Blog #17, Due Jan. 17

1/13/2020

***BLOG CHOICE THIS WEEK***
Choose to answer one of the two blog prompts below- or answer both, if you wish.

OPTION 1:

It is the beginning of a hot summer in Australia and the area has been struggling with drought for some time. Wildfires have broken out all over the country and are currently burning out of control. We have been through this, we know how scary this is to face. If you are comfortable, I'd like you to write messages of hope to our friends in Australia. We can share our experiences and let them know they can recover, even after something this terrible. Remember how it felt last year to know that others were thinking of us and sending supportive messages and thoughts. It is our turn to send our love and hope to our friends in Australia now.

OPTION 2:
Do you think that honesty is always the best policy or are there some times that lying is okay?

37 Comments

Brysen Lee

1/13/2020 10:33:09 am

I don't think honesty is always the answer. There is a time were lying is OK to do because sometimes when you don't lie it can hurt someone's feelings or it can do something bad. Sometimes lying is bad because you can hurt someone or you could do something bad for something or someone. I think you should lie and sometimes you shouldn't lie.

Caleb Pruis

1/13/2020 10:36:10 am

Dear Australia people
I know how it feels to go through everything you are going through. I was trapped on the road because the street was blocked with cars and when we left my house was on fire. And me my family and neighbors went to a parking lot and watched everything burn around use. And as you can see, I am still here today. And my house has almost been rebuilt. So as tough as it might get as scary as it gets never give up.

Davis Limbaugh

1/13/2020 10:40:20 am

I think that lying is never okay because sometimes it can be about something stupid or it can be something serious. Honesty is always the best policy because then you don’t have to hide anything Because you have nothing to hide. Plus when you lie it just feels like you did something bad. When your honest you don’t have to worry about anything. That is why honesty is the best policy.

will hartley

1/13/2020 12:42:25 pm

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Sometimes it is ok to lie so then our friend does not lie then our friend will get grounded so then you can hang out with them but have never done that.
But a lot of times you need to tell the truth or you will get in trouble and you should just tell the truth and see were it will get you it might put you in a better spot then you are now maybe.

Sakura Konzen

1/13/2020 12:43:55 pm

Hi, I know the pain and suffering your country is going through. The fires are dreadful and my family and I are sorry for the horror. I know the pain and I have been through a fire, though my house has not been burned down, my friends’ houses did and I feel the pain you are going through. I am a survivor of the “infamous Camp Fire” in Paradise around a year ago and is still standing strong are rebuilding. The town is being rebuilt and surviving. You will get through this and though the number of buildings aren’t and much as ours, that is still a lot to fear and WE will stand together with you. That is devastating and we love you and we support you and all of your struggles and problems.

Noah

1/13/2020 12:44:20 pm

In my opinion, honesty is usually the best policy however sometimes I think lying is ok. For example, if I have a lot of homework and I do some of it one day but not all of it and my mom asks if I did it all and I say yes and i'm just splitting it into different days I think that's ok. Another example is I took crayons from school and I lost them, the school asks where they are and I say at home then go to the store and buy new ones for the school I think that's ok to. In conclusion sometimes lying is ok but sometimes it's not.

Caitlin Cooper

1/13/2020 12:49:09 pm

I think that honesty and lying are both good because, being honest is good because you’re telling the truth about something not lying. This lying that I’m talking about is a good kind because, if you try to keep a secret about something like a birthday party, and the person finds a present and says, “Who is this for?” You will want to keep it a secret so you will say this present is for someone else. Lying to someone can be good, and being honest is good too.

