Persuasive Essay 9 – Some people think that school cafeterias should be required to provide low-fat and/or vegetarian lunch options to accommodate the eating habits of all students. Do you agree or disagree? Explain your position and use specific reasons and examples as support.
Everybody has a different eating habit. If people liked the same thing, everybody would be eating the same type of food. It is not like that though because there are skinny people, fat, vegans, vegetarians, meat lovers etc. everybody has different types of taste buds. Some people may hate fruits but then they might love vegetables and vice versa. You cannot think that every person in this world has the same likes when it comes to food. I think that cafeterias should offer different types of food to please everybody.
When it comes to kids and lunch, which is the time where you cannot think that they might like the same type of food. Kids are so picky that they do not just eat anything because they are given it. They do not know how to settle for what they have. Kids want what they desire not what other people think is best for them. A lot off kids do not like the type of food that cafeterias offer because the food does not appeal to them. The smell does not smell right to them, it does not look right to them, and then they do not believe that it is going to be good because they think that cafeteria food is county food and it is nasty.
In school, every kid has a different type of like when it comes to food. Some kids love having meant in their food, like me. I have to have meat in all of my meals. I do not feel satisfied if I do not have meat. I love to eat fruit but I do not like all types of vegetables. I like to have a fruit on the side when I am eating lunch. I hate it when they do not have fruit and I have to eat a vegetable. When I do not have what I like, sometimes I do not even eat the lunch because I think that it is nasty. When I do not eat, I get mad because I stay hungry and I have to go to class that way.
Besides the people that like to eat meat, there are also people that are vegetarians. Vegetarians hate meat and do not like any of their foods to even be made with meat. I think that cafeterias have to respect the eating decisions of all of the kids. They need to have vegetarian food to please those types of kids because if they do not, the kids will not eat. It is bad when kids do not eat because then the kids get sleepy and are not able to pay attention and then they start slipping in class. When they start slipping, their grades start falling and then that is when the parent gets involved because they are getting mad that their child’s grades are falling. Cafeterias need to respect that kids do not like to eat fat foods. Some kids hate greasy foods. They like to eat low fat yogurt. They might be the type that loves to work out and love to keep their body fit. When they try to keep their body fit, they are big when it comes to eating healthy. If they do not eat healthy, it throws off their whole lifestyle.
I think that everybody has a different eating habit and that they all should be respected. Everybody needs to eat something different because they like different things. Cafeterias need to respect it and they need to give out different types of foods to satisfy the needs of the different students.
Friday, December 10, 2010
Friday, December 3, 2010
Settings - My Living Room
The place that I chose was my living room. I chose my living room because I did everything in my living room. We had a big screen TV that I used everyday. I watched so many moves, it’s insane. I had my toys in the living room. My toy chest took a whole corner of the living room. I had books, toys, and different supplies. I had so many toys that my friends would come to my apartment so we can play. The sun shines in the living room. The living room was the brightest room in the house. My mom kept it clean with the windows open because the sun hit our house since we were on the second floor. We had wooden floors and furniture. We had my toy chest in one corner, the TV in the other corner, the couches on the other two corners and then a coffee table in the middle of the living room.
Persuasive Essay #8
Many People immigrate to the U.S. because they believe that it is better than their native country. In fact, many people believe that the United States is the best country in the world. Do you agree? Why or why not?
Over the years, my family from another country always tells me how lucky I am to be living in the United States. At first, I thought that I was lucky, but now I am starting to believe that they are the lucky ones. The United States has changed a great deal in the past twenty years. I think that right now, the United States is not the best country in the world because of chaos that we are in.
The united states are in a depression. We have been trying to come up from this economic depression for years now. There is a great abundance of people that have lost their jobs because of this depression. Jobs are harder to find now because of the budget cuts. Teachers are not being paid what their salary consists of. The price of gas changes every couple of months. The price goes up and down then up and down again. A lot of businesses have closed down because they are not making enough money. There are barely any banks left because a lot of them have filed bankruptcy. Everything in the United States is going down the drain because the government cannot fix the crisis that Americans are gong through right now.
Education is very different very different in the united states as well. Public schools have suffered greatly. The government does not give the needed funding for the schools to provide books, computer labs, and different supplies. A lot of teachers have been laid off by budget cuts, so that means that the students rarely learn because they lack the teacher. A lot of kids do not even go to school anymore because they find it pointless. Schools have evolved to something different now. Colleges are suffering a lot too. They have to lower the amount of people that they accept into their schools because they do not have the proper funding to support these students.
This is not a good country to live in because if you are in the middle class, you are struggling. If you do not have money saved up already, you are going to struggle. This country is a lot about money. Poor people have become worst than they already were. Everybody is struggling. People that immigrate would have a very hard time to get on their feet if they come here. The United States is also going into a war too. The Americans never know when somebody might try to hurt us again like 9/11.
I think that at this point in time, the way that the Americans are struggling, the United States is not a good country to live in or to even think about coming to. I think that there are better countries to migrate to. People can make better choices and the United States is not the better choice right now.
Over the years, my family from another country always tells me how lucky I am to be living in the United States. At first, I thought that I was lucky, but now I am starting to believe that they are the lucky ones. The United States has changed a great deal in the past twenty years. I think that right now, the United States is not the best country in the world because of chaos that we are in.
The united states are in a depression. We have been trying to come up from this economic depression for years now. There is a great abundance of people that have lost their jobs because of this depression. Jobs are harder to find now because of the budget cuts. Teachers are not being paid what their salary consists of. The price of gas changes every couple of months. The price goes up and down then up and down again. A lot of businesses have closed down because they are not making enough money. There are barely any banks left because a lot of them have filed bankruptcy. Everything in the United States is going down the drain because the government cannot fix the crisis that Americans are gong through right now.
Education is very different very different in the united states as well. Public schools have suffered greatly. The government does not give the needed funding for the schools to provide books, computer labs, and different supplies. A lot of teachers have been laid off by budget cuts, so that means that the students rarely learn because they lack the teacher. A lot of kids do not even go to school anymore because they find it pointless. Schools have evolved to something different now. Colleges are suffering a lot too. They have to lower the amount of people that they accept into their schools because they do not have the proper funding to support these students.
This is not a good country to live in because if you are in the middle class, you are struggling. If you do not have money saved up already, you are going to struggle. This country is a lot about money. Poor people have become worst than they already were. Everybody is struggling. People that immigrate would have a very hard time to get on their feet if they come here. The United States is also going into a war too. The Americans never know when somebody might try to hurt us again like 9/11.
I think that at this point in time, the way that the Americans are struggling, the United States is not a good country to live in or to even think about coming to. I think that there are better countries to migrate to. People can make better choices and the United States is not the better choice right now.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Cats Vs Dogs
Cats and dogs are two different types of animals. They are both small and big. They come in all sizes. They come in different colors and different type of features. They both have some features that they share. They have a lot of differences though. For some reason, cats and dogs hate each other. Depending on the cat, is how the cat acts? Some cats are really nice cute and fluffy. While some cats are wild, moody and mean. Dogs are lovable too. Dogs are usually bigger than cats. Some dogs are there to protect their owners. Some dogs on the other hand, are house dogs. Cats and dogs can both make house pets but cats make a better house pet. Some cats are calmer than dogs. They like to lie around and eat. They get fat and just chill. They know how to act right and they act just right. Dogs are more rowdy. They are more hyper than cats. They like to jump around and run around.
Dressing Formally Vs. Dressing Informally
When you dress for a formal occasion that is when you are usually going to a party, get together, or if you are going to work. Women usually wear nice skirts with a nice fitted shirt and some high heels. They can wear nice slacks. They can also wear dresses. Jeans and sneakers are not clothes that you wear if you are going to a formal occasion. Guys wear he easy stuff. I believe that they have an easy outfit because they can just wear slacks, ties and nice shoes. That is what people wear when you go to a formal occasion. When you go to an informal occasion, people can wear whatever they want. You can wear jeans, shorts, sneakers, t-shirts, Crew necks, hoodies, hats and etc. Informal wear is usually what you feel is comfortable
Raw Food vs Cooked Food
There I a difference between the foods that I eat raw and the foods that I eat cooked. The foods that I eat raw that I can think of right Now is Sushi. Sushi is seaweed, rice, and the type of meat. Sometimes the fish is raw. I have no idea how it is good and how we can eat it but we do eat it. Sometimes people eat oysters with lemon, salt and chili. My dad loves oysters. I like them too but not as much. Some people also like their steak raw. Now I think that's nasty because I do not know how people can do that. I like to have mine well done. The foods that I eat when they are cooked, well there is a big variety. I love all types of food. I can eat any type of food, when it's cooked. I think that everything is better when it's cooked
Spicy Foods Vs Sweet Foods
The comparison between spicy and sweet foods is that they are all foods. Everybody eats either one of them. Another comparison is that they both have some foods that are nasty but some foods that are good. The difference is the taste. Spicy foods have hot sauce, jalapenos, pepper or anything to make it spicy. There is a certain type of bitter taste that spicy food contains. Spicy foods also have the tendency of making you go to the restroom. Sweet foods are different. When you say sweets, some people think of candy or desserts. There are not a lot of foods that are main dish and are sweet. Most of the sweet foods are in the end when you order some ice cream or some cake. They both are in different categories. The thing that I hate is when people try to mix the two together. Those two completely opposite taste cannot combine that good all of the time. It is like trying to mix oil and water together, it cannot happen.
The Weather
The weather does not really affect my mood. The only time it actually affects my mood is when it is hot as I don’t know what. I hate the heat. I start to become too impatient and I do not know what to do with myself. I just want to stay at home when it is too hot. When it is cold, I am happy because love the cold. I can be in the cold all day. The only way that the heat would not bother me was if I had a pool. If I had a pool everything would be straight and I would not care but since I do not have that luxury, I hate the heat. The weather does not affect me because I love gloomy days. I love it when it rains. The rain is so beautiful. I don’t let the weather affect my plans. I still do what I have to do a happy camper.
Public School Vs Home School
I think that public schooling is better than homeschooling because when you are in the public system, you have a social life. You get to be involved with people all around you. Being h me schooled can ruin a kid’s social life. You do not get the experience of being in a co-ed environment. They do not know how to act around the opposite sex because they were always alone. They aren’t accustomed in being surrounded around the opposite sex so they start to seclude themselves from everything and everybody making them has no social life. When you are home schooled, you do not get to experience all of the activities that public schools have. You cannot go to dances, football games, basketball games, prom, winter formal and all of that stuff that comes when you go to a public school. You do not get to meet the cool people that go there. You can meet your life long soul mate when you go to a public school. You can meet your best friend. You lose the opportunity to meet great people.
Understading Vs. Knowledge
Understanding something is different from having knowledge because when you understand something, you understand all of the aspects of that certain thing. You know what it is that the person is speaking to you at that point in time. When you understand something, you do not question it because you know the facts about it. Understanding something means that you have accepted the definition of that idea. Understanding with something does not mean that you agree, it just means that you have the knowledge about it. When you understand it, it comes to your knowledge. When it comes to your knowledge, it means that you are acknowledging it. You are giving the idea attention it deserves. You have to understand something so it can come to your knowledge. Having something in your knowledge means that you know everything that needs to be known about that subject, you know the truths about it. You know it like if it was written on the palm of your hand.
