Pillow Book (Class of 2022) by Mayah Wood https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws Made with an open mind en-us 2022-02-14 12:13:40 UTC 2022-04-20 14:03:51 UTC hello@padlet.com Tamiah Moss tamiah_moss https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2048754629 Splendid things are when you have the opportunity to leave school early because you have the senior privilege. I am able to go home and lay down and get the extra sleep I missed or when I can exempt from my exams and not worry abought if will pass or fail the class school becomes easier. Being able to only have a few classes to go to and not be as stressed as I would with seven classes is a splendid feeling it makes me more confident and ready to graduate.]]> 2022-02-15 14:56:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2048754629 Jalaya Eskridge jalayaeskridge https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2048756724 Things that give me an unclean feeling are kids with dirty noses.People sneezing or coughing without covering their mouths.Throwing up.Someone having bad hygiene.The stench that lingers the hallways.Dirty bathrooms.Stains in clothes or carpets.Unwashed hair.Babies with dirty diapers.A dirty room.People who don't take no for an answer.Washing the dishes.Cleaning a dirty bathroom.A neglected home.Someone who chew with their mouth open.People who play with their gum.The tables or desks in a classroom.People with a bad attitude.Unnecessary arguing.Bullying.]]> 2022-02-15 14:57:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2048756724 Kay Prude https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2048762468 Especially delightful is the first day of senior year at Evans High. I feel the cold air dance on my skin as I enter the front doors where I am greeted by the Principal. I tread through the freshly cut grass while feeling the fleeting heat of my last summer in High School. I walk in and smell the fresh cleanser throughout the building and see my reflection the shining wax glistening on the floor. I see many familiar faces of the friends I've made over the course of my years at Evans High. I hear the laughter of the students when they discuss their adventurous activities that took place over the summer.]]> 2022-02-15 14:59:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2048762468 Jalaya Eskridge jalayaeskridge https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2048773873 Depressing things is when you feel alone in a room full of people.When you stay locked away in your room for hours throughout the day.When you completely stop eating.When you self-harm not knowing it doesn't always have to endure physical pain.When you shut everyone out .When you become numb to things that should hurt.When lashing out towards the ones who love you becomes the new normal.When you shut down in situations where you should speak up.When you no longer want to go out .When your parents do not notice the change in your behavior.These are depressing things.]]> 2022-02-15 15:04:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2048773873 Tamiah Moss tamiah_moss https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2048788969 awkward is when you mistreat the knock of a door before you enter, entering without the possibility of the unknown. An awkward thing is when you raise your hand confidently in math class to answer a question and you get it wrong and the class starts laughing so you begin laughing that has to be one of the most embarrassing things you can experience. When your sleep in class and the teacher call your name and ask if you are paying attention and you answer yes and then they call on you to read the next chapter and you don't know where the class is, so you look around looking lost is an awkward experience.]]> 2022-02-15 15:09:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2048788969 B.J. Bellamy bartholome_bellamy https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2048792518 The looks passing through my being. More news of dead peers. The packed and cramped halls. The lack of care between students and teachers.

The sun is high in the cloudless sky, but no warmth comes from it. The world’s beautiful colors are there as always, but they are drained of their life. The empty view of the world outside is enough of a weight on the mind, but you have to walk into it and toil as well. 

One has given their all to complete the tasks given to them, and now take the time to relax. “Surely I have earned this,” they think. And then not a day later, the mistakes in their work are highlighted. “Think on your mistakes and work on all of these,” says the work-dealers, with another mountain of it. What a weight on the soul. 


]]> 2022-02-15 15:11:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2048792518 Kay Prude https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2048799648 Things that have lost their power are the parents. As we enter into our early years of adulthood, our parents must let go of our innocence and childhoods. We have new responsibilities and conflicts that we must face alone. We also have new freedoms and we owe i to ourselves to let loose and enjoy every moment we have left in High School. It is our duty to create nostalgic memories that will make our hearts flutter for a lifetime and stories to tell our children to make them smile. Our parents have lost their power when it comes to thinking for us young adults.]]> 2022-02-15 15:13:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2048799648 Angel Smith https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2048800630 Repetition and cycles, the sun rises and the night falls this does not have an end.

Walking down the hall of loud noises. A kid pushes past as another trips and stumbles to get by. The bell rings and class starts sitting in silence or sitting in disrupted outburst of peers. A group of friends chatter in the hall with bright smiles but as they leave to go home they realized they never truly feel like themselves. The same feelings everyday through each class and each day until this feeling seeps through personal life until everything and every feeling is the same. It is a cycle of living the same day and the same feeling. 

Cycles and repetition, the night falls and the sunrises this does not have and end.]]> 2022-02-15 15:14:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2048800630 Maria Roberson mariaroberson https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2048864910 Awkward things is when your friend is in tears venting to you about an issue of theirs, but you cannot help but snicker at the ridiculousness of it all. Awkward is realizing that you were confused by an instruction when you're already knee-deep into the action. Awkward is lacking understanding of something and needing clarification but you fail to know what has you confused in the first place. Awkward is neglecting to knock when entering a private room. Awkward is struggling to tell someone you don't wish to be friends while they list all of their positive views of you. ]]> 2022-02-15 15:40:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2048864910 Matthew Carson https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2048870724 Walking through the hall silently, others being loud. The little shy boy in the back gets bullied everyday. He is helpless because he is small and little. Every class is like your living in you're own world. Block out everybody except yourself. In a room full of strangers for an hour for 180 days, I don't speak to the majority. I do the work and leave quickly. When learning is life or death. When a piece of paper determines if you pass or fail. When seeing a bad grade in dark black pen would have you worried that your parents would be mad. School is not for everyone, to some, it is life and death. You either do good or you either do bad. School never stops revolving, and is always getting worse.]]> 2022-02-15 15:42:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2048870724 Bailey Smith bailey_smith21 https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2048892402 When I make myself imagine what my life will be like after graduating high school, moving away from home, being more independent, and starting my college career. I feel both large amounts of anxiety and excitement. I am nervous of the unknown and worry about how drastically my life will change but I am also excited for the new adventures and to progress in my life. I also find it unfair to even find feeling this amount of anxiety necessary. It is frustrating for so much of my future to depend on such a short part of my life were sometimes you are forced to make quick, rash decisions. ]]> 2022-02-15 15:52:07 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2048892402 Kailani Adams https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2048894435 Awkward things are when you wave at someone with the assumption that they were waving at you but turn around to see someone behind you with a smile plastered on their face while making the same hand motions as you.

 Awkward is forcing yourself to laugh at a ridiculous unhumorous joke but your laugh sounds fake, even to you. 

Awkward is having the confidence to correct someone but you are shortly humbled after because you yourself were wrong as well. 

