Free Write

I think that there should be more funding for Music programs in schools. Study's have proved that kids in music programs learn more then kids that aren't involved in music programs. The funding for music is being cut making the music programs go away. I think that music is an important part of a lot of kids lives and they should be introduced to bands and orchestras and have a chance to play. It's not fair to the kids that the music programs are cut. Even when the programs aren't cut there isn't enough funding. The schools can't afford instruments and music for the kids to play and read. I think that increasing the funding would fix these problems.

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Two February's ago, I waited outside with my friends to go to a concert for 8 hours. Not all of it was outside because the lady in charge let us stay inside for a majority of the time. It was extremely cold. There was snow all over the ground. It was defiantly worth it though. A year later we stood outside for the exact same spot for a little less time. It wasn't as cold that time. It was nice outside and there was no snow.

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One place I would like to go would be Ireland. I really like Ireland. The culture seems cool and I heard it was a really pretty place. There are a lot of things I would like to see in Ireland. I really want to go to Dublin. It just seems like a really cool place. I met a person from Ireland last year. He made it sound like an amazing place. It's defiantly number one on my bucket list.

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MNPS school system doesn't use money on the right things. Instead of replacing the door less bathroom stalls at our school they put in new TV's around the halls that nobody uses. Instead of getting heaters or air conditioning that works they redid the office and painted the walls. I think that the schools should focus on things that will help the school now things that aren't relevant. I think that they should allow the student to help chose what the school spends it's money on. There's a lot of things that need to be fixed at the school and spending money on putting new cabinets in the front office isn't going to effect the student or teachers.

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I have met some of my best friends online. It's kind of weird, because when you're little your taught not to talk to strangers online. I have met almost all of my best friends through twitter or Facebook. My four best friends and I met through a YouTuber.

I was on a street team on Face Book and I met one of my best friends sister.She was friends with a friend I had met at a concert. One day we were facetiming and she told me to look up a YouTuber named Matt Walden that her sister Sarah showed her. Through Matt I met Sarah, Breanne, Jordan, and Caitlyn. Jordan and Caitlyn live in East Tennessee. Breanne lives in Louisana. Sarah lives in Chicago. Although only Jordan and Caitlyn have met, we became best friends.

We formed a group called the Walden Girls and we spam for Matt. We're like his super fans. We became best friends through our group. We Skype all the time with Matt. We're practically inseparable even though we haven't met. We have even broken iMessage because we talked to much.

Media

The media has to much time on there hands. I don't understand why media such has TMZ would rather post about Jusitn Bieber peeing in a bucket 5 times then posting about things that are relevant to the world. Why would you spend so much time on things that don't really matter? I think that media like TMZ are just bullies.

They spend so much time tearing down people who are doing well. They judge every move that a celebertie makes. They can turn any positive thing into something negative. I saw an article where TMZ stated that Justin was trying to cover up his wrong doings by posting pictures of his brother and sister. In reality he was just spending time with his family and posting pictures on instagram like any normal 19 year old.

Freewrite Feedback, week 1

Catie, I've really enjoyed reading your first two freewrites! I can definitely see a theme emerging that I might want to assign an essay on. (Hint - it has to do with YouTube!) What you have so far is helping me identify strengths and weaknesses in your causal writing. Organization is a definite strength!

Keep them coming, and I'm sorry it took so long for me to get this feedback up. I'm still learning to use this Blogger app from my phone, but things should start to get smoother and smoother. Don't forget to practice vocab. The words may seem like odd ones to learn, but they are on every college entrance exam there is for some reason.