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“Last year, the fungal expert was such a hit,” Daily said. “I had to have them back this year because the kids just thought it was so cool to see all those different weird mushrooms.” "I'm not very great at expressing my feelings, like, socially, so I just let out on writing," student Dayana Diaz said.Diaz shared this excerpt from her story:"I bet you would think living on Mars in the year 3268 would be horrible, but its beauty speaks for itself. We humans came to Mars when it was finally very full of life. Earth, of course, still exists and is habitable, but we prefer to stay on Mars either way. Its atmosphere holds a soft pink sky with white clouds.
“It just made me realize that I actually really do like writing,” Diaz said. “Like I should write a little more.”"Whenever I feel like unmotivated or, like, I just not in the mood to draw, I usually think about the things that I have done that went really well," Molnar said."That kind of helps me."Maxine Molnar’s winning illustration shows a girl standing on a cliff looking out over a receding ocean. A spaceship and red sedan float above the water.
“I've explored more of, like, what I enjoy doing,” Molnar said. “What I'm really good at and things that I also need to work on.”Next week, we’ll be back with a recap of the Science Fiction Festival and more on the school's relationship with Butler.Building This Rose Parade Float Taught College Students What Classes Didn’t
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