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Look down.

You’re resting your hands on it right now.

A giant array of buttons, each carefully labeled with a specific symbol

Your keyboard.

Do you ever really think about how well it works?

So many buttons being pushed so quickly

and yet it never makes mistakes

The square plastic keys are strong enough to resist the most intense typist,

yet the buttons press down as easily as a boot in powdery snow

All this can describe a simple keyboard, but many people push them beyond.

Some choose to raise the soft singing of its clicks and clacks to the volume of rain on a metal roof

Some choose to replace the default black keys with colors that resonate with them

Some even choose for their keyboard to glow like alien technology

And yet they are often left underappreciated and dusty

Look down.

Your keyboard is waiting.

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Dear 16 year old,

At any point in your life you could lose somebody important to you. I just want to let you know that yes it can hurt. Losing somebody is devastating and can really take a toll on you but sometimes you have to learn to move on and to support those around you as much as you can. You may have dark days in your life but it's ok, everybody goes through them and just know that you are not alone, there will always be somebody around to help you. You’re going to meet people or run into people that you know who are going through a tough time in their life and it's important for you to be there for them and to support them in any way you can, talk to them, spend time with them and make them feel better. You’ll begin to learn more about the world as you grow up, and you’ll learn that the world can be very unforgiving at times, but eventually you’ll learn to get up and push on and even change the world.

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This dog seems to be a guardian of sorts. Despite his young age, Prancer shows traits of loyalty and devotion, but only to women. It seems as if he thinks of himself as a guard dog. His breed tells a lot into his personality. He about sums up the term “Chihuahua syndrome” (aka when little dogs think they are bigger than they actually are). Most dogs only act like this toward other dogs but Prancer seems to feel this way toward anyone and everyone except women.

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This dog seems to be a guardian of sorts. Despite his young age, Prancer shows traits of loyalty and devotion, but only to women. It seems as if he thinks of himself as a guard dog. His breed tells a lot into his personality. He about sums up the term “Chihuahua syndrome” (aka when little dogs think they are bigger than they actually are). Most dogs only act like this toward other dogs but Prancer seems to feel this way toward anyone and everyone except women.

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A Reflection: “How to Age Gracefully”, a five minute long video that reflects on almost a century of life lessons. My biggest takeaway was to be strong minded in the sense that you should never listen to other people when it comes to making your own decisions. I noticed that the young kids had great advice and I wonder if they actually take their own advice. While watching the video I reflected on how the oldest people were once very young and I imagined how the young people will one day be old. I also paid close attention to the level of maturity in the responses as the ages went on. The responses became more serious at 20 years of age. Before then and after 50, the responses became lighter and about more casual subjects. It appears to be important to make smart choices and think about your future ahead of time, enough to keep yourself happy all your life.

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Rough Draft for "How To Age Gracefully" 

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I loved how brutally honest everyone was. No one sugar- coated their advice. It was so refreshing to watch and listen to. I noticed how the fonts change for each individual's handwriting. There were a lot of the same themes in the messages even though each was unique. Everyone knew their values and were unapologetically themselves. There was a mix of light-hearted comments and others full of regret, however they all learned and grew from their experiences. I feel like the video creators did well compiling a wide rage of people from all different walks of life. I appreciate how the participants really did age gracefully, as the advice gradually became more mature and meaningful. This video was inspiring to me because it reaffirming a lot of the same life lesson I have grown up with. This is making me completed to created my own journal entry for my 14 year old self from a 16 year old point of view.

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Ode to Bees

1 Fluffy, soft, yet sharp like a sword,

2 Small, frail, yet with the persistence of a mother, defending her child,

3 her hive of a thousand species,

4 Bees are the soft-spoken warriors of the animal kingdom.

5 Guardians of the brood,

6 Knights of life,

7 Living in a kingdom of sweetness,

8 Defending predator and prey alike.

9 Bees do not discriminate as we do;

10 They do not fear as we do;

11 Their only concerns are that of the hive.

12 As their own walls grow and flourish,

13 so does the rest of the world.

