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Friday, December 9, 2011

Patrick Henry

YES - to Secret Santa - Max. $10 spent. Participation is optional!

What a way to end the week! So much to report....
Patrick Henry Class Champions

















Enjoy Breann's superb performance in the basketball event below












Please use this link to plan out your persuasive argument. YOU need a draft copy of your persuasive writing for Monday's class.
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/persuasion_map/





















Student of the Week: HAN




Blogger of the Week: RACHEL

Friday Message: It's not what happens to you, it's how you CHOOSE to experience what happens to you


Next Week
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103 comments:

  1. AnonymousDecember 9, 2011 at 9:34 AM

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  2. HanDecember 9, 2011 at 4:15 PM

    Mr. Buxton, are Alex and I really going to be performing infront of the whole 5th grade?

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  3. HanDecember 9, 2011 at 4:15 PM

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  4. HanDecember 9, 2011 at 4:18 PM

    I feel I stepped out of my comfort zone while doing the Speech.

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  5. HanDecember 9, 2011 at 4:25 PM

    BTW- EVERYONE who did the Patrick Henry speech did an amazing job. EVERONE in our class should be proud of themselfs.

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  6. AnonymousDecember 9, 2011 at 7:43 PM

    no subway?

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  7. Maya S.December 9, 2011 at 8:25 PM

    Nakul- No. He just forgot to add Subway lunch to the schedule.
    Mr. Buxton- Can you please put the homework on the blog next week?

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  8. Maya S.December 9, 2011 at 8:32 PM

    Two more things for Mr. Buxton:
    1: In the "Recent Book Talks 2011/12" it says Harrison, not Harrisen.
    2: Breann was given an extra shot because her ball was stuck in the net.

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  9. Rachel LDecember 9, 2011 at 8:37 PM

    the friday speech was so touching I was going to cry, but THAT WAS A PANTENE ADD????

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  10. Rachel LDecember 9, 2011 at 8:45 PM

    Are we having secret santa????? PLEASE.........!!!!!!!!

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  11. berrysweetπDecember 9, 2011 at 10:07 PM

    Did anyone other than Breann and I see the concert today? I learned alot about how posture matters!

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  12. berrysweetπDecember 9, 2011 at 10:08 PM

    Mr.Buxton, on Thursday, why don't we have science with Mrs.Clayton?

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  13. berrysweetπDecember 9, 2011 at 10:10 PM

    http://mhop.to/tvDBjn


    what do you think?

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  14. berrysweetπDecember 9, 2011 at 10:29 PM

    http://embedit.in/customize/QZDJVeojlj#


    wait. Check this one out.

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  15. berrysweetπDecember 9, 2011 at 10:33 PM

    wait again. go to my blog instead to see the poster.

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  16. AnonymousDecember 9, 2011 at 10:41 PM

    e

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  17. AnonymousDecember 9, 2011 at 10:41 PM

    ftsu

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  18. Rachel LDecember 10, 2011 at 7:37 AM

    what concert? and how do you know Breann was there...

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  19. UnknownDecember 10, 2011 at 7:51 AM

    cool tools

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  20. CarolineDecember 10, 2011 at 8:43 AM

    Are we having secret santa?
    From Maria and Caroline

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  21. RohanDecember 10, 2011 at 9:20 AM

    Yes, Mr buxton, are we going to do secret santa??? you didnt put it up on the blog, but so said you would.

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  22. RohanDecember 10, 2011 at 9:30 AM

    Still dont forget to vote

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  23. Rachel LDecember 10, 2011 at 10:19 AM

    PLEASE CAN WE HAVE SECRET SANTA!!!!!.....

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  24. AnonymousDecember 10, 2011 at 10:42 AM

    The choir concert yesterday! My sis was in it

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  25. AnonymousDecember 10, 2011 at 10:42 AM

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  26. HanDecember 10, 2011 at 10:52 AM

    Wait Maria and Caroline are you guys having dinner together or like is Maria and your house?............

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  27. HanDecember 10, 2011 at 10:53 AM

    cool mhop thing Anisha!

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  28. HanDecember 10, 2011 at 10:54 AM

    Ahhhhhh! My speech is on the blog?

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  29. HanDecember 10, 2011 at 11:56 AM

    That.... That.... Video was so touching the friday message!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  30. berrysweetπDecember 10, 2011 at 12:57 PM

    Well.. there was a concert as SAS last night. Holiday Concert for high school. my brother played bass clarinet and tener saxophone.

    I know Breann was there because I saw her.

