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Young’s Extraordinary Writing
September-October
Uh Oh!!
Island Dispute STUCK HERE ALONE
Big Wave Poem
1. Writer’s Workshop-Uh Oh 2. Big Wave Poem 3. Perspective Writing Piece 4. Japanese/Chinese Island Conflict 5. Opinioned Points 6. Opinioned Quotes 7. How Has my Environment Affected
me 8. Splat Blurb 9. Tiger Mom
Tiger Mom Do you sometimes feel like everything’s going wrong in
your life and everybody is constantly not listening to you? To people who do feel like that, stop weeping and start feeling bad for me!! This endless everybody-is-not-listening-to-me thing has been non-stop for me. My dad and my sister, they are a piece of cake to deal with, but my mom, now that's a challenge. My mom, I guess you can refer to her as a tiger mom. These moms, they are unpredictable, almost as if they were balloons. Pressure filling them up and if you poke them just enough they’ll POP! This story begins with my own tiger mom, ready to pounce…
I quietly sneak up to the fridge, grabbing the one and only sugar filled tripled chocolate rocky road ice cream, closing the door as softly as I can, my hand trembling. The last thing I wanted was if my mom would suddenly come right through the kitchen, her face red with anger, finding me, not practicing my flute songs, but laying around trying to find something to eat. Suddenly, a large squeaky creek reeked from the fridge door, spreading evidence all over the house that I wasn't in the room I was suppose to be in. I knew I was dead caught already. I plunged into one of the drawers, clutched a spoon, snatched the ice cream and sprinted back to the practicing room as if nothing happened. I hastily flung the ice cream and spoon into one of the pillows and hid it safe where no one could touch it. This piece of heaven was gold to me. A Godiva triple chocolate rocky road ice cream, my mouth started to water. I couldn't resist. Out of nowhere, sudden footsteps started to roar through the hallways. It became louder and louder.
A face poked out through the door, and guess who it was…
The Tiger Mom
Her eyeballs were burning trying to escape from her head, her clambered hands in fists, and for the worst, here it comes, the shouting.
“Young, how many times have a told you to stop walking
around the house and focus on your flute! Your teacher is coming in 30 minutes and you are not even half done yet! Why do you have to be so irresponsible and not finish your flute work on time? Now stop goofing off and start playing that flute right now! And
one more thing, if I see you walking around again then your going to be in BIG TROUBLE.” Her voice boomed straight into my head. She did her signature “tsk” to top it off, and went out of the room, angry as ever.
I knew right then this was going to be one of those days. -
Mom acting all cantankerous and disappointed. Making me feel deplorable. Glaring at me with an evil squint, pressure running up and down her body. These are the worst days you can have, the days when you have only your sister and dad to watch your back.
Ferociously, I started to search through the pillows trying to find my ice cream. There it was, the heaven with chocolate. I put down the ice cream and thought for a second,
“Should I start playing? Just to chill mom down?” I grabbed my flute with a tight grip, sighing. This was not my day, I did not know when I started flute, but it was not me who signed up, of course it was my mom. I simply told her I DIDN'T want to do it, but she didn't listen to me and went straight to sign me up. I hated when these things happened, I hated the feeling. All mom did was ask me if I wanted to do it, either the answer was yes or no to her, it was always yes. When these things happened I hated my mom, she was annoying, mean, and selfish, but none of these things mattered to my mom when she was in this mood. I slammed my book onto my flute stand and flipped to the page that I had to practice. I started practicing. A soft vibrant sound came flowing out of my flute as I blew it, I wasn't great, but I guess I was ok. I could finish the story for you, but that wouldn't be fun. Next time your mom gets angry at you, think of this story and finish it for me. Remember, a mom always has a little tigerous attitude in them, I promise. Now go on, all it takes to blow one up is a touch of annoying, whining, and the last ingredient a nasty attitude. You know you can do it. If you want to try one on your dad, just add another pinch of whining, that should do it. Dads are softies so it takes a bit more, but once you get them fired up, they will never stop. Have fun… I guarantee it.
