Paragraph- Future

I genuinely believe that I will achieve all my goals and even more in the future. This past year has given me so much insight of the what the future holds. One insight is, how much you have to be determined and focused to stay on top of school work and extracurricular activities. Another thing is, balance. In my case I was juggling many activity's at once such as Basketball, Keyclub, and school. I eventually found equality between all of them and was able keep my grades in good order. Since I found these things I know that in the future to apply these skills to my college career. Another important goal for me is to become valedictorian of my class and to leave SPA with a exquisite reputation for my future achievements. Anything is possible if you put your mind to it. So I will do anything in my power to make my future bright.

Romeo & Juliet - Love at First Sight

I do not believe in love at first sight. For example, in this movie Romeo crashes the Capulets party and spots Juliet prancing around in a robe dress. Then he starts going off about how he never felt so much love at that very moment. This makes me furious. He just saw her this makes no sense to me he does not even know her name at this point, and he is already confessing his love. I understand that this is a story and in some cases this just might happen, but come on! Furthermore in the story Romeo decides to boogie down on the dance floor with the rest of the crowd and just so happens that his dancing partner becomes the one and only Juliet. Then this character that has nothing to do with the plot comes on screen singing for hours. Then all the sudden the two "meant" two start searching for each other in the crowd jumping and knocking over people. Then they found each other and he grabbed her hand and she pulled away! Then they start having a conversation about sinning. Then they kiss! They just said that in touching of the flesh and caressing of each other was a sin, THEN THEY KISS! What goes on in Shakespeare's head beats me but this just does not happen . I can't express how much This story really irritates me.

Personal Changes Blog Paragraph

 When I was a freshman, I was quiet, anti-social and didn't like to be around a big group of people. Now, It's the end of the year and I'm more confident and I don't spend most of my time on the outside of conversations I'm mostly in the middle of them now. For example, When people used to talk about themselves and want to have a full on conversation with people I would be the first one out the door. This shows that, I was would get really nervous talking about myself to people. In addition, I like talking to people now and getting to know people on campus because I see them everyday. This also shows that I have prospered in my social skills and enjoy being around my friends. By my senior year, I hope to be the ultimate socialite and get to know every before I leave SPA.

SPA Policy Blog Paragraph

One policy that I wish could be changed is the self pass rule, because I believe that some fifteen year olds are responsible enough, and more mature than others.
Currently, this policy states that you had to be 16 to go off campus by your lonesome and to go off campus with your friends without a staff.
One reason it should be changed is some 15 year olds are able to handle the responsibility and trust that is required of them in order to get this privilege. 
If this policy was changed, I would definitely try to get this privilege pronto, because I've always wanted to know how it felt to be by myself at SPA without a staff lingering around in my alone time.

Ironic Story Blog Paragraph

Once upon a time, there was a young couple and they lived in Bronx, New York in 1986. They had three young kids and the dad had 2 jobs. The mom always took advantage of that and could never really keep a job to save her life. To relieve stress both of the parents had a therapy of their own. The dad played the lottery and the mom ate truffles and she wouldn't share with any body. Eventually, the bills of their therapy's started to rise. The dad said that she had to stop buying all those truffles because they were really expensive. She told him that if she had to stop buying truffles he had to stop playing the lottery. They both agreed. The dad had different idea's and decided that if she didn't find out he could keep playing. He was always a big dealer when it came to dishonesty. The mom was the one who always decided to make her own plans but now she told herself that she was going to stick it out if he was with deal. One day, The mom was washing clothes and came across the receipt with the price of a recent lottery ticket. She was furious. So she marched on down the to the corner market and bought twelve boxes of Truffles. She went home and cleaned then she waited in the kitchen and started eating the chocolate luxury's. The dad came in and saw her eating. For an instant he was raged then he realized that in his back pocket was the lottery ticket he had just bought. He understood that she found out and he felt ashamed of himself. He apologized and so did she. In the end the lesson is you can't demand something then turn around and do the exact same thing. Hypocritical.

Spring Break Blog Paragraph

During my spring break my mood was boomeranged between relaxing to exciting. For example, I got to have the experience of going to Hollywood with the high schoolers in my house. The outing was really fun because we got to spend time with our house mother Debrah. This just shows that being responsible can give you great results in return. In addition, I also had the advantage of going to a Key Club convention in Santa Clara. This is event was an abundant experience that I was glad to have the satisfaction of going, and getting to know my fellow key clubbers from other districts. This just shows that being a key clubber gives you a lot of opportunities to travel to places and become a better leader in our community. Looking back I realize that I had a exceptional spring break and I can't wait for Summer to come.