Interesting Person
A person who is especially interesting is my roll dawg, Daniel Holcomb. He is the person I talk to everyday. I can hang out with him all day and we will be laughing throughout the whole day nonstop. He is more than a best friend. I don’t know what I would do without him. He has been there for me since day one and he is still there I can honestly say that this friendship will last a lifetime. When I have a frown on my face, he knows what to do to make me happy again. We have a lot of inside jokes that nobody knows. I remember he took me under his wing when I did not have anybody there for me. He helped me get through it and he helped me get to the mentality that I have now. He helped me believe in myself. He has made a difference in my life. I know everything about him and he knows everything about me. He knows when there is something wrong and I know when there is something wrong with him too. When we do not talk a day, everything isn’t as full as when we do talk. Nobody will ever understand us because the way that we are. We understand each other and that is all I need. He is always by my side. Like he tells me, “It’s me and you against the world.” I believe him. He has my back and I have his no matter what. Forever and a day. I love my roll dawg.
Most Affective Teacher
The most effective teacher that I have ever had was Mr. Cain. He was my English teacher my junior year and I will never forget him. He is one of the wisest men that I have ever met. When he would teach our class, you never knew what to expect. Every day we talked about something different. He taught me so much about life and it killed me how he was always right. They way that he taught were different. He went by his own curriculum and he did not care who the person was because he did not take anything from anybody. He was funny and he loved us. He treated us like if we were his kids and he would not let us fail no matter what. He did everything that was possible to help us out. He would not go any further into another lesson if somebody did not understand it. When he taught us, we actually learned something and it was not a joke. When I knew I had his class, I would be happy and excited because I knew that it would make my day better. He was the most effective teacher that I have ever had and I give him all of my respect in the world. He has impacted my life.
No Sleep
When I do not get enough sleep, you do not want to w=bother me throughout the whole day until I catch up on my sleep. Not sleeping means disaster for me because I love to sleep. I can sleep all day. I cannot go a day without sleeping because I turn into somebody that has a bad attitude and I do not care who you are, I will give it to you too. When I do not get enough sleep, I cannot function right and I get distracted easily. When I do not sleep, I start to fall asleep in class which makes me not pay attention. When I do not pay attention, I fall back on my classes and then I have to catch up all over again. I hate when I do not get my sleep because everything goes wrong and I hate when everything goes wrong. When I get no sleep, people like to bug me and I ate that because people are the most annoying when I’m sleepy.
Studying Abroad
Since I am going to another country to study abroad and I want to learn a new language, I would get fully involved with everything. I would try to get a job so I can get used to the way that people would talk and I would try to just surround myself with people so that I can get accustomed to the way that people lived. I would buy books so that I can partially know what the people are talking about at first. I would also make a friend so that they can help me get better and better at it. They would be like a tutor. I would do everything possible so that I can learn the new language and that is the best way that I know it can be done by getting involved with everything and everyone. Make new friends and they will help you. Know the way that they move their hands and know the way they talk to people
I Hate This Vegetable
The vegetable that I hate the most is cauliflower and asparagus. I hate those tow vegetables. I think they are really disgusting. I hate it when my step mom always makes me eat them. I do not understand why she does that. Even when she tells me to eat them, I still do not eat them. I find that they have no purpose to my system. Whatever type of vitamins or minerals they give to my body, I believe that I can get the same amount of vitamins and minerals in a different type of vegetable. The cauliflower looks like if its mold that has just sprout. I do not like how it looks. It looks all white and ugh! The asparagus is a long green strand that tastes so disgusting. It is kind of crunchy on one side and it is soft on the other side. I do not want both types’ things in my mouth. I do not like these vegetables and I never will. Every time somebody asks me to eat them, I shall say no!
New Teen Fad
The latest teenage fad that has been very popular is turning gay. A lot of teenagers now are turning gay. I highly doubt that a lot of these kids have been hurt by the opposite sex so bad that they cannot handle it so they turn gay. I do not understand it. I think it is all stupidity because I think that it is just curiosity. I have nothing against somebody being gay because I have gay friends but I do not get how you can just be okay with having sex with another girl or another guy. It is not ethical. I think after a couple of years a lot more people are going to try it too. Some people are not going to follow that trend but a lot of teenagers will. It is the new thing now. You’re cool if you turn gay.
Prayers
In god our loving father. I take time out before I begin to thank you for giving me the ability and the opportunity to play this game today. I thank you by offering you the prayer of my words actions and attitude in this game. This game is more than a game because it expresses who and what I am. May I recognize and respect you as you come to us in my teammates who stand by me, in our officials who correct us, and in my competitors who challenge me to play my best. Help me accept what is beyond my control, and help me do and be my best in this game and in the game of life, through Christ our lord. Amen
God our father, hear us pray. As we pause to play this day. Give us the strength, the courage too. To do our best in all we do. Protect us as we play this day. This we ask in god’s name
God our father, hear us pray. As we pause to play this day. Give us the strength, the courage too. To do our best in all we do. Protect us as we play this day. This we ask in god’s name
Your Love
From the glowing embers of your spirit
Came a little warmth of your love
Together we set it in a cozy little spot
Safe from the world up above
Then a soothing breath from your lungs
Helped to ignite the flame
On that lonely candle in the core of my soul
As time passed day by day
Conflicts caused great winds to blow
But you copped your hands around it
And it just flickered with a brilliant glow
They say that nothing is forever but I don't believe
That’s true that candle in my heart is a loving
Peace from you.
Came a little warmth of your love
Together we set it in a cozy little spot
Safe from the world up above
Then a soothing breath from your lungs
Helped to ignite the flame
On that lonely candle in the core of my soul
As time passed day by day
Conflicts caused great winds to blow
But you copped your hands around it
And it just flickered with a brilliant glow
They say that nothing is forever but I don't believe
That’s true that candle in my heart is a loving
Peace from you.
My Sanity
Fueled with hid scared of being outcast
Afraid of common fate
Today is built on tragedies
Which no one wants to face
Nightmares to humanities, and morally disgraced
Tonight is filled with rage
Violence in the air
Children bred with ruthlessness
Because no one at home cares
Tonight I lay my head down
But the pressure never stops
Gnawing at my sanity
Content when I am dropped
But tomorrow I see change
A chance to build a new built on spirit, intent of heart
And ideals based on truth
And tomorrow I wake with second wind
And strong because of pride
Too know I fought with all my heart to keep my dream alive.
Afraid of common fate
Today is built on tragedies
Which no one wants to face
Nightmares to humanities, and morally disgraced
Tonight is filled with rage
Violence in the air
Children bred with ruthlessness
Because no one at home cares
Tonight I lay my head down
But the pressure never stops
Gnawing at my sanity
Content when I am dropped
But tomorrow I see change
A chance to build a new built on spirit, intent of heart
And ideals based on truth
And tomorrow I wake with second wind
And strong because of pride
Too know I fought with all my heart to keep my dream alive.
Thank You God
I want to thank You for what you have already done. I am not going to wait until I see results or receive rewards; I am thanking you right now. I am not going to wait until I feel better or things look better; I am thanking you right now. I am not going to wait until people say they are sorry or until they stop talking about me; I am thanking you right now... I am not going to wait until the pain in my body disappears; I am thanking you right now. I am not going to wait until my financial situation improves; I am going to thank you right now. I am not going to wait until the children are asleep and the house is quiet; I am going to thank you right now. I am not going to wait until I get promoted at work or until I get the job; I am going to thank you right now. I am not going to wait until I understand every experience in my life that has caused me pain or grief; I am thanking you right now. I am not going to wait until the journey gets easier or the challenges are removed; I am thanking you right now. I am thanking you because I am alive. I am thanking you because I made it through the day's difficulties. I am thanking you because I have walked around the obstacles. I am thanking you because I have the ability and the opportunity to do more and do better. I'm thanking you because FATHER, YOU haven't given up on me.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Tears
In My Life All I Ever Saw Were Tears. I Never Knew What It Felt Like To Live With Smiles. Every Smile Was Fake and I Know Because They Were Flooded With Tears. Damn
Love Is Like A Stubborn Youth That You Rather Just Deny. I’m walking on a Broken Roof While I’m Looking at the Sky. I Wish I Could Believe In You.
I've Lost My Way. Somebody Took My Sunshine Away & Now I Can't Find It When I Look For It Every day Even Though It Told Me It Would Always Find Its Way Back To Me.
I Live In A World Where No One Understands What I’m Saying & That's How It Will Always Be Because I'm Alone In This Hell I Call My Life.
And Every Time You Look Up Baby I’m Right There. Flying In the Air. So Let All Of Your Fears Go. You'll Never Spend a Night Low
Love Is Like A Stubborn Youth That You Rather Just Deny. I’m walking on a Broken Roof While I’m Looking at the Sky. I Wish I Could Believe In You.
I've Lost My Way. Somebody Took My Sunshine Away & Now I Can't Find It When I Look For It Every day Even Though It Told Me It Would Always Find Its Way Back To Me.
I Live In A World Where No One Understands What I’m Saying & That's How It Will Always Be Because I'm Alone In This Hell I Call My Life.
And Every Time You Look Up Baby I’m Right There. Flying In the Air. So Let All Of Your Fears Go. You'll Never Spend a Night Low
I'm Here For You
And every time you look up baby I’m going to be right there, flying in the air. So let all of your fears go. You'll never spend a night low.
If ever you need me I'll be tight here to chase away the sadness and wipe away a tear. If ever you need me I'll be two steps behind to follow in your footsteps and hear what's on your mind. If ever you need me you'll never have to fear that your presence isn't important and your love isn't dear. If ever you need me I’ll always be around to bring back laughter where deep in your heart it’s found. You’ll never have to worry for I'll Always Be Here to Chase Away the Sadness and Wipe Away a Tear. I Am Here For You!
If ever you need me I'll be tight here to chase away the sadness and wipe away a tear. If ever you need me I'll be two steps behind to follow in your footsteps and hear what's on your mind. If ever you need me you'll never have to fear that your presence isn't important and your love isn't dear. If ever you need me I’ll always be around to bring back laughter where deep in your heart it’s found. You’ll never have to worry for I'll Always Be Here to Chase Away the Sadness and Wipe Away a Tear. I Am Here For You!
Personal Statement
My name is Catherine J. Rivera but people call me Cathy. I am 17 years old. I was born in December 8, 1992. I was born at the Metropolitan Hospital in Los Angeles. I am 5’8. I go to City Honors College Preparatory Charter School in Inglewood. This is my last year in high school and I am exciting to start a new chapter in my life.
I have lived in a couple of placed over the years. When I was born, my parents sat that we lived in a couple apartment building close to downtown Los Angeles. After the earthquake in ’94, we moved to an apartment on Wilton Pl. We lived in that building until I was 12 because our apartment caught on fire. I didn’t want to leave my school because I was doing so good there, I would be awarded with certificates every year but my mom told me it was time to move on. After the fire incident we moved to an apartment in Inglewood. I went to Highland Elementary my 5th grade year. I didn’t go back there my 6th grade year because they transferred me to Parent. After my seventh grade year, my mom decided to move to a house on La Brea, so I lived there for 2 years. I attended Parent until 8th grade. I always had good grades and I was very popular since I was captain of the basketball team. My 9th grade year, I came to CHCPCS while I was still living in the house. Before I started my sophomore year, I was having too many problems at home with my mother and her boyfriend so I decided to live with my dad and his wife in Paramount. I have been living in Paramount ever since.
