Monthly Archives: January 2023

My Field Trip To The Museum Of Raleigh Natural Sciences

Posted on by
2

Thank you to Patti Donnelly for this picture. Here is the link to the museum https://naturalsciences.org

https://naturalsciences.org

 

On January 27th the sixth grade class at Durham Academy went to the Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh, North Carolina. The trip was a big eye opener to many ideas; one was the Race Exhibit. The Race Exhibit was a really interesting way for the museum to show what race is and how it affects my daily life. The physical exhibit was nothing too interesting because it was just posters but the awareness of how race affects everyone was mind blowing.

Another exhibit was with dinosaurs which was one of my favorites. They had dinosaurs that literally looked like the real things, they even had real life bones!  After looking through all of the exhibits we went outside of the building and ate lunch in our groups. Lunch was delicious but I was way too excited for what was coming next! 

So, after lunch, we went walking around the capitol building. The exterior of the building had a bunch of different statues which was really cool. The entrance even had a memorial to World War ll which is my favorite history topic. Unfortunately, after looking at all the statues it was time to go home, so we piled up onto the buses and drove back to Durham Academy. 

My Covid Story

Posted on by
2

The Day I Got My Dog

March 15, 2020

Sitting in a room in rural North Carolina, the world is shutting down. Me wanting to get a dog, my dad saying no, the world is shutting down. Dogs peeing, the world is shutting down. ACC tournament canceled, restaurants closing down, my family cloroxing down our vegetables, global shortage of masks. My only question was, why? Months later, my family went on a hike talking about the crazy things we were doing right now. For me, this lock down time was pretty awesome, I had my designated bubble of friends and family. Hanging out in the neighborhood hood for the whole day. Going on family walks to Franklin Street. Hanging out with our family friends every Saturday. 

Back To In Person School

6 feet!

Trinity School, sitting 8 feet apart, all windows open, using two rooms so that we can fit everyone. Special air ducts, why? Not ever seeing anyone’s face because of masks we had to wear, why? Me having a hint of hope that the virus is almost over, why? Me in the car coming home from the last day of school crying because it was the last time I was to be on that campus, my mom telling me school will be back to “normal” next year at my new school. And the hint of hope was just getting bigger! 

Almost Done, Not 

First day of school, Durham Academy! I was so excited to be at a new school that had more than one building! Hope getting bigger. Couple months later, why? Mom is getting stage 3 lung cancer. New type of Covid, really, you have to be here. Hope fades away, why? Rules get stricter. Like getting up and being pushed right back down. Of course, a couple months later masks go off for good, so we thought. Masks went back on then right back off. Bane  of my existence, not knowing what’s going on.  Why is all of this blowing back up again, I think we have had our fair share of you.

Resilience 

Keep on going, keep on going

What do I want for now? Well, to be honest, I really don’t know. Of course, I do not want to have to wear a mask just because of my mom. Of course, I don’t want to. Having to think if it’s stupid to go somewhere that I might get sick. But, to be honest I’ve accepted the fact that this might be the new normal. That it might just be safer to wear a mask in a place with lots of people. Of course it sucks, not saying anything against that but if something keeps me safe I’m doing it. 





The Way You Make Me Feel

Posted on by
Reply

                                                          Image From Sora

One book recently that I enjoy reading was The Way You Make Me Feel by Maurene Goo. I have really enjoyed reading this book because Mrs. Goo did an amazing job with having no boring points but still being able to explain the story very well.

For me The Way You Make Me Feel is more of a window because I am not in her situation; her situation is having divorced parents. Also, she is in high school whereas I’m in middle school. Finally, the last reason that this is more of a mirror is because she is working in a food truck but I’m not.

The Way You Make Me Feel is about a grumpy girl with no friends except for two boys who are bad influences. She made a poor choice  and ended up working for a food truck all summer with her arch nemesis. Eventually, Clare the grumpy girl and Rose the nemesis become friends and meet a boy who also works for someone. Clare starts to really like him and then they become a couple! All in all, I would definitely recommend this book because it is an amazing story that is interesting the entire time.