Dragons' Den First Semester Week 17: Free Choice

For my topic this week I chose to talk about the movie my house chose to watch this week for our outing. We went to go see Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. It was probably the best movie I have seen this year. It had a lot of action in the movie and I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. My favorite part of the movie had to be when Ethan (the main character) was going up the side of a 130 story hotel building hanging by just one of his high-tech sticky gloves. I like this movie because the suspense of what would happen next just killed me and I really enjoyed watching this movie with both of my houseparents and the whole house. I recommend that everyone should go and see this movie.

Dragons' Den First Semester Week 13: Saturday

My favorite thing to do on a Saturday is sleep.I like to do this activity because I can be in my own world nobody can disturb me. During this activity I usually dream about flying away from this place and never coming back. I do this activity between the hours of 11:00 pm To10:30 am the next day. I enjoy this activity because it's a break for me as it is for everybody else. I hope to do this activity again so I can have enough energy tomorrow for school.

Dragons' Den First Semester Week 11: Sports & Grades

Students should have good grades in order to play sports. One reason, is students shouldn't be let off easy just because they are on a team.Another reason, is they should want to be more motivated to keep their grades up if they are on a team sport. Additionally, since I'm in a sport I'm still expected to keep my grades up and still give my all on the court. In conclusion, all students playing sports should follow their sport goals and still be able to maintain 2.0 GPA.

Dragons' Den First Semester Week 8: Friends or Adults?

I think close friends are more important to me. They grow up with you and know what your going through at the same time. One reason, is because they can empathize with on your problems and they're able to comfort you more. Additionally, adults are supposed to be there for you where as you can find your good friends on how much they are there for you. One last reason, is friends are more fun and adults are sometimes always serious and they can only sympathize to an extent because every situation is different.

Dragons' Den First Semester Week 7: Would You Rather?

I would rather be caught singing in the mirror because being caught spying on your crush just makes you look like a stalker. I would only want to get caught singing in the mirror if I was singing good. I've been caught singing in the mirror plenty of times before so it wouldn't be anything new to me.I think spying is way off the charts and you would be considered as an creeper.I would guess that you don't have a life and you spend your free time looking at people through their bedroom windows.Singing in the mirror would be less embarssing and exceptable for me.

"Marigolds" Summary Poem

Great Depression
Lizabeth
brother
bored
Miss Lottie
flowers
pebbles
throw
John Burke
innocence
ashamed
behavior
mother
father
4 A.M
Miss Lottie
rage
Marigolds
destroys
sobbing
face
regret
compassion

Dragons' Den First Semester Week 6: Campus Donations

I felt really grateful that they spent their time and money to give us what we needed. I got pencils,pens,and a new binder that I use in school everyday.When I saw the people that gave us the donations at the ceremonies I gave them all my attention in the audience and I clapped to show them appreciation.

''Marigolds'' Lizabeth's Shoes

I chose prompt B because I have had many situations where my grandma was worrying about the bills and how she was going to pay them.She was a foster mom of six children, but when my brother,sister,and my younger brother got moved into different homes all of their checks got taken away. So my grandma had to live paycheck to paycheck and we had to compromise a lot. I started to work for people at my church by cleaning their houses or washing their cars so that I could give the money to her at the end of the month so we could have a little bit extra. At first, I was always the youngest and didn't have to do anything but when people started packing their bags and leaving I had to grow up and help my family. I still help my grandma a little bit because I moved out and that's even more of a check that she doesn't have anymore. I'm glad I'm able to help because she was always there for me when I needed something.