I love my family with all my heart. I have no idea where I would be without them. I have so much respect for my family; I would kill and die for them. The person that I admire the most though is my grandfather. He has gone through so much throughout his whole life. He worked here in America for several years until he was diagnosed with diabetes and wasn’t able to work anymore. He was the one that took care of me and raised me when my parents were at work. He taught me so much that every time I’m thinking about doing something, his voice flows through my head telling me to do the right thing. My grandfather inspires me to do great things and to be successful. I want to be as wise as him when I grow up.
I have a lot of plans for my post secondary education. I want to go to a great University where I can go to learn how to have a successful career. I want to graduate college on the honor roll because I know that in the end, I will feel great about myself and this goal that I have accomplished after so much hard work. I have a couple of career goals that I am thinking about but I haven’t decided completely. I want to be a nurse or a doctor. Blood is so cool to me. I think I would have a lot of fun. I would also like to be a marine biologist because I want to be able to work with dolphins and penguins.
I want to live a great life when I get older. I want to have a well paying job. I want to live in Malibu or on a good neighborhood where I can raise my children. I plan to have kids after I am settled down. I want to be able to spend time with them. I want to be happily married with the man that I love. I want to have two top of the line cars. I want one car to be my toy, my baby, my favorite car of all time. I want the second car to be my professional car. That’s the car that I am going to take to work and drive my kids around.
I have lived in a couple of placed over the years. When I was born, my parents sat that we lived in a couple apartment building close to downtown Los Angeles. After the earthquake in ’94, we moved to an apartment on Wilton Pl. We lived in that building until I was 12 because our apartment caught on fire. I didn’t want to leave my school because I was doing so good there, I would be awarded with certificates every year but my mom told me it was time to move on. After the fire incident we moved to an apartment in Inglewood. I went to Highland Elementary my 5th grade year. I didn’t go back there my 6th grade year because they transferred me to Parent. After my seventh grade year, my mom decided to move to a house on La Brea, so I lived there for 2 years. I attended Parent until 8th grade. I always had good grades and I was very popular since I was captain of the basketball team. My 9th grade year, I came to CHCPCS while I was still living in the house. Before I started my sophomore year, I was having too many problems at home with my mother and her boyfriend so I decided to live with my dad and his wife in Paramount. I have been living in Paramount ever since.
I love my family with all my heart. I have no idea where I would be without them. I have so much respect for my family; I would kill and die for them. The person that I admire the most though is my grandfather. He has gone through so much throughout his whole life. He worked here in America for several years until he was diagnosed with diabetes and wasn’t able to work anymore. He was the one that took care of me and raised me when my parents were at work. He taught me so much that every time I’m thinking about doing something, his voice flows through my head telling me to do the right thing. My grandfather inspires me to do great things and to be successful. I want to be as wise as him when I grow up.
I have a lot of plans for my post secondary education. I want to go to a great University where I can go to learn how to have a successful career. I want to graduate college on the honor roll because I know that in the end, I will feel great about myself and this goal that I have accomplished after so much hard work. I have a couple of career goals that I am thinking about but I haven’t decided completely. I want to be a nurse or a doctor. Blood is so cool to me. I think I would have a lot of fun. I would also like to be a marine biologist because I want to be able to work with dolphins and penguins.
I want to live a great life when I get older. I want to have a well paying job. I want to live in Malibu or on a good neighborhood where I can raise my children. I plan to have kids after I am settled down. I want to be able to spend time with them. I want to be happily married with the man that I love. I want to have two top of the line cars. I want one car to be my toy, my baby, my favorite car of all time. I want the second car to be my professional car. That’s the car that I am going to take to work and drive my kids around.
Tomorrow Never Dies
The song that I chose was “Tomorrow Never Dies” by Sheryl Crow. This song makes you want to be with the person that you love forever. You will be with this person until you die. You would sacrifice your life for the one you love. Until the world falls away, your world, your heart would be just like a cookie. When the cookie is made it’s so soft and warm but when you hurt it and abandon it, come back to it after a while and it breaks into pieces…the cookie crumbles. You don’t care if your world is being broken into pieces as long as you have the one you love. The person you love has the power to kill you. You give them your all, your heart, body, and soul. They take it and don’t give you anything in return. The give and take game isn’t played. The one you love has the power to kill you emotionally. Without him you are lonely. He is your sunshine, the light to your day. He is the subject of your thoughts, your daydream and your dream while you are asleep. It makes you feel as if the person you love is something deadly like a venomous snake. It bites you and it’s vital. Their love is vital. The only way that you can survive the venom is by having that poison. That person is the snake in your life, they bite you with their poison and the only way to survive is to keep taking that poison. You become immune to it and after a while, without it…you die. When you’re with the one you love, you give everything else up. Your world revolves around them. You are trapped in a jungle full of vines with thorns, if you try to move from where you are…you get hurt, so you give up. You give up and dedicate everything to them no matter what. The love that you have is the 007 love. He can’t love because he is trained to kill not love. The love that you would have with him is forbidden. A forbidden love that has to be lived in a life full of secrets, it’s a murder on your affair. A love that will kill you to find out that something has happened to him. With this love, you can’t live in fear of tomorrow therefore there is no tomorrow. Live in today where there aren’t any good-byes but only hello’s because in the paradise that your love takes you, tomorrow never dies.
My Home
When you walk through the door, the experience of salty and wet moisture hits you. You fall in love with the sound of the crackling wood when the everlasting rubber is being pounded by those who sacrifice their bodies. Hearing the crowds roaring makes your blood boil and your inside intensifies with more ecstasy that you have never felt before. The picture in front of you is so intense and fast. If you turn your head, might miss the climax of the whole game. This is the place where the dream of impossibility becomes a reality to most people who participate and dedicate their heart too. The heart of a champion is being poured in this room. It’s being poured in this floor everyday from 3 to 5. You endure countdowns that the coach made every time you had to touch the lines or those push-ups because you missed a lay-up. The basketball gym is my home.
Myth
There once was a God named Gubby. He had a daughter named Fubzy. Gubby was the great and powerful god Gubby was in charge of the sky and its weather. He always likes the sun so the Earth was dry. One day he got really hungry so he told Fubzy to make him some food. Fubzy was mad at her father because he didn’t let her go to the party that was being thrown by her friends from school. She wanted to get revenge on her dad so she made him fruit. She cooked the fruit and then she got the spiciest chile that the dragons made. It was called the dragon’s fiery breathe. She put it on the fruit and it blended in with it making it seem like there was nothing there. When Gubby ate the fruit, he loved it. He was munching away on the spicy fruit. His eyes were watering and his mouth was on fire but he didn’t care because it was good. The fruit was so salty that the tears rolling down his cheeks were salty. His tears gathered together in a huge puddle on the Earth and that is how the ocean came to be.
Mother Nature
We occupy mother earth. We live in it everyday and it supports us with the four elements of life. We have gotten used to this nature that we have started to take it for granted. We don't take care of it anymore. We pollute the air with the jobs that we have. We also don't work hard enough to keep Mother Nature happy.
We take the earth for granted every single day of our lives. Only a few of us actually care to do something about what's going on here. We throw stuff on the ground without caring if it’s dirty, we throw trash on the beach, and we don't recycle. Instead of making this world cleaner, the world looks dirtier by the year.
When we go to the beach and we eat, most people get too lazy to throw their garbage in the trash can. Most people just leave it in the sand. When the trash is left in the sand, the water will eventually get to the trash. If you leave a plastic can holder and it gets to the water, it can get wrapped around an animal’s neck and by the time it can actually take it off, the animal might die. We put a lot of animals at risk because of our carelessness. We have to take care of the cycle of life.
Polluting the air makes it so hard to breathe sometimes because it disgusts people knowing that they are not breathing clean fresh air. All these cars, jobs, and industries that build so much smoke and let it go into the air like that don't care at all. The air is so polluted you can barely see the beauty of our sky at night. We can't see the star's beautiful glow because of all of this pollution. This has to change!
We can all make a difference whether it is a big role or if it’s a small role. If we can all commit to keeping the streets clean, recycle, or go to local beaches to do community service, we can make our earth look as beautiful as it was a couple of years ago. Let’s take it back to the time where the beaches looked cleaner, the streets looked sanitary, and to the times that we would breathe in the fresh air that the trees brought. We can do it.
One contribution per person can help save the world from all of this mess. If we all set our minds to it, I know we can do it. No matter how big or small the contribution is we are making our world a better place to live in. We have to be careful on how we treat this world because you never know what might happen in the future when it gets tired of being taken for granted. We can win this war against this evil trying to destroy our world.
We take the earth for granted every single day of our lives. Only a few of us actually care to do something about what's going on here. We throw stuff on the ground without caring if it’s dirty, we throw trash on the beach, and we don't recycle. Instead of making this world cleaner, the world looks dirtier by the year.
When we go to the beach and we eat, most people get too lazy to throw their garbage in the trash can. Most people just leave it in the sand. When the trash is left in the sand, the water will eventually get to the trash. If you leave a plastic can holder and it gets to the water, it can get wrapped around an animal’s neck and by the time it can actually take it off, the animal might die. We put a lot of animals at risk because of our carelessness. We have to take care of the cycle of life.
Polluting the air makes it so hard to breathe sometimes because it disgusts people knowing that they are not breathing clean fresh air. All these cars, jobs, and industries that build so much smoke and let it go into the air like that don't care at all. The air is so polluted you can barely see the beauty of our sky at night. We can't see the star's beautiful glow because of all of this pollution. This has to change!
We can all make a difference whether it is a big role or if it’s a small role. If we can all commit to keeping the streets clean, recycle, or go to local beaches to do community service, we can make our earth look as beautiful as it was a couple of years ago. Let’s take it back to the time where the beaches looked cleaner, the streets looked sanitary, and to the times that we would breathe in the fresh air that the trees brought. We can do it.
One contribution per person can help save the world from all of this mess. If we all set our minds to it, I know we can do it. No matter how big or small the contribution is we are making our world a better place to live in. We have to be careful on how we treat this world because you never know what might happen in the future when it gets tired of being taken for granted. We can win this war against this evil trying to destroy our world.
Eulogy
Catherine was a great person to be around. She was the person that people would come to when you were mad because you knew that she was going to make you laugh no matter what. The way that she was able to put a smile on somebody’s face so quickly was never questioned. Cathy was a big goofball. There is no way you could ever be sad around her because she’d ALWAYS find a way to cheer you up. Catherine didn’t like to show her problems as much so she would surround herself with a lot of people to keep herself busy.
Everybody has a bit of laziness within them and Cathy was one of those people who were lazy. She was a procrastinator but in the end, she always got her work done. Catherine was always considered as an all around worker who loved to work with people. She never looked at anybody a wrong way because of the way they looked, acted, or dressed. She would be taken advantage of and that’s when she began to change. Cathy started realizing that the world is harsh out there and to survive, you have to be harsh yourself. Laughing at people and herself or cracking jokes was one of the hobbies that Catherine got after realizing this. Everybody knew that was the way she acted and everybody loved her for it because even if she would make fun of people and herself, people would still love her company and friendship.
