Last Sunday was the 45th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday. I think that it is crazy what happened to the people. They stated that the people were ran over by cars and hit with night sticks. These people were not doing anything that was going to harm others by having a march. All that they wanted to do was have the people hear what they had to say. They had no weapons on them they just wanted a peaceful protest. When I think about it, its crazy what these people had to do for us to be able to vote. The discrimination against these people was not needed. I believe that people should always put there selves into other people shoes. Would the people that did the harm to these people like it if the same thing happened to them.
When you think about it we have come a very long way. Everyone is able to vote as long as they are the age. If you walk into a class room you see all types of races attending the same school. We even have our first ever black president. Some times we will think that we have not come too far, but when you really think about it we have come very far. All races are able to vote and laws equal for each race. There is no law just for blacks or white or Puerto Ricans everyone is equal under the law.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Friday, March 5, 2010
SOTA's Mission Statement
School of The Arts Mission Statement: OUR MISSION IS STUDENT SUCCESS... ACADEMIC, ARTISTIC, AND HUMANISTIC.
Is School of The Arts really fulfilling their mission statement? Our students are very successful when it comes to academics. Most of the teachers really care about their students and they want us to do good. Our academics at SOTA consists of math, english, science ,social studiesand a language. Languages that students can study are french, latin and spanish. With providing a form of language to study it can give students better help when it comes to them being able to apply for a job. A person that is able to speak more than one language is better qualified for the furture.
Our school helps students be successful artistically. We are an arts school. The majors provided are creative writing, dance, drama, theater technology, vocal and instrumental. These are majors that students choose from. Students that attend this school must part take in one of these classes. These art classes hold back many students from graduating. When it comes to SOTA art is a way of expessing ones self. Arts can help students open up and associate with people that like the same hobby as you.
I do not think that SOTA helps students be successful humanisticly. Humanistic is when aspects of human intrest and values are the center of life. If one were to spend a day at our school they will find this out. Yes, our school is not a school that has fights everyday, but students are not respectful to one another. Students think that other students are different for what their values are. SOTA staff does not always respect their students belifes or their values. Not all people have the same values so it can be difficult to accept others for what they believe. I think that SOTA has a long way to go in order to have success humanisticly. But there is no reason to think bad though if all the students would come together and wanted to see change in there school then we could most definatlly be a success in humanistic. If our school is not willing to change and accept their peers values then I think that we are going to need to go back to the drawing bord and think about our missions statement. The only way that we would be able to do this, is if our elders show us the right things to do. It wont hurt if we try. If we want this to be our missions statement then we need to look around and see what we are doing that is wrong and try to fix it. Nothing is impossible if we just believe in what we say and accept eachother for who we are.
Is School of The Arts really fulfilling their mission statement? Our students are very successful when it comes to academics. Most of the teachers really care about their students and they want us to do good. Our academics at SOTA consists of math, english, science ,social studiesand a language. Languages that students can study are french, latin and spanish. With providing a form of language to study it can give students better help when it comes to them being able to apply for a job. A person that is able to speak more than one language is better qualified for the furture.
Our school helps students be successful artistically. We are an arts school. The majors provided are creative writing, dance, drama, theater technology, vocal and instrumental. These are majors that students choose from. Students that attend this school must part take in one of these classes. These art classes hold back many students from graduating. When it comes to SOTA art is a way of expessing ones self. Arts can help students open up and associate with people that like the same hobby as you.
I do not think that SOTA helps students be successful humanisticly. Humanistic is when aspects of human intrest and values are the center of life. If one were to spend a day at our school they will find this out. Yes, our school is not a school that has fights everyday, but students are not respectful to one another. Students think that other students are different for what their values are. SOTA staff does not always respect their students belifes or their values. Not all people have the same values so it can be difficult to accept others for what they believe. I think that SOTA has a long way to go in order to have success humanisticly. But there is no reason to think bad though if all the students would come together and wanted to see change in there school then we could most definatlly be a success in humanistic. If our school is not willing to change and accept their peers values then I think that we are going to need to go back to the drawing bord and think about our missions statement. The only way that we would be able to do this, is if our elders show us the right things to do. It wont hurt if we try. If we want this to be our missions statement then we need to look around and see what we are doing that is wrong and try to fix it. Nothing is impossible if we just believe in what we say and accept eachother for who we are.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
What I Spend Money On
The bell has just rung school is over the weekend has came, thank god. I walk out the big glass doors to outside the soon to be spring air comes upon me. I am ready to leave school, and have a great weekend. My mom picks up my brother and I and we are on our way to Wegmans to pick up our checks. Oh yes our checks, you know what that mean money, money, money. Hey when you are 16 what expenses do you have? none really right? None, you can put some in the bank, but there are weekend that you can treat your self to something nice, right? Yes. I arrive to Wegmans and pick up my check, I open it and there is a hundred dollars there for you to spend. Well it is the weekend so you really don't have to do anything. My brother looks at me and suggests the mall. I mean why not right. I have my money in my pocket and I am thinking about what stores I would like to go to and what I want to buy. I make up my game plan for what I am going to buy.
