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A Walk Through My Mind

By: Holly Wright

5/9/2013

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A Walk Through My Mind

Holly Wright

Huntsville Publishing

Huntsville Middle School

May 10, 2012-2013

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Part 1- Random all the way

Day Dreams

Getting’ Down with the Dirt

Work Hard, Play Hard

Life of a Baller

Part 2- Writing on Que

My New Years Resolutions

Ruining Something that was Already Ruined

Parents doing the Teaching

A Day in Court

Part 3- My Rollercoaster

Hate is a Strong Word, but What About Love?

Are You in or Out?

My One True Skill

Drama. Drama. Drama. Oh did I Mention Drama?

Thinking, or Lack of

Your Past Shouldn’t Break You

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Dedication

I would like to thank everyone who made it possible to write my

anthology. To the students here at Huntsville Middle School who

gave me the stories to write. Most Importantly though I would

like to thank Mrs. Sullivan, our English teacher. She helped me

write this year, and showed me new skills. I wouldn’t have done

as good without her help.

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Part 1- Randomness all the way

There’s just a part of me that likes to get a little random at

times. When I wrote these writing’s, they were based on the first

thought that came to my head. I like to write what the teacher

tells us to, but sometimes it’s good to write what I want. The only

reason these pieces go together are because each of them aren’t

alike. They’re just what I felt like writing that day.

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Day Dreams

I didn’t know exactly where the train was

going. After paying my fare, I simply stood on

the platform waiting for it to whisk me away

to somewhere, anywhere but here. And that’s

when it happened. I ran into Michael Phelps.

The Olympic Swimmer. I’m not sure what my

face looked like, but my inside was a million

lightning bolts. I’m sure I freaked him out. He

probably was looking for a way out. I had

always dreamed of meeting him. He was my

favorite athlete. He smiled politely and said,

“Excuse me, Miss.” After what was like twenty

seconds I went and sat down. I think the

biggest shock in my life was to see him sitting

in the spot right beside me! I am pretty sure

my jaw dropped to the floor. I didn’t want him

to think I was crazy, so I just sat down. The

worst I could do is be annoying to him. After

awhile it looked like he had fallen asleep. I

got out my book all about him. There were

stickers, newspapers, buttons, everything

you could imagine about him. As I began

thinking about him I looked up to see if her

was still asleep. But when I did, I saw both eyes

open and him smiling that million dollar

smile. He began to talk to me, and I told him I

was a huge fan. I think he already knew that

though. I told him I had watched all the

Olympics he was in, and every show he

appeared on. What he did next was the

greatest thing ever. He invited me to go to the

next one with him! For free! I was so excited I

passed out. When I woke up I was in my bed.

Turns out it had all been just a dream.

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Gettin’ Down with the Dirt

A time that I had to get down and get dirty

was quite the experience. I wasn’t really used

to having mud everywhere. And I do mean

everywhere. It may have been new, but I

really enjoyed it. I had went to an event with

my bestfriend called “The Mud Bowl.” It was

where church youth groups got together to

have some fun. I think the funnest game we did

was searching for the eggs in the mud pit. The

objective of the game was to find the 10

missing eggs. Only they were buried in mud, so

they weren’t easy to find. I think 10 out of 70

people actually tried looking for the eggs.

The others, including me, just tried to have a

mud fight. The whole time you had mud

getting stuffed down your pants an shirts,

and getting it shoved in your hair and mouth.

You got to be wild and free. We got to knock

people down and have a slip-and-slide party in

it. We just got to have fun and mess around.

Then after awhile of that we decided to start

looking for the eggs. After we found all of

them it was time to change. As all the girls

went to a tent, Bailey and I started throwing

our clothes everywhere. Then we realized we

both forgot clothes to bring. So we had to

run back through the pit and wash our

clothes in front of everybody. It was so

embarrassing, but funny! Experiencing having

this muh mud everywhere was a great time. I’d

do it again in a heartbeat, even if it meant

taking 6 more showers again.

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Work Hard, Play Hard

One time I had to focus more than anything

on was basketball. It was when our

starters had to go to a different game and

it left our second string here to play

ours. I was one of the five who had to

start. We all had to step up and prove that

we could play without them. The team we

were supposed to play wasn’t very good at

all. In fact, I think they were the worst

team in our division. So of course we won.

