Mr. Schwarz's - Six Word Memoir

     Have you ever been bored?  In school? At home?  Or maybe, even when you are hanging out with friends?  I know I used to be bored!  I'll never forget my 6th-grade math teacher, Mrs. Stack.  Mrs. Stack told the class SEVERAL times she has NEVER been bored.

What!? Never?  How is that possible?  She told us she always found something to do and was always learning new things.  I didn't want to be bored anymore, so I decided to change. What if I took up Mrs. Stack's advice and tried learning new things?  I decided I would give it a shot. Guess what?!  It was just what I needed.

I learned that curiosity cured my boredom.  Now I am always trying to learn new things, and become the best version of myself!  This changed my life!

This led me to my SIX WORD MEMOIR:

“Curiosity saved me from being bored.”

A Six Word Memoir

Memoirs

Mrs. Hernandez's Childhood Book

One of the first book/poem I read with my mom was Los Zapatitos de Rosa by Jose Marti. My mom actually recited this poem to me almost every night.  In Cuba, students had to learn and memorize many poems and quotes for school.  

The poem is about a privileged little girl hands over her beloved pink shoes to a poor, sick child she meets at the beach. For one moment the youngsters' different worlds meet and mesh, each one's fantasy becoming the other's reality. Marti's poem depicts a world of contrasting images: wealth and poverty, sickness and health, joy and misery. 


I still enjoy reading this poem because it teaches a great life lesson to children, to share and value the things we have, and to understand that there are others kids less fortunate.

--Mrs. Hernandez 

My Childhood Book -

Green Eggs and Ham
By: Dr. Suess

      It is difficult for me to forget Mrs. Casper, my pre-school teacher.  She was the first teacher in my life that made me love reading!  She did this by taking the words on the page and bringing them to life.  The one book I will never forget is, "Green Eggs and Ham" by, Dr. Suess.  I'll never forget when Mrs. Casper read these words to us,

"Do you like green eggs and ham?

I do not like them, 

Sam-I-am. 

I do not like 

green eggs and ham." 

   Who likes green eggs and ham I thought? Not me!  That sounded so disgusting to a pre-schooler.   But sure enough, Mrs. Casper was ready for us to not only read the book but to experience the book.  She paused the book, left to go to the little kitchen in the back of the room, and came back with a platter of food.  And you guessed it, she brought us green eggs and ham.

I instantly fell in love with reading!

- Mr. Schwarz

What Do You See When You See Me?

What Do You See?

Author: Kaitlyn Sigler

when you look at me, 
what do you see? 
do you see me, 
or just some girl? 
when you look at my smile, 
do you see a real one, 
or just me faking one? 

when you look at my face, 
do you see a happy, laughing face, 
or a depressed one, hiding it? 
when you look at my body, 
do you see my beautiful skin, 
or just all of my ugly scars? 
when you look into my eyes, 
do you see my sparkling eyes, 
or me holding back all the tears? 
when you look into my heart, 

do you see a healthy, pumping heart, 

or a broken, just barley pumping one? 
when you look into my soul, 
do you see a soul filled with joy and love, 
or an empty soul? 
be honest, just tell me, 
what you really see, 
when you look at me.