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Harding Senior HighJune

Editors Note to students andparents: This year students wrotepoetry, paragraphs, stories andsongs. Here is a just a little of

some of their best work. As a

teacher, I feel very proud andhappy to work with these talented

and hard-working students, and I

will miss them next year! If you

want to email me or call, please do!

-- Ms. Smith, maiware@yahoo.comphone: 651-528-0422

The Poetry of a Wok

By Bee Lee

The way to cook fried rice is this:First put the oil into the wok.

When the oil starts to heat, add the

meat.

If the meat looks brown, stir in therice.

After you stir in the rice,sprinkle with soy sauce and salt.

But the very important thing

Is to put the green onion in at thesame time

with the tomatoes, last.When it all smells good, it

is ready to eat!

ELL 3A Journal2008

Whats In a Name

By Falis Sheikhdon

If I ever changed my name, I

would change it to Faduma because

that is the name of a Prophetsdaughter. It is a special name to

me and to everyone who knows

about Islam. Its a good name for a

daughter. There are a lot of girlsnamed Faduma. Its an important

name to all Muslim people becauseof how the prophets daughter acts

in our religion. She controlledherself to keep from doing anything

bad. She used to do what our

religion asked for. She follows the

better way.

The way you love somebody

By Yolanda Orellana Lopez

You will give everything to him.

You will love him the same way he

loves you.

You will feel like you can love himforever.

You will feel like you have

butterflies in your stomach.

You will feel like you are in the

clouds.

But when you find your first love,You will give everything.

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Essay Excerpts

My favorite place to play when Iwas younger was . . . . . . . .

Mouapao Thao:. . . . .

. . . . I liked to go to fish at MekongLake in Laos near our house. Many

people gathered around just to find

the best place to fish. They alsobet on who would have the bestlooking Paa Nin fish. One day, I

went with my uncle and cousin to

fish in the morning at 6 a.m., and

my uncle got a Paa Nin fish.

The second reason I liked toplay in Lake Mekong was the huge

swimming place. I was really goodat swimming. I would do the

floating and frog jump. My friendswould ask me to help them all the

time. And I showed them how to

jump when I climbed up on a rock.

Bee Lee: . . . in the sunny area in

front of our tiny bamboo house in

Thailand. I would play jump ropes,

hide and seek, and play volleyballwith all my friends.

Mai Soua Moua: . . . around Phalen

Lake in the summer. There were a

lot of flowers everywhere and all ofthem were pretty. Some flowers

were yellow, white, blue or red. Iliked to pick red flowers because

red flowers mean love.

* Lee: . . .. in a large corn field in

Thailand. It was thick with dead

corn stalks and dry leaves. I liked tocut the corn stalks to build things,

such as houses, bridges and toy

guns. I cut several stalks, arrangedthem in rows, and tied themtogether. Once, I cut about 20stalks to build a small house. I

covered it with corn leaves and

grass. It looked like a real house.

* Vue: . . . . on the mountain in

Thailand. My friends and I went

caveup with our sling-shots and

shot birds, squirrels and rabbits.

When we saw the birds, we crawled

like a lion. If we walked, the birdswould hear the noise and fly away.

Second of all, the mountain was

perfect for hide and seek. We couldhide in the caves, a forest, or bush.

I liked to hide in the caves. Aperson who was looking could not

find us because it was dark andscary.

.

* Some students preferred to notuse their real or full names.

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More Essay Excerpts

If I could live anywhere, I wouldlike to live. . . . .

Mai Xee Lee: . . . . in Thailand toeat delicious food: papaya salad,fried chicken and sweet rice.

Fatah Sheikhdon: . . . in Somalia.

Somalia has a lot of delicious foods.The rice in Somalia is cooked with

chicken soup, salt and tomato.

Somali people eat goat, beef and

camel meats. My favorite is goatmeat. It is so soft when cooked.

Yesenia Campos: . . . . . in Miamibecause there are different peoplein Miami like white, black, native,

Indian, Hispanic, etc.

Zang Yang: . . . . in Japan because

Japan manufactures faster,

beautiful cars, the girls are prettier

and cuter than in any other country,

and Tokyo is the best city.

PaKeng Her: . . . . in Laos because

Laos was my grandparents home

where they were born, and becausethere are a lot for great places to

grow foods such as rice and

vegetables.