Winning wasn’t the only good thing to

come out of it though. Becoming a team

was. We proved to our coach we could

handle it that night. We not only showed

that we could start the game, but that we

could also finish it. I had to focus on

defense. I couldn’t let my girl have the

ball. If I failed and she did, my next job was

to make sure she didn’t do anything with

it. I also had to focus on my offense. I knew

that I had to put points on the board, so

every chance I got I put it in the goal. I had

to prove I could not only make them, but

I’d take the risk to try and make them.

That night I got better and so id my team.

After that game we got to start most

games. I would say that it was a great

success. That’s the good thing that came

out of focusing.

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Life of a baller

Basketball isn’t just something you do

when you get bored. It’s your life. You

don’t just get to pick when you want to do

it. You have to keep it going the whole way

through. You work on your game every

day. It never changes. You want to try and

get better each time you do something.

Right now our team is going through off

season. One of the hardest things to do

when you’re a player. We are now getting

ready to prepare for next season. Getting

stronger, working on speed, and working

more as a team. We don’t stop just because

our game season ended. We have to keep in

shape and by working harder every day,

we accomplish that goal. Even in the

summer time we don’t get but a two week

break. Every day til then we are going to

summer camps, practicing, and playing

games. So out of the two and a half months

we have, we get two weeks off. So if you

don’t like this situation, you can’t play.

You have to want to do it. That is just the

life you have to take. Also, when you’re on

a team, you have to be a family. That means

putting aside all differences and being a

team. Even if you strongly dislike

someone, when you’re on the floor you

have to love them. If you can’t learn to do

that, you’ll never be able to be a player.

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Part two- Writing on Que

-When teachers ask me to write on a certain subject, I feel

confident. I could write about anything they ask me to. This is

where following the rules comes in handy. The writings that I put

in this section are all based on a topic Ms. Sullivan asked us to

write on. They aren’t all the same, but they have the writing on

que part that connects them together.

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My New Years Resolutions

My three resolutions for this year are: Be a better

Christian, study and try to make better grades,

and do at least one good deed a day. By making

the mistakes I have, I thought I needed a change

for the upcoming year. Becoming a better Christian

will make me a better person. It will give me a good

path to follow, and one I can rely on. I am going

to read my bible everyday so I can increase my

knowledge. This will also help me help others if

they need it. It will give me the boost of courage I

need. I will never fail to live everyday knowing

God is the one who led me to doing this.

My grades are sort of okay. I usually make low or

high B’s, But i know i can do Better. these past two

year I have been lacking to pay attention. I just

don’t really care anymore. I used to be really

smart. I always had above a ninety five in every

class. So hopefully I can get on track and start

making the grades I know I can make.

My last resolution of the year is to do at least one

good deed a day. I think it will allow me to have

more respect for myself if I help a person out. I

realized that people do things for me, but I never

do anything in return. I thought it was time to

change being selfish. Even if it is a small thing, I

will still feel better knowing I did something to

help.

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Ruining something that was already ruined

Question:

Could one person change the effect of a decision?

Answer:

Yes. Say you had two people who wanted to fight

eachother at school one day. Then right before

they start fighting they decide to both call it off

and be friends again. Well then a person who

wanted to video it gets upset. So in return for the

people not fighting, he decides to go and talk bad

to the two people. Claiming so and so said this

about you. Then it causes another big ordeal

between those two people. Both people start

getting mad and talk about fighting again. So if

that one kid never would have gotten upset, the

fight wouldn’t have happened. so yes to answer the

question, one person can have an effect on the

outcome of the situation. Just like how it can in

the Jury. For the jury, if someone were to choose

guilty, more and more people start choosing it

because of that one person. But, if one person

chooses to vote not guilty, maybe he can have the

effect on all eleven others to make a decision with

him. It really all depends on the situation you

have. Sometimes one person may not affect it at

all. It also depends what kind of people you are

dealing with.

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Evidence isn’t always everything

Question:

Can you let your emotions dictate a point and

still make the decision that’s right?

