New Year's Resoultion

        My New Year's Resolution would be to be happier and be independent. I'm determined to accomplish these resolutions. Another one of my goals would be to be more motivated. I'll like to be more happier because this year has brought a lot of negativity into my life and I want to focus more on my happiness as well as others. I'll also like to be more independent and more motivated in my life because I want to accomplish my goals in life and i can't do that without being independent and motivated.

Freedom of Expression essay

        Freedom of Expression is a big issue especially since the election finished and   Trump won, many protested and police abused protesters when most protesters don't do any harm and this is happening constantly. Which needs to stop if we can cause harm and be harmful to someone we can learn how to unharm. Freedom of speech is constantly abused by police, U.S. Citizens and parents.

                Recently, protesters have been getting badly injured for protesting what they believe is wrong. According to the article, South Dakota people are still protesting since April and it's still going on. Ways that protesters are getting hurt in the South Dakota is some people are bringing their trucks and running over them.The protesters are there to stand what they believe in. Evidence that proves this is that on April 28, 2016 in Costa Mesa, California. A Trump supporter was bloodied, presumably by anti-Trump protesters, during a chaotic scene outside one of the candidate's rallies.

 According to the article, that shows freedom of expression is that demonstrators at the Dakota Access pipeline were shot at with beanbag bag rounds, hit with pepper spray and taken into custody of the police. Also, Police sprayed protesters with water cannons in freezing weather after they tried to dismantle a barricade near the Dakota Access Pipeline construction site. Protest leaders called the move "life-threatening,” but officers say the protesters were being aggressive. These are pieces of evidence that shows that people are being threatened for what they believe in, and this is not acceptable.

          America has increased a huge amount of violence , fatal shootings by police are up in the first half of 2016, as compared to the same time last year, officer shootings have also been on the rise over the past year, many different kinds of violence has also increased for what people believe in. What is most alarming is that these violent acts are not only occurring on the streets, but in the school systems as well. School should be a place where children have fun and learn new things, but violence affects everyone and changes some people.
  People are getting hurt everyday for what they think and nothing is stopping this. Their is many more protest that are happening than just the pipeline and trump rally, this is happening at ever protest where most of them don't cause harm but people who are against protesters cause harm. This also causes more violence because kids are able to see what is happening and the kids are going to act like that when they are grown up also, kids might think that hurting or harming someone is okay.

Best gift I've gotten

 
         The best gift I've ever gotten were tickets to a Justin Bieber's concert. It was so amazing to me because he was touring after he took a break and his tour was called "Purpose tour". My parents gave me tickets to go see him and it was the best time I've ever had. It was a release album party of Justin Bieber's first album party after a while. It was located at Allstate Arena, it was November 18 when I went to his concert. I went to the concert because I was obsessed with him and I still am to today.

Ethan between Us

       




                 Ethan Between Us is a powerful story, told in the absorbed voice of a teenage girl, who discovers the transforming power of frienship and truth. I really enjoyed this book, its one of my favorite books so far. This book has strong characterization and a fresh setting. Ethan between us is a book that is about a girl named Clare who her best friend is Liz and they are going back to school and a boy named Ethan who just moved next door to Liz and Liz was the first one to talk to him. Clare was walking to go get food at a store near by and she hears someone playing music and she found out it came from Ethan house, he was playing the piano. Clare stayed to listen him playing and he stopped. A lot of situations happen and they fall in love but, something happens that ruins it badly.



           

Favorite quote

       I have many favorite quotes but my favorite so far will have to be "God doesn't create a lock without a key and god doesn't give you problems without its solution." To me it means that everything happens for a reason and everything is a lesson for you to learn from. My parents told me this when I couldn't figure something out and this quote has helped me through difficulties in my life and I will keep using this quote. If you ever need a boost or give up on something I recommend you to read this motivational quote.

What I'm thankful for

               What I'm most thankful is everything especially my friends and family because there always there for me when I need them and love me for who I am ,which makes me happy because this generation judges people for everything.I'm grateful for everything that I have such as a house or family that most people don't have . People don't appreciate what they have until they don't have it no more which saddens me because they don't know how lucky they are to have those things that not everyone has. Opportunities I've been given such as education I'm grateful for because getting education will help you in life and get you a great career.

