Yeah, there should be homework!

Homework? Really? Well, yeah there should be homework. I don't think that it really matters whether kids like it or not, it's important. I have three of many reasons why there should be homework. First, it teaches responsibility. Second, it doesn't take much time, and third, it teaches time management. Therefore, there should be homework definitely should be homework.

Homework teaches responsibility, a very important skill in life. Responsibility is something you need to learn, and you don't only need it in school. It shows that if kids aren't very responsible bad things like bad grades could happen. Accountability is one of the main factors that teaches maturity. Homework teaches you that lesson, and if that lesson is important homework is too.

Homework only takes two minutes of your life. Kids have hours worth of plans, but two minutes wouldn't hurt it. People always say they're busy after school, but it usually has to do with friends and kids could always cancel things like that. I think that school should come before friends. Homework only takes a little amount of time.

Time management, another important lesson, is another thing homework teaches. If kids always hang out with friends they will not have enough time to do homework, and if you learn time management it helps you make time for happiness. Time management is important. 

There should be homework, because it teaches important lessons in your life. It teaches responsibility, it doesn't take much time, and it teaches time management. There are way more reasons why there should be homework, but these are just a few. Homework is important, and I think kids should have it.

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5 Paragraph Essay

Kristine, the best Excalibur there ever was!

When I grow up I think I'd make a great Excalibur! I've always enjoyed being The legendary holy sword while dancing with my own hat and cane!!!!! My favorite thing to do is yell at the people saying," FOOLS WHAT FOOLS YOU ARE!!!" I even have some experience with professional singers and dancers. Oh, and seahorses. (They help me transform). I'm really good at dancing, I'm great at transforming, and I'm good at singing, therefor, I will be the best Excalibur there ever was!

Dancing has always come natural to me. There was that time when i was training with professional dancers around the world. I'm always dancing and singing. Whenever I have my 5 hour story telling parties I always want to dance non-stop for hours and hours. Being able to dance is the first step to being an Excalibur.

Transforming is another thing I really enjoy. It's so exciting to transform. When I'm transforming I feel awesome and great! I am to transforming, what Beethoven is to music. Being able to transform for the rest of my life would be the greatest thing in the whole entire world!

I gained a lot of experience at American Idol. I learned a lot about singing. For example I can sing any note no matter how high or low. The time I spent at American Idol is sure to give me an advantage when it comes to becoming an Excalibur.

The three most important ingredients required in order to become a successful Excalibur are knowing how to dance, sing, and transform, and I've got them all! I want to be the best Excalibur. I'm never so happy as when I'm in the midst of singing and dancing. It's like when Excalibur said, "Dancing, singing, and transforming are what i live for!" When I dance sing and transform, I feel so happy and alive, and that's why I'll be the best Excalibur there ever was!

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Book Review: Leaving Protection

Leaving Protection by Will Hobbs, is about a boy named Robbie who left Port Protection to fish on a troller on the outside waters. Robbie is a boy who lives with  his family in Port Protection, but he wanted to earn extra money by leaving to work as a deckhand on a troller. He met Tor, the owner of the Storm Petrel, a boat that Robbie wanted to work on. Tor decided to let him on and they were working right away early in the morning every single day. Robbie learned a lot of Russian history from the Russian plaques Tor had, and they went out to look for another and found it. Tor and robbie were drifting and they ended up in Lituya Bay where an earthquake happened causing a huge wave about 1,700 ft. up. They were expecting huge storms, but it was twenty two years overdue. Robbie and Tor had a lot of bad luck, and the storm happened while they were directly inside the bay. Fighting the storm, Tor got swept overboard nowhere to be seen again, but Robbie survived the storm and made it to the harbor. In the end Robbie met Grace, Tor's daughter, and they exchanged boats with their family, ready to fish on the outside waters.

One of the main themes is to never give up when a mistake is made. An example of how this theme is shown is when Robbie was going to leave the Storm Petrel and go home. I'm sure a lot of people have experienced that, even I did. Personally, I thought it was pretty ridiculous, because he's come pretty far, and that's what he wanted to do. 

I would recommend this book to other seventh graders because this is a book for people who don't like reading. This is that kind of book, because it made me, a person who doesn't read, want to read books. I thought it was almost impossible to make me read books again, but ever since I read this book it was really hard for me to even put it down. People who hate reading but have considered it should read this book, because it would definitely make them want to read more.

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Perfect Paragraph Practice

No, I've never seen a shooting star. I want to though. I bet it would've been cool to see a shooting star. I hope to see one someday. I really want to see comets and other things fly across the sky, but I want to see a shooting star the most. So I really want to see a shooting star.


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