Awkward is having to explain to individuals that you are not mad at them because you depend on squinting with your eyebrows furrowed in order to see things. ]]> 2022-02-15 15:52:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2048894435 Jahvon Bradford https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2048897848 Adorable things are when I walk around the halls and see a couple holding hands being happy. As we walk through the halls and speak to one another smiling and talking to one another. Someone drops their books and people help that person pick up their book. The temperature is warm in the school and everyone walks through the tunnel and sees and boy with a sign asking a girl to go to prom with him. When everyone puts all of their differences aside for the time we are at school creates happy and adorable moments.]]> 2022-02-15 15:54:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2048897848 Devin Story https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2048914333 Splendid things are when you make an A on a test you didn't study for. I am able to have a good day for the rest of the day and not have to think about what I could have done better. Being able to leave school cause early you only have a few classes in the morning. Having fewer classes makes me confident I will graduate on time. Getting to sleep a couple of extra hours because you have fewer classes in the morning makes you feel less stressed. ]]> 2022-02-15 16:01:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2048914333 Matthew Carson https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2048919492 Walking in the hall sadly. When I graduate in a few months I will have so much shame. When I walk across the stage I will be thinking of when I graduated kindergarten 10 years ago. All of the times I had in school when I was younger, and now I am moving onto something different in my life. All of the friends I made throughout school, and all of them are about to be gone. When I was younger. When I had neighborhood friends playing in the back all the time. But now, gone, All the free time I had when I was younger I will no longer have. I remember when my dad's shoulder was the highest on earth. When goodbyes only meant see you tomorrow. Time will never stop moving forward.]]> 2022-02-15 16:03:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2048919492 Jesse Roberts https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2048919726 Especially delightful is the first day of senior year. Walking into the school knowing that it is the last time you will have a first day of school is a great feeling. Going through all the halls that we know well from our previous years and seeing others that are just now learning their way around the building. Remembering all of the simple things that I forgot from the summer like the smell of the school and the freezing cold air conditioning. I see my friends and so many other people that I've seen in the halls as almost familiar faces. Many of the things that I used to hate like being stuck behind someone slow in the halls or having to go to all sorts of classes now seem like small things that I'll miss. Sometimes the things that seem like a burden or not that important actually tend to turn into things that seem to actually have an effect on you when they are gone. ]]> 2022-02-15 16:03:15 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2048919726 Jourdain Spann https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2048930945 Things that lost power in today's world is parents authority over our lives. When it comes to our personal lives and important things that we will need such as cars and different information that we will need in the adult world parents should let go realize we need those things. As a kid growing up we have lost power and control over things and then you see some kids get into the real word and they are lost. These obstacles that are caused by parents makes kids go into depression and they also can suffer from bad decision making and cause bad things to occur such as bad credit and debt in college.]]> 2022-02-15 16:07:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2048930945 Kailani Adams https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2048932555 Things that make one's heartbeat faster are when you walk at an impatient pace just to see your hallway crush for 0.30 seconds hoping to make eye contact or show off the outfit you woke up early for. When you have a presentation and can feel 40 beady eyes burning holes right through you as your palms are getting sweaty, intrusive thoughts cloud your mind with degrading and harmful worlds, toxins filling your body paralyzing you in fear even catching your tongue and making you stutter. When you hear the words "we need to talk" and assume the worst, constantly replaying your past actions to see a flaw in your head as you say "ok" nervously in response. ]]> 2022-02-15 16:08:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2048932555 Emmanuel Martinez https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2048935256 As we come together to learn the basis there's still things we don't understand. Why is it that no matter how much we endure together we turn against our friends. The bonds that I see have secrets behind each wall, internally and externally the lies they show it all. How can you go from being the closest friends to giving away personally events. When you all swore to keep each other's trust you throw it to the fire. Living with humane thoughts ever so fading to this day, never would I think to ever see these type of scenarios. Friendships and relationships are jokes within this school passed around like blunts that I can never understand. After being burnt from another person and knowing their bad actions you still defend the monster that lurks behind our walls. We divide into groups of racism and diversity and looking deeper we even divide over immature social status. Validation is the real close friend that sticks within our peers, how can you do these things to other people and struggle within yourself. We all struggling in some way no need to put one down. This final year proves who you associate with in later life, be smart and make that choice now cause those terrors linger. This reputation has labeled most of our peers and build off that name for their close friend validation. Reflection is a must and ask yourself who you are. Time keeps on moving and does not wait for you, only you can make that change and only you can take ownership of your life. ]]> 2022-02-15 16:09:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2048935256 Devin Story https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2048935934 Things That Give An Unclean Feeling are kids with bad hygiene. People not throwing their trash away and leaving it for somebody else to pick up. People using the bathroom the incorrect way and not cleaning up after themselves. People chewing with their mouth open. People sneezing in their hands and not using hand sanitizer after. People who constantly ask for things while you are doing something. Inconsiderate people. ]]> 2022-02-15 16:10:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2048935934 Oliver Caffee https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2048936105 When I make myself imagine how life is supposed to be after high school, I see people working all the time. How you will live in the cold if you aren't working. As we continue growing up you have multiple options and decisions. The pressure is gigantic yet it's what we prepare for. When the time comes mostly everything we need should be there for us to better our adult selves. Worrying will do nothing but bring a ill feeling when we should be focusing on bettering ourselves so that we are ready for the events after high school. These things stop us from dreaming which muddies our goals and asperations. I continue to imagine what life has instore for me after this chapter of life.]]> 2022-02-15 16:10:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2048936105 Jahvon Bradford https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2048936763 Especially delightful is the first day of high school. The first day of high school felt like a complete new chapter in my life. The expectations I had for high school because of movies were 50/50, meaning some of the things were true and some of them were false. One thing I liked about high school is it felt like I was free to be myself. In movies the hallways were bright and full of energy and nice people, in high school halls are dark and souless.]]> 2022-02-15 16:10:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2048936763 Daija Williams https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2048936938 Awkward is crying. Awkward is knowing you might be getting laughed at for pain. Especially leaving school to go home because strangely you cant handle but everyone else can. No one can understand your pain. Awkward is crying to someone who actually doesn't care. Awkward is having situations reversed to someone who blindly hated on your pain who now realizes from theirs. The absolute top tier of awkwardness is when you want to ball your eyes out, your body is in so much physical pain and then your actually realize how over dramatic you are!!! Live your life!! Being awkward and anxious in life is my biggest pet peeve and problem at the same time. Everyone's living life for them stay on top living it for you!! ]]> 2022-02-15 16:10:24 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2048936938 Bailey Smith bailey_smith21 https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2048937473 Especially Delightful is the first day of freshman year. Graduating from middle school and moving to a new, larger building with all of my fresh school supplies and a bright attitude ready to start at a new school. While walking through the halls listening to the other students, who have been there for years already, talking about their summers Constantly needing to look at a map so that I don't get lost as I haven't learned the way of my new schedule yet, but sometimes its hard not to get distracted by all the new excitement and you end up being late for one of my classes.]]> 2022-02-15 16:10:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2048937473 Joshua Bell joshuabell21 https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2049819343 Especially Delightful is the first day of high school, when the sun rises with a beautiful color. Everyone nervous on how the year and the new teachers might be. With their hearts beating to the fear of being alone in this new school. Finding the classes was always such a pain since the school was bigger and different than the last. Finding friends, making the day a lot better than you originally thought it was. A day of chilling with no work or homework. The excitement I felt seeing all the different choices of learning, much more than middle school. Knowing that this is the start of my life a couple years from now. 