14 A phalanx of venom

15 with shields of tin,

16 guarding everything we depend on.

17 Suffering through mile-long journeys,

18 day by day;

19 Is it worth it to attack the very ones nurturing us?

20 The ones keeping us alive,

21 our hive intact,

22 through turmoil and grief?
23 Carbon cannot stay away from oxygen,

24 We cannot stay away from bees.

25 A guardian we need,

26 but don’t treat with the same sweetness they produce.

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After watching the video, one can gain the information that when you look back on your life, you may have some regrets, but you will remember the joyful and happy memories, not the horrible ones. Any rejection, failure, or disappointment will only make you work harder and will help shape who you are. While you are young, go on adventures, do the activity that you are scared of but you want to do it anyway, eat the extra cookie, because when you reflect on your life, you will remember those moments. Don't focus on what people think or how they view you, their opinions don’t matter, the only opinion that matters is your own. Do what makes your soul shine and makes you the happiest. Make your life something you have dreamed of and live it with no regrets.

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Spiders

You are little, eight-legged things that do so much but are still casted aside

Spiders

You can be beautiful or ugly or big or small but always underestimated

Spiders

People run away when they see you, not knowing the true you

Spiders

Always building webs where we don’t want them, but secretly helping us out

Spiders

Always wrongfully killed when you were trying to help

Forgotten like dirt on the road when you are not near

But when you are close, you are made out to be as scary as the devil

Catching bugs to keep us safe

Just to be misunderstood and underappreciated

People get squeamish when they think about you

Because they do not care to learn about you

Spiders

Lonely and misjudged but you still do so much.

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Learning is such an important thing. A quote that has stuck to me is “No one can change but they can grow” and it is so true. Whenever I think back even a couple of months I always think how much I've learned. It can be something small like starting to recycle or it can be something big like learning something really cool about myself. You're always going to worry when you're in a weird situation. Whenever I take a test I get super stressed out and worry myself way too much, but now looking back I'm fine and that test did not hurt me. Don't get me wrong I'm not saying to just give up and not try, what I am saying is to just take a couple of deep breaths and relax. Everything's meant to happen for a reason.
-Angelique Martinez

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Not only did Joseph Herscher start to build Rube Goldberg machines at the age of five, he also continues to build them professionally. Exaggerated, intense, massive: he builds these machines to complete many simple tasks such as turning a page in a book, going down several slides to fall into his bed, and watering a plant. Rube Goldberg machines take a lot of trial and error but with a lot of time, effort, and hard work, you can make amazing and creative machines.

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Rough Draft on "How to age gracefully" video

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As we are young, we often think to ourselves thoughts that any average child could think of, such as: What is Mom going to make me for dinner? When is my babysitter going to leave? I want to get a puppy. When we become teenagers, our thoughts begin to grow and become more grown up. We think to ourselves: Should I ask her out? What am I going to do for college? Is this really enough makeup? Oh my gosh I forgot to study! As we grow older and older, we become more competent of ourselves, and I notice we tell ourselves and others what not to do. Adults live with regret throughout their life, and I think that plays a factor in how we as children are treated. They tell their children to not do this or to not do that because they only want to prevent them from making the same mistakes they once have gotten into. However, as they become elders, they understand to let those children do what they want to do, knowing that they would have done the same.

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Rough Draft on "How to age gracefully"  video

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This video is about how an 8 year old is giving a 7 year old advise and and it goes from seven year old to 12 year old and then a 16 year and as the ages progress the advise that they give the younger person becomes more wiser and for the last one a ninety three year old he says “dear ninety one year old don't listen to other peoples advice Nobody knows what the hell they're doing”. The one age that impacted me really hard was the ninety one year old giving the eighty eight year old advice and she said ``dear eightyeight year old cultivate younger friends otherwise yours will all die off”. That advice from the ninety one year old was very impactful towards me because just knowing that all friends will die and it will just be me if I don't make any friends that are younger is sad.