Answer:

umm… i think it would take Both the evidence and

your gut feeling. you can’t always rely on how

you feel when the evidence is quite clear. Then

again though, the evidence may be incorrect and

your gut feeling is telling you that. It evens out

better if you try to incorporate both things in

the situation. Things turn out better than just

picking one thing and sticking to it. In some cases

though, maybe it is better to just pick one of the

options. If you can relate to it, how do you know

you won’t Be unBiased? like the casey anthony

trial. I bet some of the juror members were mothers.

They probably wanted to vote her guilty because

they might have felt disgusted that someone

could kill their child. Another case would be that

you have a gut feeling, but there is evidence clear

as day. it’s like in your face kind of proof. so mayBe

you’d want to rely on your gut feeling, but all

the evidence is there. It depends on the situation

you have, and how far your willing to go just to

give the person what they deserve and should be

held accountable for.

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Parents Do the Teaching

If parents are grown enough to have the kid,

shouldn’t they Be the responsiBle ones and

teach their kid? They should try to do it to

the best of their abilities. I mean I know kids

mess up a lot and sometimes they don’t care

what their parents say, but sometimes if you

lead by example it gives them the opportunity

to learn. Also, the parents need to have

control. they can’t let their kid walk all over

them. if they let them do that, they’ll go

through their life expecting to do that with

everyone. and that’s not okay. Then, they

should teach them right and wrong. Not all

kids are going to listen, but they should at

least know the difference between what they

should do and what they shouldn’t do. if they

don’t, the kid will never know what the

difference id and wont expect it when reality

hits them. The last thing a parent should

always do is love their kid. If they teach their

kid that they’ll love them no matter what, it

will not only give the kid an example but make

them understand and feel like they always

have someone there. Kids make mistakes. It’s part

of life. And if the parents get mad at them and

throw it back in their face saying it was

horrible of them to do that, it just makes the

kid angry and they’ll want to do it again.

They should be kind, and act like a friend

would do, but teach them how it was wrong.

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A Day in Court

“innocent until proven guilty.” this is what our court

system has us Believing. it’s not true. my name is holly

wright and i’m here to defend my client and prove that he

is innocent. There are too many facts on why he cannot be

guilty. there’s how the wound was created, the women

across the street, and the old man down stairs.

the Boy could have made the staB wound But it’s not

likely. The angle of it was facing downwards. The boy was

at least six inches shorter. If he were to actually stab his

father, he would have done it at an upward angle. My

client also had good knife skills, so he’d know which way

to hold the knife and stab him.

Next is the women across the street who gave her

testimony. She claimed that she saw the boy stabbing his

father. What makes it interesting though is she

contradicted herself. It was in the middle of the night and

she said she was trying to sleep. When she heard the noise

she looked over and saw the stabbing. But she also claimed

she wasn’t wearing the glasses. how could she Be 100% sure

that she saw him when she cant see good to begin with.

The last piece of evidence I would like to approach is the

old mans testimony. He claimed that he saw the boy

running down the stairs in a hurry to get out. The only

problem with the statement is he could barely walk. And he

used a cane. He had said that he ran to the door to see

what all the noise was. How could he have done that if he

could barely walk? He claimed it was fifteen seconds, but

when the jurors reenacted it they said it was to take him

about 45 seconds. Clearly he was lying. Even though some of

the facts from the Boy don’t make sense, you can’t ignore

the facts that were proven. you can’t convict him if there

is a reasonable doubt he’s not guilty. the law says“innocent

until proven guilty.’” the judge cannot ignore the fact

that both testimonies were incorrect and that the wound

is possible, but not likely. I leave here the facts of the case I

presented to you in hope that you will find my client

innocent. Thank you.

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Part 3- My emotional Rollercoaster

These writings consist have my feelings that day. Sometimes I just needed a

break to talk about something I was having trouble with. It has situations

about dramatic things. I go through these experiences every day, so here’s a

taste of what its like to see into my life. It’s usually bottled up, but when

opportunity strikes you have to take it.

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Hate is a Strong Word, but What About Love?

