Endless Waters
By Hannah Billings

As I step in, I feel the cool water,
I feel the small pebbles rub up against my feet.
The smell of the breeze,
The taste of the salt,
It stings on my legs,
But it makes me feel free.
I see the little fish
Come to greet my giant toes.
I wonder what they must be thinking
Seeing those things.
It makes me question myself
Did I clean my feet last night?
I feel the crabs
Nibble on my heel.
Ouch I say out loud,
I wonder what the tourists think,
Because there is no on else around
As I go deeper, I feel a cold chill
It goes up my back
And wraps down around my ankles
All the way up to my shoulders now
I can see my towel in the distance
All nice and warm laying on the rocks
As a take my last step, I land on a barnacle
That pore innocent thing
How would I feel if someone stepped on me while I was minding my own business?
As I go under
I get rid of all the stress
Everything seems so care free
Everything seems like less
But as I remember I have to come up
I can’t be as free
As those little fish on the bottom of the sea, living it up

Baby: Think It Over

8th grade students reflect on their experiences as parents to newborn babies.

It’s so awesome to experience firsthand how much care babies need in the first few moments of your life. It’s also really hard because you have to guess and check to see what the babies want.  But I would definitely recommend that everyone try this experience and it will help them understand how wonderful (and aggravating!) a baby can be.
But the most wonderful part is that everyone in the class helps each other out watching, changing, and giving tips to each other on how to care for the babies.  For once in our class, we are all on the same page and understand each other.
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Name of Baby- May
I was really surprised how many times they needed to eat! They eat all the time. They also take a really long time to eat. I remember feeding my baby for an hour and a half. At 3:00 in the morning! I was exhausted. It really gives you the real feel on how to be a mother. It's not very much fun, getting up at 3:00 a.m, or 5:00 am, or even at 11:30 at night! It's not so bad at school, but at night or early in the morning it is a living nightmare!
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Having the babies was really hard for me on the first night because i didn't have the right ID chip for it so while it was crying I couldn't do anything about it. But basically the last night and 2 days was easier then I thought it would be only because I got the right chip. The only thing that I  have to say is that they can be easy and also ever so hard to handle at the same time.
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