My teacher Mr.R left school recently, I cannot say why. (One:Because I don’t know a lot about it, Two: Because its his personal matter.) Anyway, I know that some people will probably stop using their blogs because he isn’t here anymore. I know that many people have been posting like crazy since Mr.R left. I think it is because emotion really brings out the writer/poet in all of us. We all miss his randomly changing hair, his (dare i say it) funky sweater vest things, his sense of humor and his joyful presence. Mr.R would always try to make class a little more fun by doing writing activities. Most of the time he knew how to make things more interesting and how to give us a proper challenge. He taught us that learning isn’t just memorizing something from a text book and then taking a test. It is about understanding it and being able to use it later on in life. Even if we don’t use it later, education is an gift that so many people in the world can’t have.

To Mr.R: Some people cry, but my eyes are dry and I don’t know why. (i swear i did NOT do that intentionaly!!) Emotions come differently for some and that is the case for me and a few others (of whom i will not point out). We miss you terribly Mr.R! I hope that I see you in the mall just wandering around or hanging out with your family. I know I’m not the only one who wants to see you again! I wish I could wake up and find that it was all a nightmare and I will wake up and come into LA and say, “I had the weirdest