English 101 Narrative Writes by McGowan, Kandace https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh Share excerpts from our narrative writes here. en-us 2020-10-05 21:55:18 UTC 2024-07-22 17:39:57 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f973.png Lucy Donald https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807375896 I slowly climbed the plastic steps to the diving board, imaging opera music lilting in the background like they have in dramatic movies. The board felt rough against my bare feet as I walked to the end. Then, curling my toes over the edge, I looked down, down, down, to the rippling, blue water far below. It shone and sparkled in the sunlight, like it was covered with diamonds. The tangy aroma of chlorine stung my nose.]]> 2020-10-06 16:20:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807375896 Greysen Mack mackgre000 https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807376024 2020-10-06 16:20:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807376024 Aaron Robinson https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807376156 I felt like my work was stolen from me, my name abolished off the page, covered by someone else’s. It felt like a crime. Like someone destroyed my happiness. who could have committed this atrocity, corrupting my exciting Friday afternoon? Like somebody simply had to take part in this transgression, so that they could play board games, but at the cost of their own wrongdoing. ]]> 2020-10-06 16:20:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807376156 Jackson van Pelt https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807376311 1. 
The evening sky stretched above us like an abstract watercolor, purple grey clouds blending with the burnished gold of the sun as it set over the distant bay. The air was crisp this time of day, the little midday heat vanishing as though it was never there, scurrying down the busy streets and into overgrown alleys. This was a good time of day. Yellow-orange spears of light pushing against the monochrome clouds, cold grey overhead and below, stretching into the sea, broken apart by sunsets and car lights and the warm glow of cafes. Above the city hovered an interesting in-between, a place of observance. A twilight world between sky and earth, perched precariously on top of the concrete tiers of a parking garage. 

2.
Landing a role is seeing the searchlight in the midst of the storm. The beam of a lighthouse when the world is set on bringing you down. It’s being told, “You’re good enough, you’re valuable, we care.” It’s being part of something so perfect and beautiful, so utterly magnificent as to become a reality vivid enough that for a moment, a night, a breath, you become something else. And sometimes, just sometimes, you find that lighthouse at the point in your life, in your hurricane of a life, exactly when you need it most.  I certainly did. ]]> 2020-10-06 16:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807376311 Owen Gilmore https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807377038 It was a dark and chilly morning. The frosty air bit my nose, my feet crumpled the grass beneath my hiking boots. The smell of fresh morning dew filled my nose as I looked around the group of 10 or so kids finally spotting Nick, I walked over to him.



]]> 2020-10-06 16:20:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807377038 Elliot Smith https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807377115 The house, atop a small hill, entered my vision in the same way that an old friend does. The upstairs windows glittered in the noontime sun, which also imbued in the crimson walls a sort of radiance. Both the rough concrete stairs and the asphalt driveway invited me up their surprisingly steep paths, overgrown with foliage. And then, hidden from the street, was the gently sloping backyard. The lush green carpet of the lawn still sparkled with the remnants of the morning dew. ]]> 2020-10-06 16:20:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807377115 Lexie Clark xx_lex_xx https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807378192 Aloha From Portland.docx
The music starts blasting. My brain shuts down completely, hitting the motions that were choreographed for me. We get to the first stunt, yelling our ques to dip, hit, or squeeze. I roll out of the stunt and do my choreography at the front of the floor. In front of all those people watching me. I was terrified. I could make out the faces of people on the front. I did my motions correctly, but only because of muscle memory. ]]> 2020-10-06 16:21:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807378192 Caroline Law https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807379841 In the early summer sun, the green of leaves surrounding us glowed as tiny rain droplets danced off them. The smell of both profusely humid air and the freshly cut hay from surrounding farms filled my nose, as I saw the small opening of the trail near the road .]]> 2020-10-06 16:21:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807379841 Jacob Sargent sargejac000 https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807380301 2020-10-06 16:21:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807380301 Ella Lincoln https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807380454 Looking back on that whole experience, I wouldn’t be where I am right now. I never felt so disappointed in myself, but I had to know what loss felt like because it comes with everything. I had to know what it felt like because I needed to push myself to become better and handle myself in that type of situation if it ever comes again. It was a big learning curve for me. Failure is just a part of life and that was my first taste of it. 

