Nicole+Zainea

I, personally, do not view myself as a writer. To me, a writer is a person that can let their thoughts flow easily and fluidly on paper or even through typing. I've done numerous writing prompts and I'm most often successful at it, although I still don't consider myself a good writer. I often get good grades with my writing but I still don't think it's my best. When I was younger, I loved writing. I would come home every day and go to my room and write short stories that I would then read at family gatherings. As you grow up, you come to realize that writing isn't always the fun, carefree hobby that you used to do. In my opinion, teachers make writing more serious than what it ought to be. They put tremendous amounts of pressure on students to "help" them excel, when in reality, it doesn't overwhelms the student, and puts them on the path to failure. I believe that writing should be fun and easy like it was when we were younger. Writing should be a hobby that you love or an activity that you do just because you want to. I don't think that a student, an adult, or a child should be forced to write about something that they aren't potentially interested in. If a teacher wants a student to excel in writing, they should let the student decide the subject about which they write.

=Brooklynn Who =

"Abuelito Who" Poem
Brooklynn who always eats pasta, soup, and salad and asks "Daddy, can I have some money?!" who is tall like the Empire State Building who is like a game of Truth or Dare whose cellphone is her life is caring, loving, and forgiving who tells people that they're "Idiots!" who tells Stella that she loves her every day whose favorite thing ever is her bed who used to work all day, every day is kind, honest, and hard-working doesn't take "no" for an answer is strong who likes to have lazy-days and shop <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">is calm, quiet, and reserved (sometimes) <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">who loves the color pink <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">is always wanting to go shopping <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">asking "Daddy, can I have some money?!" <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">who doesn't take no for an answer.