Catherine is a great friend to have around. She is the friend that will pick up at 3 in the morning to talk to you because you need help. Catherine was always a great listener and never asked for anything in return. Once she was done listening she did her best to help the person out and give them advice. She loved being around the people she loved the most. Cathy would do anything for them any time they needed it. She would always send text saying “Good night and I love you.” or “Good morning. Have a great day, I love you.” Catherine knew how to make the people she loved feel special anytime they would be in her presence or if they were holding a conversation with her, she always made it known how much she loved them.
Cathy played with heart…not just in basketball, in life. It was rare when she took life for granted. She tried to live her life as happy as possible. When you saw Cathy all you were able to see was her smile because her eyes would always close. She always had that smile on her face and it would be hard for a person to tear it down. Cathy was a strong person, physically and emotionally. She had the skill of being able to control her emotions when they would start acting out of hand or she knew how to keep a positive point of view in life when the times got rough. She was dedicated to all of the aspects of her life and without a doubt lived a happy life.
Catherine was also dedicated to the sport she loved the most, basketball, and of course her favorite hobby, movie watching. She loved playing basketball and loved watching movies. Cathy can play basketball for a whole day but then again could just lie on the couch and watch movies all day. She loved any type of movie as long as it was good and interesting. Her family at home always knew what she would be doing on the weekends, if she didn’t go to school one day, or if she just had the day off. She would watch movies.
Cathy was a great person to be around and it is sad to let her go, but it is always comforting when people realize that they have somebody that loves her friends and family more than anything in this world up in the sky watching over them. Her memory will always be among us. We love you!
Everybody has a bit of laziness within them and Cathy was one of those people who were lazy. She was a procrastinator but in the end, she always got her work done. Catherine was always considered as an all around worker who loved to work with people. She never looked at anybody a wrong way because of the way they looked, acted, or dressed. She would be taken advantage of and that’s when she began to change. Cathy started realizing that the world is harsh out there and to survive, you have to be harsh yourself. Laughing at people and herself or cracking jokes was one of the hobbies that Catherine got after realizing this. Everybody knew that was the way she acted and everybody loved her for it because even if she would make fun of people and herself, people would still love her company and friendship.
Catherine is a great friend to have around. She is the friend that will pick up at 3 in the morning to talk to you because you need help. Catherine was always a great listener and never asked for anything in return. Once she was done listening she did her best to help the person out and give them advice. She loved being around the people she loved the most. Cathy would do anything for them any time they needed it. She would always send text saying “Good night and I love you.” or “Good morning. Have a great day, I love you.” Catherine knew how to make the people she loved feel special anytime they would be in her presence or if they were holding a conversation with her, she always made it known how much she loved them.
Cathy played with heart…not just in basketball, in life. It was rare when she took life for granted. She tried to live her life as happy as possible. When you saw Cathy all you were able to see was her smile because her eyes would always close. She always had that smile on her face and it would be hard for a person to tear it down. Cathy was a strong person, physically and emotionally. She had the skill of being able to control her emotions when they would start acting out of hand or she knew how to keep a positive point of view in life when the times got rough. She was dedicated to all of the aspects of her life and without a doubt lived a happy life.
Catherine was also dedicated to the sport she loved the most, basketball, and of course her favorite hobby, movie watching. She loved playing basketball and loved watching movies. Cathy can play basketball for a whole day but then again could just lie on the couch and watch movies all day. She loved any type of movie as long as it was good and interesting. Her family at home always knew what she would be doing on the weekends, if she didn’t go to school one day, or if she just had the day off. She would watch movies.
Cathy was a great person to be around and it is sad to let her go, but it is always comforting when people realize that they have somebody that loves her friends and family more than anything in this world up in the sky watching over them. Her memory will always be among us. We love you!
Our Days
My world since day one has been a roller coaster. Should I be happy with how my life has developed? People say that I have become a very smart beautiful young woman but why don’t I feel this way. I remember my youth and how it was when I was a little girl. I can honestly say that those were the only years where I had no problems and I still had my innocence. Those were the days where the only time I would face pain was when I got a knee scrape or I hit myself because I fell off my bike. I had the same routine everyday and I lived by it because I loved it so much. Wake up in the morning to my mom making breakfast, get ready, walk to school which was around the corner with my best friend, learn at school and when school was out my best friend and me would by a snack and walk home, go to my apartment because we all lived in the same building, finish our homework while we have something to eat and once we were done we would go outside and play with the rest of our friends in our apartment building. I would see when my dad would pull up the drive-way at 5:30 or 6 at the latest and I automatically knew that once my dad got home my mom had food cooking in the kitchen. I would walk up with my dad and went into the house. As soon as we would walk in the house we can smell the delicious food that my mom had prepared for the day. We would sit at the table as a family and we would eat and talk about our day. My dad talked about how his day was at work, my mom talked about her job, and of course, I talked about how my day went at school. I loved the weekends! Every Saturday, I would get up and lay there with both of my parents until my mom got up and fixed breakfast. My mom would make my dad coffee with peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. We would eat and I knew that as soon as we were done we were going to start cleaning the house. My dad would start blasting the Salvadorian music which would include merengue and Punta and then we would get to work. While I would pick my toys up my dad would clean the living room and pick up the trash that would be around the house. There was an occasional break when he would tell me to dance with him like if we were having a private dance lesson. My mom would be cleaning the kitchen and fixing the rooms. As soon as we were done cleaning my dad would sit on this chair that was placed in the corner by the window and I would seat at his feet. He would be reading the newspaper to see what movies are out. My dad would ask my mom about a certain movie and as soon as we chose one, we would start getting ready. Once we were done getting ready we would hop in our car and head to the movies. After the movies we would go to my favorite restaurant to this day, Othai Ocha, a Thai food restaurant.
Goals
Everybody has goals that's they want to accomplish while they are growing up. They do everything they possibly can so at the end of the day, their goals have been met. I am one of those people to fight for my goals. Without goals I don't have a higher importance because I have no purpose. I am just a person that has no motivation or no meaning to keep moving forward and I refuse to be one of those people.
There are two types of goals that I put forth in my life. Those goals are short term goals and long term goals. My short term goals are to go through college getting good grades and to not drop out, actually graduating from college and pursuing a career doing something that I love to do so I can be successful. My long term goals are the goals that I set for me as a person overall. I want to evolve into a wise and mature person, I want to go through life knowing who I am and I want to be a winner in my life.
Getting good grades is an important key to college. When I get good grades, it opens so many more doors because I have the opportunity to go into higher learning if I want to since I didn't slack off. Not dropping out of college shows character within myself proving to a lot of people that no matter the struggle, I still handle my business by any means necessary. Graduating from college is also one of my goals because I refuse to be another statistic especially one showing how many minorities don't graduate from college. My last short term is to pursue something I love to do because I have an opportunity to do anything I want. I can choose any career so I am going to choose the career where I am going to be in high spirits doing the same thing every day. Doing what you love will end with you being successful.
My long term goals are more emotional because at the end of the day you have to be blissful with yourself. I want to evolve into a mature and wise person because as a kid I know nothing. I may think I know things but in the end I still might be proven wrong. I want to fill my brain with knowledge that I can pass down to generations after me. My second goal is to live life knowing who I am. When you live life in doubt of yourself as a person, you can never be pleased. I want to live knowing that the decisions I have made have been great because of whom I am. Once I know who I am, everything starts falling into place. My last goal is to be a winner in life because I want to be satisfied when I look back at the years when I was young. I want to be victorious in life as a person.
Everybody has their own goals. They might categorize them differently but that's the way I feel I should prioritize mine. I have set these goals and I will not stop working hard until I have accomplished every single one of them.
There are two types of goals that I put forth in my life. Those goals are short term goals and long term goals. My short term goals are to go through college getting good grades and to not drop out, actually graduating from college and pursuing a career doing something that I love to do so I can be successful. My long term goals are the goals that I set for me as a person overall. I want to evolve into a wise and mature person, I want to go through life knowing who I am and I want to be a winner in my life.
Getting good grades is an important key to college. When I get good grades, it opens so many more doors because I have the opportunity to go into higher learning if I want to since I didn't slack off. Not dropping out of college shows character within myself proving to a lot of people that no matter the struggle, I still handle my business by any means necessary. Graduating from college is also one of my goals because I refuse to be another statistic especially one showing how many minorities don't graduate from college. My last short term is to pursue something I love to do because I have an opportunity to do anything I want. I can choose any career so I am going to choose the career where I am going to be in high spirits doing the same thing every day. Doing what you love will end with you being successful.
My long term goals are more emotional because at the end of the day you have to be blissful with yourself. I want to evolve into a mature and wise person because as a kid I know nothing. I may think I know things but in the end I still might be proven wrong. I want to fill my brain with knowledge that I can pass down to generations after me. My second goal is to live life knowing who I am. When you live life in doubt of yourself as a person, you can never be pleased. I want to live knowing that the decisions I have made have been great because of whom I am. Once I know who I am, everything starts falling into place. My last goal is to be a winner in life because I want to be satisfied when I look back at the years when I was young. I want to be victorious in life as a person.
Everybody has their own goals. They might categorize them differently but that's the way I feel I should prioritize mine. I have set these goals and I will not stop working hard until I have accomplished every single one of them.
Remember
Remember when protection meant wearing a helmet, when the worse things you can get from boys were cooties? Dad’s shoulders were the highest place on earth and mom was your hero? Race issues were about who ran the fastest. War was only a card ...game. The only drug you knew was cough medicine. Wearing a skirt didn't make you a slut. The only thing that hurt you were skinned knees and goodbyes only meant until tomorrow? And we couldn't wait to grow up. When your close friends become your worse enemies. Your boyfriend becomes more then a memory. People pass away you never thought of losing. Kool-aid turns into alcohol. The innocent ones turn into sluts. Homework goes in the trash. Cell phones are being used in class. Time out becomes suspension. Soda becomes beer, bikes become cars.
Cell Phones
Modern life without cell phones would be tragic but good at the same time. When you have cell phones you are connected to everything and everybody. You get to everything faster than you would if you had to do it by hand. Depending on the cell phone, if you have an iphone, that is your world. People love their iphones. People with smart phones cannot go a day without it. They need their phone to survive. You have email, internet, texting, and everything that a computer can give you. A phone is like a portable computer. People need their cell phones. Without cell phones it would also be a good thing because there would be less car accidents occurring because of texting. There would be less cyber bullying too. People text and drive and do not pay attention to the road. People that cyber bully also have nothing else to do. When you have a cell phone you get distracted from doing what needs to be done. You do not concentrate because you are texting. It is not a good thing.
El Salvador
If I could go to one country, I would go to El Salvador. I would go to El Salvador because it is in Central America. It is a small tropical country that is so beautiful. The scenery is magical and the atmosphere is fresh. The fruit that they have over there is delicious and unique. They have the best Indian mangos and the best coconut. The coconut and the mango are their two famous fruits. They are known for them. The coconut juice is delicious. The thing about El Salvador is that it is a two season country, summer and winter. It is hot for 6 months and then it is raining for another 6 months. When it rains, it is not even cold. It shot during raining season. Everything in El Salvador is much cheaper than over here in America. The ice-cream goes for 10 cents and drinks are 50 cents. The food is also good over there. El Salvador is known for their pupusas. It is a great place to travel to.
