Descriptive essay

        The first week of winter break I was trying to finish the rest of the work I had to do for adult school.  The next week I was just home watching Netflix. The last week I went out with my friends. I also went to do my nails and to the mall. The winter break felt really long, I even felt like going back to school. But now that I am actually in school I would to have a break. This break over all was good I got time to spend with my family and I enjoyed Christmas and New Year’s.

            The first week was the most boring week. I had a lot of work to finish, adult school work. The work was mostly balancing equation and chemistry stuff, so the work was really frustrating. Although the work was very frustrating I still managed to try and finish because I did not want that D that I had in that class. I want to be done with the adult school homework by the end of the semester. I hurried up to finish and I finished. This week was not interesting at all but I did accomplish a lot.

            The next week I was at home watching Netflix. I was watching House. I was trying to finish all the seasons but I didn’t because there were too many. This show is so great it’s kind of like Greys Anatomy but it is way more interesting. This show is interesting to me because it involves medical case that cannot be solved but other doctors. It’s even more interesting how house the doctor solves these cases; he just has an epiphany and knows what is wrong with them. He also takes risk that can cause them death but he is always right so that has never happened.

       The last week I went to the mall with my mom. I bought a couple sweaters and then we went to go do our nails. We went to a nail salon on 3^rd street I really like this place because it’s never packed. We did not wait for them, the immediately did our nails once we had chosen the color we wanted. Later on we went to go eat to chipotle. I was the best burrito I’ve had; I haven’t had chipotle in a long time that’s why I think it was so good. Then we walked around for a while and then went home. This last week I also went out with friends, I was to trying to enjoy the most of the last week I had of winter break. We had gone to the beach, Santa Monica beach. We went into the water but we were mostly at the pier. At the pier we played the games at the arcade and we also went on the small rollercoaster. We went to go eat burgers and then we went home.

         In these three\ weeks I wish I could have gotten more work done but I didn’t. I wanted to volunteer but I would get lazy. Although these weeks I did not volunteer I did find a volunteer opportunity at children’s hospital. I was really excited because I had been waiting for this opportunity. I was also disappointed because they were only accepting 50 applicants so that meant I had to hurry up.

                                                  Civil Disobedience

                Henry David. Thoreau, Mohandas k. Gandhi and martin Luther king Jr., these are people to admire. These 3 men fought separately for what they believed in. When they fought they did not use violence they used civil disobedience. By civil disobedience I mean that they protested for what they were against. These men faced consequences such as beatings, imprisonment and even death. There are a few people of maybe not even one person that would be able to go through what these men went through. These men are all inspiration to the people. Mohandas k. Gandhi was inspired by henry David Thoreau and martin Luther king was inspired by both Mohandas k. Gandhi and Henry David Thoreau.

                   Henry David was born in concord Massachusetts on July 12, 1817. He studied at Harvard College between 1833 and 1837. Thoreau was an American author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic and a historian. Thoreau was a very bright student and is one of the most famous American writers. Henry David Thoreau was incarcerated in the year of 1846. Thoreau was arrested because he was boycotting. He refused to pay tax to the state. He refused to pay tax to the state because he was opposed to the U.S war with Mexico. He believed that this war was an excuse to expand America’s slave-holding territory. The police in concord had offered to pay the tax for Thoreau but he refused that therefore he was forced to spend the night in jail. Until one night in July 1846 someone paid the tax, allegedly his aunt. From this night in jail, there was an inspiration for the essay referred to as “resistance to civil government”. In this essay Thoreau quotes “government is best which governs not at all”. By this he is saying that the government should not even govern because it brings no good and is making America a much worse place. “I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward. It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right.” He is telling the people that we are human beings therefore we deserve rights. So we should be able to have these right ergo, we should fight for these rights and not let the government give us “rights” that they think are fair. During these times there was a war between the U.S and Mexico. Many as well as Thoreau thought that this war was being fought to expand its slave holding territory.

