By: Patrick Rivas, Posted: April 7, 2017 Spring break - why do we have it? Where did it come from? When was it established? These questions started to fill my brain. I started to get my own ideas for the “why.” As for the when and where, I had to do a little research to figure it out.
Why do we have Spring Break? In order to finish my article, I gave this question a bit of thought and I came to a conclusion. I concluded that we were given this period of recess just to give us a physical and mental break from school. I’m not sure about others, but I don’t want to have to wake up early in the morning 24/7/365 days to do work. Forget that. Can you imagine having to wake up early, get ready for school, go to school and stay at school for about seven hours a day everyday? I can’t, that would be complete unfair having to do that on the daily. As from where Spring Break came from. I did a bit of research for this one and coming up with my own answer here wouldn’t have had worked (duh). According to my highly reliable sources known as TIME, Spring Break originated from a College swimming coach from Colgate University known as Sam Ingram. In 1936, he took his swim team to Fort Lauderdale to train at the Casino Pool. Twenty-two years later, a professor overheard a college student’s planned trip to Fort Lauderdale and decided to tag along, where he wrote Where the Boys Are which later became a hit song and movie. From that point on, Spring Break became a major tradition in the United States. Why we have Spring Break is something that you could answer yourself. Spring break can mean different things to different people. If you feel the need to look up more details on these subjects, just remember, you’ll have an entire Spring Break to do so.
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"Paint" By Kayla Brining Willow couldn't tell is she was magic or if her paint was or if she was just simply crazy. She had always loved painting; she made sure to paint at least once a week, but none of her paintings had ever moved. Yet here she stood, staring down at her creation and it was waving. \
It was even trying to speak. But of course, no matter how hard Willow tried, she couldn't hear one word it was saying. Apparently magical moving paintings do adhere to some laws of physics. Willow took cautious steps towards the painting, unsure exactly what she was supposed to do. She couldn't throw it out. She didn't want to throw it out. As terrifying and strange and completely insane as this was, she had to keep the painting. It was alive; she couldn't just destroy it. "Can you hear me?" Willow asked The painting just stared. "Of course not," Willow almost wanted to laugh. this was crazy, this was absolutely insane. But still, Willow reached for her paint. and began to make small notepad and pencil for her art, while grabbing her own paper and pencil. As soon as the paint dried, the painting immediately grabbed both items ans simply began writing, It then help up its notepad and asked a not so simple question. "How did you make me?" Willow thought for a moment, but all she could write was "I'm not really sure." All of a sudden, Willow's head flooded with questions. How much did this painting know? Did it have any friends or family? Did it have a name? Why was it alive and why was Willow the one to bring it to life and why had this never happen before and why and why an why? But before Willow could ask any of these questions, the painting asked one of its own. "Can you do me a favor?" "Of course," Willow responded. "Can you let me out?" "I like to draw a lot and I even create animations with different visuals. I think better while walking. I play football and I love to hear people cheer for our team."
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