Tsunami
Run away, Run away,
Run away from it
Its thrashing arms, And legs
The murderer, itself Wiping out everything
Your family, Your Home,
Your Memory Everything
After the job is done, There is nothing left
No Family, No Home,
No Memories Everything Gone
The enemy,
Itself, Loves
Swallowing up the Poor,
Fragile Humans
Leaving their souls to be In it’s deadly
Bodies
The word for them: Monsters Murderers
Enemies Killers
The list goes on and on
They are always with you wherever you are
They never stop
The Waves NEVER stop
Waiting for the earthquake to call them
to kill us
We can’t survive this If you get hit,
Your… Dead
The TSUNAMI will be
back…
OPEN YOUR EYES PEOPLE!!!! I AM WORTH A LOT!!! By Young Kim
Stuck in the hands of grotesque people really messes up my mood. Stuck in cash registers for hours makes me hard to breath. Stupid adults keeping me in the palm of their kid’s hands. Ripping parts of my body in half and taping me together. The crumpling sound of my body as they crunch, crunch, crunch me up like a piece of junk. 10th graders spilling grape juice all over my rich hair. Shaking me in their tiny pockets-‐too lazy to put me in a wallet where I belong. Why do people mistreat me??? I am worth a lot!!!! 100 dollars, seriously!!! PEOPLE, ARE YOU CRAZY!!!??? I used to smell like a newborn baby, but now I smell like gunk with a touch of dog poop!!! You will be surprised with what you find out in this life if you were me. Although my life seems horrible, some things are ok to deal with. Some things are good like I always go to the bank 2 times a week. I love the bank. It’s where my friends are, my best friend is the $10 bill. My long time wish is for somebody to act like I am worth a lot. That they will see me for me, 100 dollars. Not a old piece of worthless paper. Now, I am stuck with this very fancy lady, I think about 27 years old. Her name is Carrie and she
smokes!!! She always takes me to fancy places. I think I like her best cause she keeps me in a WALLET!!! OH NO!! She is carrying me up!!!! NO SHE IS GONNA USE ME!!!! NOOOOOO!!!!!
Tsunami
It is an enemy
It kills you
It’s unexpected, It strikes within minutes
You don't know when it kills you Just one slap with its body and
your dead…
It raises its arms and kicks its feet, then it repeats, repeats,
repeats, and repeats
And then it will start to thwack and boom
Swallows you up in one BIG gulp
Your dead within a second, all
washed out No nothing in your memory
your family or about It killed you
With no doubt Killed your family Killed everything
Everything wiped out Everything gone
A new world A sad world
Just because of it
What if you got stroke from this vicious monster Evil, nasty murderer
It will bury your soul in its
body Acting innocent
When it’s actually the nemesis
Japan, China, and Taiwan at war, a nuclear strike on Japan, the US navy involved? Death threats from all ends?? What is going on??!!! What do you think? Whose side are you on? This is a big situation… but all over a small group of islands? Lets find out the true story of this problem… The Chinese protesters are getting very violent. They believe that it “their” island and the Japanese stole it from them. They show their anger by; throwing rocks, bottles, eggs, and bricks at Japanese embassies, cars, and even people!! They are wearing Anti-‐Japanese logos, vandalizing photos of Japanese high authorities, sending death threats to the Japanese prim minister, and the worst of all, and ripping the Japanese flags. Here’s our own new reporter Kristi Deki for the news on the island dispute reporting from China. “PROTESTING IS OUT OF CONTROL! PEOPLE ARE BEING ARRESTED ON THE SPOT FOR PROTECTING THEIR PROPERTY! THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE PARADING THE STREETS WITH DREADFUL SIGNS AND DEATH TREATS! WHO KNEW THAT THIS TINY ISLAND WOULD CAUSE THIS MUCH DISPUTE!” There are two sides of the story for the Chinese workers; some of the workers believe that “Japan is part of the problem we need to let them know it’s our island! “ China needs the oil and gas because they are the country that makes a lot of products and they own a lot of factories so in order to produce their elements, they need all the resources they can get, but some of the Chinese workman need the Japanese manufactures because that how they feed their families and provide for themselves. “Japan is one of our main business partners and most of the jobs come from Japanese factories so why are we stressing our economy even more by fighting.”