    Thanks Han! Good job, too! Don't be shy about your video!

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  31. berrysweetπDecember 10, 2011 at 3:48 PM

    How do I exactly make my blog neater, Mr. Buxton?

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  32. HanDecember 10, 2011 at 4:09 PM

    oh Anisha while I was looking at your poster on your blog I saw that comment too! Maybe you could try deleting some of those pictures on your blog and add some weekly blog posts and stuff.

    Mr.Buxton- Wait are all those Friday Messages things quotes?

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  33. HanDecember 10, 2011 at 4:12 PM

    And Anisha on your blog you might want to delete the wrong Patrick Henry Speech.

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  34. berrysweetπDecember 10, 2011 at 4:14 PM

    Good idea Han. Thanks for helping! Once, when I tried to make the memorization speech, I couldn't find the one I had typed up in word, and I ended up accidentally using the one on my blog!

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  35. berrysweetπDecember 10, 2011 at 4:14 PM

    the wrong one on my blog.

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  36. berrysweetπDecember 10, 2011 at 4:16 PM

    People- can you please vote on my blog on the poll if you have not done so already? I am collecting data for something I will tell you about when the vote thing ends.

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  37. Maddy ZDecember 10, 2011 at 4:18 PM

    WOW! Such a touching friday message...

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  38. HanDecember 10, 2011 at 4:31 PM

    I know Maddy! So touching... it touched the tip of my heart...
    Anisha- your welcome happy to help and such a coincidence I just voted on your poll

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  39. HanDecember 10, 2011 at 4:38 PM

    Can my topic for the persuasive writing be how we can't let tsunamis and earthquakes etc. happen?

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  40. UnknownDecember 10, 2011 at 4:53 PM

    Yes Han

    YES - to Secret Santa - Max. $10 spent. Participation is optional!

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  41. Rachel LDecember 10, 2011 at 5:06 PM

    when is the secret santa due...?

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  42. HanDecember 10, 2011 at 5:31 PM

    Yah Secret Santa!!!

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  43. berrysweetπDecember 10, 2011 at 6:15 PM

    YAHHHHHHHHH! BUT THEN EVERYONE WON'T FEEL THE HAPPINESS OF GIVING IF NOT EVERYONE DOES IT! CAN YOU MAKE IT SO WE HAVE TO DO IT? THEN PEOPLE WILL BE EXPOSED TO GIVING AND HAPPINESS FROM GIVING! I AM WRITING THIS IN CAPS, BOLD, AND ITALIX (RULE OF THREE!!! ) BECAUSE I WANT THIS TO BE NOTICED!

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  44. berrysweetπDecember 10, 2011 at 7:05 PM

    http://photopeach.com/album/16aemln

    Check this out. I made the video, but the photos and words are my friends, Krishna. I have no idea why she suddenly did this, incase someone was wondering.

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  45. berrysweetπDecember 10, 2011 at 7:07 PM

    never mind. she did it because she wanted to recognize peace.

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  46. berrysweetπDecember 10, 2011 at 7:08 PM

    Here are some quotes on peace:

    For our part, we shall continue to work for the new dawn when all the
    Children of Abraham are living together, in a life free from fear, a
    life free from want a life in peace. - King Hussein of Jordan

    Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by
    understanding. - Albert Einstein

    Peace is its own reward. - Mahatma Gandhi

    If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on
    a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children. -
    Mahatma Gandhi

    Peace begins with a smile. - Mother Teresa a Catholic Nun and Nobel
    Peace laureate

    We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with
    ourselves. - Dalai Lama the Spiritual Leader of Tibet


    Peace is a daily,
    a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly
    eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures. -John F.
    Kennedy the 35th President of the United States, 1961 - 1963.

    All we are saying is give peace a chance. - John Lennon, Musician

    Peace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any
    government or nation, not even the most belligerent. -Aung San Suu
    Kyi, Burma's democracy leader and Nobel Peace laureate



    If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to
    your enemies. -Moshe Dayan an Israeli general & politician (1915 -
    1981)


    First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to
    others. -Thomas Kempis, a 1420 German mystic & religious author


    When my heart is at peace, the world is at peace. ~ Chinese Proverb


    There is no way to peace, peace is the way. -A.J. Muste Pacifist and prophet


    I worked for suffrage for years, and got it. I've worked for peace for
    55 years and haven't come close. ~ Jeanette Rankin Pacifist and
    suffragist (1880-1973)

    If you are for peace then you are for the world. -Krishna Suri

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  47. berrysweetπDecember 10, 2011 at 8:02 PM

    Maya- for your animoto- too much text. for dangerous to see animals you could do the danger sign.

