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I am super excited for this weekend because I am going to visit my family. I haven’t spent a holiday with my family since Thanks Giving it has been a very long time. I get to see my cousin De’Janique who I call my sister because she is exactly 1 month and 1 day older than me. De’Janique and I have been really close and we used to do everything together, but then when I moved to San Pasqual Academy that stopped and now I can’t wait to see her. We have so much to catch up on. Also I can’t wait to eat my Aunt makes the best food I think, I haven’t had a cooked meal like hers in a long time so I have so many things I am waiting to do.

Free Choice Blog Post/ Spa Fest Saturday

Saturday was SPA Fest, it was really exciting. It was a lot of fun to see my mom, brothers, my aunts, and dad. I haven’t seen my brother Kenneth since September, and my other brother Greg didn’t come but I haven’t seen him since I was in the 4th grade. It was irritating because he didn’t come, but either way I had fun with my family that did come. After my brother left, I went on pass with my mom and brother. It was fun because that night my brother Chris and I went to the movies to see Scream 4, but it was sold out so we saw Insidious instead. It really wasn’t scary, I thought that it was going to be super scary because that is what every one said it more crazy then scary. But over all my Saturday was the best so far this year.

“Switch” Play Audience Member Experience

My experience as an audience member at the playwrights project play “Switch”, at first I thought that it was really like it didn’t really have to relate to my life and I thought that it was going to be funny. Once I got into the play I thought that it was bad and it was kind of making fun of foster kids. But towards the middle I felt my self crying at the strongest parts. I think the part that got me the most was when the little boy got taken away from his mom that really hit home for me, and I was crying a lot. At the end I felt really happy that I went because it made me realize that there are other people out there that are like me. When they were talking about statics I learned something I didn’t know. Over all I had a good experience and that makes me happy.

Fourth Quarter Kickoff Reflection

I woke up got dressed went to breakfast, and then went to school. At school all of the sophomores had to meet in one classroom. In the classroom we watched the movie a “Stand and Deliver”. I was an okay movie it was actually kind of boring. Then we split into our teams after lunch. It was pretty fun my team was the best. But I got injured in every sport I played in. The first sport I played I cut my finger, in the second sport someone’s knee ran full force into my knee, and the third sport I got scratched on my arm some how. But over all it was a fun day I wonder who won, my team was the best but we didn’t play team 1 and or team 6. I think that my team would have won!

Fourth Quarter Goals

My greatest accomplishment of the last quarter was receiving only one C for the report card. Some things I did were turn in all of my work, I had my teachers keep updating me with my grades and missing work so that I could turn them in before it was too late.
My goal this quarter is to get at least a 3.5, I want to go for a 4.0. Three things that I will do to accomplish these goals are:
1. I will continue to have my teachers update me on my grades and missing work.
2. I will pay more attention in class and take more notes when it is necessary.
3. I will study more and ask questions if I need to also ask for extra help.

Reflection Paragraph

Teaching the class today was a good but different experience. I say that because first I don’t really like standing in front of people speaking, and I had to read which I dislike with a passion. I feel that it was I did a pretty good job for my first time teaching, but I felt a little embarrassed because the links and things didn’t go the way that I wanted them to. Thanks to my group and my knowledge we switched the assignment into something different and kept the project going. Over all I think that this was a good assignment, I like this project and I think that we should do it more often because it will help us, as a class be better at presenting in front of people.

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During life I have met a lot of different people. I have met people who have only been around for a season. People that have taught me many things on life, being at San Pasqual Academy I have learned the way certain people are, and the certain people I want to be around. Some things I have learned are “you can not trust every one” and to me this means that I have to be careful what I say to certain people, because the moment one person says something to another it can get flipped into something completely different and that is how drama gets started. Also I learned the best way to stay out of drama at SPA is to limited friends who don’t really open their mouth, and to keep a lot of thing to your-self. I say to keep things to your-self because if it gets out you can only be mad at your-self because you’re the one that said something. Also I say to keep a journal or play a sport. I do both because I love to get my anger out in basketball, but I also like to write out the things I cant say to people and hope that one day I can share it with them.

Unfinished

People look and wonder why

Wonder why I do no cry

The tears I had for you have gone away

I am glad to finally make it through the day.

It took some months

It felt like years

I am so glad to be here

I never thought that after you

I can move on

And find someone new

Someone

That loves me the way you used to.

Memorable Valentine's Day

A Valentine’s Day, that I remember I was in the seventh grade, and it was my first Valentine’s Day here at San Pasqual Academy. I remember it like it was yesterday. I woke up and got ready for school as usually, but instead of getting on the bus I went to the office. I watched as the bus left, and waited for my staff Denise to come, and we were of to the Orthodontist. I waited in the waiting room from the nurse to call my name. Thirty minutes later I was called into the back. They put me in this room with 3 other nurses strapped me down, and put a mask on my face. They told me to count down from 100, and the last number I remember id 95, and I think I count that same number like six times. Then I was out like a light. When I woke up my mouth was full of gauze and I could barley open my eyes. The nurse helped me get to the car and I slept all the way home. When I got back I stayed in girls 3 till my house opened. When I was able to go home even though I just got my wisdom teeth pulled, my house had this huge meeting about me being a drama queen, and that is how my Valentine’s Day went, and that is the one I remember the most.

