Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Initial Fear Blog Entry

Think about a time that you were in a situation in which you were afraid (scared):
  1. Describe that situation in detail.
  2. What happened to cause you to be fearful?
  3. What were you feeling? Why?
  4. How did you react?
  5. Did your fear influence how you reacted? Explain.
  6. In your words, define FEAR.
  7. Do you think fear is a good thing or bad thing? Explain.
Be sure to number your answers an completely answer each question.

141 comments:

Peter W (1/2B) said...

One time when got held underwater by my sister without her even knowing it because she was on a tube I got scared.I went underwater not realizing she was nearby and I swam over and went under her tube.I went to go up when I was out of breath but her tube got in the way i franticly swam around trying to get up. When I turned left and finally got up he surface i gasped for air.

Unknown said...

Once, when there was a huge group project due in L.A, when i was in 6th grade. I forgot all about it tilled the day before the due date. One of my groupmembers called me and said "how r u doing on the project". I was horrified. I worked till midnight to get the project done. I think sometimes fear is a good thing. It pushes u to do stuff.

Peter W (1/2B) said...

One time when got held underwater by my sister without her even knowing it because she was on a tube I got scared.I went underwater not realizing she was nearby and I swam over and went under her tube.I went to go up when I was out of breath but her tube got in the way i franticly swam around trying to get up. When I turned left and finally got up he surface i gasped for air.

GAGALOVER said...

One time when I was 5, my older brother was babysitting me and my little brother. We were reading when all of a sudden there was a very loud gun shot in our T.V room. We grabbed weapons and ran into the bathroom to hide. I was really scared because I thought that there was somebody in our house. I think fear inluenced how we reacted because we were so scared that we grabbed things to protect ourselves. We called our parents 'cause they were right next door. They ran over and we figured out that the T.V had turned it's self on and was on full vilume. C.S.I Miami was on T.V so that's where the gun shot came from. To this day we still don't know why our old T.V turned it's self on. I think that fear is natural.
2.I think that it's unatural if you don't feel fear, so most times I think fear is a good thing.

David K (1/2 B) said...

There once was a time when I was five years old. I was going off the high dive and I slipped off. I was really close to hitting the concrete. I could have broken my neck so I was "scared". Fear didn't influence anything because I was falling and could not do anything. Fear is a feeling you get when your scared. Fear is a good thing.

Erica said...

1.I got really fearful before an important soccer game against a team that we really wanted to beat.
2.I had broken ribs so I was afraid that I would make them worse or that I would let a lot of goals in.
3.My palms were sweating and I felt pretty shaky. That day, I wasn't planning on playing because of my ribs. Just before the game, I decided that I needed to play because I was the only goalie on the team.
4. Luckily, I had a pretty good game and we tied the team 1 to 1. I felt super happy because I knew I did my best.
5.My fear helped me do better in the game because t drove me to try super hard.
6.In my words, fear means being afraid of something that really matters to you.
7.Fear can be bad if you're scared to a certain extreme point. Fear can also help you get through hard situations.

Kristin M (1/2 B) said...

1) One time when i got nervouse is when my dad went to the hospital and didn't tell me or my sister. What caused me to be fearful is that i didn't know what was going on and my mom was starting to freak out too. I reacted calm i said he's probably fine.
2) Fear is somthing that shows that you are careful and everyone gets scared somtime for somthing.
3) I think that Fear is a good thing because it tells you that you are aware and should take notice and if you really feel uncomfotable that fear tells you what to do and what not to do.

Peter M (1/2 B) said...

1. A situation where I was afraid was when I had to give my pantomime in Intro to Drama Presents. There was a bunch of people in the theatre and I had to go and perform in front of all of them. I was felt like I had butterflies in my stomach because I was worried i might mess up. I reacted well because I performed my pantomime really well and everyone clapped. I think my fear helped me add energy to my pantomime.
2. FEAR is when you have a unsure feeling about the outcome of something. I believe fear is a good thing because you can use it to perform better.

Andrew P (1/2 B) said...

1.One time A somone broke into our house when we were in it And I saw shows werre a person sneeks into your house and kills you so I have been scared if our garage door or somthing to let somone in open for too long.
2. Ifelt like I would be attacked at any time.
3.So now I make sure that we close our house door.
5.Fear is somthing that you don't want to face.
6.Fear keeps you alert for potential dangers

Anonymous said...

1)A time when I was afraid was when I was in the hospital for the first time overnight.
2)What caused me to be fearful was that I was in extensive care and my blood pressure was to low.
3)I was fearful since I wanted to get out of the place and I didn't want my blood pressure to drop anymore, other wise that would be really bad.
4)I reacted by sleeping, and trying not to worry about it.
5)I don't think that fear impacted how I reacted.
6)Fear to me means something that you are afraid of and can get through it.
7)I think fear is a bad thing, but if we didn't have fear, we wouldn't learn anything or become braver.

wheremypancakes said...

1. One time that I was afraid was when I was up at my cabin and it was night so it was dark out. I had to take the garbage to my grandparents garage which is pretty far away from the actual cabin.
2. I was feeling scared.
3. Because it was dark out and I was all alone.
4. I reacted by jogging up to the garage and then sprinting back to the cabin.
5.Yes, fear infuenced how I reacted. It made me fun really fast to get back to my cabin.
6. Fear is when something that matters to you is in danger.
7. Fear can be good and it can be bad. Fear can make you perform better because you get an energy boost from it and fear can be bad because it can stop you from doing things that you want to do.

Shahara B (1/2 B) said...

1.A time when I was afraid was when I was younger and a gang banger came up to me, I was only 7 and I knew that this gang banger didn't like my big brother so I got scared.I was at the park all alone.

2.I was feeling like I was about to get beat up or killed.

3.I felt like this because the boy was big and strong and he was picking on me.

4.The way I reacted was I ran up to slide and sat in the slid untill my brother came to get me.

5.Yes my fear influenced how I reacted because he was big and I didn't know what to do.

6.Fear is an unpleasant and often strong emotion caused by anticipation or awareness of danger. Or in other words when you feel danger is comeing your way it could be good or even bad danger.

7.Fear is always bad. It doesn't mean bad all the time it's just a bad feeling or scared feeling.

David K (1/2 B) said...

One time when i was fearful was when i was dirtbiking with my dad and my brother at my cabin and i went ahead of them and i took a wrong turn on a path that lead a whole different direction than where i was suspose to go. We were heading into town to get some icecream, but i took a path that led to a different town. I finaly noticed that i was going the wrong way, but by that time i was lost. I was miles away from my family and i had no idea what to do. I was very scared and thought that if i tried to work my way back i would get lost. I went with my thoughts and tried to get to the path where i lost my dad. I finally got back to the path and went back to my cabin. I was away from my dad and brother for about 3 hours. FEAR is what you are afraid of. I think it is a good thing because it teaches you to stand up to your fears.

Nika W! (1/2 B) said...

I was fearful when i was babysitting two boys who live across the street from me, and somthing was tapping on the window and the doorbell rang twice after that but i didn't answer it.

1) i was feeling very scared because i thought that maybe it was a "bad guy."
2) i got really scared and called the parents of the two boys, told them what happened, and they came home.
3) yes it made me very uncomfortable, and i forgot what to do even though i had learned what to do in that kind of an emergency.
4)fear is anything that "sends shivers up your spine"
5) Fear is a good thing to some extent because it makes you a bigger person even though its scary at the time.

Brian B (1/2 B) said...