Election Reflection

             My thoughts on this election is that this election made people insecure about their future, because many people did not like what trump or clinton offered and didn't know who to vote for so they chose the candidate that had the most reasonable statements because they felt that they know enough to be the president.My thoughts on the election result was that I was confused on how a guy that called women inappropriate things and he is a drama queen which makes me think how can he be the president of the U.S and be a drama queen. I would like to be able to vote in the next election because most people can't vote because they don't have papers which means their voice doesn't matter which is a lie, everyone's voice matters , no matter what the situation is.The most important thing in a election to me are the people because people have to choose who they want to be their next president who has to be fair to all and respect everyone no matter the problem. I'm sadden to hear that a racist is going to be our leader someone who think he can do whatever he wants to a women or is unfair to all, I know he will be the president of the United States next month but , he is not my president.

Best day ever

  My best day was when I went to sixflags with all my friends and family, it is really rare that we all go together and have so much fun because we get to finally have fun all together without any distractions for a day. It was so much fun , we had a blast, we all went on rides together like whizz and go karts, we laughed so much . We were really thankful that we got to spend time together because we haven't in a long time because we are really busy. It is a day I won't forget.

News article

                Have you ever been robbed?

     When students found out that their money had been robbed most we're frustrated and most also thought it was ridiculous. A girl in 8th grade said that "I was angry because I was looking forward to Springfield " and she also said that " I was also furious towards those at the office because they didn't keep it in a safe place". Another girl that this has happened to said " I felt very disappointed because I trusted them with my money" and also she also said that , " I was wondering who saw it, and how did they find it?!". She was furious that this happened and later found out it was a joke it was just a lesson for a class. She also said that she felt like her money was just a toy to play around with.

    After the students have been through teachers or staff in school such as Mrs.Hauer had told the students " it was a lesson for ELA ", 90% reactions of the students felt that they were ridiculous because it's different for money than a lesson. Another girl at the school said that "She will never be able to trust them again and that they shouldn't do this for a lesson because our parents worked for this money and not for it to be played around.

    If we ask the staff on what they thought, the principal Mrs.Boutet said that at first when she found out about the money being stolen she was "frustrated and inquisitive " she also said that " I was brainstorming ways for students to still attend the trip and as well to investigate the situation further" another staff member named Ms.Belkov said that " at first I was disappointed that students began pointing fingers at each other, as well as at teachers and staff members. But I understood their frustration "

    Here's what some staff said after they found out the money wasn't stolen . Mrs.Boutet said "Once I heard this was false and that students were informed, I was relieved and happy that everyone could attend the trip", another person that was informed before the situation happened that already knew it wasn't stolen said "I was happy to see that most students understand the lesson we were trying to teach them and hope they will not forget them not that this "experiment" is not over. 

Throwback Blog

                             One of my very favorite childhood memories would be going to Disneyland on my birthday because it was special to me because they took me to the fireworks and celebrated my birthday at disney and that was our first time we went to disneyland. Another one of my favorite childhood memories was when my grandma visited us from mexico to spend her time with us, it was her first time coming to visit us and it meant a lot to me because that was the first time I met her and the only grandma I met besides another grandpa when I was really young. My favorite movie back then was "The Polar Bear Express" and  it still is to today as well as my favorite sport back then and now is volleyball and basketball. Another one of my favorite memories that's still is to today is that we go to WIsconsin Dells every year three times because its fun and relaxing being away from school or work.

Positive by Paige Rawl

       
 

                      At first when I started reading this I thought this was an interesting book by the summary of the book in the back cover. As I started to read further the book got boring for me because she was just in school until, she was getting bullying which is inappropriate because people bully others when their down so, they try to make others feel down for they can feel better which is just going to make them feel worse because if they take their lives because of something the bully said guess who is going to be guilty the bully. I personally think no one deserves to be bullied even if they're bully's because bulling is an inappropriate thing to do and they shouldn't bully someone because they don't know what a person is going through.When I was close to the end of the book, I was starting to love the book because it was such a good book but, what i can't believe is that this is a true story which makes me sad because bully's are basically killing people to feel better which I hate. I also, can't believe that Paige and her mother were going through a lot because of the bullying and brought it to court because nobody should get bullied over something that wasn't their fault.The jury didn't want to make a case for it ,which the judge should feel bad because kids are killing themselves everyday because of bullies which is unacceptable .Paige didn't want to fight no more because it took her education from middle school and half of her high school year fighting for bullying to stop.Paige started to take weight off her shoulders because she went to a new school with new people and the school that did not accept bullying which was perfect for her, she had a great memories in that high school.Life was starting to be just fine for her.

