The A+ Guide to 8th Grade

Top 5 Tips to Not fail 8th Grade

1.   Always be on top of things, your teacher may not always remind you about your assignments, you need to have responsibility and initiative!   **Note: a Neopet is a virtual pet community**

2.   Treat 8th grade like high school so your ready for next year, be prepared for anything!

3.   Always ask questions if you’re confused, your teachers are there for a reason!

4.   Don’t get over-excited for something, there is always a plot twist!

5.   Never give up, never surrender!

Have fun in 8th grade, don’t get overwhelmed.

The New Beginning (GIFS Included)

          **** WARNING**** SPOILER ALERT**** PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK

The moment when you notice that you have done nothing for five days

The moment you are so angry you can’t control yourself

When you realise that you have cut off your own arm

When you are rescued after five days alone in a canyon

Having no sleep for over 127 hours

 

When you notice that you have been laying in a hospital bed for over 24 hours unconscious

 

This is a series of GIFS for my independent novel Between a Rock and a Hard Place, by Aron Ralston.  The Gifs depicts what occurs in the resolution of 127 Hours. “Without even the minimal distraction,  I have nothing whatsoever to do. I have no life… I am just waiting” (277). Aron has continuous been doing the same things ever-day for over a course for five days. However, this all changes when Aron can’t hold himself in anymore. “I scream out in pure hate, shrieking as I batter my body to and fro against the walls, losing every bit of composure that I’ve struggled so intensely to maintain” (279).  Eventually Aron, has only one option left to save himself. Amputate his own hand. ” I don’t want it. It is not a part of me. It’s garbage.  Throw it away Aron. Be rid of it” (279).  Then, Aron commits the unthinkable.  After amputating his hand off, Aron walks for over seven miles almost bleeding to death until rescue arrivals.  “Before I pass out again, my single thought is ‘ I am Alive’ ” (328). Aron wakes up to find himself laying on a hospital bed in Colorado. Aron has had no sleep for over 127 hours and that streak has been ended now.  After over fifteen surgeries Aron goes through a rehabilitation process and recovers very fast. Aron had to say good-bye to his old life, however, “Saying Farewell is also bold and powerful beginning” (342).

 

Citations:

“Called by the Natural World – Durango Telegraph.” Called by the Natural World – Durango Telegraph. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Dec. 2013.

GIFS found at: http://www.thatssotrue.com