One time, my baseball team was beating Shakopee at Shakopee and it was the bottom of the 7th (or last) inning. We were up by one run with one out. I'm not going to say who was pitchig but he kind of lost his control and walked a few players. Then some huge guy from Shakopee hit a line drive to left and we blew our lead and lost the game. I think my teammates and me were scared because we were so close to winning an away game and we had the lead. I was pretty nervous and jumpy because of the situation. I could've run a mile in six minutes. My fear didn't really influence my reaction at all because I didn't get any plays in that inning. In my opinion, fear is a feeling that you get when you are excited for something to happen, trying to avoid something that's going to happen or just getting scared.

Danie N (1/2 B) said...

1) One time that I was really scared/ afraid was when we were playing our last game of the season in softball and we were down by 3 points and we were in the outfield and i was playing short stop and we ended up winning the game and geting 3rd place.

2) a line drive came right to me and was so scared that it was going to go right by me but it didnt i cought.

3) I was feeling very scared. because I thought it was going to go right by me and we would lose the game.

4)I reacted after by yelling "yes, YES" because it was the last out.

5) I think that fear is a good thing because it shows that you have feelings in you.

Megan R (1/2 B) said...

One time when I was little I watched a show on tv. I can't remember what it was about but it was a show that said "viewer descretion advised" so I don't know why I watched it. But I did and that night I woke up and the house seemed really quiet. My house makes noises at night and that scared me because I kept thinking that the thing from the tv show was coming. So i got up and went into my dad's room and said I couldn't sleep. Just walking around helped. He gave me warm milk and tucked me back in. I tried to go to sleep but the house again seemed too quiet. So them I closed my door, turned on the light, and turned on the radio. That didn't help at all, it was to bright and loud for me to sleep. Then I called my mom and talked to her for a while. I couldn't go to sleep for 4 hours. The next night it happened again, so I slept in my dad's room on the floor. I eventually got over it, but I was little and it scared me a lot. I knew that what I was scared of was just in my imagination but that didn't help. Because I was scared I didn't want to get out of bed at first, but when I did I felt better. Unfortunatly walking around woke me up even more. I think fear is a feeling we get when we think something is wrong that we can't help. I also think fear is in our imaginations. We don't have to be scared if we don't want to be. I think fear is sometimes a bad thing because it holds us back from doing what's right. I think fear is also a good thing sometimes because then we realize what is wrong and we can help if we can overcome our fear.

monica o (1/2 B) said...

(1)One time at my cousin Rachel's cabin, we went out to the lake in kayaks to get to the water trampoline. We were jumping for awhile and we started to get bored, so we decided to jump off the trampoline and swim. The water was very deep because it was in the middle of the lake.(2) We both felt something touch our feet and we both started screaming. (3)I began feeling overwhelmed because of the thing that was swimming around and because of how deep the water was.(4) We were both scared, so we jumped onto the kayaks and went back to the cabin.(5) I think fear influenced how I reacted because I was afraid of the depth of the water, so I got out.(6) In my own words, fear is anything that makes you feel scared or uncomfortable.(7) I think fear can be a good and a bad thing. Fear is good because you can over come them and be a stronger person and fear is bad because it can be very uncomfortable.

Dan M said...

One time my dads friend Ron invited us up to his cabin to ride atvs. Ron thought it would be fun to take a trail that he had never been on before, so we all got lost. So then we had to ride around until we found a road, but by the time we found one it was night, and it was cold and none of us had sweatshirts, but we eventualy found a house and ron called his father-in-law to come pick us up. I was scared when we were in the woods at night, and I got angry at Ron for picking such a stupid time to go exploring.

sarsteffen said...

1) I was scared when I had to take a test to get into Blake.
2) If i did not pass the test I would not get to attend the school
3) I felt nervous because I did not know how hard the test would be.
4)I took the tast.
5) Yes, I took it slowly and with great care.
6) FEAR is a feeling like dread, being scared, being nervous, or being suprised or a combination of those. It is not a good feeling
7) Fear can be good because it keeps people from boing stupid things (like jumping off a cliff) but it can be bad because it will likewise keep people from doing useful things (like teambuilding games involving hights)

Morgan W said...

i cant tell you any expiriences of fear i have had but i can say that fear will almost always motivate me to get out of situations like that.

fear is only an inpulse to survive that has been burned into our minds though generations of genetic programing.

without fear we would never have survived this long, we would have been hunted and eaten by every preaditor that noticed we wer dumb enough to net protect ourselves.

Brenda Palacios (1/2 B) said...

1)The one time I was really scared was when I was in 5th grade.
It was the end of the school year & our grade was suppose to go on a camping trip. The first night we stayed there we had a campfire, we had fun for a few hours & then it was time to pack up and head back to our cabins. Everybody was sleepy except me & my friend Ingrid. We decided to play a prank on the other girls. So we got up and we got out of the cabin thats when i got really scared because it was very dark out and it looked scary to us since we were in the middle of the woods. We were heading to the bathroom when we noticed that something was moving! We quickly got in the bathroom and waited there for about 30 minutes until someone came in the bathroom and found us. I seriously felt like i was going to die because whatever was moving was walking around me & my friend! We let out small shreiks & ran to the bathroom! I guess since we ran & screamed it ran away and didn't come back.
2)Fear is when you're scared of something and makes you feel unsafe or uncomfortable.
3)I think fear is a bad thing beacause sometimes it could really hurt you both physically & mentally.

Michelle L. (LRT 5/6B) said...

1.One time my family and I went to a frozen lake. My dad stood on the frozen lake and he fell inside. We were all alone and no one else was nearby.
2. What made me scared was that he might not be able to get back up.
3. I felt scared and I was in shock.
4. I had no idea what to do -due to my fear.
5. In my words, fear is when you are scared. I think that fear is a good thing and a bad thing at times.
6. Sometimes fear pushes you in a postitive way. But other times Fear puts you in shock and you are unable to think things through.

Ellen G (LRT 5/6 B) said...

1. One time me and my cousin were riding on a four wheeler and then it all of a sudden flipped.
2. I was scared because i didn't know if my cousin was okay and if I was okay.
3. I was feeling a rush of adrenilin and was really worried about my cousin.
4. It didn't really because i got up right away and din't focous on my fear.
5. I think fear is something that people dread and don't like, but everybody has fear.
6. I think fear is not a good thing but not a bad thing either.

Fallon S. 5/6B said...

1.One time when I was out with friends for a birthday dinner we were at a restaurant and I was laughing and then I couldn't breath.
2.I was feeling scared because I didn't know how long this was going to last. All of the people I was with didn't notice right away and I couldn't tell them because I couldn't breath.
3. Fear can sometimes make someone stronger and once you face your fears you will overcome them and you won't have anything else to be afraid of.

Angela said...

1)Once I was afraid when I my cusin went missing for two days. I was afraild because I didnt know what was going to happen to my cusin. 2)I was so sad i was crying, because I didnt know what happened to him or how. 3)I reacted by crying.4)Yes my fear caused my reaction.I do think fear is a good thing. It shows that yu care.

Julia P. (5/6 B) said...

1) One time, our alarm system went off at 2 a.m. when my mom and I were home alone. The alarm was beeping very loud for 20 minutes. At the time, I didn't know that it went off because there was a severe storm. I was really scared and thought that someone broke into the house.
2)Fear influenced how I acted because I stayed in my bed and didn't move.
3)I think fear is when you are scared in a situation.
4) I think fear can be good and bad. If you don't have any fear, then you will never take risks in life. But too much fear can make you scared to do things.

Nick S. 5/6B said...