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Rough Draft on the "How to age gracefully" video

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Rough Draft on the "How to age gracefully" video

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This video is able to show the growth of the mind. I noticed some growth when the 18 year olds talked about their advice.  There were many different kinds of advice and I think that each one holds tremendous value. The one that I find most important to me is this one “Stay weird”. I also  noticed that each person has different values.

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What really stood out to me in Prancer’s story is that she didn’t try to hide the truth. At first, I thought that she was being harsh, and didn’t love Prance for the way he was. I soon realized that she had to tell everyone how it was so he could get the right home for him and his unique personality. Some foster parents lie about the animal’s age and personality so that more people would be interested, but that's just wrong. You want to tell the buyers how it is so that even if it takes longer, you will be able to find the family who will be able to meet the animal’s needs. If you lie and they end up not being able to take care of the dog, it may end up back on the streets which would be devastating. This is why you need to clearly state what to expect with this dog and the type of family that would work best for it. For example,if my family was looking for a dog and stumbled across Prancer, we would realize he isn’t the best fit for us after reading his story. This is because I have a brother, dad, dog, and little cousins. The family who adopted him was a nice lesbian couple who fit all of Prancer’s needs. If this foster mom wasn’t bold with Prancer’s story, he would never stumble upon this family who was perfect for him. In conclusion, even though the truth may hurt, it is usually for the better. he would never stumble upon this family who was perfect for him. In conclusion, even though the truth may hurt, it is usually for the better. he would never stumble upon this family who was perfect for him. In conclusion, even though the truth may hurt, it is usually for the better.

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Rough Draft on "How to age gracefully" video

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Age.

A number.

A number that describes the length you’ve lived.

People who have higher digits have lived through many more experiences.

Which means they have more advice on what to do and what not to do.

But.

Do they really know everything?

The rights and the wrongs?

Most likely not.

But it doesn’t mean they can’t help in certain situations.

The more old they are, the more they know about the world, and the more advice they contain.

But.

Not only do we have different lives, but we also have different ways of experiencing this life.

So everyone’s advice will be different, but it may be about the same topic.

The important thing is to share your advice with others if they’re struggling or need some information to make a situation better.

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As we grow older, and our faces start to wrinkle, one thing that can keep you connected to your younger self remains; your mind. The mind is a beautiful thing. Years of data and information all stored in a brain that's smaller than a watermelon. In my opinion, when the mind goes, so does the reason to live on. Think about it, as morbid as it may sound, what reason is there to keep going if there is nothing to think about?

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Rough draft  on Prancer the dog:

Prancer is a protective dog, he is protective women from the men  because he hates them than women. Although he has never been in a presence of a child, he is always a kind protective dog. Prancer came from a rough side of living before he got adopted he first got adopted by an elderly woman who treated him like a human and never socialized with him, his previous name was sprinkles before it was Prancer his first week he was was too terrified to have a personality. Them he saw a connection with a lesbian woman and as soon as she was the connection she immediately adopted him and both loved eachother, Prancer was so happy to be away from his past trauma and finally live a restful life

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Rough draft on the "How to age gracefully" video

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It was very intriguing hearing the pieces of advice throughout the ages. As they got older, the advice became a lot more meaningful since the participants seemed to be speaking from experience. It also makes you realize how much things change as you get older because the advice from the kids would be completely irrelevant to people just a few years older than them. The participants seemed to also grow more serious as they progressed; however, some of the older people seemed to take the prompt in a more light-hearted way. This makes me wonder what the mentality is of someone who is nearing the end of their life. Are they happy with their lives?

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Rough Draft on the Consent Continuum Picture

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Rough Draft on the Consent Continuum Picture

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Consent is vital and since it’s been shone a light on, I start to realize how many things people do one daily that may be non-consensual and may make someone uncomfortable. You never know what someones going through or what they’ve gone through which is why it’s important to be respectful and think before you act even if it’s a small thing. Personally, I love hugs, I love them so much but it’s vague and I’m human, sometimes I don’t want to be touched or I don’t want a certain person to hug me. Those are two completely different feelings which is why you should never assume one for someone and if you do it’s best to assume the second one and just not touch them. You don’t know the damage you could do with what that could possibly bring up for someone.