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  48. HanDecember 10, 2011 at 8:15 PM

    Help! I could not find ANY songs that were long enough to fit my thesis, p2's and p3's for the persuasive animoto!!!

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  49. HanDecember 10, 2011 at 8:16 PM

    The longest was about 4 minutes.

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  50. HanDecember 10, 2011 at 8:17 PM

    I don't know why but no matter what minute song I chose the song just plays SO FAST!

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  51. HanDecember 10, 2011 at 8:28 PM

    Wait do we need to give everyone in the class a present i do not get Secret Santa?

    Can my persuasive writing be typed on word?

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  52. HanDecember 10, 2011 at 9:16 PM

    Is is alright if I don't give my reason on why earthquakes need to be stopped?

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  53. Maya S.December 10, 2011 at 10:15 PM

    Did anyone else see the lunar eclipse which just ended? It was soooooooooooooo cool. It will only happen again in three years time, but it won't be in Singapore. It will be in a other part of the world.

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  54. Maya S.December 10, 2011 at 10:17 PM

    Han- You bring in ONE gift. They are put in a pile, and anyone who gave a gift gets to pick a present from the pile.

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  55. berrysweetπDecember 10, 2011 at 10:19 PM

    a lunar eclipse just happened? wow. that is one thing i will regret for the rest of my life.

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  56. berrysweetπDecember 10, 2011 at 10:52 PM

    Han- go to someones house which has a computer that will make sound recordings ( could be yours ) . Either sing a really long song or reply some song a few times, and then upload it to animoto.


    most comments on the weekend! and it's only Saturday?

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  57. JacquelineDecember 11, 2011 at 7:30 AM

    So if we're doing secret santa, then who's secret santa is who's?

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  58. HanDecember 11, 2011 at 7:55 AM

    Thanks Maya and Anisha ummmmm but Anisha I don't think I could do that but thanks anyway.

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  59. HanDecember 11, 2011 at 7:57 AM

    How do you upload a song? and what do you mean reply some songs also I can do it on vocaroo at MY house

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  60. HanDecember 11, 2011 at 7:59 AM

    A lunar eclipse! When! Where! How!

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  61. Camille B.December 11, 2011 at 8:26 AM

    Nice video and stuff anisha.
    Dose ANYBODY know when secret santa is deu?
    Does ANYBODY know when you have to bring in the money for sudway?

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  62. HanDecember 11, 2011 at 8:29 AM

    For the social studies animoto we need our thesis, p2 and p3 right?

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  63. HanDecember 11, 2011 at 8:31 AM

    I think this Wed for subway and not sure about Secret Santa but I think Monday Camille.

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  64. HanDecember 11, 2011 at 8:49 AM

    Wait...
    Our social studies animoto is going to be on animoto right?

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  65. Maya S.December 11, 2011 at 10:40 AM

    Han- You just answered your question. (Social Studies ANIMOTO
    Han & Camille- I think Secret Santa is on Tuesday. Just incase, bring it on Monday.

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  66. Camille B.December 11, 2011 at 10:44 AM

    thank you han and maya i'll go shop for a prestent

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  67. Camille B.December 11, 2011 at 12:34 PM

    Mr. Buxton I just updated my blog.
    look at this video this is what play before i watched the movie Arthur's Christmas.

    http://youtu.be/nAI_xI9wQnE

    most of you arn't going to like this :-)

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  68. HanDecember 11, 2011 at 3:07 PM

    Are we suppose to bring a present for Secret Santa unrapped?

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  69. HanDecember 11, 2011 at 3:07 PM

    typo unwrapped not unrapped

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  70. HanDecember 11, 2011 at 4:44 PM

    Why is my comment text on HTmL? How do I get off of this?

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  71. berrysweetπDecember 11, 2011 at 5:09 PM

    What do you mean, Han?

    Hold on! The social studies animoto is due on Monday?! I thought it was only due on Wednesday!

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  72. berrysweetπDecember 11, 2011 at 6:36 PM

    can somebody please reply? There might be a few typos if i type something soon because my fingers are feeling a bit weird. anyway, is it really due tommorow?

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  73. HanDecember 11, 2011 at 6:39 PM

    What! wait anisha that's what I thought!

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  74. berrysweetπDecember 11, 2011 at 6:42 PM

    han- it says on the week at a glance thing animoto presentations on Monday. it also says it on wednesday. are we working on it on monday or are some people actually going to have go on Monday?