1,2,3&4) When I was like in, I think 1st or 2nd grade, me and my family went to a beach, with Jet-Skis. So when we were on the Jet-Ski I fell off somehow, and there was a dolphin in the water, but the fin looked JUST like a shark. I was so scared I couldnt barely move. Then I realized it was a dolphin and wasn't scared.

5)I think that fear is like your body's warning system, it tells you when to not do something.

6) I think fear is a very good thing, because without fear people would be jumping off buildings going "I BELEIVE I CAN FLY!" all the time and hurting or killing themselves. But too much fear keeps you from having fun and taking some risks. So A healthy amount of fear is good.

Michael W (LRT 5/6B) said...

1. I got really scared when I was seven and I stepped on a hole with a baby rattlesnake in it.
2. I was scared
3. because I knew that baby snakes were more deadly than adults and if I left my foot on the hole it could bite me and maybe kill me.
4. I ran into a lake 10 feet from the hole
5.Yes it did because I wouldn't have gone into the lake otherwise
6.I think fear is a reaction towards something that could happen to you or someone else that you wouldn't like to happen, like getting bit by the snake
7. Fear is a good thing because it drives you to make the situation better.

rachaelc said...

The last time I was scared it was last weekend when I was left alone in Target and I was with my grandpa and he didn't even tell me that he left me after about 20 minutes of panicing, he finally called and said he forgot his cellphone.
I think you feel fear when something bad happens to you.

christian w (lrt 5/6b) said...

1. One time, my house got hit with a strait line wind tornado.
2. I felt scared because the windows were shaking and trees were falling down. So, I went down in my basement and curled up in ball.
3. I think fear is a natural and good thing in alot of situations. Alot of times it is just your body warning you that you are in danger.

NoviceLD said...

1/2.I was on a beach in Brazil when I was six and all of a sudden I realized that I didn't see my parents around.
3.I started to panic because I was so young.
4.I started looking all around frantically, dropping the little crustaceans I had been searching out. I was in a strange placce alone.
5. Fear made me not think straight.
6.Fear is an emotion makes you freeze up at something potentially dangerous or something you're not used to. It makes you feel as if you need to look away, or keeps your eyes open, or gives you the enrgy to run, getting you out of danger.

Max F (LRT 5/6B) said...

Once when I was in Duluth I was sking and that day the snow was ontop of ice and I started to go really fast and I think I was going about 35-40mph. I tryed to slow down but it was hard to. I came out to a clearing and finally slowed down. I was going so fast that I tought I was going to go into the woods and crash.

john h 7/8B said...

one time i was outside walking my dogs and this car kept driving by it was really scary so i turned around and went home but it was still following me..i think that fear is a good way to tell you if something is wrong

Unknown said...

Well, one time i got lost in an amusment park [disney] i was looking at something in a window and my mom and dad sort-of walked off well kept walking and i was left behind. i felt realy vonerable and i was running around then they where right there and l felt realy stuped.

kami h 7/8 b said...

Once, I went to valley fair and it was my 1st time on the wild thing. When it went up the slope and right before it went down, I was pretty terrified because of the hight. All I did was scream. Fear is when your frightened of something. Sometimes it can be a good thing, like if a burglar is in your house and your scared and call the police. Also, it can be bad like if you scream then they know were you are. So thats why i think fear can be good and bad.

DavidF 5/6B said...

One time when i got lost in china when i was about 5 years old, we were on a bus tour when i missed the bus and was all alone in the city for 2 hours before they foud me again. I think fear is a good thing because if u didnt have fear u would probably kill yourself doing someting stupid.

cotywc7-8b said...

1. me nd my friend jesse was biking around at like 10 at night or something like that and then we saw a few people fallowing us.
2. the fear was some random stalker people at night fallowing us.
3. we started to bike faster.
4. fear is a good thing. it tells you if you should stay away and get away from the situation.

Kate O 7/8b said...
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wes F. said...

One time when me and my friends were walking threw the woods at a camp we went to we heard a gun shot go by us and we hit the deck. after about 5 min we got up and started wlaking again thinking that it was done but we then we heard another shot and it was maybe 40 yards away, we crawled to the nerst rock pile and started trying to find the person shooting but we never did. i think fear is a good & bad thing because it helps u build a instinct for when somthing is not right with your situation but at the same time if u let it control you it will do more harm than good

Maggie A (LRT 7/8b) said...

Once, when I was five years old, I was at my ballet class and when it ended my dad wasn't there to pick me up. All the other kids parents were there on time and I went around asking if they'd seen my dad, but none of them had. That happened to me everytime at the end of ballet class, my dad or mom was always late to pick me up and that scared me. After that, I quit ballet and never took it again. I wish I would' ve continued because I could've become a good dancer. I really wish my parents would've been on time. I think that for the most part fear is a bad thing because no one really likes being scared. sometimes, if you are watching a scary movie or something like that, fear isn't such a bad thing it's kind of fun.

Fresa S. said...

1)The second time I went to France I almost got run over by a car. I wasn't looking at the street and I slipped on the road at the same time a car was driving across it. I got very scared because I could have died. Fear sort of impacted how I reacted. If I wasn't scared I probably wouldn't have reacted as fast.
2)Fear is when you are scared of something or scared of the outcome of an action.
3)I think that fear can be a good thing and a bad thing. Fear can push you to do a better job(like on a project) but sometimes you don't want to be scared.

alex c 7/8b said...

i got scared when i watched saw one ithought some one was going to kill me i fealt horiable so i went grab a knife and slept with it i think you make your self afraid

sofia h (7/8 b) said...

1.One time I was really scared when I started choaking on a life saver.
2. When I was about four years old, I was in my kitchen with my grandma and I asked her if I could have a life saver. I reassured her that my parents let me have them all the time (even though they didn't). After about 2 minutes of sucking the life saver I swallowed it, I started choaking!! However, my grandma did what your not supposed to do, and basically tried poking it down farther. It worked and I was fine afterwards!
3. I think FEAR is when you get really scared about a situation/event and think there will be a bad outcome.
4. I think fear can be fun sometimes, like watching a scary movie or something. However, it can be bad in like life or death moments.

Mackenzie Sorensen said...

1. I was scared when we set a course at welch down "Chicken." the course was set really tight and you had to turn quickly.
2. i was scared of flying into the trees or into the course set next to us.
3.I didn't want to go down it but my freinds told me it was a nice course, it wasn't.
4. My fear did influence me because i was cautious going down.
5. I think fear is a good thing because otherwise we wouldn't be afraid to do dangerous things.
6. Fear is an emotion that tells us when we don't want to do something.

IsabelleB said...

1. In one situation where I was scared was, when I got lost in the woods, in the BWCA.
2. The thing that caused me to be fearful was that I didn't know where I was, and I couldn't find my dad or my brother.
3. I reacted by running different directions, trying to find the original trail, and my dad.
3. My fear influenced how I reacted. I was really scared and I got very upset trying to find my dad.
4. Fear is a scared feeling you get when you worry about something and you don't want it to happen. You get afraid of things, and you are very alert of your surroundings.
5. It depends on the situation if fear is a good thing or a bad thing. Usually though, fear is a bad thing, because its a bad feeling.

sebastian r (lrt 7/8b) said...

1.One time when i was about 3 or 4 years old I was locked in the car because I fell asleep and my parents forgot about me.2. I was scared because i was alone and i could not take my car seat off.3. I eventually panicked and got the car seat off. 4 my fear had no influence on my decision.5. Fear is scaring you or making you uncomfertable.6 fear is a good thing because it teaches you what to do in a bad situation.

Lara R (LRT 7/8 B) said...

