Dear Self

Maysel Sweeten
1234 Sesame Street
Lorain, Ohio 44055
May 31, 2013

Maysel Sweeten

1234 Sesame Street
Lorain, Ohio 44055


Dear Self,

         Well, it will be two years till you read this, and I am sure in two years nothing will be the same. You're a Senior now, congratulations. You made it! Right now, things are going down hill. School is pretty much over, but yet I still do not feel like I am finished yet. Remember to keep your head on straight and worry about your education. Bad "events" will happen, but you need to just keep your head up high. You can succeed whatever you put your mind to.

         If you have questions about things that occur, go back to school, get more knowledge. Do whatever makes you happy. Want to know what is on the other side of that mountain? Do not go around it. Go through the struggle and climb to the top. You may have to climb many mountains, but it does not matter, just as long as you meet your goals.

       People may bring you down, just get back up, smile, and tell them to have a nice day. Do not let anyone stop you from what you want to know or do. But I will warn you, somethings you would want to know may not always be what you wanted to hear. Ask questions that you will know will not hurt you. Knowledge can be a killer, so you need to be careful. Still have friends and hangout with the family. Never let the wanting of knowing more keep you away from your loved ones. Enjoy life! Peace out girl scout! :)

                                                                                                 Love,
                                                                                                   Maysel

Forgiveness

It is not easy to forgive someone. Forgiveness is very hard to do. Trying to find why I should and why I should not forgive them. But then I think of what is the best thing to do. Whether I agree with myself or not. If I really care about someone I will forgive them. Even though the pain they have caused was injuring my feelings I know that it will be more painful to lose them. To forgive and forget they say. It will take all the stress away. But yet I still have those thoughts and feelings. Forgiveness as has to be earned not just given. Forgiveness is hard to do. Decisions need to be made carefully . Or may the decision may not be wise.

What Love and Companionship Mean to Me

If there was not companionship or love in the world it would feel lonely. Love is an important part of the human experience because without love, people would feel unwanted and sick of life. Love makes people feel wanted. Love makes people happy with life, happy that someone cares for them. Companionship is important because when someone needs to talk there will always be a companion who will talk and let them lean on their shoulders. 

Rejection

Responsibility :o

If my friend and I were hanging out and the friend decided to talk me into go to a party. So we go to the party and there is drugs and alcohol and my friend goes and has some. And later the police is called because of the noise. When the police come they realize there is drugs and alcohol at the party with people who are under the age. After the police call my parents, my parents blame it on me when I was my friend, in this situation it would be my fault because I went to the party with them. If I did not go the party it would have been my friends fault instead.

My 10th Project

In 10th grade, I was assigned a project . The project was to make a poster about myself. We had to say 5 facts about ourselves, 5 favorite things, someone famous we would have dinner with and what would it be, and 5 things you would tell your 10year old self. The hardest part of the project had to be cutting the papers out. I kept cutting the papers wrong and making mistakes writing on the papers. It took longer than it needed to be and than I expected to be. Once I cut everything out, everything else was easy. The time and effort really paid off. I feel like I could have done a little better but other than that, I thought it was a great project!

I think over the ages people traveled in many different ways, and those ways helped find some places we live today. Before cars, airplanes, and trains, people had to travel by foot, horse and buggy, wagons, and ships. They didn't have the technology we have today to travel as fast as we did. Traveling by foot took longer than wagons but not as fast as cars and airplanes are. When people wanted to travel to Africa from Europe the fastest way was by ships. But that took longer than it does today.
People devote their lives to exploring for many reasons. They could be curious about what is in the world and would like to get their questions answered. There could be a reward for finding something so they would want the reward and maybe even get their name in a book. People would want to be famous for finding something.
They make many sacrifices when they explore. They make the sacrifice to leave their love ones to go exploring the unknown. They sacrifice their lives going on the dangerous sea to find something they are not even sure they are going to find. They have a lot of courage to explore the unknown .

Truth Vs. Lie

If I am in a bad situation and I have the choice to either tell the person the truth or tell them a lie I would tell the person the truth. I may not tell the person the truth at first or I might not tell them at all. I usually will tell them when the time is right. It may hurt the person if I do not tell them at first and they may not want to talk to me again, but if I feel it is a bad time then I will hold it in and wait for a good time to tell them. But if I keep it to my self it could help the person especially if they are going through a hard time and it would be too much bad things at once.