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  75. HanDecember 11, 2011 at 6:45 PM

    I am so worried!!!!

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  76. HanDecember 11, 2011 at 6:47 PM

    hmmmmm...

    I wonder how King George III showed loyalty

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  77. AnonymousDecember 11, 2011 at 7:32 PM

    Guys the lunar eclipse was awesome yesterday! Han if your Animoto is too fast go to advanced settings then click slower. You can also spotlight remember!

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  78. Rachel LDecember 11, 2011 at 7:33 PM

    I got he gift but do I wrap it??

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  79. Rachel LDecember 11, 2011 at 7:35 PM

    not he the sorry typo

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  80. berrysweetπDecember 11, 2011 at 8:04 PM

    when do we have to bring in the gifts?

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  81. HanDecember 11, 2011 at 8:08 PM

    Rachel- No, your parent's should have gotton the letter in your blue folder

    Anisha-Tomorrow!!!!

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  82. HanDecember 11, 2011 at 8:08 PM

    What does the spotlight do though?

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  83. HanDecember 11, 2011 at 8:09 PM

    And I SO wanted to see that lunar esclipse! I on the web everywhere! Tons of people are talking about is even on Facebook!

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  84. berrysweetπDecember 11, 2011 at 8:11 PM

    spotlight puts a picture on for longer.

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  85. Rachel LDecember 11, 2011 at 8:19 PM

    Han - What letter and we don't wrap the presents

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  86. HanDecember 11, 2011 at 8:42 PM

    The one in your blue folder it says to bring the gifts unwrapped.

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  87. HanDecember 11, 2011 at 8:49 PM

    Thanks Anisha!:)

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  88. Rachel LDecember 11, 2011 at 8:55 PM

    well I did not get that.....?

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  89. berrysweetπDecember 11, 2011 at 9:11 PM

    yeah i didn't get that letter either. i mean, there's also the fact that mr.buxton hadn't decided then.

    wow. 90 comments in a weekend. RECORD! this class makes alot of posting records.

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  90. berrysweetπDecember 11, 2011 at 9:12 PM

    okay. so tommorow, i am thinking of controlling my OBOB by not posting a single comment on the blog. Good idea, bad idea?

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  91. berrysweetπDecember 11, 2011 at 9:13 PM

    wow. i can't believe that half the year has gone by so quickly. i don't want this year to end! So far, 5th grade has taught me so much, and challenged me more than any other grade. it is really the only grade that challenged me!

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  92. HanDecember 11, 2011 at 9:16 PM

    so.... well but ummm is the social studies thing due tommorow?

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  93. Riya D.December 11, 2011 at 9:23 PM

    Good luck Han and Alex I bet you guys will do awesome for the Patrick Henry speech:)

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  94. berrysweetπDecember 11, 2011 at 9:25 PM

    i don't know han... i don't know. i have to get all my blogging vibes out for tomorrow. it's going to be one tough time!

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  95. SabineDecember 11, 2011 at 9:36 PM

    how come not all of our speeches were put on? i know the rest of us didn't win but come on!!! i'd still like to see what i did. can you PLEASE download it onto the blog or youtube mr buxton. please!!! i beseech you sir!

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  96. SabineDecember 11, 2011 at 9:38 PM

    btw.. seriously, who says touching?!?!

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  97. HanDecember 11, 2011 at 9:45 PM

    Wow thanks Riya!

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  98. Andrew EggeDecember 11, 2011 at 11:46 PM

    WOW!!! You are really good!!!!

    I was in Mr. Buxton's class last year in America and did the patrick henry speech!

    I am glad that he has kept the tradition alive!!!

    by the way, Mr. Buxton, I did not move to Atlanta after all!!!!

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  99. Andrew EggeDecember 11, 2011 at 11:47 PM

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  100. CarolineDecember 12, 2011 at 6:39 AM

    when do we bring in secret santa?

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  101. LizaDecember 12, 2011 at 6:47 AM

    Hey Mr. Buxton its Liza From cls I miss you and have A merry cristmas

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  102. Alex DDecember 12, 2011 at 6:50 AM

    Thanks Andrew Egge

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  103. UnknownNovember 1, 2013 at 3:05 PM

    I love to read about your experiences! You write beautifully about this. gym buxton !!! I have enjoyed reading your articles. They are very well written. It looks like you spend a large amount of time and effort in writing the blog. I am appreciating your effort.

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