               Mohandas k Gandhi was born in the Indian British Empire on October 2, 1869. He was the leader of the Indian Independence Movement. Gandhi was raised in a Hindu merchant family in western India. He trained law at the inner temple. Mohandas k. Gandhi was an Indian fighting for his rights. He was fighting for Indians independence from the British. Gandhi was a lawyer fighting for the rights of Indians. These Indians were living under a racist and repressive government. Gandhi was the leader of a campaign called Satya grana (noncooperation) this was active during the years of 1920s to the mid-1940s during this Gandhi was arrested and imprisoned for his actions. Although violence was used against him he encouraged his followers to hold on to the principles of non-violence resistance. “Everywhere wars are fought and millions of people are killed. The consequence is not the progress of a nation but its decline…” Gandhi is encouraging non-violence to his followers. He is telling them that violence will not help the cause. Violence will only make things worse and will destroy the nation. During these times the British were in control of the Indians. They had no respect towards the Indians nor towards their beliefs. To insult the Indians the British would make them grease their bullets with pig grease. Although the British knew that touching such thing was against their religion they did not care. The britsh would discriminate the Indians and also treat them unfairly.  

                  Martin Luther king Jr. was born in Atlanta Georgia on January 15, 1929. He was an African American pastor, activist, humanitarian, and leader in the African- American civil rights movement. Martin Luther king was a leader of the U.S civil rights movement in the 1960s. During the 1960s there was a lot of segregation going on. Martin Luther king Jr. as well as Gandhi and Thoreau also committed to the non-violence movement. In April 1963 he led a campaign which was made to try to end racial segregation. King was making a peaceful march when the police fire hosed on them and arrested them. While he was in jail he wrote a letter explaining his philosophy on non-violence resistance. “In no sense do I advocate evading or defying the law as the rabid segregation would do. This would lead to anarchy”. He is explaining how he does not use violence how the system uses it because that would only lead to caus. During these times African Americans were said to be “equal” as the white men but were not treated as such. The black men were not able to have jobs that the white men had. Children of color would not be able to go to a school of white kids. Children of color would not be able to play with white children. African Americans would not be able to sit in front of the bus but would have to sit in the back of the bus. This was done to discriminate them and treat them as they were less than the white men. These rules they had were strictly enforced if anyone would disobey them they would face consequences.

       All these three men committed to the non-violence movement. They all achieved great things. Although Martin Luther king did not get to completely end racism he did get to get the African American more rights. African Americans are also not viewed as badly as they were. I am not saying that they are not still discriminated but now African Americans are becoming successful people. Know there are more laws that protect African Americans and also other minorities, so that makes disciminating minorities harder. Martin Luther king has a great legacy because he was able to stand up and talk what he thought, he was not like the rest he has courage. Although the war continued henry d Thoreau made a huge impression because he stuck to what he thought what was right. He did not back down even when they had incarcerated him, and that is what make his legacy even better. Mohandas k. Gandhi is hedge worldwide. For people around the world Mohandas k Gandhi means peace and a powerful force against oppression. Gandhi is also remembered by not only his actions but also his words. Gandhi once said “YOU have the power to create the world you want to see in the world.” He is telling the people that they have the power to change the world he is not saying that he will be able to change the world but is saying that the all should try “to be the change they want to see in the world”.

              In my opinion these men all accomplished great things. These men should be even more admired because they did not use violence but they got their point across to many people. Out of all these three men I mostly admire Gandhi because he was a great leader for the Indians. He had great says that touched many people.  “An eye for eye on makes the whole world blind”. He is referring to his non-violence movement. Saying that violence will not solve anything, so there is no point in using violence.

Autobiography

 

 

                                                                      

                                           

 

            My father helps me academically.

He helps me academically by giving me advice when I need it. Also by encouraging me to get good grades and graduate high school. The elementary school that I attended was vine St.  Elementary school. The streets it is located on are vine and Barton. This elementary school is located around the Hollywood area. It was a very good school, I loved going it was a lot of fun. The middle school I attended was Bancroft middle school. This junior high is located on Las Palmas and is in the Los Angeles are. Sadly I was not able to stay there the three years I was supposed to. I attended there my 6th grade year and half of my 7th grade year. For the other half of my 7th grade year and for my 8th grade year I was homeschooled. My favorite subject is biology. I like biology because I find it interesting how things inside and outside of the body work. Although I failed first semester I still enjoy the subject. The subject itself wasn’t hard what was hard was the teacher. I had mr.