My High School Experience

      Since 9th grade I learned many subjects I am bad in, need help with, and that I am good at. I plan on making my experience in high school easy as I can make it. In high school, I have some academic struggles, accomplishments, and aspirations.

      My struggles in high school are studying, procastinating, and taking test. I have difficulties studying because i am not sure what to study, how long I should study, and just how to study.  I do not like to do things until the last minute I always say I will do it later but never do. When it comes to tests, I completely forget what I just looked over and "studied". Even though I have some struggles, I have made some accomplishments too.
      My academic accomplishments made me believe that I will be able to graduate. I always do my homework which helps my grades a little. My freshman year I did not fail even though it was a tough year. I have a 2.8 GPA and my GPA helps me work harder and since I was higher than a 2.5 GPA and got 2.8 GPA that let me stay in Early College! I have struggles accomplishments, and I have aspirations.
       My aspirations are to graduate Early College passing, to have better studying skills, and to have a GPA of 3.0 or 3.5. When I gradute Early College, it would make me realize that even though some times are hard, but I can still get through it. Once I have better studying skills I will be able to study and pass tests and if I pass tests I will be able to raise my GPA hopefully. With all my struggles, accomplishments and aspirations, I think I can make it through highschool.
       I hope I can make it through Early College.  I am going to work on my struggles and hopefully over come them. The more struggles I over come I would have more accomplishments. And I will always have some aspirations. With all these academic struggles, accomplishments, and aspiration I think I should be good in high school and in life.

Cyber Bullying is a Big No No!

Why do I think people bully online? I think people bully online because they do not feel good about themselves and feel that being online is where they take their depression and sadness out on other people. I think someone would be more likely to take a stand in real life against bullying because people can be all talk online, but people in real life could actually do something about bullying. If I witnessed someone bullying then I would walk up to them and tell them to stop. No one should ever be bullied. Bullying is mean, stupid, and uncalled for. People should not be bullied and made fun of for who they are.
                                       

Do Not Take My Stuff!

What right do people have to claim things that do not belong to them? Does it make it right to take those things away? People do not have any right to take things that do not belong to them. It is rude to take things away if people take is not theirs. It should not be allowed to take something that is not yours. I personally think that it should be a law and that people should be able to ask to be able to take something that is not theirs. I believe it does not matter how "powerful" somebody is, taking somebody's things without permission is wrong! 

How to Save a Life

Why do people risk their own lives to save others and why do some people look out for themselves first? Well, I think people save other peoples' lives and risk their own because they think it is the right action to do and it is a good deed. It could make the person feel better about themselves knowing that they saved a person's life when they could have lost theirs while doing it. I think some people look out for themselves first because they are selfish and want to make sure that they are okay and not care if other people are dying or injured. Or that they are too cowardly to risk their life, where they would like to help save people, but again are a little selfish and don't want to risk their life being taking if they do help.

I Would Spend My Day With Paul McCartney!

If I could spend a day with anyone, I would spend the day with Paul McCartney, the bass player / singer for the Beatles. During our time together I would ask if Paul could teach me how to play a guitar or bass and maybe even write a song together. After that I would see if we could go to London and visit Liverpool and walk across Abbey Road with two other people just like the Beatles did and take a picture. Paul would be bare foot in the picture just like he is in the Abbey Road picture. After that I would ask Paul if I could meet his daughter Mary and try to see if I could go to one of his concerts with VIP access! Then, once the long day has almost came to an end we go back to my house and have Paul McCartney sign all my Beatle items! It would be amazing if I would be able to spend a day with the amazing Paul McCartney! ❤

My Christmas Break ♥

On my Christmas Break, I went to Jacob's house for Christmas. Jacob and I watched The Christmas Story, opened up presents that we got each other and presents his mother and sister got me. I made Jacob a scrap book of our pictures and some items that I gave him. Jacob gave me a necklace that was made and Italy. His mother got me some socks and his sister got me the small octopus, Pearl, from Finding Nemo. After we opened presents we waited for Jacob's mother to finish the food, then we ate an amazing Christmas dinner. And that was one of the best days I had over Christmas Break!