Before beginning the Gimp lessons to create the avatar t-shirts, each student was required to write two paragraphs. One was to tell about their talents, hopes, future plans for education and career. The other was to tell about their "dream world," since they were going to get a chance to build part of it in Second Life. Unfortunately, the classwork from Lowell went missing and was not able to be retrieved. The following paragraphs are from Edison students.
Hi my name is Brianda. Ever since I was a little girl my dream was to become a lawyer and it still is till this day. This career really interests me because it’s about defending people that most of the time we think are innocent, or some time people that aren’t. Becoming a lawyer is the career that would make me happy for many reasons. I want to work with women that pass through domestic violence. What I enjoy is listening to music while I’m studying because I concentrate more. When I finish my homework I always go outside with my friends and we hang out. We like to play especially during the rain because there are more possibilities of falling and sliding. Man that’s fun! We blast the radio on my porch, and we enjoy getting wet and enjoy our childhood.
If I had a land much larger than just for a house I would like to build a really big house. By the entrance of the house there would be a huge fountain of water that turns on during the night. I would like to have a lot of gardens with different passages to different places. One of the gardens is going to be close to the pool that has a kind of waterfall. There are two ways to go inside of the waterfall in the pool. I would call it “My Paradise”. It would also be very peaceful and it would have animals like horses and ducks and some dogs. That’s my dream world!
My name is Ana and I’m an 8th grader in Mrs. Rodriguez’ class. I’m planning on going to high school and graduating from it. Then I would like to go to college and start studying for something I like. I’m not really sure what I want to be right now but I would like to be a fashion designer in some point of my life. So far that’s what I really would really want to be. I might also want to be a chef.
If I had an empty piece of land and I could build anything I want on it I would build a huge store where I design all the clothes in it. I would also want the store next to a beach. I would want it to be only a clothing store. I would also want a park to be close to the store. Then I would like to live in a huge two floor house with a beautiful garden and a pool in the back.
If I ever had a dream world I would call it Leo Island. One part of my section of the land would be the bank (we need money) and another part of section would be a fast food place like famous fast food places. Another part we need is transport to get to the point we need to be so we need a cars to get to our point. And at last we need to make a house to able to live in and be safe from danger. We need all these things to complete a cool and fun island.
My name is Aesia. I am 13 years old and I am in the 7th grade. I am very smart and I like to write. I am a very shy person when I am around new people. I am also a very nice person. My talent is writing about things I see in the world or if someone gives me a topic to write about I can turn it into a great story. The career I would like to use my talent is I want to be a writer or an actress or a song writer for the celebrities.
My name is Cynthia and I am fourteen years old. This is my first year here in Edison. Before coming to this school I had gone to four different schools. Education plays an important role in my life and no matter what school I go to I always try my best. I’m a person who receives great school grades because I want to have a great future. Next year I’m finally going to high school and I am really excited because I am getting closer to my career. I hope to become a doctor in the future to save lives since I enjoy helping people. I also love listening to music so in high school I will join clubs that have to do with that. I will try to join many clubs to receive scholarships. My main goal in life is to accomplish my dreams but to also have fun. I hope to be one of the first to graduate from high school from my family. I want to make my parents proud.
I’m Luis, a 13 year old boy that likes to play basketball a lot and I like sports too. I am active. I have a little bit of talent and I want to be a basketball player when I grow up. That is my goal for now because I like basketball a lot. It’s my favorite sport and I’m good at it too. I’m not that good but I’m getting better and better. I can beat everyone in my family. For my education I want to go to college then to the NBA.
My name is Ramon, and I would want to build a mansion with at least 100 rooms. I want my land to be at least 2 acres long. For my back yard I want a swimming pool, basketball court, soccer & football field, and more sport fields. One of my rooms will be filled with computers. Another will be for my kid’s toys. I will let my family and best friends live with me. I will also have 20 guest rooms.