1) Well, 2 years go, my friend that lives in NJ was going to come and visit me for a little bit, and the night before she came, i was scared that she wouldnt like it here. so i was really nervous, and i was cleasning my room when i heard a creak, and a bitgger one, until it was really loud. I was really scared, bu5t now thinking of it, it was just my nerves.
2) fear for me, is basically what you think is going to do harm to you, or scare you and you think you cant handle it, so youre nerves act up. thats all.

Alexis L 7-8B said...

1. A time when I was most scared was the time I went into a clown house at the Trail of Terror.
2. It was very scary for me because I was only 9 and there were clowns that popped out everywhere and looked creepy.
3. My reaction was to turn around but I couldn't because there were people behind me and the house was a bit disorienting.
4. I was feeling uncomfortable and sort of alone because I was the only one who was completely freaking out. The clowns made me feel this way.
5. Since I was scared I walked very fast and I clutched on to whoever was next to me.
6. My definition of fear is anything that makes you feel uncomfortable or goes out of your comfort zone.
7. I think that fear can be both good and bad. If there weren't any fear, than people might not attept to overcome obstacles because they won't care about them. The bad part of fear is making you feel uncomfortable.

tomdelanaey7/8 B said...

1.) when i went white water rafting in montana and i fell out. then the guide guy had to throw me one of those rope things and i had to crawl my way back in.
2)i was fealling cold,scared and wet
3)because the water was cold i was in rapids and itt was water
4)i grabed the rope and pulled my self back in
5)fear is a good thing were you get scared and have like ALOT of adrenaline like drinking 5 monsters and its kinda a wierd fealing.

Kate O 7/8b said...

1. One time i got lost in a haunted house.
2.i was scared becuse i didnt know where i was or where my group was.
3.Fear is something people are scared of.
4.I paniced at the momment then i stared to relax when i hear my groups voice.
5.I think fear can sometimes be a good thing becuse it makes you stronger and helps you move on in life when you over come them.

Fletcher B said...

1)A situation I was in that I was "scared" was when my brother almost died. My brothers, my dad and I were at Gooseberry falls, a water fall in northern Minnesota, and your allowed to play around it. My brother slipped and was ten feet away from the 30 foot drop onto sharp rocks below.
2) Time kind of slowed down, and my body went numb. I didn't really feel "fear", just this wierd blank thought going through my head: "if you don't move now, he will die." I dived after him and grabed the back of his shirt. It all just happened to fast to feel fear at the moment.
3) "Fear" is a sensation that makes us do things we wouldn't normally do. It either stops us or makes us move.

Ashley S said...

1)One time in second or first grade I was at a friends birthday party at a swimming pool and I did not know how to swim then and I some how got pushed away from the edge and I could not reach the edge and I was in complete shock and did not know what to do. I tried to get back to the edge but could not. I finally miraculously got back to the edge. I got out of the pool and sat out of it for a while.
2) When I was fearful I did not have time to think what I could do like sink to thee bottom then push off the ground and grab on to the wall, or scream for help. I was scared I was going to drown and die!
3) I was feeling so scared and shocked.
4) The thought that I might die caused me to be fearful.
5) The thought that I would drown.
6) I splashed and tried to reach the edge.
7) I tried harder.
8) Sometimes fear pushes you in a positive way. But other times Fear puts you in shock and you are unable to think things through.

Preston B said...

when i was in canada skiing with my family. I got separated from them cause my ski popped off and i thought i could put it back on so they left to the bottom of the hill. then i had to get someone i didn't know to help me put it back on and when i got it back on i went to the bottom of the hill and they wern't there so i went up to the top and back down and i still couldn't find them. I was really scared and didn't know what to do so i just kept skiing arround trying to find them. then when i was going down another hill i heard my dad yell my name and i went to him and we got back together with our family and kept skiing. i think that fear is a good thing that you have because it keeps you going and pushes you to do more things.

muntaas h (LRT 7/8B) said...

one time when i was little, i got lost in my own neighborhood, because we just moved there and i didnt know where my house was because all the houses looked alike.

2. i felt like i would never see my family again.

3. my heart was beating and i was crying so hard.


4. the way i reacted was i kept asking the strangers where hoover avenue was, and which way to go.

5. yes because i was crying so hard and i felt like i would be lost forever.

6. fear is a good thing and a bad thing sometimes.

Laurel W(7-8 B) said...

One time at camp we went on a high anventure course. We had to walk on thin wires, over logs, on one person swings, and more, but it was all 40 feet high. We weren't allowed to hang onto the straps on our harnasses. Only our partners. I wasn't scared at all. I actually loved it, but it was not enough for me so I voluntered to do the scariest thing there. I had to climb over this really tall and weird shaped wall, walk across a platform thing and ballay down a different wall. I was fine till I got to the platfom. I thought I was going to die! I freaked out and stood there for a while, then I started taking tiny tiny baby steps. My legs were shaking uncontrollably. I balayed down the other wall, my group clapped for me and I was really proud. I think fear is when your scared. Sometimes it helps you stay safe, other time it limits you from your goals.

Lizzie H. (7/8B) said...

1)when I was about 4 years old, me, my parents, and a couple of my other family mambers were driving home from my grandmas house.
2) we got caught it a strait wind and it was the one time i got to sit in the front of the car. but thats were the windows broke in and my dad had coverd me up with a blanket because of all the glass flying around.
3)I felt as if i was going to throw up.
4) because i knew my mom, my family and my baby sister were all in the back of the car and i saw my dad's face was cut by a pice of glass and didnt have any idea what happend.
5)I only sat their and wated for it to over.
6) i think fear can be anything that makes you uncomfortable with your surroundings.
7) fear can be a good because it shows that you are aware of what is happening around you. i can also be a bad thing, it depends on why you are scarred.

Lindsey S said...

One time when I was seven I was home with everyone but my dad adn my three siblings and I were playing a game in the basement and we didn't know our mom was home and the washing machine made the noise it does when it is done washing and we were very scared we slamed the door shut and ran upstairs and to the phone and called our moms cell phone and she we heard a beeping noise and foot steps comeing towrds us and we screamed and ran into the closet and were silent leaving the phone open then our the door open and we screamed closing our eyes until we opened them finding our mom there.
We were very scared cause we didn't know who and what the noises were.
We reacted by screaming, calling our mom and hidding in the closet.
Fear did influence how we reacted, because if we wern't scared we wouldn't have called our mom and hid in the closet.
I think fear could bad if you are scared or it could help you get through hard situations.

holle g (5/6b) said...

one time when i was scared was when i came home and my front door was unlocked... i got a bat and looked around the house. nobody was in there, but i got pretty paranoid. fear influenced how i reacted. i think fear is when you're unsure about something that you think is bad or really nervous about something u think is important and you act on whatever you're feeling.. i think fear is a good think 'cause without fear, you wouldnt really be a normal person...

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Emily D said...

1. I was flying and then I felt pain. I don't even think my eyes were open. I had ejected out of my skis and i landed on my knee. I couldn't get up and one of my coaches had to carry me. they got me to the top of the mountain and the doctor looked at me. He though I had torn my ACL but later he decided it was just a bad sprain.
2. I was scared because I thought I had seriously injured myself.
3. I was scared, in pain and a little shocked. I think I felt that because none of my falls had ever been this serious before.
4. I reacted by starting to cry from the pain and yelling for someone to come help me.
5. I think that if I hadn't been scared I wouldn't have called for someone to help me. I would have seen if I could do it on my own.
6. FEAR: the feeling you get when you are unsure of what is going to/has happened.
7. I think fear is a good thing because it keeps us aware of what is going on around us. It can also be a bad thing when You are overly fearful and don't take any chances.

shanti said...

the scariest time i was scared was when i was choking on a grape that my mom's friend gave me it probably was the scariest moment of my life. i thought i was going to loose my life. i was unconscious. i think fear is when your scared and afraid of your own beliefs

Philip C. (LRT 1/2A) said...

