Snow Good, Snow Bad

Now that the weather is warming up, I thought it appropriate to ask, DO YOU APPRECIATE THE SNOW? Now, I think we both agree that a simple yes or no is much too vague, so...

Are you someone who makes due with how the world is, no matter how it is, all the time, even if it is full of man eating bees? Ok, I think you get the point. You can deal with it.

• Or are you someone who hates snow from the first snowflake, to the last puddle, and thinks snow should be illegal (although that’s technically impossible)? Would you rather live in a country where snow is just a myth?

• Perhaps you are someone who makes up songs to praise the snow (feel free to share), in hopes of making it stay longer? Or you cry when the first green blades of grass poke out of the ground.

I think winter helps me appreciate other seasons. I can be happy when spring comes around and the temperatures rise. But I don’t hate winter either. I find it fun to go skiing, skating, tobogganing etc. Even just stepping outside for a snowball fight is great! So to make things short, I do appreciate the snow, but my parents would be  glad to move somewhere where snow is a myth!

Tell me what you think, and don’t hold back!

~Mac, music man

Fairytales

Most people that think they are super cool think that Fairytales are for babies, but they're not. I have always enjoyed reading Fairytales.  So I am interested in doing the Fairytale unit with our whole school.  Like really, we could perform a play or make up our own Fairytales. The possibilities are endless and the themes are intriguing!  Imagine, the principal dressing up as the Queen of the Fairytale Forest for one whole month!  One day we got to go for Tea with the Queen of the Fairytale Forest.   We got to miss class, eat cookies and drink tea and talk about our future like characters in happy Fairytales!

 Lately, we have been reading Fairytales in German and English and then comparing them.   I find that Walt Disney makes the stories happier and not so scary.  If you read the Grimm stories they’re more frightening.  Since we have been sharing Fairytales that we have written it has been interesting to hear from different viewpoints or the effects of changing characters.  I have noticed that this unit is going to be a lot of fun and exciting, as well as a learning experience for years to come!  What do think about learning more about Fairytales?  

~skigirl123