Remember Paragraph

Entering the Poets world, I think that she wrote this poem and published it because, she wanted to let other people form generations to generations know that everything that they do now will affect the future. But also the things that people have done in the past are the reasons why they are at a certain place in their life. For an example, if I was the poet I would have published this because of the same reasons that she did to let other generations know the truth. This poem made me feel different about life, because it made me realize that I take advantage of my life.

Same Song Homework

A time that I felt like I needed a new look was when I got out of a really hard relationship. I felt like a needed a new look physically because I felt that I had to prove to my-self that I can move on past that and that I didn’t need a guy to complete me. I needed a new look emotionally because I knew that if I wanted to get try a new relationship I had to be completely over my ex. I did not feel like I needed to impress anyone nor did I want attention I changed for me, to better my-self. Something’s I did was, change my style, I wore different clothes for about two weeks but then I got the attention I did not want. Emotionally I tried to open my eyes more to see the world also I kept telling my-self that he was not important and that I wasted years for nothing. But now looking back I didn’t waste years he just better prepared me for future. I am now happy with my life and I would not change anything from my past because my past is what got me to the place I am now.

Imagery in a Song

The song the represents imagery in my life is called “Up” from Justin Bieber. A piece of imagery is when he says “We can make the sun shine in the moonlight, we can make the gray clouds turn to blue skies” is meaningful to me because he is basically saying that in the dark time there are possible things that can happen. Another part is “We'll take it to the sky past the moon, through the galaxy” which to me means that nothing in life is impossible and that nothing is out of reach. A part that I really like that means a lot to me is “Baby we were underground we're on the surface now, we gonna make it girl I promise, if you believe in love, and you believe in us, we can go nowhere but up” this part has a lot of meaning in my life because he is saying that they were down and so low but with love they were able to grow above that and they are able to keeping moving forward. Like in my life I have been so down at time but I believed that I can make it above that and I have so there is nothing to do but keep moving forward, or in this case keep moving up. When I hear this song especially, when I am feeling down it makes me want to keep going knowing that I can rise above what ever I was gong through.
Here is a Link to the song lyrics

It's a big big world
It's easy to get lost in it
You've always been my girl (ah)
And I'm not ready to call it quits
We can make the sun shine in the moonlight
We can make the gray clouds turn to blue skies
I know it's hard baby believe me

That we can go nowhere but up
From here my dear
Baby we can go nowhere but up
Tell me what we got to fear
We'll take it to the sky past the moon
Through the galaxy
As long as you're with me baby
Honestly (honestly)
With the strength of our love
We can go nowhere but up

It's a big big world
And I'm gonna show you all of it
I'm gonna lace you with pearls (oh)
From every ocean that we're swimming in
We can make the sun shine in the moonlight
We can make the gray clouds turn to blue skies
Yeah I know it's hard baby believe me (oh)

That we can go nowhere but up
From here my dear
Baby we can go nowhere but up (oh)
Tell me what we got to fear
We'll take it to the sky past the moon
To the galaxy
As long as you're with me baby
Honestly (honestly)
With the strength of our love
We can go nowhere but up
(Nowhere but oh up, whoa whoa)
(Nowhere but oh up, whoa whoa)

Baby we were underground
We're on the surface now
We gonna make it girl I promise
If you believe in love
And you believe in us
We can go nowhere but up

That we can go nowhere but up (yeah yeah)
From here my dear (yeah whoa)
Baby we can go nowhere but up
Tell me what we got to fear
We'll take it to the sky past the moon
Through the galaxy
As long as you're with me baby
Honestly (honestly)
With the strength of our love
We can go nowhere but up

(We can go oh oh, whoa whoa)
Nowhere but up
(We can go oh oh, whoa whoa)
Whoa
(Nowhere but oh up, whoa whoa)
Yeah
(Nowhere but oh up, whoa whoa)
Yeah Yeah

Dream House Paragraph with Imagery

My dream house is a three story mansion. When looking at my house from the outside you see a white house with pink shudders and a balcony surrounding the second and third story. When walking in to my house you see a mixture of bright vibrant colors that just feels so warm. The taste of clean fresh air will feel your nose. When touching the couch the soft and warmth takes over the body with such a home feeling it will make anyone want to stay to live. The smell of fresh apple pie will fill the nose and water the mouth of who ever walks in. The sound of love and laughter warms any heart that walks into my house. To achieve this dream I will stay in school graduate and do just about anything to make sure this comes true, and I will make sure that the things I want I will be able to do.