]]> 2020-10-06 16:21:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807380454 lucky S https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807381504 2020-10-06 16:21:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807381504 Elliot Goodin https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807381538 It fell in what felt like slow motion towards his hardwood floors and the noise it made when it shattered was louder than anything id heard at the time, then the screen flickered off. You would think that the new iPhone would not have shattered into a million pieces, and you’d be wrong, just because it landed on its corner. ]]> 2020-10-06 16:21:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807381538 Skye D https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807382684 My vision blurs, everything looks like it’s a reflection in clear water. I lower my music sheet and try to focus my eyes on one of the alphabet letters hung on the wall, but I can’t read what letter I am looking at. The singing around me becomes this overwhelming murmur. Suddenly I can hear my heart pounding in my ears. I see a bright indigo light, which it engulfs my vision, I close my eyes. An unknown feeling slips inside of me. It feels like clouds, like flowing water, like dew on a flower. Like rest. I search my mind and find a name for it. Tranquility. And then the music stops. A deep silence takes its place, one of which I cannot find the words to describe.]]> 2020-10-06 16:22:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807382684 Araya B https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807383166 The tongue of the Deming glacier sweeps down over the landscape, grumbling and cracking, forming crevasses that are at least hundreds of feet deep. Waterfalls pour down, all ending in the mighty Nooksack river, brown and sludgy, flowing for miles before it hits Bellingham bay. 

]]> 2020-10-06 16:22:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807383166 Tate C https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807383578 It was early fall, the most enchanting season of the year, the crisp fall air is just beginning to set in and nip at your nose, but it was not cold enough to be painful. Just enough of the fiery leaves had fallen to create a soft autumnal blanket that surrounded the tress but enough of them were still on the branches that you could appreciate the turning of the season. Bird song filled the air adding to the whistling of the soft morning wind blowing through the trees. In the distance, you could hear the caw of seagulls calling to their brethren and the faint sounds of people starting their days.]]> 2020-10-06 16:22:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807383578 Finn M https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807383584 2020-10-06 16:22:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807383584 https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807383759 2020-10-06 16:22:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807383759 Katy Woo wookat0002 https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807383888 I could hear the slight ringing in my ears. I passed by a few people that were chattering down the hall. It was familiar to me, like all the other times, like grey clouds, a black hole. Like all the possibilities that could ruin my life. I wanted to know what it was called. Fear. Nausea crept into my stomach, making my way into my brain, dizziness, was on the verge of surfacing. I’m not sure if I can make it. I walked in class anyway, and put on my fake smile, like everything was normal and okay, when it really wasn’t even close. ]]> 2020-10-06 16:22:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807383888 William Hula https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807386153 MEMORY RIGHT FINAL.docx