1. One situation when I was scared was when I was going to go off the power tower at Valley Fair. 2. I was scared because the power tower was so high up. 3. I couldn't really do anthing so I just sat there and waited for the ride to begin. 4. FEAR is a thing that can stop you from doing things you want to do.

Alex H (LRT 1/2A) said...

One time i went off the super kicker at hyland and the second i went off i knew i didnt have enough speed, since the wind caught, even though i bombed it from the top of the hill. When i got hit by the wind i knew it was going to hurt so i thrust my legs out to get farther away from the knuckle so that when i hit it it didnt hurt as much. I think fear can help you think in desperate situations.

Alex S said...

1.One time I was about to go to bed and my mom came down to my room to tell me there was a robber in the neighborhood.2.I was scared becuase I thought he might try to break into our house.3.I was feeling very scared and worried.4.I didn't sleep very well that night because the police had a dog search unit looking for the guy.5.Yes this effected my reaction.6.I think fear is a bad thing because it makes you worried which isn't a good feeling.7. Fear is a feeling that is simular to scared.

Aly B ( LRT 1/2A) said...

At camp they have a watertramp, and it is superfun to go on, but you have to swim out aways to get to it. I was pretty little and didn't know how to swim very well. People were jumping on it and there were a lot of waves. Before i new what was happening i was grabbed by the waves and pulled under the tramp. When i tried to scream more and more water kept getting in my mouth. If the lifeguard hadn't been watching I don't know what would've happened. I think fear is that feeling when your stomach fills up with led and you feel like it's the end of the world. I think fear can keep people from doing realy dumb things, but its a nasty feeling to have.

Sawyer K (LRT 1/2A) said...

1. The first time I went tubing was when I was six years old. When the boat started moving I got really scared.
2. I was afraid of falling off the tube into the water.
3. Because I was afraid I tensed up and fell off, but then I realized it wasn't so bad!
4. I think fear is a good thing because it's a learning experience!

That One Guy said...

1. I was about to swim my first race at state the first time I went.
2. I was scared because I was really nervous.
3. I was just feeling like I was really nervous because it was the first time I had ever been to state.
4. I reacted by trying to calm myself down.
5. I reacted by not thinking about the race until I got on the blocks.
6. It influenced my reaction because I normally think about my races before I swim.
7. Fear is when you are scared.
8. Fear can be a good thing, if you react the right way, but it can also be a bad thing if you don't react the right way.

Matt H (LRT 1/2 A) said...

1. One time i was swimming and i started chocking. I was really scared.
2. I swam to the shallow part of the lake.
3. Fear influenced me to swim really hard to the shallow end.
4. I think that fear is when someone is really scared.
5. I think that it can be a good thing because it makes people more alert and it makes people work harder.

Nateglewwe said...

When I had to get six of my baby teeth surgiclly removed. They put me to sleep and everything and I woke up with half my teeth gone. The time that I was most scared was the day before it happend right up to waiting in the lobby. I nearly had a heart failiure when mom told me what was going to happend about 12 hours before it did happend. Fear is a intence feeling of apprehention. It most likely kicks in when you are facing the unknown. I think that fear is a good thing, because if we didn't have it, how could we look forward to good times?

Addy Z (LRT 1/2A) said...

1.When I was 10, I was pulled underwater by the undertow in the waves of the ocean.
2.I couldn't breathe, and I had no control of the situation.
3.I was feeling very scared, but mostly panicked.
3.All I tried to do was get out of the current, and I did.
4.Fear definitely influenced my reaction, because I didn't think about what I was doing.
5.Fear is what you get when something scares you.
6.It is both a good and a bad thing, because it can keep you from doing stupid things, but it also doesn't feel good when you are scared.

Alma P (LRT 1/2 A) said...

1. I was very scared when I swam with a whale shark.
2. My family was out in the Philippines and we took a boat ride out to the middle of the ocean. There was one shark and it was HUGE! I really don't like sharks, but the guide would tell me that it was a gentle giant. Finally, when I got in it came right up under me and I began to kick and scream.
3. I had recently watched shark week with my little cousins so this added some jitters.
4.I reacted by screaming, and then after a while I got a little more comfortable.

To me, fear is when your body doesn't feel safe. When I get scared I start to get tense and shake. Fear is a good thing because it can push you to overcome certain situations.

Maddie F (LRT 1/2A) said...

I got scared the first time i babysat my little brother. I had just put him to bed and then i went and turned on the tv. the preview of When a Stranger calls came on and i freaked out. I had not had a fear about anything happening while babysitting but i really did get scared then. i think that fear is bad for your mind but a good challenge to overcome it.

Nora said...

When I was eleven, I saw a preview for the Ring. It was really creepy,and it made me feel like a murderer was behind me, so I changed the channel. My fear influenced me because if I hadn't been afraid, I would have kept watching it. I think fear is being hesitant to do something because you're worried about the outcome. I think fear is a bad thing because it sometimes limits you from doing things.

Kelli said...

One day when I got home from school, my dad called me. He said my mom had an asthma attack at work, and had gone hospital. I was really scared because I didn't know if she was ok. I felt kind of in shock. I also had trouble sleeping that night because I was so worried. I immediatly called my dad back and asked him what her condition was, and if I would be able to go see her. I think FEAR is something that makes you worry, but sometimes in a good way. It makes you care more about what your doing.

Jami M (LRT 1/2A) said...

One situation where I was scaired is when I saw "the grudge"
I was like 10 or 11. and it was my first scary movie. I saw it at like 10 o'clock. I dont know exactly why it was scary but i had to leave early. Then when I got home I neeeded to get to bed cause it was like 11:30 after I took my shower and stuff. So I tried to go to sleep and I had a panic attack and like started shaking becuase i was sooo scaired!! (emabersing... I know!)

Fear inflienced my actions because if I wasnt scaired of the movie I would not have done all those stuff.

Fear is when you are scaired of something. Fears a good thing because if no one was afraid of stuff people would be like jumping off cliffs and stuff.

sam r said...

1. I was scared once when I was up in my baseball game and had a chance to win the game.
2. It was inense so I was scared.
3. I felt nervous about getting out.
4. I reacted by calming down.
5. Yes I was still nervous.
6. Fear is being scared or nervous about something.
7. Fear is good because it can help you feel confident at times and its good to have a challenge.

JohnB said...

One time when i was scared was when i was going to attempt my first cork 720 on my skis off a 35 foot jump. I was fearful because i new i could be physically injured. i got over my fear and i did it! I can do them Really well now and i want to attempt a cork 900. I think fear is a good and bad thing but that it mostly just gets in the way of things. I hate when fear stops you from dong something you know you can do.

Kriften G!! said...

the only time I may have been some what afraid is when I got arrested. so my friends bob joe brendon and I were having a airsoft war and joe and i were on a team, so joe decides that we should walk down to th park, and he is not the brightest person so we are walking down the middle of the street and we see some cops so we try to hide are air soft guns but then 6 more cop cars show up and we here put down the guns and we look and they have shotguns pointed at us. so we got arrested and they took are guns but they were realy bobs so he was quite mad and it was funny and joe was laffy and one of the cpos said he was half retarded.

Emily A said...

