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  • gatsby’s eulogy

    i wrote most of this during a 15 minute session in my reading/writing class. i’d just finished the great gatsby and pondered over it for a long time, since i failed to appreciate it when i read it 2 or so years ago but felt it much more profoundly this time around. we had an…

  • what you can tell from the way people play tennis

    after a few years of playing tennis (admittedly, entirely recreationally and without much solid skills) and watching others play tennis, i’ve come to a few conclusions about the types of people that play tennis in my classes. not competitively, of course, but more on the beginner side.

  • If I Stay

    author: Gayle Forman rating: 2/10 genre: young adult romance best for ages: 8 to 10 — I would not have started reading this book if not for my language arts class. We had to pick out a book from my teacher’s list, so I chose this one, since it had an interesting synopsis. It might…