Michael Meisner

1/13/2020 02:26:53 pm

I think that you should not have to tell the truth all the time. Some truths are for you and only you. Sometimes the truth can hurt people so it can be better to lie to spare someone than to tell them and have them break down. You should only have to tell the truth when it’s important or if it is something you are willing to share. Truths can be a powerful thing, you can also hurt someone's feelings by telling the truth about what you think of them. So it is better to keep your secrets to yourself unless they don’t affect other people or yourself.

logan jolly

1/13/2020 02:45:22 pm

I think that you can lie because what if a stranger comes up to you and says hey you want free candy then you can lie. But if your mom says hey did you eat that candy then no you can’t lie. So on that note you can lie SOMETIMES not all the time.

Annie Gates

1/13/2020 02:58:16 pm

I think that lying is okay sometimes but not all the time because sometimes people take lying to a different level and can get away with it easily. Like committing a crime. I also think that lying can be bad at times because if you get caught by your parents or your teacher you can get in big trouble.

Maddie Gee

1/13/2020 06:00:56 pm

Dear Student of Australia,
It’s going to be okay, I know how you feel, I went through the CampFire and the fires will stop even though it seems like they won’t they will I’m sorry you have to go through this. I hope you get to see your friends and family again. I hope you and your family, friends, and pets made it out safely. Australia will rise like a phoenix.

#AustraliaStrong

Ali Duitsman

1/13/2020 06:04:20 pm

Dear Australian kids,

Hello my name is Ali, I get what your going through because I went through a major wildfire too. On November 8, 2018 I lost my house in the fire, I was 10 feet away from flames. I know that it’s hard losing everything, but in time it gets easier. My family and I still have hard days, but they are getting more few and far between. It is a great feeling when community comes together to rebuild. Stay strong, and know you are not alone. We are here to support you. You are in my thoughts Australia!

Maddie Gee

1/14/2020 10:45:35 am

Dear Students of Australia,
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Maddie Gee

1/14/2020 10:45:43 am

elly blair

1/14/2020 03:53:52 pm

Lying is OK sometimes, you can not lie to your parents!!! You can lie to your…. Dog!!! Kidding kidding, but you can lie to your dog. You can lie to bad people. For example, you can lie to a thief or a kidnapper to protect yourself. You can lie to your friends in stories or secrets you are trying to keep to yourself, just not you parents!!! I am not telling you what to do, just giving you advice. You can lie, but not all the time.

Grace Meldrum

1/14/2020 05:21:06 pm

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Dear Australian students,
My name is Grace and I’m a sixth grader in Paradise California. I totally get how your feeling right now and I want you to know your not alone. In November 2018, my whole town went up in flames. (Your situation is so much worse and I don’t even feel bad for myself anymore.) It was a shock for everybody and some people thought we weren’t ever going to be able to live here ever again. It’s been a year and a little over two months and my families house is almost done after it burned down in the fire. My advice to you is to keep these three words in mind, resilience, hope, and strong. Without those words in mind, you’ll lose faith in everything. Just know we’re thinking of you in Paradise and everything will be okay.

Sincerely, Grace, sixth grade

Sonny David-Malig

1/14/2020 07:32:57 pm

Dear friends in Australia, My name is Sonny and I am a 6th grader I just want to reassure you that everything will be okay. Last year I went through the most devastating fire in California's history. My house burned down but I got out okay. I know right now its a very hot summer and lots of places are burning. I know how scary this is to face but it will turn out to be okay. From, Sonny

Lexi Gomes

1/15/2020 10:40:48 am

Dear Australian kids,
My name is Lexi and i´m in 6th grade, I personally know what you are going through. I know what you are going through because I live in Paradise, California and the Camp Fire burnt down the town I live in. I understand that it is not easy right now, you guys are going to struggle trying to get your life together again. You guys are going to have to rebuild your community. I know what it feels like to see your town burning down on the news. Life is going to be hard for a while. Some of you might even be living in trailers. I heard about the koalas and how ⅓ of them are no longer around. I am praying for you, don't worry about a thing because every little thing is gonna be alright;)
Sincerely, Lexi

AaRoN Davis

1/15/2020 02:48:14 pm

I think that honesty is not always the best in some situations. In some situations, it is best to lie or not tell the truth because at that time or place it might not be a good time to tell that person what the honest thing is. Like one example is if you have an opinion about someone that isn’t necessary and they ask you what you think about them that would be a good time to lie. Lying all the time is also not good there is only some situations when lying is necessary but that is only when it is needed.