Decade
If I could live in any decade I would live in the decade where I was born. I love the 90’s. The 90’s style was different and when I was growing up, I had the most fun. Technology was not that advanced yet and kids actually played outside. I had a lot of fun when I was growing up and those would be the memories that I would always cherish. Everybody would want to play, we did not care what we did but we were always doing something different. The 90’s is when the style was different. When the fresh prince of Bel-Air was big and where we loved to drink Tang. Music was different and kids did not have to worry about stuff that worries us now. Everything was easier. Everything was cheaper. In the 90’s, that’s when my parents were still together. If I could live those days over again, I would be happy. I loved having my parents together. I felt like the luckiest girl in the whole world
Typical Day
A typical day of my life is pretty dull I guess. When I wake up, I wait until my parents start getting ready because I only take 10 minutes tops to get ready. They take a whole hour. I get ready and then I am off to school. Most of the time, my parents let me drive the car since I have my license. I drive to school probably late because we live far. We live in paramount. I go to school and then just go a long with my day. When I get out of school, I hang out with my friends because I have until 4:30 to go pick up my parents from their job. We either go to eat or we stay and relax at school. Once I pick up my parents, we go to pick up my little brother from my grandmas house because she takes care of him during the day. We come home and I come to my room. I check my social network and I go back outside to probably get something to eat. Once I do that, I check and see what homework I have to do. When I figure out that I have no homework, I go and pay with my little brother. Then, I’ll probably watch a movie or watch the Lakers game. When it gets too late, I’ll go to sleep and wake up to do it all over again the next day.
Winter
I love the winter. I think it is the best season of them all. I love the winter because that is the season where I do not have to worry about the heat. When you are cold, you can actually get warm but when you are in the heat, it is IMPOSSIBLE for you to get cool. Winter is my favorite season because you can be in your house all day on your couch all cozy in your blanket while you are watching movies. Winter is also known as the season for hair. When you are in the summer, it is hard to do your hair because you cannot really style it that much since it might get ruined if you sweat it out. The sun also burns your hair and it damages your hair. I love the winter because you can wear sweats and a sweater without somebody judging you and what you wear. I also love the winter because that is basketball season. And I love basketball so watching basketball on a cool day while you’re lying down is a great moment. I have always loved the winter. My mom says that I am cold blooded because sometimes I do not even get cold.
I Dont Get Along With Her.
I and my sister do not get along at all. I know why though, it is because she is so much younger than me. She is seven years younger than I am. We are on two different levels. She likes Miley Cirus and I like Wiz Khalifa. The things that I understand, she has no clue about them yet. My mind and the things that I know are things that I started to understand when I was growing up and I still am learning to understand some things but I am far more advanced than she is. She is going through that phase where she wants everything and if she does not get them then she is going to throw a fit and start crying. She is going though the annoying phase where she wants to know all of the answers and she wants to be nosey. She wants to do everything that I am doing and she always wants to follow me around. The only way that I know how to handle her, is to one, ignore her and two, have patience. When I ignore her, I just do my own thing and let her do her. I do not allow her to do whatever she wants thought because I do not want her to be spoiled. When I have patience, I just try to be as nice as possible.
Ending A Relationship
Honestly, when I end a relationship, depending on the person and the way that our relationship was going. I would ignore them. Sometimes, I feel like if they do not deserve for me to explain why I do not want to be in a relationship with them anymore. I do that when I really do not care and the relationship was not even a real one. When feelings are involved, I either call the person or I do it face to face. When I talk to them, I do not hold anything back because when you do that is when that person gets hurt. I tell the truth and how I feel because then they can actually move on. When I do it face to face, I get more sentimental because when I see somebody hurt, I start t tear up. I try to make the person understand or try to get them on the same page as me.
New Friends
If you really want to make a new friend, you have to be nice to them. When you first try to talk to somebody, treat them nicely. You have to show a good impression. You can’t just be mean to somebody because that is how you give people the bad impression of yourself. You have to treat people with the respect that you want people to treat you with. When you see somebody that you want to talk to, try to make them comfortable when you are talking to them. Bring up some topics to see what the person is about. Once you see what the person is about, show them what you are about. Have a nice conversation about the things that you like to see what you have in common to see if you guys are really going to have a lot of chemistry and be good friends or just one of those friends you rarely talk to. Be nice to somebody because you would want somebody to be nice to you.
Basketball.
My favorite game? It has always been and it will always be basketball. I can play basketball day in and day out. Without basketball I am nobody. Basketball is a part of me and I do not know where I would be without it. When I need to be calm, I play basketball. When I need to get away and get into my own zone, I play basketball. Basketball gives me the serenity that nothing and nobody will ever be able to give me. Whenever I needed to get away from reality, I played basketball. Nothing and nobody mattered but me and the ball that I was dribbling. All my problems would vanish and once I was done playing, I was as calm as the sounds of the waves in the ocean when they would collide with the rocks on the mountain. I can be the most calmest when I am playing basketball. I can play as rough as I want to on the court and I cannot be penalized for it. I let go all of my anger and I come out of the game in peace. I love basketball. It is my passion, my life, my only true happiness.
I Dont Understand.
Having the average teenage problems was difficult but I can say that I turned out pretty good because not only did I prevail over those problems but I also overcame the situation of my parents’ divorce. The divorce of my parents is the thing that has impacted my life greatly.
I hated seeing her leave for work. My mom forgot she left too early for me to say good bye. I’d sink into the couch so I could force myself to hold back my tears I was trying to get rid of but this wasn’t the first time I had missed her. I tried turning in early because I didn’t like looking at the blank face my mom gave me. I thought I slept the pain away but every time I got up for school she still left the empty bottles from the night before. I felt the pain my mom couldn’t explain, counting the empty bottles of tequila that sat in front of me.
I couldn’t wait for my dad to get home. My family’s dinner table was packed with food but my dad hadn’t made it in the door to see me. I’d start running over to the window so I was the person he saw but his car wasn’t black. The engines I heard were coated with candy red and neon blue but the white maxima he drove didn’t pass by. I didn’t let it bother me; it was just another night at the dinner table by myself. If it wasn’t for the napkin over his food I couldn’t even tell he wasn’t sitting next to me. I had learned to get used to it.
I hated seeing her leave for work. My mom forgot she left too early for me to say good bye. I’d sink into the couch so I could force myself to hold back my tears I was trying to get rid of but this wasn’t the first time I had missed her. I tried turning in early because I didn’t like looking at the blank face my mom gave me. I thought I slept the pain away but every time I got up for school she still left the empty bottles from the night before. I felt the pain my mom couldn’t explain, counting the empty bottles of tequila that sat in front of me.
I couldn’t wait for my dad to get home. My family’s dinner table was packed with food but my dad hadn’t made it in the door to see me. I’d start running over to the window so I was the person he saw but his car wasn’t black. The engines I heard were coated with candy red and neon blue but the white maxima he drove didn’t pass by. I didn’t let it bother me; it was just another night at the dinner table by myself. If it wasn’t for the napkin over his food I couldn’t even tell he wasn’t sitting next to me. I had learned to get used to it.
My Dad.
It hurt me to know that I couldn't do anything to make my dad stay. Every time he came around I would just act like if everything was okay because I didn't want to disappoint him. I wanted to show him that even though I am going through hell because he isn't with me anymore, I can put a smile on my face. I wanted to prove to him that my mom, sister and I will be doing just fine. To act like everything was okay killed me inside because when he would say that he was coming and never showed, broke my heart. I would wait by the window all the time and look up when I heard a car passing, hoping that it would be my dad's car but it would never happen.
My Life..
What have I done to deserve all this pain?
I do the same thing every single day.
I can't ever do anything right because at the end of the day.
I am the one to blame.
Keeping my head up every day takes so much of my energy away
Because they always say don't worry put a smile on your face...everything will be okay.
A smile can mean so many things to different people
But it usually means happiness.
I’m different though because to me this smile on my face is just a mask.
A mask that never reveals the monster behind it.
A monster that never comes out because it knows that if it comes out...a few minutes later it’s going to be shoved back in my body behind this mask I call a smile.
This smile that I use to cover my deepest feelings that I cover because I hate showing vulnerability.
Vulnerability that in my book means I’m a weakling.
A weakling who hides behind a smile because I’m too afraid to actually show the emotions and feelings that are slowly deteriorating everything within me.
Man is me being happy even a possibility?
So much shit has happened to me it’s insane...
Some people still question if I’m still sane.
It’s funny because I’m not going to lie but I am insane on some days.
Those are the days that I remember this terrible past
The terrible past that wakes me up after having a horrible nightmare.
Nightmares of that stare.
That stare that is rare and you never see it but I saw it in this nightmare.
I’m haunted with all these memories
The memories from when I was 7 until now
Mind you I’m barely 16.
I’m barely 16 and I have all these memories that I reminisce upon.
The thing about reminiscing is that I dread it.
I dread it because after every memory I wish I could be dead
The dreadful past that takes me back to the day when I was laying on the bed.
I was laying there while you and she were fighting and she was begging.
She was begging you to stay but you said I’ll come back another day.
This past that includes so many people that were so close to me but couldn't handle it.
I feel like if everyone around me gets tired of me and instead of being beside me they just leave.
After talking to you every day...you can't even say hey.
You left me here stranded with all this
But you don't worry because you just runaway after every hit.
You runaway while I have to take it...you aren't worried because it’s not you...
Thinking about it...I bet you don't have the slightest clue
The slightest clue of all the stuff that you do...
I had your back through no matter what...
I can't believe that I stood up for you and took your side instead of his.
I took your side because I knew that you needed me
But I was wrong because you didn't need anything from me.
The only thing you did to me is use me...
You used my kindness for your advantage
But trust me I’m not the same as the other day.
Yea I have changed and I noticed it wasn't the greatest thing.
I’m on that mind set where I don't give a fuck about anyone.
I have the people that love me but If I lose one I've learned to control my mind to not care..
Because trust me I’m not getting any grey hairs
None from you or any dumb ass person that wastes my time.
Because I truly believe that the time that we had together was a waste.
I wish I would've realized this sooner before I actually started believing that we were family.
But don't worry this is the last time that I actually have you on my mind.
Why?
Because I’m not just talking to you but I’m tearing you...ripping you from my mind...my heart...my life.
I’m done with everything.
I’m done wasting my time trying to figure out what I can do so I can have my sister back.
I’m done crying about the past when my dad left.
I’m done reminiscing about these hard times that I try so much to turn around.
I always try to say no it’s making me stronger but sometimes damn I feel weaker
I feel as if I can't go on anymore...but I can't.
I can't say that or keep that mentality because of all this pressure that I have to be successful
Everybody wants me to be the person that they couldn't be.
But that's so hard because I just want to be me.
I can't keep my head down because I know I have people under me that look up at me.
I have to live my life for those two blessings that were born into a world where their families aren't perfect and far from it.
All they want is to be happy and for their family to be okay.
One is only 9 but the other is barely turning 2.
She has to come up with separation of her family and living with somebody else.
But his problems have barely begun because he hasn't even hit that problem on how to tie his shoes.
I wish they can stay innocent and I can protect them from this corrupt hell that we call life.
But I can't...the only thing I can do is stay strong by their side.
I have to because who else is going to do it...
Who else is going to understand what they're going through but the big sister that's gone through most of it...?
So I can't keep my head down because I have to keep pushing for them
So I’m going to suck it up and hide this monster once again behind that mask that I call a smile.
And I have a feeling that this mask isn't coming off for a while.
Damn I guess I have to make my life worthwhile.
I do the same thing every single day.
I can't ever do anything right because at the end of the day.
I am the one to blame.