]]> 2022-02-16 00:57:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2049819343 Connor Belgin connor_belgin https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2050446795 Adorable things are when I get home and my dogs are happy to see me. As I sit down on the couch they rush me and have me pet them all. They lead me to the backyard to let them outside, joyously shaking their tails as I let them outside. They run circles around me begging me to play with them and so I do. I throw their favorite toys, and watch as they run after them trying to catch them mid air. After playing for a while we go inside and spend the rest of the day lounging, and relaxing on the couch. My dogs are adorable things.]]> 2022-02-16 09:22:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2050446795 Atum Mclean https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2050860583 Especially delightful is the first day of senior year. Knowing that after you recieve that last piece of paper from high school you have full control over your life. Decisions have to be made and the best feeling is knowing you have time.  This is the day I stepped back and realize how much I've changed for the better. As I walk in knowing in couple of month I would have done it. The dem lighting of high school will never change.  They hand out the same yellow schedule unlike the first time I wasn't excited at all. Moving around this once unfamiliar place knowing a couple years ago I thought this day was years away. Suddenly without knowing in front , awaits the year you've been training your whole life for. But forever remember this is far from the end this is just merely the beginning. ]]> 2022-02-16 13:44:31 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2050860583 YaDah Harrell https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2050933640 Things that make one's heartbeat faster is when you purposely wake up before both the sun and birds outside crust falling out your strained eyes and the taste of your unpleasant breath is pushing you to complete an assignment you unintentionally put off for a week. You watch the clock tick and the numbers flip as your no where near finished, But regardless you still must get ready for school as well, With less then 10 minutes to get ready you have to catch the Bus that passes the bright red stop sign every morning if you can make it you'd be able to avoid the tired short tempered bean that sleeps in the master bed room. ]]> 2022-02-16 14:14:52 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2050933640 B.J. Bellamy https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2050985471 One runs out of words to say to another; the other has also run out of things to speak on. Neither know what to say, and leave sour tastes in their own mouths. 

Someone speaks about something and makes a witless statement without meaning to; others speak the same words back in a mocking tone of voice. 

A large group moves as a wave to get where they ought to be, but one stops, intent on diverting their course. Now part of the group staggers, and the other flows ahead. The easy way of passage is interrupted and slowed, all because of one who wanted to leave and did not do so the correct way. 


]]> 2022-02-16 14:33:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2050985471 Atum Mclean https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2050996987  A pleaser knowing he doesn't have energy to help everybody. Knowing that he is fully drained but promises were made and he has to keep them.  Waking up dreading school life , that one promise pushing him day by day. Having the wings to fly but something holding him stuck to the ground. But as he walks waiting for the moment he can fly , he replays that promise over and over again in his head.  As he types this right now knowing he shouldn't be hiding from his problems the conflict-ion scares him. Days go by work is being done he endures the pain knowing it hurts but I understand pain is only temporary. As time seems to slow down when you want it to move at its fastest. He has thoughts of dropping out and doing what he wants in life. A promise he wants to keep is stopping him from flying. As he walks to school knowing it'll all be over soon these are depressing things. ]]> 2022-02-16 14:37:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2050996987 Tamiah Moss https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051003350 Depression things are when you feel like you're finally becoming happy and feel like life is coming together then people from your past come back you begin to feel like life is restarting yet again you start to become numb. Friends are no longer friends you sit in class in silence dwelling on the good days where school was fun, and you would burst out in a contagious laugh in class.The sun is shining bright as we walk to our crs or uses after school realizing we have to study to work or go to an unpleasant home these are depressing things.


]]> 2022-02-16 14:40:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051003350 Chandler Worsham https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051007585 Adorable things are when I see people laughing, knowing that he or she is truly happy in life and amidst all of the evils of the world, they find a way to smile and laugh. When I see people laughing and smiling, it makes me feel better knowing that there is still positivity in the air. It is almost contagious, as even hearing it I too will start to smile. I walk around and all I see is a lot of sad and gloomy faces, and it makes me think to myself, "what has them looking all grey?" I try to make people feel better and smile, and it makes me feel better knowing that I helped someone be happy, as I love having an impact on the environment around me. ]]> 2022-02-16 14:42:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051007585 Kay Prude https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051011422 Adorable things are when my boyfriend spots me at his football game. I watch him give his all in the game under the Friday Night Lights. I smell the freshly barbecued hotdogs and feel the moist fall air around me. I smile as he looks at me and smiles. It makes me feel special hen he tries to point me out in the crowd. Out of all of the people that are present he makes it his priority to search for my face. Also adorable things are me wearing a jersey with his name and number on the back. This lets everyone see that I am there to support him and shout his name until my voice is gone.]]> 2022-02-16 14:43:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051011422 rose ramey https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051015125 Things that arouse fond memories of the past are the things that make us feel like a child again. Cannonballing in a pool with goggles on even though it might not be acceptable at this age. Dancing in the kitchen with your parents to the music you pretended to hate. The smell of the first spring rain which used to make our little bodies flutter with excitement. The way our eyes still get wide when someone offers us sweets. Things that arouse fond memories of the past are the memories we have of our parents when we still thought they were superheroes. The memories we have before we learned of all their flaws. The way we can jump on trampolines and throw little kids in the air. When we listen to music and our minds take us back to when we first heard them. Things that are found memories are all the things that take us back to when life was nothing but pure curiosity and adventure 