]]> 2020-10-06 16:22:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807386153 Karsyn Williams https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807388158 My friends and I were avoiding the inevitable. The dreadful, slow walk all the way back up to the top, we must take in order to endure the same thrill we’d just experienced moments before. ]]> 2020-10-06 16:23:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807388158 Greysen Mack mackgre000 https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807388392 I took in the moment you could say, every component of the experience clear and apparent. The setting sun just above of the backstop spreading lengthy shadows across the infield dirt, the sky as clear as possible, the air laced with dust, the smell of leather and big-league chew. The spring air was light and cool, the family members and friends of players covered in sweatshirts and blankets, the perfect temperature for baseball. The weather was about as close to perfection as possible. What an evening for baseball. ]]> 2020-10-06 16:23:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807388392 Levi Yoos https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807389930 It was a blistering, fall, day. The wind was howling, the trees were brushing up against each other as the orange leaves fell like falling snowflakes. Though the soon to be winter winds gusted and shook the landscape, the sun's rays peeked through the cracks in the sky, blemishing my red cheeks.]]> 2020-10-06 16:23:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807389930 estella hagin https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807391137 When I was in 4th grade I went to this camp and my counselor walked me into the cabin and I picked out a bunk. I have been waiting to go to this camp since I was in kindergarten. About 5 minutes after I got there in walks this girl did not know. I had never seen her at its sister camp before, so I went over to introduce myself; she was amazing. I thought she was so cool and super amazing and awesome. We became somewhat friends, and I tried to take every chance I got to hang out with her, but I didn't learn her name until the second last day at camp because I heard someone call her name. I was not very good at names; when I was younger her name was Lexie or at least that is what she wanted to be called. ]]> 2020-10-06 16:24:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807391137 Cameron https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807391288 2020-10-06 16:24:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807391288 lucky S https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807394137 2020-10-06 16:24:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807394137 https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807394575 2020-10-06 16:24:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807394575 Xenia C. https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807615900 It was like that time after time never changing, never shifting. Until the light happened. It was far very far from me at first. I moved towards the light. The feeling is like walking through molasses. The sense of moving forward one step the being dragged back ten was all I could feel as I moved on ever so slowly the light steadily drawing near.]]> 2020-10-06 17:12:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807615900 phillbla000 https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807631306 2020-10-06 17:15:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807631306 Sveta Shish... https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807650780 “Dad! Did you know that Mars has two moons? Phobos and Deimos!” I exclaimed happily. I am totally going to pass this presentation. The last step was to draw the planet since my drawing skills were like elephants’. The only think I could draw was a red circle. “Well, it’s not about the drawing, it’s about the presentation she is grading” I thought to myself, but I still felt like I could do better.]]> 2020-10-06 17:19:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807650780 Oliver Bennett https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807651396 As the light began to vanish, my straining eyes began to make out a slight blueish glow emanating from the roughly fifteen by fifteen foot circular pit at the center of the room, which was surrounded on all sides by metal railing, with cabling and piping running out of it and across the ballistic glass window like the tentacles of some bizarre, eldritch deity confined to that pit for one eon too long. ]]> 2020-10-06 17:19:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807651396 darrojay000 https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807651875 The early morning fog slowly creeping in and slight breeze in the air makes me shiver. The hard-concrete track below my feet, with rugged lines and uneven bumps. It was our school track, though it was not perfect, we were lucky enough to have a track to practice on, nonetheless.]]> 2020-10-06 17:19:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807651875 Robin.D dingrob000 https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807653074  
Rooftop affair 
When the temperature around the human increase, their body would start release water to contain body's temperature from increasing, namely sweat. But after sweating for half an hour, the last valve on containing temperature is invalid. This is probably the end of my life, I stared at the sky, desperately 
It was my fourth year in elementary school, the year 2015, July. Is been a long time since I step in the door that can only be open from inside. I’m now trapped on the rooftop with Cao, my friend. We thought it’s a perfect place to hide when playing Tag during lunch break, but who knows this door can only be open from the inside? There is no place to hide from this toxic sunlight in southern china at noon. All of my clothes are now soaked by my sweat......
]]> 2020-10-06 17:20:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807653074 John K https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807653229 The room was expansive, and every noise created a small echo, but it was quiet. Most of the noise was coming from the eight of us kids who were paraphrasing exclamations like, “Oh, this is so cool!” or “Woah, look at that!” We were quickly told to quiet down, however. When we did, we heard that the lone noise was coming from a woman speaking on the floor below us. We quietly crept down the gradual steps and peered over the railing. Below us was an orderly sea of upwards of two-hundred people, all in suits and formal clothing. Most of them were sitting in rows of pews that were configured in semicircles around a wooden podium, each one higher than the one in front of it. It looked like a miniature, 250-year-old gladiator stadium.]]> 2020-10-06 17:20:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807653229 The moment I stepped onto the ice, I felt like I just won a lottery, I felt like a fish free in the Ocean, it is my territory. The crisp sounds from my skate blades, and the booming sound from shooting, mixed with the giggling, what a splendid melody! gshao88 https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807653961 2020-10-06 17:20:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807653961 Don't forget your key chenyib000 https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807659272 Alright I guess I will try scream, and hopefully my grandma can hear me. And, nope, sadly she
doesn't have her hearing aid on. Great! I can smell the steak through the smell window. Asks me to come in and eat it. But I just can't get in! When you are hungry, and you smell something tasty. I can feel my drool coming out of my mouth. And yes, I am exaggerating. I can hear my grandma say, " Why is Yibing not home by this time?" Then, I think to myself. Please, please grandma! Come to the door and
check! Sadly, my grandma didn't.]]> 2020-10-06 17:21:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807659272 Bella Chen https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807659583 . I looked up quickly to see that the usual puffy, white, cotton ball looking clouds were slowly being replaced with thicker and much darker clouds, that were a similar color as the landline telephone back home.