Keeping my head up every day takes so much of my energy away
Because they always say don't worry put a smile on your face...everything will be okay.
A smile can mean so many things to different people
But it usually means happiness.
I’m different though because to me this smile on my face is just a mask.
A mask that never reveals the monster behind it.
A monster that never comes out because it knows that if it comes out...a few minutes later it’s going to be shoved back in my body behind this mask I call a smile.
This smile that I use to cover my deepest feelings that I cover because I hate showing vulnerability.
Vulnerability that in my book means I’m a weakling.
A weakling who hides behind a smile because I’m too afraid to actually show the emotions and feelings that are slowly deteriorating everything within me.
Man is me being happy even a possibility?
So much shit has happened to me it’s insane...
Some people still question if I’m still sane.
It’s funny because I’m not going to lie but I am insane on some days.
Those are the days that I remember this terrible past
The terrible past that wakes me up after having a horrible nightmare.
Nightmares of that stare.
That stare that is rare and you never see it but I saw it in this nightmare.
I’m haunted with all these memories
The memories from when I was 7 until now
Mind you I’m barely 16.
I’m barely 16 and I have all these memories that I reminisce upon.
The thing about reminiscing is that I dread it.
I dread it because after every memory I wish I could be dead
The dreadful past that takes me back to the day when I was laying on the bed.
I was laying there while you and she were fighting and she was begging.
She was begging you to stay but you said I’ll come back another day.
This past that includes so many people that were so close to me but couldn't handle it.
I feel like if everyone around me gets tired of me and instead of being beside me they just leave.
After talking to you every day...you can't even say hey.
You left me here stranded with all this
But you don't worry because you just runaway after every hit.
You runaway while I have to take it...you aren't worried because it’s not you...
Thinking about it...I bet you don't have the slightest clue
The slightest clue of all the stuff that you do...
I had your back through no matter what...
I can't believe that I stood up for you and took your side instead of his.
I took your side because I knew that you needed me
But I was wrong because you didn't need anything from me.
The only thing you did to me is use me...
You used my kindness for your advantage
But trust me I’m not the same as the other day.
Yea I have changed and I noticed it wasn't the greatest thing.
I’m on that mind set where I don't give a fuck about anyone.
I have the people that love me but If I lose one I've learned to control my mind to not care..
Because trust me I’m not getting any grey hairs
None from you or any dumb ass person that wastes my time.
Because I truly believe that the time that we had together was a waste.
I wish I would've realized this sooner before I actually started believing that we were family.
But don't worry this is the last time that I actually have you on my mind.
Why?
Because I’m not just talking to you but I’m tearing you...ripping you from my mind...my heart...my life.
I’m done with everything.
I’m done wasting my time trying to figure out what I can do so I can have my sister back.
I’m done crying about the past when my dad left.
I’m done reminiscing about these hard times that I try so much to turn around.
I always try to say no it’s making me stronger but sometimes damn I feel weaker
I feel as if I can't go on anymore...but I can't.
I can't say that or keep that mentality because of all this pressure that I have to be successful
Everybody wants me to be the person that they couldn't be.
But that's so hard because I just want to be me.
I can't keep my head down because I know I have people under me that look up at me.
I have to live my life for those two blessings that were born into a world where their families aren't perfect and far from it.
All they want is to be happy and for their family to be okay.
One is only 9 but the other is barely turning 2.
She has to come up with separation of her family and living with somebody else.
But his problems have barely begun because he hasn't even hit that problem on how to tie his shoes.
I wish they can stay innocent and I can protect them from this corrupt hell that we call life.
But I can't...the only thing I can do is stay strong by their side.
I have to because who else is going to do it...
Who else is going to understand what they're going through but the big sister that's gone through most of it...?
So I can't keep my head down because I have to keep pushing for them
So I’m going to suck it up and hide this monster once again behind that mask that I call a smile.
And I have a feeling that this mask isn't coming off for a while.
Damn I guess I have to make my life worthwhile.
I Love You.
Your beauty extends into the heavens it goes on forever and never lessens. Even when the clouds heighten you are here and the world brightens. You are like a fruit that constantly ripens your beauty continues to grow to grow no matter what happens. My fond for you constantly deepens because every time I see you my heart starts to weaken. You make everything else appear hollow. Where ever you are loveliness is sure to follow. You shine so bright you cast your own shadow. A beauty that others would love to borrow, but try as they might your beauty they will never catch because something like you they could never match. Your beauty seems to increase with every breathe it tests the limits my imagination can stretch. It makes me question if what I am seeing is real I only know it is true by the way that I feel. Your beauty is so vast it can't be concealed there is no hiding it your beauty is always revealed
Listen to the winds soft cry or a lady singing her lullaby whispers of the night so long wishing for that famous love song. You are my light when darkness falls you are my sight in darkened halls. Hear the joy of an angel’s glee when the people around her now see with eyes so clear and pure all now really can be sure. Whispers of the night because your beauty is out of sight. Gentle serenity is what you are and your love makes me feel well above par calming my pain time and again serenading my soul and making me whole. You are blessed with tranquility an angelic star - you bring joy and romance wherever you are.
Listen to the winds soft cry or a lady singing her lullaby whispers of the night so long wishing for that famous love song. You are my light when darkness falls you are my sight in darkened halls. Hear the joy of an angel’s glee when the people around her now see with eyes so clear and pure all now really can be sure. Whispers of the night because your beauty is out of sight. Gentle serenity is what you are and your love makes me feel well above par calming my pain time and again serenading my soul and making me whole. You are blessed with tranquility an angelic star - you bring joy and romance wherever you are.
My Memories.
My memories, the memories that I long to live again have become a blur. A blur that I have no idea how it occurred. A blur that's erasing all the happiness that I have within me. Why? Why would life work in such a mysterious way when the only thing I would lovee is reliving the memory from the other day...The memory where the only thing you saw on my face was a smile.
You only saw a smile because to you, you would never accept a frown. You used the best bars that you could come up with to turn that frown upside down turning it into a smile. Remembering that smile reminds me all the times that you came and the butterflies in my stomach would start to stir. But for some reason that feeling is also starting to fade into a blur. Why can't we stay on that mountain that we built with that thing called love.
We built the mountain so high but why did we come down. Why are you so scared of heights? Why are you so scared when we're so close to the heavens in the sky? You told me we would never come down. We would never come down from that mountain of love that you built me.
But then again that is also starting to fade away into a blur of thee dream that I long to remember because the memory of the dream proved to me that some things are realities but then again they also might be impossibilities. Damn, I guess I just have to move on and hope that what tomorrow brings will not be an impossible dream but a reality.
You only saw a smile because to you, you would never accept a frown. You used the best bars that you could come up with to turn that frown upside down turning it into a smile. Remembering that smile reminds me all the times that you came and the butterflies in my stomach would start to stir. But for some reason that feeling is also starting to fade into a blur. Why can't we stay on that mountain that we built with that thing called love.
We built the mountain so high but why did we come down. Why are you so scared of heights? Why are you so scared when we're so close to the heavens in the sky? You told me we would never come down. We would never come down from that mountain of love that you built me.
But then again that is also starting to fade away into a blur of thee dream that I long to remember because the memory of the dream proved to me that some things are realities but then again they also might be impossibilities. Damn, I guess I just have to move on and hope that what tomorrow brings will not be an impossible dream but a reality.
Poem.
Driving down the highway sitting in the car can't wait for my hug grandpa although it is so far. You lived to 93 grandpa, you lived for very long. You meant everything grandpa but now, sadly you are gone. You were really great grandpa and I know you love me so. I wish you were still here grandpa. You were one of the best grandpa. Better than all me and I promise you one thing grandpa, I know I’ll see you again. I miss you grandpa. I miss all those days that we spent together running around the park. You used to chase me and kept playing with me until I got tired. You raised me grandpa and I will never forget it. You deserved the world grandpa but we took you for granted. Please forgive us grandpa for now it is too late. You gave me everything that I wanted when I was little and now I promise to pass your teachings to the following generations. I miss all those jokes that you told me when I was little. I wish I can remember them grandpa but it’s ok because I am going to be selfish and keep these memories between you and me.
Feelings.
Now it's official, you’re out of my life. Too many tears I've cried, I’m leaving the moments behind on the shelf. Believing in you was hard for me. All your apologies are outside the door. I can't waste my time on you anymore. I’ve fallen much deeper than this before.1 there’s no tears on my pillow, No room for crying, No tears on my pillow, I left them behind. And I found me a better place, somewhere inside. And I know I won't cry these tears any more. Can’t say I'm selfish, I trust in my heart. I know what I want and it tears you apart. Don’t worry about me thinking of you. My days are filled, with too much to do. The whole world is waiting for me to explore. I can't waste my time on you anymore. I’ve fallen much deeper than this before. No regrets, no sadness. You’re not the first and you're not the last. Somehow you had me trapped in your web but it won't be raining. When I hang my head down, No tears on my pillow. I left them behind. And I found me a better place, somewhere inside. And I know I won't cry these tears. Won’t cry these tears anymore. Tears on my pillow. No more tears on my pillow.
Imulsive Buying
Impulsive buying will bring you w=bad consequences. People get really addictive and they become materialistic. You are always trying to get the better things but you have to understand that sometimes having the better th9iings doesn’t bring you happiness but it brings the opposite, sadness. Being materialistic is like you cannot live without having something nice in your hand. You lose people like that because nobody likes somebody that is selfish. You have to be careful because it can lead to more than one thing. Well the most obvious consequence is debt. If you repeatedly buy things that you really do not need, you will accumulate a hefty amount of debt. Even if the products aren’t expensive if bought on their own, continuous buying of items like that will all add up and you will be forced to see that you are spending money you do not have, or possibly did have but no longer do due to the fact that you shopped too much. When a person becomes so involved in shopping to the point where they do the impossible to keep being able to buy things they never thought they needed or wanted until they saw it, then they can be diagnosed as having a shopping addiction. As with all addictions, these people need to seek help.
Pollution
Hey, what’s up alien? Oh you cannot see the stars because all of these companies are polluting our atmosphere with smoke. See pollution right, it has become something that is destroying our world. The big corporations believe that they are helping us by building new technology and stuff like that but on the other side of things; they are killing our animals with all of this pollution. Our oceans are terrible because of different oil spills that have been occurring, but see to the government it is not that big of a deal because we need oil. Oil is what we rely on to live a nice life. We cannot see our stars anymore because of all of this smoke. Most animals are being extinct because a lot of the rainforest and jungles are being ripped down for the different types of substances that they hold within them. A lot of marine animals are dying because of people. People do not help at all and just liter whenever and wherever they want. They do not care at all but when Mother Nature gets mad, then everybody is going to want to fix things. See pollution is killing our world.
Modern Life Without Computers
Modern life without computers would be terrible. Everything revolves around computers. We do homework on our computers, we do our work on our computers, we go into the internet and browse through the internet, and our cell phones are like computers now. Everything has been turned into that we have to rely on computers for everything in this world. Without computers everything would be so much slower. Things that can be done in an hour on the computer will take three hours on hand. Computers have started to think for us. A lot of people are lacking knowledge now because we depend on the computers to do it for us. Without the computers we would not be modern anymore. Computers manage our money. They keep up with everything that we buy and sell. Without computers, a lot of people would not know what to do because their daily routine is all about computers. Kids would actually have to do something and think about it on their own. The social network would not exist and people would have to everything like the old days where you actually said something to somebody face to face.