]]> 2022-02-16 14:44:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051015125 Isaiah Beard https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051021118 Especially Delightful was my first day of freshman year at Evans High. I was ready to meet new people, make new friends, and just ready for a new chapter in my life. I was so excited to wake up and put on my outfit for my first day as a freshman. Getting to school and seeing all my friends for the first time in months really had me excited for the next 10 months of school. I was ready to grow up and see who I become at the end of high school]]> 2022-02-16 14:47:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051021118 Chandler Worsham https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051021135 Awkward things are when you open a door for someone only to realize that they are not going through that door, or through any door at all. awkward things are when you are listening to a song, and you start to sing along and notice that other people are staring at you like you're a freak, and so you either stop singing or turn the tables and make it awkward for them by singing even louder and prouder. Awkward things are when someone says something while looking towards you, but they are mumbling and you keep having to ask them to say it again only to find out they were talking to someone else.]]> 2022-02-16 14:47:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051021135 Tamiah Moss https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051033961 Especially Delightful Is the First Day of senior year at Evans high. As I walk into the familiar building, I've known for the past four years I'm nervous I feel that same cold breeze and smell the cleaner from the hallways. As I begin looking for maybe one known face I'm greeted by my principal. I begin reminiscing on all the many memories I've made in the same shining crowded halls over the past four years. Finally, as I reach the end of my high school term, I realized the expectation I had from seeing the movies like high school musical and school dance was very different from the reality ]]> 2022-02-16 14:52:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051033961 Kay Prude https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051039514 When I imagine what my future will hold it brings much anxiety to m brain. There are so many positive and negative possibilities. It's terrifying how may outcomes my life can have merely by my ability to make one choice or another. I imagine that I will graduate with all of my friends by my side. We will all cry happy tears and tell each other that we'll all be friends forever. We'll go our separate ways and I'll start earning my degree at a four-year college. I will successfully receive a high paying job and buy myself all of the things I've ever wanted. I also imagine that I will be rich in family and the rest of my life will be filled with nothing but happiness.]]> 2022-02-16 14:55:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051039514 Lainey Miller https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051041266 To think about what life will be after graduation is scary. To think about the friendships made will they still be there after all? Will we stay in touch? Will they be in the next chapter of my life? After we walk across that stage we can all say we did it. We did with each other. We made it. I imagine us growing into strong individuals with great careers. Staring a life with our significant other. And wanting the same for my fellow peers. I imagine every one after graduation officially being there true selves. ]]> 2022-02-16 14:55:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051041266 Chandler Worsham https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051041950 When you re-visit a past childhood memory like playing with Legos. Knowing that these toys used to be played with every day after school, now, to be sitting in the attic, or in a closet. Things that bring nostalgia from the past are when you look at a trampoline, and how it reminds you of all the carpet burns, bruises, backflips, broken necks, and spines. Although dangerous, trampolines played a major role in a lot of our lives. Things that bring us back to our younger selves are when we come across an Elementary School. Seeing how small the kids are thinking what it was like on the first day of Pre-k or Kindergarten. One last thing that reminds us of the young us is TV. When I see shows like "Teen Titans GO!", or "Adventure Time" it reminds me of how much of an impact they had on my imagination and my way of seeing life.]]> 2022-02-16 14:56:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051041950 YaDah Harrell https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051045012 Things That Give An Unclean Feeling are the students who decide to not wash their germ infested hands after using the public school restroom. One's who do not practice self care nor hygienic care causing a unpleasant smell that heavily lingers around the classroom. People who think its not important to flush their waste down the toilet, instead leave it there for the next person to see. Females who fail to properly carryout and use their female products in the restroom. Parents that leave their child with a runny nose and sticky hands at a school basketball game. People who chew with their mouth wide open allowing for food to fly out and hit the table your eating at. ]]> 2022-02-16 14:57:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051045012 B.J. Bellamy https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051045595 The weight of assignment after assignment that mean nothing except a bit of practice. A teacher, shouting at their students, not realizing their apathy. The man from the military, desperate to get children interested in regimes and fighting. The call of events and promises of fun over intercoms; events that no one will attend or enjoy.

Those emails promising money and opportunities for a school that does not care the slightest about whether or not I come. The pause for cheers and applause from an audience of uncaring children. Children who work and toil to do their best only for their best to be looked over and ignored.

]]> 2022-02-16 14:57:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051045595 Lainey Miller https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051045741 Especially delightful is the first day of school for our senior year, when I woke up I couldn't believe it the time has come. The sun shined so bright through my window like no other. Got up and got dressed and headed out the door to begin my last high school year. Although we have wanted this time to come we didn't realize how many memories that were made that would be missed.  All the football games,basketball games,homecoming week it will all be missed dearly. But from this day forward we know that we are going to grow to be strong individuals. Become a new us after we walk that stage May 27. The true friends made will stay intouch. The ones who were there to just be there will fade into the distance. 

]]> 2022-02-16 14:57:36 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051045741 rose ramey https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051056562 When I imagine what someone else's life may be like I find myself usually being wrong. The things that go on behind closed doors are not written on someone's face which leave us with so much unknown. When I hear myself making assumptions in my head, I am almost always proved wrong by the person I boiled down to a guess. We walk around all day assuming what a person may be like without even realizing we're doing it. It is like second nature for our brains to  judge and assume, sometimes without so much as a glance towards a person. But because of the assumptions we make with no knowledge, people are always surprising us. I believe this to be a fun little part of imagining. The constant surprise. 


]]> 2022-02-16 15:01:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051056562 Chandler Worsham https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051059070 Things that can make my heart beat faster are when I realize that I have a test in a class that I am failing, like Multicultural Literature. I only remember y heart feeling like a ball dropping when I heard Dr. Wood say "clear your table and get ready for the test". Only then does my heart beat faster than any Ford Mustang can beat any Chevy Camaro. One thing that I know for a fact that makes our hearts beat faster is coming home to see our parents or grandparents holding our report cards and asking for our phones to be given up. You get the sudden realization of, "I done messed up..." and then you are hit with the fact that you don't know how long your punishment will be for, or sometimes what your punishment will even be.]]> 2022-02-16 15:02:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051059070 Lainey Miller https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051060753 Adorable things are the friends who really are there for you. The friends that will give you the advice you need even when you don't want to hear it. The friend that lends their shoulder out for you to cry on. A true friend stays ins your life for all the obstacles thrown at you. That friend never judges and loves all of your flaws. Everyone has their person. The one who understands them the most. Every individual needs that. ]]> 2022-02-16 15:03:36 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051060753 Isaiah Beard https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051064620 Knowing all of your work for every single one of your classes is completed and turned in makes you feel so free from everything. Knowing you have nothing to worry about when you get home from school and you can just chill out and be carefree for the rest of the day is the most relaxing feeling there can be. And being a senior I do not have that much work to worry about especially because I only have 4 classes to worry about instead of 7 takes a good amount of stress off of you and you can focus more on the stuff you actually want to do outside of school]]> 2022-02-16 15:05:01 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051064620 Gideon Perrin https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051072187 Especially delightful is the first day of Junior year. The nervousness and excitement were overwhelming. I was scared because I never really went to a real public school growing up, but I was ready to get over my fear. Being very shy I wanted to change that, and the only way was to get out of my shell and meet people. As I walked through the doors, I saw all of the decorations hanging in the lunchroom and all of the kids standing around in their friend groups. As the day went on, I was so surprised that public school was less strict than I thought. ]]> 2022-02-16 15:07:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051072187 Lainey Miller https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051073125 Splendid things are when you stay caught up on your school. When you turn the assignment that's due in days before you have to. When your in math class and you understand the material and know your going to do good on the test. Being able to say, "Yes, Today I went home and studied for my test and I am going to past." The splendid things are the good feelings knowing you are on the right track. ]]> 2022-02-16 15:08:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051073125 Dev Patel https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051074904 Splendid things are when I come to school in the morning and forgot I have a test and tensed and still passed without knowing any answer just guess the option, that feeling that I always have my luck on my side. I am able to go home and not stressed that I am failing the class because not scoring good on my test, and just chill and sleep for extra hours knowing that I have 90 in all of my classes. Waking Up in the morning knowing that have fewer classes, all easy class and don't need to care about results because you already know you are going to graduate with good credit.]]> 2022-02-16 15:09:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051074904 Brandon Cooper https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051078802 Unfortunately the power of the mask is losing effect. We used to have to wear them at anytime when you where in public. Now since vaccination and boosters has been came out and less and less people isn't wearing a mask now just having a vaccine makes its harder for masks to be properly encouraged again. ]]> 2022-02-16 15:10:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051078802 Maria Roberson https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051083489 Things that have lost power is the understanding of authority, the way someone can be so confidently wrong and still have more power over someone that is so clearly correct. The way being seen as right can be more important than impact and understanding to some. An authority raising their voice to be heard only to be met with apathy. A teacher repeating their assumptions claiming their views to be more valuable than figuring out the truth. A politician shelling thousands into propaganda trying to cover up incriminating information. A parent adamantly declaring that they know their child better than the child knows themselves.  ]]> 2022-02-16 15:12:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051083489 rose ramey https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051091532 Adorable things are each time one of my siblings laughed for the first time. When they are teeth start poking through and you can only see them from a certain angle. Adorable things are when I notice their personalities developing and imagine what they'll be like 20 years from now. When I tell them terrible jokes but they throw their heads back laughing cause, to them, it was the funniest thing ever. Adorable things are when my brother won't fall asleep unless i'm holding his hand and letting me hold them throughout the night. When they get all excited about tying their shoes because we'd been practicing it for so long. When they come lay with me and tell me i'm beautiful , kind and smart because they can see im upset. Adorable things are a part of everything the little humans in my life do. 


