Irwin @ Pap - West

  I was awaiting my watch to hit 12 o’clock, midnight,the end of 2020, and the start of 2021. I had to wait approximately 497 more seconds, so in that time, I went to go look at my calendar to see everything that I have accomplished throughout the whole year.   Beep! Beep! Beep! My white washing machine had finished its load. As i got up, I started to notice that a lot more miniscule things had taken their place along my living room floor. My foot caught something sticky, but I ignored it. It was the sound of fireworks that made me jump. I couldn’t really blame them, as whoever didn’t know what the occasion was, was noone the wiser. However, all I could hear instead of the kind happy new year greetings, was 'Its the middle of August you Clown!', I could only smile from ear to ear.[

  Hmmmmmm.  So what will I write on this page? Aphorisms. A great thing, but often annoying to come up with one. Mr. Advik explained to us that it was a pithy or witty saying and like a word of wisdom wrapped around in 20 words or less. S tatements that present a moral or philosophical idea. Statements that are present in common phrases as well as in well-known literature. Statements, that were often something like this: He who laughs last laughs longest, but he who farts loudest gets the room to himself. An instant A+ from that. All thanks to my friend: Posted. Disclaimer: Posted is not actually the name of my friend, it's a book that played a major part in this story...

  What is Carbon? Carbon is a vital element that makes up our planet. Scientists have found Carbon in every living and non-living source. Atoms form with carbon to make new forms, such as Carbon Dioxide, coal and diamonds. It is one of the 118 elements that form our planet Carbon can be a solid, a liquid, and a gas. What does Carbon do? Co2 found in the atmosphere is comparable to a blanket wrapped around the earth. Not enough Carbon, would mean the earth would be freezing cold, and too much Carbon would overheat the planet. How does Carbon get in our atmosphere? Motorized vehicles are one part of carbon getting up in the air. A Lot of people’s carbon footprint is about ten times bigger than their regular footprint. Burning Petroleum has been the easy source of transport ever since the Industrial Revolution, and the amount of carbon in the atmosphere is increasing by thousands and thousands each year. Scientists predict that at the rate we’re going, we’d be lucky to make it into the 5

The boy who gets stuck… My planning... Beginning: We are revising questions for our upcoming test that will count to 75 percent of our grade in science. Midway through, our teacher Mrs. Moritz gets called up to the office for a special reason. She tells us to keep the noise down and be sensible students. We go berserk, and my best friend Mark challenges me to a game of I dare you. He chooses scissors and I pick paper, and then he dares me to put my head in the small hole in our chairs and… I get stuck. Middle: All eyes are glued on me, and someone wonders aloud how I came to be in this intelligent school, with my moron decisions. A lot of people start sniggering, and one or two start laughing aloud. I face complete humiliation as I see my crush, Amelia is one of them sniggering. Mrs. Moritz comes back, and at first, doesn’t notice me. But then I give myself away with a sneeze and then she says, “Someone go get Janitor Allen!”, and then starts mumbling to herself. End: The janitor comes

The gloominess of the outside world was the only thing that kept me from inside my room. The wind was howling, the moon was full, and it was high, shining above, glistening its light everywhere. The doorbell rang. I ran to answer the door, but when I opened the door, a package with my name on it greeted me. “Allen. You can’t open that. Not yet”, Mum said. I just really wanted to see what was inside. But because of intelligence, my best bet was to wait and obey her. And that’s what I did. Because I’m a good boy.

I was listening to some music, headphones in my ears, furry blanket wrapped around me, when a vehicle pulled up in our driveway with a screech! I Climbed off the top bunk and went to go look through the peephole in our door, to see who it was. Slowly, I opened the door. “Clarie! Hop in!”, a voice said that sounded exactly like my fathers. The person owned a very fancy vehicle, just like my father’s as well. I went outside then… Wait. Back up . I had a thought. He rolled down the window and I saw that it was him. Then who was in the room? To be continued…