]]> 2020-10-06 17:21:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807659583 Acing a stupidity test knappmer000 https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807661548 by Merideth Knapp]]> 2020-10-06 17:21:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807661548 Erin Lin https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807661589 Droplets of salted tears streamed down my face. Each move up the rock was an improvement, another step closer to the summit. Like climbing up a complicated ladder, I pulled and pushed myself up over every move. Each movement pieced together like a puzzle. Pain soared out of my fingers as they started dripping droplets of blood, leaving my mark on the handholds.]]> 2020-10-06 17:21:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807661589 Emmy Hart https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807661766 2020-10-06 17:22:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807661766 Zak Wood https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807663275 I take the shiftier from my dad. The car is in neutral, so I press the clutch in and shift into 1st. I press the gas and slowly let off the clutch and the car jerked forwards.
“It’s in 3rd gear.” My dad said.
“Oh.” I shift the car into neutral and start the car. Then I shift the car into 1st and rev up the engine. I slowly let off the clutch. The car slowly drives forward, speeding up as I press the accelerator even more. The engine screams as we drive down the dirt road. I shift into 2nd gear, and the car speeds up.

]]> 2020-10-06 17:22:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807663275 downinoa000 https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807665081 2020-10-06 17:22:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807665081 Lev C. She commanded the whole of first grade with a pair of sharp blue eyes, wrapped heavily in liquid eyeliner, and winged so strongly that she seemed from my angle, to be some other worldly personage, sent down by the angels themselves to punish and purify the misbehaving, or rebellious 7 year olds of this earth. These eyes were key, made huge by the excess makeup, they would twitch about the room. Leering down from never less than four inch heels, taking in every movement, every pencil scratch and coat adjustment, absorbed by those bulging icy orbs. When, inevitably some act of insurgency was committed, some note passed, or paper ball thrown in the direction of the waste basket, she would come screeching down from the sky’s, guns a blazing, immaculately manicured talons glinting in the weak fluorescent light, a blonde-haired angel of death swooping in from the heavens to wreak punishment onto the 4’4 sinners of Edmonds Elementary School. https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807666947 2020-10-06 17:23:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807666947 Noah Downing downinoa000 https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807667785  
I landed with a loud crunch, the spot I landed at was beautiful. It was caved in by cliffs too tall to climb, there was a log that stretched out into the lake. The water was incredible, I put my hand into the lake, ice cold. There was no sound except for the water lightly hitting the land. I felt isolated, alone, and it wasn’t just a feeling, I actually was stranded.

]]> 2020-10-06 17:23:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807667785 MJ Kaiser https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807668267 I was walking on the surface of the sun. With each step I took, I felt my flip flops almost sizzling as they stepped from one searing rock to another. My pale, bare shoulders burning and blistering from the vicious rays of light. As the earth was a frying pan and I was the bacon, popping and crackling and dancing as it crisps over the fiery flame.]]> 2020-10-06 17:23:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807668267 Start over? by Ayesha Ilyas https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807689780 I look at my brothers’ unimpressed faces as one of them fake smiled at me. My sister was already done with everything and ready to go. My dad handed me the cold glass of milk. I wrapped my fingers around the cold outer surface of the glass. I gulped down the tasteless glass of milk. I do not know but all Pakistani parents think that a tasteless glass of milk is good for us. Trust me I now do not like milk just because of those unbearable milk glasses. My morning started with a loss of appetite. Tension filling the air like a smoke bomb as my mom said, “let go”. 

