Poems and Physicists

I haven't written anything lately, so I am long overdue on very important things. Like Elephants. And Penguins. Just joking, that's not what I'm going to talk about... Apparently, they have nothing to do with the title, so I can't talk about it...
In English class, we read a Emily Dickenson poem, which was nice, but that's not what I want to talk about. Of course, we had to get homework, and we needed to right poem that had to do with nature with a pattern of syllables. And I wrote one.

The Sea

By: Adina Hershberg

The sea is just a wonderful thing,

it can be calm and relaxed,

the happiness the sea can bring!

Te can also be very enraged,

it thrashed and pounds while it's in rage

when it's angry, it's very badly mannered.

However, it's vast and long and blue.

I can just sit and watch the waves,

it's beautiful-ness and soul-ness is true.

What do you thing, and tell me the truth - I can handle it! It also has a rythem for the syllables (pretty much):

9

7

9

10

9

9

9

8

9

Yea, I did it!

On to the physics part... Last week, in my gifted class, 2 physicists from the University of Tel-Aviv came to speak to my class. One spoke about the physics in the eye, with awesome experiments and the other spoke about Plasma, which had experiments, a slide show and was even awesome-r! It was so cool and I learned soooooooooo much!

Did you know that most of the universe is made out of Plasma? Did you know that the sun is made out of Plasma (not gas, like when I was told in 4th grade)? Did you know the Plasma is when the particles fall apart?

I left, actually feeling smarter!

Happy purim and the night I saw him return

So, harry potter lovers - what's suspicious about this sentence??? I'll give you a hint - "The night I saw him return" - where is that from? The person who comes up with the right answer will win an awesome prize!

Anyway, HAPPY PURIM! What was your costume? What was the best costume you saw? What was the best Mishlo'ach manot that you saw??? I could tell you the best Mishlo'ach manot there was - my friend dressed up as a chef and gave french fries (cookies cut into the french fry shape) and a hamburger (also made out of brownies, gummy stuff, cookie and more)! BEAT THAT!

So, I am reading The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. How did that happen? Good question...
Phase 1: Mommy borrowing it from her friend.
Phase 2: Mommy putting it on the coffee table.
Phase 3: Adina being bored looking for a book to read.
Phase 4: Adina finding it and - BAM! - I'm half way through the book.
Did you guys read it? My mother says it is "Hot, hot, hot in America right now", and I have a lot to say about it. I still have more to read, so I am going to write about it only when I finish. Please await for the best book review of the century!

Did I mention I'm drunk?? Just joking, I literally had 2 tiny sips of wine.

Cheating

Hi!
Good morning! I am staying home a little late this morning because I had a horrible night's sleep. I have a question for all of you guys, and please comment/email me what you think, because I'm really interested in what you have to say.
Was there cheating on tests when you were a kid? Did you cheat? In my elementary school, there was no such thing as cheating on tests. To be compared, at my school right now there is cheating. I personally saw girls doing it. I talked to girls who were from different elementary schools, and they said that cheating did happen. The teacher brought it up a couple of weeks ago, and I was shocked. Completely shocked. I had no idea that it really was true, that kids cheat on tests! The teacher said that she knows who's been cheating in her lessons, on other teacher's lessons, and it is approximately 7 girls that cheat regularly. She asked from those girls to write her a letter saying that they are aware of what they did wrong, and what they are going to do about it. Last week, the teacher brought it up again saying the just one girl gave her a letter, and she is waiting for the rest. After the teacher said that, she asked what the class thinks about cheating and how she reacts to it. A girl named Sara (made-up name) raised her hand and said that cheating is totally wrong, but it's human and real. She also said that cheating has nothing to do with the relationship between the girls, or the trust between the girls in our class. I raised my hand, and said that, true, cheating is one of those bad things in life and it is human but that doesn't make anything better. It is still something that is not allowed and should not happen. I also disagreed with her about what she said about the relationship, that it is harder to trust that girl who cheats. Of course I wouldn't give the girl who cheats the silent treatment, but I wouldn't trust her with a secret.
What do you think?? If you saw a friend cheating in a test, would you tell teacher, and why??
So.................. Good night!

Spring is knocking on our door!

I went outside to do some errands with Abba about half an hour ago, and it was so warm! Isn't it supposed to be winter??? On my school bus, on the way to Jerusalem, I see all these colorful flowers and it makes me smile! Speaking of flowers... Have you read the poem 'Daffodils' by William Wordsworth?? Here it is (please read it as if I am reading it dramatically):

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced, but they
Out-did the sparkling leaves in glee;
A poet could not be but gay,
In such a jocund company!
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils. 

So, what do you think? I really like it. We had homework to find a poem about nature, and since I really like this poem, I brought it and read it to the class with feelin'. 

Good Shabbos!