Lor Vang: . . . in the mountains

because there are lots of animals. I

would like to have birds andmonkeys around my house. I love

hunting and I could go and hunt

deer. In mountains I could feel andbreathe the cool air.

Toua Xiong: . . . . I would like to

live in Thailand because I like to see

people walking to the market, andto climb the high mountains. The

lakes are important to me because

me and my friends like to go

swimming in the lakes.

Learning to RespectBy Hser Nay Blu

If I could write anything about

something or someone, I wouldwrite about my mother. One thing

she told me is very important to my

life. To respect others is best for

me. My mother told me to respect

others -- people that are older thanme, and even people that are

younger. I have asked my mother

why. She told me that if yourespect other people that aredifferent from you, they will respect

you, too. She said whatever youdo, good or bad, it will come back

to you. Im going to rememberwhat my mother taught me. I will

use this lesson in my life forever.

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Hmong New YearBy Chue Lee

I like Hmong New Yearbecause it has special things to do.The Hmong New Year has sevendays. Before New Year, my mother

likes to sew clothes for us. She

likes to make Hmong clothes withbeautiful flowers. My friends and I

like to wear Hmong clothes for theNew Year. We also play games andeat special foods then. I like

Hmong New Year because I have

time to spend with my family and

friends.

A Special Cousin

By Nou Yang

My cousin is like my sister

and loves me like a sister. Shealways helped my family witheverything when we got here to theUnited States. She helped us buy

things we needed such as food,

clothes and other things. Shealways took us with her to the park.

She is very good at volleyball and

always teaches us how to play. She

is always helpful to everyone. I willremember her in my mind forever,

even when we are old.

A Thai folk storyAs retold by M. V.*

She is the only child. Hermom and dad gave her everything.Since the daughter has everything,she has no sense of what is right,

wrong or fair.Once, while her mother was

praying at the Buddhist place of

worship, the daughter came to her

mom. She asked her mother for

money. Her mother asked her to

be patient until after she finishedpraying.

The daughter was angry

because her mother asked her to

wait. She walked around to standbehind her mother and kicked her

mother. Her mother was bleeding

and started crying.Then suddenly, the daughter

felt her body changed andtransformed into a mad dog.

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The Woman with the Long Ears

A folk story as retold by YeseniaCampos, Maryama Nebi, Yolanda

Orellana Lopez andFalis Sheikdhon

andFatah Sheikdhon

Once upon a time, a manmarried a beautiful woman. They

had a son together. After awhile,

the husband married anotherwoman. He divided his animals into

two different groups for each of his

wives. He built a big house for his

new wife. The house was next tothe house of his first wife.

When the first wife saw the

beautiful young wife and the new

house, she got jealous. She got so

jealous that she was almost crazy.Jealousy took over her. The next

night, she left the house with her

baby. Her husband was with thenew wife so he didnt know that thefirst wife had left with their child.

In the morning, everyone found

out that the older wife had gone.They went to find her, but theycouldnt.

The older wife tried to find where

her family lived, but she got lost.

She finally got to the Nugal Valley.

The Nugal Valley was known as alonely place where a woman named

Woman with Long Ears hunted for

people.

While the first wife was walking,she sensed that someone was

running after her. But the running

she heard was different than the

running she knew. The running

created all kinds of dust and wind.

She knew that the person runningafter her was Woman With Long

Ears. She kept running faster and

faster and Woman With Long Earskept running after her, too.

The mother and her son wereboth fat. Woman With Long Ears

loved fat people. She was very

hungry for them. Woman WithLong Ears was used to running fast,

and no one she chased ever got

away from her. Woman With Long

Ears was running faster and faster,but the mother was running, too.

While they were running, they

came to some deep holes in the

ground. When the mother saw

those deep holes that she couldntcross, she said, God, save me.

Then she jumped across safely with

her son.Woman with Long Ears stopped

and didnt want to take the risk of jumping over these holes. When

she couldnt jump, she said, Oh, deep holes. They can stop

a man that is flying. Oh, look at

the womans body. Oh, look at the

whiteness of her skin. Oh, look at

her body shake. Look at her sweet

baby. Oh, deep holes. Oh, theycan stop a flying man.

Stop there!

And the woman and her son ran

a lot, because they wanted to getaway from Woman With Long Ears,

so the woman and her son didnt

get killed because they escaped.Note: All students obtained parental permission to use their names in print.