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The feeling of loneliness is not necessarily a noble feeling. I strongly dislike being lonely because it doesn’t bring any excitement to my life. When there is no action going on around me that is when I normally get into trouble because I get hyper and want to stir up some action. I get lonely all of the time and when there is nothing to do I always end up breaking something or getting into some serious trouble. When I get lonesome I try as hard as I can to think of the great times I’ve had over the summer, like when me and my mate Tony did backflips into enormous packs of red jelly fish and nervously laughing in pain. In those terrible times of isolation these thought are a great way to remember that I am not always secluded. I always love to think about those foolish times and wonder how terrible that could of ended up but thinking how lucky we are. Being abandoned is a very terrible but everyone has that feeling and moves right through it.

An essay by Harry Staley

8^th grade English

Pine Point School

Novenmber 22, 2010

Have you ever pondered running away from home because you wer lonely? When Dill lived with his mother, who had a new husband, he was deserted almost every day, because he had no one to interact with. Dill was so lonesome that he decided to run away from home, and go to Jem and Scouts house. When Dill arrived he said to Mr. Finch, “Mr. Finch, don’t tell Aunt Rachel to make me go back, please sir! I’ll just, run off again,” when Dill said this it made me think, this kid really hates where his home is. When dill first arrived at Jem and scouts house it was an extravagant surprise, because he was completely unexpected. When Jem and scout first noticed Dill they didn’t think it was Dill, They thought he was a snake.  Jem and Scout were quite nervous until, “a filthy brown package shot from under the bed.” After all of the excitement was complete Dill told them the story of why he came because he, felt he was discarded, very dull feeling.

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By: Harry Staley

11/2/10

TS- Dill doesn’t like the way he is treated at home so he goes to Jem and Scouts house.

SD- If I were to run away from home because I wasn’t being treated right I would be in a heap of trouble.

CM- Jem came starving and tired

CM- I would never run away in first place and need food

CS- Dill made a foolish decision but he did what he did.

Bell word=lonely, echoes= lonesome, and all alone

TS- Dill left home

SD- left because felt wasn’t treated right and he was lonely

CM- just because he was lonesome he left home to go to Jem and Scouts

CM- Atticus really doesn’t care if Dill was there or not

SD – When dill first appeared at Jem and Scouts house it was a big surprise

CM Scout first thought that there was a snake under her bed

CM It wasn’t a snake but it was dill complaining about how he was all alone and needed someone to be with

CS I think everyone was quite shocked when they saw dill pop out of the bed

Bell word= annoying, echoes= aggravate, and frustrating

TS- Whenever I am treated poorly I just pull my self together and move on

SD Whenever I am annoyed I normally get a hard time.

CM I normally get annoyed when something I want doesn’t happen

CM Sometimes when I get lonely I get rowdy and started to cause trouble and I aggravate who ever I’m with

SD- When I am lonely I always do the right things and I find how to keep myself company

CM I am very good at keeping my self-company

CM I always make myself laugh by frustrating others

CS while I am lonely I can be a pain.

TS-As you can tell being lonely is a great way to be independent

SD- Most people hate being lonely

CM- I like it

CM- I like it because I don’t have to worry about any thing

CS- Being lonely is great but I don’t think Dill enjoys it.

Growing

Is growing a bad thing or a good thing

An essay by Harry Staley

8^th grade English

Pine Point School

November 4, 2010

                I sometimes enjoy growing because if we didn’t grow we would all be small and the world would be boring. Growing is a spectacular way to experience life. Without growing life would be a lot more boring because we would not know all of the things humans know today. Humans need to grow because if we didn’t life would be a huge disaster. Everybody in life needs to grow.

                Growing up is a big part of everybody’s life because growing up means that you slowly begin to mature. If you mature to fast you can experience pain. It’s a different type of growing but it is called having growing pains. In To Kill a Mockingbird Jem grows up when he reads to Mrs. Dubose, the mean old lady who made fun of Atticus. Jem grows up in this section of the book because Atticus, his father, tells him that Mrs. Dubose died. When she dies Jem realizes that there’s more to life than just going outside and just hanging around. I believe that everyone in the world should grow up like Jem did and we will all learn from our mistakes, In this instance Jem didn’t make a mistake he just became connected to someone and then lost them. Growing up may be a very hard part of your life but everyone does it and everyone lives through it.