1)one time that i was scared was when my brother was charging at me with a golf club in his hand because i called him stupid.
2)i was fearful beacause i th;ought he wass going to hit me
3)i was feeling like i was going to hit and i was going to get hurt
4)i reacted by screaming really loud to get my moms attention.
5)my fear did influence how i reacted beacuse i scream when imscared.
6)fear is when the body is not comftorble with a situation and begins to worry.
7)i think fear is a good thing beacuse if we werntscared we could jump off the statue of liberty and kill ourselves.

Zach G said...

Once, i was at someones house in the middle ofthe night and there were toys all over the floor and i had to go to the bathroom. iwas running into walls and i couldnt find the bathroom. I was feeling nervous that i would wake everyone up. Fear is usually bad because it can cause you to make bad desicions.

kellyk said...

One time i was scared, was when i was with a bunch of people and we were watching saw II and i was freakkedd out!
1) What made me scared, was probably all of the blood and torture devices they used in the movie...
2) Yes my fear did influence how i reacted, because i was hiding under a blanket.

3)FEAR is a feeling of when your unsecure and scared.

4)I think fear can be a bad thing, but also a good thing. because sometimes i like being scared because its so suspenseful, but its also ya know, scary.

james m said...

There was I time when my dad had broken some ribs and punctured his lung while skiing at Lutsen. The reason I was scared was I wasn't sure if my dad would be okay. I was feeling really sad for my dad cause I thought it was..the end for him. So, I didn't exactly know what I was doing, but me and my brother got ski patrol and he got to the hospital and was okay.

Nick L (LRT 5/6 A) said...

1) One time about 6 years ago I went to Shady Oak beach mith my friend his brother and his brothers friend. We were standing in close to shore when all of a sudden Daniel ( my friends brothers friend) came up from behind me and tackled me into the water, he took my head and held it under water for about 20 seconds.

2) what caused my fear was me watching a movie a couple of days before where someone drowned.

3) I tried to get away and I was very scared.

4) FEAR is when you have a thought that you don't want to have.

5) I think fear is good because we get to enjoy not being scared at times.

GO PACK!

-Nick

laura s (5/6a) said...

My brother pushed my head underwater for a really long time in a pool in our condo. I was scared that I would sufficate but once I got my head up I was okay. Then I screamed at my brother for holding me under for so long.
I think fear is a feeling that you get when your scared or something bad is happening. I think it can sometimes be a good thing because then you dont do stupid stuff.

mitchy p (5/6 A) said...

Frist off i'd like to say GO VIKINGS! One time my bro was drowning in a pool when he was like five. 1 i thought my bro was gonna drown and be dead. 2 i was scared 3 cuz i love my bro 4 i swam over and grabbed him 5 no 6 i think fear is when ur scared 7 i think fear is awesome cuz it gets ur muscles jacked by releasing a substance called adrenaline into ur blood stream and you get really strong like billy. i love billy hes like a big gentle panda bear and hes cute

Jon M (LRT 5/6 A) said...

1-When I was five, my brother convinced me to go on my first big roller coaster.2-It was really big.
3-I was scared and worried because I'd never been on a big roller coaster befor.4-I started screaming as soon as we went down.
5-I don't think I would have screamed as much if I wasn't scared.6-Fear is when you are really scared and worried about something.7-I think fear is good and bad. Bad because being scared of something isn't fun. Good because fear can keep you from doing something really stupid.

Isabel B (LRT 5/6 A) said...

1. One time i got really scared was when i had a big hockey game against the other Edina team at our level.
2. I was afraid that my team would have a bad game and lose.
3. I was feeling sick and felt like i couldn't breathe.
4. I was feeling this way because there was alot of pressure and my fear was of losing.
5. I reacted by trying my best and trying to breathe deeply.
6. To me, fear means when you get scared of something and you can't really control your emotions.
7. I think fear is good because it helps us to overcome stuff and do thing that we wouldn't normally do.

Uzi M. said...

I was scared when a guy pulled a gun on me and my bro he wasnt amining but i was scared. I was scared because i thought i was gonna die if we didnt give him a room.My fear made me act very cautiously. I reacted calmly but scared. Fear is a feeling of unsafeness. I love fear like i love mitch's but.

Loic.A(LRT 7/8A) said...

when someone is tryin to kill me or something. because the guy is pointing a gun at me. scared because i'm about to die.
beung afraid of something

Mitlentz said...

1) One time while I was at swim practice, i had to do 75 yards without a breath. It was terrible and after a 50 i was beginning to see white spots and my vision was getting blurry. I thought i was going to drown, which is my biggest fear.
2) When i finished, i gasped for air and was extremely releaved. Fear is a state of mind in which you begin to expierence unwanted emotions.
3) I think fear is a good thing because it can help you tell what to do or what not to do.

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shelby h said...

one time when i was scared i was when i went to a haunted house. It was one of those family owned ones so they were really scary. it also was pitch black and had really tight spaces you had to go through. I got so scared i started feeling queezy. i reacted by screaming and then leaving. i couldnt get all the way through it.
fear to me is something that sticks in your mind and will always be with you. I think that fear is good and bad. I think that because fear can give you thrill and also haunt you big time.

Hannah A (LRT 7/8 A) said...

One night in Malaysia when we were all asleep we heard what sounded like gunshots. We all got really scared and all went together in my parents room. A couple of minutes later, we heard the gunshot again. By that time we were too awake to go back to sleep, so when we finally decided the shots weren't going to go off anymore, we went downstairs. It was around 5:30 in the morning, and it was a SATURDAY!

I think fear can be both good and bad. It can be bad because it causes us to feel unsafe and insecure, and it can be good because it can act as a warning that something is bad. This can help you pull confidence out of you that you never knew you had.

paul7/8 said...

once when i was little i got lost in mall of america i was really scared, i had to check in every store. i think fear is a good thing because if we didnt have fear most people would have no emotion nd if we have no emotion than how will we know what people are trying to say. And i think it pushes you.

clara k!! said...

I was scared when in 6th grade I became clastrophobic. we were in our class room hiding from our teacher. i was in a closet but my friend didn't see me. So he shut the door andI immedialy frreaked out that is when i knew i was scared of small spaces. ahhhh!!!

Olivia A. (LRT 7/8A) said...

1) One time when I was scared was when I had to get surgery on my arm when I broke it.

2) I was feeling really anxious about getting an IV again and going through surgery well. I felt this way because I hate getting IVs and getting surgery is really scary because of all the risks.

3) I reacted by trying to make it through and not freak out too much and stay calm. If I hadn't have been scared I wouldn't have made the nurse mess up accidentally when she was puting the IV in. But when they tried again I looked away and thought of other things and they got the IV in correctly.

4) Fear is people's reactions to something that is scary, high stress, or cause anxiety. I think fear can be a good thing because it can make you do things faster because it pushes you to do something so you'll be safe or overcome your fear.

nicole h said...

This year I have to do solo fest for band. I was terrified of playing my solo for my class,but today I did. I was worried everyone would say bad things about my playing,but no one said anything and when I started playing my solo it got all quiet which gave me more confidence. So I guess fear is sort of a good thing because it makes you practice stuff more because I practiced my solo before i played it in front of my whole class.

jordieee s! said...

1)One time when i was little my family and i went to the grocery store. We were going down the cereal aisle and i was looking at it too long and my mom turned the corner. I didnt see her turn it so i was all alone in the aisle. A woman saw me wondering the store with no parent so she took me to the front and they had to announce that i was missing for my mom over the loud speaker. I started crying.

2)Fear is a time when you are afraid or scared.

3)I think fear is a good thing.

Anonymous said...

Whenever I go up on something higher than 5 feet off the ground, I'm extrenmely cautious. I would say I freak out or anything (not nearly as much as other people, I've seen people flip out!)

