Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow
Sofy:
We have come to a very important decision. Ms. Coggio, today in English class, had a talk with some of us about blogs. This whole confusion started with Renato’s blog’s name thing, which led to people, including us, leaving rude, insulting comments to each other. We have all already appologized, but again here I am, saying sorry once again, because we know that the things that were being written here were mean and hurtful.
I’m sorry Renato, for making such a big deal out of something like that, and you know that we were just very upset because anything to do with our friendship is very important to us, even when it might be immature to others. But that’s no excuse for the things I said to you. And I’m sorry Ms.Coggio, for making you feel the way you did. Like I said in class, I’d never thought of it that way, and I know that I would feel SO incredibly guilty if you got in trouble because of us. I’m lucky to have you as my teacher. Any other person would have gotten us into trouble with Davi or something, but you talked to us and worked things out. That’s why you’re so great, Ms.C. You understand us and give us a chance to explain our side of the situation. You know that we not only consider you a teacher, we consider you a friend. So I’m sorry.
Well, our little talk with Ms.C made us realize that maybe this blog thing wasn’t working that well. First of all, this was supposed to be Cary’s, Alvy’s, and my blog, but now Cary isn’t writing anymore. Also, we were writing about some things we shouldn’t be writing about and causing fights. So our conclusion was that we shouldn’t write anymore. In this blog, anyway.
As you people know, I want to be a writer when I grow up, and I absolutely LOVE writing. But the way I like to write is when I’m not being careful about everything, afraid that someone will read it. In the beginning, I told Cary I didn’t want to tell people the adress of our blog. She convinced me in the end, anyway. I write more freely (if that’s a word) when I don’t have to be thinking “Oooh, that teacher might read it” or anything like that. So this is all for the best.
Alvy:
As Sofy said, we will no longer be writing. We felt very embarassed in our meeting with Ms. Coggio. After that meeting, I asked Sofy if she really wanted to continue this blog thing and we decided it’s not worth it. We aren’t really getting anywhere with our blog, who wants to know about the lives of sentimental 7th graders who only care about themselves anyway? We also decided that deleting the blog would be too extreme, therefore, we will leave it up here for people to see our memoirs since the time we made it until the time of the fight (And the post of the fight is no longer here, it was limited edition post, well, tough luck…) I don’t know how I would write ever again in this blog, after Ms. Coggio’s speech, I’d be shameless by writing more, especially because it’s a hobby, and not something I ever want to work on, it’s a thing that has no future for me, so it will be easy to give up on. I hope you have fun reading about happy and sad times in our lives, since it’s all you’ll get from now on. I guess this is goodbye… thank you everyone for everything and even though we have stopped writing, keep commenting, we’ll still answer your comments and we’ll keep checking back, although our decision is permanent… So let these words be the last written in our blog: “Goodbye, and I think we’re finally on our way.”
Giovanna said,
June 12, 2007 at 10:14 pm
Sofy, Im so sorry that you cant write anymore on your blog. I know that you like to write alot, so it must have been hard. OMG, this sounds to profound but wtever. And I guess you guys really are on your way.
Sofy said,
June 12, 2007 at 10:46 pm
Thank you. I really do like to write a lot, but writing on this blog isn’t really that hard to give up. I really never liked sharing my writing with people, and I’ll always keep on writing even if it isn’t in the blog.
thais said,
June 12, 2007 at 11:06 pm
OHHH nooooo! Sofy!! you just made me realize that we are ACCTUALY loosing Ms.C! We have to do something about that …..
Sofy said,
June 12, 2007 at 11:32 pm
Yeah we do…
ginacoggio said,
June 13, 2007 at 11:24 am
Oh dear. I hope your decision to stop writing on this blog isn’t because you feel you have nothing to say. I loved reading what you wrote and all of you had such interesting things to say. My point was to be smart about what it is you’re saying and to be aware that anyone at any time can read it. I think it’s incredibly important that young people write; but it’s even more important that they create sensitive and engaging pieces of writing–not the kind of thing I started to see recently.
I hope very much that you will not be afraid to write, whether it’s publically, or privately. The three of you have such a gift for words and it would be a shame to have it end early because of a difficult conversation we had yesterday. But it was a conversation that needed to happen. I didn’t mean to cause embarrassment; I did mean to wake you up to see what was really going on, and how it wasn’t reflective of the kind of thing I support.