I arrive to the mall with my brother and we think about where we want to go first. The clothes in the mall just have a way of talking to you for some odd reason. It is as if they want you to buy them.They just have a way of telling you how cute you would look in something. It is as if they say:
" It is okay you can afford me. I am on sale too, so why not right. I mean what harm am I to you?" You think to yourself should I do it, it is really cute and I can wear it to school or church. I always think of where I can wear this outfit is it something that I will just wear to church or to school. When it is an outfit that you can wear anywhere it is even better reason to buy the outfit. Then you buy the outfit, it is like one of the best feelings to me to buy an outfit. Yeah you do hurt because then you don't have that money anymore,but when you put that outfit on for the first time you just know that it was all well worth the money that you spent for it. You keep looking around in the mall and you come across Aeropostale and I love to buy hoodies and sweat pant from there and there clothes always have a way of talking to me. For some reason with this store I always seem to leave with a bag in my hand.
Every weekend I might go to the mall,but you have to make sure that you save some money too. You should always save money for that rainy day. If you work hard for your money then you should be able to treat you self at times.
I arrive to the mall with my brother and we think about where we want to go first. The clothes in the mall just have a way of talking to you for some odd reason. It is as if they want you to buy them.They just have a way of telling you how cute you would look in something. It is as if they say:
" It is okay you can afford me. I am on sale too, so why not right. I mean what harm am I to you?" You think to yourself should I do it, it is really cute and I can wear it to school or church. I always think of where I can wear this outfit is it something that I will just wear to church or to school. When it is an outfit that you can wear anywhere it is even better reason to buy the outfit. Then you buy the outfit, it is like one of the best feelings to me to buy an outfit. Yeah you do hurt because then you don't have that money anymore,but when you put that outfit on for the first time you just know that it was all well worth the money that you spent for it. You keep looking around in the mall and you come across Aeropostale and I love to buy hoodies and sweat pant from there and there clothes always have a way of talking to me. For some reason with this store I always seem to leave with a bag in my hand.
Every weekend I might go to the mall,but you have to make sure that you save some money too. You should always save money for that rainy day. If you work hard for your money then you should be able to treat you self at times.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Fashion Tips
Some Fashion Tips
- wear color near your face
- long sweaters make you look shorter than you really are.
- try some things that you don't wear all the time, change things up sometimes
- when applying eye liner do not add to much.
- try to use a black or brown colored eye liner, makes eyes appear lighter
- try to avoid salty foods, they can cause puffiness in the eyes
- drink plenty of water to help maintain healthy and strong nails
- do not over accessorize
- your bag does not have to match your outfit or your shoes
The Life Of Rochester
Living in Rochester, New York winter always seems to never end and our summers are way too short. All you see outside it snow. It is the end of February and there is still snow on the ground. I am sure that there is going to be snow in the beginning of March.
I hate having to wear a coat everyday and boots. When you still have to go to school even if you come to school with five minutes to spare you still need to go to your locker to put your coat away. It just takes time that you do not have.
You really can’t do any thing in the winter but sledding and it’s not even worth it at times. All of the preparations that you need to do just for twenty minutes of fun. You think about it you have to wear layers and layers of clothes. Sometime if it is really cold you have to put about four pairs of pants on three shirts with a sweeter on top. Now lets not forget your coat that you need to wear. You also need to put about three pairs of socks and make sure that your boots are warm and water proof or if not you have a major problem. After those minutes of fun you have a huge load of clothes to wash when you get home.
Even though winter can be so bad and you have to wear a lot of extra clothing material just to keep warm. There are some benefits to the winter
time. You are able to unwind and relax from your busy summer. It is the perfect time to sit on the couch cuddle up with a great cup of coffee or hot chocolate whichever one you like
better. I would say that my favorite is French vanilla with a little bit of
whipped cream. The winter is a time that you are able to sit down and read that book that you have been dying to read, but you just don’t have enough time. Or you can watch that movie that you have wanted to watch.
You have all the time in your hands that you need. Winter is more of the relaxing type of season of the world. You are able to build on your relationships. The only bad thing is that there is not a lot things that you can do because lets face it we still live in Rochester, New York. There is not that many fun things to do here period, but what can we do about that nothing right? I think that we should just take life with all the different obstacles that it has for us to over come. Just take everyday on day at a time.
Even though we might not like the long cold winter season we still have to live right so just live your life to the fullest. No matter what the weather is. Yeah we might not like to have to wear the coats and boots, but if you really think about it we would complain even if we had summer all year round. We would complain that it was too hot or that we don’t like the hurricanes and tornados that happen in the hot places of the earth. On positive it that we really only have snow, wind, run and sun shine to worry about. Yeah there are negatives to living in Rochester but there are negatives to living anywhere.
I hate having to wear a coat everyday and boots. When you still have to go to school even if you come to school with five minutes to spare you still need to go to your locker to put your coat away. It just takes time that you do not have.
