Activities A, B and C

A)
Is there a tune more happy than a daughter's windchime laugh?
A silence more crushing than her rolling tear?
I there a breeze more cooling than a son's slumbered sigh?
A thought more awesome than the question he asks?
And is there a truer joy when I am the clown?
Shame when I accuse and rage?
Peace when I pull up the sheet?
Pride when I strike the flint?
I made these kids and I make these kids.
And they make me.

B)
Pastis, 43, credits Schulz for giving birth to his career, too.
He was a frustrated insurance lawyer yearning for a career as an artist
when he approached Schulz, who was eating breakfast in a diner,
and introduced himself as an aspiring cartoonist.
Much to his amazement, Schulz invited him to sit down
and spent an hour giving him advice.
Schulz even asked Pastis to retrieve his portfolio from his car,
so he could critique his work.

http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/131470203.html

C)
What is it about time and change? Life is such a mysterious thing. People like to think that they can predict the future based on patterns, but I'm finding this is not always the case. Take what happened to me in A.P. Economics class yesterday. At the beginning of this class the announcements come on, talking about club meetings and the school newspaper. Then towards the end, the announcer says "And now, if you so choose, you may stand for the pledge of allegiance". Guess what happens? About four of the thirty or so people do it, including me. Most of the students stay seated and talk about whatever. I think to myself, why does this happen? I've seen it happen before. I remember reading about some students who got suspended from school because they didn't stand up to recite the pledge. Based on how students always recited the pledge in the past, you'd think that students would do the same today but it's just not happening. Why? Times change, and so do people. Perhaps the new generation doesn't think America is perfect.

Poem version:

What is it about time and change? Life is such a mysterious thing.
People like to think that they can predict the future based on patterns,
but I'm finding this is not always the case.
Take what happened to me in A.P. Economics class yesterday.
At the beginning of this class the announcements come on,
talking about club meetings and the school newspaper.
Then towards the end, the announcer says
"And now, if you so choose, you may stand for the pledge of allegiance".
Guess what happens?
About four of the thirty or so people do it, including me.
Most of the students stay seated and talk about whatever.
I think to myself, why does this happen?
I've seen it happen before.
I remember reading about some students who got suspended from school
because they didn't stand up to recite the pledge.
Based on how students always recited the pledge in the past,
you'd think that students would do the same today
but it's just not happening.
Why?
Times change, and so do people.
Perhaps the new generation doesn't think America is perfect.