

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  After watching this movie I really think it impacted me in the way that I saw everything differently than when I did when we first started watching the movie. When Ms.G's students first got to her class and were disrespectful and disrespecting Ms'G and each other and talking over her and really not caring what she had to say. At first it got me upset and I was thinking how it was so disrespectful and such a bad impression already but then I realized that we do that too and we don't care and realize how it really reflects on how we look. But everyone hated eachother besides their kind. To see Ms.G just switch everything around was very powerful and even though the other teachers didn't like her and the way she thought differently and for Ms.G just to ignore them and not let them get to her was a really good demonstration on the youth showing us we shouldn't let other people bring us down. If I was in her place I probably wouldn't done the things she did and I
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Beginnings and Endings

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  I can't believe it's the last quarter of the year! My last quarter of middle school. I know this might sound cliche but this year really did go by fast, I feel like I was just entering middle school. My middle school was honestly such a roller coaster for me, Heritgae has really taught me a lot and not just education wise. I'm gonna miss my favorite teachers and Heritage in general, I think I really got used to the Heritage since I know it so well. Graduating from middle school and going onto high school seems like a really huge step and moving onto learning nothings and new experiences. Others might not think much of graduating besides the excitement or fear for high school but for me it has a greater significance. It's a new chapter for my life, forgetting about my unluck in middle school and bad experiences and onto new ones.
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Spring Is In The Air

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  Spring! In my opinion the mos bipolar season. The weather goes from one day being bright, warm, and sunny then the next to be rainy and very chilly. But besides the weather I also think it's one of the most phenomenal  season. Spring is almost like a fresh start, school is ending, winter is gone, summer is coming up. Although spring happens to be allergie season it doesn't stop me from being excited for the warm heat and perfect weather for playing soccer! The thing I'm most excited about is that I'm gonna be able to see my best friend that I don't get to see often anymore.
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