Sofy, thank you for your apology, and thanks to all three of you for apologizing yesterday to the group. I’m glad you were able to work it out face to face, and it shows you are mature and responsible. It makes me very happy, Sofy, to hear you want to be a writer. I know you will be.
Finally, you are not losing me. You are moving on to be with other new and amazing teachers and it’s up to you to take what you want from all the people you learn with and from. I’ll always be with you, even if it’s just in certain phrases like, “don’t judge” and “it’s hard to be this fabulous.”
Sofy said,
June 13, 2007 at 6:12 pm
I have a billion things to say. Just not all of them are appropriate to have in a public blog, and I don’t want to have to censor myself.
You knew I wanted to be a writer before. I’m gonna dedicate one of my books to you.
And Ms.C, they’re not gonna let you be our class advisor next year, and we’re never gonna talk to you anymore. We’re just gonna smile and say hi in the halls. That’s sad.
And in one more year, when you leave Brazil, you’re never gonna visit us here again. None of the teachers that move away ever do, except for my third grade teacher but he doesn’t count because he was an evil man that wanted me to repeat the grade. Can you imagine? ME, repeating a grade. ME, with all my greatness and awesome-ness and genius-ness and my tooamazingtoberepeatingagrade-ness.
But not the point.
And then we’re never gonna see you again and we’re gonna graduate and go to college and get jobs and I’m gonna write a book for you and write a movie for Alyson Hannigan to be in, and you won’t even know about all these things! We ARE gonna lose you one day. And as much as phrases like “don’t judge” and “it’s hard to be this fabulous” can help and bring back great memories, it’s just not the same thing.
Chich said,
June 13, 2007 at 9:06 pm
look… ur blog is one of the bests i read!!! If u started a blog its cuz u wanted to. u wrote a lot and u need to continue! u cant abandone something u like because of a little problem that happened once. sofy, don’t u love writting? so continue! Wat u guys wrote on the blog wa always intresting and it would be a stupid to stop doing wat u like! continue is the only thing i can say.
Alvy said,
June 13, 2007 at 9:33 pm
It’s a change for the better, Ms. Coggio, we hardly have any opportunity to make a good impression of ourselves for you, and at least in my case, I only make it worse and make myself look like an evil imp sent to torture everyone, only ending the pain in their demise. I’m just tired of making myself look like an evil imp, and I’m afraid I’ll talk bad about people once again, therefore, we won’t write anymore. Don’t worry as well, because we didn’t stop writing because of the conversation, we stopped writing because it doesn’t seem to get us anywhere, only ruining our image to the world.
Your comment was very nice and it really revived my interest in writing, maybe some other day we’ll get over it and keep on writing, you’d be the first to know… but for now, our decision is certain. Well, as you know, you are the best teacher in the world and all, so we don’t want to get you upset and Sofy’s comment got me frustrated! DON’T LEAVE US HERE, in this cruel, hostile world! You have to be our class advisor, we’re so gonna make a petition! We don’t wanna miss you next year! Well, I kinda got off the point, but don’t feel like we gave up on writing, we just gave up on blog-writing!
Sofy said,
June 13, 2007 at 9:34 pm
I love writing, yes, and I AM going to continue writing, just not here in this blog. But thanks for the support, it means a lot.
Alvy said,
June 13, 2007 at 9:38 pm
Aw, Chich, you’re human proof that the best things come in small packages, no, just kidding! Thank you, you’re the best! just like I told Ms. Coggio, we’re still uncertain if we want to keep writing, who knows, maybe we’ll be so anxious to write again that we will continue writing posts! I am very uncertain, sometimes I say that we’re certain and sometimes I say that maybe we’ll keep on writing, since it’s something we love! And to tell you the truth, we are uncertain, Sofy, Cary and I will talk, but do you think it’ll seem okay to continue writing after that dramatic goodbye?
