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| Jonny & Lorenzy at Niagara falls (Canada on the left and the USA on the right) |
Right now as some of you may know, our group is in Rochester, New York. Since we used to live here when I was really little and have come back to visit, I know some people here.
The
people’s house that we are staying in is the Seaburgs and they have four kids.
Their oldest child is a little bit older than me so we hang out a lot. His name
is Josiah. He is such a fun and weird kid. SO much fun to be around…
They
are also homeschooled like us, so we get to hang out even more. Every Friday
morning, they go to co-op classes. The first day that we were with them on this
trip, my sister and I were invited to go with them if we wanted to, and maybe join
in some of their classes too. We both decided to go and see what it was like.
On
Friday morning, we woke up and got ready to go. Josiah and Aidan, Josiah’s
brother, who is twelve years old, were already at the co-op place because they
went earlier with their dad to play basketball.
Mrs.
Seaburg , whose first name is Jenny, and her two daughters, Izzy age four and
Cora age eight, were in the back with my sister, and I was in the front with
Jenny. As we were reversing we all of a sudden heard a big bang and the car
stopped because we’d crashed into something.
We were
all in shock and I was laughing so hard - I don’t even know why. We looked
behind the car and saw that there was another car parked behind us. The other
car belonged to one of my dad’s friends, the Hinmans, who were lending it to us
so that we could all get around to the places that we have needed to go to.
Jenny
jumped out of the car and checked both cars and luckily only the license plate
on the other car was damaged. She got back into the car and this time reversed
around the other car.
When
we got to the co-op place, which is actually a church, we went inside to the
basketball area so that Jenny could play. Fran and I took care of Cora and
Izzy. Then I took Izzy to her class and on the way I saw my friend’s mum. I
said hi to her and then sat down with Aidan.
When
Josiah walked into the room, I walked over to him and talked with him until he
had to go to his next class, which was science – they were to dissect a fish.
He asked Fran and I if we wanted to join the class and I accepted just because
I wanted to know how it felt and what it would look like. Then Jen said that we
also had the option of going with Aidan to a cooking class. Fran decided to do
that instead.
We
walked into the class and I sat down next to him. His teacher walked up to me
and asked me some questions about myself. Once the room was almost filled with
like ten people, the teacher started the class. She told us all to take our
fish out of the plastic bags that they were in. She had her own fish in her
hand and it had already been cut open so that she could use it as an example.
She
told us to look at the fish and she named some of the parts on the fish then told
us to open up where the guts were and to take some out. We looked at them and
then set the stuff aside. They looked like they were soft but I didn’t want to
touch them without my gloves on.
Then
the teacher told us to cut open the bottom of the fish. Josiah had already cut
up the side as well but I don’t think it made a difference. We cut all of the
sides and then took the flap off. Inside there were a bunch of tiny gross
organs.
The
teacher went around the class observing the work that was being done, and told
us to take the stomach out. Since all the fish were a little different, it was
sort of confusing to know what to take out.
The
classroom smelt horrible. Some people even had to go outside because they could
not stand the disgusting stench. Inside of the fish was a bubble. It was kind
of purple and had liquid inside of it, but the bubble consisted mostly of air.
It was really tempting to pop it but I restrained myself. Then Josiah popped his
fish’s purple bubble and this gross liquid came flowing out. It was yucko!
Josiah
had told me that last week, when they were dissecting fish, he had poked the
eye out and in showing his friends, they had snatched the fish from him and had
thrown it at him. At the beginning of the class, the teacher had said that they
were not allowed to do that because it was rude and unacceptable.
I was
staring at the wall whilst the teacher was talking and then I looked at Josiah
and he was using one of the tools to poke at the fish's eye. He was trying to
see what was underneath it and he poked something and a gross smelling liquid
squirted everywhere. It splattered my cheek and I immediately wiped it off of
my face with a paper towel. I almost threw up.
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| Renz and Leiky in the Ohio Valley |