Shake sphere, which he is pretty much the hardest teacher so hardly anyone passes that class.

                                  I would say that an influential teacher is one that is able to handle many kids and still keep everything under control in the class room. What I’ve learned throughout these years is to never procrastinate because you will forget what you have to do and never get it done. In the future I see myself in medical school, graduating from medical school, or having something with the medical field. I describe myself as a student that is willing to try their best to achieve what they desire. Moreover I am a student that completes their work. I do not play any sports because they minimize my time for homework and I am also currently taking adult school. I am thought in a program that will help me go to college. This program encourages me a lot to do well in school. 

                    I learned to speak English around the ages of 1 or 3 years old. I learned to read English at the age of 5 which was when I entered pre-kindergarten. I honestly do not remember what grades I received in junior high because there was a lot going on in my life at that moment. My main goal in this class is to learn the material and to pass with an A or B grade. Another goal for me is to learn new material that can become useful to me in life.

Essay Promt

                            I think that we should boycott advertisements because just because some celebrity says that they use the product does not mean that it is guaranteed satisfaction. For instance the people that own the jaguar sport cars use David Beckham to promote their car but it does not necessarily guarantee that the car is really as great as they are persuading us into believing. They are just trying to fool us by using the famous football player David Beckham. Jozui is arguing that advertisers make us believe that celebrities use products or consume products to persuade us into buying them. She is suggesting that we should boycott this type of advertising. I agree with Jozui, the product may not even be good at all but because a celebrity gives a testimony we fall for the advertising and buy the product. The product can also be harmful without you even knowing it, but you trust the product because a celebrity has approved it. For example Coca-Cola is very harmful it is known to increase the risk for cancer, dehydration, bone damage, and many other medical conditions. But people ignore that fact because of the famous person advertising it.   

                 In this article it says “a tennis pro gets stamina from brand x cereal”. This might not even be true but because they are showing us that a celebrity uses it we believe that it is true. This might as well be false advertising. This is another reason why we should boycott to not be fooled anymore by these advertisers. We should boycott to help others too, if we start boycotting then other people will notice and they will also no longer be fooled. We see famous people advertising anything like food, cars, and even toothpaste. So by this we know that famous people would advertise anything for a little extra money. But honestly I can’t blame them, but that is why we should boycott to not let them do these advertisements.

               We should all tell our friends and family the reasons why we want to boycott so maybe they will join. Soon if we boycott, these advertisements may start to fade. Almost every famous advertisement has a famous person in them. They use the famous person just to catch our attention and persuade us.

MLA Citation

 

                                                    MLA Citation

 

 

                     Latino Voices is a book about writing’s by Latino authors. The book includes writers like Sandra Cisneros, Luis Rodriguez, Victor Hernandez Cruz and Piri Thomas. These writers are born in the United States and some are immigrants from El Salvador, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico and other Latino countries .This book contains fiction, nonfiction and poetry. The writers speak on the struggle of being a Latino and an American. They speak on racial issues, the American dreams and the division of ethnicity. Other topics are also the increase of poverty and aids, love, hope, family relationships and death. This book contains fiction, nonfiction and poetry. Latinos, Latinas and Hispanics make up a diverse cultural group in the United States.  The Census in 1990 counted more than 22 million Latinos. Latinos are not a race but they are a mixture of European, African, and Indian. They are blue eyed, blond and of German, Russian, French, and English ancestry. Although Latinos are classified as Hispanics by the government many of them don’t think of themselves as Hispanics they identify themselves from their national groups, groups such as Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Chileans, and other. Latinos speak Spanish but there are different versions. Latinos are from diverse religion, they are catholic, Christians, Jewish and Muslims.  In my opinion there is a struggle in being a Latino. We as Latinos do not see many other Latinos being politically involved, being doctors or millionaires/billionaires. In Miss Representation a woman said “we are what we can see”. So by this it means that if we can see someone being something then we become inspired and we will become. So out there in the world there are not many successful Latinos so we as Latinos cannot become inspired.

