School for those with learning differences

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This year I am starting high school at a school where anyone is allowed to have an IEP or 504. It is called Arroyo Pacific Academy. This school was founded by a man named Phil Clark,he used to be head of the school La Salle . Mr. Clark noticed that people with learning differences weren't doing very well, so he started Arroyo Pacific. Another wonderful thing about this school is that Mr. Clark doesn't accept bullying or anything like it. I'm really going to like this high school.

I feel trapped

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A lot of the time I can't stop thinking about my epilepsy. I feel like I am trapped. It makes me very sad. Especially on days that I am having a lot of auras. Whenever I get a thought about my epilepsy I say to myself , it's just a thought I don't need to think about it. Then I do do some deep breathing. When I breath in I think of a word that will calm me. I do the same when I breath out but I think of a different word. When you are deep breathing to calm yourself you could just think of one calming word or image. This is a very Buddhist way of calming down, and it really helps.

National Walk for Epilepsy

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On thursday March 25 my family went to Washington DC for the National Walk for Epilepsy.It was very fun. At least five thousand people came to the walk. I was helping people with epilepsy and that is my main goal. The people in the walk walked all the way around the Washington Monument and then up to the Capitol Building. What an amazing way to help people with epilepsy!

I want to help young kids with epilepsy

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When I turn 16 I want to go to different hospitals and talk with young kids who were just diagnosed with epilepsy. I'll tell them not to be scared and that they will be fine. Also, I'll bring them teddy bears. This shows that my main goal is to help people with epilepsy.

I helped a sad ninth grader

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At the end of sixth period on wednesday, a ninth grade girl came up to me in the library. After we had talked for a while she told me she had dyslexia and was a kinesthetic learner. Soon after that she told me that lately she had been feeling kind of violent, and wanted to punch things, but not me. I was also told that this girl felt very sad and embarrassed about this. So I told her, god loves you, Jesus loves you, your family loves you, your friends love you, you're loved by many living things. They love you for who you are, so just accept yourself for who you are. My mom told me this buddhist prayer, May I love and accept myself just as I am. Then I told my friend, and if you ever feel sad, just come to me, I'm happy to help my wonderful friends. I also said, I didn't used to be afraid of epilepsy so I won't always be, this means you didn't always feel violent and you won't always feel that way. I did this because I'm happy to help my wonderful friends.

Many Many oras

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Lately, I've been having a lot of auras. This is something having to do with my epilepsy. I'm very scared of auras, but trying to get over that fear. My mother, Margaret Finnegan, says when I have an aura I should stop and say to my self your obsessing think of some thing nice. While thinking of that thing I would sing Hakuna Matata in my head. If you are ever afraid of some thing so bad that you cry when it happens, think of something nice and sing a song you like whenever it happens.

Inspirational movie

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On saturday night my family saw a very good movie at the theaters, it was called The Lightning Thief. The main character in this movie had ADD and dyslexia. Having these helped him do great things even though they are disabilities. The movie really showed that learning differences are not bad things. If you have a learning difference and feel bad about it you should see this movie, it really would help.