Kevin

Dear Editor, Valentines day at school is just plain awkward. I have nothing against getting candy and doughnuts at the end of the school day but, if you keep reading my story, you’ll see my point of view. It starts out on February 13th at 3:15 pm; I’m at Rite Aid trying to find Valentine’s cards without puppies and hearts on them. The only cards I can find are NBA ones that say, “you’re a rock star” or “You’re my MVP” or sadly, “ You’re #1”. Then I am home assembling the candies and cards and I run out of candy! So, I am forced to give only one skittle to each person. I go to school and I have no idea what’s happening, everyone is acting weird. Some kids are getting ready for their sugar rush by trying to sneak a peek into the bags of Valentine’s cards and candies. Other students keep checking their desks, hoping they will find a card from their secret admirer. Finally, I make it to the end of the day and I am giving out my candies when my friend grabs my shoulder, drags me to the corner of the room and asks, “Did you give someone a special note or card?” I answer, “ No. Did you?” My friend answers, “The candy…it’s really good.” My friend then walks away and leaves me. So now I am just a random kid in the corner wondering what just happened. I leave school and tell myself that at least after all of that craziness, I get to have a Valentine’s Day candy sugar rush. The next day we have to deal with the aftermath of Valentine’s Day. No one talks to each other or looks anybody in the eye. We are all just sulking around. I hear a couple kids didn’t come because they threw up after eating all of their candy. Everything is silent (Which it never is in fifth grade!) And that is why I don’t think we should celebrate Valentine’s Day at school! Sincerely, Kevin Dunn

I go to the Doctors office for my annual checkup and the waiting room is …full of kids coughing all over every inch of my body. Finally, after being infected by 30 people coughing and sneezing on me, the nurse calls my name. She checks my temperature; my weight and then I have to wait for another 30 minutes for the doctor. He comes in and all I hear is “blah blah blah blah.” I don’t want to talk about “blah blah blah”. The doctor looks me in the eye and says, “You need to get your flu shot”. My head starts spinning, what am I going to do? “Doctor, I can’t get a flu shot,” I yell. He answers, “ Why not my dear boy? It will only hurt as much as a pinch.” I reply, “What? Are you going to stab me with a needle and then pinch me? That is child abuse my dear doctor.” He responds, “ No, what I meant is that it will only last a second and I will give you a Band-Aid after. I am not going to pinch you.” Then I say, “So, you’re going to stab me with a needle and then you’re going to take away my dignity by putting an Elmo Band-Aid on me! Shame on you, shame on you! You’re not going to ruin your reputation if you don’t give me this shot. I promise that I won’t tell anybody that you didn’t give me a flu shot. I will pinky swear to it.” Then the doctor yells, “I’m done (I think he said this Dunn actually) with this conversation. You’re getting this shot!” I yell back,“ I can see the headline now, Kevin Dunn is stabbed and ridded of his dignity by his doctor!” He gives in,” Fine, you’re not getting the shot…today.” I triumphantly walk out of his office doing the Dan Dad.

I wish I had a little sister because I really want to be a big brother. I would always try to be like my older brother, J.J. I would try to make her as sporty as I possibly could. I do anything to make her laugh 24/7. I would practice every public speaking event that I had to do in front of her so I wouldn’t get as nervous when I the time came for me to do it. I would sing along to random songs to make her laugh and get her to sing with me. I think I might be too overprotective of her. I can imagine boys in her grade trembling when I came in to visit her class. When I baby-sat her I would give her extra dessert. I could see her asking me, “Will you come to my instrument recital on Monday?” Then she would give me her pouty face and I’d have to say, “Yes.” Then she would ask me, “Kevin, why don’t you play an instrument?” I would say, “You are the only musically inclined person in the Dunn family.” She’d ask, “Then what are you if you aren’t musically inclined?” I would answer, “Declined, I’m musically declined.” She might ask, “What instrument would you play if you played one?” I would answer, “ The triangle, bing, (making the sound bing with my mouth) I’m a natural, don’t you think?” “I’ve never had any official lessons, so go get your Cello and beat that!” She’d reply, “You don’t even know what instrument I play!” I would reply, “I’ll find out at your recital on Monday.” My sister and I might have arguments (like that one) but we would always love each other to the moon and back. My parents say, “The only sister you are going to get is your crazy dog Casey!”

