Dear Benton,

I am writing this letter to tell you my personal goals for this year is to lose weight. This is a good goal for me because I am unhappy with my size and weight. Another goal Ihave this year is my social goal, I want to strengthen my existing friendships and build new ones. The third of my goals this year is my academic goal. My academic goal is to generally do well in school. My fourth and final goal is to succeed in my competitive soccer team. This is an athletic goal because it has to do with a sports team.

Sicerely, Benton (freshman benton) XD

Arizona

We have arrived in the barren Sonoran Desert and The Valley of the Sun. Arizona is very exciting in its prospect for intrigue and adventure. This move (being our ninth) was somewhat easier then the last eight. This surprises me because last year's move was the journey back to the town of my birth. Back to the adventure, orientation for my new High School was last Thursday and I re-met lots of people I previously knew from Junior High. I met new people too of course but it was extremely over-powering when people who had once ridiculed me for my nationality strolled up and greeted me as though we were the best-of-pals. I tried to ignore such fallacious behaviour but sometimes others would look to me expectantly and I would curtly respond. Some of these instances were depressing to say the least. Living with the our friends has helped tremendously. My friend and I have gone to parties and social get-togethers in an effort to get me "well-connected". In essence, I want to be able to say, "I know a guy" with a wink. is that creepy?

For the last three days my brother and I have been sanding various pieces of furniture including a pair of stools each and a collapsible table for the both of us. We sanded non-stop for three hours each day with our little electric sanders. The furniture was due for a colour change so we sanded the varnish of and plan to stain to match our china cabinet.

St. Jacobs

Yesterday my family and I went to St. Jacobs market for the day. We had lots of fun and bought such novelties as Ice cream sandwiches and deep-fried Mars bars..... (not). We went to the auction room and saw loads of cattle and calfs. We also indulged ourselves in the Lego store as well as the China shop, (I wasn't alowed in that one). Our mums bought stacks of vegetables including radishes, potatoes, carrots and other munchies. Having lived in a desert for nigh on six years, we were experts at staying hydrated. We must have drank at least three bottles each!

We had loads of fun at the market and it made for a very good day.

Six days ago, my family and I made the journey to Ganonoque for our Summer vacation. We went camping at the Ivy Lea campsite right on the St. Lawrence. We stayed for five long days out in the wilderness. My brother and I were delighted to find a teatherball court on the playground and played with it innumerous times. I usually won but we had great fun all the same. The use of water guns also occupied a great deal of our time along with other activities such as swimming, fire making, and reading in our small tent. All in all, we had a great time on vacation and we hope to return to Ivy Lea in the near future.

The Final Day of Great

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