Marvin’s Marvelous Adventure – final
There once was a sheep named Marvin, he was a tricky sheep. Marvin loved impressing his friends with his stories, while they played in the field on the farm. Marvin often told stories of adventures that he never really went on.
One day Marvin told his friend Ducky the duck, “I saved a couple of baby bunnies from a mean fox.”
“Weren’t you scared of the fox?” said Ducky.
“Not at all. In fact, when I showed up, the fox got so scared he ran away with his tail between his legs.” Marvin said in a proud voice. This impressed Ducky very much.
“Wow, you are so brave!” said Ducky, “I wish I could have seen it!”
The next day, Marvin went up to Doinka the pig and said, “I jumped over that fence yesterday, in one leap.”
The very impressed Doinka then said, “Wow! That’s cool, but I like the mud under the fence much better.”
A sheep named Bahrret had heard what Marvin said and did not believe him. So, Bahrret walked up to them and said to Marvin with an evil smirk, “I do not think you can jump the fence. So show me that you can and jump over that fence, in one leap.”
Marvin got scared, because he had never jumped over any fence before and he did not know how to. Marvin didn’t want Doinka to think he was one of those chickens. So Marvin looked at the fence and took off running towards it.
As he got closer the fence looked higher and higher, but he kept going. He took one big leap . . . and “CRASH!”.
He was stuck on the fence.
He hung there so embarrassed as Bahrret laughed at him.
Doinka and Marvin’s other friends walked away disappointed.
And Marvin was alone.
But then Marvin’s mother came over and helped him off of the fence. She then said “The real friends are the ones that you don’t have to make up stories to keep.”
His mother held him tight and he was happy again.
The Adventures of Marvin
There once was a sheep named Marvin, he was a tricky sheep. Marvin loved impressing his friends with his stories, while they played in the field on the farm. Marvin often told stories of adventures that he never really went on.
One day Marvin told his friend Ducky the duck, “I saved a couple of baby bunnies from a mean fox.”
“Weren’t you scared of the fox?” said Ducky.
“Not at all. In fact, when I showed up, the fox got so scared he ran away with his tail between his legs.” Marvin said in a proud voice. This impressed Ducky very much.
“Wow, you are so brave!” said Ducky, “I wish I could have seen it!”
The next day, Marvin went up to Doinka the pig and said, “I jumped over that fence yesterday, in one leap.”
The very impressed Doinka then said, “Wow! That’s cool, but I like the mud under the fence much better.”
A sheep named Bahrret had heard what Marvin said and did not believe him. So, Bahrret walked up to them and said to Marvin with an evil smirk, “I do not think you can jump the fence. So show me that you can and jump over that fence, in one leap.”
Marvin got scared, because he had never jumped over any fence before and he did not know how to. Marvin didn’t want Doinka to think he was one of those chickens. So Marvin looked at the fence and took off running towards it.
As he got closer the fence looked higher and higher, but he kept going. He took one big leap . . . and “CRASH!”.
He was stuck on the fence.
He hung there so embarrassed as Bahrret laughed at him.
Doinka and Marvin’s other friends walked away disappointed.
And Marvin was alone.
LONIP
First time:
I walked into the studio, quiet, scared and not knowing what to expect. Not in the required practice clothes, I stuck out. I had never danced or been on a team before. Everyone knows everyone else; I’m the only one that no one knows. A big man walked up to me with the friendliest of smiles and said, “ Hi I’m Fernando, the coach. What’s your name sweetie?” I replied “Allyson.” I went and stretched by myself in the corner. We started off the practice with learning a dance, a popping dance. Fernando demonstrated counts one through 8. Then we did it again, I was having fun learning how to move my body certain ways. My dancing wasn’t the best, I couldn’t keep up with everyone and it took me a while to learn the right motions. I was too shy with my motions, they said. He would use the term of “top rocking” or “kip up” and I was lost. We were learning so fast I almost couldn’t keep up. My arms flailing around were less than ideal. Everyone was dancing together in time, but me. I went home that night and practiced, just practiced as hard as I could until I got it down. I was so behind, because I didn’t know the lingo or how to do any of the tricks or moves. To be honest, I looked bad.