A Chinese fisherman exclaims, “The Daioyu islands belong to us. We sailed the around the island many times and discovered it in the 14th century, so why are we not the owners? We evidently are a big country and China has one of the biggest populations in whole world. Clearly we have the most to provide for. Adding to that the Daioyu islands are a pretty big fishing area so we need that to feed the people. It’s clear the islands belong to us.”
A Chinese fisherman named BuBu proclaims, “This is an outrage! We have the right to fish and for Japan to stop us. Vandalizing the Toyotas, Nissans and Hondas, vandalizing the Japanese flag and prim minister’s photo is what they deserve!” Let’s stay away form those angry protestors for a long time. Some believe that China is using the island dispute to resolve their World War 2 grudges and direct it off their economy failure. A Chinese historians says “the island is ours since we sailed the island during the 1400 hundreds” Now lets hear Taiwan’s part of the story… A Taiwanese official protests “We need the island since China has enough resources and Japan has help form the U.S we need the island most.” Taiwanese local fisherman says, “This is an outrage! The Japanese navy has been blasting my boat with the most unusual thing… WATER CANNONS!!! One of the major problems of this situation is that the island is a key fishing spot for the Taiwanese.” A Taiwanese protester states, “The Island is ours because geographically it’s around 75 miles from our “Island”. Another protester states, “The children all agree with us and since we believe that the island is ours, the children should protest with us.” As you can see, it looks as if Taiwan thinks
that no one would harm a child, no one would so the protestors use the children to do their dirty work. Surprisingly with all this commotion Japan has managed to stay calm. A Japanese official declares “ We bought the Senkaku islands, China is just trying to use this to distract the fact that their economy isn’t doing well at all. Taiwan just wants the island for the fishing rights since that their fishing hotspot. Clearly the island is OURS.” The Japanese prim minister is very firm in his speech he sends a message to the Taiwanese and the Chinese that the Senkaku islands belong to Japan. A Japanese historian announces, "We bought the Senkaku Islands, we surveyed the islands since the late 19th century and the Americans administered the island till the 1972 and hand overed the islands to us. China is just using this crises to resolve their World War 2 grudges.” The funny thing is was that when Japan surveyed the island in the late 19th century the claimed it belonged to nobody. A Japanese worker exclaims, “Since China has shut down multiple of the Japanese factories that are located in China, we are losing more than 10% of our manufactured production.” A local Japanese fisherman called Mr. Sakamoto says “ Yes, Hello, I feel we really shouldn’t go to war over some silly islands, we own them anyway. Even though the islands are a fishing hotspot and I’m a fisherman, I have a brain. I mean, I hope Japan get’s the islands, but their said to be a nice oil preserve in the area and definitely nice fishing spots. Even though I haven’t visited the area yet I won’t until all this commotion ha settled down.” The U.S are starting to get involved in this escalating crisis
“If any country pass the Japanese territorial border we have to get involved. We really don’t need another country hating us since our nation is split between the presidential election.” We hope that this island dispute doesn’t get any farther than this, Let’s hope that they share the island before this escalates into a something bigger. This is Maya, Kristi and Young Signing off.
