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This following story is about the time I moved to Rye, NH. See, My mom works at a nursing home, and she met this guy named John. They got married, so John is my step dad, and when ever someone asks John how he met my mom, he says “I met her at a nursing home.” Any way, here’s the story.

I can’t really remember when I moved in with John. I know it was some time ago. But I remember my room was nothing more than a window, a spider plant, and a cot for a bed. There was also an oar in the corner. When I moved there, I also met Bradley, John’s Grandson. I haven’t seen him for a while, because his dad doesn’t want to drive half way for John to pick him up, ‘cause see, he lives pretty far away. But, back to the story. I remember I still used to go to my old school, which was heaven compared to my current school. Ohhh, I miss that school! I miss all the righteous friends I had too! But, now I’m at Rye Junior High, with ridiculous home work assignments, that I don’t even see as applicable, and John always freaks out when I fail to tell him info! And don’t even get me started on some of the people here! I mean really! But I live here, and nothing more.

The rock cycle all begins with the magma found, of course, in volcanoes. the magma can either go through crystallization into igneous rock, or it can go through consolidation into, again, igneous rock. Then, the igneous rock can either go through strait to metamorphism, or it can go through uplift and exposure into weathering, or erosion, making it sediment. After weathering, it then goes into transportation to the nearest river, then to deposition, meaning it is brought up or down the river to a lake, or body of water, and it goes to the bottom of the lake. It then goes into lithiflcation, or cementation, meaning the sediment at the bottom of the lake is compacted, or squished down. Then, it transforms into sedimentary rocks, which can either go through uplift and exposure again, or go into metamorphism, meaning it slides down because of ground under the water moving, and becomes metamorphic rock, which, again, can go through uplift and exposure and start the cycle again from weathering. It then is slided more, so much it gets close to the volcano, so it melts and becomes magma, and the cycle starts over again.

The Earth has a very unique orbit. It is an oval with the bottom near the sun. There are four main points in the Earth's orbit, causing the seasons.

WINTER: Winter is when either the northern or southern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun. Say it's winter in the northern hemisphere. This means that the south is having summer. The water in the south is evaporated and it then goes into clouds and some of the clouds go north. Since it's cold in the north, the evaporated water freezes into small hunks of crystallized ice. The ice hunks slowly,(or quickly, depending on wind), pile up, and, if wet enough, can be manipulated into structures. These ice hunks are known as snow.

SPRING: Spring is when the northern or southern hemisphere is right next to the sun. During this time there is an equinox. This means that the sun lines up with the equator, and there is as much day as there is night. Say that it is spring, again, in the northern hemisphere. The Earth is getting closer to the sun, Which makes the snow start to melt. The earth gets more light and warmth, and the melting snow loosens the soil, making it the prime time for plants to grow, and the sun also provides food for the plants. Summer, is coming.

SUMMER: By this point, The Earth is at the bottom of the oval shaped orbit, the part nearest to the sun. Now that the Earth is closer to the sun, things are getting warmer. The flowers have grown, the trees have their leaves, and school is out. The sun evaporates the water, and since it's not cold, it falls as water, or rain. And since there is a lot of sun in the summer, there is lots of rain.

FALL: Now, summer has ended. The flowers have died, the trees lost their leaves, and, tragically, school's back in. But all is not lost, for there are still festive things to do. Any way, the Earth is at the opposite side of where it was in spring. And, again, there is another Equinox. The Earth is leaving the sun, which makes things cold, which kills the plants. Soon, it will start snowing again. The Earth is about to go through the entire cycle, again.

SCIENCE; African animal poster: in science, we worked on African animal posters. My animal was an African pygmy hedgehog. I went to all kinds of web sites and books, I had to site every thing, and since I am not allowed to use the computer, (except only rarely), and my mom didn't want to "take extra trips to the library" I fell way behind. I ended up passing it in way late, which probably really hurt my prep-grade. But, I turned it in.

TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION: You may think tech-ed is for learning about computers. Well, it's actually wood shop, and my favorite class. Currently, the class is making African instruments called M'biras, or thumb pianos. So far, I have the base made, and all I need to do is add the thumb keys. We even got to burn in designs too!

LANGUAGE ARTS: In LA, as I like to call it, the class just finished working on our own African folk tales. Mine was about a cheetah named Chui, who find a jinni, wished for infinite wishes, wished for everything, got bored, and wished everything back.

MATH: In math, the class was assigned to make patterns, and find a rotation, reflection, and a translation (slide). I had all of them, and got a real good grade!

SOCIAL STUDIES: In this class we learned how to write checks, and fill out a passport application, and then went metaphorically to an assigned spot in Africa. I got Burkina Faso, and then I went to Niger.

ART: In art the class started to make African whistles, but we haven’t been working on them lately, though.

MUSIC: In music we are learning African drum patterns and have learned about African music and instruments.