Abc's About Me

A good singer at heart
Basketball is my favorite sport
Cats are one of my favorite pets
Docious is my nickname for myself
Elephants scare me
Fashion is my love
Glee is my favorite t.v. show
Harmon was my old history teacher
I love New York
Jasmine is my roomate
Kit Kat bars are my favorite candy
Listening to music is one of my favorite hobby's
Milk is my favorite beverage to drink when I eat cookies
Nora is one of my best friends in my house
Ocean's are something I would never swim in again because of all the bacteria
Polka dots annoy me
Queen bees, I have never seen one before
Red is one of my favorite colors
Strawberry's are my favorite fruit
This is it Micheal Jackson movie is one of my favorite movie's
Umbrellas are useless to me
Vacant parking lots terrify me
Waking up early in the morning is not my favorite thing to do
Xylophones are interesting instruments to me
Yelling is my pet peave
Zebra's  are my favorite east African anlmal

When the going gets tough

My life lesson that I learned the hard way was when I was sent to juvie for shop liftting from sears and I got caught. I used to think that I would never get caught. I was out with friends and we went to Jamba Juice and I spilled Smoothie all over my shirt I and thought O well I'll just get another one. So we walked over to the Sears and I put the shirt in my bag but I didn't know that they were actually watching the cameras. So I was stopped at the door and they searched my bag and I was caught up. So the police took me to the station and they let me call my grandma but they wouldn't let me go home. I had a court date they gave me sixth months in Juvenile hall. It wasn't that bad but I never want to go back. Now I know to not be that stupid because I wasted that much time I could of been with my family.

My favorite shoes

My favorite brand of shoes is Converse. I like this brand because I feel that it goes with every outfit that I wear. This is my opinion but I think that Vans are wore out. In case you haven't seen them, my shoes have a black rim around the border of the shoe. They are all black with a 3-D pop out stamp on the side. The original maker of the shoe is Chuck Taylor and I think he is pure genius. I was proud of myself because I recently bought a pair of Converse with my own money and I don't go a day with out cleaning and wearing my shoes. I wish I could have all the Converse in the world in every color.

syllabus paragraph

I agree on the fact that you have a doghouse in class. I think that it gives people a chance to get on track. I also agree on the grading rubric because 100% is an A, in most classes 90% percent is an A. I think the easiest part of this class is spelling and the vocabulary cards because I remember the words easily. I like the fact that you take late homework that is another opportunity to catch up in class. I agree on the fact that we have tutoring time after school and during lunch. I like the idea of doing partnering notes I find that complicated and efficient the same time.

My conflict

When I was younger my grandma used to take my brothers and sisters, and I to Palomar observatory. My grandma took us late fall so I thought that it would be warm enough to wear shorts and a tank top. As we drove up the mountain it started to get colder and colder the higher we got. By the time we got to the observatory I was freezing cold. After, we got out of the car and started to play in the snow. It was the first time seen snow in my life. Eventually I forgot that I was cold and kept playing in snow. I guess I over exaggerated a bit. In the end I had a great time with my family and a nice snow day. Maybe if I’m lucky I could go back someday enjoy another one. The lesson I learned was to always be prepared.

First Day of School

Waking up on a Monday morning, a beautiful day ready to sleep in because I think that I still have at least one more week to enjoy summer. Then I hear a knocking at my door. It's the over night at 6:30 in the morning telling me I have school that day. Way to be shot down off my sleeping throne. First, I get up and drag myself to the shower and preparing to take a steaming hot one just to wake me up. After I'm done with my shower I do my morning routine brush my teeth, acne cream, and do my hair. When my routine has been completed I try to pick out the perfect freshmen fied out fit. Then I head to the cafe and sit with my future classmates in high school. My first period is math( my least favorite subject). My teacher is Mr. Fenick. My first impression of him is that he's very energetic and forward with his class rules. We mostly went over the syllabus and did some multiplication. Then the bell rings and I am so relieve to move on and see what my other classes will be like. My next class is geography with Mr. Kruger. He's pretty cool and lay low, he gave us a lot of information about himself.There’s only five people in our class so I think that I'll understand more about the subject when we actually start working. My next class is English with you Ms. Priester. I think it's really awesome that everything is on computer. I know that I said that in the last letter but I think that it saves the planet even more. We will probably get things done more proficiently. My next class is P.E. I love this class because you practice for the sports that are going on campus. Except everybody says that sometimes Coach Burgo goes little overboard. Next, leaves lunch. I'm glad that I have lunch with the upper classmen because they are more mature. Then I have Earth Science with Ms. Davis as my teacher. I think her class will be the hardest because I never did do good in science before, but maybe this year will be different. Last, but not least that leaves Mr. Beedle. He's really fun to be around. He speaks Spanish sometimes and I don't really understand what he's saying. I'm going to like being in his class because I love art. I can't draw but I’m going to try my hardest to make the best out of drawing even if I get frustrated sometimes. That was the first day of high school for me and I say that it was pretty good for my first day as a Freshmen.