Origin

Because April is poetry month every day in English class we are reading a new poem. Last class we read Deaf Girl Playing by James Tate. The purpose of that poem was to explain the origin of the sign deaf girl playing. After reading that poem the teacher assigned everyone in the class to write a poem explaining how something/anything was invented. Here is mine. There was only ten minutes left in class when she assigned it.


One day Emma decided that being a stay at home wife could become boring when her four kids were in school and her husband was at work. One morning when she was standing at the bus stop with her children she started to talk to a neighbor about the new invention called the internet. The internet fascinated Emma so much that she decided to go down to the local library and do some research on it. She got to thinking about it…maybe she could do something on the internet to keep her entertained in the daytime when her children were in school. After a couple weeks of thinking she remembered that her favorite subject in high school and college was English. Her favorite part of English was writing. Instead of keeping a journal every night before she went to bed she would do it on the internet. She made a website where she could write down her thoughts, what she did that day, her opinions about the news, topics that interested her, etc. This way everyone could see what she was thinking/ feeling and have people comment saying their thoughts and words of wisdom. This later evolved into blogs.


This weekend is Relay for Life! I cannot believe that the WBC is coming the same day as Relay for Life. That makes me upset! I cannot wait for Relay for Life…Virginia Tech is the only college that hosts Relay for Life and raises the most money. So far Virginia Tech has raised more than $450,000. Cancer has affected everyone’s life directly and indirectly and I really hope one day there will be a cure.