Hannah Gaines Mr. Drennan 4th Hour Integrated Technology January 8, 2014 10/1/2014 Introductory etter Hi, !y na!

e is Hannah Gaines and I a! an eighth grader at "outh#est Middle "chool. I $ersonally lo%e doing !ost things. I a! an e&tre!ely easy going $erson and #ill $retty !uch agree to anything. I lo%e hanging out #ith !y 'riends and (eing a round !y 'a!ily. I do )(elie%e it or not* en+oy school. Most days are $retty (oring 'or !e. I a! on the south#est cheer tea! and I lo%e it. I li%e #ith !y Mother and !y ,ather and I ha%e t#o si(ling (oth younger than !e. I also ha%e a dog, a cat, and !y $ersonal 'a%orite, a guinea $ig. I #as (orn in ouisiana in 1--- and . years later #e !o%ed to Dar!stadt Ger!any due to !y dad (eing in the /r!y. 0e li%ed in Dar!stadt 'or 4 years and then #e $ac1ed u$ and !o%ed to Des Moines Io#a. /'ter (eing in Io#a 'or 2 years #e !o%ed here to 3ansas. My $arents say that #e are going to stay here 4'ore%er5 (ut honestly, I6! not to ha$$y a(out it. I a! 'ascinated !y !ost !usic. My 'a%orite (ands are "lee$ing 0ith "irens, ,alling In 7e%erse, 8ierce The 9eil, and :ne direction. The only ty$e o' !usic that I don6t en+oy is ra$. 7a$ +ust (others !e a (unch; I ha%e e&tre!ely strong 'eelings a(out it. I a! in lo%e #ith <utella, it could =uite $ossi(ly (e !y 'a%orite thing in the entire #orld. I a! not $ic1y at all #hen it co!es to !o%ies. I a! #illing to #atch any and all ty$es o' !o%ies

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#ith anyone. I do ho#e%er, ha%e a 'e# 'a%orites. My 'a%orite !o%ies include 8er1s o' >eing a 0all'lo#er, and The >utter'ly e''ect. /li1e #ith +ust a(out e%erything else a(out !e, I li1e !ost 'oods. My 'a%orites include <utella and +ust chocolate in general. I also li1e $i??a and +ust a(out any other 'attening 'ood there is. I also en+oy anguage /rts, and >and. I $lay the 'lute and I (elie%e I ha%e (een $retty success'ul, ha%ing (een 'irst chair 'or a #hile. I li1e language arts (ecause #ords see! to (e the structure o' e%erything. @&$ression, co!!unication, and !uch !ore all ha%e to (e (ased on $urely #ords. It see!s si!$le, (ut so!eti!es s!all #ords li1e 4as5 or 4is5 +ust isn6t su''icient. I $leasure !ysel' (y using see!ingly co!$licated #ords #hile tal1ing to $eo$le. I a! 'ully a#are that I do not co!!unicate #ith $eo$le as #ell in $erson as I do #hen I #rite so!ething. It is one o' !y !any 'la#s that I ho$e to so!eday i!$ro%e. 0hen I a! older I #ould lo%e to (e a $hysiologist. I a! 'ascinated (y ho# other $eo$le $ercei%e things and #hat it is li1e (eing li1e the!, or li%ing in their #orld.