Every day you always here couples say “I love you.” and “I love you too

babe.” It’s either people talking or people writing it. People just throw

it around like it’s nothing. To me, it’s one of the most powerful words

you can use. They say hate is a strong word, but then they don’t even

bother to glance at love being just as strong. I find it incredibly stupid

how people can say they “love” someone on the first day they start

dating. I mean I’m not saying its impossible, but how would you know on

just the first day? I’m just talking about couples right now. I tell my

close friends I love them, but its different. I’d do almost anything in

the world for my friends. I think there’s a definition to the word. Just

in your own words. For me, it means I’d give my life for them and I’d do

anything possible for them too and never giving up on them. Even if I

tell people I love them, I make sure I’m not just saying it because. I

actually mean it. I get so angry at the people who only say it cause

that’s what the other wants to hear. How immature. When we were

little that was the time to throw it out there. We didn’t know what it

was. I for one probably said it too much then. Whenever I hear

someone say those words I turn to them and ask what they think love

is. Once they tell me, I ask if the definition applied to the person they

said it to. Usually there response is no. So why do they feel the need to

tell them a lie? I just don’t understand some of these things.

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Are you in or out?

I don’t see why people have to choose groups. Why cant they all

just get along? For me, I am not in a certain group. I hang out with

quite a few people. I guess because it makes them look cooler, but

I just really don’t understand it. The world would be in a better

place if everybody could just be nice to everyone and talk to everyone. I understand you want friends to have the same

interests, but just isolating yourself to one group doesn’t get you

anywhere. Out in the real world you’ll have to work with all kinds

of people. You cannot just have some little circle where you only

talk to them. It just doesn’t work. Some people choose to join

groups, but that doesn’t mean they’re only staying with them. Like

if you join a club. You hang out with them, but you also have your friends who aren’t in it. Other times I see why you would want to

choose to be in a group. Like gang members. People go there

because they’re either forced, they need to feel apart of

something, or its tradition. They think that by just staying with

other gang members that it will be all they ever need. But in

reality it doesn’t work like that. Gangs will say and do anything to

get you to do what they want you to. Young teens don’t realize

that. They just wanna be in a certain group cause they think its better. By getting to know and hang out with all kinds of people

helps you to understand what some situations are like. That’s why

I chose to be friends with everyone. It made school better

because I could talk to anyone around me.

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My One True Skill

My skill is standing up for people. I never let someone get by with

making fun of somebody. No matter who it is, or what is being said. I

don’t take any crap from anybody and I absolutely HATE bullying. More

than anything. I guess you can say it’s the best thing I am good at it.

Even other people notice that I don’t tolerate stuff. They say I am

mean, but that’s only if you make me mad by bullying. That’s when I

turn into a pretty hateful person. For me to be good at this I had to

learn not to care what others think about you. I had to put there

comments aside. I had to not care about them even if it made me get

made fun of for sticking up for them. If you do, you’ll always be two

faced. And if you get down to their level you will start doing the same

thing. Another thing I had to learn was don’t do it to show out. You

have to let it come from your heart. You don’t just wanna do it because

you want to show out. If you do it, it means you’re thinking about it. I

do it on natural instinct. I don’t even have to think about doing it

before I do. That comes in handy sometimes. The most important thing

I learned was to always remain in control. I cant even do that often.

I’m still learning obviously. You have to keep in control so you don’t blow

up. When you do that you say things you don’t mean. That’s been the

case in a lot of my situations. When you lose control that’s when the

person knows they have an advantage. And when you don’t have it, you

lose everything you intended to have. When it comes to someone

making fun of me, I just look at them and laugh. Laugh about how dumb

they look trying to act like they’re perfect. I just find it hilarious. I

don’t see why people would do it, but hey all the more power to them. I

don’t care what they have to say about me. Also another thing that’s

important, don’t let anyone stand in your way. If you plan on making

that change happen, don’t let someone change your mind on it. Do what

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you planned and stick to it. Taking it back will make it worse and it will

make the person get an even bigger head. These are the things that

went through my mind this year and how I developed it.

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Drama, Drama, Drama. Oh and Did I Mention

Drama!

I needed a break from absolutely everything. Almost everything

had been going wrong. Every day there was something new to fight

on. Literally every day. It got so annoying. I couldn’t believe how

many people were that immature. The fights were always about girls with girls, girls with boys, or guys with guys. Mostly it was all

drama and how they didn’t like what someone was doing. Of course.