Opinion Language From the Japanese, Taiwanese, and Chinese
Dispute
• “Mine, Mine, Mine, Mine” leaders sound like seagulls from “Nemo”
• BRIEF HISTORY A. The Japanese call them “Senkaku Islands” B. The Taiwanese call them “Tiaoyutai” C. The Chinese call them “ Daiyu” • Administered by the US till 1972 • Handover by Japan • Asserted Claims by Japan • China Claims island since then • Close to key shipping lanes, rich fishing grounds, and there may be oil reserves in that area
• Surveyed the islands in the late 19th century A. Said it did not belong to anyone B. How things change
• China feels should be returned as the rest of imperial Japan’s conquests were returned in 1945
• Defense of the islands by Japan may compel support from the US military Opinionated Language Violence
• Smashing Cars • Throwing Eggs • Throwing Rocks • Throwing Bottles
• Called for war • Put on Anti Japanese Logos • Putting on signs on cars that say they bought the car before Japan started misbehaving
• Turning around cars • Breaking Windows • Acting crazy • Armed Ships • Kill All • Fight to the death • Sailors having water fights
1. Squirt… Squirt… How Mature • Nuclear Strikes • Flexing muscles • Shiny new aircraft carriers • Long resentment • Memories from World War 2 • War crimes not address • Claim since 14th Century • Ripping Flags • Throwing bricks • Using children • Huge gas and oil reserve • Taiwan and China teaming up? • Fighting on the ground of Japan • Chinese people arresting Japanese people • Japanese people arresting Chinese people
Multiple Chinese fishermen have been determining the same argument. Lets take a look at one of these sayings… Fisherman, ________________ says, “These islands belong to us. Period. We controlled and discovered these islands in the 14th century, so why are we still not the owners? We evidently are a big country and China has one of the biggest populations in the whole world so clearly we have a big herd to feed. Adding to that, __________ islands is a big fishing area so we can get a lot of food to feed these people. I think this makes pretty much sense and makes the point that these are the islands that belong to us.” Prim Minister of Japan retells their story and how the ___________ islands is theirs… They are firm that they want to make sure this message goes out to the Chinese and Taiwanese. Prim Minister says, “We have claimed the ownership of these islands because we bought it from Japanese citizens, which proves we are the rightful owner to these practical islands, and that Taiwan and China should just leave us alone and let us be with OUR islands, also just move on.” Taiwanese citizens have been chatting about how its unfair to make Taiwan feel small just because they are geographically smaller than the US, China, and Japan. One Taiwanese says, “The __________ islands are ours. The US, China, and Japan have been arguing against us but, they truly know that its ours. Its true we have to compete against other large countries, but all we believe is that the island is ours. We are the closest country to it. That's all we have to say” US citizens suddenly are starting to get involved with this situation too. Whats their story… One American says, “We have owned the _________ islands from 1945 to 1972. We think that is long enough to have claim.”
How Has my Environment Affected
Me? Sometimes I imagine how my life would be like if I have lived in Korea as other normal Korean kids. It must be much different from how it is now. I moved to Beijing, China when I was 4 as my father came to work there. I spent three years in great International Kindergartens in Beijing. I could learn Chinese as well as English and experience something Chinese even though I cannot remember all of them. My family moved here to Tokyo, Japan in the summer of 2008 and I have attended ASIJ since then. I could meet so many friends and kids from all over the world. I am learning Japanese and have visited many places in Japan. I think all these experiences were possible because my parents gave me a chance to live in an international environment. I am not sure I will live in Japan or any other country outside of Korea in next few years, but the environment surrounding me since we left Korea definitely changed my life and will also affected the rest of my life. I am more open minded to any language or culture and I am sure I can be a friend with anyone from any country. I may be studying in universities in the States or in Korea, but I know I have more choices and opportunities than other Korean kids as I am learning many languages and my parents will
support me as they did the past 10 years. I really thank my family for giving me such a good environment to live and learn in.