]]> 2022-02-16 15:15:36 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051091532 Jesse Roberts https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051167648 Things that make one's heartbeat faster are usually from stress or worry. Many times in school we get caught up in the work that we have to do and we get worried about how we will get it all done. I have gone to many classes or had many assignments due at a time and it seems easy to worry about getting it all done. I have found out that when I get in those situations I must not worry or look at all the assignments as problems, I instead must start working and get them done one by one. When we focus more on the due date of the assignments instead of just getting the work done then our hearts could race and just keep us worried as the date approaches but if we just get the work done then we will have a lot less worry.]]> 2022-02-16 15:45:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051167648 Devin Story https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051183102 Things that make one's heart beat fast are realizing how close we are to graduation. We watch the calendar as the days flip through quickly. We are less than three months away. It's almost time. When you have a test you forgot you had in your first period class. When you have to present in front of your classmates not knowing what they think of you. Waking up ten minutes before school, rushing to get ready. Getting called to the office not knowing if you are in trouble or not. Getting released the last day of school knowing you never have to come back. 


]]> 2022-02-16 15:50:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051183102 Jesse Roberts https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051184976 When I imagine the potential that everyone has, I get more motivated to do my best. Throughout my life, in school and especially now in high school I have noticed that when I just come in and do my best, school is not that hard. When I get lazy that is when school tends to get difficult and I get behind and lose track of what I am supposed to be doing. This does not just apply to school, but it is where I noticed its effectiveness. It is important that instead of focusing on the bad or how hard things could be we focus on how good we could do and keep going from the rewarding feeling from doing good. ]]> 2022-02-16 15:51:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051184976 Oliver Caffee https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051188156 Things that make ones heart beat faster is putting everything into a skill or performance. The pulsing feeling when you step on the field or stage knowing you have one shot so you make it count. I immediately ask what's next once the evet concludes so I can start preparing immediately to feel the feeling again. I notice I'm not the only one feeling this way which makes me feel better knowing everyone else is so nervous yet excited. I know that its a fair game but I came for a reason so I can show out. I must do what I need to at a acceptable rate. I know no matter the outcome I will do great.]]> 2022-02-16 15:52:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051188156 Jesse Roberts https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051201798 Things that give a clean feeling like getting a burden lifted off of you. Many times throughout my life I have just done the minimum asked of me and I was always worried or stressed if it was good enough. Now that I do my best and actually put in the effort to get things done right I am seeing that even the things that I thought were hard are not that hard when I actually just do them instead of worrying about them. When I get all of my schoolwork done and I know that I have done my best and done all that I can, I get a clean feeling because I do not have to worry about missing my potential because I wanted to be lazy. ]]> 2022-02-16 15:57:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051201798 Jourdain Spann https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051203658 Things that give a clean feeling is when you can go day by day and know you can wake up and come home healthy. In today's world Covid has ruined a lot of things for a lot of people in this world. As an unvaccinated person myself I find it very important that I practice self care to make sure that I have a clean feeling about myself and make sure that I stay away from different unsanitary things that have to do with this world so I can protect my family as well as myself. 


]]> 2022-02-16 15:58:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051203658 Devin Story https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051217012 When I imagine life after graduation I imagine moving out of my parent’s house, moving far away. Working on my life and bettering myself. I imagine new friends and new life lessons. I am scared of the unknown but I will prosper. I feel excitement as the day gets closer and closer. I wonder how I will fit in the new environment but am excited for change. A short part of my life put behind me for a bigger chapter of my life. Making my own decisions and living with the consequences. I imagine great wealth and a career I love. 


]]> 2022-02-16 16:04:03 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051217012 Oliver Caffee https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051219358 Things that give a clean feeling are when you are organized. I feel accomplished when all my assignments are in and everything is organized and fast. I see the good grade and feel refreshed knowing I have take a burden off my shoulder. I realize it feels much better to have everything in a respectable manor and not thrown around everywhere and things are easily found. I let myself be lazy occasionally but if I let it get bad it can become more work then relaxing. I try to keep a discipline to have this clean feeling most of my life.]]> 2022-02-16 16:04:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051219358 Jahvon Bradford https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051221612 Depressing things are when you look forward to something and it not happen. When you work so hard for something just to have it taken from you. When you love someone and they don't love you back. When you try so hard to do something and you just cant do it. Depressing things is something no matter how hard you try to stop thinking about it, it just stays on your mind 24/7.]]> 2022-02-16 16:05:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051221612 Emmanuel Martinez https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051228545 Look around and see the faces that ponder with thoughts that linger behind each glance, wondering if those same thinkers use their minds in class. Fast to throw jesters or maybe even a fistful of rumors. Bounties on each other's head but most don’t have the guts to confess it, hiding behind the comfort of walls and passing messages. Bringing dark despair and even personal issues to the table, high school has no respect for those who don’t fit the agenda. Just for a little bit of fame, we’ll throw away human decency. Kids act like children but yet swear they are different, claim to be all grown up but still try to fit the agenda. Each room I step into I feel the aura of judgments and prosperity, or even walking in the halls seeing the many different things next to me. I see the disgust in others' minds when seeing things they don’t enjoy, such as relationships they critique down to the basis of each person. Our hearts beat faster no matter what the scenario, because today everything is put on judgment.


]]> 2022-02-16 16:08:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051228545 YaDah Harrell https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051437041 Awkward Things are walking into the school restroom and seeing someone sitting on the floor crying, Not knowing rather to react in a comforting action or walk pass as if you didn't notice the sobbing from the corner.

Awkward Things are being called on to answer a question on a worksheet you skipped because you didn't know what the answer was to begin with. Then the teacher ask you to try but your brain is emptier than a unused bin, Nothing to give out.

