While cleaning out all my old crap from my closet, I came across one of my journals from 1st grade. I couldn’t spell, I couldn’t capitalize, and my sentence structure could’ve used some work, but here they are: excerpts from my 1st grade journal!

October 14, 1994
I Am Going To Stop Racking. Insad I Am Going To Tap MY Tose. I Made A Papr Prson Today.

October 15, 1994
Six is my aig. I like six. It’s my aig. I am going on sivin. It’s not esse. Being six. I wod like sivin battr thin six. Six six six. Ow, I hat six. By Claudia

2/15/95
Win I grow up me and Mitchell are going to Mexco. and rade a horse To The Aar port.

(This next one is part of a story that went on for about 4 journals. We made up this game called “coos”. This story is about them.)

Chapder 6 2/1/95
My BrthDay Cam. Kelsy Gave Me A [stamp of pig] And A [stamp of stereo] Lara Gave MEe A [stamp of cat] And a [stamp of cow] Thank You I Sede And I Put The Anamuls in The Barn. That Naght One Of The Anamls Got Loos. a Anamle Got Loos I Sede And iT is The Cow Sed GE. We Chast The Cow All Arannd The Feld Thar Was a Pond Clos By Mitchell Fell in. Halp He Sede I Halpeld. I Saved Mitchel And took him In. it TooK About 6 Hurs For him to Reeckuver.

Wasn’t I articulate? I think so.

“Whe”n “I dis”cover”ed” quo”tatio”n” “mar”ks, m”y “entries” “look”ed” “lik”e “thi”s!”