Hunter Chavez

1/15/2020 04:14:08 pm

In my opinion, honesty is not always the best policy if it’s to save someone’s feelings from being hurt. Like if someone asked if their outfit was nice but it wasn’t your style I would say yes it’s nice to not hurt that person’s feelings. Being honest about something more serious like if you broke your brother’s toy then being honest is the best because you did something that hurt him and you need to own your actions. Another example of when being honest is the best policy is when your playing catch with your friend and they catch it ten times in a row and you tell them hey nice catch. Honesty is always the best policy and sometimes its hard to decide when to be honest.

Allie Bess

1/15/2020 06:27:26 pm

I think that lying is ok sometimes but not all the time because you don't want to hurt anyone's feelings and sometimes if you don't lie you can make people really upset. Most times you do want to make people feel bad so sometimes it's better to lie guest to not make anyone upset.
Other times it's not ok to lie because if you lie so much people will stop trusting you and think that everything you say is a lie.i think that it is ok to lie sometimes but not all the time.

Warren Banks

1/16/2020 10:24:34 am

Dear Australia people
I went thru a fire like you guys so I know how you feel. I went thru the Paradise Camp Fire and it is the most destructive fire in California Usa. I don't like to talk about it but since you guys went through the same case I will talk about what I felt. I felt scared and emotional when this happened. I was just thinking about what my town will look like. When I got through I was relieved when I saw a blue sky. One week later or a few days later I had a story to tell. I'm writing this when it happened two years ago and I am still happy and proud. Sure its going to take time to think but you will grow happy and have a better future for your country. Thankyou for reading.
-Warren Banks

Lillianna Rowe

1/16/2020 10:35:33 am

Dear Australia survivors,
My name is Lillianna we have been in the same type of situation. I lived in paradise California. I'm going to tell you about my story and how I got through it. It was a normal day, everything was fine until ashes started falling from the sky and It got darker and darker In the sky. I tried calling my parents but they didn’t pick up I was scared because they thought some people wouldn't make it. My parents finally came but there was so much traffic, I couldn't get back to my house me and my dad had to wait for my mom, sister and brother to leave paradise when we met up with them we started to move. We barely moved an inch In a minute It was so boring I went to sleep and woke up out of paradise.
Since I didn't see anything I had to imagine what it must have been like. After that I had to go to a new school, I had to leave all of my friends behind It really hurt I thought I would never see them all in the same room again. In till I got to go back up to school In paradise I was so happy. I get to see them all again I want to tell all of you that there Is hope. You’ll be okay just wait. It's going to be a waiting game all of this and I know that it sucks you wish everything would be back to normal. So I want to tell you don’t dwell in the past make a better future.

Sincerely, Lillianna Rowe from 6th grade

Josiah Peters

1/16/2020 11:52:44 am

Josiah Peters
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Dear Australian friends,

I am a sixth-grader at P.C.M.S. in Paradise California. I know what you’ve been going through and I went through the same thing you did in the Camp Fire. It was hard and scary but we made it through and now we're rebuilding. It wasn’t easy and we lived in many different spots after the fire but we’re doing it and I believe that you can do it too.

Your friend, Josiah

Lexi Gee

1/16/2020 12:13:16 pm

I think that sometimes it is OK to lie on accession. Like if a robber was asking if you were going on a vacation and you were it would be OK to lie and say no or if a robber was asking where you live and you lived in Paradise or Chico it would be OK to say that you lived in Oregon or New York. In some situations it would be OK to lie.

Lying is bad. Like if you lied just to make a sibling get in trouble.