Do you think you are the world’s rebel??? Compared to the rascals in Eric Walter’s book you are nothing, but a pest. Alex and Keegan, the perfect pairs to be known as the sneakiest hooligans are about to strike back at the Tomato Festival. As their fathers, the chief and the mayor, stupidly make them work at the festival this year at the tomato toss booth, they make it a bit more interesting… lets just put it this way… if you were entering the booth… you might not want to wear something fancy… you are up for a… “SPLAT!!”
Tiger Mom Do you sometimes feel like everything’s going wrong in
your life and everybody is constantly not listening to you? To people who do feel like that, stop weeping and start feeling bad for me!! This endless everybody-is-not-listening-to-me thing has been non-stop for me. My dad and my sister, they are a piece of cake to deal with, but my mom, now that's a challenge. My mom, I guess you can refer to her as a tiger mom. These moms, they are unpredictable, almost as if they were balloons. Pressure filling them up and if you poke them just enough they’ll POP! This story begins with my own tiger mom, ready to pounce…
I quietly sneak up to the fridge, grabbing the one and only sugar filled tripled chocolate rocky road ice cream, closing the door as softly as I can, my hand trembling. The last thing I wanted was if my mom would suddenly come right through the kitchen, her face red with anger, finding me, not practicing my flute songs, but laying around trying to find something to eat. Suddenly, a large squeaky creek reeked from the fridge door, spreading evidence all over the house that I wasn't in the room I was suppose to be in. I knew I was dead caught already. I plunged into one of the drawers, clutched a spoon, snatched the ice cream and sprinted back to the practicing room as if nothing happened. I hastily flung the ice cream and spoon into one of the pillows and hid it safe where no one could touch it. This piece of heaven was gold to me. A Godiva triple chocolate rocky road ice cream, my mouth started to water. I couldn't resist. Out of nowhere, sudden footsteps started to roar through the hallways. It became louder and louder.
A face poked out through the door, and guess who it was…
The Tiger Mom
Her eyeballs were burning trying to escape from her head, her clambered hands in fists, and for the worst, here it comes, the shouting.
“Young, how many times have a told you to stop walking
around the house and focus on your flute! Your teacher is coming in 30 minutes and you are not even half done yet! Why do you have to be so irresponsible and not finish your flute work on time?
Now stop goofing off and start playing that flute right now! And one more thing, if I see you walking around again then your going to be in BIG TROUBLE.” Her voice boomed straight into my head. She did her signature “tsk” to top it off, and went out of the room, angry as ever.
I knew right then this was going to be one of those days. -
Mom acting all cantankerous and disappointed. Making me feel deplorable. Glaring at me with an evil squint, pressure running up and down her body. These are the worst days you can have, the days when you have only your sister and dad to watch your back.
Ferociously, I started to search through the pillows trying to find my ice cream. There it was, the heaven with chocolate. I put down the ice cream and thought for a second,
“Should I start playing? Just to chill mom down?” I grabbed my flute with a tight grip, sighing. This was not my day, I did not know when I started flute, but it was not me who signed up, of course it was my mom. I simply told her I DIDN'T want to do it, but she didn't listen to me and went straight to sign me up. I hated when these things happened, I hated the feeling. All mom did was ask me if I wanted to do it, either the answer was yes or no to her, it was always yes. When these things happened I hated my mom, she was annoying, mean, and selfish, but none of these things mattered to my mom when she was in this mood. I slammed my book onto my flute stand and flipped to the page that I had to practice. I started practicing. A soft vibrant sound came flowing out of my flute as I blew it, I wasn't great, but I guess I was ok. I could finish the story for you, but that wouldn't be fun. Next time your mom gets angry at you, think of this story and finish it for me. Remember, a mom always has a little tigerous attitude in them, I promise. Now go on, all it takes to blow one up is a touch of annoying, whining, and the last ingredient a nasty attitude. You know you can do it. If you want to try one on your dad, just add another pinch of whining, that should do it. Dads are softies so it takes a bit more, but once you get them fired up, they will never stop. Have fun… I guarantee it.