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A Leap of Faith The Risk of a Young Boy “There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range of risk of comfortable inaction.” ~ John F. Kennedy Trying to fit in can make you do crazy things; in the short story, Through... Continue reading
Posted May 26, 2019 at Clark
Happy Mother’s Day Oh my dear mother please enjoy this day your love has been the guiding force for me We’ve been through things that would leave astray but you have cleared my eyes for me to see that even though one day you will be gone that I’ll survive... Continue reading
Posted May 20, 2019 at Clark
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Money and Work Common sense is common but not everybody has it. In the chapter “Money and Work”, Thoreau explains that although money can buy things, money isn’t everything.Thoreau explores that life is too precious to spend working. You will only get things done in life, if you put action... Continue reading
Posted Apr 30, 2019 at Clark
Just listen To the echos bouncing from wall to wall The vibrations beneath your feet Only to be ignored by the bigger picture Letting go of the stress and anxiety of life While focusing on every stitch of the net beneath the rim The connection between the man and the... Continue reading
Posted Apr 30, 2019 at Clark
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The Little Things Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies ~Mother Teresa I sit quietly following the blue mark on the wing of a hummingbird with my eye. The other eye catching onto the dirt left on the foot of a hungry squirrel.... Continue reading
Posted Apr 18, 2019 at Clark
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Keeping It Blunt The Wonders of Thoreau Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify. ~ Henry David Thoreau Honesty isn’t always the best policy. In the chapter “Economy”, in the book Walden, Henry David Thoreau writes about many aspects of life that aren’t uncalled agreed on in the... Continue reading
Posted Apr 12, 2019 at Clark
Keeping it Blunt The Wonders of Thoreau Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify. ~ Henry David Thoreau Honesty isn’t always the best policy. In the book Walden, Henry David Thoreau writes about many aspects of life that aren’t uncalled agreed on in the modern world. This piece... Continue reading
Posted Apr 12, 2019 at Clark
Keeping it Blunt The Wonders of Thoreau Honesty isn’t always the best policy. In the book Walden, Henry David Thoreau writes about many aspects of life that aren’t uncalled agreed on in the modern world. This piece showed me that the privileges that I have in my life should not... Continue reading
Posted Apr 12, 2019 at Clark
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Necessities Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessities ~ Benjamin Franklin When you have the words 21st century and teenagers in the same sentence, there is an endless amount of things that any kid would say are are on that list. But... Continue reading
Posted Apr 8, 2019 at Clark
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The Thoughts of a Cycle Summer: Bubbles flying up Endless blasting music The humid air of a backyard barbecue Waves rushing in Sand seeping in my swim trunks Too much showering in July Never knowing when The hard work will be ruined Of my castle of sand Graduation day Off... Continue reading
Posted Apr 6, 2019 at Clark
Introduction to Thoreau So supposedly we’re supposed to write an essay just like this guy we learned about. He lived in Concord Massachusetts for his whole life and is supposed to be some legend in the literature community. We’re reading the first part of Walden called Economy. I mean, for... Continue reading
Posted Apr 2, 2019 at Clark
I Mistook You AliJah Clark For just another one of those snotty Little kids Who thinks his brattiness will get him his way Without getting to know you I was trying to befriend you While dodging your pain left and right Instead of riding the elevator of your friendship And... Continue reading
Posted Mar 29, 2019 at Clark
I Mistook You AliJah Clark For just another one of those snotty Little kids Who thinks his brattiness will get him his way Without getting to know you I was trying to befriend you While dodging your pain left and right Instead of riding the elevator of your friendship And... Continue reading
Posted Mar 27, 2019 at Clark
Posted Feb 21, 2019 at Clark
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AliJah Clark When Fitz told me to choose a W.W. Fenn piece, he told me that it had to be the most powerful thing you ever memorize. He told us that when you’re on your death bed on your last moments, the words of your WW Fenn speech should just... Continue reading
Posted Feb 11, 2019 at Clark
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9th Grade Experiences AliJah Clark Toward the cusp of my eighth grade year, once I had fathomed I’d be staying for ninth grade, I wasn’t the most cognizant person as to what was to come. Although the previous boisterous ninth graders told me about the amusements of being a senior,... Continue reading
Posted Feb 6, 2019 at Clark
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New Experiences AliJah Clark “The whaling voyage was welcome; the great flood-gates of the wonder-world swung open, and in the wild conceits that swayed me to my purpose, two and two there floated into my inmost soul, endless procession of the whale, and, mid most of them all, one grand... Continue reading
Posted Jan 25, 2019 at Clark
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Purpose AliJah Clark As years come and go, one of the main purposes of life is happiness. But happiness can come in so many different ways and forms that we don’t always know if it’s the right way. If I had to choose whether to be happy and ignorant, or... Continue reading
Posted Jan 6, 2019 at Clark
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A Wales Christmas The Imagaination of a Child AliJah Clark The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination. ~Albert Einstein Every Christmas, Dylan Thomas and his friends get their puffer fish hooded coats and explore their neighborhood to the highest extent. The stories that were told and the... Continue reading
Posted Dec 14, 2018 at Clark
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Power of Tradition Traditions of A Generation AliJah Clark “Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.” ~ Unknown Stories come and go, but tradition is forever. Growing up, I was accustomed to regular and familiar practices. But it took me a while... Continue reading
Posted Dec 14, 2018 at Clark
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Distractions AliJah Clark “Work is hard. Distractions are plentiful. And time is short.” Adam Hochschild Sometimes we do things in life that we think we need, but only hurts us in the long run. That is exactly what Fortnite does to so many of our young scholars these days. Wake... Continue reading
Posted Nov 27, 2018 at Clark
Wow Oscar, I didn´t know this about you. I can clearly see how thankful you are of you doctor. This was a great paragraph and I can´t wait to read your next one.
Toggle Commented Nov 27, 2018 on What I am Thankful For at Patton
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The Meaning AliJah Clark As the years come and go With family sitting around the dinner table Only with the fourteen years I’ve been alive It is clear to see that one Thanksgiving Will never be the same as the last. Friendships will be long outgrown, Family bonds will fall... Continue reading
Posted Nov 21, 2018 at Clark
Thanks for the tip, I just fixed it. Is that what you meant?
Toggle Commented Nov 11, 2018 on Power of Hardship at Clark
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Heartbreakers AliJah Clark Hardships often prepare ordinary people, for an extraordinary destiny. - C.S. Lewis Hardships are just tests, waiting to be passed. That’s exactly what I realized when I didn’t get in to any of the schools I applied to. When I was in 8th grade, I planned on... Continue reading
Posted Nov 10, 2018 at Clark