Driver
If you want to be a good driver you have to do everything that you would not do if there weren’t any rules. You have to drive carefully because there are still a lot of careless drivers out there. People just do not care about others and worry about themselves. They do not care if the way that they are driving might cause some sort of type of accident and they might end up hurting even killing somebody. You need to always keep your eyes on the road and look at your whole environment. You cannot text while driving. It is just stupidity. You do not need to be talking while you’re driving and if it is an emergency than you can pull over and call them. You need to follow all of the rules because they are there for a reason. You have to always stop at the stop signs and make sure that is it clear. When there is a yellow light try to avoid taking it because you never know if somebody is speeding and can just collide with you.
Favorite Movie
Movies have evolved over the years and now watching a movie and it's effects is very incredible. I love watching movies especially movies that keep me interested with suspense. The effects that a movie has contributes a great deal to the overall production and that is why I love The Gladiator starring Russel Crowe. It is a great movie to watch with all of it's suspense and action.
I have grown up watching The Gladiator. The suspense and results of the movie puts me in tears every time I watch it. Russel Crowe plays a great role in being a gladiator. He knows how to portray the pain that he felt when he lost his son and wife. Losing all he loved was hard because the people he fought for are the people that killed them.
The fighting scenes are insanely great in this movie. The movie is not grusome bu then again it has enough blood and action to keel you glued to the seat. Throughout the whole movie Russel Crowe is trying to prove that he deserves freedom from being a gladiator. Through all the obstacles in surviving he makes it through.
Being that he won his freedom, the emperor doesn't want it to be so, therefore he tries to kill him himself. The final battle between the emperor an Russell Crow is the most emotional and intense battle in the movie. It is the battle you look forward to when you start watching the movie.
When you want chills going through your body, this is the movie to watch. The Gladiator will give you an emotional rollercoaster because it touches your heart. I love this movie and it should be a movie that everybody watches. The DVD should be in everybodys movie cases.
I have grown up watching The Gladiator. The suspense and results of the movie puts me in tears every time I watch it. Russel Crowe plays a great role in being a gladiator. He knows how to portray the pain that he felt when he lost his son and wife. Losing all he loved was hard because the people he fought for are the people that killed them.
The fighting scenes are insanely great in this movie. The movie is not grusome bu then again it has enough blood and action to keel you glued to the seat. Throughout the whole movie Russel Crowe is trying to prove that he deserves freedom from being a gladiator. Through all the obstacles in surviving he makes it through.
Being that he won his freedom, the emperor doesn't want it to be so, therefore he tries to kill him himself. The final battle between the emperor an Russell Crow is the most emotional and intense battle in the movie. It is the battle you look forward to when you start watching the movie.
When you want chills going through your body, this is the movie to watch. The Gladiator will give you an emotional rollercoaster because it touches your heart. I love this movie and it should be a movie that everybody watches. The DVD should be in everybodys movie cases.
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Kobe
Kobe Bryant was born on August 23rd 1978 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Kobe learned the fundamentals of basketball in Italy when he was just a boy and chose to concentrate solely on basketball when he had his growth spurt at around 11 years old. He dreamt of going straight to the NBA from high school and continued to improve his skills from 11 to age 13 when he knew he could play anyone. By the time he was 14 he was beating his former NBA dad one-on-one and knew that basketball was the sport for him. In the summer of 2003 Bryant reached a peak of media frenzy but this time relating to allegations off the Basketball court rather than successes on it. A young woman called Katelyn Faber, an employee at a hotel where Bryant had stayed, filed a sexual assault claim against the Lakers star, in which she accused Bryant of raping her. Investigation continued into the 2003 - 2004 NBA season before Katelyn Faber withdrew her support for the criminal prosecution. Speculation at the time and since has suggested that this was due to the fear of her personal life been publicly examined. As part of this withdrawal Kobe released a statement in which he said that he believed their encounter to be consensual but that that Faber "did not and does not view this incident the same way that I did." He later settled a civil law suit with her. He has gone through all of these problems and attacks but still manages to be the best basketball player in the world.
Why Am I Special?
What is special about me? I am Catherine. That already makes me unique. I am my own person. I have my own mind. I have my own way of being. Nobody has the same features and characteristics as I do. I am the person that you can come to when you are sad and I do not ask for anything in return but a smile. I am the person that will hide everything because I do not like to see people sad because of me. I am the person that will bite her tongue because I do not want anybody to feel bad. I have learned to be patient. I have learned to show patience instead of snapping on you. I am the person that will have fun anywhere she is because I am thankful that I have the capability to go somewhere. I am the person that loves to watch movies and relax. I can watch movies all day and keep watching movies. Me? I am the person who will work her best to try to make you laugh. I am the person that people think is weird because sometimes I remember about something and I laugh to myself. I am the person who is not afraid to be alone. I can sit alone and I will not feel insecure because I realized that once you are happy with yourself, everybody else will fall into place. I am the person who does not worry about the drama and laughs at it. I laugh at life because I accept that we must die at one time, so I am going to laugh as much as I can. I laugh at life because life is a B**** and you cannot do anything but keep moving forward with your head held high. I am me. That is why I am special.
Pride
Showing pride in your work is like showing your artistic skills. When you put the pride in your work that is when your work will come out at its best. It can take hours, days, weeks, months, and who knows maybe years. It does not matter how long it takes because you are putting your all into this work. It can be a project, homework, or any other type of project. Whenever you put your pride in it, you feel a sense of happiness because you actually did it. You took your time and you made this great piece of work. I love it when I have a project because those are the time where I can show off all of my skills and my creativity. Your mind and thoughts are limitless when you really want them to be. Everybody has their own way of doing things. Everybody has their creativity but everybody is creative. You just have to want to do your best. When I put pride in my work, I make sure that it is the best that I can do because my name is going to be put on that paper or on that project. When people see my work, I want them to love it and see my actual skills. I do not want them to see a raggedy project so they can say that I am not capable of doing anything good or I have no potential. Showing pride in your work eaves your mark so it is very important.
Diversity
Diversity is something that is big in our society. People should understand that diversity is involved in our communities. I hate how people do not understand the deeper meanings of diversity. Of course, people think that diversity is when there is more than one type of race in your environment and yes that is true but that is not the whole meaning, to me. To me, diversity means that there is more than race in this society and we should acknowledge them. Some people are just racist towards other races and that is not right. When people go to college and they see the school they want to go to, they see that the college is diverse. When you see that, accept it! I hate when people go to college and then still do racist acts towards the other races. If you did not want to go to a place where it is diverse, then why didn’t you go to another school where it is only one race? I think that we need to acknowledge every race and accept that our society is not just one race. It is more than one, White, African American, Asian, Hispanic, Indian and etc. Diversity means that you are living with people of different color too. I think that you have to respect the diversity because every race has their reason to be there. We are all equal. We can all be on the same level if we were treated the same and given the same opportunity.
Cooperation
I am a strong believer when it comes to cooperation. I am a person that believes that cooperation is a big part of life because with cooperation brings patience and patience is key. You need patience throughout your life because there will be people in your life that will do their best to make your life difficult. You have to be patient with those people because then that is when you will not be angry at them and you can keep your peace. When I cooperate with people I do not try to do things my way. I like to hear other people’s ideas because when you work together, that is when the product comes out good and the job is done easier and faster. It is hard for some people to have cooperation because they want to do everything their way and they do not care about what other people have to say about the subject. When you do not cooperate with somebody, the product or project that you are working on will not come out the way you planned. Everything will be wrong because you had no idea on how to do something. It will also take you forever to finish with it. When you put more than one mind together, that is when the best work is created. People have to learn how to also be followers and not just leaders. You do not know everything and maybe somebody else knows something that you do not know but they need you too because you might know something that they do not know. It is a win-win situation when you cooperate.
Communication
Communication has evolved over the last 20 years. Everything has evolved in the last 20 years. Things are being invented for any little function and people believe that robots will soon take over the world. That is in the future though. Communication is one thing that has changed drastically throughout the years. The way people used to talk in the 90’s is through house phones. They did not know anything about cell phones. Big blocks were invented as cell phones but it was crazy how people carried those big things around. People used house phones or they just talked face to face. The internet was barely about to emerge in the 90’s but it was not so advanced and not everybody had access to the internet. The computers were also huge. The monitor was like 30 pounds. The communication started to change fast when 2000 came. They cell phone companies were coming out with better ones and the internet was coming around. Now, everything is different in the way that people communicate. It is rare to see people talking on the phone because all they are doing is texting everybody they have to talk to. Instant messenger is big now with kids and communication. The internet, Facebook is another way that people communicate. People do not talk on the phone. They also do not like to talk in person because for some reason, people are more comfortable when they are texting and become more open and blunt with things. I hate the communication now. I love talking on the phone. You get everything said and done. You get your response then and there and you do not have to wait for a text message or an IM.
Friday, November 26, 2010
Teachers & Better Methods
There are a lot of methods that teachers can use to make the education better and more fun to the students. I think that teachers need to be realistic when it comes to homework, especially for high school students. When a student has seven classes, you have to know that it is uncalled for when you give those students double the homework than all of their classes combined. When you give students that type of homework, a lot of kids nowadays will not do the homework because it is too overwhelming and it becomes stressful after a while. These are the things that make kids depressed is that they do not know what to do when it comes to piles and piles of homework. The teacher needs to be fair when it comes to that. I think teachers need to loosen up when they are in their classrooms. When the class is intense because the teacher is showing a lot of tension, the kids also get in a bad mood. The mood of the teacher rubs off on the student and then that is where the problems are because the student and teacher might bump heads but it is the entire teachers fault for having such an overwhelming classroom. It think that the teachers should be in a good mood or at least try to be in a good mood so that the environment for the students are good. I think that the teachers should also try to make their lectures more exciting. Students get bored because the teacher is so boring and nothing gets done because the kid has no idea what the teacher is talking about since it is going in one ear and out the other.
People's Convenience
A convenience changes a person’s life because they start to become greedy. They start to become materialistic. They get involved with their own materials and do not remember that it was not just only that person in their life. There were others in their life but once you start consuming all of these materials you do not care about anybody but yourself because as long as you get what you want, you do give a care in the world about anybody else. People believe that you have to do what you have to and not extras because then you start pumping your head with things that do not even matter. When you start to come to people just for your own convenience, you start to use people and you are doing wrong. You cannot use people just so you can get what you want. That is not a good thing to do because using somebody for your own benefit is being selfish and it’s something that is awful. You will start to lose the people you love because of the way that you treat them, with no respect. You will start being treated the way that you treat them and that is like nothing. You are nothing to them. Once you need the people for something serious, they will not care. The results will be like the story of the boy who cried wolf. You do not want to be that boy, so people should stop doing that. There are other ways to getting what you want and that is working and earning them by yourself.
Achieving Fortune
A person achieves fame by having the fame mentality. They have to have the mentality of a champion. They cannot let anybody put them down because once they let somebody distract them from their fortune and success then the person has already won. You cannot let anybody get in your way of your dreams because you yourself are the only person that has the capability to make it. You do not need anybody else. You only need your mind and your heart. When you have the success mentality you will make it. You learn to not let anything get to you. Once you do make it, you are on the top and the sky is not the limit anymore because the sky is at your feet. One thing that you have to always be though when you do achieve fortune is to stay humble. You have to stay humble because if you are greedy, your fortune will not last. You will not be happy with your fortune but you will be sad and angry. You are not going to love the life you are living because you have lost everybody that was there for you with your greed. You have to learn how to aster these skills so you can achieve fortune. People believe that with the things that they already have, they have achieved fortune and I believe once you are happy and content with what you have, that is when you will live truly happy. You learn to love and be grateful for the things that you have.
