Friday, November 26, 2010

If I Could Spend an Afternoon With One Member From My Extended Family It Would Be..

If I could spend an afternoon with one member from my extended family it would be my cousin Kayla. I would spend that afternoon with her because out of all my extended family she's my favorite cousin. We have a lot of things in common, we click, we can go on and on about any subject and she's really cool to hang out with. We would probably go to a movie and then just hang out afterwards. We both like nature so we'd probably go chill at the park or go to the beach and have a good time. It doesn't matter what we do we'll still have a good time. We barely see each other because she lives in Lancaster, but we talk almost everyday. We try to visit each other as much as possible.

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Would I Visit The Moon?

Would I visit the moon? No, because it's too risky to fly up there, anything can go wrong. Of course I want to see how it is to be outer space but anything can and possibly will go wrong. I would love to see all the stars and everything else out in outerspace. I'm so used to being on Earth so I'd rather just stay out here than go out there. I don't want anything to go wrong, or anything bad to happen so I wouldn't go.

Ways a Person My Age Can Earn Money.

     Ways a person my age can earn money are either babysitting, doing extra chores, or helping people. Since I'm fifteen, there's a number of things I can do to earn money. Babysitting is the number one way to earn money for people in my age group, it's a quick way to earn money. Some parents will give you extra money if you do extra chores around the house. Even helping elderly people do things around their house: cleaning, throwing things in the trash, helping them with groceries, or helping them period, you can earn money from that.

My Favorite Season

My favorite seasons are winter and summer. Why? Because I like the climate of both seasons. Winter, its cold and it's the time for Christmas. Winter time I get to wear all my cute scarfs and boots and winter wear, and look really pretty for the cold season. I just wish that it snowed in California then I could really get the winter feeling. Winter is the ultimate best season. Summer, it's hot and it's the time around my birthday and the long summer vacation. Summer is the time where you can go swimming, go to the beach, and other things that involve the outdoors. Summer is my favorite because its the time where ican spend time with my friends, and just have a good time.

If I could be on any game show, it would be...

 If I could be on any game show, it would be Family Feud. I would want to go on Family Feud because I like the show in general how it's family oriented. I would want my family and I to go on there just to test our smarts and see how well we can compete against another family. While we're on the show I'd try to get everyone on my team to strategize really good, and use their brain so we can get most or all of the answers right. We will put our heads together so that we can be certain that our answers are right. Being on that show proves how well you can function in the presence of your family.

What I Like Best About My Home.

  What I like best about my home is how it's my home, it's just me and my dad so it's not crowded. Its always clean, so I barely have to clean up. My room is my quiet place, I'm always in there. It fits me and my personality: cool, calm, and collective. What I like best about my home, is how it has family photos, On the wall it has photos of every family member, well just about. Its just a place that I love to be in at all times. I'd rather be home than go out with friends.  My home is my relax spot, comfy couches and beds, shoot even the chairs are comfy. I love my home.

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Writing Prompt #7: Some People Go Right On To College After High School; Others Take a Year or More Off To Work or Travel. Which Do You Think Is a Better Choice?

High school graduates every year have three choices to make when graduation day approaches. They can either: go to college, take on a job career, or don’t do either and just sit around all day. In my opinion, going to college is what’s most important and all those other activities can occur later on. Going to college right after high school gets all of your work out of the way first before you start going into something else. So it’s better to go to college right after high school.
     Going to college right after school gets everything that you need to take care of out of the way. If you put it off until later, you’ll keep putting it off, and eventually you won’t feel like doing it then you won’t go to college. You’ll be procrastinating until time is up. Going to college right after high school is important because if you really want to make something of yourself, the best time to do it is while your brain is still fresh and open, ready to learn new things. Some of the stuff they go over in college are things you learned in your high school years. And if you wait longer to go to college you won’t even half of the stuff they go over. It’s better to get your goals out of the way, and your career started sooner than later.
     Those who choose to work may have a good job, but what happens if they lose their job? The way the economy is going they probably won’t get a better job because they only have a high school education. Of course having a job is all good, but it’s not any use if you don’t have a good education. Working for minimum wage is not worth it, if you know you could go to college get an education and get a better paying job then you’ll be fine.
     Those who choose to travel right after high school that’s their choice. To me it’s a dumb choice. You have all of your life to travel, that’s what breaks are for and stuff. When you get out on Christmas, Thanksgiving, and all of that that’s when it’s time to travel. Not right after high school. When you get out of college you can travel all you want to, whenever you want to. Traveling cost money, and if you have no one supporting you where are you going to get your money to travel? Minimum wage jobs don’t even pay enough for you to go on a trip to travel around.
     Going to college right after high school is most important, you get your education out the way and you can start focusing on your career path. Waiting and putting it off just puts you at the lowest of the low of the economy. Traveling gets you nowhere but to right back where you started it won’t help you in your life. Be smart about your choices and think wisely with precision and clarity.

