Teaching Gems

The writing prompt for today was simply:
What is the most valuable thing to you and why?

"Dear Poof Book, 

The dearest and most valuable thing in my life is colors. I hold colors dear to me because I like to keep my life colorful. Just think about it. Your life without colors. It would just be like bland and boring and no fun. That is why colors are dear in my life." -Mady

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"Dear Journal, what is most valuable to me is my friends and my family. They are like a candy bar- they are sugary and sweet and never lose flavor and they never run out. They are the best in the world. I love them and I won't let them go." -Xander

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"The most important thing in my life is my XBOX 360. 

Or it is my family because they are always happy and nice. 

Or it's my friends because they are really fun and they like video games too and they are always happy. So if I did not have all the things that are important to me I'd be sad. Also my clothes are important." -Adam

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The most valuable thing in my life is trust because everything else you can find and have again. But trust, it's like a paper that you crumple, you may straighten it all out but there is still wrinkles of where it bent. Trust can never fully be taken back. That's why it's the most valuable." -Josephine 

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"The most valuable thing in my life...the most valuable thing...well, I guess I'd say my identity. I like to be me and no one else. I wouldn't like to be someone I'm not, even though I don't like some things about me, I wouldn't like to change. I like the way I am and I won't want that taken away from me. Back when Hitler had taken over, they people from the concentration camp had their identity taken away from them, something that is very valuable to them and declares who they are. We should be thankful that we have our own identity." -Nazhelly

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Finally...

"Dear Journal, 

The most valuable thing to me would have to be my cat cause every night he sleeps on my bed with his head on my shoulder." 

Sincerely, Bridger