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 Back to Homepages for Writing. __Homework Assignment Question__: Q-Now that you have witnessed history, what are your thoughts?

I have many thoughts about our new president. Obama wasn't who I really wanted to become president but after hearing most of his Inauguration speech, I am kind of interested to see how things turn out and how he changes things. I am very excited that we have finally gotten our first black president into office, but I'm not sure if he is going to handle our country and the issues that are going on in our country the right way or the way that the people want. All that I can say is that I am curious to see what is going to happen. 

Alissa, I couldn't agree with you more. Obama wasn't my first choice for president either, but after hearing his I think he'll do a good job. I'm curios to see what he ends up doing too! Great job!  __Holiday Happiness__ (first draft) Snowflakes decsend from the morning sky Covering the ground with a blanket of glistening snow Thoughts of gifts and presents galore pander through the minds of the children What they got for Christmas is what they wish to know As curious as they are they wander downstairs to see A multitude of presents that lay below a tree that glows They each grasped their stocking to see what lay within To see a deck of cards, a ball, and a whistle you can blow The children jumped with happiness and smiles filled with glee Because they each got for Christmas what they had hoped You see, they know that Christmas is not about the presents you get But the thought that lay below the bow of the carefully wrapped gift you recieve 
 * Gabby* 

This next poem is the poem that I am entering in the contest. I hope you like it. __ A Christmas Eve to Remember __ I lay in my bed on the night of Christmas Eve Curious to see what St. Nicholas would leave. I imagined countless gifts and presents galore But what I’d get for Christmas, I was not sure. In the middle of that night, the thought was eating me alive. I just had to see what he left me when he arrived. I snuck out of my bed and down to the first floor And into the family room to see what I had seen before, A beautifully decorated tree with zilch below. Why it was vacant, I just did not know. At that moment, a brown cloth sack plummeted down to my fireplace. Followed by a stout man with a red velvet suit and plump but shiny red face. I sat in the background filled with shock and surprise while the man in my house was still in sight Because I identified Old St. Nick to be the man in my house that very night.

At least ten minutes later, once there were gifts under the tree and the cookies had almost vanished, He turned around to see me sitting there looking especially astonished. Without a word, he heaved his sack up the chimney and climbed out with it. He boarded his sleigh and hollered all his reindeer’s names including Comet. As he rode off into the night not the least bit slow I heard him bellow, “HO, HO, HO!”

I crept back up to my room as quiet as I could possibly be

Because I knew that my Christmas was going to be grand, I was filled with great glee.

I could tell that this fortunate night in December,

Was surely a Christmas Eve to remember.

As I lay in bed not making one little peep

I quickly fell fast asleep.

**__Mary Had a Big Fat Zit __**

Mary had a big fat zit Big fat zit. Big fat zit. Day and night. Day and night.

Mary had a big fat zit And puss spewed out of it. She tried to pop it day and night.

Day and night. Day and night.

She tried to pop it day and night

And finally she did. She had a mask of big red spots. Big red spots. Big red spots. She had a mask of big red spots And very greasy skin.

__Memorial Middle School__

__M__agnificent memories are in the making.

__E__ducation that prepares us for the hectic world to come.

__M__inds are exercised everyday.

__O__utgoing teachers make my education exciting.

__R__ules are srtict but fair and reasonable.

__I__ntruiging topics and subjects are learned.

__A__uthentic smiles grow on students faces.

__L__aughable moments and wonderful memories make me realize how great this school is.