MICHAEL ANDERSON

1/16/2020 12:17:06 pm

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I think sometimes it's ok to lie because sometimes you can't tell people if you got hurt because they could over exaggerate. But if you don't lie they will be like “oh no, are you ok i'm going to take you to the doctor”, And really you don't want that happening . that's why I think sometimes it's ok to lie.

Jayden Bunch

1/16/2020 12:33:39 pm

Dear Friends in Australia,

My name is Jayden from PCMS in Paradise, California. I hope you and your family are doing well . We had somewhat like the same experiments you are having now. On November 8th 2018 our whole town burnt down, but It's been over a year since the fire and our community is coming back together we are in paradise at PCMS that did not burn down. Hopefully soon the fires will get put out and you will be able to live a normal life again.

From,
Jayden Bunch

Joseph Vasquez

1/16/2020 03:39:15 pm

You should say the truth a lot of time, then you wold not do something bad, you wold not get in trouble or go to jail for a long time. You should also tell the truth a lot, Then people can know they can trust you, instead of saying lies then no one will trust you with their stuff.

Fatima Vazquez

1/16/2020 07:48:43 pm

I don’t think lying is okay because if you lie to someone so that you don’t hurt there feelings there going to find out either way and it’s going to hurt their feelings even more when they find out you lied to them. I also don’t think lying is ok because if someone did something really bad and they blamed it on someone else, the other person would go to jail instead of the person who actually did the bad thing. The person who did the wrong thing would get away with it and might do it again and wouldn’t learn their lesson from doing the wrong thing because they got away with it and didn’t have any consequences. That’s why I think lying is never okay.

Jillian Duran

1/16/2020 07:55:47 pm

Dear Australian friends,
Hello My name is Jillian I'm a sixth grader, I went through a major wildfire on November 8, 2018 in Paradise California so I know what your going through. I went to school the day of the fire like any other normal day of school but that day was not like any normal day, not even ten minutes after school started the principle was telling everyone to call their parents and tell them to pick up the kids, the sky was black. I was one of the last kids in my class to get picked up my aunt picked me and my little brother up we only saw fire when we were really far away from it took us about seven or eight hours when it would normally take thirty minutes to get to the town to meet up with my family. Once I finally met up with my parents and my brothers I felt a whole lot better. The fire lasted seven-teen days and destroyed 18,804 buildings. I lost my house in the fire.
It burt a lot of are town but when I'm up there on my way to school you can see the places that didn’t burn and it feels like the towns back. It’s been a whole year since the fire and my family and I are rebuilding are house in Paradise. I'm back at a school in Paradise and their rebuilding the town. I want you to know everything will be alright in the end and their are many struggles but don't ever lose faith and hope.

Allison Freimuth

1/17/2020 10:18:08 am

There are times you can lie but usually do not lie the only time you can is when you see someone you do not know then you can lie and lie about yourself when you see a kidnapper or anyone else you do not know

Adrik Dyer

1/17/2020 10:39:02 am

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Dear Austrailians

I am very sorry for what is happening in your country, I know what it's like maybe you have already had your house burn down or maybe you will have your house burn down. I know what it's like to not be in your home for a long time and getting evacuated. Last year Butte county was threatened by a fire, the Camp Fire. Although its name sounds like it just started from a small campfire; however, that is not the case it started on a road called Camp Creek Road. It started on November 8th 2018 it burned through Concow first, then my town Paradise, many other towns were burned. I feel you although my house was not burned I lived in friend’s and family's houses for a month and a half. I hope this will make you feel better from your loss.

From your dearest friend from Paradise CA Adrik Dyer

judd williams

1/17/2020 12:29:33 pm

I think that honesty is the best thing to do because if you lie then you are not telling the truth and if you are not telling the truth than you are not doing the right thing.
Sometimes it is good to lie like when you are playing truth or dare and you choose truth and the truth is do you like bla bla bla and you say no but you really do like that person than it is good to lie at those times.