Awkward Things are taking a test or quiz and noticing someone is trying to cheat, you feel the hard beaming eyes staring at your work but is making it obvious enough for the both of us to get in trouble and receive a F. ]]> 2022-02-16 17:32:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051437041 YaDah Harrell https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051488751 Things That Give a Clean Feeling are newly unused hand sanitizer bottles that are filled to the very top indicating no one has ever touched the pump before you. Kleenex with the tab on top that you can pull off and feel the softness of the untouched tissue box, Clorox smudge on top of the desk and books in the classroom knowing that where you place your hands has been disinfected with 99% germ killer. Floors that are swept throughout the school leaving no signs of crumbs or spilt applesauce from the lunch room. a clean feeling is being able to smell the fresh scent of citrus from the air freshener thats been sprayed before the class walked in. ]]> 2022-02-16 17:54:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051488751 Daija Williams https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051561119 Heartbeat, when our hearts beat fast we're usually in a situation that you either don't want to be in or are too excited to bear. That moment when your teacher says "show your best self and best behavior" feeling the beats pump faster and faster as time tik's down. Feeling pressure in your chest pumping in and out with every beat. Waiting for the moments that give you excitement, flow, and a rush. My hands are shaking my peers are running CTAE is about to come in and watch over us. When someone watches you start your achievement they are watching for what you're truly capable of. Not knowing how capable you are is when the wave really hits. Moments right before my palms get sweaty, the nervous tremors have started, the shaky voice I hold in, and the pressure is officially on. ]]> 2022-02-16 18:25:02 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2051561119 Kailani Adams https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2052041755 The influence of others since the desire to find one's own true self through self-discovery and understanding is far more rewarding than ever. To find one's own style without scrolling for hours on end isolated in a dark room while time slips by, eyes spotting every detail and flaw when looking at the mirror, brain programmed to mask the photoshop and lies into reality constantly wondering why one was "unlucky" or can never look like someone 600000 miles away. Now as I am older I grasp how I have lost and disadvantaged myself over the years, confined in a false reality of perfection and expectations. Ending the power of influence. ]]> 2022-02-16 23:38:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2052041755 Ansley College https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2052055921 Especially delightful is the first day of senior year, when new outfits are so carefully picked out and waking with anticipation before the alarm sounds. The sun shines bright, the birds chirp their joyful song, and the excitement of seeing what the year holds thrums through you. This is the day that will be the last first day of high school. Knowing that you are ten short months from that little piece of paper, so carefully printed, that will mark the ending of the high school years and the start of a new journey. Looking forward to the memories that will be made this last year and looking forward to the bright future that has yet to be written.


]]> 2022-02-16 23:53:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2052055921 Ansley College https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2052149365 Splendid things are when we do for others. The joy that was felt when I joined FCCLA and got the opportunity to help a boy named Lucas who had leukemia is beyond measurable. There are no words to describe the feeling that one gets when doing something completely selfless and in turn it helps a family that is placed in such an imaginable position. The fear parents must feel when knowing their child is fighting for their life is truly heart shattering. Truly an honor it was to be able to help raise money to help take the burden from them, even if just a little. Forever the memories and feelings will last from this splendid experience.    


]]> 2022-02-17 01:08:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2052149365 Matthew Carson https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2052194998 Awkward things are when you walk into g wing bathroom and you see someone hitting a vape. When they ask you if you want to "smack it". When you are in class, making it look like you know how to do it, but the teacher calls on you to come to the board and show. You are stuck with a red face, and 20 people staring at you. However you do not only get it wrong, you get funny looks and people laughing at you. Awkward things are when you say a joke and no one laughs except you. When you are sleeping in class and your teachers wakes you up with the whole class staring at you... That is awkward]]> 2022-02-17 01:41:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2052194998 Kailani Adams https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2053495783 Reminiscing about the past, realizing how nobody will wait for one if not ready, not even time. 

Plugging in my headphones just to hear a song from 2013 titled "Here's to never growing up" by Avril Lavigne which once brought pleasure but now despondency.

 A familiar scent fills one's senses reminding of one's loved ones, home, and past.

 Always being an available option for a rant or an emotional outburst, but never finding any options or someone available for one's own. 

When a child sees the gray hairs peeking out underneath the artificially dyed hairs of one's parent's scalp. 

Realizing dependence on other people only brings harm and sorrow but who can one rely on when one cannot even rely on themselves. ]]> 2022-02-17 15:49:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2053495783 B.J. Bellamy https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2053909291 Honeysuckle growing through a fence. To walk past the tangling vines only to come back and sample their nectar.

Rain falls in constant gentle sheets outside, providing soft noise. One has books in hand; one has sweets in hand; one has one’s favorite guilty pleasures and idle pastimes in hand. One does not have to leave the house, and one does not. 

A gap-toothed smile. The gentle pounding of an unknowing heart.

The low and harsh light of a screen. To make memories with those that are fictional or real, but always never right beside you.

Bells ring in one’s ears to mark one’s freedom. However brief that time may be, one has time devoted to oneself and the matters that one decides are important. One has two days; or perhaps a week or two; or perhaps three months; or perhaps however long one decides to use this freedom. It does not matter, for one has it to begin with.
]]> 2022-02-17 19:10:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2053909291 Ahnya Gibson https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2053967580 Success! When I imagine how my life will be after I graduate, I see success. Throughout highschool I've worked hard to get where I am now, and I know I have the potential to get where I want to be in life. I see myself starting my own businesses and succeeding with it throughout the whole process. The journey to get to where I want, I know for sure wont be easy but I won't stop until I'm successful. I imagine being so succesful that I no longer have to work a 9-5 job. I imagine myself traveling the world to see new places and things I've always wanted to. I imagine being able to enjoy life without having to worry about the bad things that may happen. ]]> 2022-02-17 19:42:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2053967580 Ahnya Gibson https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2053999854 Splendid things are when I'm all caught up on what is need to be done. I noticed about myself that when I focus more on what needs to be done rather than what I want to do it leaves me with a feeling of relief in the end, which leaves me with time to do what I wish in my free time. No worries of having to turn in any missing assignments. No worries of having to get my grades up when I pay attention in class and do great on tests or quizzes the first time around. No worries about getting in trouble at school because I'm focused on what I have to do to finish and graduate!]]> 2022-02-17 20:02:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2053999854 Ahnya Gibson https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2054030109 Awkward things are when your talking to a teacher who is trying to make "small talk" about something and there's awkward silence because you don't know what to say but smile. Awkward things are when you are taking a test you haven't studied for and everyone else in the class has finished and is waiting on you. Now your're trying to guess and hurry up to get done. Awkward things are when you're sleeping in class and you're teacher yells your name really loud to wake you up and everybody in the class is now staring at you. ]]> 2022-02-17 20:22:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2054030109 Ahnya Gibson https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2054085469 Things that give a clean feeling are waking up getting in the shower before school, feeling good, knowing you're going to have a good day. Having A lunch to walk into a clean cafeteria to eat in. Walking into the bathroom and seeing other students pick up after themselves, throw away wastes, and washing their hands. Overall treating our school bathroom as if it was their own. Seeing students around the school wearing their masks and not being to close to one another. After sneezing or blowing your nose, using hand sanitizer/going to wash your hands, to get rid of any germs that may be still on your hands.]]> 2022-02-17 21:03:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2054085469 Ansley College https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2054304601 When I imagine life after graduation I see myself going to college to become a teacher or a nurse. During my high school years I have worked very hard to get to where I am. Striving to keep my grades up so that my GPA will earn me the HOPE scholarship . Getting a place of my own and a job so that I can earn enough to pay my college expenses and bills. Excitement of meeting new friends along the way and the new lessons and experiences of what the future holds for me. The closer graduation comes, the happier and more excited I become. Yet at the same time I get sad and just want time to pause, for a split second, so that I could stay with my friends a little while longer, before we walk across that stage and go our separate ways. But in my heart I know we will always stay in touch.


