Back-to-School Memories: Spider Karma

First Day of 9th Grade, I was all dressed up and looked great, felt great, it was a beautiful day! I left my house to walk to school and as I was walking up the alley I saw a spider. I paused for a moment and looked at the spider, really looked at it. Then I killed it! The guilt I felt was horrific, didn’t feel great anymore, didn’t look great. To this day I will not kill a spider….I will pick them up with Kleenex and put them outside…hopefully this will help my karma…bad way to start the first day of 9th grade… -Claudia

Back-to-School Memories: Brushing the teacher's hair

I had a really hard time starting first grade. I hated my teacher who – although she looked for all the world like Paula Abdul to me and was very chic – got my name wrong all the time and always asked us girls to brush her hair for her during class – weird! I also really missed my mom, and d... Read More Submit Your Diary Entry