Problems, Both Personal and Societal, That Result From Obesity.

  Personal results from obesity are external and internal. Personal results are external and internal because people who are obese don't like their appearance, their weight, and their self-esteem starts to lower down. Personal results from obesity are internal because when most people are stressed or depressed they eat a lot of food or snacks to make them feel better. They never realize how much danger their putting themselves in until it's too late. Society puts out an image that eating unhealthy is the way to go. Posting pictures and airing commercials that have to do with eating fast food, which is also unhealty, instead of an healthy home-cooked meal. Society is letting it be known that America is the #1 state for obesity. Majority of the people of our society are obese and that's not right. That's not a good look for people in America.

Friday, November 12, 2010

People of Different Interests & Backgrounds Becoming Unlikely Allies

 People of different interests and backgrounds could become unlikely allies because opposites do attract. Most of the time if you're different or you think another way than one person does, you two would have an idea-filled conversation. Hanging out and talking to people who are just like you can get boring and you would probably want to talk to someone who's different. When people come from different backgrounds they have more to talk about and that person may seem more interested in what you have to say and they'd probably try to relate to you. People of different backgrounds try to give others insight on things that they go through on a daily basis. They just want to be heard, most likely they'll talk to someone who's totally different from them.

Outdoor Living VS. City Living

     Outdoor living is very different from living in the city. Living in the city, your exposed to many different things: Fast food restaurants, all kinds of people on the street, litering, and a lot of other dramatized things. Living outdoors you learn how to survive without unnecessary items like cell phones, and other things. When you live in the city your used to working things your way, but if your in the outdoors you can't control what you do. Everything in the country is very cultivized. Your house won't have electricity because some doesn't work outdoors. Your life would be so different.

Thursday, November 11, 2010

If I Worked at a Football Stadium...

If I worked at a football stadium, my job would be a cheerleader. While on the job I'd cheer my team on until they win and if they don't win I'd still cheer for them and make them feel like winners. I'd try to uplift everyone's spirt from the audience, to the team, and my teammates as well. I'd want evertyone to always come to the games. And I;d always bring my A-game to the table and everything else I needed to have to be a good team leader.

Writing Prompt:4 What Is You All-Time Favorite Movie and Why? Write an Essay Persuading Readers to Watch This Film.

My all time favorite movie is For Colored Girls. This is one of those movies where you have to just take a look at yourself in the mirror and say “What if that was me?” This movie makes you really think and it brings a certain passion in your heart. A certain passion that’ll make you want to do better with yourself. It even may change your opinions and outlooks on certain things in life. Like they say you can’t judge a book by its cover, and you won’t know how it feels to be someone until you’ve walked in their shoes. This movie brings out the harsh reality in a rhythm of poetry that has an intense vibe that pulls you in deeper to the movie. Even though this movie just came out it is my favorite movie.
     For Colored Girls, which was written by the amazing play-writer, actor, and producer Tyler Perry, was originally a poetry book written by Ntozake Shange. Tyler Perry decided to bring the book to life, so he could give colored women all over the world insight about what may be happening around you and you wouldn’t even know. In the movie, there are nine women going through a struggle and through events in the movie they all come together as one. These women are going through it all, from being abused, raped, pregnant, prostituting themselves, getting aids, or just tired of being heartbroken and alone. These women are going through things that you wouldn’t even believe to the point where they forget who they are inside. Their teaching themselves and others to love themselves first before they can let anyone else love them anymore.
     For Colored Girls explains to women through the movie that being colored is one things that you should learn to love, so what if your lips are bigger than others, or your hips are wider than the average girl, or your thighs are just a little bit on the thick side. That’s what makes you beautiful and you should love yourself for it, that’s what makes you, you. If you’re a person that’s into poetry this movie would be great for you. The movie is filled of intense and truthful poetry, that’ll really make you think twice about yourself, the way you think, and others that are involved in your life. The poetry is really great in this movie.
     My all-time favorite movie is For Colored Girls. It brings out the harsh realities that goes on in an everyday world of many women of color all over the world. It lets you know that if your proud in the skin you’re in, you shouldn’t have to worry about what other people think about you. The only opinion that really matters is yours and if you feel beautiful then you are beautiful because you think your beautiful. The poetry that is expressed in  this movie gives you an extra push to an intense vibe that brings you closer into being interested into the movie.