I think fear is kind of an alarm in our head telling us to pay attention to whatever it is we are doing. I think fear can be a good thing, it can stop you from making stupid mistakes. But it can also be bad if you to fear to and extreme. Fear's only in your head. So what's so frightning?

Shannon Awes said...

I was really scared a couple years ago when somebody rang our doorbell at midnight. It was a police man and he told us that somebody tried to break into our house and actually got into our neighbors house. I felt like the person was in our house even though they weren't. I reacted by not leaving my mom's side because I didn't want to be alone. Fear influenced my actions because I was scared to be alone when there was a robber on the loose. FEAR is when a person is afraid of something. FEAR is a good thing when it helps get something done.

Eric H (LRT 7/8A) said...

Once at around 3 AM I was watching a movie on my PC. I looked to my left and saw a spider crawling towards me. I have no idead why I fear spiders, but for some reason, me and many others do. I felt intimidated, and then I felt a suge of rage because of my intimidation. I slammed my fist on the spider and killed it. My fear caused me to be angry at the spider, and because of that I killed it. Fear is a feeling that creatures get when experiencing a situation that their instict tells them could end badly and causes a surge of adrenaline to enter their body. I think fear is a good thing because it causes people to be more aware. The adrenaline it gives them can also help them overcome the situation they are in.

Sam.c said...

One time i was out at my cabin and i was on a jetski with me, my brother and my brothers friend. My brothers friend was driving when he turned around shaply and flipped the jetski. We flew up into the air i was terrified.

I think it is your personal reaction to something bad happening that makes you scared

Anna B said...

1. I was at the doctors today getting a physical when the doctor said I needed a shot.

2.I am very afraid of shots and I was so scared that I started crying even before they brought the needle in the room. It was really embarrssing but I was so scared and so mad I had to get a shot that I wouldn't look up at my mom or the doctor or talk to either of them; it was terrible.

3.I knew the shot was not going to hurt that much but I couldn't stop crying because of my fear.

4.Fear to me is something that takes over yourself and limits yourself from doing normal things.

5. Fear can be good and bad but I think in the end your fear can make you stronger person because if you overcome your fear then there will be nothing stopping you.

clara k!! said...

clara cont...

fear is scardyness!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

fartunm said...

one time when i waz in like 2 grade in like the spring time there waz a dog in my summer school (which i used to live by) it ran amuck i waz like walking by the school at the time which waz weird now that i think about it. any how i heard the dog i got scared cauz it waz at the night time and there were scary dog sounds. a couple of minutes later the police showed i waz happy cauz i got to sit in a police car. thats my story.

Dan M said...

1)Last summer I was very afraid because I was being forced into going on Steel Venom at Valleyfair.

2)I had this horrible feeling in my stomach that the train was going to fly off the rail as soon as we got to the top.

3)I was so afraid because I didn't know what was going to happen while I was on the ride.

4)I decided that there was no reason to not go on the ride so I strapped in and buckled down for the ride.

5)I guess fear was my motivator to go on the ride, which was actually really fun.

6)I define fear as what motivates you to go out of your comfort zone.

7)I think fear is a good thing because it motivates me to do things that I would normally not do.

aoneill said...

1.back when i was in 2nd grade i was hanging out with my friend at his dad's meat factorie and we decided to play hide and go seek and so i hid on a convaer belt that loaded meat into the meat grinder and all of a suden the meat grinder turned on and it started to move and the meat grinder turned on and it started to pull my shirt lukily my friend found me before it took me in all the way i was so scared.
somtimes fear is good because it limits u from doing bad things.

cailyn c said...

1. Once i was really scared when there was this huge thunderstorm. I think I was in 3rd grade and im pretty sure it was a weekend. It had just stopped raining really hard, but it was still sprinkling, it started to lightning alot and I heard a loud crack. The sky was really green so i thought it was a tornado (i was like 7). I saw my dad run outside over to my neighbors house and he told me to stay put. I ran over to the window and saw their tree on fire. And then the tree fell over on top of the power lines. My dad grabbed the hose and tried to put the fire out.
2. I was really scared because i had never seen a big fire like that before or a tree falling.
3. I just stood there the whole time and watched.
4. Fear is when you are really scared and sometimes fearing for your life.

Kenneth said...

one time when i was 7, my mom was driving on the highway and i unlocked the door and fell out of the car and almost got ran over by a car. then my mom stopped the car and got out. And i was so scared.


another time i got scared was when i was out side and some men dressed in suits came in my neighbors house and grabbed him and took him out.

jessica G said...

1 One time, I was afriad when i was about to go tubing. While we were tubing, we went over a huge wave and flipped over.
2 What I was scared of the whole time actually happened. Then, I couldn't get back into the tube and we were in the middle of a deep lake,
3 which is my biggest fears combined.(getting stuck, deep waters, lakes, and not being able to see where you are).
4 I kept on trying to get into the tube, but finally, i got up onto the jetski and stepped into the tube.
5 afterwards, i was scared we were going totip over again.
6 fear is not wanting to do something because you do not want something else to happen.
7 fear is mostly a bad thing when it is useless.if you want to try something new, or if it is essential for your health, or keeping you from having fun, it is a very bad thing. But if we felt no fear we would not learn lessons very well.

jessica G said...

1 One time, I was afriad when i was about to go tubing. While we were tubing, we went over a huge wave and flipped over.
2 What I was scared of the whole time actually happened. Then, I couldn't get back into the tube and we were in the middle of a deep lake,
3 which is my biggest fears combined.(getting stuck, deep waters, lakes, and not being able to see where you are).
4 I kept on trying to get into the tube, but finally, i got up onto the jetski and stepped into the tube.
5 afterwards, i was scared we were going totip over again.
6 fear is not wanting to do something because you do not want something else to happen.
7 fear is mostly a bad thing when it is useless.if you want to try something new, or if it is essential for your health, or keeping you from having fun, it is a very bad thing. But if we felt no fear we would not learn lessons very well.

ellie w. 7/8A said...

One time when I was little I fell off the monkey-bars and landed on my back and couldn't breath. Then I passed out. When I woke up I was being carried, on a stretcher, to an ambulance. I was afraid when I couldn't breath because I thought I was going to die.

Fear is somthing that temporarily takes control of your body or emotions.

Fear can be good at times because may push you to do things you wouldn't usually do.

patty w (5/6 A) said...

1&2) One time when I was at camp the only bathrooms we could use were outhouses. It was in nothern Minnesota and there are a lot of big spiders up there. When I was about to go to the bathroom one of my cabin members said there was a spider in there that was making weird noises. So my whole cabin decided to go to a different one. But there was a giant spider in there too, so we just went back to our cabin.
3) I felt really scared because spiders gross me out and I just think they are scary.
4) I reacted by running away.
5) Since I was scared I didn't stay calm and realise it wasm't really a big deal and ran away from my problem.
6)I think fear means to be afraid of something,
7)I think fear is a good thing because it can help you feel better by overcoming it but it can be bad if it goes too far.

Julia said...

1) One time i was going to jump of a bridge into the ocean. The bridge was high of the ground and was shaking.
2) I was scared because I am afraid of heights. And also i thought maybe I would fall of or the bridge would break
3) Fear can make someone stronger and once you face your fears you you won't have anything else to be afraid of.

XOXO said...

1)One time when I got nervous/scared was when one of my pets had run away for a few days.
What had happened was that we had accidently left the door open a little and he managed to slip through the crack and he ran outside. We weren't able to find him so we put up posters and stuff.