Second year:
So I met this girl on my team named Katie, she seemed really nice and she was funny. Her dancing was awesome, far better than mine. I started talking to her; she knew her stuff about dancing and the team. I tried to talk to other people on the team, but only to be rejected and looked at funny. They were all in groups, I found it to be very catty and it was. I didn’t feel welcome by anyone but Katie and Fernando. It bothered me, but I didn’t let that stop me from coming to practice, because I love dancing. My dancing was getting better and I was picking things up quicker. I also had gotten a Kip up, which was a major accomplishment for me. People were starting to actually see me.
Third Year:
I am picking up the dances quite quickly and I now have a kip up and a jump back. I am starting to be seen as an actual part of the team. My dancing has significantly improved since I started: my motions are sharp, my tricks are on point and people are seeing me and talking to me. I have come such a long way and I finally have something in my life that I can brag about. My work ethic is constantly improving, I am constantly improving. I feel better about myself, I’m happy. I look great!
Blog Interests
Final Bio
Allyson Menefee, an aspiring forensic science technician, has a variety of interests. She enjoys competing with her Hip-Hop dance team. When not spastically flailing her arms on the dance floor, she is takes frequent trips to the refrigerator to satisfy her inner beast. In her spare time she is dedicated to her friends and family, while simultaneously juggling the nuisance that is school.
Blurb pt2
Lauren is living in a world where everyone, including her family, rejects and refuses to let her be herself. Constantly feeling she doesn’t fit in, she decides to take her forbidden lover Ashley and run away.
Words Do Hurt
The cliche goes like this: “sticks and stones will break my bones but words will never hurt me”. You all have heard it at least once in your life. These words are not true. . . Okay well the first part about the breaking bones with sticks and stones is true, but words will ALWAYS hurt. It doesn’t madder if you are joking about what you say or if you mean it. If you say something hurtful to someone, that person is now either questioning his/her self, believing it or trying to cope.
If you decide that you are better than someone, whether it be smarter, more attractive or”cooler”, you have put yourself above them. To think yourself above/better than someone has only made you arrogant. We are all arrogant sometimes and that’s only human. But when you are so arrogant that you feel the need to hurt or lower another person, that’s when you are a bully.
Everyone has been on both the giving and receiving end of hurtful words. When coming from a person close to you, those words stick with you. Most of the time the harsh words are coming from people you aren’t close to. People who are bullying others don’t usually know anything about their victims. Even if you don’t agree with their life style, their views or how they act, it doesn’t give you the right to bully. That person who is being verbally attacked could have something in their life that may explain the way they act. They could have a dieing or ill family member. They could have a disability, be in an abusive situation, struggling with self esteem and planning to run away or commit suicide. The point is that they could be going through anything and you wouldn’t know. Yet, you are going to choose to hurt them.
Next time remember: words hurt and the famous words of thumper:”if you don’t got nothin’ nice to say, don’t say nothin’ at all”
Blurb
Lauren is living in a world where everyone, including her family, rejects and refused to let her be herself. Constantly feeling she doesn’t fit in, she decides to take her forbidden lover Ashley and run away.
Dancers Are Athletes!
I don’t care if you twirl/spin on your toes, breakdance on your hands or interpret a song through your whole body. You are an athlete. I don’t care if you crump, plié or wave with your body. You are an athlete.
The definition of an athlete is: a person who is proficient in sports and other forms of physical exercise. This means that dancers are most definitely athletes. We dancers endure great pain with the bad injuries, the danger of tricks, the hard work in and out of practice and pressure to be the best.
Dancing requires learning, memory, coordination, strength and endurance. I am a dancer on an elite hiphop team that competes at worlds. I bust my butt to improve my skills. On my team we do scary tricks that would potentially fatal if they go wrong. We swing people around as well as throwing our bodies to the floor and springing back up. We push our bodies to the max and then go past the boundaries. There are not many people who can do the things that us dancers can do. When someone tells me I’m not an athlete I burn with a red fiery rage and make sure to put them in their place. Dancers don’t ever believe that you are not an athlete, because most people can do what you and I do.
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