Josh.york

1/17/2020 12:54:37 pm

Dear australia, My name is Josh York who suffered from the camp fire here in paradise, california.I hope you guys get donations to help the koalas and kangaroos and for more people help fight the fires over there and hope you guys survive.

Emberley Thornewood

1/17/2020 05:07:01 pm

Dear people in Australia you may be upset but I promise it will be ok I’ve been through something like what your going through. I was in “The Camp Fire” the biggest fire in California's history it was hard for me it was hard for a lot of people but paradise is strong and the town of paradise is rising from devastation and heartbreak. I know its hard for you even if your not apart of the fires it's still scary to hear about it. Hope you have a great year and stay positive.

Aaron.H

1/21/2020 09:12:51 am

Dear,People from Australia
Hello My name is Aaron Hernandez
And I was in the same situation before last year in November it was like the usual I woke up to go to school it was a perfect morning at first until there were ashes falling from the sky and the teachers told us to call our parents to come get us from school because there was a fire I was all like it's probably a small fire and nothing bad is going to happen then I get a call from my dad to leave school because he wouldn't make it in time because there was lots of traffic,my parents were working and my dad told my mom to go home and pack lots of stuff i was like what why are we leaving nothing bad is gonna happen,so then we went to go pick up my brother and we got home in like an hour it took us so long to get home everyone was like leaving i saw people running with clothes and all that.So then when i got home my parents told me to go to my room and take all the stuff we can so i did that after we got all the stuff we could take the most important stuff then we left,our house was a total mess we all left the fire was already near my house i went outside and saw all the houses burning down and i was like wow we have to go and we left it took us hours my brother went with my mom in her car and i went with my dad and my dog,we would hear big bangs like boom the loudest noises ever and like my dog would bark and like cry.I was going to sleep cuz I was tired of just they're doing nothing and then I started thinking it how about if I sleep and the fire is right next to me or just died so I stayed awake for if that would have happened I could have Just got out of the car and ran. and then I got out of the fire my mom had already gotten out of the fire only took you like 20 minutes I don't know how she did it but she got out fast. after I got out of there we parked someplace and called my mom to ask if she had already gotten out and it was okay.Then we started thinking on where we were going go. all of this happened lots of help from so much people got lots of free stuff from people and now lots of people are starting to rebuild I thought I would never see my friends again never ever be in the same classroom with them but now I'm in a classroom with all of them I'm just happy I went through that and now we are about to start rebuilding and we buy property next to our house and we're going to make it all just one house.And like now I'm just so happy proud the I got through all this just so happy to see my friends everyday and get taught by the best teachers nicest teachers like actually. Like I'm about to have a new baby brother and like one week and I'm just so excited. all I'm trying to say is that life is never over And I believe you can get over this like I did, and have a good life and your next life is going to be better than how your life used to be.Always keep your head up and do good in school and I promise you you'll have a good life.

And if you guys want you guys can add me on snapchat it is @swag-aaron21 and on instagram my instagram is 34savage___ and its three underscores. Like if you guys wanna talk or something like that

Alaina McFarland

1/21/2020 09:59:56 am

I think that while it is always important to tell the truth, sometimes it is okay to lie.

Sometimes when people ask you things like, ‘do these shoes look good on me?’ or something, and you think they don't, you can't really say, ‘no, they look terrible’. That would just be rude. So, you could say something like, ‘they look great on you’ and it would be lying but it would make someone feel better. I think that is okay, and in that way sometimes it is okay to lie. Another time when it is okay to lie is comforting someone, saying ‘it’s okay’ or ‘somebody will be fine.’

Mostly, though, it is not okay to lie. In instances like when your mom asks if you ate your lunch, and you didn't, it's not okay to just say ‘yeah and it was so delicious’ and you actually threw it away. Also that is wasteful. It is not okay to lie to get yourself out of trouble or to lie when lying hurts someone.

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