Blogging Tips

              A blogging tip I think I would need to improve is to start using pictures. I chose this because It might help most people who read my blogs or post understand more and photos can also help catch attention to the readers because photos stand out more than words.I also chose that I should improve in pictures in my blog because pictures can also try to let the reader know what I'm trying to tell them  and showing them what my post is about or what I'm trying to say like I said.

             Another blogging tip I think I need to improve on as well is commenting in other peers or other people blogs . I believe I should improve this because commenting in other blogs can help the writers next time when they're writing another blog.This can help others as well because they can help let the other readers too help them understand when they're reading the writers blog because commenting can actually help improve and help the writers blog become better than they thought it would be.You should I also read your comments people add to your blog to help you as well.

People say the best places to go to is Paris because it's the place you might find your soulmate or the Eiffel Tower because the magical city lights up the tower.Another place people say to go to is Cape Town because sporty with all the fun activities out there.Stylish because there's many stores to shop around that have nice style of clothes.Stunning because of the view that are there at sunset the view is amazing, sociable because Cape Town is full of people from different places to different personalities.


A place I would love to go to is the Bahamas because the Bahamas weather is excellent because it's nice and sunny outside almost everyday, the beach look spectacular because theirs white sand with turquoise water which is just stunning because there's rarely a beach like the Bahamas beaches.There’s also wonderful places to go to like the Bay Street where they sell very stylish items/clothing.You could also go scuba diving which sounds so much fun because theirs so many fishes that you can't find almost everywhere.I really hope I'll get to go there when I'm older because it's sounds like the most fun thing in the world with all the activities to do out there at Bahamas.

The Outsiders

      Ponyboy is a significant character in The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton because People judged him because he's a greaser which is a level that is poor people,but he's a good kid who just happened to be at that level and care too much and like the level he's at.Ponyboy is a greaser who is fourteen years old,long hair and has green-grayish eyes.Conflicts that he has are that he has problems with Darry,they don't get along great,he also has problems with the Socs, and last of all,Society Perception.Signficant Statement that has happened around or in this story that involves Ponyboy would be “Stay Gold”,“Maybe the two worlds we lived in weren't so different” and, “The only reason Darry couldn't be a Soc was us."The language of greaser is weird and they had no education because some couldn't afford it,it sorta sounded like older times .Ponyboy thoughts were different than others because he has deeper meaning to things that others didn't.His motivation I think would his gang or his brothers because Darry is maintaining him alive and soda pop also helps his gang maintaining alive as well.Ponyboy actions that he has done would be That he does what he feels is right, he cares for everyone in his gang which would be Steve,sodapop,two-bit,dally,Darry,and Johnny.Another of pony boys actions would be that he wasn't good at school because he missed a lot of school and if he didn't miss school he'll get bad grades.

Chopsticks

       After her mother died, Glory retreated into herself and her music. Her single father raised her as a piano prodigy, with a rigid schedule and the goal of playing sold-out shows across the world.Now that Gloria is a teenager she has disappeared.They're are flash backs to the events leading up to when she disappears, I see a girl on the precipice of disaster. Brilliant and lonely, Glory is drawn to an artistic new boy, Frank, who moves in next door to her. The farther she falls, the deeper she spirals into madness. Before long, Glory is not able to play anything but the song "Chopsticks." Gloria reality is not reality at all.The author lets you decide if Frank  is real or not,at first when I read this book I thought frank was real but as I looked closely I saw things that make the story I thought change.Chopsticks is a challenging book because you don't read it,instead you read the picture, you have decide what is happening while reading the story.You'll like this book because it's is very detailed in the pictures and very good book to read as well.

Expectations for the Future

            My Goal would be to get into a great Medicial School such as John Hopkins Medical School and Loyola university to be able to see that all my hard work payed off. Becoming a Physician will be hard, but it would be worth it. I want a job that can support my family and I. Also a job that I'll love to do. I believe the career I will persuade is to be a Physician.It will take a lot of years to become a physician,
         I can picture myself one day at at a hospital working as a physician helping patients. I will love to be a physician because I want to take care of people before they get ill.Being a physician is important to me because it is my dream job that I've always wanted to be since I was 10 years old.