That is a side by side comparison of my latest and oldest post.

When I arrived in August, I expected a lot of homework, strict teachers, and everything was more difficult than 6th grade. I soon realized that I was right. The teachers weren’t super strict, but they had expectations.

By October, the year was already tough. At the end of the first grading period, I barely made it to one A. I also had a C or two. That was a sign that 7th grade was more difficult than 6th grade. The only classes I had an A in were not core classes.

Eventually I figured out that that school is going to gradually get harder over the year and through out my time in school. My grades are sitting at the B and C areas right now.

In 7th grade, I learned:

• How to speak some Spanish
• School is only going to get harder
• I have to get used to the hard work

As the year comes to a close, my grades are dropping even more, I am trying even harder, and I am wanting it to end faster. If I had to repeat 7th grade, I couldn’t do it.

“This is just to say”

I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox

and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast

Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold

This poem was by William Carlos Williams. I like this poem because each line is very short and it adds suspense for what it is going to say next. I also like the subject about eating the plums in the ice box that someone was saving. This is my favorite poem.