Turkey Day.

The tradition of Thanksgiving in my family is something I really look forward to. When everybody gets together at my Grandpa's house and we wait for food to be cooked while we watch the parade and the game. We can finally leave the front door open because the weather is so much cooler. It's finally fall. The best part of Thanksgiving, to me, is the leftovers. Sure, the feast is great, but the days after Thanksgiving when you have all that turkey, that's awesome. Sandwiches made from leftover turkey are the best, let me tell you. I absolutely love them. So yeah, that's what I look forward to every year: leftovers.

Mason Augustus Wheeler

Tails.

I was absent again yesterday. I'm always absent. If school didn't suck for me so much I would probably come every day. I have 14 absences in my second hour (which is my first hour), and I have 16 or 17 absences in my seventh hour. That's a lot. I've had more, but this is definitely too much. Especially since I'm a senior and this year doesn't suck as bad as other years. I need to start coming every day. I try my best, but it's really easy to just stay home because school is so frickin' stupid. I'll keep trying though. The good thing is that I have pretty good grades in my classes, all Bs. So, if somebody wanted to drop me, they really have no other reason than my absences. Which is probably all they need. Oh well. I'm sure I'll be fine.

Mason Augustus Wheeler

Seating.

I really hate this new seating chart. It separated me from all of my friends and now I have to sit next to people that I don't even know. I don't understand why every class had to get new seats. Is there a reason? Will we ever switch back? I hope so, because having to sit in these seats for the rest of the year would be the worst thing ever.

Mason Augustus Wheeler

Letter Experience.

I really enjoyed writing the letter to my teachers. Being able to speak my mind about all of the amazingly awesome things my teachers do was a great experience. I love my teachers and I'm glad that I got to write something that expresses the way that I feel about them. I hope that when they read it they feel good about themselves and their technique, because they should. I hope that they realize how much I admire them and how grateful I am to be taught by them.

Mason Augustus Wheeler

Dear Teachers,.

Dear Teachers,

I love the way you teach me and I don't think there is a single thing wrong with it. You all have your own way of going about teaching, and all of them are well thought out and amazingly effective strategies. You challenge me in so many different ways and, though I don't always do my work, or come to school for that matter, I still think that you are excellent at what you do. Everytime I go to your classes I am excited to learn and I'm excited to participate and do the assignments that you give us. Whether it's playing games, writing essays, having a class discussion or just telling us to figure it our ourselves, they all are wonderful ways to help us learn. I am glad that I have such great teachers to help guide me through my senior year of high school.

Thank you so much,
Mason Augustus Wheeler

What I Like About Me.

There are not many things that I like about myself. I annoy myself a lot. I wish I was a certain way and I'm not. Though I can find some things that stick out about myself that are nice, and I wouldn't change them for anything. I like the way I look, for the most part. I mean, once you get past the fat and acne, I'm a pretty decent looking guy. I like my personality, though it doesn't always shine through when I would like it to. I like the things that I do and the environment that surrounds me even if it's not the best. I can find a few things about myself that I think are great, and I am happy about that because a few is way better than nothing.

Mason Augustus Wheeler

Mr. Robinson.

One of the major points of Ken Robinson's talk was the way that we are teaching kids today, and they way that the education system is set up. We group kids together by their age, rather than by their learning levels. Slower students end up following behind when they are lumped together with students who don't need extra help and can learn on their own. If we placed students together by their ability to learn, instead of how old they are, the education system would be much better.

Mason Augustus Wheeler