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Summer

Posted on March 30th, 2008 by chrisjr

This poem reminds me summer 05. Durring this summer, I had just moved to Atlanta and everyone in the neiborhood was working on this one tree house. The tree house was in the yard across from my house. That whole summer all we did was work on that tree house. We put so much time into it and alot of hardwork, too. We would try to make the floor of the tree house then lift it up and secure it in the projected tree. The floor would never fit in the tree, so then we decided to work on the roof and pstpone the floor till later. We aquired roof tile scraps from the house that was being built two houses down from mine. Then we nailed them to to sheets of plywood. When we tried to lift the roof into the tree it did not fit. After that, everyone was so frustrated thatwe nver worked on the tree house again that summer. This poem reminde me of this memory because of the lines ” When the purpose on knees was to be skinned;”. This remineded me of the tree house memory because we worked so hard on that tree house. We skinned our knees, brused our legs, and scraped our hand when building that tree house. This poem reminded me of summer 05, the summer of the tree house.

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Fluoride Debate

Posted on February 6th, 2008 by chrisjr

Fluoride is used in many things in our modern world. It is used in drinking water and toothpaste. Some people disagree with adding fluoride to drinking water because at high levels, fluoride can stain your teeth a brown color. I think adding fluoride to water is a good thing because it helps our teeth to defend from plaque. also, the fluoride levels in the water are relatively low so they still protect the teeth, but do not stain them. Before fluoride could be used widely in toothpaste, first Crest and P&G had to compete to find new and improved types of fluoride to make it safer to use in toothpaste. The thing I am most worried about is if to much fluoride is added into the drinking water and the people who are drinking the water experience brown stains on their teeth. This is of most concern to me because this is a sign that to much fluoride is being added to drinking water and maybe other side affects would also come from to much fluoride. I am glad fluoride is in my drinking water, but I only want a safe amount of it. Crest Colgate