When I first arrived at the front of Westridge Middle School I was a little nervous for a new grade and a whole new experience. I knew it would be a very interesting year for me in seventh grade. We actually got to pick electives such as Animation and gaming where you get to design your own video games and learn how to code. I soon realized from previous seventh graders and experience that seventh grade was much like sixth grade but you have more homework and you have to do harder-more work. So that lifted a little weight off my shoulders because at first it felt like the work was on top of my shoulders.

By October, my life has changed and so has my school and homework schedule. I have to stay organized or else you fall behind and once your behind there ain’t no way you can get back up! Eventually I figured out that my teachers aren’t my enemies, they want me to better and they show that by helping me out whenever I need help on anything. In seventh grade, the most important things I took away from learning is time management, DONT GET BEHIND, if you have time in class at least start on your work

As the year draws to a close, I would like to see if I can convert my knowledge from seventh grade and use it as much as I can in eighth grade. If I had to take seventh grade again, I would take more time on my work, and try not to mess around as much and listen more often. My advice to incoming seventh graders is to work very hard at whatever you’re doing, and to always give as much effort as you can no matter what your doing. GIVE 110% ALWAYS!

A leader isn’t always the strongest, or fastest. A leader is someone who has the most perseverance, the biggest heart or the best commitment. A leader is someone who will keep someone going. They never let a bad a situation get to them.

For example, on a football team a leader is generally the quarterback. He makes sure we score the touchdowns. He is able to find ways to make their teammates better by passing them the ball. A good leader doesn’t care about his own personal achievements as much as winning. If you have a quarterback that cares about running it in all the time you won’t win.

Another leader is a commander of an army. They lead the army and make sure everything good. They help their troops train and understand what they have to do. When they have to fight the commander is there to help. He leads with determination to make sure everyone is okay and they win the battle.

“I tried on the farmer’s hat,
Didn’t fit…
A little too small — just a bit
Too floppy.
Couldn’t get used to it,
Took it off.
I tried on the dancer’s shoes,
A little too loose.
Not the kind you could use
for walkin’.
Didn’t feel right in ‘em,
Kicked ‘em off.

I tried on the summer sun,
Felt good.
Nice and warm — knew it would.
Tried the grass beneath bare feet,
Felt neat.
Finally, finally felt well dressed,
Nature’s clothes fit me best.”

Tryin’ On Clothes- by: Shel Silverstein

My favorite thing in the world when I was a kid was my blue blankly. My dad was in a band and his bandmates girlfriend hand knitted it for me and gave it to me for christmas. I never saw her again she had moved to Chicago. Funny thing is the bandmate even wrote a song about it called I hate Chicago but anyways. It went were I was. If I was out of town it was with me. If we took a trip with a long car ride I was in the back comforted by its soft silky clothe.

There was one time we took a trip to Galveston to see my grandparents on our way home I couldn’t find it we had looked everywhere and no sign. We accused my older brother of throwing it into the canal and he was grounded for three weeks but the day before his punishment was over a package came addressed to me. And to my surprise on the inside was blue blankly he had just gotten put into the wrong wash and ended up staying on accident. We all apologized to my brother and took him out to eat to the place of his choice… he chose this really weird seafood place! Blue blankly was so special to me I still have it now in a very safe place were its always with me.

Interesting people, great food, shops of every sort, roaming around Zilker Park and live music everywhere, what’s not too love about Austin? The answer is nothing

One reason why Austin is amazing is the music. If you go to any restaurant outdoors or you go downtown, local bands will be playing. Even my dad is in a local band. . Another reason to love Austin is the food trailers. You might be thinking. There are many music festivals. Austin City Limits music festival. ACL for short is 3 days long and has local food trailers and all genres of music playing concerts there.

people wouldnt think food that comes out of a trailer would be any good but it is very tasty. The food from the food trailers ranges from chicken to crepes, spicy to sweet and even beverages. Besides the food being tasty, it’s also reasonably priced! Who doesn’t like amazing food at a good price? I know I do

Almost every city has something to love about it but in our city what could you not love.

Why do I fail at everything? I asked myself. Wait, maybe I can learn from my failures!

To start, your failures can prepare your for any challenges throughout your life. A failure will prepare you for next time you do something. For example, I missed a hard shot in a basketball game which would have been clutch. I can’t believe that I would miss a shot that would have been a game changer. After Missing the shot I went to my next practice knowing that I should practice the same shot. But still, as person of my skill, I should have made the shot.

Furthermore, your failures help you succeed the next time you try something you failed at. Another example is, I was at my basketball practice and I missed a layup. A layup! How could I miss such an easy shot? When I missed that layup it made me realize that I should practice more by myself. If you practice it will help you for next time.

Any mistake may make you feel like you are bad at everything. If you keep pushing forward in life, you will succeed! I always tell my friends when they get down from messing up that practice makes perfect!

By Robert and Spencer

Martian Manhunter a very unknown super hero he is the councilmen of Justice League America. He is a Martian/Human he can go back and forth from them he is very unheard of I feel he should be much more used in the DC comics and movies he was not even put in the injustice gods among us video game they waited and put him in the DLC but they recently made a injustice gods among us Ultimate edition and had him in the game so I guess I will just have to deal with the fact that know one knows who he is and that he probily never be really known really well

I am from the fridge

I am from food from air

I am from small but awesome, a good feeling

I am from the road the climbing tree who’s long limbs I remember as if they were my own.

I’m from Christmas from eating big meals

From mom and dad

I’m from party’s and Christmas

And from couching

I’m from no and don’t

And All My Life

I’m from ACL

I’m from Austin and a 8th generation Texan

Hamburgers and Chicken

From “my Dad living in L.A.”

Pictures of Amy

From in my house were I’m happy.

Through the gates
On the turf
In the huddle
Across the opponent
Between the field goals
For the win
Within the red zone
Despite the score
Towards the end zone
Onto victory

By Robert and Spencer

Daripp3r. Aquaman. Digital image. Web Guy Unlimited. Pixel Perfect Gaming, n.d. Web. 28 Oct. 2013. .

Aquaman is one of my favorite superheroes but he is so left out. He’s never had a movie and barely any one knows who he is. But he’s so cool. He has a giant trident, can control all liquid, can summon any sort of sea creature and is king of Atlantis. I mean he’s the ruler of the forgotten world. That sounds pretty cool to me. Recently he was featured in a new video game called injustice. It’s a whole crazy story about the justice league. He is one of the top characters on the mobile version of the game. He was featured as a limited one time only character and was a gold card. So now I hope people actually know who he is so maybe he can get his own movie or at least a feature in a justice league movie.