]]> 2020-10-06 17:27:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/807689780 Gunnar Lund gunnarlund05 https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/910174595 The rain slowly dripped down the side of the car window. The yellow-orange light coming from outside was artificial, that of streetlights. We passed buildings taller than mountains that almost seemed to be glowing in the darkness of the night. 4 A.M is a strange time. Too early to be tired. Too late to be awake. The early morning fog was thick in front of us, but the headlights of the van pierced through the abyss. The air outside was cold. Puffs of visible, hot air were pushed out as I took a breath. Our minds ran wildly though one main thought dominated our collective conscience; are we prepared? I threw that thought to the back of my mind like a piece of dirty laundry and closed my eyes. Drifting in and out of sleep as I waited until we arrived at the gym.

]]> 2020-11-10 19:16:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/910174595 Jax's Groovy Adventures In San Francisco https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/910178071 My uncle aunt and mom were very nervous with the notion of us walking home because our most direct path would lead us through a “sketchy” area, which was supposedly safe haven for the homeless and mentally ill. I’ve never had a problem with those type of people, they never tend to mess with me, the key is to be crazier than they are then and only then will they give you respect and provide safe passage through their land. ]]> 2020-11-10 19:17:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/910178071 Miles P palmemin000 https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/910178520 based off of MiNeCrAfT yOuTuBeRs ew ignore the "m*na" idk who they are ew]]> 2020-11-10 19:17:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/910178520 7th Grade chiapteo000 https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/910179672 I felt happy. I wasn’t depressed anymore. My life had a meaning for once, and I was happy. 
It felt amazing to have a friend.

]]> 2020-11-10 19:17:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/910179672 Biking lesson https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/910179894 2020-11-10 19:17:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/910179894 https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/910180319 2020-11-10 19:17:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/910180319 Jack https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/910180687 The whistle blew and we all started running, we ran for about 30 seconds before we heard sounds of electronic motors spitting out bbs. We ran fast enough were we secured the town without any resistance at all (due to us running much faster than them). Me and my friend Ben took position on a hill shooting down on the enemies trying to push up the hill and regain some ground. When a sniper took out an ally nearby who yelled hit and walked back to the respawn. Me and Ben dropped down behind the logs that had been stacked up for cover so that we would not get hit also. Our team was trying to advance down the hill into the second smaller town but there was too much enemy resistance and our allies kept getting hit and walking back to the respawn. ]]> 2020-11-10 19:17:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/910180687 last day https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/910181435 The class looks exactly the same. The view outside the window is the same. It was so angering that everything was so normal. The day outside was sunny and nice. If the possibility of quarantine weren’t haunting us, this would have been a good day. ]]> 2020-11-10 19:17:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/910181435 Journey to Lake Wise Man https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/910183231 . Distant peaks going on for miles and miles, vast green valleys between them and Mt. Baker soaring high above cloaked within the clouds, its many glaciers flowing beneath it like the ends of a long, white robe ]]> 2020-11-10 19:18:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/910183231 Mia kellyame000 https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/910184861 The windows overlooked New York city and I spent hours gazing out with wonder. You could see people walking on the sidewalk below, they all looked like small ants. I then began to ponder if this is what we looked like to the birds soaring through the sky every day. I looked out at the horizon admiring the beautiful buildings. I smiled at the fact that many people were probably looking out of their windows too, enjoying the beauty of the splendid city. Although I do find humanity to be upsetting at times, I am never ceased to be amazed at what we can create.

