Monday, November 9, 2009

Hero Project Reflection


To me a hero becomes a hero by the way they are with others, how they put their self before others and treat others like they would like to be treated also how they inspire more then one person. For example the reason why my mom is my hero because I really don’t know how I would be with out her, she has a huge impact on me. And she is also my hero because I never met someone that been threw so much and still stayed strong like she did, and because she tells people her mistake and helps hem try not to do the same.

The Hero in My Eyes project was a project for us to choose one person in our life that we taught was a hero. We couldn’t just say “Oh my mom is my hero,” and not have a reason behind it. We had to have a good reason why that person was our hero, and we also had to choose one moment with that person that made them a hero. The reason for that is because in our writings we were only talking about one moment but we had to make sure by the end of our story it told us why that person is your hero.

The whole week that the class had to work on this I wasn’t here because I was sick, and that did effect me because I wasn’t able to get other peoples perspective on my writing. That also put me behind because I was so caught up on doing my other stuff that it put me behind a little bit. Now knowing how that effected my grade I know next time I should try hard to meet the requirements. Because even though it was late I still got half credit but my grade could have went up if I just turned it in.

This project also made me realize more on how good of a mom she is. Like when I interviewed her I learned some new stuff that I didn’t know which made me thinking of her as an even stronger women. A big challenge with me for this project was choosing one moment. Like I couldn’t really just think of one moment that my mom did something, she does it everyday. And another challenge was that I wanted to say so much more about my mom but I knew I just had to talk about a few things my mom does. I think this was a good project, I wouldn’t really say I would want to change something about it. But just on my part to try harder even though I was absent I should have been able to turn in my stuff on time. The way this would help me later is because I used a little bit more sensory detail so that’s a sign that my writing is improving. And that going to help me for more writings that I am going to do in my future.

I would say I used wonder. The reason for that is because when I was writing and interviewing my mom and stuff I would wonder to my self why my mom would do this, why would she do that. What if she never did this how would I be. So it made me wonder a lot. And also when I was writing I would wonder what I should put in my writing since I had so much. So those are the ways that I used wonder in this project.

My Character Sketch

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Character Sketch

“I Don’t Know How to Give Up”

“I don’t know how to give up. It’s my kids that keep me standing cause I can’t stand by myself” she said dazing off into space, with her glass of wine in her right hand and the other placed gently on her lap. Trying to avoid making eye contact I asked,

“How do you manage to play the mom roll with three jobs? And is it hard being a single parent?”

She paused as her dark chocolate eyes started to water and replied, “It is hard being a single mom because raising a family isn’t meant to be done by your self. And I manage to play the mom roll by reminding myself that I have the jobs to support my kids. ”

I felt like the only thing that really matters to her was my brothers and sisters and me. There are reasons behind everything she does, the main reason being for her kids. Knowing that she’s always been there for us and always will be there for us, makes me understand more how I should be there for my family too.

Just by watching her face expressions made me realize how good of a mom she is. It made me want to try harder and not give up. It reminded me of the time where we were struggling the most but she still managed to get us through that stage. It really is amazing how she does the stuff she does. I never met someone as strong as her, and I am very thankful she’s my mom.

She sat their with her long brown hair waving down her shoulder, the light glared off her face making her freckles pop out more. Staring at her made me realize how life is hard and how you need to work for what you want in order to be successful. She’s always encouraging me not to make the same mistakes she made.

Thinking back on the time where I was having problems with my dad, my mom was the only person that I was able to talk to that would understand the situation since she had the same problems with him. She was always the person to ameliorate the situation, the person that I could always rely on to help me with my problems.

I would constantly ask myself this question that I often thought of.

“So mom, who’s your inspiration?”

“In everybody close to me there is a part of them that inspires me to do the right thing, to be a good person. But I can’t really say that there is one person that is my inspiration.” I notice it took her longer to answer this question, then the other ones I asked her, like if this was something she didn’t really think about.

Hearing that made me wonder more. It made me think about how she became the person she is. With everything she been through I would think that she would have already given up. But she proved me wrong. She showed me that you don’t need money to be happy, that all you need is a family or friends to love you and be there for you. That also taught me that I need be their for family and friends when they need somebody too.

I could honestly say that with out my mom I don’t know what I would have done. She is one of the main reasons why I’m not giving up on life. I am who I am because of her. She taught me wrong from right. Even though I grew up in a bad neighbor hood she still was able to keep me off the streets.