]]> 2022-02-18 00:34:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2054304601 Ansley College https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2054350554 Adorable things are when I come home from school and my beloved one year old shih tzu named Charlie skids haphazardly down the hallway so happy and excited to see me. I remember the day we got him just like it was yesterday, a long 3 hour drive to a little country town. So excited upon arriving, I jumped from the car only to see the building doors opened and a super tiny fluff ball running in circles. So tiny and fast that I had almost stepped on him upon entering the building,a mere 2.6 pounds. When we finally were in the car returning home, the little fluff ball was exhausted. He found the fleece hoodie I was wearing to be so comfortable that I turned my hoodie around so that he could sleep in the hood like a little pouch. He enjoyed it so much that he snored in my ear the entire ride home.


]]> 2022-02-18 01:10:01 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2054350554 Brandon Cooper https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2055439193 Splendid things are when you have senior privilege and able to have fewer classes to worry about the extra assignments which also means I can study more on others classes like math I could take a extra hour from a free period I don’t understand the work ]]> 2022-02-18 15:25:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2055439193 Brandon Cooper https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2055464636 Awkward things are when your walking into a boys bathroom to see two boys walking out the same stall laughing and giggling like they aren’t the same gender

Awkward Things are when you get called to the office with a lie already in your head and when you get there they didn’t have no idea about that situation and you almost tell on your self

Awkward Things is when you have been called on to answer a question that you didn’t know the answer too and someone whispers to you and it’s wrong that’s awkward ]]> 2022-02-18 15:39:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2055464636 Brandon Cooper https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2055479306 Depressing Things are when you keep trying at something and never reach it you keep looking at as failure and not a lesson which sends your spirt down when you when you were looking forward to something that you would enjoy and it gets canceled with the worst excuse that’s depressing things]]> 2022-02-18 15:47:23 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2055479306 Jalaya Eskridge jalayaeskridge https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2055779899 Awkward is thinking you understand and proceeding to respond as you watch the looks on other’s faces change.Awkward is a stranger randomly talking to you about their life situations.Awkward is seeing someone cry randomly and not knowing what to do.Awkward is being questioned about something that you are not ready to tell the truth about.Lying about something so small is awkward.Awkward is talking to people you don’t know and not being sure of what to say.Being the one to be called on in the classroom is awkward.The heads that turn after your chair or phone makes a noise is awkward .]]> 2022-02-18 18:52:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2055779899 Jalaya Eskridge jalayaeskridge https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2055799671 Chaotic.When I imagine life after graduation I think it will be chaotic.Already not having a lot of “friends” I imagine it’s gonna be difficult.I imagine my life being successful.Imagining myself accomplishing everything I’ve always hoped and dreamed of doing .Unpredictable.Imagine not knowing the unknown.Will I meet all my goals?How will my support system be or affect me?Will I get over my nerves and make new friends or bonds with people?Once I can support myself financially I imagine having an apartment and a child of my own.I imagine all the people I’ve bonded with to shoot for the stars and be the best they can be.]]> 2022-02-18 19:07:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2055799671 rose ramey https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2056115103 My eyes chase the clouds and ponder the stars, wondering what it must be like to explore the earth and twinkle above it. My mind longs to sit way above the grass the way the clouds do. my heart longs to have people wish upon me like the stars. Constantly traveling like the clouds and forever beautiful like the stars are what I long to be. They are the things that make my heartbeat faster. ]]> 2022-02-19 01:12:15 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2056115103 Gideon Perrin https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2056134151 Adorable things are when your little dogs are screaming and barking in excitement when you walk in the door. I leave the house for 10 minutes and my dogs think I would never come back. They wait at the door all day until I get home from school to jump all over me and bring me their little dog toys. Their entire body moves side to side because of how fast their tails are wagging. They look forward to one thing besides food, it is going on their nice long walk. The only time of the day they can meet other people but also sniff where other dogs have been.]]> 2022-02-19 01:47:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2056134151 Gideon Perrin https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2056223471 When I imagine life after I graduate, I see myself traveling the world. I have always wanted to just leave home, leave this small town of Evans and go with the wind and be out in the wild. Buy a small RV with a few friends and just enjoy life. Take all summer and just have fun traveling to different places like national parks all over the world. I think a change would be so nice to get out of the strictness of high school and enjoy life. I imagine taking the most beautiful pictures during all of my journeys and sharing my experience with the world.]]> 2022-02-19 04:27:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2056223471 Gideon Perrin https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2056229665 Things that makes one's heart beat faster are when you have to present your senior project in front of judges. The anxiety and thoughts of messing up cloud your mind almost bringing you to a point where you might break down. The nerves run through every inch of your body and not knowing what next will happen makes your heart beat even faster. The thoughts of who are my judges? What will they think of my project? Have I done enough to get an A? Brings worry causing one's self to be overwhelmed and mess up during their presentation. ]]> 2022-02-19 04:41:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2056229665 Isaiah Beard https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2056235356 Depressing Things are when you're all alone by yourself with all of your thoughts in your mind. All of your thoughts come together and you just start thinking of bad stuff. When you're all alone with your mind it can become really depressing. When you feel like nothing in life really matters anymore or when you stop answering text or calls that when you know you're going though depression]]> 2022-02-19 04:54:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2056235356 Isaiah Beard https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2056237066 Splendid things are when you work really hard for something like to get caught up on all your work in school or when you're playing a sport and you notice that you're actually getting better at it is a splendid feeling. Not having to worry about certain things make life enjoyable and having no worries in life is the most splendid feeling you can have ]]> 2022-02-19 04:58:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2056237066 Matthew Carson https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2056800931 Having responsibility for something is amazing, the fact that someone trust you enough to have it. Getting to school two minutes after the late bell rings, knowing your going to be tardy. Having the feeling in just three months you will be walking across the stage to graduate. Moving on to the next step of life. Walking in class and the teacher says "clear your desks, we have a big test". You forgot about it and knowing your going to fail makes it worse.]]> 2022-02-19 20:33:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2056800931 Joshua Bell joshuabell21 https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2059368763 Time is running out. The world moves, never slowing down. As you walk the halls you start to notice changes. In both people and the school. Birds come to a rest after a long flight. The bright sun loses its light. You blink and you're already a senior getting ready for life. A quarter of our lives are almost over. Knowing that there were so many things I could have done in my school life before becoming a senior is depressing.  The friends you had at the start and the enemies you ended up with. I will miss them. Time is running out and I'm going to miss what I've had. 