alice said,
June 14, 2007 at 4:22 pm
hey guy´s,
well,as u know i left eac, and i was soooo happy when alvy told me about the blog because i got now everything that happens at school, and sometimes i just want to know what is happinig at school and u guys are still at school (omg that´s a lot of school) anyway, i love reading the blog, i just think that if u are a littel more carful with what u write it migh be better
pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee keep writing beacaus it is one of my fav. things to do
=/
(sofy, sorry about my awful mistakes but there are 2 crazy ladies speaking french in my ear and i am kind of confused)
alice said,
June 14, 2007 at 4:23 pm
ps i think there is no problem in continuing after such a dramatic goodby
Lorraine said,
June 14, 2007 at 5:51 pm
This is supposed to be what chich would write in answer to your question… Yes it is ok to continue writing after a “dramatic” goodbye as you put it. Writing is a nice thing it helps get things off your shoulder when you are upset or share with someone what you’r feeling. I think you guys all of you including cary who has stopped writing should continue writing. This was one of my favorite blogs and had very interesting posts and then if you guys just suddenly stop writing because of one inccident i will have nothing to do or read : ( !!!
Chich said,
June 14, 2007 at 8:15 pm
Ur right alvy, maybe after the good-bye it would be strange to continue but if u liked this blog u should continue writting on it. The choice is yourse. Make the right one. And like always lorrie is right!
Reena said,
June 14, 2007 at 9:25 pm
I don’t think the conversation with ms.c ment for you guys to abandon your blogs it ment to be carefull with what you wright she didn’t mean for youguys to be ashamed of the conversation and abandon your blogs. PLEASE, still wright…
Chich said,
June 15, 2007 at 8:36 am
reena is right
Sofy said,
June 15, 2007 at 10:30 am
We know that the conversation didn’t mean for us to abandon the blog, it just helped us realize that we should. There are trillions other blogs out there, and you can certainly find some other one that has the same things that our does. (Although I’m honored that you guys still want us to continue). It WOULD be strange for us to continue writing after the goodbye, and we love this blog. But it is our choice, or at least it’s my choice, to not write on this blog anymore. As I’ve said before, I WILL continue writing, I just won’t write in here.
Chich said,
June 15, 2007 at 5:16 pm
Well…it is your choice…
Lorraine said,
June 15, 2007 at 5:25 pm
It really is your choice but i still think u guys should continue writing…
Chich said,
June 16, 2007 at 12:05 pm
Lorrie is right, u should continue writting! Please continue. and u guys always say that ur still gonna write but not on this blog. So why make a knew one when you already have one?
Alvy said,
June 16, 2007 at 6:43 pm
But what we mean when we say not on this blog we mean that we’re not writing in any blog, we will still write in things that are required, such as writing for school assignments.
Chich said,
June 16, 2007 at 8:56 pm
oh, thats even “stupider”. Writting assignments is so different than writting on a blog! When you do an assignment do you write what happened to you during the day and do people comment? I don’t think so. you guys should continue writting helps alot. When you have problems you write and it helps. When you had fun one day and never want to forget it you write it, when you got embaressed you write and it helps stoping to be embaressed. On assignments i don’t think you write those type of stuff! Alvy and sofy, both of you should continue writting on this blog.
Sofy said,
June 16, 2007 at 9:36 pm
Yeah, writing assignments is very different than writing in a blog. If we want to write about things more personal than something we would write for school, then we will, just not out there for everyone to see.
Alvy, if you want to continue the blog, then go ahead. Cary too. You know I’ll still read and comment, just not post. You guys are all aware that I don’t like sharing feelings or anything personal with other people, especially strangers. We have no idea who reads our blog, and I know it might seem stupid, but that sort of makes me uncomfortable. That some creep out there in god-knows-where might be reading about my life. Besides, like I said before, I want to be able to be myself when I write. And “myself”, as bad as it may sound, uses swear words and occasionally says bad things about people.
Alvy said,
June 17, 2007 at 8:57 am
But Sofy, it ain’t “On Our Way” without you, we are not gonna write without you, we made this blog together, and we will end this blog together, you ain’t gonna convince us to write alone, you have to be with us, so, if you’re not writing, I’m not writing.
Sofy said,
June 17, 2007 at 3:42 pm
Well, okay. But don’t be upset with me then, cause I don’t wanna write anymore.
Chich said,
June 17, 2007 at 9:00 pm
Oh guys, now i have a blog to and it’s sooooooo different from writting an assignement!!! Sofy plz continue!!! I know I always repeat the same thing but it’s cuz it’s important for you to know!
Sofy said,
June 18, 2007 at 8:18 pm
Congrats on the new blog. What is it?
I’m sorry Chich, but I’m really not gonna continue writing.