Hiba's Blog of Thoughts

                         The feeling you get when you start a new book or movie is very different from the feeling you get when you end it. You feel excited when you begin the book but you feel sad when the book ends.          The same thing applied to me when I started going to Golf Middle School and how my time here is ending. When I started 5th grade, I was so excited to finally start going to middle school. Even though I would leave Hynes behind, I was anxious to meet new teachers, new classes, and new opportunities alongside my classmates and friends.          And now that the end of 8th grade has come I realized the 3 years following 5 th grade flew by without me even realizing it. I created new memories and learned a lot. I don't want to leave my second home, and the people I've gone to school with since second grade, who I might not talk to again in hig...

        Who doesn't love food? Besides the fact that food keeps us alive, food gives us pure joy. Even though I love food, I can't really cook too many dishes. I can only make the simplest of things like cereal, toast, macaroni and cheese, ramen, and eggs.          One thing I have especially bad memories of is making toast, which is why I barely make toast. For some reason, every time I try making toast, I seem to burn myself. I have one of those toaster ovens, which are kind of like mini ovens that fit on top of your countertop but act like toasters. They even open up like ovens and have two racks like ovens. There was this one time where I was making toast, and I opened up the toaster to see if the toast was done. The one thing I had forgotten was that the toaster was burning hot. A sudden pain went through my body, and before I realized it, I had burned my hand almost to a crisp. The burn lasted for a very long time, almost a month....

        It's that dreaded time of year again all of us hate. PARCC Testing. Every spring, students are forced to spend about a week taking these horrible standardized tests. PARCC always puts everybody in a bad mood. Luckily, I've found some tips that may help make PARCC and other tests easier to get through and less stressful.  1. Get some sleep  Without sleep, your brain has trouble concentrating, focusing, and working in general. Get a full night's sleep the day before the test to make sure your brain works at its best on test day. 2. Have a healthy breakfast Your brain needs brain food to work! Before the test, have a breakfast which is healthy and rich in protein. Try foods like eggs or yogurt.  3. Practice! This one might seem pretty obvious. To get a good score on the test, y ou have to practice! You can use online practice tests so you know what kind of questions will come your way.  4. Use your extra-time wisely...

“You must choose love. Always choose love.”   This is a quote Erika had said to Daniel and his girlfriend from the book "Daniel's Story". The quote is very important and something everybody should live by.   There wouldn't be as many hate groups such as the KKK and ISIS around the world. People wouldn't be scared of being killed or being injured for being who they are.  If everybody chose love, there wouldn't be as much racism and sexism. People would be able to walk outside freely without feeling ashamed or insecure.  If everybody chose love, there wouldn't be as many wars happening at this moment. Iraq and Afghanistan would be at peace. Israelis and Palestinians would be happy.  There would be less violence, less refugees, less orphans, less oppression, and less children with their childhoods taken away from them. All of these horrible things would disappear only if everybody chose love. 

February 23, 2018 Dear Diary,          Today was just like any other day: busy, exhausting, but still fun. Today is Friday, which brought my mood up by a lot. It's almost 9:45 p.m. right now. I'm sitting at my desk trying to finish all my homework so I won't have to do it later.          Like last week, my family has to go to another party tomorrow (is it just me who has this many parties?). I'm excited about this one because more of my friends will be there.          On Sunday, I'm probably going to go watch the movie Black Panther with my friends and my brother. There has been so much craze going on about that movie, so I expect it to be really good. But then again, every Marvel movie is really good.          I know I am going to spark many arguments about this, but in my opinion, Marvel is better than D.C. I just needed to get it out there. The only D.C. movie I've actually ...

        It's 8:15 p.m. right now. Finally, I can relax.  My weekend so far has been booked. I've had no free time and no time to do my abundance of homework. Here's how Friday and Saturday of my 4-day weekend went:         Right after school yesterday, my family had to go to a party at my mom's friend's house. It was supposed to be at my house at first, but the location of it changed last minute. The kids my age stayed in the basement most of the time, while the older adults stayed upstairs. I was ecstatic because there weren't any younger kids to annoy us, which is pretty rare. We stayed there until 12 a.m. playing video games and eating ice cream.         As soon as I woke up the next morning, my mother, my brother and I went to Ikea with my cousins to help pick out their furniture. One of my cousins is 5 years old while the other is 3 years old, and for 1 glorious hour, they stayed at the children's...