Monday, November 2, 2009

Catching the signal from one of her friends, Jeanette brushed her skirt, took a deep breath and walked towards where he was sitting. She saw him look at her with a big smile, her cheeks got as red as a rose. Then she looked back at her best friend Adriana not knowing what to do, and just took out her phone to try to cover up that she was nerves and keeps walking towards him. She was scared that she was going to say something wrong or the whole thing was going to go the wrong way.
"Hi Chris." You could tell by the tone in her voice that she was nervous.
"Hey, are you okay?"
She didn't know what to say. Because in reality their was something wrong, but she just didn't know how to say it.
"No, I'm fine"
She wanted to get it over with and just wanted to tell him that she liked him and that she wanted to go out with him, but if she told him she thought that she would sound desperate. So she was hoping that he would just get the idea but he didn't. At this point she just wanted to leave cause all they were doing was standing their in silence and she didn't know what to do.
Acting like she received a text Jeanette said "I have to go my mom just text me, I'll see you tomorrow kay"
"Okay, but can I call you tonight I wanna ask you something important?" he asked her.
"Yeah, but can you call around 7:30 cause i have cheer practice today" she said with a smile.
"Okay, well yeah bye" he said giving her a hug.
She walked to the car waiving bye to Adriana with a big smile. As soon as she got in the car she started thinking about what he was going to ask her. What if he asked me out tonight, she was thinking with a big smile on her face. That was the only thing she could think of during practice.
After practice she was sitting their like a calm cheerleader looking at her cell phone waiting for a phone call from a boy she really liked. Right when he asked her if she wanted to go out. Her heart dropped. Said yes super fast. And now it was official Chris was her boyfriend. she was the happiest girl in school the next day

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Sometimes you have to learn the hard way.

Sitting down in the back seat looking out the window. Thinking about everything that happened to me this past year. Not knowing what to do, sitting there so confused. Wondering to myself, “Is this normal, for all this to happen to a 13 year old?”

Through out my life I either had people getting locked up, or passing away once a year. Last year one of my dad’s friends who were really close and friendly died. I still remember when we had gone to the hospital, and as soon as I walked in I felt this pain in my heart. But this year having two deaths in my family was even harder. My great grandma passed away in March, then my cousin passed away three months after that, I wasn’t ready for all that. Then, at the beginning of this year my cousin went to jail, and my uncle also going to jail right after my cousin’s death, and my other uncle went to jail this year. I still can’t believe that all this stuff happened within half a year. As I was thinking about all this stuff in the car and asking god “Why did this have to happen to me? I'm only 13.” Looking out the window and seeing families all happy, and at the kids walking down the street with smiles on their faces. Then looking at my reflection on the side window, it was the opposite. I still remember everything like it was yesterday and just thinking about it makes me feel like a part of me was gone.

Sometimes you have to realize stuff the hard way. That moment when I was thinking about all this stuff, I realized that life is hard. People will pass away, and you have to stay strong, and those people would rather have you living happy than be sad for the rest of your life because they passed away. And you’re just going to have to overcome that. You have to be grateful for everything you have. Be grateful that you have people that love you, because some people don’t have that. Now I realize what they really meant by saying live everyday like it was your last. You have to be grateful that you’re living another day, because some people aren’t able to. This whole time I was realizing all this stuff I was starting at the clouds, thinking about everybody that I lost through out my life.

This period in my life was hard, but it made me realized a lot of things. And while I was in the car I notice my mom looked at me and I could tell that she knew what I was thinking of, because she keep telling me that ill be okay, and everything is going to work out. All this stuff made me stronger, it showed me how to be more grateful, and it showed me how to be there for people like I would want them to be there for me. I’m thankful for everything I got, I’m thankful for my family that was there for me, and I’m also thankful for my friends that were there for me. It showed me that they were true friends.