]]> 2020-11-10 19:18:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/910184861 dorankri000 https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/910185061 You could hear the waves crashing on the shore of the boardwalk. It was loud and startling at first, but then a rhythm appeared, and it started to feel familiar. It was freezing cold as well, it felt like no number of blankets could warm you. It was not that late yet, just about dinner time. We had a long night ahead of us, but we did not know that yet, we were just waiting for the bus to come.

]]> 2020-11-10 19:18:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/910185061 Soccer https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/910186784  

            Early mornings, about 7:45. You walk out the big doors that lead you to a pleasant shine through the rolling hills, the sun trying to peak out. As the sun tries to climb over the hills the mist that sets in the air slowly rises, until it disappears. When your eyes follow the property of Wade King, you can see a freshly cut field along with soccer nets equally aligned and ready to be played on. While I was walking down the steep hill to get to the field, I see my friends already kicking the ball around. “Hey, you guys,” I shout across the field.

]]> 2020-11-10 19:19:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/910186784 ._. https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/910187363 I sometimes wonder. What if he didn’t come up to me on the first day of school, if I never tried to say I liked heroes, if I never transferred schools--would I still be where I am today? I thought he was like the sun. Always so bright and cheerful, and no matter if he failed something, he still pursued his promise. He might be a bit overzealous, but his optimism makes him stand out and makes him likable.
If he never called out to me, my world would’ve been still in the shadows. Cold, dark, and empty. But he was the one that made my world feel warm and that maybe, I have a more purpose in life now that he’s here.
]]> 2020-11-10 19:19:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/910187363 Payton huntlpay000 https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/910192052 “I’m going I’m going!” I say, yelling so they can hear me over all the excited voices. Of course, I need help pulling my boots over my feet layered with two pairs of fuzzy socks. I peek outside the window at the whirlwind of white snow, blinding my eyes from the brightness of it all. 

]]> 2020-11-10 19:20:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/910192052 snow day to remember https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/910193522  The morning winter air was crisp and cold. Hitting our faces when we walked. The snow slowly falling, people sledding down the big snowy hills, everything still. The bright snow blinding us. Snowflakes falling on our faces. Breathing in the chilled air and our noses getting bright red. The thick snow masked all the noises around us so all we could hear were each other laughing and talking. Everything hid underneath the freshly fallen snow. 

]]> 2020-11-10 19:20:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/910193522 Jenna beechjen000 https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/910196072             About thirty minutes and twenty sips of water later, we get on the ride. It takes off like a rocket, zipping up the side of the mountain. The echoing of shrills and shrieks fill the air, and the wind flowing in my face makes the treacherous line almost worth it. After winding around and around down the mountain, the cart makes a big *SPLASH* in the water at the bottom. I instantly feel my shorts, shoes, and face getting slapped with what felt like a gallon of water. I wanted to go to Splash Mountain eventually, but not yet!

]]> 2020-11-10 19:21:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/910196072 Logan https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/910207726 Something about them was so alien, so unfamiliar to anything I had seen before. They didn’t even really look like Shrimp either. They had two tiny claws just barely visible and four thin legs holding up a small, long body ending in a fanned tail, not to different from that of a whale, just noticeably smaller. They had two small black eyes on short stalks and no visible mouth, instead shoveling the algae into a maze of countless mouthparts and appendages, it genuinely baffled me how something so small with a assumingly small brain could control all those parts in perfect unison. ]]> 2020-11-10 19:23:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/910207726 Liam connolia000 https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/910220824 As I walk down to the river side with my sister and our friends, I hear the bubbling murmur of water rushing along with the current. I hear the high-pitched squeal of a small child dipping their toes into the cold water, and the pleasant chirping of birds swooping about the clear blue sky. A smell of summer, and greenery fills my nose as I race my friends down to the riverbank. My feet are poked and prodded by rocks and pebbles as I walk back to the water after taking my shoes off, and I slip in, swallowed up by the cool, clear water. ]]> 2020-11-10 19:25:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kandacemcgowan/ifj0uvbyavr6wxbh/wish/910220824