the end of the road

The semester is coming to close
It's time to say goodbye, to new friends and the old
The tears, the joy, the happiness
The times of sorrow the times of bliss
Freshman year you were so grand
Now you are a memory that i'll set on a stand.

It's time for summer, the sun and the sand
the beach will be oh so grand.
So goodbye aggieland, you will be missed
but hello Katy, let me give you a hello kiss.


Today whwn I was laying outside studying for my children's literature exam for tomorrow I was inspired to write this poem about freshman year coming to a close and the journey of my my first year of college being a learning experience. I will miss aggieland so much but am excited to be home around my loved ones. Goodbye aggieland, see you in August!

Picture Books

This weekend I really spent some time reading the Russel text over picture books. I found it so intersting how there is so much thought that goes into the simple childrens books that are meant to help children learn to read, learn their letters, colors, shapes and numbers. The russel text describes picture books as books that convey their message through a sereis of picture with only a small amount of text or sometimes none at all. In these books the illustrations are as important as or more important than the text in conveying the message. I would imagine it is very difficult to write a picture book, and also i beleive when children and adults read these books they don't pay as much attention to the illustrations as they should which does not allow them to get the whole picture behind the message the author had intended for the story.