You really can’t do any thing in the winter but sledding and it’s not even worth it at times. All of the preparations that you need to do just for twenty minutes of fun. You think about it you have to wear layers and layers of clothes. Sometime if it is really cold you have to put about four pairs of pants on three shirts with a sweeter on top. Now lets not forget your coat that you need to wear. You also need to put about three pairs of socks and make sure that your boots are warm and water proof or if not you have a major problem. After those minutes of fun you have a huge load of clothes to wash when you get home.
Even though winter can be so bad and you have to wear a lot of extra clothing material just to keep warm. There are some benefits to the winter
time. You are able to unwind and relax from your busy summer. It is the perfect time to sit on the couch cuddle up with a great cup of coffee or hot chocolate whichever one you like
better. I would say that my favorite is French vanilla with a little bit of
whipped cream. The winter is a time that you are able to sit down and read that book that you have been dying to read, but you just don’t have enough time. Or you can watch that movie that you have wanted to watch.
You have all the time in your hands that you need. Winter is more of the relaxing type of season of the world. You are able to build on your relationships. The only bad thing is that there is not a lot things that you can do because lets face it we still live in Rochester, New York. There is not that many fun things to do here period, but what can we do about that nothing right? I think that we should just take life with all the different obstacles that it has for us to over come. Just take everyday on day at a time.
Even though we might not like the long cold winter season we still have to live right so just live your life to the fullest. No matter what the weather is. Yeah we might not like to have to wear the coats and boots, but if you really think about it we would complain even if we had summer all year round. We would complain that it was too hot or that we don’t like the hurricanes and tornados that happen in the hot places of the earth. On positive it that we really only have snow, wind, run and sun shine to worry about. Yeah there are negatives to living in Rochester but there are negatives to living anywhere.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Tom Tancredo literacy test
Tom Tancredo stated a week ago that he wants to bring back the literacy test for voting rights. I think that he was serious about this but, i don't think that it is a good idea. When someone relly thinks about it people fought for these right and died so that all people could vote. Now after all that hard work they want to bring back these test, so that people can't vote. Tom stated that if a person does not know how to spell or say vote that they should not have the right to vote.
To me I think that there should npot be a test. I believe that he should step into the shoes of those people that want to have the right to vote. Yeah they might not be able to pronounce it correctly but that should not stop them from voting. I am a Puerto Rican and i think that we should not judge someone by where they come from more on what they bring to the table. I would be very disappointed if they did bring back the literacy test. The people that come here not to bring trouble, but rather to live a better life than what they had. This topic of literacy test does not only concern hispanics, black , it also concerns white people. People of there kind, some of them can come from Italy or Poland and they all have accents or speak another language. Would those people get the privillage to vote just because of there skin color? I think that Tom Tancredo should really think about what he is saying and put himself in those other peoples shoes, to see if it really is fair or not.
To me I think that there should npot be a test. I believe that he should step into the shoes of those people that want to have the right to vote. Yeah they might not be able to pronounce it correctly but that should not stop them from voting. I am a Puerto Rican and i think that we should not judge someone by where they come from more on what they bring to the table. I would be very disappointed if they did bring back the literacy test. The people that come here not to bring trouble, but rather to live a better life than what they had. This topic of literacy test does not only concern hispanics, black , it also concerns white people. People of there kind, some of them can come from Italy or Poland and they all have accents or speak another language. Would those people get the privillage to vote just because of there skin color? I think that Tom Tancredo should really think about what he is saying and put himself in those other peoples shoes, to see if it really is fair or not.
Monday, February 8, 2010
Conformity
"Our desire to conform is greater than our respect for objective facts."
- Margaret Drabble
I would have to say that conformity is an act that people do not know that they are doing it. It is something that comes natural to people we do not really think about it when we are doing it. many people are very quick to judge before they even know anything about that person. I know that at times I will do that. It is not like I mean to do it. A great example that I like the type if style that people have. When some have a type of clothing article on others are quick to judge. lets take for example you see a girl with a Apple Bottoms outfit on the thing that might pop in your head is that they are ghetto. The bad thing about that is that you are judging a person by what they are wearing and not by their personality. You need to know the true facts before you judge someone. It is just like judging a book by its cover, just because the cover is boring that does not mean that the book will be boring. We need to stop being so judgmental.
- Margaret Drabble
I would have to say that conformity is an act that people do not know that they are doing it. It is something that comes natural to people we do not really think about it when we are doing it. many people are very quick to judge before they even know anything about that person. I know that at times I will do that. It is not like I mean to do it. A great example that I like the type if style that people have. When some have a type of clothing article on others are quick to judge. lets take for example you see a girl with a Apple Bottoms outfit on the thing that might pop in your head is that they are ghetto. The bad thing about that is that you are judging a person by what they are wearing and not by their personality. You need to know the true facts before you judge someone. It is just like judging a book by its cover, just because the cover is boring that does not mean that the book will be boring. We need to stop being so judgmental.
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