Where I'm From

Where I’m From
By Mira Kuhar

I am from dance shoes,
from Ben & Jerry’s and flip-flops.
I am from the bright colors of tie-dye.
(Bold, flashy, and in every room of our house)
I am from the berry bushes out back,
the patchouli my mom always wore.
I’m from Omega and blue eyes,
from Mark and Michele.
I’m from the she-did-it and its-not-my-fault,
from say what’s on your mind and think for yourself.
I’m from ‘the world is my church, and my religion is to do good’,
as my parents always told us.
I’m from Medina and Holland,
daddy’s toast and oval-tine shakes
From the time long ago, when I was mad at dad,
and told him to ‘go to his work’,
and grandpas unforgettable major baseball obsession.
But the memory box on the top shelf of the closet,
will forever hold memories of my childhood,
good and bad,
to look back upon and smile at.

Creating

Mira just took this picture......how do you like it?????

Mira on Cliques

I'm going to lay it down and speak my mind:
I dance to live, and live to dance. why walk when you can dance I always say.
and NO we are not frilly fufu girls in tutus.
if dance were easy, everyone would be doing it. Never ask me to do a dance move,
its lame and dancers hate it.
my friends are my life, so dont mess.
I love to listen to music. my ipod is filled with songs that i like, not because they are "in".
so I dont care what you think. if you want to try and change me,
think again sweetie. I am who I am
and sorry if I'm not good enough.
I cannot stand drama. We all pretty much get caught up in sometime but whats the point? makingothers miserable is a waste of time.
so don't even go there with me.
I also hate that there is a hirearchy at school. Popular, Geek, Skater, Preppy, seriously who decides if your "good enough"?
I dont care if I'm good enough or not.
I just want to be liked and not thought of as stuck up.
Your popularity ends the second you graduate, so get a life and stop thinking you are better than others, because your not.
- Mira

I am Poem by Mira

I Am Poem

By
Mira


I am unique and special.

I wonder what high school will be like.

I hear my friends talking all around me.

I see my favorite color on my binder.

I want an awesome hot pink laptop.

I am unique and special.



I pretend that I like chores.

I feel like I’m where I’m supposed to be.

I touch the warm earth below me.

I worry that I am not safe sometimes.

I cry when something happens to someone I love.

I am unique and special.



I understand that I am not a little kid anymore.

I say that people should all get along.

I dream that someday I can be a teacher.

I try to get good grades.

I hope for world peace some day.

I am unique and special.

My Most Exciting Moment

My Most Exciting Moment

by Mira



Dancing is one of my favorite things to do. I have loved it ever since I was seven years old.
Now that I am older, it is more of a challenge.
In my dance classes most of the people are two or three years older than me, so it makes me
work harder. No matter what happens in my dancing career, my fondest memory will always
be the 10 days I spent at Oberlin College for a summer intensive with Ohio Dance Theater.


On July 19th, 2007, I packed up my dance shoes and drove with my family over to Oberlin
College. When we arrived, I waited in line to get my room assignment and my key. I walked
over to my parents and told them that I had good news and bad news. The good news was I got
a four-person room. The bad news was I only knew one person I was rooming with and we
didn’t know each other that well. My parents helped me set up my room, got me situated, and
off they went. Right then, I felt like a real college student.


As the days went by, it seemed like I was getting up earlier and earlier. I was so worn out, that
as soon as my head hit the pillow I was asleep. We had a very packed schedule. Our day started
at 7:30 a.m., when it was time to wake up. Our first class started at 8:45 a.m., and we danced
all day except for an occasional break for lunch and dinner. Our last class ended at 8:45 p.m.,
and after that we went straight back to the dorms. At 11:00 p.m. when we went to bed, I can
guarantee nobody woke up even once.


During the week in our classes we learned a special dance. When parents came to pick up their
kids, they stayed to watch the ending performance. Each dancer did ballet, tap, jazz, theater,
and modern dance. My favorite was the modern dance because the teacher who taught the
dance was my favorite. When all was said and done, I was happy, yet sad to be leaving. I packed
up my dorm, said my good-byes, and then we left. I knew that everyone felt the same way as
me.


Going to Oberlin was a special treat. To go there, every girl had to try out. Even though I have
four, five, or even six years less of experience, I still made it. To me, that is one of my greatest
accomplishments. I can’t wait to try out again and if I’m lucky, I’ll be among the 60 girls who
are chosen from all over Ohio to be invited to the intensive.

Mira

For a Dancer

For a Dancer

"Just do the steps that youve been shown
By everyone youve ever known
Until the dance becomes your very own
No matter how close to yours
Anothers steps have grown
In the end there is one dance youll do alone"

"Into a dancer you have grown
From a seed somebody else has thrown
Go on ahead and throw some seeds of your own
And somewhere between the time you arrive
And the time you go
May lie a reason you were alive
But youll never know"
-Lyrics by Jackson Browne

Follow your Bliss!

Below are pictures of Mira on career shadowing day in Marko's kindergarten class. She had a blissful day and wants to go back and do it again. She finds such joy mentoring kids.
I was thinking that if everyone followed their passions then there would really be no "work" would there??? Have a great day!!! Love, Michele








It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them.
Leo Buscaglia

The Great Sensory Hilariousness of our Young Lives


this is one of my favorite pictures of Mira....taken at my friend Arlene's place...she lives right on Lake Erie

"As we grow up, we put away our laughter and our silliness and our
childish
noises, the great sensory hilariousness of our young lives. We pick up a
few
notions about proper behavior, like what books to read and how to go
about
getting married and buying a home and being polite and having cocktail
parties...and the next thing you know, the little child--who was also an
enormously alive sensory apparatus--is just another boring adult going to
work
in a seersucker suit with a briefcase."

--John Rosenthal

Peace

"Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace."
- Albert Schweitzer