My family’s New Year Resolution is to have more family game nights. We used to play Apples to Apples, Lego board games or catch phrase. Here’s the catch my family is crazy competitive. For instance, my Mom had to stop the punch bug game because my brother and I were constantly making new rules and giving each other bruises. There’s a rule that my Dad has for every game, “Who ever wins last is the reigning champion.” For example, my brother and my dad played 18 games of horse one weekend. My brother won 17 of them and then my dad won the 18th game. My dad went inside put both of his hands up making a number 1 symbol and said, “I am the reining champion of horse.” My dad gave my mom Just Dance 4 for Xbox for Christmas. Saturday, January 5th, my family decided to play Just Dance 4. I lost to my mom and my brother lost to my dad in the Dance competition! (I told you my family was competitive). In Just Dance 4 it scores you with stars. My brother got two stars, my mom got three, my dad got three too, and I got only one star. When my parents played each other my dad beat my mom, winning four stars to her three. My mom was furious saying, “ I should win this game, it’s mine after all!” My brother then asked if she would like to play again and she answered, “yes.” I asked my dad to play again and he replied, ”no, I’m the reigning champion, I’m retiring for the night.” My mom then played my brother and got five stars! She yelled, “I’m the reigning champion of my GAME! Five stars beat your four star performance! YAY!” Why is this my family’s resolution? Because with these competitions and arguments comes laughter. Not just regular laughter but uncontrollable laughs, belly laughs, and every kind of laugh possible. It is joy and happiness, but mostly a great time with my family. That’s what family game night is, our family time.

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I entered a contest, which had a grand prize that let the winner be Tony Stark for a day. I actually won! His house was spectacular. It had an ocean view and twenty bedrooms. His car selection was amazing! My favorite was his silver Porsche. I got to go into his technology workroom. I didn’t notice a lot because I was only focused on the iron man suit. It was awesome! They let me try it on. When I got in I heard Jarvis, Tony Starks personal British super computer butler. Suddenly, I saw a giant blue iron man suit flying outside. The suit crashed through the window and tackled me. Then the blue iron man picked me up and through me onto the roof. I looked down at the ocean below and said to Jarvis, “Oh come on there is a humongous shark! At least he didn’t throw me into the water!” Jarvis answered, “Sir, he can hear you.” Then there was a loud boom! The blue iron man was now on the roof too. I stood up and insulted the blue suit by saying, “Why don’t you stop attacking me and join the blue man group? They are performing about 200 miles away so you it should only take you about two minutes to get there.” The blue iron man picked me up with one hand and through me into the water. I ordered Jarvis to fly! Then I found out that Jarvis couldn’t fly the suit at all. He explained that only a human could fly the Iron Man suit. I took control of the suit and flew into the city. The blue iron man chased after me. When I landed the blue iron man landed 5 feet away from me. He started walking towards me so I put my hands up and heard a “boom”. I looked at my hands I realized that I had shot a repulsor blast. I had accidentally blasted myself into a driving range. Golfers were betting each other to see if they could hit me. I flew at the blue suit guy and tackled him. I uncapped his mask and inside was a man with a big beard and curly mustache. He whined, “I am only wreaking havoc on your planet because Thor doesn’t let me be in his movies. It is so unfair! I’m his evil brother! It’s totally unfair!” I brought him to jail. The next day, Tony Stark retuned and had Thor bring his evil brother to Asgard. When you watch the Avengers, be careful. Don’t wish to be Iron man for a day instead be Hulk, Hawkeye, Thor, Capitan America or Black Widow.

Dear cell,

I should be the president of the animal cell because I control the cell functions. The only thing my opponent, the cell membrane, lay around the outside of the cell. Then there is the cytoplasm that fills in the space around us but it doesn’t help us move at all. I’ve needed to stretch for about for four years but have been too busy to do anything else but keep the cell on track. Remember you would never be able to do any thing with out me, I tell all parts of the cell when to grow and when to do your jobs.

Sincerely your about to be president, The Nucleus.