I’m a 13- year-old boy who lives in New York City.
Yeah, I like sports and hanging out with friends.
I also like shoes and listening to music.
Yeah, I play basketball a lot.

Yes, I’m Jewish.
No, I don’t always go to Synagogue.
I don’t know if I believe in God.

Yes, I go to a private school.
No, I don’t have a second house.
I live in an apartment with my brother, my mom, and dog.
Yes, I am privileged, and my family has worked for everything that we have.

Yes, my parents are divorced.
No, I don’t have two houses.
Yes, I’m serious.
I live with my mom.

Sometimes I miss my dad.
Correction- I miss the things I could do when he lived with me.
Now he lives in California and I don’t see him a lot.
I’m used to it.

I get anxious a lot.
Some days it’s bad, others not.
I try not to let it show.
I don’t really know what I get anxious about though.

You may think that you can stereotype me but you can not.
I’m just Marlo, in case you forgot.

Inspired by Diane Burns

In Science we were asked the question, “what is a way we can get more nature into New York City?” We decided to use a Hydroponic growing system, a system that uses only water and a few other things, no soil, to grow basil and arugula. I worked with Harvey, Henry, and Colette to try to figure out a way.

In fifth grade, I had a hard time during math, just like in lower school because I didn’t get what I was being taught. In sixth grade, I had a really good math year. I did well on my tests and just had a good year in general. I like learning math because it’s a useful and necessary part of life. I dislike math when it’s not making sense to me because it stresses me out. I consider myself a good math student because I put a lot of time and effort into solving problems. When I get stuck during homework I take a break and occupy my mind with something else and then come back with a fresh mind. I would like you to know that I have executive function and get extra time on tests/quizzeds. I have put a lot of effort into my last year and I have progressed a lot. I am proud of myself for my accomplishments.

Sam, Will, and I worked pretty well together. Although, Sam and I did most of the work. Will almost never did his part in the homework. The skit  didn’t come out as well as it could’ve because the skits always needed correcting and Sam and I had to do this because Will never took initiative. If we worked more efficiently the skits would have been done sooner. I didn’t have my notecard with my script because I hadn’t had time to do because I had to do all the correcting because Will and Sam never checked it for mistakes. If I had my notecard my performance would have been better and I wouldn’t have forgotten my line at the end.  As a group, the performance wasn’t the best because Will started laughing during it and then all of us were laughing for a lot of it. Otherwise, it worked well. There were a few ways we could’ve improved on and off the stage. 1, we could have not laughed. 2, we could’ve been more aware of the timing. 3, we could have done a better job with the Spanish. Overall, I think the skit was good.

For the Medieval Guilds, we had to create a felt square showing what our character’s like. Here’s my draft on paper:

Work In Progress

After I drew it all out and started making it on the felt, it all started to come together. Here’s the finished project:

Finished Work

Here’s my fielding:

C-Yasmani Grandal

1B- Adrian Gonzalez

2B-Howie Kendrick

SS-Alcides Escobar

3B-Justin Turner

RF-Yasiel Puig

CF-Ben Revere

LF-Carl Crawford

I am in the stonemasons guild. The other day we went to the library so we could research. I got a lot of information, including that you needed a licence to build a castle.

In Spanish we made presentations on Cuba after we saw the play, “Cuba Vibre.” I made a presentation with Zach about Cuban Cigars.

Presentation (Slides):

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Q6FW1rb1ixVPNv6_qrztCg1gZ8TGTuuBN73E7uqmXU4/edit#slide=id.gc6f73a04f_0_0

Presentation Script:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DJwkVCu0X6lsImiqwkV5HisijLuqZ1wNHZU8zE0CD14/edit