                Growing up is a great part of life but it can get annoying? The one thing that I think will be the most annoying thing when grow up is not having my mom or dad picking up after me. That’s going to be a very interesting point in my life. I know when I am old enough to live on my own I will look back on that day when my mom or dad would pick up all of my clothes that were on the floor. Growing up has its ups and downs but everybody does it.

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By: Harry Staley

11/2/10

TS- I enjoy growing

SD- growing is a great way to experience life

CM- Without growing life would be boring

CM- We wouldn’t know anything

CM- Life would be like a huge disaster

CS-We all need to grow up

TS- Growing up= big part of life

SD- in tkam Jem grows up when he reads for mrs.dubose

CM- He grows when she dies

CM- he learns that there is more to life than just hanging around and doing nothing

SD – if you stop growing you will stop learning

CM- you need to grow just as much on the inside as you do on the outside

CM- I think everyone should grow

CS – growing might become boring but everyone does it

TS-Growing is a great thing but sometimes it can get annoying

SD- When we grow up we won’t have the luxury of mom or dad picking up after us

CM- That is a point that everyone has to face in their life

CM- I know when I am old enough to live on my own I will hope to have my parents picking up after me

CS- I know that growing up can be a hard point in someone’s life but everybody eventually grows up

Interesting Facts about Atticus and My Dad

Do you know everything about your father?

An essay by Harry Staley

Pine Point School

November 1, 2010

Did you ever wonder about your parents and what they were like in their younger years? I did wonder that, and I found out a really cool fact about my dad that I didn’t know before. When Atticus killed Tim Johnson Jem and Scout were very surprised that his own father was an amazing marksman. Scout, Jem, and I all had the same reactions when we were told something interesting about someone we know well.

(TS) Atticus amazes his children when he kills the mad dog, Tim Johnson, with one shot, because they didn’t know their father could shoot. (SD) Jem and Scout can’t believe what they’ve just seen and heard, because they thought their father was an old, boring man who just sat around and read law, but the second Atticus fired the rifle; his children realized that there was more to Atticus than they knew. (CM)When Atticus took the rifle the sheriff told him it was a, “one shot deal.” (CM)Then, in what seemed like hours actually took seconds, as Atticus smoothly shot Tim Johnson, and when the dog dropped, It was clear that Tim Johnson was dead. (SD)Although they thought Atticus was a boring old man, Jem and Scout discover that he was a very good marksman. (CM) when Atticus was younger he was known as, “ol’ one shot Finch.” According to Miss Maudie, “if he shot fifteen times and hit fourteen doves he’d complain about wasting ammunition.” (CM)Now that Atticus is older he doesn’t hunt anymore but he never even told Jem or Scout about his talent. (CS) There is more to Atticus Finch than an old man who sits around all day reading law because if you really learn about him you would know that he is actually a very interesting guy.

(TS)When I asked my dad to tell me an interesting story about himself he really had to think about it but when he gave me the answer I didn’t believe him. (SD) When he did respond to my question he said that when he was thirty three he went on a business trip to Rome and that’s where he met Bowie Kuhn.(CM)  Bowie Kuhn was the commissioner of MLB baseball. (CM) My dad worked with Bowie on his trip and Bowie asked my dad to stay in Rome and assist him in raising money for a new hospital. (SD) The hospital would only be made if my dad and Bowie asked many people in Rome for money. (CM) My dad did raise the money for the hospital but he lost contact with Bowie Kuhn who is no longer the commissioner of baseball. (CS)My dad does many jobs like this now but I think working with someone with Bowie’s famousness makes my dad’s work cool.

As you can see there is more to people than just what you know about them. Scout and Jem would have never known that there father wasn’t a great marksman until the incident with Tim Johnson. I don’t think I would have ever known that my father was close with the commissioner of baseball unless I sat down and asked him what are some interesting facts about him. Jem Scout and I now know something knew about our fathers but there still might be more to them than we know.