Third Quarter Goals Reflection

I have three goals for this quarter. One of my goals for the quarter is to get at least a 3.0 I really want to go for a 3.5 or 4.0. I feel that I can go far if I just put my mind to it and don’t get off track. My second goal is to stay out of drama because being on a campus with 164 kids it can get very hard to stay out of drama but it is not impossible. My third goal is to not get on restriction and stay on the straight path that I am on. I know that doing these things will be hard but they are something that I know that I can do. Some things that I have done to start achieving these goals are turning in all of my work and staying in class as much as possible with out having appointments. Also I have done the best on all of my homework assignment and I have been asking if I need help with something I am really going for A’s and B’s. I need to stay more focus when doing my homework and pay more attention in class and prioritize between work, sports, and school. I have a feeling that once basketball season is over I will be able to achieve these goals better. At the end of the quarter I want to be able to look at my report card and be able to say that I did it that was able to achieve my goal.

“Through the Tunnel” Foster Youth Initiation

Even though they don’t have to swim through a tunnel like Jerry in “Through the Tunnel” by Doris Lessing, foster youth are initiated into the foster care system once they are taken and placed into the system. Most people like me were really unprepared. Being taken away from my family was the most life changing experience both negative and positive. There are certain things that I when through first feeling helpless, and lonely. Second after feeling lonely, was feeling unaccepted and un-normal wanting nothing more but to feel normal. Third lost and that is when the anger comes feeling like your family does not want you. Feeling that no one wants you and the anger comes through the pain of feeling neglected. As a result of this initiation, good things can come from it. New relationships can form and you can begin to see you’re self differently, as a positive person who can accomplish anything. After people get past the wanting to be normal and get passed the feeling of neglect they have official been initiated and once they accept that, they can turn it around and change their ways.

"Through the Tunnel" Prompt A

In “Through the Tunnel” by Doris Lessing I do find it very convincing that Jerry took a risk and survives. I was scared because I was afraid that he might die. When he got is cut on his head I thought that it might be over. Also when his chest started hurting even though I was reading it, it felt so crazy because I thought that it was real, I felt like I was in the water with him. The fact the he survives was a complete twist to me, I really thought that we was a going to die and that no one would be able to find him. I thought that there wasn’t going to be an end to the tunnel. In “Through the Tunnel” it really showed that if you just believe your-self that you can do anything that you want, also that anything is possible.

“Through the Tunnel” Prove Yourself Paragraph

When I was 7 years old I was at my Aunt’s house and I was determined to do a back flip on the trampoline because all of my older guy cousins were doing it. They were making fun of me for being too scared and they said if I didn’t do it then I couldn’t jump on it. So I go on the trampoline and I jumped twice when up but I got scared and didn’t do it, and they started laughing at me. I almost started crying but I women up at I decided that I was not go to be scared because I realized I couldn’t get hurt because it would just bounce back. I told then if they wanted me to do it that they had to get off. Not believing that I would do it they all got off. I jumped three times to make sure I was high enough and flipped when I landed I slipped. They started laughing at me because I feel I was upset but at the same time I was happy because I proved to them and myself that I wasn’t scared and that I could do it. Now looking back at it I laugh myself because I was making it bigger then it needed to be. (words:216)

House Symbol

The Lions symbolizes our house which is Girls 102. To most people, this item is just a picture of lions. To us, it represents family and order because in our house Bob and Debbie would be considered the Lion and Lioness also known as the leaders of the pack. We stick together just like in the wild we hunt together and protect one another from others. They guide us to make the right decisions just like the lion and lioness will have to do also Bob and Debbie will go to any extent to protect the girls in their house, just like the lion and lioness will for their cubs in the wild. Our house is the brightest, strongest, pack in the wild also known as San Pasqual Academy

Third Quarter Goals

My greatest accomplishment of the 2009-2010 school year was achieving a 3.5 G.P.A. My greatest personal accomplishment of 2010 was moving on to better things in life. To accomplish my school goal I studied hard and turned in my homework. I stayed focus and I thought about my future and what I wanted out of life. To accomplish my personal goal it took a really long time but I opened my eyes to see what else was out in the world. My Goal for this Quarter is to get back on track with life and achieve a 3.5 G.P.A again.

Three things I will need to do to achieve this Goal.
1. I will be able to stay more focused in school because I am happy with my personal life.
2. I will pay more attention in class and study hard so that I understand what I am learning.
3. I will take more notes in class and ask for help on things I don’t know.

"SPA Movie & Games Day Paragraph."

When I arrived to school on Friday I was expecting to be with all the sophomores in one class and watch “Aging Out”. Instead all the freshman and sophomores we together and we did not watch “Aging Out”. We ended up watching “Freedom Writers”. It was an awesome day because after watching the movie, the whole school went to the gym and we all played sports. The sophomores played basketball against the seniors and won. Then we played against the juniors and we won so I was pretty happy, because basketball is my favorite sport. Then we played volleyball and we lost the seniors won that game. At lunch we had a cup cake eating contest, “who can eat the cup cake the fastest”. I was in the final round but I didn’t win. But that day was fun I love it when we have fun days