It can’t just be normal in our school. It was just tiring hearing it

when you walk through the halls.

Another thing I needed a break from was all this dumb

homework. I hate homework. I never do it. And then I found out

about Benchmark. I have been studying the life out of me. I was ready to just not study or do homework for one night. I got tired

of feeling stressed that I had to get it done that night before it

was due. I got so irritated on me working my butt off for nothing.

I just needed time away.

The last thing I needed a break from was basketball. We’ve

worked so hard this year that I’m so tired in the afternoon with

all my muscles aching. Even though this feeling last about two

days, it was good to get away for two days. Of course I missed it. I had been doing it for years. I am just glad I got the chance to

have a little break. It felt fantastic.

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Thinking, or Lack of.

Whenever it comes to thinking, not many people do it. They don’t

care about how bad they hurt someone’s feelings on a daily basis.

If they were to know the damage they did, I wonder if they’d

change how they acted. Sometimes life doesn’t come easy for us.

What if waking up was bad enough to make someone’s day turn horrible? Would it change your mind on how bad you treated?

Everybody is trying to be a “Somebody.” Well let me tell you. Being

a somebody sucks. Like really bad. I hated it once I got to it. I

spent my whole seventh grade year becoming my worst nightmare.

So why do people think it’s so cool to be “in?” I just don’t get it.

It’s like a constant game to these people. They don’t care about

what they do or say. They never create things for themselves. They don’t have a mind of their own, or a backbone either. One

day I hope the world opens it’s eyes and see that God gave you

your own mind to use it and think. Not to play the copying game.

Not always copying gets you places in life. What happens if your

forced to do something on your own? With no help from previous

ideas. Would you be able to step up and take the opportunity? If

everyone would do just that, we’d be a step on the game we play

called life. If people would only open their eyes and mind… and learn to think for themselves. Maybe it would be this bad in our

world. Maybe it would be normal…

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You’re Past Doesn’t Make You

There will always be people who remember everything you do and never

let you forget it. It’s like they want to throw it back in your face so

you don’t move on. It’s not like I could forget even if I tried. I’m

reminded every day I wake up. I can never just one day where I forget

my past. It will follow me til the day I die. It scarred me for life sadly.

The people who still talk about it amaze me. I can see it in their eyes

that its what they think about whenever they look at me. I mean, how

could they forget? It just makes me uncomfortable though. The vacant

stares see right through me. Their eyes say “Why did she do that?”

That’s what makes me try harder and harder each and every day. I’ll

spend my whole life trying to fix up what I ruined. I used to be that

kid who never did anything wrong. Who judged people on what they did.

Then I got mixed up in the wrong crowd and made all the worst

possible mistakes. Then it was my turn to be the one who got judged. It

made me realize that nobody’s perfect and everyone deserves a do-

over. It took me a long time to forgive myself. I didn’t know at the

time when I changed that I would turn into my worst nightmare. I

changed after that. I became the good kid I was, but better. I never

judged, I forgave easier, and I never did the same mistakes again. I

swore to myself that I wouldn’t go back. Never in a million years. I

know people think that somewhere inside me that I haven’t changed.

But you know, I think I have. I don’t feel the way I used to. Every day

I’m wanting to prove all the people wrong. Wanting to show them what

I’ve become. They judge me like they know what I went through. I’m

not saying it as an excuse, but they weren’t there. They don’t know

what it was like to be me. I’m the only one who will ever know. As if

they don’t know, I hear what they say. I heard all the horrible things

they said. It’s hard not to turn around and say anything back. I wish I

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could just blow up on them and give them what they deserve. But I

won’t. To me, it would be like giving them all I’ve worked hard for this

year. It made me mad. How dare someone put themselves in position to

judge me? They aren’t perfect either. Someday, I will change what

they say. Even if it takes my whole life. I’m ready for it. I wish though

that they’d just grow up. The people whom I least expected to do it

were the ones who did it most. My teammates. Sometimes when it gets

me down, I have a feeling deep inside where I hope something horrible

happens to them. Then I think about what I have gone through. I could

never wish that on a person. It would be wrong and it would be like

wishing it on myself. I don’t think your past should make you. I think it

only builds you up. It prepares you. I just wish other people would

realize it. Maybe one day they will…