 
]]> 2022-02-21 20:57:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2059368763 Joshua Bell joshuabell21 https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2059383648 The sound of an alarm, reminding you of what's to come when you enter school. That test you forgot to study for, and the class is just a minute away. The promise you made but did not uphold your end of the deal. What makes my heartbeat faster is stress. Feeling like you're falling behind. Drowning. Wondering if everything is worth it. Wondering if you failed. The rush of the answer creeping nearby. Like your test flipped over on your desk. Did I pass? Or did I fail? Not all are negative. Like the girl across from you. The girl in the hallways always smiling when you catch her eye. Love and Fear.


]]> 2022-02-21 21:14:36 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2059383648 Joshua Bell joshuabell21 https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2059395418 That 100 on that test. The feeling of knowing that it's over. When you put in so much work for a good end result. When you made a risk, and it was worth it. The thing that five a clean feeling is when you did everything right, you're all caught up just waiting on the train to move. When you have nothing to worry about and you can just sail on throughout life. When you go to school and go home with no difficulties. Knowing that you woke up at all gives a clean feeling. Honestly when everything goes your way. It gives you that feeling. 


]]> 2022-02-21 21:28:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2059395418 Bailey Smith https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2060581000 Some splendid things is when you are able to relax and feel no stress for a little while. Whether it is because there are no upcoming presentations to worry about or that you are caught to, maybe even ahead, of the work you are expected to complete. Being close to the end of my high school career is a splendid thing. I will have new things to stress and worry about but at least I can be on track to moving forward in my life. More splendid things is coming home after a long tiring day at school to no homework and being able to relax for a while.]]> 2022-02-22 13:45:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2060581000 Jakayla Norman https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2070442477 Arriving home after long day to see your room that was recently cleaned. Lighting a candle or burning incense before you begin your nightly routine. Shampooing hair that has been heavily coated with gel and oils over the last 3 days. Taking a shower then immediately getting into a perfectly made bed. Beginning the next day by washing your face as the humid breeze passes through the tiny screened bathroom window, where you can see the sun has barely risen. Arriving to class early so you can leave the over crowded hallways you were previously standing in. Finally being able to go home to my own room. ]]> 2022-02-28 23:23:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2070442477 Jakayla Norman https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2070460564 When you wash your hands and forget to pull up your sleeves, so the wet , cold sleeve periodically touches you as you walk towards your next destination. Peoples drinks leaving condensation on the desk and i accidentally touch it not knowing what liquid is on my hand. Listening blindly then accidentally focusing in on someone chewing which is now the only thing you can hear. Seeing a child knowingly wipe a string of mucus onto their hands then quickly onto their pants. When I begin thinking about how many hands had ate off the old plastic cafeteria trays. How the forks, spoons , and knives we are provided with at a restaurant have been used repeatedly by thousands of different people. Generally being in public gives an unclean feeling.]]> 2022-02-28 23:48:31 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2070460564 Jakayla Norman https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2070494181 Especially delightful is the first day ,in the first month of the new year. Everyone is celebrating worry free. Loud fireworks surround the areas we reside in at exactly 12:00 am on January 1st. The bright colors fill the midnight sky as we all make promises to ourselves , to be successful in the new year , accomplish goals we have never considered even being a possibility, even starting a new routine. Only to realize that 8 out of 10 people give up on these resolutions within the first few weeks. Experiencing that for yourself and realizing trust as well as determination in yourself will help you persevere and accomplish the things you want in life is a significant part of being able to enjoy the way your living.]]> 2022-03-01 00:25:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2070494181 Jakayla Norman https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2070537824 Our parents as we grow and venture out into the world to experience all the things they have warned us of over the years. The authority many adults once had over the children we were merely a year ago. The idea that you have to follow a certain pathway in order to be successful. As we explore and meet new people while discovering who we want to become , the opinions of others become less and less significant as time goes on. Until the point where you solely rely on yourself for validation , advice, anything we once received from the world around us.]]> 2022-03-01 01:04:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2070537824 Jahvon Bradford https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2074108735 Things that makes ones heart beat faster is when you come to school expecting to be happy and you play around all day and see a special person or thing you want to see. When you walk into a class and the teacher says you have a test and you know you didn't study for the test and that if you fail this test you fail the class. When your heart starts beating fast its hard to make it stop because that's all you can think about. When I'm at school the day of a track meet my heart constantly beats all day. When you walk into the classroom and see that special person you've been waiting to see all day it feels like you just got on a roller coaster ]]> 2022-03-02 17:55:07 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2074108735 Gideon Perrin https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2075033670 Depressing thoughts flood my mind as I think about how little time I have left as a senior. It felt like just yesterday I was just walking into this school as a nobody. Senior year came so fast and unfortunately has brought many stressful things with it like senior projects, drama, and not knowing what to do after graduation. The teachers tell us they are trying to set us up for the future. In the moment it seems uplifting but it actually sets us up for an overwhelmed mindset causing many to shut down and not do their work. Leading to failing grades, depression, and being unprepared for life after high school.]]> 2022-03-03 04:19:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2075033670 Connor Belgin connor_belgin https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2080514051 I think depressed thoughts as I realize my time as a child is over. Depressed thoughts enter my head thinking of all the responsibilities that I will have. The depressed thought of this being my last year free enters my mind. I do not know what to do after I graduate or go to college. Depressed thoughts, and stress are causing me to become lazy in my work ethic, and have caused me to shut down. The depressed thoughts have overwhelmed my mind making me feel unprepared for my life after school, and I cannot get them to go away.]]> 2022-03-07 01:34:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2080514051 Connor Belgin connor_belgin https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2080524377 Splendid things are when I come home after a long or stressful day at school, and I am able to relax. It is splendid when I can sleep for a full 8 hours without waking up for some unknown reason. It's very splendid getting to play games with my friends, and enjoying their company. It's splendid hanging out with my family, and being able to enjoy their company. It is a splendid feeling getting work done ahead of time, setting my mind at ease. Going out to dinner, to see a movie, or even shopping is a splendid time that I enjoy. Their are many splendid things in my life.]]> 2022-03-07 01:40:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2080524377 Connor Belgin connor_belgin https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2080534896 When I imagine life after college, I imagine getting a job, visiting my friends in other states, and being able to come home after a long days work, and being able to relax. When I imagine the job I want, I imagine working with editing programs and cameras to help people record YouTube videos, or working as the editor for a news channel. I imagine enjoying my job, and not being forced to do a profession I find disinteresting or painful. I imagine living in a house with my friends being able to do things with them all the time. I Imagine my life after college being great!]]> 2022-03-07 01:46:07 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2080534896 Noah Bedley https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2150403624 especially delightful is the first day of our senior year. When everyone comes back to school happy and excited to finish strong. first day back, I drove to school! I thought that I was so cool driving my own vehicle. I believe within the first week back I had already got Senioritis and didn't want to do a single thing in class. but compared to now, i look back at the past 4 years and start to reminisce all of the good memories that high school brought me]]> 2022-04-20 14:03:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mayah_wood/ogmbrnzxsughhwws/wish/2150403624