Author Archives: Christopher DiGrazia

So I wrote a poem
About who could it be?
That’s a rhetorical question,
It’s obviously about me

I hope you all enjoy
‘Cause I was forced to do this
I am 18 years old
And also my name is Chris

Now you probably noticed
that I have quite the stutter
When I read in front of a crowd
I sort of tend to mutter

I’m sure we can get past it
So others can read instead
as you probably noticed
My face is extremely red

I can be very awkward
That’s why I like to surf
Not on waves, obviously
The internet’s my turf

And if I’m still standing
Don’t ask me how
Because I’m so embarrassed
Can I take my seat now?

Running ’round leaving scars, collecting your jar of hearts, and tearing love apart… no, I kid. Okay, I am going to “integrate media” in this post, because that is what the sheet says. I really relate to some of the characteristics of Bree Van de Kamp, from the television series Desperate Housewives. She has high morals, believes in presentation and representation, and never makes a scene. I can respect that. She also can do the worst things and make it classy. I also relate somewhat to Kourtney Kardashian from Keeping Up with the Kardashians. She is very apathetic and indifferent to everyone’s stupidity, and I really can relate to that. I can also feel like Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie on The Simple Life. They’re really selfish and conceited, and I could be like that sometimes too, I mean, I can’t be that perfect… I also feel like Seth Cohen, from The O.C., he’s sarcastic funny, and so am I, but I’m also Tina Fey and Chelsea Handler funny, so I have that going for me to. You can probably see a lot of my Paris/Nicole-like conceitedness through this writing… but most of it is my Seth Cohen-sarcasm.

I do not really have many concerns about freshman year, except for the cliches: Will I have nice teachers, will I make new friends, and will I get good grades. Well, so far, I have some really good teachers, like my math teacher, she is really amazing, which is odd because in my past, I have had the worst math teachers ever. Also, I could say that I made new friends and strengthen old ones, so that’s good. And Lastly, I can’t really tell if I’ll get good grades, but so far I think I will.

Ever since elementary school teachers have told their classes, “Once you get to (next school) teachers stop caring about you as an individual and just teach there lessons and that’s it” or something on the lines of that. And it’s just not true. My college teacher all put there free hours on the bored on the first class, most of them seem to really care. I think with each school, the change in pace is so subtile that it goes unnoticed, well at least for me. the gap between each grade is the same size, going from one school to another from 8th to 9th grade is just the same as going from 11th to 12th. So it just feels like I’m going to, I guess, 13th grade.

I have not changed drastically from going from one grade to the next, so I do not see myself changing from this other then the obvious. I think I will definitely be smarter, as each semester progresses. But that’s about it. Oh, actually, I will probably be way better at navigating myself around the city, because I have to commute here and take the train everywhere.