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2.10.2009

My Times At Riverdale Grade School

I took my first steps in to his room, the air was hot, and the whiteboard messy with different things to learn about on it. He seemed to be mean, but he is not. He is just strict and a magnificent teacher.
His way of teaching us is different than other teachers.
But the one thing that I will always remember was the first thing that he taught us to say in Seventh Grade “Would you like fries with that?”
That simple sentence makes me remember all of the fun times in Mr. Mandis’s room. From all the challenging tests to learning about how hippies have peace, , yogurt, love, and oneness.
Seventh grade looked like it would be as hard as stone and not as fun as Sixth grade with almost four recesses a day, having free time every Afternoon, and even our English teacher teaching us Spanish from time to time.
Even though the transition from sixth grade to seventh grade was hard, from spending up to an hour on homework to staying up all night just to finish it.
The nice part about seventh grade was the experience that I had with all of my teachers, Sra. Dawes, Mr. Chadwick, Mr. Robinson, Mrs. Leve, and last but not least Mr. Mandis. When I leave Riverdale I am going to mostly remember one teacher, Mr. Mandis because of all of the interesting things that he has taught me. All of the different ways he teaches his classes, it is more interesting than most classes I had at Riverdale. I am going to remember more about that class than any of the other classes at Riverdale. I am proud to say that I was at Riverdale and taught by Mr. Mandis.
That Room
The one place that I felt scared at the beginning of seventh grade was that room. The first few steps in that room … was that room the room of death? No… The room of… English!
In this room things are funny, hard, or even… Easy! Surprisingly something’s can be easy.
But before I leave this room… I will have memories of many things… The first day of seventh grade… The first thing he taught us to say with the rest of the class “Would you like fries with that?” I will always remember that one sentence because it brings back all of the memories of seventh grade. One thing about that room that brings back even more memories was one thing under the “To Kill A Mockingbird” poster the black mace. The first thing I noticed in that room… When I leave that room I know that I have learned many things from language that could offend someone to Cabaret. One teacher to teach it all to his students… Even if the knowledge is just non-sense to some people, but to me it is all useful and interesting.
Riverdale
The doors to the school are open waiting for the young students to fill the halls with joy and for other kids to slam the lockers.
Mrs. Biss to tell us not to run in the halls. Mr. Mandis telling us to be quiet because people are taking a test. Mr. Chadwick allowing us to listen to our I-pods during electives. Mrs. Leve allowing us to do work samples on almost anything we wish. Sra. Dawes teaching us foreign language every day. Mr. Robinson took us to Washington D.C., Philadelphia, and New York City. All of these people around Riverdale help us all by teaching us or even making us laugh. But… Sooner or later those doors will swing shut and wait for new students to enter through the doors of Riverdale.

2 comments:

  1. Jen-

    This is utterly horrendous. I would in no way ever post this. This is by far the worst poem I have ever read. I wouldn't even call this a poem. It is a piece of "crap." Please don't joke around with me, please. Please post something that is good, and not a joke. This is very hurtful that you would try to play around with myself and your own involvement with the NY Post. Please don't joke around and post crappy poems and what not.

    Thanks,

    Jamie -

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  2. Sorry Jamie.
    That was writing from last year.
    I didn't write that this year. xD
    I will post something that is going to get approved by my current history/english teacher.
    Jen

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