Environmental Problem
An environmental problem that we have to do something about is to stop killing animals with our pollution. We are killing both wild and marine life animals. All these companies are building smoke and that smoke hurts the animals that habitat our society. When we pollute, some of that trash goes into the ocean. When we pollute the ocean, marine animals die too. Fish are killed throughout the whole world and they are part of the circle of life. Without some marine life animals, the food chain is thrown off. We also kill them by hunting them down. There are a lot of whale killers out there. They kill whales and get profit off of them. We need to stop doing that because a lot of these animals were placed in this earth for a reason and we are just hunting them and killing them. Marine animals are becoming extinct. Polar bears are becoming extinct because people kill them the last that there are left. Why do people try to kill these beautiful animals? They are here for a reason and we are destroying the way of life. I do not think that us, as humans would not like if some other species would hunt us down and kill us for their benefit. We need to place our feet in their shoes and see that we are hurting ourselves because we are killing off all the beautiful things that reside in our society. We need to act on this quickly because if we keep up with what we are doing, in a long run we are the ones who end up paying the consequences.
Public Health Concern
Teenagers now days are going through a lot of depression in the state of California. It has been a proven fact that kids are being prescribed anti depressants so they can stop being depressed. The kids that actually speak about their problems are the ones who actually get help for it but then you have to remember that there are also kids that do not talk about their problems and keep their depression inside of them. They find a different type of “outlet” to the depression. A lot of them result to suicide or drugs. They think that if they kill themselves then they are going to be better off than being in this world that they believe is hell. They think that the world would be better off without them because throughout their whole life, they have not seen anything but pain and suffering. A lot of kids do not know how to handle the depression that they are going through. They do not know how to fight through it and see the light. They get stuck and lose themselves. The way that they feel is if they are falling in a dark everlasting hole and they do not know what to do because they believe that they are in this world on their own. The public needs to see that that kids now are getting worst and are trying to do anything that is possible so they can feel better. Parents need to be careful because if they do not want to lose their kids to suicide or drugs, they need to change something.
Teenage Smoking
Teenagers now days are going through a lot of depression in the state of California. It has been a proven fact that kids are being prescribed anti depressants so they can stop being depressed. The kids that actually speak about their problems are the ones who actually get help for it but then you have to remember that there are also kids that do not talk about their problems and keep their depression inside of them. They find a different type of “outlet” to the depression. They start to smoke. Kid’s think that smoking helps them forget about all of their problems at home and that they will feel better after. They do not want to tell anyone because they know that if they talk about their depression, their parents are going to be worried and are going to take him or her to a doctor. Some kids are scared of doctors or they just do not care about it and just smoke. There are a lot of kids smoking now days because of the problems that they are going through at home. They like to get away from all of that and what they know how and that is to smoke. What kids fail to realize is that yes they forget about the problems during that time but when you are okay again, the problems are still there. You cannot run from problems because they are always going to be there. Smoking also messes up your brain. You start to forget things that you did not forget before. You start getting slower and you lose yourself. You start to get addicted to it and you start to try other things. It leads to so many horrible things.
Prompt 8 - Math
A lot of people say that math is a really important subject when it comes to the real life. I think that that is true but to a certain extent. I think that math is needed for a regular person but I do not believe that trigonometry and calculus is needed for a normal person with a regular job. I think that the basic math is needed because of course you need to know how to manage your money. The only math that I know that you need is the basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. You will probably need to know some fractions and percents for the simple reason that you might go out to eat and you have to give the waiter a tip. I think that is the only math that is needed because those four fundamentals are the roots to all maths. If you want to do any type of math you have to learn addition, subtraction, division and multiplication. When you go to a grocery store, you need to know how much money you have in your pocket and how much money you can spend because groceries is not the only thing that you have to worry about when spending money. You also have to worry about the bills that you have coming from your home. You need math because you do not want to get ripped off when you are trying to buy something off someone and you give them a certain amount of money and they give you the wrong change. You want to be able to maintain your money in a good way without any problems so you need to learn math because it is very important.
Prompt 7 - People Choosing Their Food.
Everybody has their own opinions when it comes to things they like to eat and things they don’t like to eat. It can all be in the nature of the human body, I mean it is out taste buds in our tongue that actually passes the taste throughout our mouth sending to our brain the signals if we like the food or not. If they like a certain type of food than that is the food that they are going to be eating for a long time or until they get bored of it. Once they get bored of it they start to look for a different type of food. People also choose their types of food but the looks and the smell of it. If a certain type of food looks nasty, people will not try it because in their mind they believe that since it looks nasty it must not be good. The same goes with the smell. If it smells nasty, then they will not eat it either. Well most of the time, if it smells nasty then it really are nasty because it probably goes bad. It is all in somebody’s minds. We make ourselves believe that something is not good but in reality it really is good. We are so used to eating one type of food because we are scared to explore the different types of foods in this world. We get stuck to one and that is the only food that we will eat for a long time.
Monday, November 15, 2010
Prompt 6 - Describe the purposes of the Internet.
The internet is used for a lot of different reasons. People use it for the good and some people; well they do not use it for the good. They use it for the exact opposite of good, the bad. When kids use the internet it is most likely because they are researching something to do on their homework. They can be listening to music on the internet. They can play games on the internet. They can use different websites to do a lot of things. When parents get on the internet they might want to buy something so they look for it on the internet because it is way cheaper than when you go to the store and buy it retail price. There is an abundance of resources and websites when you open the portals of the internet. When you start surfing the internet, you can find anything and everything. You can find the latest news on the celebrities that you love the latest news about the things that are going on around the world. You can be in the United States and you can see what is going on the other side of the planet. There are also crazy things on the internet. Of course one of those things is porn. Anybody can see it if they just find it the same way they look for everything else. You can use the internet to your advantage but some people abuse that privilege and try to mess up the minds of little kids by posting hideous things.
Prompt 5 - Explain, in detail, a situation where a change of plans becomes necessary.
A situation where plans become necessary to change can happen every so often. You have been planning this event for the past 4 months. It is supposed to be the best event of the year. You are supposed to have caterers, tattoo artists, famous people, and the whole shebang. Everything is going in order. You ordered the food that you wanted. The decorations are set up and the dance floor is ready. You are expecting everybody to be there for your birthday because you have been planning this for the past 4 months, but then the day of, it rains and it just so happens that you were going to have your party outside. Everything that you had ordered was only going to be available that day. You cannot do anything about it but just go with the flow. The evening of your birthday, you relax and have a nice dinner with your family. You enjoy spending time with them as they love spending your birthday with you as well. Once the weekend comes, it should stop raining by then so why not throw a little simple party. Decorations are not really needed and you can always barbeque. People are bound to come to your party regardless of the size and the complexity of it. They want to come and spend your day with you because it is your birthday not because you are going to have tattoo artist. When you plan things too much, something is always bound to go wrong but you just have to go with the flow.
Prompt 4 - Describe Your Ideal Vacation
My ideal vacation is on the shores of El Salvador. My family’s home country. I would love to go there on vacation because of all of the different things that you can enjoy there. El Salvador is a small tropical island located in Central America. It is known for the beautiful places that are in El Salvador. When I go there, I want to stay in a house on the beach. The house has two floors, the rooms are air conditioned. They master bedroom has a balcony which views out to the backyard and the ocean. The downstairs has a kitchen, dining room and a bathroom. When you go out to the backyard, the swimming pool is right there. Then a little bit further back is a little cabin like house where you can relax with your family. Then just outside that backyard gate is the ocean. You can hear the waves as they hit the sand. You can walk all along down the beach under the beautiful beaming sun. You can relax on the seats around the pool while you enjoy your freshly cut coconut. El Salvador is known for having the best coconut juice, and once you try it, that is the only drink that you want. You forget about soda and juice. Going to El Salvador is my ideal vacation.
Prompt 3 - Explain Problems That Result From Obesity
There are alot of problems that result from obesity. When everybody started to eat more and kids started to eat more fast food, alot of people started to gain weight. People all over the United States started to see the rapid growth of the obesity level being shown by children, teens, and adults. When this started happening, doctors started to see that this was not going to be good for the health of alot of Americans. Doctors are already telling people that if they are over 25 pounds over their weight, then they are obese. So when people are weighing more than that, they are risking to get alot of diseases that are unhealthy. You can get diabetes because of the sweets that the people
Friday, November 12, 2010
Semester Essay #6 – Good Habits Improve Our Health
There are a lot of good habits that people do to get along with their life as smooth as possible. They do stuff physically so they can be calm, they do stuff emotionally to be at peace, or they keep a good financial budget to stay on top of their money. I believe that playing a port can help anybody feel stress free whenever they need to. I play basketball when I need to relax or if I am going through some issues in my life.
Playing basketball has helped me control my anger throughout my school years. When I get mad the only thing that I do is go get a basketball and start to play. In basketball, since I play the power forward and center I do the dirty work so it’s rough down there. I get to bang around with the other player which helps me release all the anger and pressure that I have inside of me. When I am playing alone, I do my hardest moves because then I can actually burn some of the stress off. I run it all off, I yell and I cry. Once I get tired, I feel so weightless because it’s like a burden that has been lifted off of my shoulders.
The anger that is held within me is all the stress, pressure, and sadness that are brought upon me by my family. When I play basketball nobody is there. It is just me and the basketball in my hand. Nobody can stop me when I am playing basketball. I feel untouchable because the love that I have for it makes me forget about everything else in this world. Nobody exists but the court and the net. Playing basketball has been my get away for years. It is the paradise away from home. I can play basketball for a couple of hours and I am a happy person. Nothing can hold me and the power that a basketball gives me.
Basketball can help somebody release all of the tension that they have. The basketball game consists of running, shooting, and dribbling. When you run up and down the court you are able to show the ability you have. You can go as hard as you want. When you get tired, you get worn out and you do not worry about everything that is going on around you anymore. You feel like if everything that you were frustrated about is not even worth your emotions.
Basketball is the good habit that I recommend people to do when they are under a lot of pressure. The feeling that basketball gives you is powerful and you do not feel impotent anymore. The emotions that are bottled up inside of you will not be there anymore once you are done playing basketball. Guaranteed! You want to have a good habit for a healthy life; basketball is the way to go!
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Memoir
Everybody has been misjudged in some point in time of their life. I have been misjudged a couple of times throughout my life. Walking into a place where nobody knows me, I keep to myself and do not talk to anybody because I am somewhat shy. I show no emotions and this convinces people that I am a mean person and that I am a bully but they are all wrong because once they start talking to me they start to say that I am a nice person and that they thought wrong of me. This always happens because my close friends today tell me that they did not want to talk to me when they first met me because they thought that I was going to mean and that I was going to have an attitude but in reality I am just a big teddy bear that is friendly with everybody. Everybody loves me because I am a nice person and I am a joker. I always make people laugh and I always lend my shoulder to anybody that needs it. I also like to help everybody with their problems that are why a lot of my friends come to me when they are having problems because they find that I can help them and I give them good advice. People change their minds about me once they start talking to me.
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