That Brave Girl – Jade

Challenge 5

“I don’t mind if I have to sit on the floor at school. All I want is education. And I am not afraid of one,” said a 15 year old Pakistan girl named Malala in her UN speech. I bet you are wondering who she is and why she is so important to human rights and education for all. Malala is a women’s right activist. She thinks that everyone should have education.

 

One day on her way home from school she heard someone say, “I will kill you.” She picked up her pace and looked back to see if the guy was following her. The guy wasn’t, he was just on his mobile probably threatening someone else.

 

After that she started to get worried a couple weeks after, She was in a vehicle on her way home from school armed men stopped her vehicle, They started to fire and two girls were injured severely and Malala was shot in the head. She was in a coma for a long and she just barely survived. After that she wrote a book about why education is important.

Malala and I think that it is important for everybody to have education no matter their skin color, religion or gender.

 

Some of her quotes:

 

“We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced”

 

“The extremists are afraid of books and pens, the power of education frightens them. they are afraid of women.”

 

“One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.”

 

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My Awesome Life in the Future – By Jade

 In the future I want to go to college and get a good education. Then I will move to L.A. and try to become a fashion designer.  If that doesn’t work out I would like to become a backup dancer. While I am searching for the right job I will probably work at a bakery to earn money. If none of the  jobs workout I will probably move back to New York and find something else to do. I don’t really know what yet.

At some point in that busy plan, I want to fall in love with a nice, wealthy man. I would like to adopt two children because there are kids out there who need homes. I would also like to have a pet dog and a cat.

Once my kids get older and move out I would like to find a smaller house with my husband in  Maine to live out my last years.

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A day in the life of Jade

CHALLENGE #3

Hi! Here is a day in my life…

On a usual school day I wake up at 6:45 fall back asleep and wake up at 7:30. Then get ready for school. I usually have this delicious easy to make berry smoothie. I check my schedule and pack my really heavy back pack. Then my Mom or Dad drives me to school. It usually takes about 7-10 minutes to get to school.

 

Lunch at school is usually really good. For lunch they have a salad bar everyday. They also have pre-made salads, cheese and crackers, and all sorts of yummy things to eat.

 

The technology in Poughkeepsie day school is really cool. The lower school provides chromebooks for when they need it. Also in the middle school if you can’t provide a computer they give you a laptop for the year. Sometimes in the lower grades and in art class we use iPads. In the middle school we use Apple tv projectors to share our work on the screen.

My usual school schedule is… first I have advisory for 15 minutes. Then we leave to go to our  first class which is usually an academic class. Then we either have an arts class which is a class that the teacher chooses for us like an art, dance, or a music class. After that we have a half-an hour break. Then we have an academic class or an arts class. After that we have Lunch. Then we usually have another academic class of MS common time. Ms common time is pretty much study hall. At the end of school we just go to our buses or cars.

Government Shutdown – Jade

CHALLENGE 4:

The US government shutdown is affecting so many things like Government run websites, National Parks, and the government! The people who lost someone in Iraq aren’t getting the $100,000 dollar check they would get for losing someone in the war. People said that employees that work for the house of representatives are still getting paid.  A lot of government people are donating their salary during this time, two people are undecided and two people are keeping their money. One of the two people that are keeping their money are keeping it to pay for his “Big house”. The US government shut down all happened because the congress didn’t want to pass ObamaCare so they decided to shut down. Obama isn’t too happy about what is going on. The congress asked Obama to compromise but he was too stubborn to change and so was the congress. Comment below who you think is going to bend first!

 

 

My Hometown – By Jade

Challenge #2

I live in the beautiful Poughkeepsie, NY. One of the things I love to do in Poughkeepsie is go to the Walkway Over the Hudson River. It is the longest walking bridge over water. It used to be a railroad bridge, but then a train sparked and it started a big huge fire. All of the wood burned but the base is still there and sturdy! For a long, long time it was just a huge, broken bridge, but then after 34 years they decided to make it a beautiful Walkway Over the Hudson River. Hope you enjoyed it! This is a song my Dad wrote for the Walkway! (the song is sung by Nikki Boon)