Quidley,+Carlie

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Dear ms. Justice,

You have taught me a lot about writing; such as Schaffer paragraphs, Introduction and conclusions to essays, and much much more. I generally think I'm doing good with my writing. I do write well but I do need to work on creativity. I need to work on making my essays more interesting.

What do I do well in writing? I think I do best at punctuation and spelling. Most the time I know how to spell the word I'm writing. I also seem to stay more on topic and put more creativity into my sentences. I also seem to think of what I'm going to write faster. I also describe what I'm writing about in more details. Writing has also gotten a lot easier for me, like I know what I'm doing more and I don't have to question myself as much. The way you explain things make me understand everything way better than I did before.

I also still have a lot of weaknesses in writing though. Such as sometimes I roll off task still, and every once in a while ill misspell a word or two. In the future I would like to also work on punctuation some more because I feel like I run my sentences on to much. I also feel like I use commas to much and make the sentence a run on. I can't really tell if I need a comma or a period sometimes. Sometimes I also feel like my grammar is not a strong as is should be. I feel like I use baby words, when I should be using bigger words. You've helped me a lot but these are just some things I think we should work on together in the future.

You have helped me a lot like I said, but I also think we should work on a few things as a class. These are just some of the things I need work on that I could think of. But I feel that my writings have gotten better and stronger. There is just a few things that could use some polishing.

This i beleive
Do you believe in love? I do, just because not everyone finds it their soul mate they still have love. Everyone has love, they give love and receive love. Love conquers all, if it didn’t the world would be crazy. Everyone would fight all the time, everyone would be alone. Love comes from a lot of people; such as parents, friends and soul mates. When people get married they aren’t getting married for no reason, its because they love each other and want to spend the rest of their life's with each other.

Love is such a powerful, beautiful, and unexplainable thing to witness and feel. Love can also be ruined though. Some people that love each other fight a lot, some more than others. Fighting with the one you love can get old and annoying, so people get divorces, families get broken up, best friends become enemies, and parents and daughters split up. But if you love someone enough the fights shouldn’t effect the relationship, unless it gets physical or to far. Never give up on love cause you regret it. Even if you don’t love someone don’t down them and hurt them with words. Words can hurt, kill them with kindness.

The one thing you have to remember about love is not to treat someone you love a way you wouldn’t want them to treat you, because before you know it you could loose the one you love and never get another chance. Maybe you’ll be lucky and get another chance, if not everything happens for a reason. If it happens, you will get a lesson to be nicer to the ones you love.

Basically I believe in love; It hurts, its beautiful, then its great again. Before you jump into love you have to realize there is gonna be bumps along the way, but push through through them cause you can make it work. You'll always have friends and family that love you and will also be there for you through thick and thin. The ones that love you will be your shoulder to cry on during any of the rough times.

I believe in love because if you think about it the world revolves around love. If no one had love the would wouldn’t be the same; no one would get along, everyone would fight all the time, and generations would stop. Love creates people, if there wast love the world would die down to a slim number of humans. Everyone’s soul mate should be there best friend, their love, and their life. And once you find the one don’t throw it away, cherish it because not everyone is lucky enough to find theirs.

Negative Effects of Drunk Driving
Dear M.A.D.D, There are many negative effects of drinking and driving. These negative effects are things such as death/injuries, prison, and repercussion. So before you drink and drive think about your decision. Are you gonna end up regretting this decision, are you gonna end up with consequences. Will you end up in prison from one stupid decision? Every year the biggest negative effect that occurs from drunk driving is death. There were 17,448 drunken driving deaths in 2001. So 17,448 people died from one persons stupid decision. Many people have lost loved ones due to too many drinks behind. One day A little girl named Melanie Powell went for a walk with friends and never came back, her life was taken by a repeat drunk driver. Melanie planned on having fun with her friends till a terrible lost happened due to s drunk drivers bad decision. Due to one persons mistake, another person lost their life. Before you get behind that will after a drink, think about a persons life you might be carrying in your hands. Drinking and driving also has consequences, such as prison. The most effective way to deal with drunk drivers is to arrest them. Sending drunk drivers to prison shows them it is not a joke, its very serious. When the drunk drivers looses their license for 30 days or ends up in jail for a couple years for killing someone they realize that drinking and driving is a very serious issue. My uncles have gotten many DWI's and had to spend the night in jail. They finally ended up learning their lesson, if you are caught by the cops for drinking and driving you are put in jail until you sober up. After you sober up in jail you are released but you better make smart decisions because you still have to go to court and see what the judge decides for your punishment. Its better to stay where your at when your drinking than staying the night in jail. Drinking and driving has many repercussions, or effects, that can put your life on hold and make it harder to get a job or if you have a job get to work. My sister got her license taken for 30 days for underage drinking and driving. Repercussions are basically punishments and scince she drank and drove she got her license take for 30 days. She didn't have a way to get to work so she lost her job, then this was stuck on her records so she had trouble getting a new job. Basically you have to take responsibility for your actions, because you will be punished for them either way. If you are drinking and driving and you accidentally kill someone you will have to carry around the grief or guilt. Feeling guilt for killing or harming someone and holding it in can make you loose your mind. Carrying guilt is not good for any human, it is very unhealthy. So think before you act, maybe you wont have to live with the regret. The negative effects of drinking are really negative, so think before you get behind the wheel after a drink. You could end up killing someone and end up in prison for a while. Or you could end up getting your license taken for an amount of time. Think before you get behind the wheel after too many drinks. Many negative things can happen from one decision you make.

Stereotyping
Have you ever been stereotyped or seen someone being stereotyped? I have and I didn't like hearing it. Stereotyping is being bias towards a group of people. Basically judging someone by their cover. Stereotyping can be very hurtful. Like the stereotype that all blacks are poor, it can really offend someone. Not all black people are poor and not all white people are rich. There are some black people who have more money than some white people. Judging anyone can be hurtful and its wrong. One day it could come back to you and you regret it, so be careful what you do and say. Whatever you say about one person could somehow happen to you. You could call someone poor and end up loosing your job. Karma is always finding someone to show them how it feels. Do you want someone stereotyping about you? I don't think you do, so treat others the way you want to be treated. Like a lot of people think that all rednecks are racist. Not all rednecks are racist, some of them of course might be. But just because someone is a redneck doesn't mean that the are racist. Some people aren't what you think they are, and you judging them can really hurt their feelings. Many high school students kill themselves due to bullying and stereotypes. So think before you act. Put yourself in some peoples shoes, would you like to be judged by the way you look or your skin color? I don't think you would, it can be very hurtful and depressing. If your black would you want everyone to assume your poor just because of your skin color. Or if you Chinese would you want people to think that you eat cat just because of your skin color? I don't think you would. Treat others the way you want to be treat. If you wouldn't wanna get judged by your skin color why would you judge someone else about theirs? So before you judge people, think to yourself would I want someone to say this about me? If you think what your about to say about someone is gonna hurt them why say it? Why not give them a compliment, turn the stereotypes into positive things. Such as all black people are gorgeous. Or all Chinese people are good cooks and all rednecks are loving people.