2&3) I was worried because I didn't know if he had been hit by a car, shot by a BB gun or something,[people actually do that, it's retarded] I just didn't know what had happened to him and I was really nervous.

4) There wasn't much I could do about it after we had put up signs & posters and ect. So I just went back to my room and continued to listen to music and do my homework.

5) I'm not really sure if fear influenced my actions. I wouldn't remember though because it was a really long time ago.

mackenzie kelley said...

one of the times i experienced fear was two weeks ago. i was riding my horse saber bareback and my leg hit the wall. this hit pushed me of him and i hit my back on the wall. the scariest part of it was when i was falling and could see his legs over me,at this point i thought he was going to stepp on me but i tackeled my fear and reacted fast. at this point irolled out of the way of his feet and was safe allin a split second.

dylan v said...

When I was 5 my sister "accidently"
broke my thumb in a car door. At the time I noticed blood running down my arm. In response to that I started to scream my head off trying to pull the car door off my thumb. After that incedent I stayed away fro car doors for a very long time.

Alyssa K said...

1:
once i was scared because of my little brother. i was scared because after school in 6th grade my mom picked us up as i was walking to the car my older sister and brother told me to not be scared my little brother went into his first seizure (we didnt know at that time it was a seizure). but i couldnt go to the hospital with him.
2:
i was fearful because i didnt know if joe was going to be oka.
3:
i think fear is a good thing but i dont like it if you didnt fear anything you could get really hurt.

jack h 5/6b said...

One time when i was home babysitting my little sister, i herd this really really loud sond. it was probubly the loudest thing i have ever herd. so i called my dad and it was a huge firework that he set off and it was so loud it shook the house and broke some windows at the house he let it off at. i thnk fear influenced how i reacted because it made me call my dad. i think fear is a feeling that you get when something is completely out of your control. i think fear is a good thing because it makes you react to something that could be bad.

Libby said...

The night before the first day of sixth grade, I was really scared/excited and I was so scared/nervous/excited that I threw up!!! Its kinda wierd, but whatever...

Fear is a good thing(sometimes) and sometimes it is a bad thing.

Anonymous said...

a time when i was scared was when i was out side in the woods at nigh and someone was fallowing me. i was vary saced that he would catch me so i ran as fast as i could

Allie B said...

I was scared because i lost my saxophone and i didn't know how to tell my parents. I knew they would be dissapointed in me, but i also knew i couldn't hide it from them. I told my mom the next day because i knew her reaction would be less extreme than my dads. Yes, my fear did influence how i reacted.

Fear is when you do not have complete confidense in something, it is a good thing because it is a natural feeling. With out feelings, people would be boring.

adriana o (5/6 a) said...

One time when I was scary was when my uncle's wife told me and my family we had to leave his house, and we had no where else to go.So I cried.What caused me to be fearful was knowing that my family and I had no where else to go or anyone to ask help from, knowing that night I would not have a shelter to sleep under or knowing what was going to happen next.I was feeling affraid and sad. because it was scary and sad knowin there are bad people like that in the world nad knowin my uncle let her do that.Yes it dead influence how I reacted because I was sad an scared so I cried cuz thats what some people do during certain situations. Fear is an unpleasant and often strong emotion that makes you be affarid. Fear can be both a good thing and a bad thing.

aaronp.(5/6B) said...

1) I was scared when i took the spanish final last year.
2) If i did not get a good score it would ruin my grade.
3) I felt nervous because I did not know how hard the test would be.
4)I took the test.
5) I took it slowly.
6) fear is being scared, being nervous, or being suprised. It is not a good feeling
7) Fear can be good because it keeps people from doing stupid things but it can be bad because it will also keep people from doing useful things

brittany said...

when i was in mexico and in the ocean i got really scared because i got held under water for a really long time and when i came up another wave pushed me back under. i got really scared because i am scared of water. i was feeling scared because i couldnt get enough air when i was comming up for air. my fear did influence me because since i was so scared it helped me get back up. fear is when you are scared of something really bad and dont know what to do. i think fear is a good thing because it pushes you to not have the fear and makes you push it away.

Brooke D (7/8B) said...

well, one time i was seperated from my mom in a departement stoor and i was realy scared

danbach said...

1. When I was locked in a closet.

2.I was locked in a closet for about 20 min and it was scary to be alone.

3.I was feeling alone

4.I yelled for someone to open the door

5.yes because my heart was beating fast

6.fear is when you are faceing a hard situathion

7. fear is a good thing because it helpes your body reallese adrenaline so you act faster ect.

KelseyE said...

A time when I was really scared was when i was swimming and i got trapped upsidown under water. I freaked out cause I couldn't get right-side up.

I think fear is good and bad because without fear we wouldn't be cautious of danger but with fear somtimes it keeps us from doing important things.

allie a [LRT 5/6 A] said...

one time. i watched a scary movie late at night. then when i was going back to my room, i thought that some scary person would get me. so i ran to my bed and layed down. and went to bed. hah...

fear can usually be a good thing because it is normal to show fear

KaTyH 5/6 A said...

One time i was really scared because i was rock climbing and they decided to let us go through a tight space and i did not think i would be scared because i am not clausterphobic but it really scared me because it was so tight i felt like i would never get out. In some instances i think fear is good in others i think it just gets in the way.

Chris M 5/6B said...

1) this one time i was letting my friend ride my gas scooter and he didnt know where the breaks were for some reason so he almost ran over me but he jumped off and i got out of the way.

2) i was scared that he might hit me and both of us get hurt.

3)So now I make sure that i dont let my friends ride my scooter.

5.Fear is somthing that you don't want to face.

6.Fear keeps you alert for potential dangers

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Unknown said...

in 4th grade at receswas a fire in my class room(we werent in there)and everyone had to go home.they put it out before it reached anywhere else.the police were there flashing a light in my eye.yes fear did influence my reactions my heart started beating faster.i think it would be wierd if u werent afraid of anything so i think fear is good

brittany said...

a time when i was scared was when i was in mexico and i was swimming in the ocean with my family. when me and my cousin were out pretty far a huge wave came and it just hit me and i was under the water for a while. i think fear is sometimes a good thing because it pushes you to do stuff.

Nick B (lrt 5/6 B) said...

In 5th grade i had a project due that i forgot all about and then i didnt want to get an F. I was feeling scared. Fear is a good thing.

Matt M (5/6 B) said...

The first time i ever heard a tornado siren i was really scared because i didnt know what it was and i was really little. I had to go down in the basement and watch the news on t.v and then the power went out. Later on it went back on and i wasnt scared anymore

Jacob L. said...

once i was on a rollarcoaster and the lift broke and me and my friend were stuck at the top for ten minutets. I WAS FREAKING OUT. I AM AFRADE OF HIGHTS!!!!!

Mikey L 5/6B said...

one time, I was taking a hike in the badlands and we had to go on top of a cliff. there was one part where we were walking aboutt 10 teet from the edge on loose rocks. i got so scared that I went up against the wall. I walked past that part with my back against the wall.

Greg M (7-8A) said...

I got really fearful wen i got hit in the back of the head with a baseball and i jsut kinda fell over and i wblacked out for like 5 seconds and then ran over to the coach.

braschill said...

when i was freestyle skiing there was a jump that was bigger than i was used to and i was being pressured to go on it and u had to go really fast and get really high on the jump i felt butterflies in my stomach and my nees got shaky i also had sweaty palms and a weird feeling that i like now but atthe timei dont likeit.
my fear did influence how i acted and i didnt do it at first but i eventually got it. at the time i thought fear was a bad thing but now i think it is a really good thing and i even like the feelings you get.