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

The Locker Proble

1 4 9 16
1o 1o 1o 1o
2c 3c 2c
4o 9o 4o
8c
16o

In my group we figured out that the lockers that are going to be opened are the perfect squared numbers. The reason that is because every perfect squared has an odd amount of factors (See the example on the bottom if you don’t understand why they have an odd amount of factors). It's like a pattern opened, closed, opened, closed, etc. If there is a even amount of factors then its going to land on a closed, and if theirs a odd amount of factors it's going to land on a open. Like the example above those are perfect squared numbers, and the o and c stand for open and closed. As you could see all of them land on open. For example after 16 it's not going to be touch anymore because the 17th student would skip it, so that means it wouldn't be touched anymore, and then 18 would skip it to, and so on. At the end of this all we came out to 31 lockers being open because that it the last perfect squared number that doesn't equal more then 1,000. And if we if it was 32 squared then the sum would end up being more then 1,000

The number 16 has an odd amount of factors and 15 have an even amount. The factors for 16 are 1, 2, 4,8,16 and the factors for 15 are 1, 3,5,15. As you could see for 15 the factors each have a pair, 1x15 & 3x5. But if you look at 16s factors they don’t each have a pair. It’s 1x16, 2x8, but what about the 4. The four doesn’t have a pair. That is the reason why perfect squares have an odd amount of factors

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

T-Ray

"Where in the hell is that little girl?"
T-Ray said out of anger, not knowing what to do. Ha was so mad that he couldn't find her so he started throwing stuff around. Then he goes to Lily's room one more time and re-reads the note, he got even more mad and saw the jar by her window and throws it at the wall. starting out the window he started thinking to himself "What am I gonna do now?, her dumb ass probably left because what I said about her mom leaving her. She going to have to come back, she don't got nobody but me"

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Order of Operations

1. 4(2+3)-10+9^2

2. 2^2+6-5*2

3. 2*6+12/2=18

Monday, September 7, 2009

My Favorite Fictional Hero

My favorite fictional Hero is Batman.

The creators of batman are Bob Kane and Bill Finger. What's really interested me about batman is that he doesn't have any super powers. Every comic super hero has some kind of super power, and he doesn't. That's one of the reasons why he's one of my favorite fictional heroes. He basically showed that you could be what you want to be, that you don't need to have a super power to be a super hero, to go for your dreams. He had two side kicks which were Robin & Bat girl, but his main one was Robin. Batman's secret identity is Bruce Wayne. When Bruce Wayne was a child, he saw the murder of his parents. That's why he is a super hero now, that's why he helps save people & fights villains. He has a positive attitude on kids.

Batman got really popular in 1940 when he got his own comic book, and till this day he still his. The last movie that came out was The Dark Night and that was a really big hit, a lot of people went to go see that movie meaning that they are still fans of batman. 

Friday, September 4, 2009

What does Math & Physics mean to you?

What does Math mean to yo?

To me math is about numbers. As you get older and you go to higher grades math gets more difficult. I remember math used to be lik
e 4+4=8, now its harder it has variables and more. Math is every where, sometimes your doing it and u don't even know. When your paying for something your doing math. To me math is one of my favorite subjects because its kind of a challenging but its also because it always been more interesting for me. Its interesting how all this stuff works, how you could do different problems and it would equal the same thing. Math is a big subject, one thing you do leads to another.

What does Physics mean to you?

I don't really know what physics is. Im looking forward to learning more about it. Right now all i know is that it's a type of science. I don't know what type or anything thats why i am looking forward to this class. Physics class is going to be a new experience for me so that going to be interesting. But yeah thats pretty much all i know.

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

30 Things You Didn't Know About Me

  1. I been cheer leading for 5 years
  2. I speak Spanish
  3. I have 2 Brothers & 2 Sisters
  4. I went to High Tech Middle Media Arts since the middle of 6th grade
  5. My birthday is on the 4th of July
  6. I was Born in San Diego
  7. My favorite number is 07
  8. I was Raise in South East San Diego
  9. I used to play Base Ball & Boxing
  10. My Favorite color is Blue & Green & Purple
  11. I'm going to be a aunt
  12. I'm 14 years old
  13. My other favorite number is 13
  14. Im taken by Aaron
  15. I like hanging out with friends
  16. I like hanging out with my family too
  17. Favorite shoes are Nike's & Converse
  18. Favorite type of music is Hip Hop & R&B & Oldies & Rap
  19. Favorite sport to watch is Football
  20. Favorite NFL team Is Oakland Raiders ever since i was a kid
  21. I'm Short 5'2
  22. Loves Jamba Juice
  23. The 2nd Youngest Out Of 5 siblings
  24. I went to Language Academy from Kinder to Half of 6th grade
  25. Got braces in March of 09
  26. I used to dance BalletFolklorico & Hip Hop
  27. I'm the 2nd oldest out of my cousins on my mom side
  28. I have a different mom then my 2 oldest siblings
  29. I was in a car crash with my older sister
  30. Loves Money$$$