                     Many Latino communities are stereotyped; they are seen as communities that have violence, abusive of drugs and welfare.  The culture of Latinos cannot be ignored. They cannot be ignored because of the food, language, murals, religious iconography and music. These things have traveled out of their communities and into the rest of the U.S. But there are not only those Latinos there are also Latinos that live in the suburbs these are the upper and middle classed Latino families. These are the ones that represent the American Dream. These Latinos are supposed to live in the “ideal” communities but they are often faced with racial segregation, negative stereotypes and prejudice. So by this Latinos are often isolated or they lose their ethnic identity. Latino men are often seen as the ones that have the most power in the household. Women as seen as the caregivers they stay at home to take care of their children, household and to take care of their husbands. But the American Society has changed everything, women now want an education. I think is how it should Ove been since the beginning but it is good that they realized that it was time from them to get an education.

                    Unfortunately it seems that Latinos do not see the importance to talk about the infection of HIV and AIDS. Most Latinos know someone who is infected with HIV. Latinos that are HIV positive are faced with double prejudice by the public. This has led to Latinos rethinking what they feel about gays, prostitutes and drug addicts. Latinos are stereotyped as lazy or unambitious. But Mexican, Mexican Americans and Central Americans have had a great contribution to the economy of the United States. Latinos have done labor jobs than Americans refuse to do. Families that work in fields have moved from to state to state each season to work for fruit and vegetable growers. This has affected their child’s education but this is the work cycle that gives them food.

              Latino immigrants often speak Spanish only, but their children learn English at school. The second and third generation Latinos often speaks English only. However most Latinos are also bilingual they speak Spanish and English. Many Latino and Latina writers have blended the two languages and have created “Spanglish”. But throughout the country some schools have adapted an “English only” environment. By this we see another form of racial segregation because they are saying Spanish is not allowed and that is not right. I think that my generation of Latinos and the future generation of Latinos will help not to stop but to reduce the racial segregation. We will be able to do this by becoming more politically involved and become more successful.

Aparicio, Frances. Latino Voices Brookfield, Connecticut: The Millbrook, 9-21-14.

 

"what is an American?"

                                                          “What is an American?”

 

                     An American is one that comes to America and lives like an American. Even if they came from another state they are still an American. You are an American if you live like an American. “He is an American, who, leaving behind him all his ancient prejudices and manners, receives new ones from the new mode of life he has embraced, the new government he obeys, and the new rank he holds”.  Americans are ones of different races. “Here individuals of all nations are melted into a new race of men, whose labors and prosperity will one day cause great changes in the world”. People from all over the world can be an American they just have they have to embrace the American culture. You do not have to be a specific race to be an American.

                An American is one that is free. We are free because we have the freedom to vote. We can choose what goes on in our country. For example who can choose who our president will be or what proposition we accept and which one we don’t accept. An American is one that has rights. Like it says in the declaration of independence we have the right to alter or to abolish a government when it becomes destructive of these ends.

These ends are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. So we are our government or so how they make us believe.

                 An American is one that loves America and that is proud of this country. In America religion demands little of a man. There is diversity in religion. You are not expected to be a certain religion or to not be a certain religion. You are free to choose your religion. Whether you are catholic, Christian, it does not matter. You may not be accepted but you will have the right to be an American. An American is a new person that acts upon new principles.   You are not expected much of people when you are an American.

                      To sum things up being an American is being used to diversity. Americans are used to diversity because here in America there is a lot of diversity, there is diversity in religion and race. If you are an American then you are going to be treated equal. If you are an American you have the right to get an education and acquire the job that you desire. You will never be denied an education because of your ethnicity or your preference for religion. This will not happen because if you are an American you have rights.an American is one who is free.